Chapter 791: Financial Planning
The rising sun rose, facing the golden sun, Qin Feng was full of energy and walked towards the hall where he usually handled affairs with a spring breeze. But as soon as he crossed the threshold, his smile froze there.
On the big case, piles of memorials and official documents were marked high, and Eunuch Le was still taking out the official documents from the box stack and carefully placing them up. Qin Feng estimated that he was sitting behind the big case at this moment, and the people sitting in front could not see his head.
"You have ruined your good mood in the morning." Qin Feng sighed, looked at Eunuch Le, and said dissatisfiedly.
Eunuch Le bent down with a habitual smile on his face: "Your Majesty, this is the duty of the slave. These are the official documents accumulated over the past few months and memorials from all over the country. The Chief Supervisor can handle them, and they have been processed. Last night, the slave had already made a goal to write a brief summary for the emperor to take a look at it. And these must be approved by Your Majesty's decision."
Qin Feng sighed sadly and sat behind Gongwen Mountain with a frown. "Mr. Le, when I was a little captain, I always thought that the emperor was the most comfortable person in the world. He wanted to eat, sleep, and ate and drank all day long. Unexpectedly, he realized that this position was the boring and hardest place in the world. It was far less happy than being a captain when he was a captain!"
"Your Majesty, the higher the position, the greater the responsibility!" Eunuch Le smiled and said, "In the past, Your Majesty was only responsible for the affairs of two or three thousand people. With Your Majesty's ability, he was naturally at ease and had plenty of time to live the life he wanted to live. But now, Your Majesty's rule spans thousands of miles and over tens of millions of people. Even if there is only one thing in each place, it is as numerous as the stars in the sky. Your Majesty is the kind of wise ruler who works hard to govern, so he will inevitably look even more tired. Now the Ming Dynasty is booming, which is the best reward for Your Majesty's hard work!"
Listening to Eunuch Le, Qin Feng laughed: "Mr. Le, you are very good at flattering now. You are calm and can make people feel like you are eating Gan Yi. I think I am not the kind of person who likes to flatter me, but you also make me feel comfortable all over, just like eating ginseng fruit!"
"Your Majesty is joking, I am just saying the truth!" Eunuch Le said righteously.
"Okay, I won't argue with you, but I can't read these memorials and documents today, and I can't handle them. Today, the Prime Minister, Su Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, Su Can of the Ming Empire Bank, and Director Wang of the Commerce Department will come. Today I want to discuss the country's financial affairs specifically. It's probably a day to be difficult." Qin Feng said: "This is something that I agreed with Quan Yun on the way back. The time is almost the same. Go to the palace gate to welcome you all!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Le bowed and retreated.
Qin Feng stood up in the room, pressed his hands on the high pile of memorials, and his face was full of sorrow, "Sure enough, being a good emperor is much more painful than being a foolish emperor. Well, but he enjoys it!"
With a cup of tea, Quan Yun and Su Kairong and others appeared in front of Qin Feng.
Su Kairong was covered in spring breeze. When he saw Qin Feng, he first gave a big gift, stood up, and said with a loud voice: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Qin Feng looked at Su Kairong with his head tilted and said strangely: "Ministry of Su Housing, did I hear that you are sick? Are they lied about military information? Or are you pretending to be sick?"
"No, no!" Su Kairong waved his hands repeatedly: "Your Majesty, some time ago, I was really sick, not because of my health, but because of my anxiety! Seeing that the Ministry of Revenue's account was empty, and seeing that the debts were more and more, I was anxious. During that period, my face and mouth were covered with bubbles, which meant I couldn't eat or sleep!"
"But today I see you are pretty good?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.
Wang Yueyao, who was on the other side, chuckled: "Your Majesty, ten days ago, Li Wei was searched by Zhengyang County. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue in Ge Township came back. There were hundreds of taels of carriages. The carriage was filled with gold, silver, treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and copper coins. In addition to these floating wealth, there was a car of other real estate alone in the account books. Our Ministry of Revenue was cured by half. Early this morning, I heard the Prime Minister talk about the Qin people's compensation. This disease disappeared immediately."
Everyone in the room laughed loudly, and even Eunuch Le, who was standing in the corner of the room, narrowed his eyes.
"Sit down and say, sit down and say!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that so many property could be retrieved from Li Weige Township!" Su Kairong said with emotion: "Only the floating wealth, the two companies will add up to tens of millions of taels of silver. When I heard the reports from relevant personnel of the Ministry of Revenue, I felt incredible. In addition to these, the combined land of the two companies is as high as hundreds of thousands of acres, and there are countless shops. Not only are they all over Zhengyang County, but there are also more than ten of them in the capital. Your Majesty, sum up the property of these two companies will definitely exceed 20 million taels, which is almost the same as the total taxes of our Ming Dynasty last year."
"So much?" Qin Feng was also surprised. Last year, the total fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only 30 million taels. After fighting these battles this year, he would definitely lose money, but after searching these two guys, he would almost get the money back. This is really shocking.
"Zhengyang County has always been the national granary, and it was like this in the forefront. The Li Ge Er family has been passed down for hundreds of generations and has always been the masters of Zhengyang County. It is not surprising that they can have this property. It is difficult for the chaebols of other counties to compare with it." Quan Yun smiled and said, "These two people died of unjustice, but they finally left something for the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a redeeming their sins."
"With this money, we will have a lot of things to do this year." Qin Feng was also very satisfied with this unexpected gain. Not to mention that Su Kairong, who was so excited about money, was so excited about it. If he had money, he would be more confident in doing the next thing.
"Your Majesty, you won't have to fight again!" After hearing Qin Feng's words, Su Kairong fought another surprise, "Don't look at this, you can't save it at all. Kaiping is ruined, and the court always needs to provide pensions. The four counties in the north are no longer in appearance, and they also need a large amount of money. The immigrants and settlements of tens of thousands of barbarians are expensive, and they all have to pay. Not to mention anything else, just these few transactions, the money will be gone!"
"Don't cry with me, the Qin people also paid 5 million yuan in cash. Didn't the queen give you five million taels?" Qin Feng scolded with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the queen's five million taels are the dowry given to her granddaughter by Mr. Liu. Can I use it casually?" Su Kairong blinked.
"The Prime Minister Quan told me before that the emperor had no family affairs, and family affairs were state affairs. Since that's the case, of course you have to use this money, otherwise the queen wouldn't give you the money, right? She would have already been put into my inner warehouse." Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty's inner treasury is probably empty!" Su Kairong whispered.
Qin Feng laughed, "Isn't it enough for me to have this Ming Dynasty?"
"Whether the land is the king's minister, the whole world is the king's land, the king's land, your majesty said this very well." Quan Yun immediately sang a hymn. "Su Housing Ministry, with this money, and you, the master of money, even if Your Majesty wants to do something this year, you should support it, right?"
Su Kairong looked sad, "I hope, I hope! I can only reduce expenses. If I increase income and expenses, I can only do it. If I increase income, you have to find another way."
Qin Feng looked at Su Can with a smile: "Su Can, you have finished talking about the bank."
Fatty Su Can is now much stronger and seems to be worried. His eyes are sunk deeper, "Your Majesty, because of the war, we have been over-issuing banknotes. It is precisely because of this war that the military expenditure is huge, which has greatly promoted the issuance of banknotes in one aspect. Now, within the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the four counties in the north and Kaiping County, the people have basically accepted banknotes. Because of military procurement, we only use banknotes. However, because of the over-issuance, it has led to a rapid rise in prices. Inflation is no longer a worry, but a fact. Fortunately, the treasury has now invested tens of millions of taels of silver, which can barely support the bottom, but this year, new banknotes can no longer be issued."
"Well, this is your responsibility. Since you say you can't send it, then don't send it. By the way, how about the money interest rate is issued? Is the profit big?"
"Of course it's big!" Su Can smiled and said, "The interest alone is enough to match the financial income of several counties. This is still not fully expanded. When banknotes become the only common currency in the Ming Dynasty, they will make more money." Su Can said with a smile.
"That's great. You have also seen the armistice agreement I signed with the Crown Prince of Qin this time? Our banknotes will be available in Qin in the future, and you can also go to Qin to open a bank."
"This morning, the Prime Minister asked me to talk to me." Su Can smiled as if he was blooming like a flower: "Your Majesty, Qin is poor and it would be fine if he didn't open this market to us. Since His Majesty was forced to develop with swords and guns, Su Can promise that it won't take long to make a fortune in Qin, so that the copper coins they issued were useless. In a few years, I can make the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty the currency of Qin. By that time, we will be able to control the economy of Qin, and whenever he wants to go bankrupt, he will have to go bankrupt."
Su Can was browsing and said, "Your Majesty, if this matter is done, it will be a hundred thousand troops."
Chapter completed!