Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 160 Temporary solution.

"Treasury? What happened to the treasury?"

Hearing Guo Yunhou talking about the treasury, Zhu Youjian was stunned and said in doubt.

After Guo Yunhou took a deep breath, he lowered his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, the treasury is out of money. If there is no more income, it will soon be impossible to even pay out the salaries of the officials this month."

"What? Has the treasury reached such a level?"

Guo Yunhou lowered his head and settled the accounts for Zhu Youjian one by one: "Your Majesty, my tax revenue has been declining every year since the founding of the country. At the beginning of the founding of the Taizu, the annual income could reach tens of millions of taels of silver. Only a little over 400 million!

The annual agricultural tax and industrial and commercial tax are gradually decreasing, but the annual expenditure is increasing year by year. Among them, military expenditure accounts for a large proportion, but it has to be spent.

Every year, as soon as the more than 400 million taels of taxes enter the national treasury, they will be divided up immediately. If there are 30 million taels left in my household department, I should thank other colleagues for their mercy. Anyway, they left us some money to pad the warehouse!
However, since this year, due to the death of the first emperor, the expenses have increased a lot!The national treasury is completely out of money now, and it is already in a financial deficit. The end of the month is approaching. If there is no income, the old man will not be able to give out the salaries of your colleagues this month!
Your Majesty, tell me, what can the old minister do?Do you have an idea? "

"Ah...this..."

Zhu Youjian knew that the treasury of Ming Dynasty didn't have much money, but he didn't expect it to be so short. It was only seven years after the apocalypse, and the treasury started to run out of money. Thinking about the hardships in the past ten years after Chongzhen in history, Zhu Youjian I also immediately understood why my predecessor would cry and be poor every day!
He reckoned that he had used all the property left to him by Emperor Tianqi to fill the national treasury, but he found that it was a bottomless pit, and he couldn't fill it no matter what!
That's why I finally got to the point where I still have to wear the old dragon robes that have been mended!

The majestic queen has to weave cloth in the palace in exchange for her household, which is simply the greatest joke in the world!

Although he knew that the national treasury was out of money, even so, Zhu Youjian couldn’t just soften his heart and take money from his own internal funds to fill the national treasury. There is only a difference between this kind of thing once and countless times. In the future, old man Guo will definitely come to him whenever he has no money. At that time, no matter how much money he has in his pocket, it will not be enough!
Therefore, I have to cut off his thoughts from the very beginning!
However, the problem of the lack of money in the treasury still needs to be resolved, otherwise, if the dignified Ming Dynasty can't even pay the officials' salaries for the next month, no one will really lose their fortune!

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of a good way.

Immediately, Zhu Youjian coughed lightly and said to Guo Yunhou: "Guo Aiqing, I understand your difficulties and your good intentions for Daming, but you can't do such things as blackmailing. You are also my six-part master of Daming. Party member, how could you do such a thing? This time, for the sake of excusability, I will not pursue it, you can do it yourself."

"Can Your Majesty transfer money from internal funds to the treasury?" Guo Yunhou asked expectantly.

"cannot!"

Zhu Youjian flatly refused.

Guo Yunhou's face full of hope disappeared and he didn't care about the dignity of the head of the household department. He sat down on the ground in front of Zhu Youjian and cried:
"Hey! The treasury is running out of rats now. Your Majesty, you are still reluctant to take out the money. Could it be that you really want to wait until my household department can't even pay out the salary, which makes the whole world laugh at me. Your Majesty, are you willing to untie your full waistband when you can't even pay the officials' salaries?

Although the old official is the secretary of the household department, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. She has no face to face her colleagues, and has no face to face the world!The old minister shamed Daming!This veteran official is not qualified, and he can't do it anymore. Please let your majesty let the old minister return home!Please allow your Majesty! "

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was dead and refused to let go, Guo Yunhou made a big move and resigned to return to his hometown. Anyway, the treasury has no money. go!
Zhu Youjian was dumbfounded now, this old man Guo can't leave!He left, where would he go to find such an experienced and responsible Minister of the Household Department?

At that time, if something goes wrong, it will be me who will have a headache!
Zhu Youjian hurriedly continued: "Guo Aiqing, don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet. Although I can't transfer money to the household department from internal funds, I can add a sum of money to the household department in a short time."

"Add a new income?"

As soon as Guo Yunhou heard that there was money, Guo Yunhou's old face changed immediately. The original downcast disappeared without a trace, and he jumped up from the ground with a face of surprise. Zhu Youjian was worried that his old waist would show off.

Guo Yunhou looked at Zhu Youjian excitedly and asked, "Your Majesty! What is the income? How much money is there? When will it arrive?"

Seeing Guo Yunhou's face-changing speed comparable to Sichuan Opera's face-changing, Zhu Youjian's mouth twitched involuntarily, but he didn't make a fool of himself and expressed his thoughts.

"Have Guo Aiqing heard of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce?"

Guo Yunhou nodded, and said with a puzzled expression: "Of course I have heard of it, I heard that the Huangming Chamber of Commerce was built when His Majesty was still in the residence, and it is one of the main sources of domestic funds today!

Your Majesty, what do you mean by suddenly mentioning this? "

As he was talking, Guo Yunhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes widened.With a look of surprise on his face, he said: "Could it be that, Your Majesty, you plan to return all the income of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce to the national treasury?
If this is the case, that would be great, His Majesty is really the son of Shengtian! "

"Ah tui! You're thinking farts!"

Zhu Youjian immediately cursed Guo Yunhou's whimsical ideas in his heart!

Hastily interrupted: "Guo Aiqing misunderstood, I didn't mean to put the income of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce into the national treasury."

"Ah? No? What are you talking about, Your Majesty?"

Guo Yunhou was immediately disappointed when he heard that Zhu Youjian did not intend to transfer the income of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce to the national treasury.

Zhu Youjian secretly scolded the old man Guo for being shameless, but explained with a smile on his face: "Guo Aiqing, don't worry, and I heard that you should explain it carefully.

This is what I think, isn't the national treasury short of emergency money now?Coincidentally, when I went to check the accounts of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce some time ago, the revenue of the Huangming Chamber of Commerce this year is good. If it is based on my current business tax of 30 to 50 in Ming Dynasty, it should be able to pay nearly [-] to [-] to the treasury. The income of taels of silver, plus the copy from Li Zhengshan's family, I will give you what I don't bother with you, which is about [-] taels, so it should be enough for you for the time being, what do you think? "

"But Your Majesty, this can only relieve a temporary worry!" Guo Yunhou said with some reluctance.

But Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said: "Hey! Let's solve the temporary worries first, and I will make arrangements for the rest. Don't worry about it. Ai Qing will know about it."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian has talked about this, and he did come up with a way to add a sum of money to the national treasury first, he can't say anything else, otherwise he will cry when the 50 taels are gone. There was no place to cry, so Guo Yunhou finally nodded heavily: "The old minister understands! Let's do this for now..."

(End of this chapter)