Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1057 I'm in Big Trouble

The face saint is definitely going to face the face saint, after all, he was returning to Beijing under the guise of a job report.

According to the system, there is only one object for the governor to report on his duties, and that is the emperor himself.Of course, sometimes the emperor didn't necessarily want to listen to a certain governor to communicate with him directly. At this time, he would entrust the cabinet to accept the governor's report on behalf of the emperor.Usually, it will be the chief assistant who will come forward, but that is an exception after all-but this kind of exception in history has almost become a rule during the so-called "Wanli slack" period, and that is another matter.

The current governor's report is basically received by the emperor in person, so Gao Yushi must have an interview with the saint, but Zhu Yijun was so anxious that he sent Dong Dong directly when he just returned to Beijing and didn't even sit at home for a while. The admiral of the factory took him into the palace, which was more surprising.

This means... something urgent.

Soon, a team of Dongchang fanzi and Jinyiwei's joint guards surrounded Chen Ju and Gao Pragmatic's two green sedan chairs and drove to the palace.A team of Gao Yushi's Fubiao "retired" for the time being, and was allowed to go back to the residence to rest first, and then went outside the palace to wait for Gao Yushi to return to the residence after having a meal.

After entering the palace gate, Gao Yushi and Chen Ju got out of the sedan chair according to the rules - neither of them had such privileges as "riding a horse in the Forbidden City" or "taking a ride in the Forbidden City", and they could only walk when they entered the palace.

However, this also made it easier for the two of them to communicate with each other about the recent situation and today's face saint.

Leaving aside the recent situation, when the two of them talked about meeting the saint today, Chen Ju murmured as he walked: "Speaking of which, what is the emperor going to say to Qiuzhen today? There is no certain number, but when our family left the palace, we thought about it and thought that the most likely ones were the Kingdom of King Lu and the War in Yunnan, but which one, or both of them, is not sure. .”

Gao Wushi nodded silently, but only frowned slightly in thought, but did not speak.

When Chen Ju saw him, he was afraid that he was unprepared, so he reminded: "Seek the truth, our family has always known your ability. Although there are many capable people and strange people in this world, when you say that others are world-class, they are all polite words. Only For you, our family really thinks you have such ability."

Gao Wushi knew that what he said was definitely not aimless, and he definitely didn't finish speaking, so he just smiled wryly and said, "Wan Huaxiu has to make fun of me, I'm not that good."

"Why is it a joke? Our family's words are truer than gold." Chen Ju said, but his face was worried, and he sighed: "But today's situation is different. Our family is afraid that the emperor will really put the kingdom of King Lu and Yunnan. As soon as these two troublesome things of war were put in front of you, you agreed without saying a word... You don't know, these two things are very troublesome now, and if you get involved in them, it may be even more troublesome."

Gao Yushi was really surprised at this moment, and asked, "Why do you say this, please Wanhua give me some pointers."

"Where can we talk about any advice? Our family has a few catties and a few ounces. I know it well. When I talk about these two things, I'm just afraid that I don't know the root cause." Chen Ju paused for a while and asked: "Well, what's the matter?" Both things are quite complicated, which one should we talk about first?"

Gao Wushi's eyes flashed, and he said, "Let's talk about the Kingdom of King Lu first."

"Well, okay, let's talk about this first." Chen Ju scratched his head, and said: "The matter of King Lu's Kingdom is related to the reputation of the emperor, and it is also related to the Palace of Compassion and Ning... We all know the truth , we won’t mention it any more.”

Gao Pragmatic simply nodded.

Chen Ju continued: "The trouble is mainly due to the money. To be honest, you know that a few years ago at King Lu's wedding, according to the system, the prince's engagement gift was only 50 taels of gold, and 860 taels of pearls. How much did it cost? Gold three One thousand eight hundred and sixty nine taels, eight thousand seven hundred yuan for blue rubies, more than eighty-five thousand pearls of all kinds, and twenty-four thousand eight hundred coral pearls...

This incident made the outer court very unhappy at that time. The former Guo Yuanfu went to the court to persuade him, and the foreign court spokesman said that the old man's words were not harsh enough. . "[Note: The above data comes from "Records of Shenzong".]
Gao Wushi was still in the capital when this incident happened, so he knew it clearly, but he didn't interrupt at that time, and naturally he didn't want to say anything more now, so he just nodded.

Chen Ju then continued: "Actually, this sum of money is not too big, because jewelry and other things do not come entirely from purchases, and part of it is the royal tribute from Zhuchi, which is taken from the internal funds and spent by the real household department. The money is only more than one hundred thousand taels. But how should I put it... For the Ministry of Accounting, this is indeed an extra expense, and it is certain that the Ministry of Accounting is not happy."

"But after the construction of King Lu's Mansion, there was another trouble." Chen Ju said distressedly: "The emperor approved a thousand hectares of land for King Lu's Mansion, and used a thousand salts (not 1000 taels) to use hired labor with the Lianghuai transportation. This is troublesome again. The accident happened because the outer court reported that Weihui City was only six miles in radius, and the size of the palace was even larger than that of Weihui City. The construction of the palace in this way is equivalent to rebuilding two or even three Weihui cities, even if there are thousands of salt , the cost of hiring labor is not enough, not to mention there are countless building materials, and I don’t know where they come from.”

Gao Wushi interjected this time: "I've been to Weihui City, it's really not that big."

"That's not the key." Chen Ju said with a wry smile, "It's that the emperor refused to give in, and continued to give in. According to the scale inspection and estimation mentioned earlier, it turned out that the construction of Luwang's mansion would cost 60 taels. I don’t agree, saying that even according to the grant fee during the Jiajing period, 20 taels is already considered a mighty grace, so wouldn’t this 60 taels be extremely extravagant?”

Gao Wushi coughed lightly, but did not express his opinion.To be honest, the Chinese-style palace is indeed expensive. You must know that his White Jade Building is almost entirely made of white marble, and its scale is a replica of the Palace of Fontainebleau in France, but its construction cost is only more than 2 taels.

In fact, the palace is expensive to build, mainly because of the high-grade giant wood used, which came all the way from the southwestern border. Ten thousand taels, 10,000+ taels will be known.

But having said that, the cost of the palace is 60 taels... It is indeed too astonishing. It is estimated that the scale of this palace is probably larger than the entire Jianxinzhai that has been expanded several times-you must know that Jianxinzhai now has Jinghua There are several departments in the craftsman school, and it can accommodate about [-] families to station and train at the same time (it's just the scale, so many people have never been really let go).

Gao Yushi didn't say anything this time, and he could only say, "60 taels...it's indeed a large amount."

Chen Ju coughed lightly, looked left and right, waved to keep his followers away, and then whispered: "To be honest, my family told you that this is not counted... I don't know who gave King Lu the idea. King Lu also played to discuss the farmland, housing, salt shop, salt tax, lake water rent, mine tax, etc. left by King Jing. Naturally, the outer court did not agree, but the emperor agreed again, and the reason was "deputy Friendship" Empathy'."

King Jing is Zhu Zaizhen, the fourth son of Jiajing, the same age as Zhu Zaihou, only one month younger—the one who competed with Longqing for the throne by having a son.This old man was conferred King Jing in Jiajing 18, and died in De'an Palace on the 44th of the first month in Jiajing [-]. He was abolished because he had no children, and he was posthumously King Jinggong.

Since he was able to compete with Long Qing who was still King Yu back then, the scale of the property he owned in the past was naturally not small. If King Lu asked for this property, the outer court would certainly think that King Lu was greedy.

Gao Wushi sighed and asked, "Is there any more?"

"Yes, why not?" Chen Ju also sighed, and said with a wry smile: "In the Kingdom of King Lu, the Empress Dowager Cisheng was afraid that her son would suffer, so she didn't know how to tell the emperor. Anyway, the emperor later approved another 20 taels. It is said that it is to buy jewelry for King Lu to decorate the palace."

Gao Yushi put his hand on the forehead: "That is equivalent to spending 80 taels to build the palace?"

Chen Ju rolled his eyes and said, "You are too polite, it's not 80, it's 100 million."

"Huh?" Gao Wu said honestly, I'm not so bad at math, how did I get the 100 million?

Chen Ju explained: "Originally, it was said that 60 taels would be used to build the palace, but later King Lu sent someone to look at it, and the report said that the decoration was simple and uninhabitable, so 60 taels was not enough, so the emperor had to add another 20 taels to go in... ...that's 100 million taels."

Now even Gao Wushi could only roll his eyes.

Chen Ju put on a bitter face and said: "The key is that the timing of this matter is unlucky. Last year and this year, we fought all the wars in Ming Dynasty, and we spent money all the time, but the money for this war can't be saved. The household department is so poor. All the rats in Taicang were caught and sold... But in this way, how will the holes in Prince Lu's mansion be filled?"

Gao Wushi squeezed the center of his brows, and thought to himself: I don't know how to fill it in. For the 100 million taels, it is estimated that there will be 40 taels just for the "holes". He also subsidized some of the frontier army's military exploits, and it is estimated that they will not be able to pay for it now.

Then Gao Wushi thought with some disgust: Zhu Yiliu is indeed a bit greedy. King Jing has a lot of inheritance. Although King Jing's palace cannot be obtained, other properties have been "transferred" to his name. , there is at least a value of more than 70 million taels, maybe even more.

Besides, the palace built with 60 taels is actually "uninhabitable", you are really awesome.

Now Gao Yushi knows what Chen Ju is worried about. He is afraid that he will take on the shortfall. In the future, Zhu Yijun may develop the mentality of "find Gao Yushi if you don't look for it".

What's more, the outer court may also be dissatisfied with him because of this-although the outer court will consider the money itself, it is more worried about Zhu Yijun's attitude of spending money. Waste money.

Under such circumstances, if he filled the hole with a high level of pragmatism, the foreign court might think that he had broken the control of the entire civil servant group on the emperor and condoned the emperor's "unreasonable behavior".

Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "I understand Wanhua's meaning...the matter in Yunnan, where is the trouble?"

"The first trouble in Yunnan is money." Chen Ju said with a wry smile: "The imperial court really has no money. If there is another big fight in Yunnan, hundreds of officials will probably lose or owe money this year. The cabinet a few days ago The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War were convened to make a calculation: If Yunnan just sticks to a few dangerous places and forces Myanmar to retreat without any major battles, then the cost is only about 5 to [-] taels of silver;
However, if Yunnan, while sticking to the danger, still follows the idea of ​​Yunnan Fuchen and sends Liu Ting and Deng Zilong to take the initiative to attack, even if they don't go deep into Myanmar, but just drive the Burmese out of the border, the money will be at least more than 10 taels;
If this battle is going to be even bigger, for example, let Liu Ting and Deng Zilong go straight to Huanglong and Li Ting to sweep the cave—let's not talk about whether the two of them can do it, but only talk about this scale and distance. In the war, the military salary would have to exceed 20 taels.To be honest, the 20 taels has not counted the reward after the triumph... Tell me, can this battle in Yunnan be fought? "

This time, Gao Wushi really frowned.

As Chen Ju said before, money for war is the most important thing to save. If you save money on this thing, big things will happen, ranging from defeat in the front line to mutiny in the army.

It’s not like repairing Prince Lu’s mansion. There’s not enough money this year. If you insist on sticking to this standard, it’s great to keep King Lu in the capital for a while, whether it’s a year or two, or even three or five years. Gao Yushi didn't think that Empress Dowager Li could take this opportunity to go back to the stage.

But the key problem right now is that the household department is already empty, and Daming is not interested in borrowing money to fight the war, which means that the battle has already been declared a failure before it even started. How the hell is this going to be done?According to the meaning of the household department, then this battle has to be avoided, that is, the so-called just defending a few dangerous points and the job is over-probably the household department thinks that the 5 to [-] taels of silver can be found to make up for it?
But if this battle is not fought, he will be very pragmatic and unwilling.

When he was still in office in Guangxi, he had already started thinking about the war between Ming and Burma, but when he really wanted to start a war, he couldn't afford it?This is really beeping the dog...

The most troublesome thing is that now it seems that even Chen Ju, his own hard-core ally, does not support the start of the war in Yunnan.

Damn Xipi, can you stop thinking of Yunnan as a wild frontier, it is the "core territory" of Ming Dynasty, okay?
Putin said it well, there is no negotiation on territorial issues, only war!

Seeing that Gao Wushi remained silent for a long time, Chen Ju couldn't help becoming nervous, and asked, "To be honest, you don't really support Yunnan's big fight, do you? Our family knows that you have a long-term vision. If you insist on fighting, there must be some people who have to fight." The reason, but the problem is that there is no money to fight right now... How about we delay it for a few years, and wait until the treasury has a surplus in a few years before fighting? It is said that a gentleman takes revenge, and ten years is not too late!"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "If you follow this idea, you will also have no money to play in a few years."

"Oh?" Chen Ju was stunned: "Why is that? After the matter of King Lu is over, won't the court be relieved?"

"I'm afraid this tone will not be relieved for a while." Gao Wushi said bluntly: "The Xihuaidong system is only close to the door. Once the situation permits, Liaodong may start a full-scale war against the Tumen. When the time comes, the battle It’s also impossible for a town in Liaodong to take the fight, at least Ji Town must also be moved... How much do you think it will cost?”

Uh, is this...

Chen Ju said in his heart: According to your style of fighting in the Monan War, at least 50 taels is definitely not enough, and 100 million taels may be barely enough.

However, Chen Ju also knew that if the Jiliao army took the initiative to attack Tumen, it might mean the final battle of the "West Huaidong System". The meaning of this is definitely not at the same level as other battles, because After all, Mongolia has been the primary goal of Ming Dynasty for 200 years, and no one can compare with Mongolia.

Let's put it this way, if you fight other people, the Ministry of Finance may push back and forth, but if you fight Mongolia, especially if it is the "final battle", then the Ministry of Households will temporarily suspend the salaries of all officials across the country, and they will bite the bullet and say "hit"!
It's just... since the governor of Liaodong said that there may be a big battle in Liaodong at any time, if the war in Yunnan is going to be delayed, it really doesn't know how long it will be delayed.

Although Chen Ju really didn't understand the importance of Yunnan, he was an eunuch who had served the emperor for many years after all. It was his skill to watch his words and demeanor. How could he not see Gao Yushi's concern for this battle?

Chen Dugong couldn't help feeling distressed, scratched his head vigorously, and sighed: "This is a big trouble..."
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