Zhu Cihong got up and saluted Emperor Chongzhen, and then said: "His Majesty the Emperor and Emperor raise love, and the sons and daughters will have the courage to simply say their opinions, and if there is anything wrong, please ask your father for guidance." ”

Chongzhen smiled and nodded, signaling that he could start performing.

Zhu Cihong turned to the hundred officials, learned to cough lightly, and then said: "According to the shallow view of the main palace, the household department should focus on the war in the Central Plains. The rebellion has caused the loss of most of the population in the surrounding area, and the wealth of the society has been depleted, and it will be difficult to recover in the next few years.

Therefore, it is best for the Liukou to be exterminated as soon as possible, only the Central Plains can maintain production without war, so that I can recover the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, there are taxes to collect, waiting for the Ministry Hall, I don't know what the palace said is right? ”

Before Hou Sui could say anything, Zhang Fengyi smiled and came out to praise His Royal Highness the Prince.

After thinking for a while, Hou Sui said: "What His Highness said is not unreasonable, but all departments are reaching out to the household department to ask for silver, but I am afraid that the household department is very difficult." ”

Zhu Cihong also knew that the household department did not have any silver now, which was quite difficult, so he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "His Majesty the Emperor Qiqi, the eunuch Liu Rong of the War Bureau, and the eunuch Ma Xianxiang, the two of them are corrupt and pervert the law, and the evidence is conclusive.

Erchen had asked Jinyiwei to raid the mansion of the two of them yesterday, and confiscated the silver and various utensils, worth one million taels of silver. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong took out some listed evidence from his sleeve and presented it to Chongzhen, which he copied from Zhu Chunchen's account book.

In fact, there is no need for any evidence, the fact that the two eunuchs can copy out one million taels of silver already explains the problem.

It definitely won't be framed by someone, who has a problem with his brain and took out a million taels of silver to blame?

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials were in their hearts, it seemed that the matter was true, and it was really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who took action to kill the military battle.

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, who was standing in front of him, had a very bad face, and the two big eunuchs in the War Bureau had a lot of interests with him, and this East Palace actually cut off his financial route.

After Chongzhen heard this, he nodded in agreement, and his face was not surprised at all, after all, Zhu Cihong had already greeted him, and at the same time authorized to supervise the matter, he just didn't expect the prince to be able to confiscate so much silver, what a fortune boy!

When Hou Sui heard this, his face showed a smile, but he didn't dare to go too far, for fear that he would lose his honor in front of the king, so he hurriedly coughed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty is compassionate." ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Hou Sui, and then said: "The household department wants to have silver deposits every year, which can be throttled, such as the annual Cao Yun, my Ming official operation costs too much, if you go to the sea to transport grain or let the merchants handle the transport, can this matter be saved?" ”

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Hou Sui suddenly had a feeling of being drunk and suddenly enlightened, admired in his heart, and said in his mouth: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise." ”

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, eight million stone grain should be transported from the south every year to the north through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the north, so as to solve the grain problem in the north.

8 million stone grain was transported, but 30 million stone grain was inexplicably consumed along the way, not counting the cost of repairing the canal and cleaning up the silt, this monstrous huge amount of money could not be spent.

Zhu Cihong looked at Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said: "Let's talk about the Ministry of Industry again, the Ministry of Industry should focus on the quality of the project, and only by ensuring the quality can we reduce expenditure."

For example, this year, the Ministry of Industry will complete six flood control and embankment projects, each of which will require 100,000 taels of silver, while the Ministry of Household will only allocate 300,000 taels of silver.

If the 300,000 taels are used in six projects, all of them can be completed by cutting corners, but there will be serious problems with the quality.

But if it is only used in three projects, to ensure quality, responsibility to the person, then it will be once and for all, if there is a problem in the project, it can also be traced to the person, strict law.

Or you can also contract the project to some businessmen, sign a quality assurance agreement, and seek profits, which can definitely reduce costs, and the Ministry of Industry only needs to do a good job of supervision and acceptance.

This has two advantages, one can save costs and ensure the quality of the project; Second, it can also reduce the handling of officials and avoid corruption, I don't know what Liu Butang thinks? ”

Liu Zunxian smacked his lips, agreed, and admired His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts, he was honest and honest, so he naturally would not consider other interest factors.

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, and said: "The front-line soldiers will naturally be rewarded for their victories, and the dead and wounded soldiers will also be compensated, otherwise it will make the soldiers in front of them feel cold."

The palace thought that it could change the way to reward them, for example, how many years would the soldiers who participated in the war be exempted from taxes for their families, how many more years would be added to the injured, the families of the dead would be exempt from taxes for life, and the children would be raised by the local government with no money every year, I don't know what Zhang Butang thought? ”

When Zhang Fengyi heard it, this method is really good, it can take care of the families of the soldiers, and it can make the soldiers fight more desperately.

Hou Sui, the head of the household, also smiled, and said in his heart, as long as he didn't let the household pay the money, he could do anything.

Before the two of them could speak, they heard Emperor Chongzhen on the throne say loudly: "Okay! This method is good, I am accurate, all Aiqing will think about the prince's thoughts after going back, I think there is something feasible. ”

After listening to Zhu Cihong's words, all the ministers felt that their hearts were shaking and their minds were dazzled.

Originally, the matter of the three Shangshu for a long time was actually solved by the young His Royal Highness the Prince, and all the ministers were amazed in their hearts, and at the same time, many people thought in their hearts, is my Ming Dynasty going to appear the master of Zhongxing?

There are also sneers in their hearts, although the suggestions are good, but the Ming officialdom forces and interest groups are intertwined, whether it is the Caoyun or the Ministry of Industry's project, it involves the interests of many people, and it is a joke to solve it with one mouth!

Of course Zhu Cihong knows it, but he doesn't care about this, he wants to reform and accumulate money, what do you do not offend people or involve interests? If they don't do anything for fear of offending people, what do you want these ministers to do?

Next, the recital continued, and some ministers said that under the influence of the war and famine in the Central Plains, many displaced people who fled the famine were rushing to the capital, and tens of thousands of displaced people had poured in from the outer cities of the capital, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities did not know how to deal with it.

Some people coughed out of the class to advocate expulsion, while others objected, believing that this would easily provoke a popular uprising.

Chongzhen is also very distressed, Daming has been affected by disasters in many places, coupled with the impact of the war, the treasury now has no money for disaster relief, resulting in displaced people from all over the country actually running to the capital.

The head of the household, Hou Xian, kept silent, and finally picked up a million taels of silver, which had already been said to be used for the front-line peace, so he naturally couldn't stand up and say anything.

Zhu Cihong looked at a group of ministers arguing, his brows furrowed, what is the use of these people talking for a long time, they have no practical actions and constructive opinions at all, and they are just talking.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is smart and full of wisdom, if you can go out of the palace on behalf of Your Majesty to care for the people, you will definitely solve the problem of the displaced people." ”