The general of Changping, Li Shouyan, brought three thousand iron cavalry to escort the 200,000 taels of silver into Liaodong.

200,000 taels, the real money and silver are actually less than 80,000 taels, and the rest are good tickets.

When we look at costume dramas with the Ming Dynasty as the historical background, we often see that the people in the dramas often take out stacks of silver notes. But we have to say with regret that this is a fiction by the screenwriter. In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not use silver notes.

However, a kind of treasure banknote was flowed through in the early Ming Dynasty, but the treasure banknotes depreciated very quickly, so that like waste paper, no one was willing to use it. In private transactions, copper coins and silver were mainly used. However, before the influx of silver overseas in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's silver stock was limited, and the imperial court prohibited the mining of silver mines, so the silver circulating in the market was not sufficient.

A large amount of silver flowed from overseas in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which enriched private silver trading.

If all the silver is shipped, first of all, one million taels of silver is a full 100,000 kilograms. So much silver is not only inconvenient to transport, but also easy to attract thieves on the way.

Fortunately, the money bank in the late Ming Dynasty had become an independent financial organization, not only operating exchanges, but also applying for loans, providing convenience for issuing posts and withdrawing money. The tickets that were originally exchanged in the two places also became credit circulation tools for money banking issuing banknotes.

Therefore, the 200,000 taels of silver that Zhu Cixuan and his friends brought to Liaodong this time were actually mostly tickets from money houses. These tickets are available for both places, so it is very convenient to exchange them.

But there is one problem. Zhu Cixuan’s plan was to give Liaodong 800,000 taels of silver military salary. Chongzhen only gave 200,000 taels, which means there was still a gap of 600,000 taels.

At this time, Zhu Cixuan made a bold decision, a rebellious and unruly decision that could make his father faint.

That is, the Jinyiwei searched the property of Chen Yan, Wang Zongdao, Wang Zhixin and others, and all the money was sent to Liaodong.

For this reason, Zhu Cilang went to the Beizhen Fushi and found Luo Yangxing.

"Luo Yangxing, where is the silver chunk of these three dogs?"

"If you go back to the Crown Prince, you will keep it in the warehouse with seals. The officials originally thought that they would hand over the money to the court in a few days. However, the Ministry of Revenue has been delaying in approving the documents, so the officials have been dragging them like this."

Of course, the Jinyiwei could not be in vain. According to convention, the property of three officials was severed, which was 670,000 taels of silver. When the Jinyiwei handed over, the court had to return at least tens of thousands of taels of silver to pay for the Jinyiwei's expenses. For example, rewards for meritorious service, overtime subsidies, etc.

This also has to be thanked to the court's snail-like efficiency. This batch of silver was still under the Jinyiwei and was not reported. The court has never sent anyone to hand over it. Because Chongzhen felt that it was safer to place it in the Jinyiwei than the national treasury.

At least Chongzhen had the final say. When he arrived at the national treasury, he was staring at a hundred pairs of eyes.

But the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole behind him. How could Emperor Chongzhen, who thought he was foolproof, think that the money was missed by Zhu Cilang.

Luo Yangxing was unaware of it, so Zhu Cilang told him: "Transfer all the 670,000 taels of silver and send it to Liaodong."

Luo Yangxing only felt his spine numbness, which scared him so much that he sweated coldly on his back. He knew the consequences of embezzling the money privately: "Your Highness, you think twice. This is what the Emperor of Life ordered to pay salaries and disaster relief to officials."

"I know, the prince will bear the responsibility for it alone. Luo Yangling, just do your own business. Xia Dechao and Li Hao, you can bring people to inform Li Shouyan and ask him to quickly bring people to the Beizhenfusi. He said that it was for them, yes, 600,000 taels and 600,000 taels of silver to Liaodong together."

In fact, Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, has been undermined. The two thousand households Xia Dechao and Li Hao who followed Zhu Ciyang were selected by Zhu Ciyang from the fourteen people of the fourteen households.

These two are Zhu Cilang's loyalty. The Jinyiwei, who was almost about to withdraw from the stage of history, was supported by Zhu Cilang. Now, with His Royal Highness the Prince, you can have food and money to make money, and these two people still care whether to resist the order or not. Without saying a word, they took their people to find Li Shouyan, the general of Changping.

Luo Yangxing is in a great way. He is loyal to Chongzhen rather than Zhu Cilang. If you do such an offensive thing, you are the crown prince, but you can pat your butt and go to Liaodong to hide. I, Luo Yangxing, stayed in the capital and took the blame for you. When Chongzhen investigates it, he will be furious and will be afraid that Luo Yangxing's head will not be able to be saved.

Looking at Luo Yangxing, who was sweating all over his head, Zhu Cilang smiled: "Okay, Commander Luo will not scare you anymore. This matter has nothing to do with you, it was done by me alone. If you are afraid that my father will blame you, go to the palace to report it."

Rumor? Luo Yangxing did think so. But Zhu Ciyang said it in front of him, which made Luo Yangxing immediately embarrassed: "Crown Prince Palace, this..."

"If I ask you to go, you will go, but we will have to wait until we leave the city gate. You pretend to find me and steal the warehouse of the Beizhenfusi, and then you will quickly return to the palace to tell my father. In this way, my father will not punish you."

Luo Yangxing was shocked: "Then, your prince, aren't you..."

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly: "It's okay, just do as I say."

Isn’t Zhu Cilang afraid that Chongzhen will intercept the stolen silver collected from the Beizhenfu Treasury to Liaodong?

Not afraid, because Zhu Cilang had thought of this a long time ago, and he had already spared some tricks.

First, Zhu Cilang had already gone to Tongzhengsi. The people from Tongzhengsi printed tens of thousands of newspapers and walked and said that the court would allocate 800,000 taels of silver to the Liaodong soldiers. Then, Zhu Cilang went to Huitong Hall again and sent postmen to Liaodong privately to tell the Liaodong soldiers that the court would give you 800,000 taels of military salary, which was already on the way.

The raw rice was cooked, and it was too late to repent even if Chongzhen wanted to repent. However, this matter would have to be done when they left the gate of the capital. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would have caught Zhu Cilang in anger, which would be miserable.

Dibao is similar to an official newspaper. In the Ming Dynasty, the Tongzheng Department was established to specialize in the publication and distribution of Dibao. By the late Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, Dibao changed from hand-copy or woodcut printing to movable type printing, and the scale was even larger.

Huitong Hall is the main hub of Beijing's national post stations. The Ming Dynasty's legal ceremony "Ming Huidian" records: "Since the capital, there were post stations in all directions, in Beijing, and outside, it was called the Water Horse Post Station and Transportation Station." This record shows that the "Huitong Hall" in the Ming Dynasty was the main hub of the national post stations located in the capital Beijing at that time.

Some people may wonder, didn’t Chongzhen sack the post station, which led to Li Zicheng, the courier in Shaanxi, unable to survive and then rebel.

Chongzhen abolished most of the inns, not because he had all the inns in the country. If they were all laid off, who would send the information?

Since the second year of Chongzhen, the number of stations closed nationwide accounts for one-third of the total, which can save 100,000 taels of treasury expenditures a year.

This reduction made the service of the post-sentence service exceed the already very tight capabilities, thus causing the administration of the Ming Dynasty to fall into a vicious cycle. Because the imperial court had a serious shortage of personnel to manage traffic, it was impossible to undertake tasks, and local officials could only rely on local regiment training to control the post stations and roads. The post-sentence soldiers who were sent back rebelled, such as Li Zicheng and others.
Chapter completed!