Zai Chun finally compromised, and he threw out his last trump card, that is, he would give me back the money and I don’t want it anymore!

Yi? They were all stunned, and the ministers of Mandong Warehouse also understood, and they stared at each other so hard that they couldn't believe their ears!

The memorial is very clear. There are several treasures in the palace, and the silver is estimated to be 650,000 taels!

This is not a small amount of money! Although these princes and ministers hold the imperial rights, the budget for the approval of the memorial was millions or even tens of millions of taels of silver, if you really look at the society at that time, there were actually not so many rich people at all!

In an agricultural society, the commodity economy is very underdeveloped, and a large amount of wealth actually exists in the form of land, houses, treasures, and even population and livestock!

If a certain family can have 10,000 taels of cash in their family, then he is already a middle-class family in the Qing Dynasty!

In society at that time, silver was not a necessary currency for life, and people used copper coins more!

A very ordinary middle-class landlord has two days of hundreds of acres, deep houses, and dozens of people live together in a large family.

From the perspective of modern people like Xiao Letian, the money spent every year by such a big family must be great!

But it’s wrong. In the era of agricultural civilization, self-sufficiency is the mainstream!

There is no need to spend money on food. The annual output of the fields and the capture of the mountains and fields year round are enough for food and drink. The money to buy food only accounts for a very small part of all food consumption.

Only when you come to the guests or during festivals can you buy some meat, eggs, poultry and vegetables!

Wearing clothes is even more cost-effective. Ordinary people will sew and repair them for three years in the new and old years! Many rural areas retain the custom of textile cloth.

Those who can really wear silk and satin are only those who have been officials who have made such a spell!

Therefore, the real social wealth in the late Qing Dynasty was still accumulated on fixed assets, such as land, houses, etc.... As for cash, it was something that was attracted by a thorough commercial society.

Let’s not talk about local rich people. Even if you have a first- and second-rank official in the court, if you look carefully at his assets, cash will definitely not account for a very high proportion!

It is well known that Prince Gong has money and power, but he didn't have the ability to take out 600,000 taels of cash from his family right now!

Prince Gong’s Mansion is a priceless treasure, but it cannot be sold! You can manage the imperial houses rewarded by Emperor Daoguang and Emperor Xianfeng. The tenants there are all your slaves, but you cannot sell them into silver!

The treasures in the royal palace are as beautiful as mountains. Even a handful of chopsticks are made of gold and jade, ivory wraps silver, and the tea bowls used are all from the Northern Song Dynasty!

But you enjoy these treasures every day and are a one-time investment. You can’t buy a teapot from the Song Dynasty. You can just drink them and you’ll smash them and hear them!

Things like treasures and antiques are not equivalent to consumer goods. If money is deposited in it, it is like saving a regular passbook!

Prince Gong’s property is more than tens of millions, but it’s hard for him to get 500,000 cash flow, let alone 650,000!

Even if Ru Yili likes to do business and secretly distributes goods from the Northern Industrial Special Zone, the annual turnover is only a few million taels, and the money is rolling around in the goods.

The princes are like this, not to mention ministers like Bao Jing, Ying Gui, Weng Tonghe, and Li Hongzao. If their family can take out 100,000 yuan in cash, they will be considered rich!

And today, Emperor Tongzhi actually made an astonishing decision, and he would like to spend 650,000 yuan in cash!

There are slanderous words in the officialdom. Emperor Tongzhi said that he would hand over the stolen goods to the yamen, and in the end, the right to dominate the silver must be handed over to the master behind the yamen!

For example, if these silvers are handed over to the Ministry of Revenue, then the person who is in charge is naturally the Minister of Revenue Baosheng. If he is corrupt, he will have many ways to distribute the confiscated silver.

The river engineering in the south of the Yangtze River, the salt roads in the Lianghuai River, the bridges in the canals, and the warehouses in the capital... Anyway, he could find ten thousand places to spend money and spend the 650,000 taels of silver.

Once the accounts are made, it is unknown how many of them will flow into his pocket!

What if the money is handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? This is also the same routine. Lian Xing will do various accounts, for example, the emperor ate three eggs today, a total of three hundred taels!

After drinking two taels of Dahongpao, I spent a total of one thousand taels!

Some people have the means to make money into the accounts and transfer them in the accounts! In the end, it must be the pockets of a group of people!

Zaichun made up his mind today. I don’t put the money in the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I will put it directly in your Nine Gate Admiral’s Office!

I will give you Yihuan and Yi directly? How about it? Do you dare to ask for it?

In fact, many conflicts in the court are like doing business. If you offer a price, I will bargain. If you are keen on me, I will be allowed to bargain!

The Japanese Sixth was very smart in his plan and wanted to continue this case, steal all the private money from Emperor Tongzhi, and then regain the lost guard power of the palace gates!

The most important thing is to crack down on the imperial power and let all the civil and military officials in the court see that this little emperor is not good at all, he is very weak!

But at the critical moment, Zeng Guofan won the game back, suppressing the arrogance of the Japanese 6th. He was also the old coach who had rich experience in fighting and was able to attack the enemy from the source of intelligence!

Don’t you, the Japanese devil, want to handle a major case? Then let’s go to the public trial! You must expose the source of the information to us first. How did you know that Manshun stole the treasure?

How do you know so clearly about the things inside the big house?

It's bad, this is a big taboo. The Japanese Six must have the intention of being disobedient!

By suppressing the opponent's arrogance, Zai Chun was relieved and woke up from the dizziness of that combination punch!

He knew very well that this matter must be broken today, and it is necessary to survive immediately.

I don’t want 600,000 taels of silver, but I have to exchange it for me, which is a must!

If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you can't even save Manshun today, who will dare to surrender to him as the emperor in the future?

When people's hearts are dispersed, it will be difficult to lead the team!

Prince Gong felt unspeakable. What a great situation today, the best opportunity to beat the dog in the water!

He was very clear about the current virtues of the court, and many things must be made into ironclad cases. Once they were dragged down, various changes would arise!

In other words, what result will be the final result of the struggle today!

Once the court meeting ends, the officials will have three dynasties, the two empress dowagers, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army and even the Chinese backers behind the young emperor will be moved!

All the brokers in the capital will fly out like hornets, and you can't even check all kinds of underground secret transactions!

A big case will turn into a small case, and a small case will turn into a mud. The final result is to use a few vague scapegoats to calm the incident!

I'm not willing to give up! What a great opportunity, why did Zeng Guofan get involved?

What is even more unexpected is that this little emperor really makes an exception. If you say you don’t have such a big bargaining chip, just don’t want it!

Cixi behind the curtain was going crazy. She looked at the Japanese Lion with hatred and suddenly shouted, "Japanese Lion! What do you want to do? Do you have to force the emperor to abdicate!"

"Okay! We are as your wish... Let's go and go back to Shengjing outside the pass!"

"Li Hongzao, Weng Tonghe... wrote the abdication edict! This emperor is not accused!"
Chapter completed!