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Emperor Hongzhi was speechless for a while, although he had already known that this Zhou Jing was coming for his own internal money.

Since Xishan Coal Industry began to make money last year, this Zhou Jing is no longer the household book of the Ming Dynasty, he has become the rat of Emperor Hongzhi's internal money, and he has used various reasons to pick out Emperor Hongzhi's money for various reasons.

Xishan Coal Industry is indeed making money here, which Emperor Hongzhi himself is very clear, and everyone is very clear, but making money is making money, and this week he is staring at his own internal money every day, which makes Emperor Hongzhi very unhappy.

Of course, the more unpleasant thing is that in addition to staring at their own internal funds, the ministers also wrote to Emperor Hongzhi every day, asking Emperor Hongzhi to be diligent and thrifty, abstain from luxury and frugality, and constantly let Emperor Hongzhi reduce his own expenses and use the money saved to support the treasury.

The emperor is also a good person, Emperor Hongzhi is already very diligent and thrifty, there is only one wife, the expenses of the harem have dropped to the extreme, and many of the queen's clothes are still patched and patched.

Emperor Hongzhi neither repaired the garden, nor did he like extravagance and waste, he had always been very thrifty, and he was called to be frugal every day, and then the money saved was picked up by them for various reasons.

This Zhou Jing is the number one rat who picks out the inside, nothing else, the ability to cry poor in front of Emperor Hongzhi in the past three days is particularly strong, so that Emperor Hongzhi wants to give this Zhou Jing a nickname, called Zhou Peel, and it is still the skin of his own emperor.

"Lord Zhou, you can't say that, this clairvoyance can see far away, and it is best to use it for military reconnaissance, there is no news now, it is just that the country and the people are safe, and the Haiyan River is clear, which also shows that my Ming Dynasty is powerful all over the world."

Xie Qian also stood up and said, the rules for the use of this clairvoyant were still formulated by him, and now Zhou Jing actually said that this clairvoyance is a children's toy, isn't this a slap in the face, he naturally can't bear it.

"Master Xie said well, since I am a Ming country with peace and security, and Haiyan River is clear, there is no need to spend a lot of money on this military."

"This 20,000 taels of silver to buy 2,000 clairvoyants, no matter what, it can't be said, if you can make a contribution and have nothing to say, now you have not made an inch, I am a Ming to conquer the world, and there is no need to put more silver into the military."

Liu Jian and Xie Qian spoke for Emperor Hongzhi one after another, and this Zhou Jing is still unyielding, with a momentum that if you don't give me the 20,000 taels of silver today, I won't give up.

Of course, it can also be known from his words that in the Ming Dynasty, the literati controlled everything, but in the military related to the security of the country, they were constantly trying to cut expenditures and constantly suppress military generals and nobles.

This is also an important reason for the plummeting combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army.

In order to further suppress the military generals and noble forces, these civilian officials can be said to have tried every possible means to reduce military spending.

In the past, the military power of the Ming Dynasty army belonged to the emperor, and the emperor also had the final say on military expenditures, so all aspects were guaranteed, from weapon manufacturing to all aspects of the army, etc., before the Tumubao Change, the Ming Dynasty's army was very strong.

From time to time, you can also go to the steppe to take a stroll, kill the Tatars and Warats and flee thousands of miles north, and bow down, but after the change in Tumubao, the situation immediately reversed.

Although Yu Ban defended the capital and protected the Ming Dynasty during the Tumubao Change, this military power was also completely controlled by the literati, and the subsequent emperors did not take all the military power into their own hands.

The literati were in power, suppressed the military generals and nobles, cut military spending, and did not have enough funds, and the weapons created by this became worse and worse.

In addition, the treatment of soldiers is getting worse and worse, especially after the Hongzhi Dynasty changed the 'opening of grain and acceptance' to 'opening silver and accepting it', and salt merchants only need to pay silver to the imperial court to obtain salt introductions, and no longer need to transport grain to border towns to obtain salt quotations.

The border town system of the entire Ming Dynasty began to collapse completely, and the border town army could not even eat enough food many times, Shangtun was deserted, and the border town was short of military supplies, which could not be guaranteed, and in the later period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty fell into a more terrible financial crisis.

Of course, this crisis has not yet been fully manifested, and Zhou Jing and these ministers are still trying to reduce military spending and construct their dream of ruling the country by virtue and filial piety.

"The 20,000 taels of silver are from within..."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Jing, and then looked at several other ministers, and sighed helplessly in his heart, when the emperor was in his part, he didn't know whether it was success or failure.

But before he finished speaking, a small yellow door hurriedly came over with a piece of music and said: "Your Majesty, the border town is a great victory, the border town is a great victory~"

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately came to the spirit one by one, and Emperor Hongzhi also quickly changed his words and said: "Read~"

"Your Majesty, the minister Li Jieqi played, recently the little prince gathered 200,000 iron horsemen to the south to buckle the side, the soldiers were divided into two roads, all the way to feint Datong, the camp for twenty miles, the beacon fire is all over the sky, but it is all a false trend, fortunately I have an artifact clairvoyance, see through the little prince's strategy, the minister sent many nights do not collect, scouts to conduct a large-scale reconnaissance, relying on the artifact clairvoyance finally found that the little prince's main attack direction is Taiyuan."

"The general will plan and lead the enemy deeper, set up an ambush, severely damage the little prince, and kill tens of thousands of enemies ......"

This is a good news from the border town, as the little yellow door recited Li Jie's recital, everyone present couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, they were all false alarms.

The little prince is the overlord of the grassland, he has always been resourceful, and he uses soldiers like a god, and he was also detained in May of the tenth year of Hongzhi, and even the camp was dozens of miles, and the Beijing division was shaken.

Unexpectedly, this time the edge was not only in vain, but also lost the troops and returned home, and an invisible crisis was also resolved.

Otherwise, once the little prince opens the gap and enters the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't know how many people will die and how much property will be lost.

"Great~"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but clap his hands happily, all winter, Emperor Hongzhi was worried about this matter, and he was always worried about the affairs of the border town, and now he finally heard a good news first.

"This little prince has been hit hard, and he can finally sleep peacefully this winter."

Emperor Hongzhi breathed a sigh of relief, the colder the weather, the more worried he was about the northern nomads going south, and he used to hear a lot of bad news every year.

What such and such a place was breached, how many people were plundered by the thieves, how many, how many people were slaughtered, etc., this year I heard the good news first, which really made Emperor Hongzhi very happy.

"This Li Jie is very good, he stabilized the Xuanfu last year, and now he has made great contributions, and he must be rewarded~"

"Your Majesty, this Li Jie really deserves to be rewarded, but Li Jie's recital just now also mentioned clairvoyance many times, bluntly saying that it is precisely because of clairvoyance that he can see through the little prince's plan and find the real main force of the little prince, and finally set up an ambush to be able to hit the little prince hard."

"It can be seen that this clairvoyance is also indispensable, and its role in military affairs is very huge."

Xie Qian looked at Zhou Jing and said very loudly.

The meaning of his words was very clear, and at the same time, when he said this, he kept looking at Zhou Jing, as if he was saying to Zhou Jing, is this money worth it?

Is this clairvoyant a children's toy?

As for Zhou Jing, at this time, he had completely lost the arrogance just now, his head was lowered, he was silent, his old face was red, as if he had been slapped several times, and the whole person's mind was still buzzing.