In the huge imperial study, only Zheng He's voice was heard continuing to echo: "The glazed pagoda of Yongle Ten Years Great Bao'en Temple was built, which lasted thirteen years, and there was a pagoda built, the tower is nine layers and eight sides, as high as more than 27 zhang, and has used 2,485,484 taels of money and silver......?"

The more people listened, the more frightened they became, what kind of pagoda should this be.

Zheng He continued: "There are one hundred and forty-six lanterns inside and outside the tower, and there are hundreds of young people who take turns to light the lamps day and night, and the lamp oil consumed every day and night is sixty-four catties, and the lamp oil required for each oil lamp is six taels or four yuan per night, and the total cost of silver taels is twenty-eight thousand and thirty-two ......?"

The face of the people is incredible, only the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wu Zhong face calm, this glazed golden pagoda he is the Ministry of Industry Shangshu, he knows it well, the tower is about 33 zhang high, nine layers and eight sides, the outer wall is made of white tiles, the central relief of each brick is a Buddha statue; from the bottom to the top of each layer with the number of bricks are equal, only the volume is reduced layer by layer. The compound tiles and arches of each layer are made of five-color glazed components, and the images of flying sky, flying sheep, lions, elephants, etc., are extremely vivid and beautiful.

When firing these glazed components, the volcanic ash brought back by Zheng He from the West was mixed in, so the color of the glaze was extremely beautiful. The top of the tower is the gold treasure top that weighs up to 2,000 taels, under it is the iron nine-pole phase wheel, weighs 3,600 catties, and then the next is a pair of bearing dew plates that are placed on the pitch opposite, one says that it is iron, wrapped in gold thick inches, one says that it is wind-milled copper, the diameter is 12 feet, it weighs 4,500 catties, and the Buddhist scriptures and a large number of jewels and gold and silver are placed inside. One hundred and forty-six lanterns are placed inside and outside the tower, and the young people who take turns to light the lamps day and night reach 100 people, and the lamp oil consumption reaches 64 catties every day and night. This tower opened the precedent of the world's glazed pagoda, at that time it was known as "the first tower", "overseas barbarian retranslation to, more than 100 countries, see the tower of Bao'en Temple will bow and praise and go, said that the four continents have nothing"

Such a tower, no matter how much silver is spent, he is not surprised, but takes it for granted, a temple that is more magnificent than the capital of the Ming Dynasty, if the silver two spent are not enough to surprise people, how can it be regarded as the first tower of the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone was silent and began to talk slowly, Yang Zheng frowned tightly and slowly loosened, this is a pagoda that burns silver, no matter how much silver is not enough, it is indeed not worth making a fuss about less than 500,000 taels of silver.

Zheng He continued to read aloud to the long scroll, and at the end of the hearing, everyone was surprised that in addition to the external things built in this temple, the Buddha statues inside, the gold and silver cups, swords, swords, hairpins, tweezers and other miscellaneous treasures of the Buddha also cost silver, as well as those "grain trees", "Borneo trees" and other exotic flowers and trees brought back from overseas are all silver taels of white flowers, and what everyone hears, sees, and even imagines at this moment is silver......

"To build such a temple, what is it if there is only 500,000 taels?" I don't know who muttered quietly, the voice was not loud, but it spread like a plague, and even a few other officials nodded and shouted.

Chen Shan listened to everyone's muttering, his heart was slightly bored, and his brows furrowed, especially when he heard Zheng He talking about silver in front of everyone, he didn't expect that a eunuch would actually keep such a careful account with his own hands when building an incomparably magnificent temple. What was bought, what was planted, and even how much silver taels each lamp costed, were all recorded one by one, and they were a few points more elaborate than him, the household servant, and the words that he had prepared to make things difficult could no longer be said at this moment?"

Zheng He was still reading, because the file was too long, so that one end had fallen to the ground, and everyone could see the dense accounts of the file clearly, and the voice of discussion became louder again.

Zheng He Pang Ruo recited about half a pillar of incense, only then took a long breath, and said loudly: "Dabao'en Temple has lasted for sixteen years (one says nineteen years), mobilized 100,000 good craftsmen and military workers collected from all over the country, and only used the cost of building the tower, and used 2,485,484 taels ......of money, grain, and silver?" The voice was loud and with great confidence, he did not go for a long time in the empty imperial study.

There was silence in the room, no one spoke.

Zheng He put away the dossier as if no one was around, put it between his hands, raised it high, and suddenly said to Yang Zheng: "This is what Weichen has remembered for many years, please look at it!"

Chen Wu stepped forward calmly, took the file from Zheng He's hand, carefully held it in front of Yang Zheng's case, and carefully spread it out——?"

Everyone in the imperial study held their breath, and their eyes invariably fell on Yang Zheng's face, watching him flip through the file, the sound of heavy breathing was higher than the other.

Yang Zheng was not interested in these accounts, but he still had to pretend to look at them, he didn't believe that Zheng He went back to embezzle the fifty taels of silver and ruined his reputation, so after he swept it a little, he asked people to close the file.

Under the hall, Chen Shan and Huang Fu glanced at each other, the surprise in their eyes could not be hidden, if as Zheng He's file played, only a glazed pagoda cost 2,485,484 taels of money and silver, not counting the temple itself, then the cost of this big Bao'en Temple is really not ordinarily large, so that the only 500,000 taels of broken silver is really nothing, and the accounts recorded in Zheng He's file are reasonable, which makes people unable to refute, the 500,000 taels of silver that disappeared may just be not recorded by the household department, or maybe before Zheng He, forgot to report to the household department......?" All kinds of possibilities made Chen Shan faintly uneasy.

"Master Chen, what else do you have to say?" Yang Zheng raised his head, glanced at Chen Shan expressionlessly and asked.

Chen Shan frowned, his throat was dry, and he was speechless, he thought that if he was missing 500,000 taels of silver, it would definitely cause a sensation, and even the prince's thunderous anger, but now it seems that he was wrong, just 500,000 taels of silver in the Da Bao En Temple here is the tip of the iceberg, the whole Da Bao En Temple is a bottomless pit at all, no matter how much silver is not enough, don't say 500,000 taels, it is 1 million, 2 million taels, Zheng He only needs to say that it is used in the Da Bao En Temple, no one can find out anything, who makes this Da Bao En Temple specifications comparable to the Ming Palace？“

Chen Shan was silent for a while, and the ministers didn't dare to speak. Huang Fu on the side glanced at Zheng He, at this time he didn't believe that Zheng He embezzled the 500,000 taels of silver, but was still surprised that Zheng He had built the Great Bao'en Temple for a full sixteen years, in which the eunuchs under supervision had changed several times, and no one had ever been able to get the accounts, but he remembered the accounts clearly, at this time, he didn't say that the Great Bao'en Temple cost two or two million taels of silver, that is, five million, I'm afraid that no one would doubt itThis kind of thought, this kind of foresight, is absolutely incomparable to very people? Chen Shan wants to take the great reward of the temple this time, I am afraid that he has miscalculated, if such a character is so lightly hit, Chen Zuyi back then, the kings of Western countries are afraid that they would have eaten him a long time ago?"

It wouldn't take long for such a quiet atmosphere to hear a voice say: "Your Highness, Weichen has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Everyone followed the prestige, but it was Wei Da, the envoy of the household department, who was sitting at the end of the left side.

The original meaning of "degree" is to live within one's means. Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi began to set up the book of the degree of support, and was in charge of the military and state affairs. The two Jin and Northern Dynasties were also in charge of finance. The Sui changed the degree branch to the Ministry of Citizenship, and the Tang Dynasty changed its name to the Household Department, which was subordinate to the Household Department, the Degree Branch, the Gold Department, and the Warehouse Department. Among them, it is a very important department to grasp the revenue and expenditure of the military state, plan financial resources, allocate materials, live within the limits of income, and control funds. Before the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it was in charge of the Langzhong and the Wai Lang, "Lang Zhong was sentenced to (the case of handling income), the outside of the staff was assigned (the case of handling expenditures), and the (household department) of the President Lang was in charge of the case (signed after the general reading)", and no other officials intervened. The official position is not big, but it is not small, Ming succeeded the previous system, and also set up a degree of support in the household department, and the household servant was in charge of the inspection work.

Wei Da originally didn't have the opportunity to participate in this kind of court meeting, but Chen Shan asked him to come today, but his official position was too small, and he accompanied the last seat, and he was silently listening on the sidelines, and no one paid attention to him.

Hearing his words at this time, everyone turned their heads to look at them, and they were a little surprised.

Wei Da's face turned red, looking a little nervous, he smiled, and arched his hand to everyone.

Yang Zheng said: "If you have something to say?"

Wei Da calmed down slightly, saluted the ministers, and said softly: "As the envoy of the household department, Weichen controls the revenue and expenditure of the military state, plans financial resources, allocates materials, lives within his means, and controls the important rules of funds.

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Note: After the opening of the Yuan Dynasty, it was gradually judged by other officials (judgment refers to the judgment of the case, that is, the approval of documents and the handling of decisions), or by the household department Shangshu and the servant Lang, so that Langzhong and the outside Lang lost the right to be in charge. However, at that time, there was no envoy, or judgment branch, or knowledge (collusion) degree branch. After reaching Germany, military spending surged, and financial revenue and expenditure became an urgent problem, so Suzong in the first year of the Ganyuan Dynasty (758) to the fifth Qi for Shannan and other five degrees of support, this is the beginning of the name of the degree of the envoy, and then gradually became the envoy in charge of finance, the power is very heavy, often to the prime minister and the leader. Under it there are deputy envoys and judges. Judges often recruit Lang officials from other Cao Sizhong in Shangshu Province to fill the position, called Judge Langzhong, and the number of judges is as many as four to six. As the envoys held great financial power, they placed a wide range of officials and set up branches in important areas of the country, and gradually encroached on other official positions. Later, the envoy of the degree of support and the salt and iron envoys, and the household envoys were collectively called the three divisions, and the first year of Changxing of the Tang Ming Dynasty was the post of the three envoys.