Chapter 714: Raising money
"It is the old rule of the imperial court that the state treasury allocates part of its tax revenue every year for disaster relief needs, and people in various places can work for relief to solve the difficulties of surviving in the cold winter."
In the Lanzheng Hall, Cifu Gu Yuncheng said unhurriedly: "During the late emperor's period, there were few worries about droughts, floods, snowstorms, and floods, so there was a lot of money saved for disaster relief. At this time, disasters were reported from all over the country, and it would not be better if the Ministry of Household Affairs would use the seal
It would be better to set it aside and ease the south in front of you."
Hearing this, the Minister of Hubu looked at Jing He in embarrassment: "When the late emperor was here, because of the policy of swallowing up the Qi, all the money he had allocated came out of this place for decades. There is a heavy snowfall everywhere, so what can Hubu do?
We have a lot of silver, but if we want to support the various places in Chu, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it."
Emperor Jinghe listened to people walking around with money, feeling a headache and feeling guilty.
The national treasury is supported by maritime trade, so there will be no embarrassment. However, there are many places where he uses silver. He only said that the defense of Ajong and Nurhan was piled up with silver.
There are also small neighboring countries that come to pilgrimage every year. Although it is clear that their purpose of coming to Dachu is to ask for money, in order to appease these small countries and prevent Ajong and Nuerhan from taking advantage of the opportunity, they come and go.
, and how much silver is it.
Since he came to the throne, floods, droughts, heavy rains and snowstorms have increased in various places. In order to protect the people, he not only reduced taxes, but also purchased grain crops from abroad at high prices at a discount of silver to relieve the victims.
Therefore, An Suiyun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is in a real dilemma. He cannot use all the money from the national treasury. Otherwise, how will Da Chu's social studies be maintained in the coming year? How will the official schools in various places be maintained? How will the money to support the court officials be distributed? He plans
How to implement good construction projects?
But if there is no money, how can we survive the snowstorms in various places?
The more Emperor Jinghe thought about it, the more he got a headache.
"I think that the subsidies given by the imperial court to various places in each season are only a lot more. How come there are no deposits in various places? Instead, they break up with the imperial court time and time again." An Suiyun did not agree to use the deposits used for other matters.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he has to face colleagues asking for money every time he goes to court. However, everyone has their own reasons for allocating funds. No matter how generous the national treasury is, it cannot afford such expenditure. Therefore, he has already experienced
Have a heart of stone.
It is okay to allocate money, but it must be purposeful. In other words, it is impossible to cover all aspects.
"Things have priorities, and allocating money for food distribution is an urgent matter today. Compared with disaster relief, the rest are nothing but trivial matters." Third Assistant Cen Minzhou said, "Just treat it as a loan from various places, and we will ask them to return it when things get better."
"Mr. Cen Ge said it lightly. It can be seen that various places have always borrowed money without repaying it. Since the late emperor, there has been little care. If it is still the same now, is it possible that His Majesty can still care about it?" An Suiyun waved his hand and shook it nervously.
He shook his head and said, "If things get better and money is used everywhere, can the lower officials conjure it up out of thin air? The rest may be trivial, but if Arong and Nuer rarely go to war, who will guarantee the military supplies and food?"
An Suiyun, the chief financial manager of a country, could only be cold-blooded at times.
"Why don't your Majesty temporarily lend the internal funds to the public, and wait for the repayments from various places, and then return them to Your Majesty?" The Youdu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate suddenly looked at Emperor Jinghe. This newly appointed official has an upright nature and is known as "two
Known as "Leng Yushi", Jinghe
When the emperor promoted him to the position of censor of Youdu, he showed that he was good at employing people, dared to employ people, and was a wise king who knew and made good use of people. Who would have thought that before the results he showed were revealed, this fool would use him as a target for three fires?
Already.
"If it weren't for the lack of internal funds, why would I bother everyone?" Emperor Jinghe coughed twice and directly spread his hands.
"The internal funds are not enough?" Everyone was surprised.
Although the emperor's internal funds are beyond the reach of foreign ministers, everyone can count them!
Just look at the prosperity of maritime trade and the fullness of the national treasury, and you will know that internal funds are indispensable.
The emperor is obviously not a lavish, arrogant and foolish king, so how come the internal funds are not enough?!
Emperor Jinghe made his courtiers blush a little.
"I, I have slightly changed the design of the imperial mausoleum." Emperor Jinghe, who was hesitantly explaining to his ministers, was also very depressed. He did not live an arrogant and extravagant life. The money he had in his pocket was used not only for the princes and princesses to build their mansions, but also for the clan.
The royal family subsidies, as well as the rewards given to his own courtiers, are all paid by him himself.
But despite this, he could still save a lot of money, so he was interested in building an additional mausoleum.
If he had known this, he would definitely have kept the money.
"Since there is no money left in the national treasury and internal funds, why not let the local governments borrow money from the squires!" Ci Fu Gu Yuncheng didn't want to see the emperor in trouble. He had higher ambitions!
As expected, Emperor Jinghe became even more kind to him when he saw him rescuing him from the siege.
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"So, here in Kyoto, we have to find a way for Shuntian Prefecture to raise money for disaster relief?!" Sheng Yuan heard her elder brother complaining and couldn't help but sympathized with him for a few breaths, "Then you can raise enough money."
Kyoto is better than outside. Most of the people who can borrow money are the powerful and royal relatives, but how can their money be so easy to borrow?!
Chapter completed!