The silver in the imperial treasury was exhausted during the Zhengde Dynasty, which means that the old silver inventories were not used.

Thirty years after Jiajing, the financial difficulties became increasingly serious, especially after insisting on building the southern wall of Beijing. Although the defense of the capital was greatly improved, the last trace of financial resources of the imperial court was completely drained.

Last year, under financial pressure, Emperor Jiajing not only acquiesced to Zhao Wenhua's use of silk accumulated by various manufacturing bureaus in Jiangnan to quietly monetize marine trade, but also issued an order to restart the mining of minerals in various provinces, hoping to increase fiscal revenue through mining.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was sitting in the Western Garden, watching the report in front of him.

Zhang Qin, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, went to the mines of Baoshan, Shandong Province, 270 taels of gold and more than 200 taels of silver; Zuo Tongzheng Wang Huai, Jinyiwei Qianhu Jin Tianjue, and the internal envoy entered the purple ore sand of Wangwangyu, Jizhou, and 150 kilograms of silver mining mine.

“Insatiable.”

Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorial on the table and was silent for a long time, and finally said something.

Huang Jin, who was standing on the side, and Gao Zhong, who was in the lower head, were both silent and did not dare to speak. Your Majesty was so angry.

"The order is passed and the order is based on the actual order. It is strictly forbidden for officials and people to hide and invade. If the order is not opened, each order shall be ordered to mine without delay."

"yes."

Huang Jin and Gao Zhong replied almost in unison, and then Gao Zhong quickly wrote the words of Emperor Jiajing on it, just waiting for the memorial to be approved and Huang Jin sent it out after the memorial was approved.
Chapter completed!