Ma Shiying originally tried to take the opportunity to make trouble, to directly squeeze Zhu Jie out of Taiwan, and then drive him out of Nanjing City, but obviously, Ma Shiying launched an attack in too haste, even his allies did not have time to adjust their positions at all, one person plus two or three shrimp soldiers and crab generals, it was impossible to turn over the storm of fighting; The most important thing is that Zhu Jie has long been mentally prepared for this, and as soon as he came up, he made a sharp move, and all the others were shocked, even Ma Shiying was beaten fat, who would rush to pick up Zhu Jie's tiger whiskers at this time?

This second pole is not a polite civil servant, but a butcher who comes down from the battlefield and kills people at every turn!

Zhu Jie made a big fuss, and everyone was shocked, and the next thing was to deploy the national funeral, the emperor is dead, this etiquette can be said to be the most important state event of a country, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has just returned from the capital, and he caught up with this matter, however, Qian Qianyi is very happy, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites is the Yamen who is extremely idle, any military and political affairs in Nanjing, almost all of them are not in line with the Ministry of Rites, and now the capital has fallen, and there is no doubt that such a heavy matter as the national funeral has fallen on the body of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, It is the time for me to show my talents, and through this funeral, it is just a good way to show the sense of existence of the Ministry of Rites!

Qian Qianyi patted his chest and stopped everything, except for the cha chi, and put his own head on the head.

"However, my lords, this national funeral will cost a lot of silver, and we will prepare ...... for it."

Qian Qianyi asked.

Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department, understood that if you want to hold a national funeral, you can't do it without money, and no matter how capable Qian Qianyi is, he can't use one hundred and ten taels of silver to hold a grand national funeral to the extreme!

Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice: "Everything else is easy to say, the national funeral is no better than others, even if there is no silver, we have to do it well, and now there are more than 100,000 taels of silver in the treasury of the household department......"

"Hundreds of thousands of taels?"

Qian Qianyi said dissatisfied, "Lord Gao, what is the more than 100,000 taels of silver for?" This is a national mourning! Except for the time when Emperor Taizu Bintian did it, we in Nanjing have not done such a grand state affair, how can we ignore it? Without 300,000 taels, that's absolutely not possible! ”

Gao Hongtu's expression was stunned, and he replied: "Lord Qian, you also have to know that now that the capital has fallen, the treasury of Nanjing is not as good as the treasury of Beijing City, where did you get so much silver?" The most terrible thing is that the New Year is approaching, and the tax burden of our Nanzhili has been solved to the capital as early as a month ago, leaving only so much silver to meet the daily needs of Nanzhili, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver cannot all be smashed on the national funeral, otherwise, where will all the officials in the entire Jiangnan go to raise their money? It's all used for national funerals, so the officials in Jiangnan all go to drink the northwest wind? ”

Qian Qianyi was greatly dissatisfied, and shouted: "Lord Gao, do you mean that the Jiangnan officials' funeral is more important than the emperor's funeral?" What are your intentions? ”

Everyone also turned their heads and began to talk about it, the emperor's national funeral, that must be done, but what about the money, damn it, a large amount of silver has been sent to the capital, if all the silver from the treasury is spent on the national funeral, then in the coming year, the Jiangnan officials will have a hard time......

Zhu Jie no matter what the national funeral is, even if it costs 10,000 taels of silver, Zhu Jie thinks it is harmless, at this time, it is the critical juncture to recover the mountains and rivers, even if it is a tael of silver, it is necessary to give priority to ensuring the expenditure of the imperial army, the national funeral is important, but it is not important enough to surpass the existence of the national ancestor, some of these people go to discuss, and they do not mix.

But Gao Hongtu's words reminded Zhu Jie that a few days before Zhu Mingbing's soldiers, all the Jiangnan taxes that had just been raised by the Nanjing household department were transported to the capital by Cao ship, which is fatal, the entire fourteen prefectures of Nanzhili, the taxes raised were as high as two or three million taels of silver alone, plus grain, horse materials and other materials, that was definitely more than three million taels, accounting for one-third of the Ming tax!

If the capital hadn't fallen, I'm afraid that the boats would have arrived in the capital now, right? No matter how slow the speed is, a month's time should be bad! Now if all the taxes are sent to Beijing, it will be miserable, it is tantamount to a capital enemy, it is definitely a capital enemy!

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked, he looked back at Qin Mufeng, and beckoned to Qin Mufeng, Qin Mufeng hurriedly stepped forward.

"Mu Feng, seven hundred miles urgently, ordered someone to rush to the Daimyo's Mansion, and told Xu Yifan that no matter what, I have to say that this batch of boats will be snatched back for me! You must grab it back, you must not fall into the hands of the Tartars, remember it, go quickly! ”

Zhu Jie shouted in a low voice.

Qin Mufeng naturally understood the severity and hurriedly ran out.

"Tall, sir!"

As soon as Qin Mufeng ran out, Qian Qianyi shouted again: "This official doesn't believe that the Nanjing household department only has such a small amount of money!" This year, how much money did it cost to rectify the 14th Guard of Nanjing and the Longjiang Bao Shipyard alone? If your household department only has such a little foundation, dare to rectify it with such fanfare? Why is it that when it comes time to hold a state funeral for the emperor, there is no money? ”

Other people's hearts were shocked, Qian Qianyi was right, whether it was the rectification of the 14th Guard of Nanjing or the rectification of the Longjiang Bao Shipyard, it would require a lot of silver, and even if there was no 1.8 million taels of silver, it would definitely not be able to take it! How can it be that there is no silver in the household?

Zhu Jie's face turned cold, looked at Qian Qianyi, and said coldly: "Lord Qian, what's the matter, you are still worried about the silver of the Three Towns of Nanjing and Longjiang Bao Shipyard?" ”

Ma Shiying, who was on the side, said in a loud voice: "Why not? Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister; Everything in the world is royal, not to mention that now it is to handle the national funeral for the emperor, and it is anyone's responsibility......

Other people also began to echo it, this is no more than others, it is for the national funeral, and the big things are not as important as the national funeral, if there is no silver, it is just that, if the household has silver and does not take it out, it is Gao Hongtu's mistake.

Gao Hongtu smiled bitterly and said: "My lords, there is still a sum of silver in this household department, but this silver is just a transfer from the imperial court to the Nanjing household department specifically for the purpose of rectifying the military affairs of Nanzhili, without the emperor's will, no one can embezzle it, even if the three towns of Nanjing and Longjiang Bao Shipyard need to be used, they also need to be jointly signed by the official and the town Guogong before they can ......."

"Joke, that was before, and now that the emperor is already in heaven, do you still have to wait for the emperor's will? Ladies and gentlemen, tell me why this money should not be used for the national funeral? ”

Qian Qianyi sneered.

"Qian Qianyi, I asked you, do you still want to use the salary of the three towns of Nanjing?"

Zhu Jie asked in a cold voice.

"Why, isn't it okay?"

Qian Qianyi asked rhetorically.

Zhu Jie snorted coldly: "No, Lao Tzu doesn't agree!" ”

(End of chapter)