Zhao Wenjing calmed down and said: "Your Highness is not ignorant of the situation in the southwest. I am also aware of the situation in the southwest. I am just wondering if Yunnan is really in a hurry to win it at this time?"
"Sichuan and Guizhou have just been recovered, and Liaodong seems to be not far away. This requires a lot of money and food to stabilize the population. If Yunnan is added to the mix, the imperial court will really be unable to make ends meet. What if there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster?
Is good?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry waved his hand and asked all the low-ranking officials in the hall to step down. After hearing this, the officials who were not high-ranking just spread rumors, which made people panic.
Zhu Biao walked to the chair of the Minister of Industry and sat down and said: "You two Qings should also sit down."
Zhao Wenjing sat down on the chair on the left without any courtesy. The Minister of Industry shook his head and sat across from him. His Highness, that's all. You came to my ministry to compete for a position. No wonder there are people arranging for you everywhere.
Zhu Biao was silent for a moment and said softly: "The disasters in various places have been alleviated and spring plowing has resumed. The imperial court has saved more expenses everywhere, and the palace is the same. Zhao Aiqing always finds a way to take all the trouble."
The prince said this, and Zhao Wenjing's tone softened. He became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue with the intention of being an aloof minister, but after all, he still wanted to do his best to serve the country.
"Your Highness, I have saved a lot, but everything here requires money and food. It's not just about saving money. It's time to pay back the food you owe the Jiangnan nobles. Of course, if you allow me
If you act cheaply, I will be able to raise enough food and salary for His Highness."
Zhu Biao helplessly slapped his forehead, "You are doing something cheap. You just want to get rid of that batch of food and extort some from them. You are just like the gentry and merchants who have lost their roots. It is easy for the minister of household affairs to target them."
Don't look at the general political envoy Chen Youzong from Jiangnan, who seems to be able to compete with the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, but he has no real power. It is just that Hu Weiyong is unwilling to confront him tit for tat for the sake of the prince's face.
"I have raised most of the grain from Jiangnan from several large merchants. Any shortfalls will be made up with the silver from the Northern Territory of the Tea Horse Company. There is no need for the Ministry of Household Affairs to come out."
Jiangyin Marquis Wu Liang's ocean-going fleet has been built to a maximum of seventy-seven or eighty-eight pieces. All the merchants in the Jiangnan area no longer dared to hide their secrets. Not only did they make up for what they needed, but they also donated a considerable sum of money through the Chen family.
Pay filial piety to the prince.
The tea horse trade with the Mongolian nobles was also very fruitful. The nobles of the Yuan Dynasty who returned to the grasslands and deserts had no use for the gold and silver left in their stomachs. It was rare that the Ming Dynasty came up with such a large amount of tea, salt, silk and ironware this time, but it was not surprising at all.
Don't be stingy, I'm afraid that Ming Dynasty will impose strict prohibitions after this time, and then you won't be able to spend money even if you want to.
There is no problem with the various incomes to make up for the food shortage in Jiangnan, and even a sum of gold and silver can be left as a reserve. However, this part of gold and silver cannot be filled into the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zhu Biao has to save it for the future issuance of banknotes.
Prepare.
"Your Highness..."
Zhu Biao waved his hand to stop Zhao Wenjing from saying: The court has been in trouble for so many years and it will be hard for a few more years, but the sooner Liaodong and Yunnan are recovered, the sooner they can be governed."
"Zhao Aiqing, I am approaching the age of a weak crown. Even if God favors me, I will only have a few more decades. I am not destined to live forever. Liaodong, Yunnan and Guizhou are all in trouble. I don't know whether my children and grandchildren are virtuous. But you and me,
Can you bear to give up your long-cherished wish?"
"This is the crime of ministers!"
When the two ministers heard this, they were shocked. They quickly left their chairs and knelt in front of Zhu Biao, covering their eyes with their sleeves and wiping away tears. No matter what, it was inappropriate for the prince and crown prince to say such words as he was forced by his subordinates.
Zhu Biao said to the Minister of the Ministry of Works: "Among the six departments of Zhongshu, the one who came to me the most is the Ministry of Works. I hope you will know this. The Taiping Jingying camp has been in a state of decline in a few years. How can we deal with the students a hundred years later?"
For foreigners who are good at riding and shooting on horseback, they must ultimately rely on the benefits of firearms."
"As the saying goes, 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 world are not enough to plan for a moment. The disasters of the Wei, Jin, South, North, Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song and Yuan were not enough to wake up? The Ming Dynasty was invincible when it was established at the beginning, but it could not take advantage of its prosperity to make progress and consolidate its foundation.
, wouldn’t it be too late to wait until there are all sorts of disadvantages in the future?”
"Zuo Shigong said in "Warring States Policy" that "parents love their children, and their plans are far-reaching." Zhu Biao stood up and bent down to pull the two of them up and said sincerely: "I am the crown prince of the country, and you and others are the prince of the country.
Sir, it has only been a few years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Just like children, why don't we have far-reaching plans for it?"
After all that was said, it was expected that the two of them would have nothing to say, and they had to show their political achievements, otherwise how could they live up to the sincerity and earnest expectations of the Crown Prince.
As the saying goes, the court's money and food will never be enough, but it will always be enough.
"The Holy One has returned to Beijing after performing sacrifices. When the Holy One comes back, I will report the difficulties to the Ministry of Household Affairs. No matter how much expenditure is reduced, it is not a long-term solution. Only by increasing revenue can we fill the national treasury."
"Commercial taxes need to be raised, but policies for merchants should be relaxed, and private trade should be encouraged. Mining and smelting can be decentralized to the private sector and allowed to be responsible for their own profits and losses. The Ministry of Household Affairs should also brainstorm ideas and come to the Holy Father to make suggestions."
"I respectfully obey His Highness's orders."
"The 200,000 soldiers with low salaries for both armies will immediately raise funds to transport them to the Western Expeditionary Army as soon as possible, and then allocate 700,000 stones of grain and grass from the national treasury and the granaries of Jiangnan provinces to transport them to Sichuan."
"Okay, I can trust Zhao Aiqing to handle matters."
After Zhu Biao encouraged him for a few more words, he left the Ministry of Works. Zhao Wenjing also hurried back to the Ministry of Revenue. His legs were broken because of the above sentence and the following sentence. It is indeed difficult to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but thanks to Zhao Wenjing's outstanding ability.
He was no longer in the mood to go to other ministries, so he went straight back to the Jinshen Palace and showed that he had drawn up a decree to confer a title on Zhao Wenjing. He himself was the second-rank Minister of the Ministry of Hubu. Last year, the emperor also awarded him the title of Zide Doctor, the top second-rank officer.
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It is said that at this point, civil servants will either continue to serve as Zhongshu Sheng, Yipin Pingzhang, and then prime minister, or they may be decentralized to the local prime minister or a provincial official.
Apart from these two options, the only thing left to mention was the emperor's kindness and sealing when he became an official and begged for his remains. However, Zhao Wenjing's situation was special. The Ministry of Revenue couldn't do without him. Now that he had to work hard, he naturally had to be extra merciful.
Sealed.
The imperial court treats scholars with more kindness than praise. The author is issued by the Ministry of Rites and sealed by the Minister of Household Affairs.
Zai.
Zhengzhi Shangqing is the third rank among the ten levels of literary honors, and Ronglu doctor is from the first rank Sanshi rank. For ordinary ministers to have these when they enter the official position, they are already extremely honorable and can support their descendants for three generations.
And Zhu Biao now gave Zhao Wenjing a favor, which means to tell him, if you work hard, what you will pursue in the future is not the trivial matter of being favored, but the posthumous title with written words. The name of Guangzong Yaozu will be recorded in history.
A posthumous title is a sign of great deeds; a title is a sign of merit; a person who has made great achievements is given a good title as a sign of recognition.
It is not easy for civil and military ministers to have their posthumous titles confirmed in the annals of history. In the Han Dynasty and the early Jin Dynasty, only those with a title of marquis or above were eligible to receive posthumous titles. In the Tang Dynasty, only third-rank officials and above could be given posthumous titles. Lao Zhu
It raises the standard to the first level.
That is to say, the six ministers of the second rank of Zhengbu were not qualified to judge posthumous titles at all. They had to be high officials of the first rank anyway. Now even the most expensive minister of the official department among the six has not broken through this restriction.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that civil servants and military generals should use Wen Zheng uniformly, starting with Wu. Li Shanchang, Song Lian and others decided that among civil servants, Wen Zheng was the most valuable, and among military generals, Wu Ning was the most important.
Zhao Wenjing is good at managing finances, but he is mediocre in governing the country. Wenzheng Wenzhen didn't even think about it. With Lao Zhu's temperament, it is estimated that only Li Shanchang in this dynasty is far behind Liu Bowen. Now that I have a chance to think about it, Liu Bowen is far behind.
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You must know that the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty treated civil servants so favorably. During hundreds of years, only nine people were given the posthumous title of "Wenzheng". It can be seen that the emperor had to cover up the white moonlight in the heart of this scholar.
If Zhao Wenjing can get one of Cheng, Zhong, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang, etc., his life will be in vain, and his descendants will be proud of it for hundreds of years.