"There is one more thing to worry about the Sacred Heart, which has to fall on the salt lead," Lin Ruhai said to Xue Pan with a smile, "What do you think is the matter?" ”

Xue Pan said bitterly, "It's silver, isn't it?" ”

"What silver?"

"There's a shortage of money in the court, isn't it?" Xue Pan seemed to understand something, "The household department has no money?" ”

"How so?" Lin Ruhai asked rhetorically. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Long live the wedding, the Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't need much," Xue Pan said, "But the use of troops in the southwest, the cost here is huge, the cannon sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels, there are not millions of silver, don't want to force the southwest of the vassal king to admit defeat and surrender, the most important thing to spend in the war is silver, this expenditure alone, is an additional expenditure, if it is a small fight, it can't be done, but since it has not been solved for more than half a year, I am afraid that the military expenditure of the household department is tens of thousands every day, and the rest of the expenditure is not clear." , but it's not easy to put a beak. ”

"What's more, the boss is in this position, even if he doesn't take the initiative to ask for silver, these people's spring and autumn filial piety, three festivals and two days of etiquette, the boss will not be short of silver, and he has to do this in such a big battle, presumably there must be another plan."

Lin Ruhai looked at Xue Pan appreciatively, "That's true, Master Zhen said that you are extremely smart, but you don't show it every day, take a look at it now, what Boss Zhen said is right." ”

"Yes, long live the lord is just pro-government, logically speaking, the silver is enough, but before the Holy Empress Bingzheng, there was a lot of money, especially three years ago, the Holy Queen's sixty birthday, and Fusang used soldiers, lost more than 100,000 soldiers, even the military department Shangshu and the governor of the three provinces in the east were folded in it, and the back naturally won, but this battle was won very tragically, not only countless casualties, our soldiers died more than 100,000, as well as the sailors, etc., all of them wanted to send out big silver, and finally raised the knife and whip across the horse Tokyo, and won this battle, But because the British were afraid that our Dayue Dynasty would take advantage of this dragon for nine days, he could not suppress it, so he united the countries to intervene and block it, originally ceded Hokkaido and Shikoku two provinces, and then the three countries intervened and returned to the four countries, we can't recover the full work, and destroy Fuso, just cede a few islands over, originally said that there is a silver mountain island, which can be ceded to our country, but the silver mountain has already been mined more than a hundred years ago, even if there is still a little interest, it is not enough for military spending. ”

"It stands to reason that since Fusang admits defeat and surrenders, they should also pay compensation," Xue Panqi said, "Even if it is not enough to break even, it can be subsidized by one or two, why, what about this money?" ”

Lin Ruhai was a little helpless, "The Holy Queen has all taken it to the Guozijian Hanlin Academy and used it in various schools, and they have all been spent on education. ”

"This is a good thing," Xue Pan said, "Oh," he looked at Lin Ruhai's expression, and couldn't help but understand something, the Holy Queen spent all this money, naturally she didn't want to leave it for now.

The relationship between the Holy Queen and Jinshang is not the biological mother and son, there is no need for others to provoke, the relationship between the two people will not be good there, and the emperor is not enthroned at an early age, if he ascends the throne at an early age, then the Holy Queen is carefully trained, at least there is a nurturing grace, but the emperor is already in his thirties when he succeeds from the vassal king, how can he have any intimacy with the nominal mother-in-law. The Holy Empress took advantage of the great victory over Fusang, no one dared to mention the matter of withdrawing the curtain and returning to the government, and after three years of delay, it was reluctantly returned to the emperor, so my legacy left by the previous dynasty, of course, I want to spend the silver, and be a good person, I will never leave it to others to do.

This trick is very useful, between the people and the Shilin, there is too much respect and admiration for the Holy Queen, especially the Shilin, with a large amount of silver on education, the poor children with good grades can study almost without spending silver, even if they are not attached to the Holy Queen's henchmen after winning the imperial examination, they will never have any bad words against the Holy Queen.

In this section, Lin Ruhai doesn't need to say it explicitly, but he is the salt government appointed by the emperor, and his position is different, so he naturally has to compete for one or two, "The use of soldiers is one item, and the rest has to rectify the rule of officials, which doesn't cost any money, but the rest has to spend more silver, although Hu Guangyong has the ability to reach the sky, he can't change silver." I want to hurry up and find the silver, so I still have to fall on this salt lead. ”

The rest of the money has certain rules, needless to say, what to do with this year's autumn tax, what to do with the silver from the customs, and where to get the rest of the gold, etc., have already been arranged, the war is an emergency event, silver is indispensable, so Xue Pan knew that the southwest war had been fought for a long time, and knew that the imperial court was about to run out of money, and a few days ago it was said that it was good to return to the court before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and when it came to today's southwest front, there was no news of a big victory, so it can be seen that there was a shortage of silver, and the consequences were great.

In the end, the war is the logistics of fighting, the war of national strength, Xue Pan nodded, "What does Shibo mean, is to take more silver through the matter of salt to guide the faction?" ”

"Yes, here I think I have to share a worry or two with the saint," Lin Ruhai nodded and admitted, "The rest of the places are not too big, and the customs originally made a lot of silver, but England has been making trouble everywhere over the years, and the things exported have not been too good, if there is an urgent tariff increase, it is absolutely impossible, this is just the salt introduction faction, I want to knock more silver on these people's bodies, to tell the truth, my family is also a noble family, but it can be counted, their toes are not comparable." , It's a pity that I can't take care of any sins, it's just a waste of luxury, if this silver is handed over to the court, how good it would be. ”

This is true, the luxury of Yangzhou salt merchants has reached the point of jaw-dropping, not to say anything about Poria pigs, guinea fowl and other allusions, just say that the salt merchants in Yangzhou City compare with each other and fight each other for wealth is innumerable, too much, look at yesterday, Ma Song emptied the Slender West Lake, wrapped all the painting boats, and did not allow idle people to wait for themselves and Xue Pan's banquet, how much is the cost here, Xue Pan did not dare to think, and this Tang family, knowing that Xue Pan lived in a garden, immediately sent the title deed of the garden, Courage requires strong strength.

"No wonder this Hu Zhongtang didn't say anything to protect the Ma family," Xue Pan muttered, "Do you know that Long Live Lord wants to ask for silver here in Yangzhou?" ”

"Yes, Hu Zhongtang has managed the household department for many years, although the saint doesn't think that he is doing a bad job, but he is not good at the end, and he is already ready to replace him." Obviously, it is no secret that the emperor wants to change the head of the household.