First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhao Wenjing calmed down and said, "Isn't your highness a servant who doesn't want to get rid of anything, and I know the situation in the southwest, but I'm just wondering if Yunnan is really in a hurry to take it at this time?"

"Sichuan and Guizhou have just been recovered, and Liaodong doesn't seem to be far away. This requires a lot of money, food and people to stabilize. If Yunnan is added, the imperial court will really be unable to make ends meet. What if there is a natural or man-made disaster? Is good?"

The minister of the Ministry of Industry waved his hand to make all the low-ranking officials in the hall to step down. After hearing this kind of thing, the low-ranking officials just spread some rumors, which made people panic for no reason.

Zhu Biao went to the chair of Minister of the Ministry of Industry and sat down and said: "The two gentlemen should also sit down."

Zhao Wenjing unceremoniously sat down on the chair on the left, Minister of the Ministry of Industry shook his head and sat opposite him, His Highness was fine, you came to my hall to fight for a seat, no wonder there are people arranging you everywhere.

Zhu Biao was silent for a moment and said softly: "The disasters in various places have also been relieved and spring plowing has resumed. The expenditure of the court can be saved, and the palace is the same. Zhao Aiqing always finds a way out of her troubles."

After Chu Jun said so, Zhao Wenjing's tone softened. He was appointed Minister of the Household Department because he intended to be a lonely minister, but in the end he still wanted to serve the country with all his strength.

"Your Highness, I have saved a lot, but I need money and food for everything inside and outside here. It doesn't mean that I can save it. Seeing that the food owed to the Jiangnan gentry will be repaid, of course, if you agree If you act cheaply, the minister will be able to raise enough food for His Highness."

Zhu Biao patted his forehead helplessly, what a cheap thing to do, you just want to waste that batch of grain and then extort some from them by the way.

Don't look at the emergence of Chen Youzong, an envoy in Jiangnan, who seems to be able to stand against Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, but there is no real power there, but Hu Weiyong is unwilling to confront him for the prince's sake.

"Most of the batch of grain in the south of the Yangtze River has already been raised by several large companies, and the shortfall will be made up from the silver taels obtained by the Tea Horse Department in Beijiang, and there is no need for the Ministry of Households to pay."

Jiangyin Marquis Wu Liang's ocean-going fleet has already been built in sevens and eighties. After the Jiangnan case, all companies dared not hide their private interests. They not only made up for what they needed, but also contributed a considerable sum of money through Chen Jiajing. Give filial piety to the prince.

The trade between the Tea Horse Division and the Mongolian nobles was also very effective. It was useless for the kings and nobles of the Yuan Dynasty to keep gold and silver when they returned to the grasslands and deserts. I am stingy, I am afraid that after this time, Daming will impose strict restrictions again, and then I will not be able to spend money if I want to.

There is no problem with all kinds of income to make up for the lack of food in Jiangnan, and even a sum of gold and silver can be left as a reserve, but this part of gold and silver is not easy to fill in the treasury of the Ministry of Households, so Zhu Biao has to save it for the future issuance of banknotes Prepare.

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Biao waved his hand to stop Zhao Wenjing's words: The court has been in trouble for so many years, and it will be difficult for a few more years, but the sooner Liaodong and Yunnan are recovered, the sooner they can be governed. "

"Zhao Aiqing, this palace is approaching the age of being a weak crown, and it will only be a few decades before the sky will favor you. It is really not the fate of thousands of years. Liaodong, Yunnan and Guizhou are all problems. I don't know whether my children and grandchildren are worthy. You and me, bear with me." Give the long-cherished wish to Dongliu?"

"It's the crime of ministers!"

The two ministers were shocked when they heard the words, and they hurriedly left their chairs and knelt in front of Zhu Biao, covering their eyes with their sleeves and wiping away their tears. In any case, it was wrong for the crown prince and prince Chujun to say such things as a minister.

Zhu Biao said to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "Among the six departments of Zhongshu, the Ministry of Industry has the most visitors. Yin Yin hopes that you will know about it. The Taiping Beijing camp has been sluggish in a few years. Why do you treat the students after a hundred years?" Foreigners who are good at riding and shooting on horseback must count on the benefits of firearms after all."

"The so-called those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region, and those who do not plan for the eternity are not enough to plan for a moment. The disasters of Wei, Jin, Southern, Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song and Yuan are not enough to wake up? The early Ming Dynasty was invincible, but we should not take advantage of the prosperity to consolidate the foundation. , Wouldn’t it be too late to wait until the future is full of evils?”

""Warring States Policy" Zuo Shigong said, "Parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans. "Zhu Biao got up and bent down to pull the two of them up and said earnestly: "My palace is the prince of the country, and Qing and others are high officials of the country. It has only been a few years since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Just like children, why not wait Its far-reaching plan? "

Talking about this point, it is expected that the two of them will have nothing to say, and they must show their political achievements, otherwise, how can they live up to the prince's sincerity and sincere expectations.

Still the same sentence, the court's money and food will never be enough, but it will be enough at any time.

"The Holy Majesty has already returned to Beijing after offering sacrifices. When the Holy Majesty returns, I will report the difficulties of the Ministry of Household Affairs. No matter how much expenditure is reduced, it is not a long-term solution. Only by increasing revenue can the national treasury be filled."

"Business tax should be raised, but the policy for merchants should be relaxed, and private trade should be encouraged. Mining and smelting can be delegated to the private sector to allow them to be responsible for their own profits and losses. The household department should also brainstorm and come to the Holy One to make suggestions."

"Your Majesty's order is to be obeyed."

"The 200,000 taels of military pay will be raised immediately and transported to the Western Conquer Army as soon as possible, and then 700,000 shi of grain and grass will be allocated from the treasury and the granaries of Jiangnan provinces to Sichuan."

"Okay, Zhao Aiqing can trust me in handling affairs."

Zhu Biao left the Ministry of Industry after a few more words of encouragement, and Zhao Wenjing also hurried back to the Ministry of Accounting, but his legs were broken after the above sentence.

I was in no mood to go to other ministries, and went straight back to Jinshen Palace to show that I had drawn up a decree to confer on Zhao Wenjing. He was the official second-rank Hubu Shangshu last year. up.

It is said that the civil servants will either continue to step up to the Zhongshu Province, from Yipin Pingzhang to the left and right prime ministers, or delegate the local prime ministers to the provincial officials.

Apart from these two paths, the only thing left to mention is that the Emperor’s favor was granted when he became an official and begged for bones. However, Zhao Wenjing’s situation is special, and the household department cannot do without him. Sealed.

The kindness of the imperial court to scholars should not be more important than praise and tin. The Ministry of Rites issued an order and sealed it as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Zhao Wenjing. Zai.

Zhengzhi Shangqing is the third rank among the ten ranks of Wen Xun, and Dr. Ronglu is a casual rank from the first rank. It is already very decent for ordinary ministers to have these when they become officials, and they are enough to support their children and grandchildren for three generations.

And now Zhu Biao gave Zhao Wenjing grace, that is to say, to tell him to work hard in the future. What you want to pursue in the future is not the trivial matter of adding En Yinzi, but the posthumous title of writing.

Those with posthumous titles are worthy of deeds; those with titles are a sign of merit;

It is not easy for civil and military ministers to want the posthumous title of the imperial court to be a coffin for themselves in the annals of history. In the Han Dynasty and the early Jin Dynasty, only titles above Marquis were eligible for posthumous titles. It is to raise the standard to Yipin.

That is to say, the six ministers of the second rank were not qualified to comment on posthumous posthumous titles at all, and they had to be senior members of the first rank. Now even the most expensive official minister among the six ministers has not broken through this limit.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that civil officials and military generals should start with Wen and Wu uniformly. Li Shanchang Song Lian and others stipulated that Wenzheng is the most valuable for civil servants, and Wu Ning is the most important for military generals.

Zhao Wenjing is good at managing finances, but running the country is mediocre. Wen Zheng Wenzhen doesn't even need to think about it. With Lao Zhu's temperament, it is estimated that Li Shanchang is the only one in this dynasty who has the opportunity to think about it now. Liu Bowen is far behind. .

We must know that the Northern and Southern Songs treated civil servants so favorably. For hundreds of years, there were only nine people who received the posthumous title of "Wenzheng". It can be seen that the emperor had to cover up the white moonlight in the hearts of this scholar.

If Zhao Wenjing can get one of Cheng, Zhong, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang, etc., his life will not be in vain, and his descendants will be proud of it for hundreds of years.

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