After the left servant of the household department finished speaking, he didn't forget to look around, and sure enough, the courtiers all had shocked expressions, in fact, even he, who often deals with silver and military rations on weekdays, was shocked when he heard the numbers reported by his subordinates.

You must know that the annual tax revenue of the imperial court is only worth four million taels, and this time it is more than 100 million taels! Happiness came too suddenly, and it wasn't until he ordered his subordinates to recount it before he was relieved.

Liu Hong gradually took a long time, and felt very disgusted by the stunned feelings of these ministers, he didn't believe that these old fellows didn't know where the silver was, but he didn't know that there was so much.

Take Shanxi and Shaanxi, which are provinces close to the border gates, for example, he only roughly took a rake and ploughed once, and fished out so much, so which province can compare with Shanxi and Shaanxi in the rich land south of the Yangtze River?

In addition, some profiteers in the coastal areas are doing some shady smuggling transactions, and the profits make Liu Hong blush when he thinks about it.

But what can be done, the land south of the Yangtze River is getting richer and richer, but the taxes of the imperial court can't be collected, Liu Hongjian can't believe that these old men in front of him don't know what the problem is.

It's just that there are a lot of interests involved, and everyone doesn't want to be that bird.

Chongzhen was also stunned for a moment, but then showed surprise on his face.

"Is there so many? An Guobo, how can Shanxi have so much wealth? ”

He had asked Liu Hongjian this question yesterday, but Liu Hongjian was vague when he returned home, and now a huge fortune has fallen from the sky, which makes Chongzhen think again.

"The emperor doesn't know anything, the people in Shanxi and Shaanxi are poor, but the businessmen are not poor, does the emperor know what those businessmen do?

These old miscellaneous wool bought low and sold grain to the poor people from the south, not only for the people, but also for Weichen to personally go to Shanxi to buy military rations, which was still more than double the original price.

What's even more hateful is that these profiteers secretly transported materials for Jiannu, not only that, but these profiteers also secretly betrayed our Ming military intelligence for silver, and the treasures robbed by the Tartars were also handed over to these profiteers to sell on their behalf.

So that after a few decades, these old things were all fat and oily, and what Wechen said was well documented, and Wechen was also angry when he heard it, so he ordered their homes to be raided and the land was distributed to the people.

Shanxi and Shaanxi have been in drought for many years, and the people are in hardship. ”

It's nothing to raid the house, after all, it's to give him Chongzhen money, but he can privately distribute the land to the peasants, and there are some trespasses, you must know that when you raid the homes of the bigwigs in Beijing at the beginning of the year, you can not only get money, but also hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

The land was merged into the imperial village by Chongzhen's big hand, but it was not good for the royal family to be happy.

"Profiteers don't know the country, it's really hateful, can Aiqing press these people to the capital together?" Chongzhen was also filled with righteous indignation.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen didn't like them, and they were all killed!" Liu Hong gradually smiled.

Chongzhen: "......"

"However, Weichen brought back Li Zijing, the leader of the bandit army, to relieve the emperor's anger, as well as Li Guo, the protector general of Dashun State!" Thinking that it was just that he was enjoying himself, Liu Hong hurriedly added.

"Your Majesty, yesterday there were indeed prisoners handed over to the Ministry of War." Li Banghua hurriedly responded.

"So very good, this thief has been messing with my Ming for more than ten years, Aiqing has made great contributions this time, and I will not treat the soldiers who fought bloodily for my Daming!"

"Your Majesty, An Guobo naturally contributed a lot to quelling the Dashun Rebellion, but the minister heard that he not only looted merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi, but also returned the land to the local people privately.

What's more, An Guobo, as a general soldier, directly recruited the remnants of the thieves, and also let them garrison the important towns of the nine borders. ”

Ma Shiying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, made a speech, and not long after Ma Shiying took over Jiang Dejing's class, he was originally the head of the household department in Nanjing, and when the court hired people, he was transferred back to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

It's this guy again, it's clear that you can't get along with Lao Tzu, right, this fresh face just saw him yesterday and said bad things about him, and last night's banquet Lao Liangtou also reminded him that he was newly transferred from Nanjing, and his name was Ma Shiying.

This Ma Shiying's family was originally a wealthy gentleman in Jiangnan, and he was very dissatisfied with the disposal he made in Shanxi, which seemed to affect his family's business, so Liu Hong gradually dealt with this person carefully.

Damn, these bird officials really can't be killed, do the courts eat dry rice? How can you recommend some birdmen like this?

Liu Honggradually has some impressions of this Ma Shiying, but he doesn't have an impression, after Emperor Chongzhen hung up the southeast branch, the rapid rout of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was inseparable from the one in front of him.

Although his person is not like what is said in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", "greed and despicability have no far-sightedness, and he repeatedly quotes Dacheng, takes revenge on daily affairs, recruits power and profits, and dies." But it's not that close.

After he was promoted to the first assistant of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he reused his friend Ruan Dacheng in the same year, Ruan Dacheng once held power, and he launched a purge of some of his dissatisfied ministers, Ma Shiying not only let it go, but also added oil and vinegar from time to time.

From the outside, the armies of the Southern Ming Dynasty were all in the hands of warlords such as the four towns of Jiangbei, which was already against the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, this struggle ran through the beginning and end of the Nanming Hongguang regime, and later intensified, until it was taken advantage of by the Tartars.

At present, the great enemy does not think about how to keep the country, and those who only know infighting, no matter what righteousness and reputation you have, are all false, they are all mediocre ministers and ministers, and they all deserve to die.

"Back to the emperor, the arable land in Shanxi and Shaanxi has been occupied by those profiteers and gentry, and millions of people have no land to plant and no food, do you want to let them all starve to death?

Your Majesty, the people of the two places are not stupid, if you don't eat, there will naturally be troubles, and there is not only one king in this world!

At that time, the lack of troops in Weichen's hands was also a matter of urgency, and the people got this favor to call the emperor Shengming, and Weichen thought that only this could completely pacify the rebellion in northern Shaanxi.

Otherwise, if the people rise up again after some time, may I ask Master Ma, do you dare to lead troops to quell the thieves? ”

Liu Hong raised his eyebrows at Ma Shiying after speaking, and then said.

"As for the so-called remnants of the thieves, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi and their two people have personally inquired, and they are all loyal and courageous, but it is useless for the tiger to fall into Pingyang, so they joined the army in order to eat a meal.

As for Master Ma, have you ever experienced the embarrassment of not having enough food and clothing? Do you know the allusion to why you don't eat minced meat? Do you know that my Ming Dynasty is not only short of food now? Still short of troops?

Do you know that Shanxi and Shaanxi are bordering Mongolia, and do you know that Mongolia and Jiannu are waiting to take advantage of the situation? When the time comes, Lord Ma, do you dare to defend the city? ”

Originally, there were 500,000 troops stationed in the border army alone, but now, including Gao Yigong and Hao Shaoqi, the nine sides together, plus the 50,000 newly recruited by Shanhaiguan Town, are less than 1230,000.

These soldiers still have to be stationed in the large and small guard posts in the towns of the nine sides, which is already stretched, Liu Hong gradually became angry when he looked at these soldiers who didn't know the soldiers, and his words did not save any face.

Ma Shiying didn't expect Liu Hong's words to be so sharp and didn't leave steps for him to go down, and he shook his beard angrily for a long time, but he didn't say half a sentence.

Chongzhen didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Hongji's way of dealing with it, now it's a troubled time, if this can make one party stable, then why not?

What's more, the more than 100 million taels of silver were all obtained from the two places, and what about the land? How many children do you give birth to in a year?

Which is more important, can Chongzhen still have ABC numbers in his heart?

"An Guobo's treatment of the two places, I think there is nothing wrong, although I have no virtue and Shangzhijun for the boat and the people for the water, it is a good idea to return the land to the people, Ma Aiqing should not be unreasonable."

Ma Shiying was almost mad, he was thinking of helping the emperor get those lands back and merge them into the imperial village, so as to make the emperor happy.

"Still not going down?" Seeing that the emperor was furious, Ma Shiying was so stupid that he returned to the civilian train, and he was determined to go back to carefully investigate the family background of this An Guobo, and he must not make such a mistake again next time.

Liu Hong gradually let out a bad breath in his heart, he couldn't be too happy, the emperor said so, and made it clear that he was on his side, so Shanxi and Shaanxi would be used as pilots, and there would be a breakthrough in land reform in the future.

"Wang Erxi! Proclaim it! Chongzhen re-seated himself and began to do the business of today's morning.

"No!"