Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei Chapter 474

to early morning.

The icy cold of winter has also completely turned into flying snow and descended on this city that has been turbulent for many years.

Under the wind and snow, the carriages also drove forward on the street against the wind and snow, heading towards the Meridian Gate of the Imperial Palace.

In the Daheng Dynasty, the court meeting was undoubtedly a familiar and unfamiliar term for civil and military officials.

Daheng was only a few months old when it was first established, and it was a battle rarely seen in history.

Coupled with the emperor's behavior, it seems to be well known.

In the former Ming Dynasty, the emperor's decree was not approved by the cabinet, and the subordinates could even be detained and not lead the decree.

But now, the emperor's decree has almost never passed through the court, and even, most of the things, the emperor's decree has been issued, and the bottom things have been done, and the center of the court can only know it later.

In addition, there are many places under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, which were originally the center of the world and determined the direction of the world. Under the disregard of the emperor, to some extent, it has become a dispensable existence.

As for today's court meeting, with the sudden big battle yesterday, outside the Meridian Gate, with horse-drawn carriages approaching, and the gathering of ministers, the atmosphere was obviously a bit strange.

In fact, in the Shou King Rebellion, although there were countless courtiers who followed the betrayal, in fact, the center of the imperial court was affected the least.

Replenishment layer by layer, promotion layer by layer, is enough to easily solve the official vacancy caused by the courtiers following the rebellion.

Therefore, after the emperor returned to the capital and determined the policy to fill in the officials, the central government quickly returned to normal.

Therefore, in today's court meeting, on the side of the civil servants, there are many new faces who participated in the court meeting for the first time.

Some days ago, they were still leading troops in the army, but now, they have changed their bodies and changed into official robes, and there are also local provincial officials who are entering the court for the first time or again.

But without exception, at this moment, between the wind and snow, it is like the pressure of heaven.

In the absence of war, this big move must be a major event, and the assessment has not yet started, and the officials of the local government and county have not yet filled the vacancies. What is the emperor going to do...

In fact, it is already easy to guess.

This court meeting, for some people, is destined not to be a court meeting, but will be... a trial!

As soon as the time came, the city gate slowly opened in the snow.

The bell also rang on the top of the city tower.

At this moment, in the eyes of many courtiers, the road to the center of government and power seems to have become a passage to hell.

There is no retreat, no resistance, only in agony waiting for the final judgment to come.

The snow was covered with snow, and between the wind and snow, Baiguan slowly moved forward, leaving two chaotic footsteps on the snow.

On both sides of the team, there are the soldiers of the imperial battalion standing sharply in armor.

Firelight flickered in the wind and snow, and the entire team, except for the crunching sound of stepping on the snow, all remained silent. .

The Chengtian Temple in the dark is like a giant beast, crawling in the darkness, its **** fangs are already open, it seems that it will devour everything.

Baiguan's expression became more and more solemn. After the queue was completed, they were waiting for the will of the court in this snowstorm.

The emperor had already arrived in the hall. On the dragon chair, the emperor was seated high, and several eunuchs were standing on one side with trays. At this time, the emperor was holding the tax bills collected by the inner court with great interest.

"Your Majesty, the officials are already waiting outside the hall."

Wang Wu reminded softly, but the emperor still seemed to have not heard of it, and he was still reading this book that was destined to be engraved with history, and became an account book for countless later generations to study and analyze.

In this way, Wang Wu did not dare to say more, and stood aside, waiting silently.

I don't know how long it took before the emperor finished reading the account book and placed it on the tray held by the eunuch.

"Let Baiguan come in."

The emperor made a sound, and immediately sat down.

Following the eunuch's loud shout, Baiguan, who was already covered with a layer of hoarfrost, finally stepped into the hall.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The ministers paid homage and shouted.

"Your Excellencies are exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers got up, and a sequence of teams stood.

The emperor suddenly smiled brightly: "Don't rush to start the performance, Aiqings, I have good news, and I want to share it with you Aiqings!"

As soon as these words came out, a series of surprised eyes suddenly converged on the smiling emperor. Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan looked at each other, and they were obviously puzzled. With such an opening, could it be that they guessed wrong?

"A few days ago, Ningbo Shipping Division announced that since the establishment of Ningbo Shipping Division in the spring of August, to the beginning of October, in just three months, Ningbo Shipping Division's tariff revenue has reached nearly 600,000 taels!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of the courtroom, which had already been suppressed to the extreme, suddenly burst into a commotion!

For the courtiers, they are not unfamiliar with the Ningbo Municipal Shipping Division. After all, the complete overthrow of the maritime ban had caused quite a stir in the court at the beginning.

Of course, this so-called turmoil is only limited to the court. After all, when the emperor made the decision, he was out in person.

And when Ningbo Shibosi became an established fact, a group of courtiers headed by the Minister of the Ministry of Household had strongly demanded that Shibosi should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, but was also rejected by the emperor.

Under such circumstances, the city ship division, naturally, was out of sight of the court.

Who would have imagined that this city ship company would appear in such a situation again.

Three months, more than 600,000 taels of silver!

This number...

Many courtiers who already knew about tax revenue also subconsciously compared it with the tax revenue in the first year of Zhaowu.

This is not a comparison, but when compared, the looks of the courtiers suddenly become different, or ugly, or worried, or frightened...

The expressions of the two patriarchs seemed to be extremely solemn.

If it is as they guessed, the emperor's intention is not to drink alcohol!

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

No matter what you think, soon, there will be congratulations from all over the world.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The emperor laughed: "In three months, it will reach more than 600,000 taels. Presumably in the coming year, in a year, the silver tariffs will be as many as millions of taels."

"In this way, the taxation of the imperial court will definitely be enough to take it to the next level!"

Speaking of this, the emperor seemed to suddenly think of something, and said: "It's the end of the year, and taxes are paid everywhere, must have been counted clearly?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the taxation of the imperial court has been clearly calculated. The total..."

Just as Liu Qiyuan dared to speak out, before he finished speaking, the emperor nodded and looked at Wang Wu of the Inner Court: "What is the tax revenue of each town and each guardhouse this year?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the guards handed over a total of 4.2 million shi of surplus grain. Later, due to the prolonged war, another 3.12 million shi of grain was allocated."

"In each town, a total of 7,523,600 taels of silver, 1,320,000 stones of wheat, 8,230,000 stones of grain, and 100,000 zhang, 1.3 points of silk and silk were handed over. Horse grass... plus the statistics of gold and silver seized in Liaodong, there are 520,000 taels of gold, 7,280,000 taels of silver, and 1,320,000 taels of grain..."

"A total of 3,250,000 stone grains and 2,530,000 taels of silver were allocated for disaster relief in various places, and more than 1,680,000 taels of silver were allocated for the repair of towns and cities, and 530,000 stones were used to rebuild Liaodong. Up to now, 2.2 million shi of grain and 2.82 million taels of silver have been spent..."

"There is also the stabilization of food prices in various places, which cost a total of more than 1.36 million taels of silver..."

"The military rations and awards provided to various ministries during the war, not counting the food consumed by the guards, totaled 8.68 million stone and 12.32 million taels of silver!"

"And North Korea and the two navy divisions of Denglai Jiangnan, and..."

"To sum up the statistics, due to this year's battle, this year's revenue and expenditure are completely out of control, and there is a huge deficit in internal funds. Most of the tax revenue in the next few years will be used to fill the deficit..."

Hearing this number, the Son of Heaven naturally did not have much change in his expression. These numbers were already familiar to him.

The bulk of the money and food consumption was naturally the war that lasted for more than a year.

Under the great domestic and foreign aggression, the war is not just the war between the northern Xinjiang and the Mongolian Houjin. Whether it is hundreds of thousands of battalions, or the guards all over the country, almost no army is idle.

Daheng recorded a total of 1.18 million soldiers and generals. One can imagine how terrifying the consumption of such a huge army to carry out a war that lasted for more than a year!

The military rations are transferred as the troops move, and the transfer distance is not bad. If the distance is long, like when the food was transported to North Korea, people were eating horses on the road, and there were many places that were not on the road at all. The ones that were really transported to the front line to supply the army were not even ten stones.

Only the supply of military rations and the seemingly huge money and grain income from taxation are completely insufficient. At the beginning, part of it all relied on the existence of money banks, from silver purchases, to lending, and finally to direct transfer, which is why Jiangnan The form of the land, from the beginning of controlling the overall situation, to the most important reason why most of Jiangnan directly lost control.

In the rich and prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River, the previous control, before it was completely overturned and rebuilt, itself depended on the checks and balances on the economy and people's livelihood to achieve a reluctant balance.

With such a large bloodletting on the north side, the checks and balances of Jiangnan's livelihood economy were naturally broken in an instant, and naturally, Jiangnan was completely out of control.

Moreover, there are also hundreds of thousands of battalion soldiers' monthly salaries, which is also an astronomical figure. Furthermore, in this war, there were nearly 100,000 casualties. A year's tax is used to supply, I am afraid that it will not be enough.

In fact, from the end of the war to the present, the reward has been completed, but the matter of pension is limited to the huge financial deficit, but it is still difficult.

The hundreds of thousands of taels of the Ningbo City Shipping Company were almost thrown into the pit of pensions without even entering the internal warehouse, and not even a bubble appeared.

The emperor was indifferent, but the ministers were in an uproar in front of this number.

Just like internal and external troubles, the conclusion that Daheng will perish!

Who doesn't know that Daheng's strong army is invincible and unmatched!

But this conclusion is still circulated all over the world, and it has become the consensus of the world at the beginning!

The reason for this is that almost most people know that Daheng, who inherited the mess of the Ming Dynasty under the heavy internal and external troubles, was not able to maintain the original war at all.

The original expectation for this war was that Daheng's strong army was invincible, and finally collapsed under the problem of money and food!

Even if the battle situation has progressed more smoothly later, there are still many people who hold this kind of thought.

Even after the battle was over, for many people, the biggest doubt was still, how did Daheng maintain this war.

Now that the data is in front of us, the facts seem to be clear.

What supported this war was never the treasury at the center of the imperial government, but another set of military and political systems other than independence and the imperial court.

The efficiency of this system, which has been criticized by the world, is obviously far beyond the understanding of the world.

All in the frontier, all in the land of war, but abruptly carried this day's collapse!

In this contrast, the role of this court...

Under the flow of such thoughts, the uproar of the ministers continued for a while, but it was strangely calmed down, and an inexplicable depression also enveloped the entire court again.

"How about the taxation of the imperial court?"

During this silence, the emperor chuckled lightly, then looked at Liu Qiyuan, the minister of households, and spoke slowly.

At this moment, the indifferent voice of the emperor, to Liu Qiyuan, was like a talisman.

With the shocking pearl and jade in front of him, how could he have the face to say it with such an unsightly number in the imperial court!

Even if you don't mention this unsightly number, the statistics of the inner court just now clearly show that Daheng is completely supported by the system of the emperor. It's a mistake, and it's dragging its feet again and again!

After hesitating for a while, Liu Qiyuan bowed to the emperor and said slowly:

"In the second year of Zhaowu's reign, the imperial court received more than 2.2 million stone and 1.8 million taels of silver!"

"In one year, the disaster relief consumed 800,000 taels of grain and 380,000 taels of silver. The Ministry of Industry built the road from Tongzhou to the capital. The original budget was 300,000 taels of silver, but now it has consumed 600,000 taels of silver. "

"The Ministry of Household sent land statistics, which cost 560,000 taels of silver..."

"and also…"

A sentence slowly came out, and the heads of the ministers were also getting lower and lower.

Pearl and jade are in front, but tile and stone are difficult to hold.

The brilliance in front is too great, and it is their turn to report, just like, unsightly!

"Ah…"

When Liu Qiyuan finished his report, the emperor couldn't help but chuckle: "It seems that my courtiers, the officials in this world, are all great sages, they don't even need a salary, they still do their duty and do their best. Always work!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an instant death-like silence in the hall, and the civil and military officials, even the breathing, subconsciously slowed down.

"I'm here to give you the calculations, the major border towns, at most, are only half of the Daheng world!"

The Son of Heaven stood up with a frosty face: "Half of the Daheng world has already supported Daheng!"

"Tell me, what are the rest of the world doing?"

"Are they all wanton and greedy devouring the fat of the people, waiting for the overthrow of Daheng, so that they can change their families immediately?"

"Several provinces, half of the world, not only can't give me a little help, but I've been dragging my feet, I won't say anything wrong, and finally, even the salaries of officials, I have to post it!"

"Tell me, I want you, what's the use!"

As soon as these words came out, the silence was instantly broken, and the ministers fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"My anger?"

The emperor laughed in anger, and looked at the two people who came to Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan: "Come on, two patriarchs, come and tell me, how should I calm my anger?"

"My lord is guilty!"

At this moment, the two patriarchs, Liu Qiyuan, who came to Zongdao, were also speechless.

"You don't need to say that you are guilty or not, it is not you who have the final say!"

The emperor snorted coldly and looked around at the ministers: "I am afraid that you have forgotten, this world has changed the dynasty, and now it is not in the former Ming Dynasty, this is Daheng, and I am Emperor Zhaowu!"

"Do you think that I dare not kill people?"

"His Majesty!"

Liu Qiyuan still couldn't help standing up and wanted to exhort.

"Why, you still have to persuade me to slowly figure it out, not to lose people's hearts?"

The emperor didn't wait for Liu Qiyuan to say a word, and he blocked Liu Qiyuan to the point of being speechless.

"I gave you a chance, did I give you more than one chance?"

"I hand over half of the world to you to govern!"

"But what are you giving back to me, to this world?"

"Is it because you can't even issue official salaries?"

"Are you lying on the people and sucking blood?"

"Or do you claim to be honorable and superior to others, and thousands of people are not the people, but you are the people?"

Liu Qiyuan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

The Son of Heaven was right. The Son of Heaven, in the past, when Ming was in power, until now, for so many years, he has given them too many opportunities.

If it weren't for their corruption, the emperor would not have been forced to start anew, and the emperor would not have decided on the policy of the endless calamity.

He knew that, with the temperament of today's son, he would not allow His Majesty to clean up the world. This son of heaven is absolutely suppressing the troubled vassal town, and he will never return this world to the center of the court.

In this way, the imperial court left by the former Ming Dynasty will only become more and more marginalized, and eventually, it will inevitably be completely replaced by martial arts.

In the end, all the things left by the former Ming Dynasty, whether good or bad, will probably be ruthlessly swept away by martial arts and ruthlessly sweeping away the garbage heap of history.

This will be a general trend, which Your Majesty may not be able to stop,

Whether it is public or private, he can no longer stop His Majesty's drastic measures.

Only by letting His Majesty clean up the corruption can the world return to the imperial court, civil and military affairs will not be completely out of balance, and the essence that should be preserved will be able to continue smoothly into this Daheng dynasty.

Under the expectations of the ministers, Liu Qiyuan bowed to the emperor, knelt down and kowtowed, but did not say a word.

"You can rest assured, I will check it out carefully and find out one by one, whoever **** the blood of the people or who stole the money from the court, I will let them spit it out!"

"Give you a good day, but don't let it go!"

"Where is Jinyiwei!"

Heavenly cold drink!

"Subordinates are here!"

Li Ruolian stood up and clasped his fists in response.

"This matter is under the full jurisdiction of Duke Yasukuni, and Jinyiwei is under the command of Duke Jingguo, with the assistance of the General Staff, to thoroughly investigate this matter!"

"As long as anyone involved in this case, no matter what the position of the official, how many rank they have, don't have any scruples, just do what they do!"

The words of the Son of Heaven, like a sharp blade, pierced into the hearts of civil and military officials all at once.

Everyone knows that the Son of Heaven is going to be real!

What is the scene of the emperor's real movement...

In this capital, the head rolls over and over again have happened, which is a very clear proof.

At this moment, many courtiers, kneeling on the ground, already had a touch of water stains, and the pungent fishy smell slowly lingered around the hall.

"The minister leads the order!"

Prince Yasukuni and the commander of Jin Yiwei stood up, and the sonorous voices were clearly audible.

The two cabinet elders looked at each other subconsciously, and in the end, they both sighed, and then silently lowered their heads.

The ruling system of the former Ming Dynasty, which they have been struggling to cover, is finally out of place in this Daheng, which is desperately running forward. After all, it is inevitable fate...

At the end of the court session, the group of ministers dispersed, but most of them were like mourning and criticizing, and their faces were ashen.

A court meeting, a storm that poured into the sky, suddenly took shape, and it came too unexpectedly. Even, until now, there are still many courtiers who have not reacted.

This turbulent storm was formed in an instant under the will of the emperor. Obviously, in a few days, it will completely sweep the entire Daheng world from the capital.

Heads are rolling, corpses are bloody!

The news in the courtroom, with the conclusion of the courtroom meeting, naturally spread rapidly to all parts of the world under various channels.

I don't know how the people in the world will react, but the capital, which has never been calm in the past few years~www.mtlnovel.com~, is once again turbulent under this news!

In this era, the era that just changed from the former Ming Dynasty to the Daheng, the erosion is still the same, and the unspoken rules of inertia are still rampant.

Looking at the whole world, there are many officials who dare to say that they are not greedy and hold high the reputation of honest officials, but behind the scenes, how many are really not greedy?

It is nothing more than a question of greed for more and less.

There is greed for the sake of livelihood, greed for the satisfaction of one's own desires, and greed for the sake of greed.

The boundaries among them, under the general trend, are obviously difficult to distinguish.

Who can guarantee that I will be able to escape from the emperor's butcher's knife with only a hundred and ten taels of money because of my livelihood.

Who can guarantee that I will be able to safely survive this overwhelming trend and save my family's life after greed for hundreds of thousands of taels?

Under the slaughtering knife completely dominated by Wu Xun and Jin Yiwei, these literati have no room for clarity, nor can they draw any relationship, and no one can guarantee their own lives!

The nine gates of the capital are strictly sealed and controlled, and the Emperor's Imperial Army is guarding it. It seems that the entire capital has become a huge urn!

And they are the suffocation in this urn!

The Son of Heaven held the knife and was about to lift them out of the urn one by one.

The family is destroyed, the family is destroyed!

For many people, it is already a near and inevitable fact.

People are turbulent and fearful, but under the emperor's meticulous sealing and control arrangements, it can only be turned into endless despair.

In despair...waiting for the family to break down!

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