Only then did Zhu Youzhen say to Li Chengzuo: "For the request made by the House of Nobles, I gave them two choices: one is that I will take back the shares in their hands at the price of seventy percent of the face value of the shares;

The other is that I allow them to exchange their shares for other stocks, but only at 80% of the price of their shares, and the Four Seas Commercial Bank can only exchange half of them, and the other half chooses the shares of other companies.

The shares they want to exchange are based on the settlement price at the close of today's market, and they are not allowed to go back after the exchange. ”

The ministers, including Wang Chengen, were a little uncomfortable, but Li Chengzuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the ministers will definitely handle this matter well." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought in his heart, it was indeed a bit troublesome to let these nobles stay together all day long with nothing to do, and they couldn't be united to disgust themselves.

This is how you can reply to their questions about the messengers. First of all, the House of Nobles can select personnel to form this cowpox promotion committee, and it can also set up a cultural undertaking committee to care about the spiritual civilization construction of the army and the people.

Of course, the above two committees will not have a budget for the time being, but the members of the committee will receive a part of the subsidy. If the Committee is doing a good job, I will consider converting it into a permanent body. ”

Li Chengzuo was immediately overjoyed by Chongzhen's concessions, and although he formed the House of Nobles, assisted the emperor in forcing the Emperor to reduce the tax-free fields, and established a code of conduct for the Honorable Relatives in accordance with the order, these measures also made him isolated by the Honorable Relatives.

Li Chengzuo is naturally frightened by this, he is now trusted by the emperor, and he is naturally not afraid of the impeachment of these relatives, but if the holy family disappears in the future, his ending seems to be a little bad.

But now Chongzhen is willing to take a step back and give him the names of the two committees to buy those honorable relatives, which will allow him to take it back to appease and divide these faintly hugging relatives.

"Wechen will go back and convey His Majesty's meaning to them, I don't think everyone will use any more opinions."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, but stopped again, and continued: "If there are still people who want to return to their original position, then go to the martial arts report in two days."

I have already said hello to Mr. Sun, and in two days there will be a special training course for senior military attachés, and only those who pass the examination will be rescheduled, and those who fail will continue to stay in the House of Nobles, so don't think about it anymore. ”

Li Chengzuo felt a slight chill in his heart, but quickly disguised his acceptance of Chongzhen's order, and then left.

After sending off Fengcheng Hou, Zhu Youzhen walked back to the table, his fingers tapped on the letter on the table, fell into deep thought, and said after a while.

"You go and tell the emperor Zheng Guifei in person that only 10,000 hectares of land and 100,000 taels of silver will definitely not be enough. These things can't even be convincing, how can I convince the ministers of the court?

In this way, I conveyed to the imperial ancestor Zheng Guifei on my behalf that my condition was: Uncle Fu Wang handed over 10,000 hectares of land and 500,000 taels of silver. And Shangshu took the initiative to cancel, and the emperor gave him: from Yangzhou to Taiping in Anhui, the right to collect various miscellaneous taxes along the river, and a part of the income from Sichuan Yanjing, 1,300 yuan of Huai salt every year.

I can add two more conditions, Uncle Fu Wang can take charge of the Zongren Mansion after entering Beijing, and canonize the imperial ancestor Zheng Guifei as the imperial concubine. ”

Although Chongzhen did not explain, Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was letting him pass the word. He immediately knelt down in front of Chongzhen, and said with some eagerness: "Your Majesty, these words, the minister does not dare to pass them on to Old Lady Zheng." ”

Zhu Youzhen turned around and looked at Wang Chengen, and asked in some surprise, "Why?" Is there a problem with what I said? ”

Wang Chengen immediately said worriedly: "It's just that Old Lady Zheng canonized as the imperial concubine, this blessed king was originally the elder of His Majesty, and now let him take charge of the Zongren Mansion, wouldn't it give him a chance to win over the clan." The minister thought that it must not be, and His Majesty must not forget the change of seizing the door. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Wang Banban is indeed loyal to me, but if I don't give Uncle Fu Wang a chance at all, how can he give me so many benefits?"

If Uncle Fu Wang can really play a game, I am looking forward to it. Compared with this Ming Emperor, I would rather be a rich idler. lest I watch these headaches every day and can't sleep a few lazy nights a year. ”

Wang Chengen's forehead was tightly pressed against the carpet, and sweat began to break out behind his ears, but he didn't dare to continue Chongzhen's complaints.

Seeing that there was silence in the room, several ministers bowed to the ground and did not dare to make a sound, Zhu Youzhen felt a little bored.

He cleared his throat and said, "That's it, you go and tell the Imperial Ancestor Zheng Guifei." Money is just something outside the body, and it is simply the most stupid thing in the world to keep mother and son from seeing each other for a little money. Without these conditions, I can't bear the discussion of the government and the opposition, so I ask her to think about it carefully. ”

Wang Chengen finally couldn't resist Chongzhen, so he could only walk out of the upper study step by step and go to convey the holy will to the emperor Zheng Guifei.

After Wang Chengen left, Zhu Youzhen asked Lü Qi to send Li Chaoqin and report to him the accounts of the inner treasury.

“… After paying the reward fees for Jingying, Jizhou Daying, Dongjiang Town, Denglai and Tianjin Sailors, the internal inventory of silver dropped to 5.27 million taels. The seizure and sale of the property of the officials of the Gyeongyeong mutiny, and then the compensation for the disaster expenses of the people of Gyeonggi, plus the confiscation of silver from the Marquis of Yangmu and other lords, increased the amount of silver in the internal inventory to 6.03 million taels.

In addition, at the request of His Majesty, the Royal Mint printed 5 million yuan in banknotes. Lord Yang took away 600,000 yuan as a reward for the soldiers outside the customs and the retirement payment for the first batch of soldiers.

According to the plan, the Kanwai Army will be reduced by 5,000 personnel within one month, 20,000 within six months, and about 45,000 troops in the next three years. In the end, the military salary of foreign troops was controlled at 1.3 million yuan a year, excluding the cost of military uniforms and weapons.

Next, according to His Majesty's order, 150,000 yuan was paid to the soldiers in Beijing for the festival, 30,000 yuan for the first month of the official year in Beijing, and 20,000 yuan for the palace attendants, for a total of 200,000 yuan.

In addition, 200,000 yuan was lent to the Imperial Horse Supervisor for the payment of wages to craftsmen in various factories. Lent 50,000 yuan to Wensi Institute for the bonus distribution of Wensi Academy's craftsmen. Lent 1.5 million yuan of banknotes and 1 million taels of silver to the currency exchange point of the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

A total of 2.55 million yuan of banknotes were outflowed. At present, there are 2.45 million yuan of banknotes, 4.03 million taels of silver, and 250,000 taels of gold. Neiku and Sihai Commercial Bank agreed to settle once a month on the 10th. ”

Zhu Youzhen carefully calculated, deducting the 1 million taels of silver lent, he had to seal at least 2.5 million taels of silver in order to let the remaining banknotes circulate in the market. In this way, all he can use is 1.5 million taels of silver and 250,000 taels of gold.

That's a dangerous amount, and if something goes wrong in the country, he'll go bankrupt right away.

And after the beginning of spring, there are at least three things that will cost the money of the inner treasury. The first is the families of martyrs and disabled soldiers who settled in Dongjiang Town; the second is the construction of Tianjin Port and shipyard; The third is the construction of steel plants, coking plants and road facilities.

He knew very well that it was impossible for him to get the support of the household department for the funds to be spent on the above three.

Seeing Chongzhen's solemn face thinking about things, Li Chaoqin hesitated and decided to continue to report to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Weichen still has something to report."

"Say."

"According to His Majesty's order, the agreement between the Household Department and the Inner Treasury is that the Inner Treasury shall pay all expenses of the army and officials only temporarily, and the Household Department shall return them to the Inner Treasury in kind or in silver.

However, today, the micro-ministers and the household department carried out post-holiday reconciliation, and the household department believed that the festival expenses of the soldiers in Beijing and the New Year's allowance of the officials in Beijing were His Majesty's reward to the subordinates, so they should not ask the household department for accounts. ”

Zhu Youzhen was slightly stunned, but he still said calmly: "The festival expenses of the sergeant in the Beijing camp are also counted, and now it is an abnormal state. When the army's logistics department was established, these expenses were paid out of military spending.

However, how can the household department not admit the New Year's subsidy of this official in Beijing? In the future, this subsidy will be paid every month, and it will only be necessary to wait until this summer's tax to be used to increase the local government's increased fire consumption. ”

Li Chaoqin immediately said: "Wechen has made it very clear, but the officials of the household department believe that our dynasty originally used rice as a salary, and after Sejong, it was changed to folded color and distributed in true color, and the officials in Beijing earned more than 240,000 taels a year.

However, His Majesty is now abolishing the treasure money and imposing additional subsidies, although it is said that His Majesty is sympathetic to the courtiers, but the income of officials in Beijing alone will increase by 250,000 taels per year.

His Majesty subsidized the officials in the capital, so what should the local officials do? If the central and local officials are subsidized, then the income of Ming officials alone will increase by nearly one million taels.

In this way, the Liaodong military salary that His Majesty had reduced was only transferred to the pockets of officials. Therefore, the household department believes that if His Majesty wants to give additional subsidies to officials, he should pay it from the inner treasury himself, and should not take it from the household department.

Moreover, the local fire consumption is linked to the tax, if a disaster occurs in a certain place, and the people can't even pay the regular tax, where can they go to pay the fire consumption? But once the distribution of subsidies for officials is established, if His Majesty wants to waive it again when he has no money in his hand, isn't it just to attract hatred?

Finally, the Ministry of Households hopes that His Majesty will understand that there has been a deficit every year, and if this year's new policy can increase taxes, the Ministry of Household hopes to be able to make up for the past deficit first. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little speechless, he didn't think that if a group of hungry people guarded the granary, they would be so law-abiding and not stretch out their hands to the grain in the granary.

The reason why he raised the subsidies for these officials was simply to hope that these officials would restrain their behavior.

But it is clear that the household has been poor for too long, and has a pessimistic view of any option that might increase spending, even if the policy benefits them.

Zhu Youzhen could only helplessly say to Li Chaoqin: "You inform Guo Shangshu that I hope to meet with him before tomorrow's cabinet meeting to talk about official subsidies..."