The treasury was full all of a sudden, and Zhu Zaikun was really excited, but he was just excited, and he was excited for a long time, and he didn't see anything follow-up.

Yang Cong saw that this guy didn't seem to have any idea of spending money, so he had to remind: "Your Majesty, this treasury is about to have thirty or forty million taels, how do you want to spend it?" ”

How to spend?

This question!

Wait, how the hell is this money spent?

Zhu Zaikun thought carefully for a while, and then said carefully: "Why don't you take some money out to build water conservancy?" I heard that the drought in the northwest seems to be a bit serious in recent years, but the southeast is often flooded, otherwise, I issued a decree to let the local officials in the northwest immediately build rivers and ponds, find a way to store water, and let the local officials in the southeast immediately strengthen the river embankment and dredge the river, all the expenses should be borne by the imperial court. “

Yang Cong nodded slightly and said: "Well, this is a matter of course, and there is no need for the emperor to decree it, as long as there is a little rumor, local officials will naturally ask the court for money to build water conservancy." However, this is a long-term plan, not a matter of one year or two, and Weichen thinks that solving the border trouble is the top priority. ”

Solve the border troubles?

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly say: "The teacher is talking about Tartar? ”

Yang Cong smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's the Tartars, when Yan Song was in power, he only cared about collecting money, ignoring the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty, so that the disaster of the Tartars has not subsided so far." Actually, it's very simple to clean up the Tartars, as long as you have the money to organize enough border troops, the Tartars are not my Ming opponents at all. Weichen is bold, to put it mildly, those who controlled the power of the court in the past are a little short-sighted, most of them are worried about cleaning up the Tartars, they don't think about it, the Tartars have been raging in the northwest for so many years, how much food and wages have I consumed in the Ming Dynasty, if you add the loss of the Tartars into the Kou, more than 10 million taels of 200 million taels! Your Majesty, think about it, if we can't take advantage of the situation this time to clean up the Tartars in one fell swoop, will the Northwest Frontier Army still have to keep it above 60,000, because each border town, if there are no 10,000 horses, it will be vulnerable in front of the Tartars, so how much is the annual salary of these 60,000 horses, and how much is the food and salary for ten years? “

This account is not difficult to calculate, 60,000 border troops, a month's food and salary is at least 150,000 taels, a year is 1.8 million taels, ten years is 18 million taels, a hundred years is 180 million taels, and from the change of the civil fort to the present, more than a hundred years, that is to say, the Ming Dynasty invested more than 200 million taels of food and salary in the border army!

This guy, it's not that he doesn't know, he was startled, Zhu Zaikun made a rough estimate, and suddenly said in a speech: "This consumption is really too scary, teacher, how much do you think it will cost to completely solve the problem in the northwest, is more than 30 million taels enough?" ”

His meaning is already obvious, even if he spends all the more than 30 million taels, he will have to solve the trouble in the northwest.

Yang Cong said with relief: "30 million taels is not enough, for the division estimates that if there can be an army of 200,000, within three years, it should be about the same, that is to say, completely solving the northwest border trouble can consume more than 10 million taels at most." In this, there is also the income from the salt introduction of the Nanjing household to offset it, and the imperial court actually does not need to spend much silver, a few million taels is enough. ”

Zhu Zaikun really didn't expect that spending this amount of money could solve the problem of the Tartars, he nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, this northwest side is really difficult to sleep, this time, no matter what, we must solve the problem of the Tartars, teacher, you just say how to do it." ”

Yang Cong said solemnly: "This, for the teacher, I have to go to the Northwest Frontier in person, and order someone to investigate carefully before I can give a specific strategy,"

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he couldn't help but panic: "Teacher, are you going to go to the northwest to preside over the overall situation in person?" ”

He was really a little panicked, you know, he is only in his teens at this time, basically at an ignorant age, when it comes to playing scheming, he can't do it at all, Yang Cong is gone, how can he control those goblin courtiers?

At this time, he really can't do without Yang Cong, and without Yang Cong, he doesn't know what to do.

When Yang Cong heard this, he said calmly: "Your Majesty, you are grateful to Weichen for Weichen's instrumentality, and Weichen is grateful, however, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, not only Weichen knows how to govern the country, and there are many people who the emperor can rely on, as long as the emperor can govern the country wholeheartedly, in fact, it is the same whether there are microministers or not." ”

Zhu Zaikun didn't believe this, what kind of joke, in his eyes, the teacher was the omnipotent "sage man", the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, who could match it.

He couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Teacher, you are too humble, if there is really someone in the court who can compare with the teacher, then I can indeed sit back and relax, but unfortunately, no!" ”

Yang Cong was a little embarrassed when he said this.

The reason why he can stand out from the crowd is not because of his superhuman IQ, but because of his hundreds of years of knowledge, if he really compares to his IQ, he is much stronger than him at this time.

For example, Xu Jie.

Another example, Zhang Juzheng.

These two people don't have any knowledge of later generations, but they can rely on their own skills to push Daming to Zhongxing.

These people can't be buried.

Yang Cong thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it may be because we have been together for a long time, so you feel that you are far superior to others, in fact, when it comes to governing the country, there are many people in the court who are no less than teachers." If the emperor feels that it is still a little difficult to deal with the government alone, he can expand the cabinet and add five or six cabinet scholars, so that the emperor does not have to worry about no one to assist him. “

In fact, the cabinet was originally five or six scholars at the beginning, but when he came to Jiajing, he didn't know why, he only appointed two cabinet scholars each time.

Zhu Zaikun didn't have Jiajing's problem, and he also felt that recruiting a few more cabinet scholars would be more down-to-earth, at least, when encountering difficulties, there would be more people who would come up with ideas.

He thought deeply and said: "The affairs of the northwest really need to be presided over by the teacher himself, and it is imperative to add cabinet scholars, teacher, who do you think is suitable?" ”

Yang Cong did not shy away from saying: "The so-called virtuous do not avoid relatives, Weichen thinks that Xu Jie, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is diligent and cautious, and the instrument is heavy, and it can be reused." Zhang Juzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is quick to think and forge ahead, and can focus on training. Mao Bowen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is loyal to the monarch and loves the people, and he is old and respectful, which can be relied on. ”

The meaning is already obvious, so Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, and Mao Bowen were promoted to the cabinet, plus him and Zhang Bangqi, exactly five.

The reason why he brought Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng up after Yan Song's fall was because he wanted the two to assist Yongqing.

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he just thought about it for a while, so he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, then promote the three of them to be cabinet scholars and help me deal with the government affairs." ”

The others, he is not very clear, but Zhang Juzheng knows quite well, this senior brother, that does have the posture of Zaifu, besides, can what the master said be wrong?

At this time, he trusted Yang Cong very much.