Shen Li never said a word again, and he didn't know if he didn't have the face to speak again.

Only here can I clean up the idle people, and the next is the main event.

Looking at the Wenchen generals who were kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to move, Xiao Ruxun nodded slightly and said, "Don't kneel, get up, Xiao is not the emperor yet." ”

Wenchen generals, look at me, I look at you, and then slowly stood up, but still lowered his head and didn't dare to move.

"The world is changeable, the vicissitudes of life, Xiao seems to be thinking about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to restore the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty yesterday, but today he has to bear the infamy of rebellion against the Lord for no reason."

Xiao Ruxun shook his head helplessly: "However, Xiao does not regret it, because all this is for the sake of the common people in the world, for the common people in the world to no longer have the pain of displacement, no longer hungry, no longer white bones in the wild, no longer rooster crowing for thousands of miles, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the south and north of the Yangtze River are peaceful. ”

When the half-truths and half-truths came out, Xiao Ruxun felt a little funny herself.

But if you think about it, how can there be any good things in the world......

The world is never black and white.

So what he said was full of confidence.

Zhao Shiqing took the lead in expressing loyalty to Xiao Ruxun: "What Your Majesty said, the ministers agree very much, such as today's people are suffering, displaced, starving everywhere, those who hear it are sad, and those who see it cry, the ministers and others really can't bear it." ”

"Oh? Zhao Butang felt unbearable? ”

Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "Then why do you have so much land and so many houses in your hometown?" You don't have enough income in a year to buy so much land and so many houses, right? Where did all this money come from? ”

Zhao Shiqing was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned pale.

"Since the twenty-first year of Wanli, I defeated the Wa State, and asked the Wa State to compensate eight million taels of indemnity, which will be paid off in five years, which is equivalent to the treasury income of three or four years of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it appropriate to have the emperor pay from within the treasury to fight a war?

Not to mention the indemnity of Renchen, as well as the compensation of the silver mountain of the Japanese country, there are about one million taels of silver a year, I asked them for fifty years, the imperial court should have been very rich, why is it still not enough later? How much does this Ming Dynasty have to spend in a year? How much money can you earn? You're in charge of the household, why don't you make it clear to me? ”

Xiao Ruxun stared at Zhao Shiqing, Zhao Shiqing swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to organize the language.

At this time, Xiao Ruxun shouted to the outside again, "Bring it up", and a group of samurai brought up more than a dozen large boxes, Xiao Ruxun opened them one by one, and they were full of account books of the household department.

Zhao Shiqing's face turned even paler.

Of course, it's not just Zhao Shiqing, but the faces of the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty are not very good-looking, from high-ranking officials to petty officials, one is counted as one, and the complexion is not good.

Xiao Ruxun picked up a copy casually and flipped through it.

"Let's talk about these loans first, I don't know if I don't know it, I'm shocked when I look at it, why are so many loans out but not recovered? The nearest ones are only these few months, and the far ones are in the Zhengde period.

Who is this borrower? How to still borrow money from the treasury? And still not to pay it back? This one expenditure after another, but I can't see how much repayment, Zhao Butang, can you solve my doubts? Who are these borrowers? Dare to borrow money from the treasury and not pay it back? ”

Xiao Ruxun walked to Zhao Shiqing's side and patted Zhao Shiqing's shoulder.

Zhao Shiqing's body trembled slightly.

The rest of the civil and military officials also felt that their heartbeats were slowly accelerating.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, I'll wait...... Our income is really not enough, the grade is high, the grade is low, the official income is really meager, in a place like Beijing, where prices are high, sometimes the money is only enough for food, and there are other expenses at home, there is no money to do it, so I have no choice but to borrow money to live. ”

A six-rank official who didn't know his name stood up and spoke.

Xiao Ruxun looked at him.

"In this way, the official income is meager, I know, since the Ming Dynasty was established, this official income has never risen, I also know this, many small officials have no silver in their hands, they can only exchange the real thing for silver, so life is not easy, and there are even examples of officials being forced to die.

I admit this, the court did not do well in the past, but it is not good for you to do so! If you have nothing to do, you will reach out to the treasury and take the silver, and if you don't pay it back, this is even worse, because the silver in the treasury is not only for you to pay for you, but also to pay the army, to give relief to the victims, but also to use soldiers, build roads, repair cities, and repair river embankments.

All these are in silver, and you reach out and take the silver, one person takes it, two people take it, and in the end you make a blank slip, and you treat the treasury as your own, what is this? Is this corruption? Okay, you say no, I have nothing to say, I can't do things without eating, it's really not good. ”

Xiao Ruxun threw the account book back in his hand.

"Don't worry, I won't pursue this money anymore, whoever borrowed the money, who didn't pay it back, I'm not interested, I don't plan to continue to pursue it, the past is gone, I can't ask for anything, come on, take these account books out, burn them!"

When these words were spoken, the civil and military people were relieved, especially some six-grade petty officials, who looked at Xiao Ruxun with surprise, and watched those account books being carried out and then burned.

It really burned down, and it didn't leave any more.

Today, Xiao Ruxun called out some big people, only the big people can face him face to face in the Huangji Palace, while the rest of the small officials are lining up outside the Huangji Hall to blow the wind and wait for the news in the Huangji Palace, and only a few five- or six-grade officials with special official positions can enter the Fengtian Palace.

When they saw it, naturally some people would go outside to spread the news, and the vast number of small officials and little shrimps outside would know that their accounts had been written off.

From nervousness and despair to unexpected surprises.

This is indeed a good trick to buy people's hearts.

Xiao Ruxun had intended to do this.

Most of them do not have much oil and water to squeeze, most of them do not have high authority, and a considerable number of them have to rely on family support to rent a house in the capital to live, and they dare not borrow more money from the state treasury, for fear that they will one day become victims of the political struggle of some bigwigs.

They are really miserable, their income is low, their lives are not good, and they are extremely easy to be pulled out of the blame, they can't squeeze any oil and water, it's really not interesting to embarrass them, and many of these people can be used.

The main ones are the officials with real power above the fifth grade, these are the big heads, and they may be able to act as honest and honest in the central government, but in private, family members rely on their fame and power to abound in the local area.

Yes, these people themselves have a good reputation, and they are not corrupt or bribed, but are they poor?

They are incorruptible, but their family is a wealthy family......

The three southeastern provinces have already made Xiao Ruxun's mouth full of oil and can't wipe it off, and there are still a lot of these people in other places, and if they are handled well, they can continue to eat.

Xiao Ruxun is looking forward to it.