Chapter 66: Money and Food II

"It's just that distant water can't save near thirst." Ruan Dacheng said.

Luo Yulong frowned slightly, secretly unhappy in his heart, but he also understood what Ruan Dacheng meant.

Today's Xia Dynasty is not Cao Ying. As Cao Ying, you can put a knife on someone else's neck and supervise money and food. But now, as a court, you have to pay attention to your appearance. Scraping money from the people has its own set of processes. Inevitably, people will give a hint or two to these big businessmen and let them donate happily.

Then as a court court, give them some names. For example, an empty title, this kind of policy existed in the Han Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty developed the donation of officials into one of the right ways.

But this is all based on the premise that the people below have money.

Now these people below are also very tight, after all, they have been scraped several times.

If they don't want to pay the money after they die, the court can't go up and rob it openly, so they have to find a way to concoct the crime. A lot of times you don't have to concoct it, after all, no one has a clean bottom of their ass.

But it takes time for this set of procedures to come down.

And Zhang Xuan's urging is imminent.

Luo Yulong said: "I know, Mr. Ruan should do it first." ”

After Luo Yulong sent Ruan Dacheng away, he immediately called Li Fuguo and said, "How much silver is there in the palace?" ”

Li Fuguo said: "Your Majesty, there are only about 30,000 taels in the palace, and the specific number of slaves and maids does not know, so you need to ask the following." ”

Luo Yulong said: "All the 30,000 taels of silver were put forward, and they were ready to buy grain in Jiujiang and transport it to the front line. ”

"Your Majesty, by all means?" Li Fuguo said: "It's not that the slaves and maids don't obey the order, but the 30,000 taels of silver, but the monthly money of the ladies in the palace, the expenses in the palace, and even the money for repairing the imperial city, have all been arranged, and Your Majesty will take them all at once, and the palace will be cut off immediately." ”

Luo Yulong listened to the irritability, got up and paced, although Luo Yulong's harem is not big, there are several ladies, and a few are pregnant, plus the concubines placed everywhere, that is, the women Luo Rucai has played, there are all kinds of concubines in the palace, there are about twenty or thirty, most of them are Luo Rucai's, and his old man has always been a romantic figure. In addition, the huge palace needs to be maintained, and 30,000 taels of silver is actually very frugal. said: "How much can be used?" ”

Li Guofu said: "Up to 10,000 taels." ”

Luo Yulong said: "10,000 taels is 10,000 taels." Be prepared. ”

Immediately, Luo Yulong dug out the account books everywhere, hoping to move some silver from other places first, exchange it for grain in Jiujiang, and send it to the front line. It's just that under the situation of tight money and food, Ruan Dacheng has already arranged everything very tightly, how can Luo Yulong's level be found?

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess is here." Li Guofu

Said.

Luo Yulong said: "Why is Yujiao here? ”

Before the words fell, Luo Yujiao had already come in. Because it was summer, Luo Yujiao was dressed relatively thinly, and her clothes couldn't cover her round belly, and her belly was already bigger. However, even so, she did not slow down in the slightest in her actions, as if she didn't feel a few pounds of meat on her stomach at all.

"Brother, why can't you come?" Luo Yujiao heard Luo Yulong's words and said.

In the court, Luo Yujiao is a special person. Luo Yulong's main room has not yet been determined, but among the several big surnames in Jiangnan, although Luo Yulong has some women in the air, these women are just concubines in name.

There is no way to compete with Luo Yujiao, the eldest princess.

And Luo Yujiao is Luo Yulong's only relative, and Luo Yulong also loves Luo Yujiao very much, so Luo Yujiao is almost unimpeded in the palace.

"You don't take care of the baby at home. In case something happens, how can I explain to Zhang Xuan? Luo Yulong got up and sat down with Luo Yujiao and said.

Luo Yujiao said: "Big brother, I'm not so squeamish, Zhang Lang asked for food from the front line, and the treasury was empty." ”

Luo Yulong said, "How do you know? ”

Luo Yujiao said: "Cao Ying, there is only what I don't want to know, and there is nothing I don't know." ”

Luo Yulong smiled dumbly and said, "Yes." But you don't have to worry, your brother and I will handle this matter, and I can't wronged your good husband. ”

Luo Yujiao's status in Cao Ying is special. Luo's father and son have never hidden anything from Luo Yujiao about the military situation, and Luo Yujiao has a very wide network in Cao Ying, because many times, someone angers Luo Rucai, and only by begging Luo Yujiao to intercede can he solve it.

And Cao Ying, turning the camp into a country, the thousands of soldiers who were under Huangling City back then, only one or two thousand people survived, but these two thousand people were the backbone of Cao Ying, and they were all in critical positions. Luo Yujiao wanted to know something, she didn't need to come forward to inquire at all, she just needed to send someone to ask her eldest princess's name, and she must know everything.

There is almost no news that the Xia Dynasty wants to hide from Luo Yujiao.

Luo Yujiao didn't say much, but took out a famous post, which was printed with the big seal of Zheng Guogong's mansion, and there was a line of words, which was Luo Yujiao's handwriting, and it said 30,000 taels of silver. Luo Yujiao said: "I have cleaned up some of my family funds, and there is only so much money in the house." Let's use it first. ”

Luo Yulong said: "Where do I want your money, and where do you get so much money?" ”

If you look at it according to the current standards, Zhang Xuan is a standard soft rice man, the spoils of war, divided into the bottom, and all kinds of floating wealth and bad rules are divided into the bottom, as for the imperial court, I'm sorry that Great Xia has just been established. Zhang Xuan has not received it a few times.

However, Zhang Xuan's Zheng Guogong Lu, plus various titles, is only as much as 120,000 taels per year. Zhang Xuan used this money and food to feed many people, such as the wounded soldiers who retreated from various departments. Orphans of the old ministry and so on. Therefore, all the expenses of the Zheng Guogong Mansion came from Luo Yujiao, the eldest princess of the Qin Kingdom, and the private money that Luo Rucai left for Luo Yujiao.

Zheng Guogong's mansion is not too rich.

It's just that it's not rich, not to mention anything else, just the house left by Chang Yuchun, in the prosperous area of Nanjing, if you can buy it, you don't know how many thousands of taels. Don't think that only modern houses are expensive, the ancients have long said that it is not easy to live in the capital.

Luo Yujiao said: "You don't have to worry about this, anyway, I still have silver." Since the camp needs it urgently, let's use it for the time being. If that's not enough, I'll go to some Uncle Yang's family and think they can get some money every year. ”

Luo Yulong was slightly moved.

Because he knew that the leaders of the Xia army were all rich.

Not every one of them is like Zhang Xuan, he doesn't charge a penny, he only needs to build a city, and the gentry in the city will give the generals tens of thousands of taels, which of course cannot be swallowed alone, but as the main general, he will always have to divide half.

Moreover, many of the big businessmen in Nanjing City have taken refuge in the upstarts. Maybe the public houses of various countries, even if the family background is not thick. But there are still 100,000 taels of family funds. Chinese society has always been like this, as long as you have power, wealth will follow.

It's just that Luo Yulong can't save face, if Luo Yujiao comes forward, it will be much easier.

"Okay." Luo Yulong said: "I borrowed it from you." Just borrow yours. ”

When Luo Yujiao heard this, she understood, and said, "Okay, I'll borrow from the elders, not you." ”

As soon as the two discussed, they saw a little eunuch come over and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Min asks to see you." ”

Luo Yulong's heart moved, and he said secretly: "What is Zheng Zhilong here for?" ”

Zheng Zhilong's entry into Beijing is also an important political event in the first year of Wuxing, after Zheng Zhilong entered Beijing, although his real power was limited, he controlled all the sailors of the Xia Army, and he also had the title of privy deputy envoy, in a sense, Zhou Fuchen was Zheng Zhilong's subordinate.

But in many cases, actual power is not based on regulations, but also on influence.

After all, Zheng Zhilong is an outsider, and it is very normal for him to be excluded in the Privy Council.

However, although Zheng Zhilong is in a semi-overhead state, everything in the Zheng family is under Zheng Zhilong's remote control, and the center will not bypass Zheng Zhilong whenever he asks questions about Fujian, in fact, it is also a silent understanding of Zheng Zhilong's secession in Fujian. The special status of the Zheng family in Fujian was silent.

Therefore, although Zheng Zhilong is low-key in Nanjing, he is also a big man.

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