My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 44 I will use internal funds to settle your accounts.

More than 150 million taels.

This time, not only the emperor, but also Xue Fengxiang looked at Huang Jiashan in shock.

Although their military department has the responsibility of supervising military affairs, they usually receive a share of the military salary. When doing errands, they only hear about it, and few people actually go to the military department to inspect.

Besides, when I go to see the Ministry of War, I don’t show them the specific accounts.

Now that I heard that three parties alone owed so much, I suddenly became a little confused.

"I know."

Slowly exhaling the air from his lungs, Zhu Youxiao felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier.

Wanli is a deadbeat thing, which shows that there is nothing wrong with dying in Wanli!
"Whatever you owe, let's pay it first. This debt must be settled bit by bit."

Zhu Youxiao said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, the Beijing Camp involves the Ministry of War, the Military Branch, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and many local guards. Most of the generals are hereditary, and they are also involved with the nobles in the court. We must be cautious about this matter."

Huang Jiashan guessed what the emperor wanted to do in an instant, and said cautiously.

"careful?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao sneered.

"The Jingying camp involves the stability of the world and the country of the Ming Dynasty. If the Jingying camp is ruined, the world will also be ruined! No matter who I involve, whoever dares to dig up the roots of the Ming Dynasty, I will kill him."

"But..."

Just when Huang Jiashan was about to say something, Zhang Zhiji led someone up to the high platform and handed over his hand.

"Your Majesty, this is the roster of soldiers and horses."

"According to my rules, the military status will be abolished and all will be registered as civilians. The old, weak, sick and disabled will be organized into a separate battalion, and the food and salary will be reduced by half. The strong and strong will be integrated into the two guards of Hu Ben and Bao Tao."

Taking the roster of soldiers and horses from Zhang Weixian's hand, he did not open it to read, but motioned to Zhang Weixian to tell him.

"Back to Your Majesty, Tongzhou Guards has 600 men, of which there are actually 300, 500 are employed, 700 are old and weak, and only over 100 are strong."

"Take the royal guards and go from house to house to retrieve my soldiers!"

Smashing the Yongle sword that usually hung on his waist as a decoration at Zhang Weixian, Zhu Youxiao shouted at the British Duke.

Although I had known about the rot problem in Beijing Camp for a long time, I didn't expect it to be so serious.

"I'll give you the Emperor's Sword. If anyone dares to stop me, I'll kill him first and show him later!"

"Wei Chen takes orders!"

Suppressed by the evil aura on the little emperor's body, Zhang Weixian quickly bowed.

"Your Majesty, I found out."

Zhang Weixian walked forward, and Sun Chuanting stepped onto the high platform behind.

"I talked to the few remaining generals of the Tongzhou Guard. They said that when I went to the Ministry of War to ask for pay, Zhang Heming, the Minister of War, refused and said that the commander had not arrived yet and he did not give me a single penny."

"As for Nanhaizi's payment of wages, they also listened to the beggar."

"Let the Jin Yiwei capture Zhang Heming and send him to prison!"

"His Majesty."

Hearing that Zhang Heming was about to be sentenced to prison, Han Xu quickly stood up and said.

"Since the Battle of Saarhu, the affairs of the Ministry of War have been complicated, and it is inevitable that some omissions have been made. Please forgive me for the time being."

"The affairs are complicated and there are some omissions, which means that the ability is insufficient."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao waved Sun Chuanting to leave first and sat down on the chair brought by the eunuch.

"Never mind."

He waved his hand and asked the eunuch to come back, signaling that he would no longer be sent to prison.

"Since the Tumubao Incident, the power to mobilize troops has been transferred to the Ministry of War, and the Beijing Camp is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War."

"But looking at the current state of Beijing Camp, the Ministry of War is incapable of managing Beijing Camp."

"Your Majesty, I am old and frail and no longer have the energy to handle ministry affairs. In order to prevent me from neglecting state affairs, I would like to ask your Majesty to allow me to retire and return to my hometown."

After hearing that the emperor said that the Ministry of War was incapable of managing the Ministry of War and that he was going to find trouble with the Ministry of War, Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, immediately stood up.

Hearing Huang Jiashan speak, Zhu Youxiao was about to say, are you threatening me.

But then he stopped when he looked at the old man's haggard figure in front of him.

"Ai Qing, how old is your age this year?"

"Your Majesty, I am already seventy-one years old."

"You are 71. This is the year when you should be happy to have grandchildren, but you are busy with state affairs in Beijing. It is difficult for you to love me."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea.

"That's right, I will make you the Taifu and allow you to retire and return to your hometown."

"I will give you the python robe and jade belt, and a thousand taels of silver."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

Hearing this, Huang Jiashan quickly knelt down and thanked him.

After asking the eunuch to help Huang Jiashan up from the ground, Zhu Youxiao continued.

"As for the Ministry of War, I wonder who Ai Qing thinks can take over?" "This..."

Hearing this, Huang Jiashan was stunned for a moment, and then said.

"I have no candidate to take over, so I ask Your Majesty to make your own decision."

"is it?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao played with the tea cup in his hand, thinking about who could take over the Ministry of War.

Now, the people he likes are still young and don't have the ability. If the Ministry of War hands them over, let alone being worried, they won't even be able to pass the court.

After thinking again and again, Zhu Youxiao picked out one of the people present.

"Huang Kezhan."

"The minister is here."

Hearing this, Huang Kezhan quickly came out of the queue.

"I remember that before the death of the divine ancestor, Zeng Zan'er was the minister of Anbang Gubenben, so you should take over as the minister of the Ministry of War."

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

Huang Kezhan was not surprised when he heard that he would take over the Ministry of War, and immediately bowed down.

After the defeat of Sarhu last year, he briefly took over as the Minister of the Ministry of War. However, at that time, the situation in Sarhu was too big, and he did not have the ability to tell the truth, so he moved to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

"The reason why the Ministry of War is in arrears with wages is simply that the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot come up with money and food."

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Zhu Youxiao continued.

"The court of the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than a few palaces and a few yamen."

"But there has never been any rules on whether the meals in the inner and outer court should be eaten separately or together."

"Now the rice in the outer court is not enough, and all the ministries are writing to me every day, asking me to take out the rice in the inner court and make up for it in the outer court."

"In this case, I will use 500 million taels of silver from the internal funds to finance the state and help you settle your accounts this year."

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Upon hearing that the emperor wanted to take out 500 million taels of silver from the internal funds for national use, the ministers present immediately knelt down and said.

Unfortunately, Wanli is an iron rooster. Taking out silver from Wanli's internal funds is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.

I really didn’t expect that this little emperor was so generous and would take out so much at once.

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

Seeing how excited these people were, Zhu Youxiao poured a basin of cold water on them from behind.

"I can use internal funds to supplement the national needs, but there must be regulations on how the internal funds are spent, and someone must supervise it."

"I read history books and found out that in the early Song Dynasty, there were three departments, Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu, named Ji Sheng, which were specially used to clear accounts."

"We, Ming Dynasty, should also have a yamen to take stock of Ming Dynasty's accounts."

"Since the death of the late emperor, the inner court took back the mine supervisors, and the internal funds have no big income. Only Huangzhuangzi silver and gold flower silver are left to maintain the operation of the inner court. I can settle the accounts for you in the 48th year of Wanli. But in the first year of Tianqi, if there is another debt, I don’t have the money to settle it for you.”

"Your Majesty, this matter is serious and I would like to hold a court meeting."

Fang Congzhe heard the emperor's meaning from his words and cupped his hands.

It's okay for me to spend money to settle the accounts for you, but from now on, the emperor will send people from the inner court to have a hand in the accounts of the outer court.

Although he thought it was a good thing for the emperor to use money to supplement the country's needs, Fang Congzhe did not want to see the eunuchs of the inner court reaching out to the outer court.

"I second the proposal, please hold a court meeting."

At the same time, Han Xu also handed over his hand.

His thinking direction is different from Fang Congzhe's.

He heard that the emperor said that he wanted to settle accounts and set up a new department to clear accounts and do accounting. Wasn't this naturally prepared for Donglin?

How could such a good position be left to other evil parties?
"The minister waits for a second opinion."

As the two ministers of the cabinet expressed their opinions, people from other six ministries and nine temples also expressed their request to hold a court meeting.

Although since ancient times, we have held small meetings for big things, held general meetings for small things, and no meetings for important things.

But now, what these courtiers were thinking was.

First, the emperor’s money must be spent.

Second, it is best not to send the emperor’s people to the outer court.

"Opening of the court meeting."

Zhu Youxiao was not surprised when he heard what everyone said. After a pause, he said.

"Okay, you can go back now."

"Today, we have a grand dynasty."

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