Chapter 502 No money?
Liu Yunhai sent Zhang Hao outside Yuxi Palace. Zhang Hao immediately rode his horse and prepared to go to Tangshan. Liu Yunhai stood there and kept sending Zhang Hao out of his sight. As soon as he left, a thousand households arrived next to Liu Yunhai.
"Sir, the commander criticized you?" The Qianhu asked immediately.
"Why are you criticizing me? So, in the future, I will respect Chen Lian. If Chen Lian talks about your affairs in front of the commander, you will be in trouble. Also, Chen Lian is the policing envoy. If you are a thousand households, can you still want to skip him? In the future, I will respect Chen Lian. Whatever he asks you to do, you can do it, don't make any trouble!" Liu Yunhai stared at the thousand households and said.
"Sir, the commander really said to you!" The Qianhu said in surprise.
"He said to me, will I explain to you like this? The adults didn't say anything. Chen Lian went to the adults' mansion yesterday, just to chat, and didn't say anything. Don't judge a gentleman by his villain's heart. From this point of view, Chen Lian is a gentleman. You can't get along with a gentleman, so you have to reflect on yourself!" Liu Yunhai stared at the Qianhu and said.
"Yes!" The Qianhu was also surprised, but he still gave up honestly.
As for the news that Zhang Hao left the capital again, the civil officials soon learned about it, and some civil officials gathered together and whispered to discuss it.
"From now on, Mr. Lu An is not ready to clean up those vassal kings, nor does he want to continue to promote land policies, nor does he want to rectify taxes!"
"That's right, look, I'm leaving. I heard that many workshops have been built in Tangshan, and many people are working there!"
"Are we wrong speculation? Lu Anhou doesn't want to go at all? If we are fine, it will be unsightly and will arouse Zhang Hao, which will not be good for us, right?"...
The civil officials were discussing in a low voice, and at the Sixth Ministry, Yan Song and the others were also dealing with the affairs in the court. After the process was done, they sat together to drink tea. Now it was cold, so it was still very comfortable to drink tea.
"I said Mr. Xu, Zhang Hao hasn't even gone to your mansion to sit in?" Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and smiled. Now that Zhang Hao is not in the capital, he feels much better and there are not so many things. When Zhang Hao was in the capital before, things were constantly happening, which gave them headaches every day.
"I haven't had time. I sent someone to the mansion yesterday to say that I didn't have time to come, so I couldn't come first. I guess the matter in Tangshan is very busy!" Xu Jie said with a smile.
"Can Tangshan really be able to do it?" Zhang Jing sat there and asked Xu Jie.
"I don't know, I know his affairs, but this kid is very familiar with the work of the workshop. Several workshops have done well. By the way, have you read the memorial of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue today? You probably will agree? Is the emperor going to allocate the taxes and salt income from Xuanhua directly to the Ministry of Revenue?" Xu Jie immediately changed the topic and asked them.
"It's impossible to agree. Can the emperor agree to this much money?" Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "The funds involved in this are more than 10 million taels, and now they are controlled by Jiajing. If Jiajing wants to take it out, it is possible.
"Impossible, let's talk about it, what happened to Sun Yingkui? I used to allocate money, but now I have no money. There are local officials in the Ministry of Revenue, which is really messy!" Ma Chenrui sat there and spoke.
"It's a bit messy. Now they are still corruption. I don't want to offend people. If they offend people, the impeachment memorials from the Censorate will probably have been submitted long ago, but now, stability is still needed. If corruption continues to be investigated, I am worried that everyone will be in danger and no one will work. Forget it, as long as they are not overdoing it!" Zhou Yan sat there and said, he is still the Censor of the Left Censor and is also the Minister of the Cabinet.
"Yes, everyone is calm for two months, right? Now that Zhang Hao is not in the capital, we should not move. If the emperor notices that someone has emptied the money from the Ministry of Revenue, then check it out!" Yan Song sat there and said, "They don't want to cause trouble now, so they will still feel comfortable sitting here."
"Well, Zhang Hao is not in the capital, so no big thing will happen. I hope he can stay in Tangshan for a few more years!" Xu Jie also said with emotion.
"Yes, I hope he can stay for a few more years!" They all nodded, and after Zhang Hao arrived in Tangshan, he had already started preparing a steam engine. There was no way, without a steam engine, what should those warships do then? You can't use sails, how slow the speed would be, or you would use people to rock the pulp, and those boatmen would be exhausted to death.
Therefore, Zhang Hao established a workshop in Tangshan. Some specializes in bearings, some specializes in screws and nuts, etc. Anyway, there are a large number of craftsmen in each workshop. In a few days, Tangshan Iron and Steel Workshop began to produce steel. These steels are not sold to the public, and they are all used for those workshops. Zhang Hao is just busy with these things with his people.
Before we knew it, it was less than a month before the Chinese New Year. At this moment, Zhang Hao was still busy in the workshop. Zhang Hao was going back in the afternoon because his wife Xu Shiyun was probably about to give birth, so Zhang Hao must go back to accompany him. In addition, the family also needed to prepare to move a new mansion. His Lu'an Hou Mansion was also built, and Xu Shiyun also wrote a letter.
Before the Chinese New Year, it must have been necessary to move there. Xu Shiyun liked the new mansion very much. Because Zhang Hao had not returned yet, he had never been able to move there. In the afternoon, after Zhang Hao explained those things, he went straight to the capital.
It was evening when it arrived in the capital, and Zhang Hao went straight to Yuxi Palace.
At this moment, Jiajing is urging all departments to settle accounts. It will take half a month for each department to settle accounts, and it will also need to settle accounts. If you are short of money, Jiajing needs to take out the money.
However, some recent news made Jiajing very dissatisfied. Now the Ministry of Revenue has no money. Not only has it no money, but he also owes more than 1 million taels of silver. The Ministry of Revenue has spent 2 million taels more this year than last year. There has been no major disaster this year, and there has been no rebellion among the people. Where is the money used? Jiajing has always wanted to ask the Ministry of Revenue.
But now he is still settled the accounts, so Jiajing did not ask, but waited. When they finished the calculation, he also needed to find them to settle the accounts.
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Hao shouted loudly as soon as he entered the alchemy room.
"Oh, you bastard, why did I feel a headache today? It's you kid who is back!" Jiajing immediately touched his head and said.
"What do you mean? I'll have a headache when I'm back? Is this unfounded, okay?" Zhang Hao immediately said to Jiajing with contempt.
"What's going on over there? Every time I come back from a letter, I don't talk about what's going on over there. You bastard!" Jiajing immediately asked Zhang Hao.
"It's not bad. It is expected that next summer, the function will be completed. Master, I have an idea. Do you think it's OK?" Zhang Hao sat down immediately and said enthusiastically to Jiajing.
"What?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao without understanding.
"I want to build the Ming Navy!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing.
"Navy?" Jiajing became even more suspicious. Navy? The army in the sea?
"It's the fleet. Our fleet can be ocean-going. At that time, I will expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty. You can point me where you want and I will fight you!" Zhang Hao said proudly to Jiajing.
"Get out, you can't beat Tatars, and you're going to say I'll give it a try!" Jiajing cursed at Zhang Hao when he heard this, and the boy even lied to him.
"Tartars are easy to fight. You can wait. After I finish these things, I will lead my troops to fight you. What a big deal!" Zhang Hao immediately said to Jiajing.
"Nakan, isn't it just a navy? There is one in the Ming Dynasty!" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao with contempt and said.
"That thing, the few sailboats in the river are also called navy?" Zhang Hao also despised Jiajing in turn.
"Our boat can also be fought. Did you forget Zheng He's voyage to the West? He still sailed? Bastard, come and lie to me. It doesn't matter if you want to build it. I promise you that, but you can't look down on my navy!" Jiajing pointed at Zhang Hao and cursed.
"Okay, good, amazing, I want to build a navy!" Zhang Hao nodded immediately and asked Jiajing. "No money!" Jiajing suddenly said this.
"No money?" Zhang Hao touched his head when he heard this, then stood up and walked towards the place where Jiajing hid his money.
"Baby, what are you doing? Stop!" Jiajing knew at a glance that something was wrong. This kid was going to find his own money.
"Let me see how many more!" Zhang Hao stared at Jiajing and asked.
"Get out, bastard, set up a navy. Do you think those ministers will agree? What about dreaming?" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and cursed. Zhang Hao was just looking at Jiajing.
"No, you don't look at me like this!" Jiajing continued to shout at Zhang Hao.
"No? I'll take down the money from those three workshops and build a navy!" Zhang Hao said staring at Jiajing.
"Dare you? You bastard, those ministers will not agree. If you have the ability, you can find a way!" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and said.
"I'll go check the corrupt officials, okay? I found out that it belongs to me. My navy needs a lot of money, and it is estimated that it will cost at least 3 million taels of silver!" Zhang Hao asked Jiajing.
"If you find it, you will belong to you!" Jiajing immediately said with a smile when he heard this.
Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing suspiciously, and when he thought something was wrong, he walked to the place where Jiajing hid his money again.
"Baby, you dare to go!" Jiajing immediately threatened Zhang Hao and shouted.
"Let me see, I won't take it!" Zhang Hao said without looking back.
Chapter completed!