There was a group of eunuchs in the Daming Palace. Their mission in life was to make an abacus and help Zhu Di calculate how much money he made from his overseas voyages. They were affiliated with the internal transportation treasury.

"Xing'an, tell me, how much iron does the Iron and Steel Department need to make, how much charcoal does the Coal Mine Department need to burn, how much coal does the Coal Mine Department need to dig, and how many civilian workers are needed for these? Do we need to plan in advance?" Zhu Qiyu put down his hands.

Memorials of Sun Boring.

The scale of Shijing Factory is far greater than before.

For example, the Wanggong Factory has less than 200 craftsmen living there, but the Steel Department of the Shijing Factory requires at least 500 craftsmen and 5,000 men. The entire Shijing Factory has about 20,000 people.

Zhu Qiyu has great expectations for Shijing Factory.

"Of course it's a need." Xing'an replied without knowing what was going on. Does your Majesty have any other fantastic ideas?

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I plan to let these abacus eunuchs work with the household branch to calculate all these accounts clearly."

Xing'an frowned, and then said blankly: "Is your Majesty talking about planning?"

"During the Song Dynasty, there were three divisions of Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu. These three divisions were collectively called the Three Divisions, also known as the Ji Province. There was one envoy from the Three Divisions, who was in charge of Asia and was called the Prime Minister. Just as your Majesty said

It's very similar, especially in the Song Dynasty, which specialized in salt, iron, wine and alum, the prime minister was very busy."

The finances of the Ming Dynasty were completely different from those of the Song Dynasty. Of course, Zhu Qiyu knew it well. The Song Dynasty could not do anything else, but getting money from the court was a first-rate force.

For example, the salt, iron, tea, wine and alum were all exclusively produced in the Song Dynasty. The amount of production and how to mix it were all decided by the court, but this was not the case in the Ming Dynasty.

There were almost no specialties in the Ming Dynasty, and even mining classes were not set up because of the prohibition of cutting mountains and cutting rocks. During the Wanli period, there were great conflicts with the courtiers because of the eunuchs in the mining classes.

The only Kaizhong salt method that is still somewhat successful is to call merchants to transport grain and salt it. It was implemented in the third year of Hongwu. One stone of rice transported to Datong is equal to one stone of rice and three buckets of rice from Taiyuan, which is equivalent to a small amount of salt from Huaihe River.

The Kaizhong Salt Method began to collapse during the Hongwu period.

"It's good to save money." Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but nod. This is the benefit of a long history. Whenever Zhu Qiyu said an idea, it immediately appeared in history.

He originally wanted to set up a planning committee, but immediately the provincial planning, prime minister planning and other systems were put in front of Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu asked another question: "How is Lianghuai Yanyin doing this year?"

Xing'an was stunned for a moment, flipped through the memorials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, placed the memorials in front of His Majesty and said: "Huating, the Zao Ding of the Second County of Shanghai, is responsible for the salt tax of 632,000 large salt quotas."

"Da Yan Yin?" Zhu Qiyu asked strangely.

He learned a little more about it and found out that at the beginning of the Chinese dynasty, one salt yin was worth four hundred kilograms of salt, which was called big salt yin. The salt merchants on the border were given small salt yin, two hundred kilograms.

In the 14th year of Zhengtong, the imperial court issued an excess of 630,000 datong rice to Huating and Shanghai counties alone, worth approximately 1.26 million datong rice.

These are still two counties.

The salt collection in the Ming Dynasty was not a government-run salt field, but a class.

That is to say, civilians were recruited to go to major salt farms to boil salt. Each stove was exempted from taxes on twenty-five acres of land and other corvee labor.

In exchange for salt, the taxes on twenty-five acres of land and other corvee services from this place were exchanged.

"How much salt does the entire Jiangnan Saltworks owe?" Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and asked.

Xing'an opened the memorial from the Hubu branch and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this account cannot be settled clearly."

Zhu Qiyu picked up the memorial and read it for a long time. He really couldn't figure it out clearly. He owed too much.

There is an anecdote in the memorial of the magistrate of Huating County. After the salt merchant Kaizhong went to the border to collect grain, he got the salt quota, but was unable to cash it in the salt field, so he had to stick to the salt field. For three generations, there were many people who failed.

At this time, the Kaizhong Salt Law had been completely ruined, and the imperial court owed an unknown amount of salt imports. Each small amount of salt imports was equivalent to one stone of rice in Datong.

How can it be owed? Where is the debt? How much salt will be produced next year? Why is there an excessive amount of salt? Who is producing the salt now?

Should the Ming Dynasty's salt law be abolished? Or should it continue to be improved? All these questions lack data support.

No one knows how much salt money was issued by the Ming Dynasty, and no one knows how much salt money the court owed.

This is how Ming Dynasty's corruption extended to the family's finances.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the finances of the Ming Dynasty have been in a state of sustainable collapse, with more and more expenditures and less and less income. For example, in the past, grains from the fields were used as grain taxes for the military camps. In the 14th year of Zhengtong, only

Four million stones.

In the first year of Yongle there were still 24.35 million shi.

The Ming Dynasty was very strong, and it was only strong because of such a corrupt financial system. It has been able to sustain for more than two hundred years, and it has been continuously collapsing for more than two hundred years. If it were not for natural disasters and man-made disasters, it would still be able to survive...

In fact, Chongzhen is not to blame for the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty started to owe Yanyin in the third year of Zhengtong. It has been owed for two hundred years. I don’t know whether Emperor Chongzhen looked at his ancestors and wondered what the debt of the two hundred years was.

What expression.

"The eunuchs who set up the abacus in the internal transportation treasury, and the bureaucrats in the household department branch will figure this out. I don't have a fixed time limit, but I want to know the most detailed figures as soon as possible."

Zhu Qiyu said to Xing'an: "Let the Chief of Ceremonies and Wenyuan Pavilion draft an edict and get this matter done as quickly as possible."

"I accept the decree." Xing'an bowed his head and said.

Zhu Qiyu planned to set up an organization similar to the Planning Commission. China's history is too long, so he could directly let the Ministry of Planning take over this responsibility.

Before the province was established, the first punch was immediately taken to investigate the matter of Yanyin.

The eunuchs settling accounts in the inner transport warehouse finally feel like they are alive again!

Since the Ming Dynasty stopped maritime trade in the ninth year of Xuande, they have been restricted. Over the past few years, they have been living with Zhu Di's inheritance, and finally they have work to do again!

For the eunuchs, the most terrifying thing is not being summoned by the emperor, the most terrifying thing is not having any work to do, that is, losing the grace of God. They will only have difficulty in the palace, and their disciples and grandchildren have all gone to other families to recognize their adoptive fathers.

Well now, Emperor Ming finally remembered that he still had such a department dedicated to calculations.

The financial accounts of the Ming Dynasty were handed over to the foreign court, and only two people could figure it out.

One is Wang Guoguang, who served as an official in the Wanli Dynasty of Longqing for forty years. Under the strong supervision of Zhang Juzheng, he finally wrote the "Wanli Accounting Records".

One is Bi Ziyan. During the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, he made a clear accounting and explained the accounts clearly. He wrote a "Du Zhi Memorial" to comprehensively account for the Ming Dynasty inside and outside.

Clearly.

The most glorious moment in Emperor Chongzhen's life was when he beheaded King Chuang Gao Yingxiang in the capital in the ninth year of Chongzhen.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen thought everything was getting better in the Ming Dynasty.

The civil unrest in Shaanxi that had been causing trouble for decades finally calmed down. Li Zicheng only escaped with 21 riders. Bi Ziyan settled the account for him and he also had money.

Zhu Youjian, who was in the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, never expected that eight years later, he would be hanged on a coal mountain.

It is very important to settle the accounts clearly, and it is extremely important to the emperor, but if it is left to the foreign court to figure out the accounts, it is just wishful thinking.

Zhu Qiyu once again thought of Yu Qian's admonition: in the system of the country, border affairs are governed by civil servants, military ministers lead the army, and internal ministers maintain it.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu went to the capital camp. He made a surprise attack and inspected the Siwu regiment camp in Tucheng outside Dongzhimen, which was under the direct control of Shi Heng.

Shi Heng did not expect that Zhu Qiyu would come so early, but Shi Heng was not very afraid of the sudden inspection. He had completely sobered up from his arrogance.

Your Majesty has clearly conveyed that your Majesty is not a monarch who maintains the status quo. Your Majesty will use troops. Your Majesty will sweep the Wala people out of the courtyard, plow their holes, break their bones and scatter their ashes.

If he continues to be arrogant, being punished is a trivial matter, and it is not his part to destroy the Wala people, he will be ready to cry without tears.

Yang Hong's eldest son, Yang Jun, is quite capable of fighting!

Yang Hong is old and has obtained the world certificate. He also reported to the internal affairs department that the succession of the title is not to Yang Jun, who is the most capable, but to his legitimate son Yang Jie.

Yang Jun is the eldest son of a concubine and has no right to inherit the title, but Yang Jun always follows His Majesty as an example and wants to be knighted for his merits! If the Marquis of Changping is passed on to his legitimate son, Yang Jun will fight for a title by himself!

Shi Heng was really under a lot of pressure. Among the three deputy chief military officers under him, Fan Guang, who was able to fight, had just left, and Yang Jun, who was even more capable, had been added.

Naturally, I dare not slack off.

"Very good, not bad." Zhu Qiyu inspected the Siwu regiment camp as usual and was very satisfied.

Shi Heng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's teachings are very good, and the soldiers follow your Majesty's example. They are always alert, respond to training, and always try their best. That's why today's four military regiment camps are relaxed and the military orders are clear.

"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly. Shi Heng's arrogance was becoming less and less due to the competition among the three regiments stationed in Beijing. This knife became sharper and sharper.

But this flattery is the only one that remains the same. No matter how many times he is admonished, he has never changed.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I have been in the martial arts hall for a few days, and my flattery skills have become more and more powerful. It is your credit."

"I dare not take credit." Shi Heng scratched his head and said he would have to take pictures in a different way next time.

Shi Heng thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, are you having lunch at the Fourth Military Regiment Camp? Yesterday, I went to practice and gained a lot. I got a young deer, which is quite fresh."

"That's fine." Zhu Qiyu nodded, and then said with some worry: "I'm reminding you, don't imitate that group of Cuo Da, and do anything like the induction of heaven and man, don't use the campfire, the fox's cry, the fish-belly elixir book,

None of this is a good thing.”

Zhu Qiyu had lunch at the Siwu Tuanying. To a certain extent, eating at the Siwu Tuanying was safer than eating in the palace.

"After dinner, let's go to the capital camp outside Xizhimen and Fuchengmen, the Siyong Regiment Camp and the Siwei Regiment Camp, and take a look at the beggar army led by Sun Boring.

Come on." Zhu Qiyu got on his horse, followed closely by Shi Heng and Tiqi, and ran towards Shijing Mountain.

Shijingshan was still a large construction site at this time, but it was slowly taking shape. In order to prevent thieves, a wall was built around the factory. The wall was two feet high, covered with various sharp blades, and there was blood in some places.

There are dozens of wolfdogs kept in the factory, and these wolfdogs will disperse at night.

Zhu Qiyu inspected the four departments and one official office in the site, the general office of Shijing Factory, and the head of the Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Industry, Kuai Xiang, rushed out from the official office of Shijing Factory, how could he have thought that His Majesty could come.
Chapter completed!