Chapter VII. The Theory of the Southern Tour (I).

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Regarding these problems, Zhao Junchen had already thought of a countermeasure when he was in Lu'an Mansion, and when he saw Emperor Deqing asking, he was also full of confidence. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

"Let's start with the first question." Zhao Junchen waved the fold in his hand lightly, and said: "In the eyes of many ministers of the court, His Majesty's southern tour is purely face-saving and has no practical significance, this is really pedantic words, outdated thoughts, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, and it is most easy to cause all kinds of problems, and Zhejiang Anhui and other places are important towns for salt and grain in our dynasty, and it is necessary to make a southern tour of His Majesty, inspect the place, emphasize the emperor's savings, spread the emperor's prestige, and let local officials and local elders be in awe of the imperial court. Strengthening the connection between the center and the local government, and understanding the people's livelihood and suffering, is not the meaning of the southern tour? For these meanings, is it too much to spend three or five hundred thousand taels of silver for the southern tour? ”

After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "Your Majesty's southern tour is really a concern for the country and love the people, if anyone dares to hinder His Majesty's southern tour on the grounds that 'the southern tour has no practical significance' in the future, His Majesty can directly take him down and ask for the crime, or despise the king's good intentions, which is a great crime of disrespect, or have ulterior motives and conceal the local situation, which is a great crime of rebellion." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing nodded slightly in appreciation.

Although Emperor Deqing knew very well that the reason why he toured the south was only because the palace was tired of being bored, and he wanted to go to the beautiful land of the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River to take a walk, where did he think about so many things?

However, these high-sounding words, no matter when and where, are indispensable, so Emperor Deqing also secretly kept these words in his heart, waiting to be used to refute the ministers of the court in the future, and he can come up with many similar reasons, but he can't say them as beautifully as Zhao Junchen.

However, the actual money problem could not be solved, and it was only a word on paper, so although Emperor Deqing nodded his appreciation, he didn't say much, just motioned for Zhao Junchen to continue.

Seeing Emperor Deqing's expression, Zhao Junchen also understood the key, so he also sped up his speech and continued: "As for the second reason, as the Son of Heaven, he should sit in the capital and not leave lightly, otherwise it will be easy to give birth to chaos, in the eyes of the minister, it is even more ridiculous, this world is all His Majesty's, is it impossible for His Majesty to go anywhere?" If once His Majesty leaves Beijing, there will be chaos in the world, what is the problem of His Majesty? Or is it a matter of the courtiers? What's more, with regard to national construction, the various views of the DPRK and China are competing with each other, and each has its own reason, and how can His Majesty formulate a national policy if he does not go to the local area to actually understand it? Do you just listen to the words of your courtiers? Throughout the ages, all the faint monarchs and lords are kings who do not understand the people's livelihood and national conditions, and are deceived by their courtiers. As an emperor, His Majesty should be dictatorial, and in his opinion, the reason why those courtiers opposed His Majesty's inspection of the place was because of his suspicious intentions. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing nodded again.

Zhao Junchen's words, the sycophant shot is just right, which is in line with Emperor Deqing's self-proclaimed saint and great joyful character, and then thinking of the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces these days, I can't help but make Emperor Deqing have the feeling of "There are countless courtiers in the Manchu Dynasty, only Zhao Junchen knows my heart".

At this time, Zhao Junchen finally said the key to hindering the southern tour.

As for the third issue, that is, the problem of disturbing the people's strength by the laborers of the southern tour, and the fourth problem, that is, the problem of the huge cost of the southern tour but the lack of money in the household department, it is actually a question of two points and two in one, in the final analysis, these two views of the ministers of the DPRK and China can be summed up in four words, that is, the labor of the people and the loss of money. Although it makes a little sense, in the minister's opinion, as long as it is flexible, it is quite easy to solve. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing also came to the spirit, and after glaring at Zhao Junchen, he said: "Don't give me a detour to the pass, come quickly." ”

The reason why he urgently recruited Zhao Junchen to return to Beijing was to use Zhao Junchen's financial management skills to solve these problems.

Although Emperor Deqing urged, Zhao Junchen did not answer in a hurry, but asked Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty to ask first, when Your Majesty is touring south, do you have to live in the palace?" Does His Majesty really want to live in the palace? ”

Emperor Deqing frowned slightly and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Junchen said: "In Yichen's opinion, although His Majesty's southern tour is for the country and the people, and for the sake of the country, but it is not impossible to relax in the south of the Yangtze River by the way. ”

The "untasted" and "by the way" in Zhao Junchen's mouth are actually the main thoughts of Emperor Deqing's southern tour, of course, Zhao Junchen will not say it explicitly.

Seeing Emperor Deqing nodding, Zhao Junchen continued: "In that case, why should Your Majesty deliberately live in the palace? Although the palace is built with a luxurious atmosphere and can show royal style, it is inconvenient to patrol or play, and what is the difference between the construction of the palace and the Forbidden City? What's new to talk about? It's the same, where can you let your majesty relax? ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing seemed to understand something, Zhao Junchen continued: "Compared with the palace, the Jiangnan garden has always been the biggest feature and beauty of the land in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the reputation of 'mountains and forests in the city', with waterscapes, ancient trees, flowers and trees, stacked stones, skillfully borrowed scenery, elegant and full of wild interest, gardening such as poetry, will make it tortuous and lawful, compared with the palace scenery, but it is another taste, Your Majesty Xià wants to come to see it rarely." ”

Seeing Emperor Deqing's yearning on his face, Zhao Junchen smiled and said, "In that case, why do you have to live in the palace, Your Majesty?" Wouldn't it be better if you lived in the garden south of the Yangtze River during the southern tour? ”

Emperor Deqing asked, "You mean, don't build a palace and rebuild a garden?" ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head with a smile and said: "Although the minister has this heart, he will build a palace in the style of Jiangnan gardens for your majesty, but the construction of the garden, I am afraid that it will cost more than the palace, and the time to build the garden is far more than the construction of the palace. What's more, the beauty of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River is all in those private gardens, and the minister means that His Majesty is not in the palace on his southern tour, but in the famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing hesitated slightly, Zhao Junchen continued: "The minister has calculated, His Majesty's southern tour, even if he can choose the province, he will need three and a half hundred thousand taels of silver, among them, the construction and repair of the palace accounts for the largest amount, at least 150,000 taels of silver are needed. ”

After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "And those famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River are now mostly in the hands of those rich people in the south of the Yangtze River, if your majesty wants to live in, it is their honor, those people are very rich, when the time comes, as long as the minister hints to them a little, in order to fight for the qualification of His Majesty to move in, how can these rich people be stingy?" When the time comes, not to mention the cost of three or five hundred thousand taels of silver, even if it is doubled, I am afraid that there will be no problem. ”

Living in someone else's house and asking others to post money upside down seems ridiculous, but what Zhao Junchen said was taken for granted, and Emperor Deqing listened to it as a matter of course, and nodded again and again.

And Zhao Junchen's words have not yet been finished: "In this way, His Majesty's southern tour can completely not consume the household money, and even increase the income of the inner treasury, in this case, how can there be a huge amount of household money and not enough money?" As for the laborers, it is mainly because of the collection of people's power and the occupation of people's houses during the construction of the palace. On the contrary, when your majesty is touring the south, all kinds of purchases will increase the income of the people, even if this is the case, how can it cost the people and money? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say so much, Emperor Deqing was finally convinced, thinking that he was not only able to generate income for the country, but also to make the people rich, which was an unprecedented move, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "Everyone in the world says Junchen, your financial management skills are the best in the world, and I finally believe it today!" ”

Zhao Junchen said with a smile: "That's not because His Majesty knows people and employs people in a good way?" If it weren't for His Majesty, I'm afraid the minister would still be just a down-and-out scholar. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing became more and more proud, and for Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing was extremely satisfied at this moment.

………

After Emperor Deqing went to heart disease, he was very interested, and talked with Zhao Junchen for a long time, and Zhao Junchen took the opportunity to present the Sichuan salt reform and the excerpt for Liu Chang'an.

The relationship between Sichuan salt reform is heavy, and Emperor Deqing only cautiously supported it and agreed to discuss it in the court, but as for Liu Chang'an's request for merit, Emperor Deqing only glanced at it and gave it his favor.

After some gossip with Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen saw that Emperor Deqing was tired, so he said goodbye with interest.

However, as soon as he left the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhao Junchen saw that the crown prince Zhu and Yu were walking towards the Heart Cultivation Hall under the support of a group of eunuchs.

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