After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 51
"Although we are emperors, we have never seen so many gold and silver jewelry at one time." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Silver is really a good thing, and people can't control their greed when they see it."

"That Mr. Qin is really powerful! It was just a small trick, and he made a net profit of 5000 million taels of silver for the treasury." Empress Ma said, "We used to suspect that he was talking on paper, but now it seems that is definitely not the case."

"Chongba, with this money, you can immediately start to do many things that you couldn't do before. Let Daming prosper and let the people have enough food and clothing. Mr. Qin is my benefactor of Daming, and also for all the people. benefactor."

"That's right. With money, everything is possible. Yangzhou needs to be rebuilt, the victims of Shaanxi and Gansu need relief, and the bandits in the southwest need to be exterminated... After the Ministry of Household has the money, everything can be done." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "So a talent like Mr. Qin is hard to find through the ages. Earning money for the treasury is proof of his strength."

"Then do we have to repay him?" Queen Ma said, "No, it should be something to reward him."

"It's just a reward." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "For ordinary courtiers, you can only say rewards, but for Mr. Qin, it's a reward." He lowered his head and pondered: "What should I give him? I can't give him gold and silver, and he doesn't like power. , false name..."

"Didn't he want girls to come to his classroom, and the villagers are not active?" Queen Ma said, "Why not, let's send him two female students over there."

"Good idea!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands, "But who should I send over there?"

"Just Princess Ning Guo and Xu Da's youngest daughter Xu Miaojin." Queen Ma said.

"Okay! Let's do it like this." Zhu Yuanzhang said, looking at the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, he seemed a little reluctant, "Speaking of which, we don't need to hand over the 5000 million taels of silver to the treasury, it can be regarded as the emperor's private wealth. After all, we personally wrote that word and sold it to Shen Wansan, the money should belong to the emperor himself."

"Chongba, the entire Daming River is yours, what kind of private treasury do you care about?" Queen Ma laughed.She could also see that Zhu Yuanzhang was greedy after seeing so much money.

In ancient times, emperors had small private coffers.

The money of the treasury belongs to the treasury, and the money of the emperor belongs to the emperor. The two are completely irrelevant.

The emperor rewards his concubines, princes, and ministers with his own private money, not the treasury.The treasury is only used when a large amount of money is needed for national affairs.

No one dares to manage with their own money, and with the money from the treasury, it depends on the looks of the officials of the Ministry of Household.

For example, if the emperor wants to build a palace, arrange a large banquet, or send troops, the people in the household department will say that such a thing will not benefit the country and the people, so they refuse to give money.And the emperor has no way to take them, because the reason they gave is very legitimate.You can't just kill them if you don't want to be as good as you want, that would be an act of ignorance.

Moreover, the Ministry of Household also has the responsibility of the Ministry of Household. The expenses of the royal family need to be managed by the Ministry of Households, the salaries of officials need to be paid by the Ministry of Households, and the expenses of military salaries need to be provided by the Ministry of Households... In the year of disaster, it is necessary to ensure that there is enough money for disaster relief.If you can't get it out, the Ministry of Household is negligent.Given that the Ministry of Household has such an important responsibility, the emperor could not use the treasury money without reason.

At the end of the dynasty, when the monarch's power was weakened, even if the emperor had a legitimate reason to ask for money, some officials of the household department dared not to give it.There was once a last emperor who cried and asked the minister of household for money.

He couldn't even get the money for his own marriage.

Therefore, the private treasury is still very important to the emperor.

If Zhu Yuanzhang used 5000 million taels of silver to enrich his treasury this time, then he would build a palace in the future if he wanted to build a palace, and if he wanted to have a big banquet, he would make a big banquet.The officials of the household department can only watch with blind eyes, not daring to have a word of gossip.

"Sister is right, the whole of Ming Dynasty is ours. Let's hand over all the money to the treasury." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The country, the country, for the emperor, the country must come first."

"This is the Emperor Hongwu in the hearts of the common people!" Queen Ma said, "I will go back now to prepare and send the two female students to him. This time I will send it in person. To be honest, I have long wanted to see it with my own eyes. I saw that knowledgeable Mr. Qin."

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"Old minister Lu Chang, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor." At this time, an old minister came over tremblingly and greeted the emperor.He saw the mountains of silver piled up on the ground at a glance, and rubbed his eyes involuntarily.

His body trembled with excitement.

As the Minister of the Household Department of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Chang's annual treasury income was only about 200 million taels of silver.In the past, when doing anything, you had to be careful and careful, and when you paid, you also searched and searched.

The emperor wanted to allocate funds to Yangzhou, but he couldn't come, and he wanted to exterminate the bandits in the southwest, but he couldn't come up with the money... He had to keep the money, pay officials to pay salaries to the palace maids and eunuchs, and maintain the basic operation of the country.

He, the Minister of the Household, was very poor and useless.

And now, with such a large sum of money piled up in front of him, how could he not be excited?
"That's great, that's great... The Ministry of Household finally has money!!" Lu Chang's eyes lit up.

"Who said that this silver belongs to the Ministry of Households?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "There are a total of 5000 million taels of silver, all of which we got from selling letters. It is not a national tax, so it should belong to the emperor alone."

"A total of 5000 million taels...is it all owned by His Majesty?" Lu Chang's voice trembled.

"Why, shouldn't it be?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The 5000 million taels was earned by ourselves, and it wasn't collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Lu Chang, don't tell me you're thinking about the emperor's money?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister, the old minister dare not." Lu Chang sweated down his back.

"Lv Chang, if you are greedy, let your household officials try to earn 5000 million taels. When you use it to enrich the national treasury, we will reward you without saying a word." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister... I don't have that ability, and all the officials of the household department have no such ability." Lu Chang said, "They are all ordinary people.

"You don't have to talk about the miraculous in everything." Zhu Yuanzhang said, seeing Lu Chang's appearance, his heart was overjoyed.

"However, Your Majesty...a total of 5000 million taels of silver is used to enrich your personal treasury...isn't it...a bit too much?" Lu Chang said, "The emperor is backed by the treasury, how can I use so much silver personally? Look, old minister, keeping tens of thousands of taels is enough..."

(End of this chapter)