Chapter 83 The money is rolling in
His Majesty the Emperor...
His Majesty the Emperor did not realize that there was any problem.
It is definitely impossible to get six million, but hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians outside can't afford to offend them.
So what else can it be done if it doesn't happen? At least this is indeed an effective solution. As for asking the ministers to donate money to the emperor, it is actually not embarrassing. He has done this in history.
That was after the three halls were burned.
Because he had no money to rebuild the three halls, he asked the eunuchs to offer money to help the work outside. The grandson revealed that his grandfather's corruption case occurred in this context, so His Majesty the Emperor actually had no moral integrity, and Yang Feng's plan seemed completely OK in his opinion.
The key is that he doesn’t have to pay for it. As long as he doesn’t have to pay for it, the plan is a good plan.
As for whether he can raise 6 million taels in the end, it doesn't matter. In fact, he also knew that it would be impossible to raise so much. His own inner treasury did not have so much money. Could the wealthy nobles in the capital have more money than his inner treasury? But at that time it was enough to block Yang Feng's mouth. He was also responsible for the amount he wanted and the fundraising plan he proposed. What else could he do if he couldn't raise the funds in the end?
It's almost done.
After all, as long as Yang Feng can accept it, the remaining military and civilians outside are nothing more than giving more than giving less.
One person can’t give it twenty taels, and one person can’t get a lot of money for five taels, so in the end the disaster was over.
As for the future...
What else can you care about the future now!
After experiencing this disaster, no one dares to mention anything else to wipe out Yang Feng within a year.
In fact, Wanli regrets it now. He shouldn't have taken action so hasty at the beginning, and the imperial army was obviously unreliable.
You should be more tolerant.
It is best to retrain a loyal and reliable elite.
He said that he missed Qi Jiguang now. At least when Qi Jiguang was there, the court really didn't need to consider the issue of war. Now he couldn't even deal with a group of unruly soldiers and unruly people. Why did this country become like this? The remaining problem is that he still needs to have a son, which is a bit shameful, but he also knew that he could not do nothing in such a situation. It would be better for his son to go out to be ashamed than he would go out to be ashamed by himself. Since this is the case, let the eldest son go out!
He needs to learn to face the outside world after all.
So the poor Taichang took everything for his father at the age of thirteen.
In front of Huangji Gate.
"Last general Yang Feng, have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yang Feng bowed to the junior high school student in a sedan chair.
The latter looked at him in panic...
"Master, Your Majesty has not yet appointed the crown prince, this is the eldest son of the emperor."
Gu Yangqian said from the side.
"What? You haven't even established a prince at such an old age?"
Yang Feng was stunned.
Gu Yangqian smiled sadly.
Who said no? We also miss it, but there is a demon concubine in the palace!
"Yang Tongzhi, Chang Luo was young and ignorant, so he needed guidance from Tongzhi when he did what he did."
Taichang walked out of the sedan chair and said with a respectful look.
"Does Your Majesty have an imperial edict to the emperor's eldest son?"
"have."
Taichang said as he gave the imperial edict to Yang Feng.
Yang Feng opened it and looked at it. The content was indeed what he asked for in the memorial.
Wanli clearly required the civil and military officials, nobles and relatives in Beijing to donate gold and silver with all the ranks and titles, even those with ranks and ranks, but they did not say that it was for the soldiers and young men. After all, this was not nice to say, and it was generally said that the country is currently in difficult times and the court's finances were exhausted, so they asked them to donate money to help the country.
"That's all. I will protect the eldest son of the emperor and go to the family to announce the imperial edict. For those who donate silver to His Majesty, the eldest son of the emperor will be rewarded with ink treasures."
Yang Feng said.
Gu Yangqian next to him smiled. He is familiar with this life.
Taichang didn't say much, and honestly sat back into the sedan chair.
"Let's go, brothers, let's protect the eldest son and come to collect donations!"
Yang Feng shouted.
The three thousand subordinates who followed him immediately guarded the sedan chair and walked towards the Meridian Gate in front.
However, when they first arrived at the Inner Five Dragon Bridge, they were blocked by a large group of officials, and the four cabinet masters were led...
"Four elders, are you?"
Taichang looked at them with some surprise.
"The eldest son of the emperor, here is the five thousand taels collected by the old man, the three ministers of the cabinet, and all the ministers of the six departments, and all the ministers of the cabinet, for His Majesty. Please collect them on your behalf."
Zhao Zhigao said with a smile.
Next to them was a carriage full of silver, with silver ingots shining brightly inside.
"All the elders know the righteousness. The eldest son of the emperor left a magic treasure for the elders?"
Yang Feng said.
"If you talk about it later, it is important to go out to raise funds first."
Chen Yiguan said with a smile.
"Then let's write it when you come back. Everyone around you is close to you, and you can write it anytime.
The eldest son of the emperor, look, I said that there are many loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty. Before we left the Meridian Gate, we had already had 5,000 taels. In total, six million taels have already reached almost one thousandth. In total, we only took a few steps and collected so much. According to my estimate, it should be enough to not get dark."
Yang Feng said to Taichang with a smile.
The naive Taichang was obviously very confident at once.
That's right, I collected 5,000 taels before I even left the Meridian Gate. It seems that six million is not a big deal.
"The eldest son of the emperor, the eldest son of the emperor, I have arrived!"
Tian Yi's shouts sounded behind him.
Yang Feng and Taichang quickly looked back, and then they saw Tian Zhangyin carrying a group of small firemen, driving three carriages out of the Huiji Gate leading to the cabinet. Their Silijian was behind the palace and east of the coal-shandling Mountain. They had to enter the imperial city from Donghua Gate and just came out of the Huiji Gate.
And the carriage was also full of silver.
"The eldest son of the emperor, this is the ten thousand taels offered to His Majesty by the servants and the ministers of the rituals."
Tian Zhangyin said with a smile.
"It's 15,000 taels, 100% more, is there anyone coming again!"
Yang Feng said excitedly.
“Yes, yes!”
Then Sun Xian shouted from Guiji Gate on the other side.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Governor and Li Jinzhong also appeared in their sight with three carriages...
"It's another ten thousand taels, twenty-five thousand, almost one hundred. The eldest son of the emperor, I'll just say, six million taels, what a big deal. Our Ming Dynasty has a lot of civil and military officials and a lot of nobles. It's enough to get together casually. I'm still so loyal ministers!"
Yang Feng's excited shouts echoed in the imperial city.
"What Yang Tongzhi said is extremely true!"
Then the eldest son laughed.
It can be seen that the eldest son really believed him, but Taichang really had no idea about money. In history, he had spent more than half of the money saved by his father as soon as he ascended the throne.
Then he made his son suffer.
Chapter completed!