My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Of course, things like making trouble happen one after another.

Just when everyone in the capital was attracted to the Taotie Department, Bi Ziyan passed the Attention Department and extended his hand to Taipu Temple.

Some of the richest yamen in the Ming Dynasty must have the name Taipusi.

Because Taipu Temple is in charge of the horse administration of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Hongwu and Yongle years, horses in the Ming Dynasty still relied on private horse breeding.

But starting from the fourth year of Chenghua, Taipu Temple established a Changying Treasury to reserve horse-priced silver.

During the Longwan Reform period, due to the impact of tax conversion into silver and silver monetization, the horse administration resources that Taipu Temple was responsible for were transformed from physical management to monetary management.

After Longqing paid tribute, the northern mutual trade was put on the bright side.
At this time, the imperial court no longer levied horses from horse-breeding households, but instead directly levied silver. The imperial court then used the silver to buy horses on the market, with a "market capital" of at least 200,000 taels of silver every year.

From then on, the official horse business became an important source of income for Chang Yingku of Taipu Temple.

According to records, the top-grade Mongolian horses in the market were worth eight taels of silver each, the middle-grade horses were seven taels, and the inferior ones were six taels.

The country has been troubled recently, and due to various disputes, more than 8.7 million people were mobilized by the second department of household workers, and only one million people were found in stock. It is surprising - "Records of Ming Shenzong"

After Tiqi surrounded Taipu Temple, he began to weigh boxes of silver, and then sent them to Baoquan Bureau. After being minted into silver coins, they were directly transferred to the national treasury.

The reason is also very simple. Your Taipu Temple failed to provide horses for the emperor's Long Xiang Guard, so I came to check.

The ministers reviewed the ultimatum, and the old treasury between Jia and Long had accumulated more than 10 million. It was prosperous! In the eighteenth year of Wanli's reign, he went to the west to conquer Kuai and Liu, and borrowed 1.6 million. During the Eastern Campaign against Japanese invaders, more than 5.6 million yuan was borrowed. In the twenty-seventh year, he borrowed 500,000 yuan for border taxes and 330,000 yuan for levy and broadcast. In the thirty-first year, Lao Ku paid another 210,000 yuan for border wages, and the horse price was 300,000 yuan. In the thirty-second year, another 350,000 yuan was borrowed on an annual basis. First, for twenty-nine years, the soldiers were not paid, so they borrowed millions. The total amount borrowed from the Ministry of Planning was 9.83 million! ——"Records of Ming Shenzong", written by Li Sixiao, the young minister of Taipu Temple.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the more people did things, the easier it was to be impeached.

Although there is no clear record, from a few words, it can still be seen how profitable this business is.

In the early days of Chongzhen, the three military and industrial departments of the nuclear household borrowed the eunuch's horse for more than 13 million yuan. ——"History of the Ming Dynasty, Military Chronicles, and Ma Zheng"

Bi Ziyan didn't say anything about this.

Looking at Bi Ziyan's memorial in his hand, and then looking at the memorial to impeach Bi Ziyan for his wanton behavior, Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly.

As long as the emperor does not abuse the factory guards, he does not mind using the imperial guards.

Tiqi directly sealed the Changying Treasury in Taipu Temple, and the accountant entered Taipu Temple and began to check the accounts.

At the same time, people from the Duzhi Division also approached the Ministry of War and ordered them to go to various horse farms to check the number of horses.

When Bi Ziyan led Tiqi to surround Taipu Temple, at the same time, a memorial recommending Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, as the chief minister of Taipu Temple, entered the ceremonial office.

At the same time, Bi Ziyan also sent several accountants from Duzhisi into Taipus Temple to be responsible for the accounting of accounts.

Taking advantage of the emperor's backing, Bi Ziyan directly sent Tiqi and the accountant from the Independent Commission Against Corruption to verify the accounts of Taipu Temple.

For this reason, when the Ministry of Punishment approached the Duzhi Division for manpower to check the accounts, the Duzhi Division was unable to spare any manpower.

Zhou Zuo and Zhu Yigui, the young ministers of Taipu Temple, asked Lu Wenzhao of Qianhu to take Tiqi to capture them on the spot and sent them to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town.

This kind of yamen has money to make. Once the accounts are checked, it is really a sure thing.

When sold to the private sector, the price is discounted by twenty-four taels, or tripled.

And countless petty officials and officials below were arrested.

After all, for these corrupt officials, compared with the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the prison of imperial edict is more useful.

However, if the emperor and those doing things reach a consensus and overcome short-term criticism, the problem will not be big.

In a word, if you can't see the situation clearly, it will be a disaster if you stay in the court.

"There is no need to criticize the memorials for impeaching Bi Ziyan. They will all be thrown back."

Zhu Youxiao turned to Liu Shimin and wrote down an accurate word in Bi Ziyan's memorial to recommend Wang Yingjiao.

"My slave obeys the order." After hearing this, Liu Shimin quickly agreed.

Putting down the memorial in his hand, Zhu Youxiao dug out a joint memorial written by Dong Yingju, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, and Deng Shiliang, the official of the Criminal Division.

The thing is, it's very simple.

There was a wealthy family named Liu Chengyu in the south of Beijing. He had a family member. Although he was not an official, according to the previous "New Regulations on Preferential Exemptions and Exemptions", his family's two thousand acres of land did not need to pay summer taxes.

But after the new policy of Shuntian Prefecture was announced, his family needed to pay taxes.

Liu Chengyu refused to accept it and organized his family's tenants to fight against the civilians led by the township officials who went to collect taxes.

After a fight between the two sides, the township official's legs were broken.

After the matter was reported to Dong Yingju, Dong Yingju immediately ordered soldiers from the inspection department to go handle it. At the same time, he also approached Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei.

After Xu Xianchun heard the news, he was stunned. Is there such a bold big business in the Gyeonggi area?

Immediately, he took fifty cavalry and three hundred soldiers from the Inspection Department to ransack Liu Chengyu's house.

Armed to fight taxes, no problem.

Just compare which one is better armed.

In the process of collecting taxes, the government has to face three problems.

Tax evasion and tax arrears are a matter for the Taotie Department.

As for armed resistance to taxes, that is a matter for the Inspection Department.

The Criminal Division of Shuntian Prefecture has already sentenced this case, and Liu Chengyu's family was exiled to Qiongzhou.

After the Ministry of Punishment reviewed the files, he changed his place and was exiled to Liaodong.

After carefully reading the case file, Zhu Youxiao touched his chin and thought for a while, then picked up a pen and started writing on the file.

[The first offender was sentenced to death, and the whole family was exiled to Liaodong]

After finishing writing, Zhu Youxiao put the file aside.

Even if someone is killed, no one will be killed. It’s just a joke.

After finally finishing reviewing today's memorial, Zhu Youxiao stood up from his chair, looked at Liu Shimin and asked.

"Has the big warehouse in Nanhaizi been built yet? When will it be completed?"

"Go back to your Majesty, the silver vault of size A has been built, and it can store at least 100 million silver coins."

After hearing the emperor's words, Liu Shimin immediately answered.

"The grain depot is a warehouse with thousands of stones, and fire trenches are being dug."

The emperor was very concerned about the big project in Nanhaizi and reported the progress of the project every five days.

"Where are the other yamen? Where are the official residences for officials? When will they be available?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked.

"Back to your lord, the walls of the Liubu Yamen have been erected, and now the beams are being added to the house."

"As for the official residence, the foundation has been laid, and we are just waiting for the lumber to be transported from other places."

“It is estimated that it will have to wait until September next year if we want to be able to accommodate people initially.”

"Tell Wei Zhongxian to maintain quality and quantity, and build the six yamen as soon as possible. If there are not enough people, we will recruit workers from the capital, as soon as possible."

"This slave obeys the order." (End of this chapter)