Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 304 Objection!

"Objection!! Bi Ziyan, you are just messing around!!"

In the Wenhua Hall, Sun Ruyou's angry voice rang out and could be heard from a long distance away. Other officials in the cabinet could feel the tense atmosphere.

Although a tense atmosphere always accompanies the cabinet, this time it is different.

"Let's discuss matters, don't do this."

Zhu Guozuo, who was sitting in the main seat, frowned slightly when he saw Sun Ruyou being so excited and said: "The cabinet meeting is not Caishikou. You can make as much noise as you want."

Sun Ruyou snorted coldly and said in a sonorous tone: "Yuanfu, this is not because I want to quarrel, but actually because he is self-sufficient and ignores the court, and he came up with such a bad idea for his own personal gain."

at that time.

The sitting assistants, Qian Qianyi and group assistants He Zongyan, Shen, Shi Jikai, Sun Chengzong and Wang Xiangqian, looked at the silent Bi Ziyan with different expressions.

Bi Ziyan wanted to submit a memorial to the emperor, requesting permission from the Ministry of Household Affairs to issue bonds, which caused an uproar in today's cabinet meeting.

"bad idea?"

Facing everyone's gaze, Bi Ziyan lifted up his robe sleeves and looked at Sun Ruyou with a calm expression, "Then I would like to ask Mr. Sun Ge, the Young Mansion issues bonds to external parties, using the Huangzhuang land as the anchor. Why haven’t I seen you say this before?”

"you……"

When Bi Ziyan said this, Sun Ruyou's face changed slightly and veins popped up on his forehead. Although the things were of the same type, they were of different natures.

The bonds issued by the Shaofu are anchored by the Huangzhuang land. After all, it is the private property of the emperor, and there is no need to pay taxes to the treasury. This part of the tax revenue is directly transferred to internal funds, so to say it with disrespect, Even if the emperor loses all this land, it will not affect the operation of the court, and the court can even get an extra tax revenue.

But the nature of the bonds issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs is different. They use official land in Beizhili as the anchor. If the principal and interest cannot be paid at maturity, then the official land needs to be replaced. Originally, the national treasury was unable to make ends meet, and now it is By doing this, if the official land is really replaced, who will bear the responsibility?Who can afford it?

"Lao Bi Ge, don't confuse the two."

Qian Qianyi coughed twice, frowned and looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "What the cabinet is discussing now is that the Ministry of Revenue wants to issue bonds. I think this is not a good move."

"One bad word, one objection, and the matter is over like this?"

Following Qian Qianyi's words, Bi Ziyan said: "We all serve as officials in the same court, and we all serve in the cabinet. You all know the situation of the treasury and the Ministry of Household Affairs at the moment. Bar?"

"Okay, since you are opposed to this proposal, who can make suggestions for me and try to solve some specific problems? For example, rebuilding the old Taicang, allocating silver to the shipping warehouse, and adding more silver to the warehouse for grain storage. His Majesty has emphasized this matter before , apportionment to localities is not allowed, but the problem needs to be solved, right?"

"There are also river inspections in Shanxi, Henan and other places, and the cabinet has also received memorials from the censors who patrolled the rivers. The situation is not as optimistic as expected."

"In addition, the agreed restructuring of Yi Chuan also requires a special amount of money. If I haven't mentioned anything else, how should the above-mentioned money be used?"

After Bi Ziyan finished speaking, the hall fell into deathly silence.

It is said that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance is good, in charge of the world's finances and taxation, and is the richest existence. However, it is all glamorous on the surface. Only the previous Ministers of the Ministry of Finance know how much sadness lies behind it.

Since Bi Ziyan took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he has been trembling with fear and dare not relax for a moment. Especially Zhu Youxiao, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has clearly abolished the apportionment of Liao salaries and made it clear that he will never increase the two preferential policies. This makes The imperial court's income was cut off a lot.If these two preferential policies can be effectively implemented, the burden on the lower class groups will be reduced a lot, but correspondingly, the pressure on the central court will increase a lot.

After all, all expenditures are on the table, but fiscal revenue continues to decrease. No matter how you calculate this account, it will not be reconciled.

It is difficult to be the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty!
It is even more difficult to be the financial minister of the Ming Dynasty!
All kinds of pressure gathered together, and Bi Ziyan could hardly breathe, but he would shrink back when encountering difficulties. This was not Bi Ziyan's character, and he couldn't do it.

The argument in the Wenhua Hall was listened to by someone in a corner outside the hall. When someone came to take over, the person left in a hurry.

"Mr. Bige, I just want to ask you a question."

Seeing that everyone was silent, He Zongyan frowned and looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "If the Ministry of Revenue really wants to issue bonds, it will use the official land in the northern Zhili border as an anchor to collect 800 million taels of silver. It will be unable to be redeemed when it expires." Principal and interest, Mr. Bige really intends to exchange the official land for it?"

“Since this is how we gather money, we must keep our word.”

Bi Ziyan said with determination in his eyes.

"You must be strict with yourself to be a sinner of the Ming Dynasty, but we don't want to be a sinner of the Ming Dynasty yet!"

As soon as these words came out, Sun Ruyou said: "The official land is the foundation of the country. Just for a few million taels of silver, the official land has to be replaced. This is undoubtedly a waste of time to quench thirst."

"Why is Mr. Sun Ge so impatient?"

Faced with Sun Ruyou's question, Bi Ziyan said calmly: "I haven't finished what I have to say. If the bonds issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs can really raise money, the pressure next year will be greater. As long as we can reduce it during this period, If you levy enough taxes on unnecessary expenses and tighten your belt to live a hard life for a few days, the court can pay the principal and interest on schedule."

"Is Mr. Bige so sure?"

Qian Qianyi raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Zhu Guozuo who remained silent, and immediately said to Bi Ziyan: "What if? Can Mr. Bi Ge ensure that the court will not encounter other difficulties in the future?"

"This assistant cannot guarantee this, and I will not predict the future."

Bi Ziyan said: "But I understand one thing. If we don't do this now, the difficulty will not be overcome, and the national treasury will soon be out of money."

Difficult.

Zhu Guozuo frowned when he heard this, but secretly sighed in his heart. He, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, knew what Bi Ziyan said.

But what Bi Ziyan did was completely copying what the emperor had done. If the Shaofu could do it, it didn't mean that the Hubu could do it. After all, the Shaofu had a way out, but the Hubu didn't.

On the one hand, the central finance is in jeopardy, and on the other hand, there is no precedent for the issuance of bonds. It is difficult to choose between the two. What's more, Zhu Guozuo knows better. If this proposal is really passed, the censors and officials of Kedao will definitely not sit idly by. , if the quarrel really breaks out, it will inevitably intensify the changes in the political situation.

But the current situation in the DPRK cannot withstand this kind of tossing.

"In that case, let's vote on the proposal first." Thinking of this, Zhu Guozuo frowned and looked at the crowd and said, "Let's see if this proposal will pass the cabinet discussion."

(End of this chapter)