The reason why the treasury had so much money was that Yan Yingyuan played a great role, and the eight locust merchants also made "indispensable contributions."
Before the eight locust merchants were completely wiped out, the treasury had as much as 10 million taels of silver in its deposits.
There was Zhu Chunchen's money, the money of the nobles who moved south, and he also robbed a lot of the money of the nobles in Beijing. In addition, there was also the money of the eight locust merchants in Beijing.
Although I spent a lot of money, there is still a lot left.
While money was being spent, the treasury's income never stopped.
How much silver did Yan Yingyuan seize in Xuanfu Town?
Eighty-nine thousand taels of gold can be exchanged for eight million nine hundred thousand taels of silver at a rate of one to ten.
If the ratio is one to fifteen, it can be exchanged for 13.35 million taels of silver.
In addition, there are 33 million taels of silver and countless other properties.
The largest number of family assets are antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
The shop that Chongzhen opened for Queen Zhou mainly sold these things.
Since the opening, we have sold some of them and earned nearly one million taels of silver.
It was precisely because of so much silver that Chongzhen had the confidence to exempt taxes.
Exempting taxes is an act of caring for the people, and Fang Yuegong couldn't stop it, so he could only kneel down and thank the emperor: "I thank your majesty for the grace of the people."
Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Minister Fang, please stand up. You have been working hard recently. Wang Chengen, bring a piece of soap to Minister Fang."
Wang Chengen handed over the sandalwood box in his hand.
Looking at the sandalwood box in his hand, Fang Yuegong knew that it was worth a fortune.
He opened the box, pointed at the white rectangular object and asked, "Your Majesty, what is this soap used for?"
"This is a washing tool. It is wonderful to use whether you are washing your hands, face or taking a bath!"
After hearing that it was detergent, Fang Yuegong felt a little disappointed.
How much is this thing worth?
However, he still thanked her respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
Chongzhen smiled without saying anything and waved his hand to let Fang Yuegong leave.
This bar of soap costs as much as twenty taels, a pure aristocratic product.
Driven by hunger marketing, the selling price easily exceeded thirty or even fifty taels!
He wants to use soap to cut the leeks of the nobles!
After Fang Yuegong left, Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen: "How many bars of soap were there in the first batch?"
"Your Majesty, it's less than two hundred yuan."
"Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou will each get two pieces, and the other concubines will each get one piece. Ministers, take two pieces for Lord Li, and the other ministers will each get one piece."
"The nobles in Beijing are treated the same as the ministers, one piece each."
"If there is any surplus... don't sell it in small quantities, and set up an introducer system."
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