C725 Financing Her Majesty (1/2)

In the late summer, just after noon, the capital was shrouded in dark clouds. The streets were empty as the chilly wind blew away the stifling heat. It seemed like a storm was about to arrive.

Who knew when the heavy rain would arrive, but at this moment, there were countless palanquins rushing towards the North Sea from all directions. The sedans that were jogging in the direction of the city were constantly complaining, and even the steward, who was accompanying them, was tired and had his tongue stuck out.

But no one dared to complain, because the one who summoned everyone was the one who held the final authority in the Beijing, Empress Dowager of the East Ci An.

Military Secretary, Minister of the Head Office, Noble Prince of the Eight Banners, Leader of the Chinese Officer … Although they were not proper Grand Commission, but all of the people gathered here were people with real power.

The Prince Kung Yi and the two Prince alcohol brothers were naturally present, and like that the situation got better and better. The two palanquins entered the newly renovated southern gate of the North Sea at almost the same time, and the cold, wet wind that had just ran in from the North Sea lifted the curtain of the palanquin.

”Do you know why they summoned us?” He asked even though he already knew the answer.

”What else can we do? It's just the matter of His Majesty being assassinated. In the past month, the entire Beijing has no other topics to talk about and it's almost been filled with noise!” Yi Xuan's eyes were sunken in, a pair of panda eyes showing that his minister of nine city gates was really busy these past few days.

The two of them silently walked side by side, looking at the chaotic construction site outside of the palanquin. It was unknown where these old willow trees and pines came from, but they were currently busy with their eunuchs, tied to a rope and fixed.

Many of the new palaces were being tiled up, and artisans came down from their shelves to secure the debris with ropes and tarpaulins. The pleasure boat on the North Sea returned to the harbor. The strong wind blew waves against the white jade stone steps, causing them to crash against each other.

”Damn it, how much money will it cost?” How could that Fu Qing have so much money! ” Ye Zichen fiercely twisted the bead on his neck, while his eyes were filled with malice.

On one hand, he felt sorry for the money, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the Empress Dowager of the East would hold his own strength in the Jingshan.

Chinese politics is very ritualistic, and many things are based on people's speculation rather than the western version of the paper in black and white.

Although it was just a small matter of the Empress Dowager of the East moving to the Jingshan, in the eyes of the people with discerning eyes, it was already a political signal to draw a line between the Empress Dowager Xi and themselves. Furthermore, when separated from the Forbidden City, it was obviously to support the Inside Eight Flags.

Look, my country's empress dowager isn't living in the Forbidden City anymore, and if I start to break the rules, then the people below will naturally understand and look up to the officials of the reformist.

Furthermore, all the officials and students were watching. If the Great Qing Dynasty did not manage to invite Empress Dowager of the East back to the Forbidden City, then it would mean that the control over the Bureau by the traditional forces was no longer working.

Thus, from the very beginning, they had firmly opposed Ci An living in the Jingshan, and the fact that the national treasury did not have any money was a very reasonable excuse.

He did not expect Ci An to be more shrewd and directly stated his attitude. Give me the promissory notes, and then I, Ci An, will take these promissory notes and directly go to the various daoyin s to collect their debts.

Don't even mention that it was just a joke, there was a very special situation in the late Qing where the power of the daoyin increased greatly, and everyone had the authority to do so.

After a campaign against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the local powers of the Chinese Officer were no longer strong enough. Although there were no rebels, in terms of finances, they were no longer listening to the words of the central government.

There had never been a full payment for the provincial fees, namely the local business tax, and the provincial land. They had to be sold at a discount of seventy percent this year, and then next year, they could be sold at a discount of forty percent, for a very simple reason: there were too many rebels.

If one or two daoyin s could not afford it, the imperial government would be able to deal with them. In the end, it was formed that the local government owed Beijing money. Then, the local government owed the officials more money, and the local government owed them more money. This was an unfathomable debt.

The work department has made out the project budget, and then asked the court officials to discuss it together. If there is no objection, the Ministry of Revenue will give me a promissory note, and as for how I is going to get the money, you don't need to worry about anyone else.

If the entire imperial court could hear this, it would be feasible! Putting aside the problem of money being too little, even if you had a budget of ten million taels, it would be useless if you didn't get the money.

In the end, the work department generously created a budget of six million silver taels plan. Furthermore, it had even allowed the Pattern Lei to draw out a detailed blueprint, just by looking at the beautiful scenery on the blueprint, one could easily guess how exquisite the future garden was.

The work department prepared the budget, the Military Secretary nodded in agreement. The empress dowagers used treasures, and in the end, the Ministry of Revenue issued out a white note. In other words, it was using the local daoyin's promissory note.

The Ministry of Revenue worked very meticulously and actually split the six million silver taels into different provinces, including Jiangsu 500,000 silver taels, Zhejiang 500,000 silver taels and Guangdong 500,000 silver taels. Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhi Li, Shuang, Henan and Shanxi province had a total of 2.5 million silver taels.