As soon as this statement came out, Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, immediately became the focus of all attention.
What can you, the Ministry of Rites, do about something that the Ministry of Husbandry can’t do anything about?
It seemed that he also felt that what he said was a bit inappropriate, and he suddenly looked uneasy.
"Zheng Aiqing but said it is okay!" Zhu Yunzheng laughed, "Is the Chaohui, it is a harmonious benefit!"
"Chen is a way!" Zheng Yi hesitated, "Donate!"
"Huh?" Zhu Yunzheng was unhappy, but still laughed on his face, "How to donate?"
"When I was an official in the local area, whenever there was something difficult to resolve in the local area, the government would organize the gentry to provide money and help." Zheng Yi said, "In this way, we can save... Now that the war in Yunnan and Myanmar is imminent,
There are difficulties in the court for the time being.
"Stop!" Zhu Yunzheng suddenly drank.
Zheng Yi lowered his head immediately, and he didn't dare to say anymore.
"Where has the Ming Dynasty reached?" Zhu Yunxi looked at him and said loudly, "Oh, the memorials all day long are about the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people, He Qinghaiyan, and the increasing national power. When something happens to the court, you ask the gentry to donate money, you
Excuse me?"
"Sorry to say that I am embarrassed to listen? I have a face!" Zhu Yunzheng sneered, "It's not enough for the people in the world to pay food?"
"The court is not the same ..."
"That's what you mean!" Zhu Yunxi looked at him and said, "When there was a disaster in the local area before? Ha! I still don't know the tricks in the local area? The court gives relief funds, but the local government has to raise the money itself.
Is it the hand of the victims? Where are you going in the end? "
"Definitely you still call it, you can also say this?" Zhu Yunzheng continued to hate the word, "Are you afraid of people laughing?"
Immediately, he secretly said, "This Zheng Yi is going to replace it, now I am always confused!"
Zhang Wei, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, also frowned and said, "These two things cannot be confused. The local government has organized the gentry to donate generously to the big families, but the government has promised benefits, otherwise they will get nothing. The imperial court uses soldiers to talk to the gentry? Too much
If you lose your body. At that time, you have a little carelessness, such as who can make it clear? "
After losing the original intention, the court was lost even more. "
"It doesn't matter if the court loses face, the most important thing is that it loses the support of the people! People cannot stand without trust, let alone the Ming Dynasty. When something really embarrassing happens, will you take money out of your pockets to plug the holes?
"
"Hmph, I'm afraid I'll be able to shirk it faster than anyone else and pick it off more cleanly than anyone else!"
Zhang Sizhong couldn't sit still and immediately stood up and said, "I made a mistake, please punish me!"
"There is no need for punishment!" Zhu Yunxi said after taking a sip of tea, "But I have something to warn you. Don't use this little cleverness again in the future."
"Chen Zun's purpose!" Zhang Sizhong sweaty.
"I thought that the national treasury was now abundant, but now it seems that there are still too many places to spend money, so we can't do it without careful calculation!" Zhu Yunxi sighed for a while, "Well, Mu Chun said it would cost two million, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will raise part of it."
Zhang Yan immediately said, "The money that the Ministry of Revenue can transfer is only 800,000." As he said that, he looked at Zhu Yunxi and continued, "I can't get even one more cent. If the emperor blames me, I can only ask the minister to move his place."
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"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Okay, you don't have to complain to me!" After saying that, he thought about it, "I can estimate that my internal treasury can provide about 700,000..."
Zhang Ye and other courtiers said busy, "No!"
"There's nothing wrong with it! My money is also the country's money!"
A large part of Zhu Yunxi's inner treasury money was used to reduce the expenditure on salt water in the Lianghuai River, as well as part of the customs duties. These funds were said to be his inner treasury, but in fact most of them were used for military expenses.
"I said I was going to fight the war. There is no reason for me, the emperor, to spend all my money." Zhu Yunxi said and thought for a moment, "I have already taken the money, but my uncles...?"
Suddenly, the eyes of the ministers brightened.
Yes, the princes of the Ming Dynasty were all extremely rich, right?
The imperial court has been raising them all these years, giving them this and that. They are bitches...the ones who belong to Pixiu can only get in and out. Moreover, the case of King Zhou has been revealed recently. Is it just the King of Zhou? Others are like this.
Is it clean?
It is known by King Zhou, the richness of the princes, the rich can be the enemy of the country.
"But what I said about this matter is a little inappropriate!" As he said that, Zhu Yunxi picked up the tea cup and covered his face.
"I'm here to tell you!" Among the ministers, Xin Yande, who had just been promoted to the General Affairs Secretary, said, "I won't mention names, but I will use the recent case of King Zhou to talk about it. The vassal kings have some scruples and will definitely serve the imperial court!
"
"What a fool!" Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly in his heart, "What I mean when I say this is that after the meeting is over, we will study how to say this in private! It would be better for you to make it clear in front of everyone!"
The vassal princes have provided money, so the nobles have the nerve to be iron cocks?
In this way, the problem of military expenses is solved.
"Hmm!" Zhu Yunzheng coughed deliberately.
But Xin Yande continued as if he hadn't heard, "I have another opinion. The recent case of the King of Zhou involved a huge amount of money. I think that the confiscated property does not need to be confiscated, but can be sold on the spot and directly converted into money, cloth, etc., for military supplies."
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"Submit!" Zhang Yan said.
"Well, quasi -play!" Zhu Yunzheng laughed, "Speaking of which, I also have an idea in my heart."
Then he knocked on the table and said, "Now that the world is becoming more peaceful, corruption breeds in prosperous times. If there is a corruption case in the future, the money involved will be put into the national treasury for special classification. It will be used exclusively for future disaster relief, relieving orphans and widows, and building bridges and paving roads!"
"The Emperor's Holy Ming!"
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The small court meeting dispersed and the ministers withdrew, but one person was left behind by Zhu Yunxi to speak.
Ling Han, the old minister of the official minister.
"Why didn't Ling Aiqing say a word at the court meeting just now?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Economy is not what I am good at!" The old man Ling Han sat with his back slightly bent, looking a little out of energy. "What if I say the wrong thing, my old face..."
"Well, you are better than some people. You are obviously ignorant of the economy and you still want to make people laugh. Ha, he didn't just lose his face, I was also embarrassed!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Ling Han's heart was struggling, and secretly thought, "The little emperor is getting more and more set!"
He is not ambiguous for his right and wrong, and he is not ambiguous if the king has a loss. He can be an official these years, but he has not offended a few of his colleagues.
Surgery the emperor may not die. If you offend your colleagues, it is better to die.
"How do you deal with Zheng Yi privately?" Zhu Yunzheng opened the sunroof directly to speak.
"Pan -Passing!" Ling Han said, "He was born in Hanlin, and the old minister was a former jinshi."
That is a bit of incapable of dealing with it!
Zhu Yunzheng didn't understand, "He is older, and I look at him with a bad spirit.
"I advise a ball, you asked me to tell him, let him go to the old man to resign and tell the old, let the other people go!" Ling Han scolded.
Zhu Yunxi said again, "Come here, the old minister has been sitting with me all morning and talked about how to reward the Jianyu out of the palace. That...Shandong sent some big persimmons from the north as tribute. The old minister is also from the north. Take some back to taste."
Try it!”
"Several broken persimmons sitting once with dumplings and sent out!" Ling Han sighed, and had to stand up, trembling salute, "Chen Xie Emperor Long En!"