Chapter 245: The expansion of the Jinwangfucheng project encountered a funding crisis, and Zhu Gang launched a savings agreement to shock all officials

Just when everyone was silent, Xie Cheng suddenly stepped forward and said, "I am Xie Cheng, the Marquis of Yongping, and I have a certificate!"

As we all know, Xie Cheng's eldest daughter Xie Yuer was Zhu Gang's princess, and Fu Youde's daughter became the fiancée of Zhu Gang's son Zhu Jihui not long ago.

In this way, Xie Cheng and Fu Youde became relatives, and Fu Youde had a good relationship with Lan Yu.

Historically, when the "Lan Yu Case" occurred, Fu Youde committed suicide because he could not bear the humiliation because he was suspected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This caused Zhu Yuanzhang to become furious, and he arrested all of Fu Youde's relatives and friends and put them in jail, including the innocent Xie Cheng.

Although the "Lan Yu case" has not yet occurred, almost everyone present believes that Yongping Hou Xie Cheng, Fu Youde and Lan Yu are in the same boat.

The content of the memorial he was going to present must be related to the expedition against the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

"If it's about conquering the Northern Yuan Dynasty, you can discuss it with the Prince of Jin, Fu Youde, and Lan Yu after the court session.

If the court session lasts too long, some old officials might not be able to hold on any longer. "

As a horse-riding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang knew well that the army's expedition was not a journey that could be carried out at a whim.

The army's food, clothing, housing, transportation, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating all need to be considered along the way.

Zhu Gang did not have much time to prepare, and the necessary supplies and food had to be prepared before arriving at the grassland at the latest.

Although Zhu Gang had made solemn promises before, Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe that the third brother could prepare supplies and food in such a short time when the four prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing and Huzhou were all hit by disasters last year.

Instead of waiting for Xie Cheng to say something embarrassing in public, it would be better for the family to sit together and discuss the matter behind closed doors.

"Your Majesty, what I am reporting has nothing to do with the crusade against the Northern Yuan. I am reporting that I encountered some problems in the construction of the Jinwangfu City in Taiyuan."

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Xie Cheng quickly explained to Zhu Yuanzhang: "At the beginning, the King of Jin built all the administrative agencies and palaces in the center of Taiyuan City or in key locations close to the main roads.

If one wants to expand the Jinwang Mansion in Taiyuan into the Jinwang Mansion City, it is necessary to relocate the residential areas of the surrounding people.

This involves the issue of compensation for demolition. The original budget of one million strings of Ming treasure notes is not enough to cope with such a large demolition project."

As soon as Xie Cheng finished speaking, all the officials in charge of cultural relics at the scene took a deep breath.

Su Shu, the Minister of Revenue, could not help but frown, "Last year, the grain collected by the Ming Dynasty was only 2400 million dan, which would be 2400 million strings of Ming treasure notes if converted.

The funds used to expand the Jinwangfu City project now account for 1/24 of the Ming Dynasty’s treasury revenue last year.

At present, the four prefectures of Su, Song, Jia, and Hu have not yet gotten rid of the problem of food shortage. It is really not appropriate to continue to increase unnecessary expenses. I hope Your Majesty will understand. "

After Wang Baobao died in the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict allowing Zhu Gang to command 16 troops in Shanxi, and for this purpose he killed several censors who opposed it.

For a long time thereafter, basically no one dared to oppose anything related to Prince Jin.

Now Su Shu was obviously a young and inexperienced person who was not afraid of tigers. He did something that even the Inspectorate did not dare to do.

Just when everyone was worried about Su Shu, Zhu Gang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I agree very much with what Minister Su said. Anyway, I have no plans to return to Shanxi in the next few years.

It is entirely possible to demolish the Prince of Jin's Mansion in Taiyuan, and then move the northeastern residential area, which is located in the highest part of the city, to the original site of the Prince of Jin's Mansion in the center of Taiyuan City.

At the same time, we will accept refugees from the four prefectures of Su, Song, Jiaxing and Huzhou, and let them participate in the urban reconstruction of Taiyuan Prefecture to achieve the purpose of "relief through work". " Zhu Biao quickly grasped the key information and pointed out that "moving the residential area in the northeast of Taiyuan City to the city center still requires compensation for demolition.

The method proposed by my third brother only solved the refugee problem in the four prefectures of Su, Song, Jiaxing and Huzhou.

The problem that Yongping Hou is facing now is the insufficient project budget. If he cannot find a corresponding solution, the expansion of Jinwangfucheng project will have to be temporarily terminated."

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Works, Shan Anren, stepped forward to dissuade him, saying, "The Construction Department of the Ministry of Works has already built a rotary kiln for making cement, and the largest order so far is from the expansion of the Jinwangfu City project.

If the project is suspended, it will affect the Yingtianfu urban renovation project that is about to be launched.

After all, the Ministry of Revenue had no other choice but to come up with so much start-up capital.

If Minister Su has other solutions, I will definitely support them."

Su Shu was speechless, and for a moment the air in the court was filled with awkwardness.

Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Xie Cheng hurriedly continued his performance according to the script he had discussed with Zhu Gang in advance.

“Your Majesty, I have already thought of a solution to this problem.

However, His Majesty had previously stated that "the project funds for expanding the Jinwang City can only be used for the designated purpose and cannot be used for other purposes."

Today I am going to report the solution to Your Majesty, so as to avoid being accused by others in the future due to my own decision."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed, "Since there is already a solution, why not come up with it earlier?
Don't think that since the Prince of Jin is your son-in-law, you can play hard to get with me.

If the proposed solution is not satisfactory, don't blame me for being ruthless! "

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the officials under him only needed to think about how to solve the problems, but he, as the emperor, had too many things to think about.

Especially when everyone's eyes were on Xie Cheng, he couldn't be too partial to his own family.

"In fact, the reason why I was able to come up with such a perfect solution was mainly because I was inspired when I deposited money in the Daming Bank."

As he spoke, Xie Cheng turned and looked at Zhu Gang, implying that it was your turn to perform.

Considering that the other party offered a salary of 10 dan to show his sincerity, Zhu Gang said slowly: "Some time ago, the Ming Bank launched a savings agreement business, and any customer with a deposit of more than guan of treasure notes can participate.

The current interest rate for current accounts is only 0.3%, which means that a customer with 10 strings of Baochao can earn an income of 300 strings of Baochao every month.

The interest rate for the one-year agreement savings is 1.95%, which means that a customer with 10 strings of Baochao can get an annual income of 1950 strings of Baochao.

If the customer agrees to save for three years, the interest rate is 3.58%. He only needs to deposit 10 strings of coins and he can get an annual income of 3580 strings of coins.

In the future, Daming Money House will also launch a five-year agreement savings project. You only need to deposit 10 strings of coins to earn 5400 strings of treasure notes every year."

When they heard that they could get a return equivalent to 1/10 of the principal after saving for three years, most of the civil and military officials present lost control of their expressions.

At this time, Lan Yu, who was then a third-rank deputy governor, slapped his thigh and said, "It's a pity that this general doesn't have so much money, otherwise I could earn at least 300 strings of treasure notes a month!"

(End of this chapter)