Idle courtiers

Chapter 348 Why Mr. Zimu Taught Me
This matter is related to Zhou Nan's life, so naturally he will not tell the second person: "This is some information I asked Mr. Chen to find, and it is not very important if it involves a previous case."

Princess Jiashan naturally didn't care about such trivial matters: "Just now Eunuch Chen gave this thing to me, saying that Mr. Zhou came up with a way to raise military salaries for the Fujian front line. He also said, if your lord's method works, you can give this thing to me. You handle it yourself."

Let's talk, just look at it with a pair of bright Danfeng eyes.

Zhou Nan smiled suddenly: "I didn't expect you to be so concerned about the court's military affairs."

Jiashan: "My lord and I played together since we were young, and we don't have many brothers and sisters in our family. After all, we are kinship, but I can't bear to see my lord booing and moaning for the front line of Fujian all day long." As she spoke, she sighed: " When Yan Song was in charge of the government in the past, he was worried about the military pay on the front line in Fujian. At that time, everyone thought it was nothing special. Isn’t it just a matter of raising a few hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and sitting in his position, This can be done easily by borrowing money here and there.”

"But if I were myself, then I would know the difficulty of being in charge and how hard it is to accomplish a practical thing. There is an old saying that goes: Seeing how easy it is for others to carry water, it breaks your waist when you carry water yourself."

Having said that, she looked a little depressed.It is conceivable that since Yu Wang's family began to fully intervene in the government, it was discovered that it was so difficult to let Jiajing Dynasty, a big ship with leaks everywhere, continue to sail on the rough sea.

Seeing her worry so much, Zhou Nan was also moved by their brother-sister relationship.

He is an only child in modern society, and he doesn't have a deep understanding of brotherhood.After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, I couldn't get along with Zhou Yang, and couldn't understand many things.

This is still the case for ordinary people, let alone the children of the royal family.The most ruthless emperor's family, for the sake of the throne, how many princes had their heads broken and bloody, and became enemies of life and death?

Such feelings are precious in a cruel court.

It was probably because Princess Jiashan was in a hurry to leave just now, her forehead was sweating slightly, and her plump chest heaved slightly.

Zhou Nan quickly pointed to the two big rocks on the side of the road, and said, "You and I should sit down and talk!"

He took out a cotton handkerchief from his sleeve and laid it on the stone.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as napkins. You wiped your mouth after eating, and wiped your face with a handkerchief when you were sweating in hot weather.

Seeing Zhou Nan being so careful, Jiashan was delighted, thanked him and sat down.

Zhou Nan also sat down on another rock, saying: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. Even if the strict party is not completely eradicated by an honest gentleman this time, Yan Fenyi is already eighty-one this year, and his blood has declined. I can't sit in the position of chief assistant for a few years. After two years, the palace will also participate in government affairs and take on heavy responsibilities. You can't hide from it. Instead of complaining about yourself, it's better to think about how to solve this matter."

Jiashan murmured: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight... well said." He seemed to be reminiscing about this sentence.

"A gentleman should advance despite difficulties." Zhou Nan said frankly: "Xiao Yan had three ways to raise military salaries for Fujian. First, he borrowed from the treasury. The Ministry is afraid of his power, so he must not dare to resist. In this way, Yan Songzi can even out the account if he eats his grain and borrows new debts to pay off old debts."

Hearing him talking about serious business, Jiashan raised his spirits and shook his head: "This method is not feasible." The strict party collapsed, and the personnel of various central ministries changed drastically, and many newcomers were recruited.Moreover, with the reform of the imperial court, everyone is asking for money everywhere, giving it to anyone and not giving it to anyone, with so many eyes staring up and down, the Ministry of Households does not want to cause trouble for itself.

Zhou Nan smiled: "Of course, this method is definitely not feasible, but it's not because the Ministry of Household Affairs is afraid of being impeached."

Jiashan wondered: "Why?"

Zhou Nan: "That's because the Ministry of Household Affairs has run out of money. In fact, the strict party has borrowed less and less money from the Ministry of Household Affairs in the past few years. In the end, there was no money to move." In fact, at the end of Jiajing, The national finance has ushered in an unprecedented economic crisis.

The treasury Taicang silver has been maintained at a scale of several thousand taels for a long time, which is simply appalling.

Jiashan: "That's the truth. Then, what is Yan Song's second source of income?"

Zhou Nan: "Collude with local gentry, transfer of benefits, and trade for power and money. This is the biggest source of income for the strict party." For example, selling official gruel, selling salt...

"Benefit transfer, power-for-money transaction." Hearing this fresh modern term, Jiashan pondered for a long time before he understood it, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zimu's words are really interesting." Naturally, Qingliu of the palace would not do such a thing .

Although the Qingshui Pond does not raise fish, at least the people below dare not.

Zhou Nan: "The third thing is that Xiao Yan colludes with Japanese pirates from Fujian and Zhejiang to raise the thieves' self-respect." It's even more impossible for the palace to do this, it's traitorous!It's going to kill your head.

"It turned out that Yan Song relied on these three methods to raise funds. Mr. Zimu's words made people suddenly enlightened." Jiashan was even more worried: "The weather is already hot now, and in three months' time, the autumn is clear and crisp, and it is time to use troops. Unfortunately, two Mr. Hua can't even send out the money allocated by the troops, what should we do?"

Mr. Erhua is the governor of Fujian, Tan Lun. Tan Futai is called Erhua, and the world also calls him Mr. Erhua.

Fighting is about logistics, money and food. In ancient times, the cost was especially huge.When a catty of rice is sent to the front line, the loss and various expenses during the transportation along the way, the civilian husband has to eat part of it himself, and finally falls into the hands of the soldiers. It is not bad to have a few taels left.

After finally getting all the supplies together, the fight is about to start.When the troops move to defend and deploy, they have to send out money.During wartime, money should be distributed to boost morale, meritorious soldiers should be rewarded after war, wounded soldiers should be healed, dead should be compensated, damaged ordnance and warships should be repaired...

All kinds of things, after a large-scale battle, filling in a few 10 taels of silver is just enough to make a sound.

Tan Lun just got the military command on the front lines of Zhejiang and Fujian. If he can't get any record because he has no money, the emperor may have opinions on the palace and doubt King Yu's ability to govern.

The palace cannot bear this consequence.

The ups and downs of Prince Yu's Mansion need a side job too much, and money is too much needed.

Jiashan stood up suddenly, deeply blessed, and asked sincerely: "This matter is of great importance, why did Mr. Zimu teach me?"

The dignified princess gave such a big gift, Zhou Nan quickly stood up and returned the gift: "Please don't be so polite, I can't bear it, please sit down, please sit down quickly. By the way, you must have read books, I don't know if you have read "Song Song Dynasty" History "Yue Fei Northern Expedition to the Central Plains?"

Of course, Zhou Nan has a solution, but how can he pretend to be a fork if he doesn't sell it to Guan Zi.

Others will not cherish things that are too easy to get, and they will not take you seriously.

Today happened to be a good opportunity to build a reputation with King Yu.

(End of this chapter)