Wanli 1592

Chapter 953 I Will Not Pursue It Anymore

Shen Li didn't say a word again, and he didn't know if he was ashamed to speak again.

It is only here that the idlers have been cleaned up, and the next step is the highlight.

Looking at the civil servants and generals who were kneeling on the ground and dare not move, Xiao Ruxun nodded slightly and said, "Stop kneeling, get up, Xiao is not the emperor yet."

Civil servants and military generals looked at me and I looked at you, then slowly stood up, but still kept their heads down and did not dare to move.

"The world is changing, and the sea is changing. It seems that Xiao was thinking about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to restore the orthodoxy of Ming Dynasty yesterday, but today he wants to bear the infamy of rebellion for no reason."

Xiao Ruxun seemed to shake her head helplessly: "However, Xiao has no regrets, because all this is for the common people of the world, for the common people of the world to no longer suffer from being displaced, no longer hungry, no longer exposed to the wild, If there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the south and north of the river are peaceful, if this can be done, it doesn’t matter if Xiao is infamous forever.”

Xiao Ruxun himself felt a little funny when he said half-truths and half-false words.

But if you think about it carefully, how can there be any good things in the world...

The world is never black and white.

So what he said was full of confidence.

Zhao Shiqing took the lead in expressing his loyalty to Xiao Ruxun: "What Your Majesty said, I agree with it very much. Now the people in the world are suffering, displaced, starving and dying everywhere. Those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry. I really can't bear it."

"Oh? Zhao Butang feels that Yuxin can't bear it?"

Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "Then why do you have so much land and so many houses in your hometown? You didn't earn enough to buy so much land and so many houses in the middle of the year, did you? Where did the money come from?" ?”

Zhao Shiqing was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned pale.

"Since the 21st year of Wanli, I defeated the Wa Kingdom and asked the Wa Kingdom to pay 800 million taels of indemnity and pay it off in five years. This is equivalent to the treasury revenue of the third or fourth year of the Ming Dynasty. When the treasury received 300 million taels of silver before, the treasury was not enough. Now There is so much money all of a sudden, why is it still not enough? It is inappropriate for the emperor to pay from the internal funds for war, right?

Not to mention Renchen’s indemnity, but also the indemnity of the Wa Kingdom Yinshan, which is about 100 million taels of silver a year. I’ve had them for 50 years. The imperial court’s finances should have been abundant, but why was it still not enough?How much money will you spend next year?How much money can you earn?You are in charge of the household department, why don't you explain it to me? "

Xiao Ruxun stared at Zhao Shiqing. Zhao Shiqing swallowed and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to organize his words.

At this time, Xiao Ruxun called out again, "Bring it up," and a group of warriors brought up a dozen large boxes. Xiao Ruxun opened them one by one, and they were full of accounting books from the Ministry of Accounts.

Zhao Shiqing's face turned even paler.

Of course, it's not just Zhao Shiqing, but the cultural relics of the whole dynasty don't look good. From high officials to small officials, every one counts as one, and all of them have bad complexions.

Xiao Ruxun casually picked up a book and flipped through it.

"Let's talk about these loans first. If you don't know it, you will be shocked. Why are so many borrowed but not returned? The recent ones are only a few months, and the far ones are still in the Zhengde period.

Who are these borrowers?Why are you still borrowing money from the treasury?And not yet?This sum after sum of expenditure, but I can't see how much repayment, Zhao Butang, can you clear up my doubts?Who are these borrowers?Dare to borrow money from the treasury and not repay it? "

Xiao Ruxun walked up to Zhao Shiqing and patted Zhao Shiqing on the shoulder.

Zhao Shiqing's body trembled slightly.

The rest of the civil and military officials also felt that their heartbeats were slowly accelerating.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has learned from you, we... We really don't have enough income. It's okay to be high-ranking, but if the grade is low, the official salary is really meager. In a place where prices are so high in the capital, the money is sometimes only enough for food. There is still money at home. For other expenses, there is no money to do it at all, so I have no choice but to borrow money to survive."

A sixth grade officer whose name was not known stood up and spoke.

Xiao Ruxun looked him over.

"Well, I know that the official salary is meager. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the official salary has never been increased. I am also aware of this. Many small officials don't have any silver in their hands, so they can only exchange real things for silver. It's like this. It's not easy, and there are even examples of officials being forced to death.

I admit this, the court did not do well in the past, but what you did is not very good either!If you have nothing to do, you can reach out to the treasury to get money, and if you don’t pay it back, it’s even worse. The money in the treasury is not only used for your salary, but also for the army, relief for the victims of disasters, and the use of soldiers. , Build roads, build cities, build embankments.

All of these have to be done in silver. You stretched out your hands and took the silver away, one person took it, two people took it, and in the end you just issued an IOU, and you treated the treasury as your own, so what is it?Does this count as corruption?Okay, if you say no, I have nothing to say. It's really not good if you can't eat and can't do things. "

Xiao Ruxun threw the ledger back.

"Don't worry, I won't pursue the money anymore. Whoever borrowed the money and who hasn't paid it back, I'm not interested, and I don't plan to pursue it anymore. The past is over, and there is nothing to beg for it. Someone, come and take these Take out the account book and burn it!"

Having said this, the civil and military officers felt relieved, especially some sixth-rank officials, who looked at Xiao Ruxun with surprise and joy, and watched those account books being carried out and then burned.

It was literally burned, leaving nothing behind.

Today Xiao Ruxun called all big shots, and only big shots can face him in the Emperor's Hall, while the rest of the small officials lined up outside the Emperor's Hall and waited for the news in the Emperor's Hall, only a few officials had special positions Only officials of the fifth and sixth ranks can enter Fengtian Temple.

When they saw it, some people would go outside to spread the news, and the officials outside, the little shrimps, would know that their accounts had been written off.

From nervous despair to unexpected joy.

This is indeed a good trick to buy people's hearts.

Xiao Ruxun had planned to do this.

The small officials of the sixth, seventh and eighth ranks really don’t have much money to squeeze. Most of them have low powers, and a considerable number of them have to rely on family support to rent houses in the capital. They dare not “borrow” money from the treasury. Borrowing more, I am afraid that one day I will become a victim of the political struggle of some big bosses.

They are really miserable, their income is low, life is difficult, and they are extremely easy to be pulled out of the blame, and they can't squeeze out any oil and water. It's really meaningless to embarrass them. Many of these people can be used.

The main thing is the officials with real power above the fifth rank. These are the big heads. They may be able to act honest and honest in the central government, but in private, family members rely on his name and power to amass money and enclose land at the local level. abound.

Yes, these people have a good reputation, and they are not corrupt or bribed, but are they poor?

They are clean and honest, but their family is a wealthy family...

The three provinces in the southeast have made Xiao Ruxun's mouth full of oil that can't be wiped off, but there are still many of these people in other places. If they are handled well, they can continue to eat.

Xiao Ruxun is looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)