Hai Rui's trip south this time did not collect as much cash as Zhu Yijun imagined - a salt merchant's sum of several hundred thousand taels was somewhat of a fantasy.

The main reason is that these salt merchants can only be regarded as gloves. Most of them have been given away, and it is difficult to say how much they can keep.

In contrast, salt merchants do not ship as much as the transshipment magistrates, salt ambassadors, and deputy envoys.

All the salt merchants, big and small, have more than 600,000 taels of silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings in stock.

In response to an official's request, nearly a hundred people were killed, but 1.3 million taels were copied!

Sensational!

Sure enough, no wealthy businessman can compare to the three years of clearing up the magistrate.

This was just the number before meeting Li Chunfang.

If we add in the large salt merchants promised by Li Chunfang, part of the grain tax paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the family fortunes of more than ten important officials such as Xu Shi, the imperial censor, Zhu Gang, Yingtianfu Yin, Ji Lian, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the prefect of Taizhou,

I'm afraid I can still raise nearly three million taels.

The total is five million taels!

In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, the national treasury's annual revenue was only three million, which was enough to last nearly two years in one trip.

Not only these, but also the hundreds of thousands of extra salt imports, 30% of tea classes, and grain taxes that will be given away every year.

At least millions more taels are produced every year.

The harvest was so rich that Zhu Yijun couldn't help but want to come here every year.

In addition to the salt administration, there are also horse markets, shipping departments, border defenses, air rates, grain taxes, tea taxes... I can't even clear them all even if I eat them with my fingers for ten years.

Anyway, with so much money, I can finally show off my talents!

In the past, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, so she could only move around in political affairs, but it was different from now on.

As long as he has these silver coins, he can imitate Emperor Wuzong and gain military power!

The weapon of criticism cannot replace the weapon of criticism.

If you want Yuyu to clarify Wanliai, you have to fight hard.

Gu Huan had set up his camp in the capital for a long time and kept his troops stationary, just waiting for money and food.

Only by crushing the Beijing camp into one piece can he be qualified to touch the Jin party and shake the southeast!

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Wang Guangguang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, came to Chengguang Hall out of breath. The sweat on his forehead was somewhat rude, which showed that he came in a hurry.

There is no way, this is five million taels of cash!

The national treasury currently has various items of silver, which when converted, is only this amount.

If you don't worry about this as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it's basically time to leave this position.

Wang Guoguang took the handkerchief handed by the eunuch outside Chengguang Hall, wiped his sweat a little, straightened his clothes, and then entered the hall.

As soon as Fang entered the palace, he saw the palm prints of the emperor, the chief assistant, and the chief ceremonial officer, each holding paper and pen to write and draw.

Wang Guoguang glanced twice before calming down and stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty."

Zhu Yijun raised his head slightly, nodded and motioned for him to sit down.

Then he had no time to pay attention to Wang Guoguang, and only argued with Zhang Juzheng: "Yuanfu, in order to appease the armies, I borrowed a full one million taels of internal funds last time!"

"For this reason, my mother and queen came to me several times, saying that it was the reason for my wedding to Prince Lu, and there was almost a quarrel between mother and son!"

"Yuan Fu, this money should be paid back to the internal funds first and then divided, right?"

Previously, upon learning that the new emperor had ascended the throne, the officers and soldiers started making noises and demanded the arrears of food and wages from the court.

In order to quell this incident, the Taikou gave out 300,000 taels, the Taipu Siku took out 300,000 taels, the Jieshen treasury gave out 200,000 taels, and the internal funds paid out one million.

This matter is naturally the bargaining chip for dividing money now.

Zhang Juzheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the inner court has contributed one million to this matter, and the outer court has contributed 800,000. The total amount should be paid back to the internal funds of 200,000."

Zhu Yijun said earnestly: "Yuanfu, that's not the calculation. The officers and soldiers are making noise. It's because they are in arrears of pay. They are all old accounts from previous years. This has nothing to do with internal funds."

Zhang Juzheng was suddenly enlightened and agreed: "Yes, the old accounts should not be included in the internal funds, but..."

He looked at Wang Guoguang: "Wang Shangshu, I remember that Mu Miao asked the Ministry of Finance to borrow money several times before. Does the Ministry of Finance still have old accounts?"

Zhu Yijun choked.

When Wang Guoguang was about to answer, he quickly interrupted.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, the palace and the palace are all integrated into one body. Just say this and go out of your way."

"Then let's divide it according to the rules. The money copied by the Jin Yiwei will go to the internal coffers, and the money copied by the government office will go to the foreign court. The extra grain tax will be divided equally among everyone."

This is strange. This time, no one other than Jin Yiwei has intervened in the house raid.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "Your Majesty, although these are family wealth, they are actually the salt tax of greed."

"As I wish, you may as well enter the capital according to the salt tax, 70% of it will go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the rest will be equally divided between the Taipu Temple treasury and the internal funds."

The two of them pulled and pulled and reached a stalemate.

Wang Guoguang looked at it for a long time and couldn't help but interjected: "Your Majesty, Yuan Fu, national affairs are the most important thing. Why don't we settle the areas that need money first and then talk about other things?"

If you follow this wrangling method, you won't be able to get a result.

Wang Guoguang immediately came up with a reliable explanation.

After hearing Wang Guoguang's words, the two stopped arguing.

After pondering for a moment, they both reluctantly nodded.

Zhu Yijun was the first to speak: "Based on the assessment, let's repay part of the salary owed to officials at all levels."

"Now the debts owed by the two capitals and one province will be distributed first, and the debts owed by other provinces must also be set aside first."

"The performance that should be paid this year must be reserved for internal funds."

"After all, it's about nine hundred thousand taels in total."

Clarifying the administration of officials is not possible without spending money. After all, lack of money will turn people into ghosts.

Only after I was given money could I cooperate with Thunder's methods.

Zhang Juzheng directly agreed: "The Holy Ming has no fault, Your Majesty."

It's not that the two people share the spoils equally, it's just that they have different opinions on the use of the silver coins, but there is no difference between them when it is used for the examination.

It's just that if you open your mouth, you will throw away nine hundred thousand taels.

Zhang Hong picked up the pen next to him and wrote down the word "salary". Next to it was written five million. After deducting nine hundred thousand, the remaining four million one million was left.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Your Majesty, we will pilot it for two more seasons. By August, it will be one year."

"I would like to request that the examination method be tried out in Huguang, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and other provinces."

Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Juzheng and knew that he wanted to start farming as soon as possible.

He thought for a while and nodded slowly: "I don't know anything about political affairs. You can just discuss it with the cabinet and court officials."

"However... we still need to sort out all the shortcomings and flaws by then and come up with a more complete charter."

When it comes to such specific matters, he will not interfere.

Just grasp the general direction.

Zhang Juzheng bowed in response.

After the two of them had finished talking, Wang Guoguang said impatiently: "Your Majesty, the grain from the Yamen has arrived in Beijing, totaling 2,710,150 one stone per bucket."

"It's 400,000 dan less than in previous years. Compared with Yingcangchang, it's also 290,000 dan less."

"Can you be merciful and buy part of it from the people around the capital?"

This part of the missing part was caused by the sinking of the water transport ship, or Wang Zongmu took part of it and used it for shipping.

This is all the food and wages of the border town, and this part has to be compensated anyway.

The people in the surrounding area are actually the big households in the surrounding area. After all, there are too many tax-free people in the capital.

Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other.

Naturally, you have to accept this account. You can't take advantage of it and ignore the loss.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said to Wang Guoguang: "Based on the market price, it's 80%. You still have to go through the household department to pay the bill."

What the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs wants to put into storage is all miscellaneous grains, including husked rice mixed with wheat.

There is no fixed number of how much a stone of miscellaneous grains costs. Sometimes it costs two cents, and sometimes it costs one to two cents.

But now there are only minor disasters, and it is not too expensive. It costs seven yuan per stone in Beijing.

If you buy it at 80% of the price, it will be 160,000 taels.

Zhang Hong picked up a pen next to him and wrote down the words "grain and silver". He estimated it again and found that after using another 4.1 million and deducting 160,000, there was only 3.94 million left.

Wang Guoguang naturally didn't say anything and quickly thanked him.
To be continued...