Everyone, do you know how much the imperial court has earned in recent years?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Cui Chengxiu suddenly asked this question.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Of course there are many.

Wang Wenyan smiled: "General Manager Lu has been the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for many years. During the years when the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue was the highest, General Manager Lu was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. General Manager Lu knows very well how much income he has earned over the years.

Cui Chengxiu said: "Not only does Mr. Lu know this, but among us, who is not clear at heart?"

Last year, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, although the imperial court experienced twists and turns in the stock market and industry and commerce, its annual income still amounted to seventy million taels of silver."

The year before last, in the twelfth year of Apocalypse, the imperial court's income was 86 million taels, and further back, in the eleventh year of Apocalypse, the highest annual income of the imperial court was more than 88 million taels! "

Cui Chengxiu talked about numbers one by one: "Not counting the period from the fifth year of Tianqi to the thirteenth year of Tianqi, the annual income of the imperial court has increased year by year in these nine years, from more than 30 million taels to nearly 90 million taels.

"Have you ever calculated how much silver there is in the Ming Dynasty Bank and how much gold and silver there is in the imperial treasury?"

That's more than 1.5 billion taels of silver, not counting gold, but these were all saved by us for the imperial court, as a reserve for the imperial court and the confidence to issue treasure banknotes.

How many troops could Chongzhen organize with this gold and silver?

If we don’t strike first, will Chongzhen still have to take the money we have saved so hard to recruit troops and then deal with us?”

Zhang Ruitu sighed: "Yes, the wealth we have accumulated for the court over the years is so rich that Chongzhen will never be able to lose even if he loses his family for decades.

Wang Wenyan sneered: "But our emperor does not waste his family. Not only does he not waste his family, he is also very diligent and thrifty. He is also a diligent master. It is rare to be so diligent and frugal."

Hearing Wang Wenyan's words, Zhang Haogu couldn't help but think: Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was indeed a diligent and frugal man and a diligent emperor, and he was also an emperor who was eager to do something great.

It is a pity that this emperor in his previous life killed Wei Zhongxian, who was left to him by his brother Emperor Tianqi, and abolished the Jin Yiwei, leaving him without anyone available. He also became blind and deaf. In the end, he worked diligently

It even directly defeated the company Daming.

To put it bluntly, if Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian imitates his brother Tianqi and continues to trust Wei Zhongxian, rely heavily on the Imperial Guards, and does not need to deal with any government affairs, and allows the bureaucrats of various factions to do things by themselves, let them do whatever they want, and enjoy themselves, not only will he be an emperor who lacks

Without money, a large company like Ming Dynasty can still survive for many years, at least it will not become unsustainable in just ten years.

But what Chongzhen is doing now is even more radical than in the previous life. If Chongzhen continues to do this, how many more years will the Ming Dynasty be able to sustain?

Zhang Haogu cleared his throat: "What President Cui said is a problem. Now the imperial court has money, but we have saved all this money hard for the imperial court to run the world and develop it."

"The expansion of industry and commerce, the construction of Chidao, as well as the colleges, medical clinics, etc. in various provinces, as well as the plan we proposed to educate the young and provide for the elderly, originally required great contributions from the imperial court."

There are also the imperial court's overseas development plans, military construction, and scientific and technological research and development, all of which require heavy investment.

At present, the emperor has stopped industry and commerce, cut off Chidao, and all academies, medical clinics, scientific research and other projects have also been suspended. If it were not for the handover and Japan was in our hands, these places would have been abandoned by the emperor, and the expenditure on scientific research projects would have also been abandoned.

All were rejected by the emperor

Our emperor really wants to restore the ancestral system and restore the early Ming era when a family of three had five acres of land, facing the loess and turning their back to the sky.

I’m worried about having so much gold and silver in the treasury and banks. Even if the emperor doesn’t take it, how can those corrupt officials and noble princes hold back?”

Lu Xiangsheng also said: "Yes, putting this money there is like letting a greedy cat guard the salted fish. How can those cystic worms hold back! This money belongs to the people of the world and our Datong Society. It should not be

Misappropriated by corrupt officials.

Zhu Shunshui said: "In fact, there is not much gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty Bank. Most of the gold and silver is stored in the country."

Curry, if we can seal up or transport this gold and silver, and then target the imperial government's economy, then Chongzhen will definitely be in dire straits.

Zhang Ruitu smiled and said: "This is what Director Cui thinks."

Right? Seal the gold and silver in the treasury, and then the banknotes will become useless paper."

Choi Sung-soo said: "This alone is not enough, we should also issue more treasure notes to speed up the process.

After hearing this, everyone also added a few words and opinions to improve the ideas put forward by Cui Chengxiu.

Soon a complete process was constructed by everyone. After all, they were all former governors of a province. Which of the six ministries was not a high-ranking member of the second and third grades of the current dynasty? Their rich experience and broad vision made it easy for them to deal with problems, not to mention

They were originally important ministers of the dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse and great economic development happened in the hands of these people. Now it is really easy for them to take action on the economy.

The former president of Daming Bank is one of our people, and everyone inside Daming Bank is also one of our people. It is not a big problem to secretly transport the gold and silver reserves of Daming Bank to Liaodong. These gold and silver reserves can also be used as resources for our development.

Capital." Cui Chengxiu said.

Lu Xiangsheng added: "After I took over the Ministry of Revenue, I made a lot of improvements to the treasury for the sake of the security of the imperial court's financial reserves. For example, I specially strengthened the treasury to prevent earthquakes and water leakage, and I also considered what would happen if Shuntian Prefecture encountered a crisis.

Transport gold and silver as quickly as possible.

If necessary, the gold and silver in the treasury can be temporarily sealed underground in Shuntian Mansion.

Zhang Haogu looked as usual, and no one showed any surprise. The treasury was in the hands of the Datong Party members. For the safety of the treasury, the Datong Party members really racked their brains and strengthened fire, earthquake, and moisture proofing from the beginning. Later,

After the Apocalypse explosion occurred, explosion protection was immediately increased. Later, considering that the Ming Dynasty invaded Shenyang and burned the Qing Dynasty's granaries, they also renovated the treasury to add secret passages and channels just in case, and even hollowed out the treasury underground.

An underground vault was added for insurance purposes.

Now it is obviously unrealistic to say that billions of gold and silver should be transported to Liaodong, but it is really possible for the Datong Party members to send these gold and silver underground and seal them up.

Zhang Haogu tapped the table: "Let's do this separately. Contact the Daming Bank and ask all our people to evacuate. We will take the templates and gold and silver out of Zhili. At that time, we will establish our Datong Society in Liaodong."

Bank, and the Emperor Chongzhen.

As for the gold and silver in the treasury, let's transfer it to underground reserves, so as to save the money from corrupt officials and it will take a lot of effort to recover it."

In these words, Zhang Haogu had already mentioned that the Datong Party would return to the Central Plains to rule the Ming Dynasty again in the future, but no one was surprised.

Obviously, everyone agrees that Datong Society will definitely return to rule the world in the future. It will be really troublesome to pursue the stolen goods by then.

As the Central Committee of the Datong Society finalized its decision, the Datong Party members in the Da Ming Bank soon received the secret message. Everyone immediately began to make intensive preparations, transporting gold and silver, taking away the templates, counting the accounts and taking them away, etc.

In just a few days, the Datong Party members in the Daming Bank were fully prepared, and a large amount of gold and silver was shipped from Yongding County and quietly transported away at night.

At this time, Chongzhen was still sleeping.

After all, Chongzhen didn't know at all that Daming Bank in Shuntian Prefecture had a good head office, but its real core was in Yongding.

The real headquarters of this new party, the lair of Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, contained things far beyond Chongzhen's imagination.

Ever since Chongzhen announced the restoration of the privileges of nobles and nobles, allowing the landlords and gentry to reoccupy local villages and towns, and when large families began to compete with the imperial power for the rights of county governments, Chongzhen was no longer the Ming emperor but the emperor of Zhili.

Even the emperor of Zhili praises him. After all, what Chongzhen really controls now is only the Shuntian Mansion.

In the hands of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was the real emperor and the officials and gentry ruled the world together. As a result, the imperial power was greatly weakened, and the Donglin Party was in full swing. Chongzhen's eyes were completely black. When he left Shuntian Mansion, he did nothing.

Know.

Therefore, the Datong Party members transferred the core information of the Ming Dynasty Bank. When Emperor Chongzhen learned about it, the gold and silver reserves became

It was very smooth, and he was still wondering: "When the Daming Bank in Yongding County is empty, is the Daming Bank in Yongding County empty?"

So what? Isn’t it just a bank in Yongding County? How many things can be deposited?”

Since they want to leave, just let them go. Does my Ming Dynasty still lack so many people?"

Shi Fenglai, the Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace and the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, glanced at Qian Qianyi. When he saw that the chief minister of the cabinet was silent, he, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This is okay."

The Daming Bank in Tianfu is just a head office. The real core of the Daming Bank, including templates, gold and silver reserves, accounting information, etc., are all stored in Yongding County.

During the Tianqi Dynasty, the late Emperor and Zhang Haogu continued to develop Yongding County, making it the heart of Zhili. Moreover, Yongding County not only contained the gold and silver reserves of the Ming Dynasty Bank, but also had many scientific research bases and factories, which stored many imperial secrets.

It is said that Yongding County is a small Shuntian Prefecture, the essence of Zhili. Today's Yongding County has become an empty shell.

"What?!" Zhu Youjian was confused. Why didn't he know there were so many things in Yongding County?!

Now that Yongding County is empty, won’t the gold and silver reserves of Daming Bank be gone?!

Damn Zhang Haogu, he has already arrived in Liaodong and he still doesn’t let me live in peace. The gold and silver in Yongding County must have been transported away by him!" Zhu Youjian directly ignored the scientific research base factory machinery, he just remembered the gold and silver.

.

Scientific research? Factory? Machinery?

Can these magical skills be compared with the poems and books of saints?

Seeing Zhu Youjian's anger, these cabinet bachelors also hurriedly leaned down and waited for Zhu Youjian to vent his emotions.

Send troops, send troops, I will send troops to attack Zhang Haogu, a rebellious minister and traitor!" Zhu Youjian shouted angrily. Shi Fenglai said helplessly: "Your Majesty, sending troops is not easy.

Zhu Youjian said suspiciously: "Oh? Really? But look at the Military Book and the Tianqi Dynasty, why is it so easy to send troops? Just fight when you say it will be a war?"

Qian Qianyi was speechless and Shi Fenglai was also silent.

Zhu Youjian realized that he seemed to have said something wrong and looked at Liu Hongxun again.

Liu Hongxun was the Minister of the Ministry of War. He could not keep silent while others could, so Liu Hongxun had to say: Your Majesty, during the previous dynasty, the court often anticipated the enemy and planned in advance.

The King of Liao was in charge of government affairs and had a long-term plan. For example, in the battle against Monan, the King of Liao made arrangements early. He prepared cavalry and grassland information more than a year in advance, and prepared grain, grass and ordnance half a year in advance. It seemed that he would send troops as soon as possible, but these

Military preparations started early.

This is true whether it is the war against Japan, the war against Nanyang, the two wars against the grasslands, or the war against Liaodong.

Relying on the intelligence system that spread all over the country and the imperial court's control and coordination of local areas at that time, the imperial court was often able to deploy and concentrate its forces early and only wait for the opportunity to send troops. Now the imperial court is unprepared. If it sends troops in a hurry, it will probably fail.

Zhu Youjian was unhappy. He frowned and asked, "When the war started against Annan, wasn't Zhang Haogu unprepared? How come Annan was destroyed in three months? Could it be that the Chongzhen Dynasty defeated Zhang Haogu?"

Will it take years and months of hard work?”

Qian Qianyi said: "Your Majesty, Liaodong is different from Annan, and Zhang Haogu and those Datong Party members are not barbarians from Annan. They should not be underestimated."

Shi Fenglai also said: "Although your Majesty's court now has troops, you cannot easily start a war against Liaodong, otherwise the country will be in turmoil and the people will be uneasy."
To be continued...