Domineering Daming

Zhou Yingqiu's words were full of murderous intent, and his attitude was extremely firm: use heavy codes in troubled times!

When Xu Dahua saw it, he hurriedly said, "Master Zhou is right. The 'Nine Rules' have been in effect for two years. If you flout the court's laws and regulations, you should be severely punished without exception, without exception!"

Shen Xun glanced at Fu Changzong, hesitated a little, and said, "Bei Zhili is okay to say, the officials only worry about the south, after all, the emperor is..."

The people here didn't know that Zhu Xu had gone south, and their hearts skipped a beat when they heard this, as if there was something in their throat, and they couldn't spit it out quickly.

If the emperor was enraged and attacked these scholars, the consequences would definitely be far worse than when the Donglin Party was cleaned up!

At this time, Fu Changzong raised his head expressionlessly, and said lightly: "There is no need to worry. If the scholars make trouble, 'don't care about it', and all the officials of the court and the local area should 'keep silent'."

Everyone was slightly startled when they heard Fu Changzong's words, and then thought about it.

Either this person doesn't speak, or once he speaks, it will have an impact on the rhythm of the entire discussion. After all, his identity is too sensitive, and it may be the emperor's intention behind it.

Bi Ziyan's expression remained the same, but he felt a lot of pressure in his heart.Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Xu Dahua, Shen Xun, these four are all "imperial party", Sun Chengzong only cares about "military affairs", Zhang Wenda is somewhat "lonely minister", his "hidden chief assistant" seems to have been emptied.

Fortunately, he still has the title of "Emperor Teacher", and everyone still respects him. There have been no heated debates, let alone party disputes, but he is still a little uneasy. The emperor holds all the power tightly in his hands. It is not conducive to the authority and governance of the cabinet.

Bi Ziyan thought for a moment, thinking about Fu Changzong's words, Er nodded and said: "This is indeed a good way. The Ministry of Rites will do this. The patrol battalion will send some soldiers. On the South Zhili side, the cabinet will also ask Fu Zonglong to personally supervise Check to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Thank you, sir!" Shen Xun said, heaved a sigh of relief, and the pressure was greatly relieved.

"When did it become so difficult to be an official in Ming Dynasty..." He had only been a minister for a few months, and he felt that the pressure was increasing, and he was almost out of breath.

The matter of the imperial examination was over, Bi Ziyan looked at Zhang Wenda, and said in a gentle tone, "Master Zhang, how are you doing with the finishing work of the Ministry of Punishment?"

The reason why Zhang Wenda was able to be transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, in your opinion, is nothing more than to show the world, especially the remnants of Donglin, after all, Zhang Wenda was also the backbone of Donglin.

Zhang Wenda's qualifications are older than Zhao Nanxing's, not because of his age, but because of his resume, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his influence in Shilin is better than Zhao Nanxing's.Zhao Nanxing was in the field for more than 20 years, and he became an official when he had enough "Wang". At that time, Zhang Wenda happened to be an official, which gave Zhao Nanxing a chance.

Zhang Wenda Tianqi became an official for three years, Zhao Nanxing became an official, and Tianqi made Donglin Party "all positive and prosperous" in four years.

Without Zhang Wenda's foundation, he couldn't do it at all. These two people seem to have no relationship, but within Donglin, it is a "handover", the order of the younger generation.

It has been ten years since the apocalypse three years ago.Zhang Wenda is still "slip and steadfast", but the current dramatic change in the political situation is no longer the one he is familiar with. There are solid walls everywhere where he is allowed to overwhelm the river and sea, and he can only act within the framework.

It has been a while since Zhang Wenda took office, looking at these familiar and unfamiliar colleagues, he felt a sense of right and wrong in his heart, but his expression did not move at all, and said: "It's almost the same, the schedule at Dali Temple has been set, It will be reviewed as soon as possible.”

Bi Ziyan nodded slightly. Zhang Wenda's methods and abilities are unquestionable. The key depends on whether he is willing to do it. After all, even they are reluctant to do many things and are forced to do them, let alone Zhang Wenda.

Bi Ziyan thought for a while, and said: "In this way, Wu Chunfu will be called over next time. Dali Temple is an important part of the 'New Deal', so we have to keep an eye on it."

Sun Chengzong had no objection. In fact, in such cabinet discussions, unless it involved military affairs, he seldom spoke.

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Bi Ziyan, pondered, and said: "Yes." He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and such a change requires him to nod.

Wu Chunfu is the Minister of Dali Temple. He joined the cabinet meeting. On the surface, nothing has changed in Dali Temple, but in fact it has raised Dali Temple to the same height as the Six Departments.

No one else has an opinion, and Dali Temple has no right to speak in government affairs.

In this way, the matter in Beizhili is completely settled, and everyone can concentrate on the "New Deal".

Bi Ziyan was quite satisfied with the current atmosphere of the cabinet, looked at the documents in front of him, and said: "The summer harvest is coming soon, as I said before, everyone present here will go out of Beijing in turn to inspect the provinces and supervise government affairs. Take a look on the ground, there are more and more disasters reported from various places this year, and they are getting more and more serious, and they need to be taken seriously..."

Those present here all know that since last year, all provinces except Nanzhili have been reporting disasters since last year. The situation seems to be getting worse this year, making everyone present feel uneasy.

"Master Fu, what is the Ministry of Household's estimate for this year's taxes and grains?" Zhang Wenda asked.

Fu Changzong frowned, calculated silently in his heart, and said: "In the past three years, the imperial court's taxes and rations have actually been decreasing, and those that were more were increased by 'accidents'."

Everyone would agree that it was nothing more than the emperor's big "robbery" actions, and they were all waiting for him to continue talking.

Fu Changzong narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "According to the estimation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the national tax and food this year is about 600 million shi, and it will decrease every year in the future. However, if the new policy is promoted properly, it may increase by 1000 to [-] million. Shi, this is also a short period of time, maybe only a year or two..."

These are the gentry's part.

Bi Ziyan remained motionless, turned his head to look at Sun Chengzong, and said, "Master Sun, how much does the Ministry of War cost a year?"

This Sun Chengzong was very clear, looked up at the crowd, and said silently for a while: "Silver is 800 million, or grain is 300 million, it can be mixed, and I will not elaborate on the complexity."

Bi Ziyan had known for a long time that the army was a big hole, but he didn't expect it to be so big. This was the first time Sun Chengzong spoke.

That is to say, the army of the Ming Dynasty consumed nearly a year's tax and food of the court in one year!

Zhang Wenda, Shen Xun, Xu Dahua and others were all shocked, this is an astonishing sum!Knowing the inside story of Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu naturally kept silent.

Without waiting for Bi Ziyan to speak, Sun Chengzong said again: "Before the emperor left, he ordered the Ministry of Households to mobilize nearly 1000 million shi of grain, excluding silver. I'm afraid there will be a war."

Bi Ziyan knew about the war. After all, the red-haired man, Annan's business is not a day or two, but he doesn't need so much money and food, right?

Bi Ziyan felt that Sun Chengzong, Fu Changzong and others were hiding something from him, or that the emperor was deliberately hiding it from him.

The emperor has all the power in his hands, as well as all the resources, including money and food, which are outside the power and control of the cabinet.

He couldn't help sighing in his heart, and unconsciously expressed the same emotion as Shen Xun: Why are the officials of Daming so tired?

At this moment, everyone, including Sun Chengzong and Fu Changzong, had the same thoughts.

That is, it is too difficult and tiring to follow Emperor Jingzheng to do the facts, because they are completely out of rhythm.What the emperor did, looking back, it was done according to the rules and according to the plan, but at the moment they were in the game, they felt a lot of pressure, they really wanted to tell the emperor, stop, let everyone take a breath, okay? good?

These words can only be thought about in the heart, Bi Ziyan sighed in his heart, took a sip of tea with a calm expression, and said: "Now that the imperial court is spending more and more, we must find ways to reduce expenditure while increasing revenue, so as to save money. Then save..."

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. They are all used to spending money lavishly, "spending money like dirt", and they are not willing to be restrained.

Fu Changzong suddenly changed his expression slightly, looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "My lord, how much have you moved to Liaodong now?"

Fu Changzong's words were a bit jumpy, but this matter was indeed coordinated by Bi Ziyan. He opened his mouth in doubt and said: "The immigrants are mainly young and strong. As of last month, there have been two to three million. Now every month Almost 300 yuan was transferred, which is too much and there is some pressure on Liaodong..."

Fu Changzong nodded thoughtfully, and said: "My lord, you can make some preparations. Not only the six southwestern provinces, but all disaster-stricken and impoverished people can register to prepare for large-scale emigration..."

Bi Ziyan's heart moved, and he took a deep look at Fu Changzong.

This sentence should have been sent by the emperor.

At the same time, does this mean that the "New Deal" that used to be restrained can now be liberalized and vigorously promoted?

Chapter 706

Although Zhu Xu has carried out large-scale civil engineering for several years, road construction is the key point, which has greatly improved the traffic situation, but the backwardness of the transportation means cannot be changed in a short period of time.

The speed of the carriage is very fast, and it is not afraid of wind and rain, but the speed of the horse is still limited, and with the army, the speed is naturally much slower. It will not take ten days and a half months to get to Fujian.

The action of the cabinet was rather sharp, quickly formed a group, Zhou Yingqiu, Shen Xun, and Xu Dahua led three groups of people, and left Beijing the next day, not only to promote the "New Deal", but also to inspect the disaster situation in various places and observe this year's summer harvest.

At the same time, the imperial court's firm attitude towards the imperial examinations has completely angered the current imperial examinations, the Ministry of Officials, the former Guozijian, and now the Royal Court and the two courts are full of angry scholars. What exactly is the imperial examination.

Cao Dingjiao, Wei Xuelian, and Meng Zhaoxiang gathered in the teahouse, having reunited after a long absence, chatting happily.