The news of the sale of Ruyi beans spread quickly, and so did the question of the price.
Of course, besides the price itself, everyone is also concerned about the father-in-law's advice. The news is also very detailed, with specific details:
Your Majesty did not know the price of grain outside because it was sold by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he called the father-in-law into the palace and asked him what he thought.
So the father-in-law expressed his attitude, believing that the price should be high so that everyone can buy less and more people can afford it. After all, the number of Ruyi beans is limited.
His Majesty agreed to the father-in-law's proposal. The price of Ruyi beans was set at 30 taels per stone, which was an extremely high price.
After the price was announced, the capital was filled with outcry, with all criticism directed at the emperor's father-in-law. This was true for both the imperial family and the scholars of the court.
Of course, I can't say it outright. After all, the father-in-law's goal is to benefit more people, so you can't say it's wrong.
However, the number of petitions impeaching the emperor's father-in-law also increased rapidly. Apparently, more and more people were dissatisfied with him, thinking that the emperor's father-in-law was spoiled and arrogant, which reminded people of Emperor Hongzhi.
At that time, Emperor Hongzhi favored Empress Zhang alone, but as a result, Empress Zhang's brothers were extremely arrogant and domineering.
Especially since the current emperor also promoted the two brothers of the Queen to the position of co-director of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, this made the ministers even more worried, and more and more people came to impeach them.
In the Western Garden.
Zhu Youxiao flipped through the memorials in front of him, all of which were impeachments against Zhang Guoji. He smiled and threw them aside, not wanting to read them at all, because these memorials all talked about unrealistic things.
In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, money is really important because he is about to run out of money.
I have been burning money for a while now. The Hundred Craftsmen Academy and Qi Jin's military training are both big spenders, and all the money they are burning is from my own treasury. I can no longer afford it.
What's more, a batch of rewards were sent to Liaodong before, and the money used was from the inner treasury.
As for the money in the national treasury, Zhu Youxiao hadn't even thought about it. It wasn't because he thought his ministers would object, but with his current control over the court, there wouldn't be much of a problem if it was used for legitimate purposes.
The problem is that there is no money in the treasury. With the current income of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to fill the treasury.
Although the Imperial Household Department had started to make money, it had no actual income yet. However, it had invested a lot of money in the early stages, so Zhu Youxiao was running out of money.
If we can earn 1 million taels from selling Ruyi beans this time, it will solve a big problem.
Zhu Youxiao sighed helplessly, realizing that he was indeed a poor emperor.
The Hundred Craftsmen's Institute wanted to manufacture flintlock rifles on a large scale, which required a significant investment. Although the Institute's technology had been improved, the cost of a single flintlock rifle was still as high as 20 taels of silver, not including other accessories.
If 100,000 guns are produced, 2 million taels of silver will be needed.
Even more supporting equipment and troops are needed.
Now 20,000 flintlock rifles have been put into production in the early stage, which requires 400,000 taels of silver. There are also some other things, such as armor, equipment, and artillery, all of which cost money.
Although Zhu Youxiao's inner treasury was not empty, it really could not take anything out.
You have to know that this money was inherited from the Wanli Emperor's grandfather. After his father came to power, he threw out 2 million taels, and it didn't go to waste at all.
At the same time, we have to repair my grandfather's grave and my father's grave, which is another huge expense.
If the palace reconstruction had not been stopped, I would probably be in financial difficulty now.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao felt even more helpless.
Life is not easy!
Sitting up straight, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong beside him and asked, "Has the Imperial Household Department started selling it yet?"
"Your Majesty, the sale has already started." Chen Hong agreed respectfully.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and continued to lean back in the rocking chair.
As long as they started selling, they would make money. As for the civil officials and nobles, Zhu Youxiao didn't even consider them.
I still remember that in the late period of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, the court was short of money, and Emperor Chongzhen hoped that his ministers could donate some.
In the end, no one took out the money. No matter if they were nobles or relatives of nobles, they all cried poor. But after Li Zicheng entered the capital, he squeezed them dry and made them very rich.
As for relying on those veteran nobles to fight, Zhu Youxiao had never even thought about it.
Today, the military household system of the Ming Dynasty is no longer acceptable; the nobles who sucked blood from the military household system are even more unacceptable.
Sooner or later, there will be an opportunity to strip a group of titles, just like in the Han Dynasty.
In the fifth year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of Han issued an order to march south, but almost no one from the marquises responded. This made Emperor Wu of Han realize that he had to eliminate these marquises who had become alienated from the central government.
So Emperor Wu of Han used the laws set by Emperor Wen of Han to abolish the titles of 106 marquises at once on the grounds that "they did not pay the money according to the law."
After that, Emperor Wu of Han often abolished the titles of marquises of the Western Han Dynasty on the grounds that "the collection of money was not in accordance with the law", almost wiping out all the political interest groups formed in the early Han Dynasty.
Which method should I choose?
No matter what, we must find a way to wipe out a group of these people. After we wipe them out, it will be much easier to mobilize the army.
While Zhu Youxiao was thinking about how to reduce the number of titles in the Ming Dynasty, a group of people had already arrived in Luoyang.
Luoyang was once a very prosperous city, especially during the Han and Tang dynasties. It was used as the capital several times. You can imagine how grand Luoyang City was.
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