Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Night falls.

The Forbidden City, inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao summoned Liang Chu, but he heard that the Ministry of Household's money had bottomed out recently, and when it was still less than five hundred taels, his face changed.

Zhu Houzhao roared and questioned Liang Chu: "Why did you spend so much money? Wasn't there still more than 20 million taels at the beginning of the year? It's been less than half a year, so much money is gone, it's you, you take my money Where did it go?"

When Liang Chu heard the words, he knelt down tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no taels of money from the imperial court, do you remember? It took five hundred taels to build the border city, and ten million taels to build the Ming Navy. Qianzhuang, allocate four million taels of silver, and the latest military expenses."

"Your Majesty, every amount of money you allocate has a detailed record behind the Ministry of Households. Up to now, the surplus of two million taels is already very good!"

"So I'm wrong to blame you?"

"I dare not, I just report it according to the facts. In the past six months, I have been engaged in construction everywhere in Daming, and this money will naturally be spent more."

Zhu Houzhao frowned. There was not enough money in the treasury. He also planned to repair the water transportation. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was too silt, and many sections of the river needed to be repaired.

Also, the construction of guns and artillery requires a lot of money.

From the beginning of the year to the present, in just half a year, 20 million taels of silver have been spent. Not only has the financial tax increase been spent, but even the old capital left by the father, Emperor Hongzhi, has been spent. Have you become a typical example? The prodigal son?

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liang Chu and asked, "How about raising the tax to four million taels?"

"No, absolutely not, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao listened to Liang Chu's advice, and gradually canceled the idea in his mind.

Before the beginning of the early court, the cabinet first received the memorials that Zhu Houzhao had approved, and most of them were accurate.

It was not until Liu Jian got the three memorials and put them in front of Li Dongyang and Liang Chu that he said, "Look, now His Majesty is warning the civil officials of the Censor's Terrace, and they want them to be calmer."

These three memorials were all approved by Zhu Houzhao himself. After Liang Chu took them and read them, he sighed deeply and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

"Oh, Liang Dashangshu, tell me what you think." Liu Jian would like to hear the thoughts of this Minister Tuogu.

At this time, Liang Chu put the three memorials aside, first pointing to the one on the left and saying, "This sea prohibition order and the Ou review of the restoration of the ancestral system are indeed warning the imperial censor to be quiet and not to make noise all day long. Yes, standing and talking won't hurt your back."

"However, this memorial has a lot of meaning in it, you may wish to confirm it carefully."

According to Liang Chu's meaning, Liu Jian carefully tasted Zhu Houzhao's remarks, impeaching them for accepting bribes and greed with the Mo and the Bank of China, especially when they proposed to protect the interests of businessmen, there is an article to do.

"Okay, before punishing the cabinet Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, none of you will bring 10 million taels of tax to talk about!" This is His Majesty's reply to the memorial, which is very straightforward.

The potential meaning of this sentence is to say: "The Cabinet and the Ministry of Household, your bold reforms, I will support you, but now that the money is spent, hurry up and collect 10 million taels of silver for me."

Liu Jian walked back and forth in the cabinet corridor several times, and then said softly to Liang Chu: "You mean that this memorial is not only a warning to the censors, but also to urge us to take out the money quickly?"

"If we can't get the silver, and they can, then His Majesty will use my two lives to pay for the 10 million taels of silver?"

Hearing what Liu Jian said, Liang Chu nodded lightly.

"I hope that the old man has an idea, it is indeed the case. If we are not in the cabinet, your majesty may not have this meaning, but we happen to be in the cabinet, and you are the chief assistant, and I am the minister. Your majesty's reply, the two of us naturally I can see it, so the meaning of Your Majesty is self-evident."

This time, Liu Jian and Liang Chu had the same views again, and a single instruction brought them to the same busy line again.

Their main task now is to collect money for Zhu Houzhao to enrich Daming's treasury, so they can only reform Daming's business.

Of course, wool still comes from sheep, so they are not going to start with the commercial tax rate, but start to vigorously revive business.

In this way, the wool grows faster, and there are more opportunities to harvest wool naturally.

The two continued to discuss in the cabinet.

Liu Jian, after all, is not as clear as Liang Chu about business reform. For a long time, Liang Chu is responsible for the business taxation of Daming, so he wants to listen to Liang Chu's opinions and then proceed to the next step of reform.

Last night, Liang Chu knew that His Majesty was going to raise the tax of the Ming Dynasty, and raised it by four million taels at once.

Sudden increases in commodity prices are the most likely to cause inflation, and Your Majesty may not know this.

"If you raise four million taels all of a sudden, it won't let the Ming Dynasty go bankrupt, it's better to sell my old bones for a lot of money..."

In the house, Liang Chu complained a few words, but it was all recorded by Jin Yiwei. Zhu Houzhao knew about it early this morning.

After Zhu Houzhao read it, he threw the memorial aside, and said to Cao Zhengchun, "Hehe, the chief minister of the cabinet and Liang Shangshu of the household are the same raccoon dog. ."

"Hmph, in my opinion, just selling their two old bones is worth a few dollars!"

Cao Zhengchun shrugged his hands and didn't speak for a long time. He knew that Zhu Houzhao was joking~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Your Majesty, Liu Ge and Liang Shangshu only complained a little, but it was really His Majesty's order, They will definitely do it actively, the old ministers are watching them all the time, and they will never be lazy at all. "

"Well, these two really don't dare to mess around, but I keep this complaint in my heart."

Zhu Houzhao thought of ways to deal with Liang Chu and Liu Jian, and said to Cao Zhengchun: "Cao Aiqing, come here, I have something to explain to you."

Zhu Houzhao muttered a few words in Cao Zhengchun's ear.

Cao Zhengchun frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want to do it?"

"Well, this matter has to be done quickly, without delay!" Zhu Houzhao said with certainty.

Cao Zhengchun bowed his head and said yes, but he still felt a burst of emotion in his heart. Elder Ge and Liang Shangshu can only pray for you...

After explaining to Cao Zhengchun, Zhu Houzhao thought of one thing, so he put on his dragon robe and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Cao Aiqing, tomorrow the censors will probably follow the ancestral system. , go to court on time, and then you will keep an eye on me!"

"Since they want to arrest Chaogang's discipline, they should start from their censor's desk. If there are people who violate the etiquette, they will arrest them immediately! Let them be more peaceful."

"The minister obeys the order!" Cao Zhengchun bowed and said to Zhu Houzhao.

In fact, he also wanted to rectify the gang of Yushitai people in his heart. Since Li Liangcheng was beheaded last time, the group of Yushitai people have been stable for less than half a year, and they have started to bounce again.

The most hateful thing is that the officials of the censorship station look down on him Cao Zhengchun, one eunuch, one eunuch, which makes them have no status in the court. For this reason, Cao Zhengchun also decided to take a chance to take revenge. them.