Chapter 109 Imperial Family Affairs(2/2)
Zhengde pondered and said, "How expensive is the Tailing project? But is there still a shortage of silver?"
Since the case of the imperial tomb seepage, Tailing has attracted more attention from the court officials. Dai Yi really dares to make a lot of money from it. He is really working hard and has taken it as a political achievement project. Therefore, the court has more than enough to allocate land ICBC. After hearing Zhengde's question, Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor, the silver for the Tailing project is enough to cover the funds."
Zhengde nodded and said, "Well, that's good. I'm going to have a big wedding. The wedding and rewards require 1.8 million taels of silver. I asked the Ministry of Revenue for the silver, but Han Wen asked me to pay from the inner treasury. However, Ma Yongcheng was in charge of the inner treasury and checked it. Now the inner treasury is not rich. At most, 1 million taels are taken out, and there are still 800,000 taels left.
I was looking for 800,000 taels and the Ministry of Revenue should agree, but Han Wen was only willing to give me 300,000 taels, and the rest he sent me to give me silver bills instead of silver.
Hum! I almost agreed with a confusion for a moment. It was Liu Jin who reminded me that I realized that I had ascended the throne and the wedding was held in one year. This is a double happiness, and I asked me to give silver notes to my ministers and the soldiers guarding the border. Isn’t this a shame? So..."
Zhengde glanced at Dai Yi and hesitated a little in his heart: "Is it too disrespectful to his father to ask for money under the guise of insufficient ICBC in Tailing?
Dai Yi hesitated when he saw Zhengde, thinking that the emperor wanted to squeeze out the silver from the Tailing Project. Now he was eager to please Zhengde, so he quickly thought about it. If the control was stricter, all the foremans in charge of the management team were not allowed to make money, and they would save some money when purchasing materials. Four or five hundred thousand taels should be able to get it.
Dai Yi was settled and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty. The Tailing Project was originally estimated to use 3.8 million taels of silver. The slaves and several adults did the task for the emperor, so they did not dare to neglect and neglect. The project progress was also fast. It was estimated that 3.3 million taels of foot-filled patches were used. The remaining 500,000 taels of land should be used from the tomb."
Zhengde was overjoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help but stand up and said, "What? Can the mountain mausoleum project be squeezed out for 500,000 taels?" He thought for a moment, then lowered his face and said suspiciously: "Are you going to cut corners on the tomb of the former emperor in order to please me?"
Dai Yi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how dare I? I really estimated that it was a little longer. Now that the project has been completed, I have carefully calculated that the construction of the palace and tomb on the ground can save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. I dare not hide it. I was thinking about reporting to the emperor, but the emperor just happened to use the money. How dare I not share the worries for the emperor?"
Zhengde then turned his anger and said, "This is good, this is good, as long as it is not missed by the father's tomb, it will be done. I have been worried about this for a long time. The huge inner court is controlled by Wang Yue. I went to ask him for advice, but he had no choice. I didn't expect that you would have the ability to help me relieve my worries."
"Wang Yue?" Dai Yi was a jealous person. He was originally loyal to Wang Yue, but he was imprisoned and waited to die. Wang Yue actually stood by. Now Dai Yi hated Wang Yue to the core. He saw that there were only Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng in front of him. They were all eunuchs that Wang Yue didn't like very much. Dai Yi plucked up his courage and said with a smile: "That's right, that's right, even if there is a way, I'm afraid that Eunuch Wang will not be willing to take it out."
"Hmm?" Zhengde could not help but look at him in confusion and asked, "How do you say this? Tell me honestly."
Dai Yi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I dare not, but I dare not. Eunuch Wang held the East Factory and the West Factory. The slave said something that made him unhappy. If you want a slave to die, it would be like an ant to die. I dare not say it."
Zhengde became angry when he heard this. He slapped the table and said angrily: "Is Wang Yue even better than me? Are you afraid that Wang Yue dare not speak to me?"
Liu Jin heard Dai Yixian's voice outside, and couldn't help but smiled sinisterly: "Eunuch Dai, here except the emperor, there are three servants in our family, all of whom are looking to the emperor. If you have anything to say, just say it to the emperor. No matter whether it is right or not, the emperor will just know it. Except for the few of us in the palace, we will never let outsiders know it."
Dai Yi was secretly happy and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, ye
While he said, he raised his head tremblingly and said, "The Emperor, the governors of the East Factory and the Jinyiwei have a great power. I don't know how much money I have to pay filial piety alone. As for the West Factory, if you supervise the East Factory, the oil and water are even more amazing. If you squeeze out a little, you won't worry so much.
Besides, who is in charge of the East and West Factory? Eunuch Wang of Silijian, the tax supervisors, mining supervisors, salt supervisors, and pearl supervisors in the Ming Dynasty were all sent by Eunuch Wang of Silijian. These inner court supervisors have self-built yamen to collect taxes. The people say: "The Ministry of Revenue accounts for three of the tax power, and the Ministry of Revenue accounts for 70% of the Silijian. It would be really strange if the Silijian could not raise this little money."
Otherwise, it would be better to offend gentlemen than villains. Wang Yue was in charge of the Sili Supervisor. The Ming Dynasty was known for its nickname "Skinning". There were many people in the inner court supervision in all dynasties. However, the Hongzhi Dynasty was still quite stable. Although Wang Yue could not stop the exploitation of the layers of below, and he could not be so knowledgeable. However, most of the money he handed over to the capital was delivered to the Ministry of Revenue and the inner treasury in proportion, and there was really not much left in his hand.
But now Dai Yi's words are all possible. Perhaps, it is estimated that if you really want to pursue them, it is not responsible, but it has made Zhengde suspicious. Zhengde was shocked and angry and said, "Does Wang Yue dare to deceive me like this? What you said is true?"
Dai Yi hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The emperor asked, "I just talk about the matter and guess based on common sense, but there is no evidence."
Liu Jin was dissatisfied with Wang Yue, but Wang Yue had many seniors in the palace, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense without seizing it. Today's opportunity was very rare. Liu Jin took the opportunity to say, "If someone really had selfish intentions in these things, how could Eunuch Dai know? Only the East Factory and the West Factory can be asked about it, but both factories are under Eunuch Wang, who dares to talk nonsense?"
Zhengde felt even more suspicious when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "The former emperor favored Wang Yue and gave him all the east and west factories. I have never asked since the country. Wang Yue has controlled the two factories for many years, and I am afraid that he will be his confidants in a mess. Of course, there will be no news for me to know. Hum! It seems that I should check them carefully."
Dai Yi was overjoyed, but pretended to be worried and frowned: "East Factory and the West Factory are all under the jurisdiction of Eunuch Wang, and the Jinyiwei is always under the jurisdiction of the East Factory. If the emperor wants to investigate, he is afraid that he will not be able to find out what he can do."
Zhengde slapped the table with a "slap" and said unconvincedly: "The East Factory, West Factory, isn't the emperor's permission to build him? The East Factory, West Factory, are all his people? Hey! Can't I build another factory?...Yes! I will build another internal factory, and I will personally take charge of it. The East Factory, West Factory, Jinyiwei, and civil and military officials are all under the supervision of my internal factory. Let's see who dares to hide it from me!"
When Dai Yi, Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, and Gu Dayong heard it, his heart suddenly jumped to his throat. The emperor personally took charge of it. To put it nicely, the emperor did not have the ability to manage factory guards, and he was not a name to find someone else to find a way to deal with it?
The pie in the world might fall down among the four people, the East Factory, the West Factory, the Jinyiwei, the civil and military officials, and the thunderous...
Just as the four people were holding their breath and their ears were buzzing, Emperor Zhengde slapped the table and said a wonderful and enchanting saying: "Go and call Yang Ling back and ask him to set up an internal factory for me!"
Chapter completed!