Mingshi

Chapter 877
"Not a great talent!"

Everyone couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts, and at the same time they gradually became less nervous.King Yu and Luo Xin moved their arms forward, Zhou Yu and other eight people followed behind, watching King Yu holding Luo Xin's arm, they were both envious and happy in their hearts.

Entering the lobby, the food and wine will come up like water.During the banquet, King Yu naturally said some touching words, Zhou Yu and others also said some words of loyalty, Luo Xin interspersed between King Yu and everyone, and quickly pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

They were all happy here, but at this time in Yuxi Palace, they were all nervous.

Because Emperor Jiajing was settling accounts.

When Luo Xin returned to the capital to meet Emperor Jiajing for the first time, he reported everything about Shibosi to Emperor Jiajing, and vaguely revealed that Shibosi was still in his infancy, so he was not at ease leaving at this time.Later, Lu Bing vaguely mentioned Zhang Shijie and Xu Jie's hookup, which made Emperor Jiajing full of vigilance.

The Shibo Department was the lifeblood of Emperor Jiajing, and now the financial situation of the entire Ming Dynasty depended on the Shibo Department. With the Shibo Department, Emperor Jiajing was in the mood to live a life of cultivation.Therefore, after half a year passed, Emperor Jiajing asked Shibo to send the income and account books for the past half year.

At this time in the main hall, ten eunuchs are sitting on both sides of a long case, each with a ledger and an abacus in front of them, and the ten eunuchs are doing the abacus quickly, the sound made by the collision of your abacus beads is like a big The pearls fell on the jade plate, and everyone was engrossed.

Don't dare not pay attention, because after the Yushu case, Emperor Jiajing was sitting there, watching them.

Behind the ten eunuchs who were doing the accounting, there was also a little eunuch standing separately. Whenever a eunuch finished calculating an account book and got the result and wrote it down, the little eunuchs behind would send the result to Emperor Jiajing’s imperial book case. .

Emperor Jiajing looked at them one by one, very slowly and carefully.

Emperor Jiajing's expression was very calm, but there was not a flash of sharpness in those eyes. At some point, the sound of the abacus in the hall disappeared, and the result of the last calculation had been sent to Emperor Jiajing by the eunuch. Before the case.

The whole Yuxi Palace was suddenly silent, and the ten old eunuchs sat there in good order. Although they had been sitting there for ten hours straight to settle accounts, their legs were numb and their hands were sore, but at this time they dared not With the slightest movement, the ten young eunuchs also retreated behind the ten eunuchs at this time, standing there obediently, all of them held their breath and lowered their heads.

In the main hall, the only sound was the sound of Emperor Jiajing flipping through the papers.After a while, Emperor Jiajing said in a concentrated voice:

"Did Japanese pirates appear again at sea this year?"

Huang Jin immediately said softly: "Returning to Your Majesty, there are Japanese pirates at sea, and they are making a lot of noise."

"Oh?" Emperor Jiajing frowned: "Then what does Hu Zongxian do?"

"Your Majesty, although the Japanese pirates at sea are making a lot of noise, they haven't affected our Daming. In fact, we don't know if they are Japanese pirates. Now a group of people occupy an island called Taiwan, and their power is expanding very fast. , Now they are attacking Ryukyu, and the Prince of Ryukyu has come to our Ming Dynasty, please send troops to help them."

"Huh?" Emperor Jiajing raised his eyebrows: "Then did they rob ships on the seas of various feudal kingdoms?"

"According to the information we have received, there is not. Moreover, Taiwan is still open to various vassal states, and those vassal states have now regarded Taiwan as a transit point."

"So, those battles at sea didn't have the slightest impact on Shibo Division?"

"Yes!"

"Then why is the customs duty handed over by the Shibo Department less than one-third? I remember that when Luo Xin was still in the Shibo Department, the customs duty for half a year was more than 300 million taels, why is it only 200 million taels now? The war at sea had no effect on the maritime trade, so where did the more than 100 million taels of silver go? Could it be that those vassal states were afraid of the war at sea and stopped going to Daming?"

"No!" Huang Jin shook his head and said: "Dongchang has already investigated, and now there are [-]% more merchants from the feudal kingdom who come to Daming than when Luo Xin was in the southeast."

"Hehe..." Emperor Jiajing sneered twice: "It's so strange. The merchants who have increased by [-]% don't see more money, but less money. Doesn't Zhang Shijie have an explanation? Where's his memorial?"

"It should be in the cabinet, but it hasn't been sent yet."

"Get it!" Emperor Jiajing raised his voice.

"The slave is going here."

Huang Jin quietly exited Yuxi Palace and walked towards the cabinet.

"You go down."

Those eunuchs left quietly, and Emperor Jiajing was the only one left in Yuxi Palace.Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing's eyes showed anger, and his chest heaved violently.It took more than ten breaths for Emperor Jiajing to calm down slowly.Whispered in a low voice:

"Is there no one in Ming Dynasty who can match Luo Xin? There is no need for him to be like Luo Xin, who can govern the country with literature, manage the country with martial arts, and know how to manage money. As long as he has Luo Xin's talent in one aspect."

In fact, the situation that Emperor Jiajing hoped most was that there would be three people who had the ability to govern the country with culture, the ability to manage the country with martial arts, and the ability to manage money.In this way, he can reuse three people at the same time, and use them to check and balance each other.Where does he have to guard against Luo Xin like now?

"Ugh……"

When Emperor Jiajing rang Luo Xin, he couldn't help but feel a headache.Now that Luo Xin has conquered the north and south, he has wiped out the surrounding areas of Ming Dynasty, but there is no war, and there is no need for talents with martial arts and safety, at least not now.

As for governing the country!
Who governs the country differently?
It's just that Xu Jie and Gao Gong are good at governing the country, and Emperor Jiajing also cultivated Zhang Juzheng, so Luo Xin is not necessary.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty does not need Luo Xin in both civil and military aspects, which is why Emperor Jiajing dared to kill Luo Xin.

but……

The Ming Dynasty lacked financial management people!

At the beginning, the salaries of the officials who came to the Ming Dynasty could not be paid out, and the Ming Dynasty was in danger.However, at such a time, Luo Xin stepped forward and successfully solved the financial problems of Ming Dynasty.

This had to make Emperor Jiajing rely on Luo Xin, and suppressed his murderous intentions towards Luo Xin.

Originally thought that the Shibo Division had already stepped on the right track, even if there was no Luo Xin, as long as the Shibo Division followed Luo Xin's path, it would still be able to perfectly solve the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, so Emperor Jiajing decisively recruited Luo Xin back.

Luo Xin already had a strong appeal in the north, and he couldn't let Luo Xin establish his reputation in the south.If Luo Xin was allowed to establish the same reputation in the south as in the north, would the Ming Dynasty still have the surname Zhu?
but……

He never thought that Luo Xin came back honestly, but in just half a year, the tariff was reduced by more than 100 million taels.

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