Chapter 36 Rectification of the Nine Sides

In the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Qizhen asked directly: "Xu Xi, you can come." ”

Xu Xi immediately said, "Yes." ”

Xu Xi's gaze swept over everyone, fell on Yang Pu, and Yang Pu's gaze was the same, and then dispersed.

Immediately, Xu Xi told the general situation of the smuggling in each border town. 、

Zhu Qizhen didn't listen to the specific content, his eyes were like electricity, looking at everyone's eyes.

Zhang Fu listened, and his eyebrows rose. Then he slowly suppressed his anger.

Meng Ying listened, and a playful look flashed in her eyes, as if she was a little gloating.

When Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong heard this, his face seemed to remain unchanged, but Zhu Qizhen found that Zhu Yong's muscles were tense.

As for the civilian officials, some people's faces are like an abyss, and no news can be revealed, and some people are angry, so I won't go into detail one by one.

Zhu Qizhen naturally does not fully believe this judgment, but this aspect also makes Zhu Qizhen sure that Cheng Guogong seems to be really involved.

At this time, Xu Xi's voice also stopped.

Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "Wang Zhen is involved, he is dead." This dynasty and the Tartars, the enemies of several generations, from the founding of Taizu to the present, have never changed, all the people who are enemies, how to deal with them, you can do it. I want a result. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately brushed his sleeves and left.

This made everyone a little dumbfounded.

This is the first time Zhu Qizhen has done this.

Yang Pu coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty said so yourself, let's discuss it." ”

Actually, there is nothing to discuss.

It is nothing more than the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Military Department, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all of which sent people to jointly inspect the nine sides. It's just a matter of cleaning up the smuggling case.

After the group discussed, they handed the book to the palace.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Fu called Zhu Yong in the British mansion and asked sharply: "Are you involved in this matter?" ”

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong has some period of Ai Ai.

Seeing this, Zhang Fu knew it in his heart, and he was immediately furious, slapped the table, and suddenly the tea bowl shook to the ground, and said: "Zhu Yong, you are a dignified prince, do you lack this money?" You dare to use any money, if your uncle is still here, he will definitely kill you. ”

Zhu Yong is dozens of years old, and at this time he begged: "Brother, I just didn't know at first, I only knew that it was the filial piety money below, who knew that it was this money, but now it's too late to know." ”

Zhang Fu said: "What don't you know? You're just pretending to be confused. ”

Zhu Yong said: "Brother, what do you say now? ”

Zhang Fu sneered and said, "You know now that you're afraid." ”

Zhu Yong said: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be serious, this kind of thing is actually the same."

Often. ”

The army's participation in smuggling is called Huiyi, and if you really want to talk about it, the history is particularly long. At least during the Xuande years, there were fewer wars with the north, and this kind of thing became more and more from sporadic to sporadic times.

Zhang Fu said: "Don't say anything, I'll go and sell my old face in front of Your Majesty." ，”

There is no way, Zhang Fu also knows very well that he has too close a relationship with Cheng Guogong and the generals below. It's inseparable. However, Zhang Fu is not afraid of involving himself.

After all, Zhang Fu never paid much attention to money, after all, the fields given by the Yongle Dynasty were enough to tens of thousands of acres, which was enough to feed the British family.

Although Zhang Fu is selfish, he is not without public intentions.

The tile spur and the court have already passed the hand, although the face has not been torn, but everyone knows that the days of peace will not be too long, at this time in the army to set off a big case, shake the heart of the army, approaching a few more border generals to defect to the tile spur, it is not good news for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Fu felt the need to remind the emperor of the danger.

However, when Zhang Fu was about to enter the palace.

Zhu Qizhen and Yang Pu talked again.

Yang Pu actually hinted at this meaning, this case needs to be investigated, investigated, but not done.

Zhu Qizhen didn't say this to Yang Pu, but said: "When Xu Xi returned from the Nine Sides, I was ready to renovate the side wall, but the timing was not right. ”

But now, the imperial court has gradually withdrawn from Hebei, and it has the financial resources to invest in the nine sides. This time, I asked the Ministry of War to send competent people to give me a good measurement of Xuanda and prepare for repairing the side wall in the future. ”

Yang Pu coughed twice and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has been working hard for many years, although Zhou Shangshu has tried his best to support it, but there is not much savings in the country, once something happens, I am afraid that the treasury will be empty." In the opinion of the minister, don't live within your means, this matter of repairing the side wall, take your time. ”

Zhu Qizhen's previous fiscal policy was very much in the middle of the amount.

In order to fill the financial gap in Hebei's water control, Zhou Chen came to power.

However, after Zhou Chen came to power, although he made a lot of achievements, the overall financial trend has not changed.

In the imperial court, in addition to the savings of about 10 million taels of silver in the inner treasury, the Taicang silver treasury of the household department and the Jingcang granary are in and out all the time.

Zhou Chen's various reforms could only maintain the balance of the imperial court. Especially after the abolition of the Kaizhong Law, Zhou Chen also put the Chi Road on the agenda, and the first Chi Road from Beijing to Xuanfu is already under construction.

Although once Beijing was connected from the nine sides by the Chi Road, the consumption of grain mobilized by the imperial court was to an acceptable level.

The expenses of the imperial court can be further reduced.

But it's all a vision.

The problem at hand is that the imperial court just didn't have to pay about eight million taels a year for repairing the river. It accounts for about one-third of the country's annual revenue

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Zhu Qizhen's posture of wanting to fight with the tile spur, everyone can see it, and Yang Pu also knows that even if the court does not fight this battle, the tile spur will also fight.

So Yang Pu is also preparing for war.

But Yang Pu's method of preparing for war is different from Zhu Qizhen's, and Yang Pu's method of preparing for war is to save money.

Yang Pu is an old man who has experienced the Yongle Northern Expedition, and he knows too well that fighting is money. So before the war, let the court hold more money in its hands.

And Yang Pu's method of saving money is the traditional financial method in ancient China, living within his means, and cutting other expenses if he wants more surplus.

Yang Pu's idea cannot be said to be wrong.

But this idea could not satisfy Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen witnessed the results of the two open sources of customs silver and salt tax, so his mind was more focused on open source rather than throttling.

And no matter how throttling. There are some things that cannot be saved, such as the side wall that Zhu Qizhen wants to build, which is likely to be the key to future wars.

But Yang Pu is still in the martial arts of the Yongle period.

I don't want to go deep into the grassland expedition, not because I can't win, but because I'm worried that I won't be able to find it, and I'm just wasting money and food.

Once the tile spur goes south and fights near Xuanda, then it is almost impossible for me to fight and win. As for what side walls to build on the side? It is better to save the people and money than to save the ones that are ready to fight.

This is not just Yang Pu's personal idea, after Zhu Qizhen has an in-depth understanding, he found that this idea is common among civil officials. After all, it has only been about twenty years since Emperor Taizong's last northern expedition.

This kind of thinking inertia is also very normal.

Although Zhu Qizhen felt that the tile thorn was not what it used to be, but these words could not come out of Zhu Qizhen's mouth. If Zhu Qizhen said it, wouldn't it prove that he was cowardly before he fought.

The impact is not good, and the anger can be puffed up but not vented.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "You must always be prepared, and I don't think it will cost much." For so many years, the border generals have been asking silver to repair the border walls, and now the court has some silver, which is always to be done. ”

Yang Pu's heart moved, and he seemed to understand a little.

After all, the nine sides are where the elite soldiers in the world are, except for the Beijing camp.

After repairing the nine-sided generals, you must always give them some reassurance. I think this is used to appease the nine-sided generals.

Although Yang Pu felt that Zhu Qizhen might not be appropriate to do this, he had no intention of stopping it. said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

After Zhu Qizhen and Yang Pu discussed the candidates for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Military Department, Yang Pu resigned.

Zhu Qizhen sent Yang Pu away, and his eyes suddenly turned cold. Yang Pu's move this time made Zhu Qizhen extremely dissatisfied, and this time, Zhu Qizhen had the idea of replacing people.

It's not just what Yang Pu did this time, but another preparation before the battle between Zhu Qizhen and the tile spur. Unity of authority.