Daming reckless man

Chapter 559 Give You a Deadline
When Jiajing heard Yan Song's words, he asked Xu Jie and the others what they meant. Xu Jie and the others looked at each other, who dared to say anything?Everyone is afraid, if something happens to the crown prince, it will be bloody, who dares to take the responsibility?
"Your Majesty, it's all up to Your Majesty!" Xu Jie immediately said to Jiajing.

"Well, I'm in charge?" Jiajing heard it, and was also thinking about it. Why was he afraid of offending the crown prince?

Jiajing knew that it was nonsense, it was nothing more than wanting to keep the families of those people. After all, some of these people had their disciples arrested, and they needed to die this time. They couldn't keep those people, so they wanted to keep their families. Law, these people deserve to die, and so do their families!

"Let's put it aside for now, I'll think about it!" Jiajing said to Yan Song.

"Yes, Your Majesty! However, there are probably not so many cells in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After all, so many people have been arrested this time. If they don't deal with it quickly, it will be bad!" Yan Song immediately said to Jiajing, reminding Jiajing to hurry up The point is, they are also worried that the prince will die suddenly. If the prince dies, those people will probably die too.

"Well, I know. When Zhang Hao comes back, I will discuss it with Zhang Hao. We still have to listen to Zhang Hao's opinion on this matter!" Jiajing said to Yan Song. It may take a few days for Zhang Hao to go to Tangshan now.

They heard it and looked at each other. What does this have to do with Zhang Hao?Since when did Zhang Hao take care of the affairs of the court?

"Your Majesty, you said to wait for Marquis Lu An to come back, what? Has Marquis Lu An also started to manage the affairs of the Ministry of Punishment?" Wang Bangrui looked at Jiajing and asked in confusion.

"The people he arrested were also interrogated by him. His opinion is of course very important. I also need to know the attitude of those officials in Zhao Prison. If they are very arrogant and refuse to plead guilty, then there is no need to keep them. !” Jiajing looked at Wang Bangrui and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Marquis Lu An's opinion is indeed very important!" Yan Song immediately cupped his hands and said, Yan Song had already said it, and it was hard for others to say it.

"In addition, Your Majesty, this time it is still tax-free. The tax on the Ministry of Accounts is estimated not to be much. Last year it was more than 200 million, and this year it is estimated to be about the same. It may be difficult for the Ministry of Accounts to do things with this money!" Yan Song looked at Jiajing cupped his hands again and said.

"Didn't I already allocate 700 million taels? Isn't that enough?" Jiajing heard it and asked suspiciously while looking at Yan Song.

"This year the Ministry of Industry needs to do a lot of things. One is to repair the embankments. The Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, the Ganjiang River, and the Xiangjiang River all need to be repaired. They have not been repaired for many years, and they often burst. Floods are troublesome, and we need to prepare enough food!" Yan Song immediately reported to Jiajing.

"What is the budget reported by the Ministry of Industry?" Jiajing stared at Yan Song and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, we are still doing it now. I guess it will take a lot. Now that the household department does not have enough money, they dare not report more, nor do they dare to repair more, but these embankments need to be repaired. What I mean is, give more money." Some money, let the Ministry of Industry repair those embankments, so as not to cause major floods!" Yan Song said.

"Your Majesty, I also mean the same thing. Now that you still have some money on your side, the emperor, it is better to repair it. In addition, the water conservancy needs to be repaired. Some places need to build reservoirs, and some reservoirs also need to be reinforced. These are all the money needed!" Xu Jie also said to Jiajing, this matter is good for Daming, so Xu Jie agreed.

"Well, how much do we need to increase?" Jiajing asked. .

"Return to Your Majesty, we don't know about this!" Yan Song replied immediately.

"In this case, I will allocate 200 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry to repair the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Ganjiang River and Xiangjiang River. At that time, I will send people to check the accounts and inspect the projects. In terms of water conservancy, I will allocate another 100 million taels, which also needs to be checked. And inspectors, you tell those officials that they can be corrupt, but as long as they are not afraid of losing their heads, my knife is still very fast!" Jiajing stared at them and warned.

"Don't dare!" They immediately stood up and said to Jiajing.

"Lu Fang!" Jiajing shouted.

"The servant is here!" Lu Fang came out immediately.

"Call out 300 million taels, and the supervisor of ceremonies will draw up an imperial decree to clearly write down what I just said, so that they know that this money is used to improve the river!" Jiajing said, looking at Lu Fang.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Fang nodded immediately.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Those people also immediately said to Jiajing.

"In addition, there is another thing. Fujian and Zhejiang have sent news that this year there may be more Japanese pirates. They need to increase military spending, and it is estimated that they need to increase by 100 million taels!" Yan Song reported again.

"Fighting the Japanese pirates every year, the cost of fighting the Japanese pirates exceeds tens of millions of taels of silver. The Japanese pirates are so difficult to fight, and they have been suppressed and beaten by the Japanese pirates. The treasury of my Ming Dynasty is not so full. Regarding the Japanese pirates, is there any regulation at the Ministry of War?" Jiajing said very unhappy when he heard this.

"Return to Your Majesty, this, the Ministry of War has nothing to do. There is no sign of Japanese pirates landing, so we can only passively resist!" Wang Bangrui said immediately, clasping his hands.

"There is no charter. Every year, Jiangsu and Zhejiang say that the tax is basically given to that side. It is not enough. The court still needs to mobilize money from various places. The annual expenditure there is no less than 300 million taels. If you count the losses of the people , you lose tens of millions of taels of silver every year, why can't you beat it?" Jiajing said very annoyed.None of those ministers dared to answer.

"Zhang Hao is also busy now. If he is not busy, I will let Zhang Hao guard Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I believe that within two years, the Japanese pirates will not even have a place to hide. What are those generals doing? They only know how to defend, but they don't know how to find them." lair,

If this matter has not been resolved this year, I will not believe that when Zhang Hao is sent to fight, I will not be able to kill those Japanese pirates. This happens every year, every year, and Daming's treasury will be emptied by them! " Jiajing said very angrily.

"The minister is incompetent!" Those people stood there immediately and said with cupped hands.

"Well, is there any news from the Tatar side?" Jiajing asked. In fact, he knew all the news from the Tatar side. After all, Jin Yiwei also worked carefully on the grassland, and they sent all the news they inquired to Beijing. Come.

"Return to Your Majesty, there is no news now, but now the Tatars seem to be expanding to the east and north. I heard that the power has increased a lot. It is estimated that this winter, the Tatars may come to provoke, but I, Ming The frontier army is not afraid of their provocation, now the frontier army has sufficient supplies and armaments!" Wang Bangrui immediately answered with his hands clasped.

"That's good, one south and one north, it's a headache for me. The Japanese pirates and the Tatars must be resolved after all. The court should save some money and prepare more supplies. Don't fight when the time comes. Nothing! I gave you so much money, you can't spend it all!
I don't want what happened last year to happen again this year. If so, I won't leave any of them behind!The Metropolitan Procuratorate has to do a good job in this area, and the local censors also need to play a role! " Jiajing sat there and said very unhappy.

"Yes!" Those people continued to nod and said.

"Well, keep talking!" Jiajing sat there, listening to the ministers talking,
Throughout the morning, Jiajing listened to them discussing the court affairs in the conservatory.

The day before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Hao came back from Tangshan, everything had been arranged there, and after returning, Zhang Hao went straight to Danfang.

"Good boy, I thought you wouldn't come back. I should have known, Chuqi, I shouldn't have let you go!" Jiajing said with a smile when he saw Zhang Hao came back.

"What's the matter, what happened on Chuqi?" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing incomprehensibly and asked.

"On the seventh day of the lunar new year, they had to leave me with several million taels!" Jiajing said very annoyed.

"Ah? Why?" Zhang Hao was even more shocked when he heard that, staring at Jiajing and asking.

"There is nothing to say about repairing the river embankment. I agree, but I am just worried that the money was not used where it should be used, and was corrupted by those officials. In the southeast, Japanese pirates are rampant. It is also possible to increase military spending.

But the Japanese pirates brought huge losses to our Ming Dynasty, and they also restrained most of our military power in Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates incident started from Taizu, and it has not been resolved until now.

Oh, hey, Zhang Hao, I'll give you a few years, if they can't stop the Japanese pirates, you can go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, stay for a few years, and clean them up for me. After cleaning up, guard Liaodong, I feel that there No, the people over there are still not convinced by me, Daming, something will happen sooner or later, you go over there and deal with them severely!I, Daming, will guard there forever! " Jiajing said to Zhang Hao.

"Okay, don't worry, the Japanese pirates have been hopping around for a short time. After my big ship is built, it will be their death. As for the repair of the river, it should be done. Just go to check the accounts at that time!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing.

"Well, things are all over, when are you going to Shaanxi?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Hey, Your Majesty, can't you let me rest for a few days?" Zhang Hao felt helpless when he heard this. He really didn't want to take care of this matter, but he also knew that Jiajing would not agree to it.

"That can't be done. King Qin and King Lu, relying on their old qualifications, have caused me a lot of trouble. Those officials dare to be so arrogant, aren't they behind them? I'll tell you, I will deal with them severely and kill some of them. Humans are fine too!" Jiajing instructed Zhang Hao.

"Hey!" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing helplessly.

(End of this chapter)