"One million taels of salt tax silver has just arrived at the household department, Yang Bo directly asked for one million arrears, Shaanxi in order to pay the arrears of the Han royal family, last year has emptied the treasury of the Shaanxi political secretary, Xu Ge Lao allocated 200,000 taels to Shaanxi, and the lords of Yuwangfu and the capital have been in arrears of Lu rice over the years, and Xu Ge Lao has also allocated money to them all!" Yang Futian is very familiar with the accounts of the household department, and even when he speaks out.

That's the case, the salt tax seems to have increased a lot, but the imperial court's finances are like a hungry desert, even if it is 1.4 million taels, it is also a drop in the bucket, and it can always be easily used.

Xiao Jinian listened to the expenses of this item, but he couldn't help but say in a weird manner: "Yan Ge is always a traitor, and he also knows how to deduct King Yu's Lu Mi, he Xu Jie, he will be a good person, so soon he wants to befriend King Yu!" ”

The reason why these people like to get together is not only to be able to talk freely here, but also because they can criticize people or things together, even if they are the first assistant of the court.

With Xu Jie's various inactions, everyone no longer favors this Shoufu, and some are just disappointed again and again.

Long Chizhong looked more stable, but he frowned and said: "Since the finances are so tight now, why didn't Yan Ne dissuade the emperor and let the emperor suspend the construction of the Changhong Palace?" ”

"You don't have to think about it! With that pockmarked face, if it weren't for such a great favor given to him by the saint today, he would be able to sit in the position of the head of the household! Xiao Jinian seemed to have eaten gunpowder, and immediately said angrily.

Zhang Wei and others couldn't help but smile bitterly, now officialdom not only pays attention to qualifications and backstage, but also pays attention to personal appearance. Like Yan Ne's pockmarked face, he was eliminated into the Hanlin Academy in other periods, and there was no place for him to settle down in the capital, but it was impossible to climb to the position of the head of the household.

Lin Haoran expressed his opinion and said: "Brother Xiao, it's true that Yan Shangshu has pockmarks on his face, but he is also a capable Hubu Shangshu, we can't be contemptuous of others because of their appearance." You should also know that you can't complain about him, this altar and building a palace has always been the willingness of the emperor today, and no one can stop it, what happened when Yan Ge Lao persuaded the emperor to give up and rebuild the Wanshou Palace? ”

Zhang Wei and the others sighed helplessly, the current cabinet ministers were summoned into the cabinet by the emperor through the central decree, and the removal of them can also be solved by a will, but they are firmly in control of the future of the court bosses.

"It's just that I saw him so indulgent to the emperor, but I was never angry in my heart!" Xiao Jinian sighed honestly.

Lin Haoran looked at him with a wry smile, and said bitterly: "If you really want to investigate, then do you still have to blame my sister?" It was she who presented the bronze sword of Changhong to the emperor, which caused the emperor to have the idea of repairing the Changhong Palace? ”

"The tiger girl got a treasure to offer to the emperor, this is a matter of course, how can she be blamed for this?" Xiao Jinian shook his head, looking serious.

Zhang Wei also opened his mouth at this time: "Senior brother is right, no one is to blame for this matter!" Our emperor is like this, if he doesn't repair the altar over the years, he will repair the temple, even if the senior brother does everything possible to generate revenue for the Ming Dynasty's finances, I'm afraid this finance will have to go down! ”

Everyone's hearts are like mirrors, they could still blame Yan Song before, but now that Yan Song has been out of office for more than a year, Yan Song is no longer to blame.

More and more people already know that the root cause of the tight finances of the Ming Dynasty lies in the emperor who is obsessed with cultivating the Xuan, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who does not hesitate to pour out all his national funds for the sake of immortality, and their emperor is the bane of the Ming Dynasty.

"Come, let's have a drink in order to be able to meet again this month!" Yang Futian looked at the atmosphere a little depressed, and immediately raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly.

Wine is a catalyst for intensifying friendships.

The group of them were eating and chatting here, mainly talking about current political affairs, and naturally they couldn't get around Yang Bo's proposal to suppress Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's military exploits.

Zhou Youqing took a sip of wine, and said to the crowd at the table with a rosy face: "I'm afraid you don't know, Yang Bo has greeted several bigwigs one by one!" ”

"In this way, the cabinet will not send the opinion of the Ministry of War back!" Xiao Jinian shook his head gently, looking quite disappointed.

"It's just a pity that Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, two anti-Japanese cadres, fought bloodily to make great contributions, but the court didn't deserve to reward them!" Long Chizhong shook his head with a wry smile and said.

Zhou Youqing put down the wine glass and said with a little drunkenness: "Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou are so dedicated to the imperial court, just because they are Hu Zongxian's old subordinates, they have no corresponding rewards, this matter really makes the Ming soldiers feel cold!" If there are meritorious soldiers who are not rewarded, then who will sell their lives, and who will punish the Tartars in the north? ”

Everyone also nodded lightly, and Xiao Jinian said with emotion: "Actually, Qi Jiguang was fortunately recommended by Tan Lun, and last year he was promoted to the general army of Fujian and won the hereditary thousand households, otherwise I am afraid that he will be dismissed and return to his hometown like Ye Bo, the chief soldier of Zhejiang!" ”

Zhang Wei and the others also nodded approvingly, Daming almost lost Qi Jiguang, a fierce general, because of political struggles.

Ning Jiang is now a staff member of the Ministry of War, this has just returned from Datong, and the whole person's skin has been darkened a lot, although he does not have the original little white face, but it gives people a little more military atmosphere.

He didn't say much today, but after hearing Xiao Jinian's words, he interjected and said: "Speaking of hereditary thousand households, I think the most important thing to change in the current Ming military system is the hereditary officer system!" It is because of these hereditary military positions that many important positions such as commanders and envoys in the world have been occupied by these incompetent people, but a group of talented military households have to be pressed by a straw bag! ”

"If you dare to use the hereditary officer system, you will be able to do it as a member of the Ministry of War!" Yang Futian has always liked to contradict Ning Jiang, even if he is disdainful.

"You think I'm a little staff member with that kind of power?" Ning Jiang directly gave him an idiot-like look, which seemed self-aware and authentic.

Lin Haoran found that Wei Shiliang and the others were looking at him one after another, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "The clan, Wen Xun Enyin, and Wujue Shifeng, these systems all involve the interests of all parties, even if they are the head of the dynasty, they dare not easily touch the interests of these people!" ”

In fact, it is not only the hereditary lineage of the Zhu family, the hereditary lineage of the civil and military lords and military officers, but also the grace of their civil officials is considered a kind of hereditary, and these things are not easy to touch.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by foreign nations is not from the outside, but from the inside. It's just that he wants to completely change these things, not to mention that Xu Jie, an official like Xu Jie, who is the same as the light, will never touch it, but in fact, Xu Jie doesn't have the strength to touch it.

Everyone nodded silently, knowing that they wanted to change this Ming Dynasty, but there was still a long, long way to go, and their resistance was like a mountain.

When the wine was almost drunk, especially Zhou Youqing was already drunk on the table, everyone dispersed one after another.

Lin Haoran glanced at Ning Jiang thoughtfully, but smiled at Yang Futian next to him, the two of them sat in their positions and did not move, watching Ning Jiang and Wei Shiliang enthusiastically send the other fellow students away.