After eating, Tianqi hugged the court before and after, and when the ministers saw Li, Tianqi found that not only Sun Chengzong came, but also Yang Lian, Yuan Huazhong and Wei Dazhong, who had entered Beijing a few days earlier, came. Tianqi said: "Today, there are old ministers here, there are new ministers who have not been in office for a long time, and there are ministers who have returned to the court from outside. Half a month ago, I decreed the abolition of the cabinet, and divided the affairs of the original cabinet into government affairs and military affairs, which were shared by the Government Affairs Yuan working in the Wenhua Hall and the Military Affairs Yuan working in the Wuying Palace. Half a month has passed, and their achievements are obvious to all, not only can they summarize, formulate, and manage precedents, but they can also discuss matters that have no precedents to follow. The last time Jiangxi Yushi Tian Zhen invited the clan restriction law, after the ministers of the Government Council decided to implement it, everyone was relatively satisfied, and I was able to be lazy because of this, which shows that the Government Council has been able to operate normally, which is a good thing. Military affairs have also done well, and it is commendable that the Hanlin Academy edited Huang Daozhou, as well as Lu Xiangsheng, Ni Yuanlu and others, who were also Jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse. If the ministers have any dissatisfaction with the abolition of the cabinet, they can raise it. ”

Since the establishment of the cabinet in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the cabinet has existed for more than 200 years, and people who have been in love for one or two years are going to be separated from each other to die or live, and the feelings of more than 200 years can be said to be very, very deep. And the ultimate goal of the official's career is to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, saying that the abolition will be abolished, many people's hearts can't stand it, if in the early years of Jiajing, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of officials blocking the palace door and kneeling down to admonish, but now after Wei Zhongxian in the court and the middle of the party and the same fight, for the virtual name of the thing there is not much to do with the emperor. The people present now in the Government Council and the Military Affairs Yuan are vested interests and will not squeak, the six ministries now do not need to ask the cabinet for instructions, do not need to look at people's faces, they can independently handle the affairs of their own departments according to the routine, and when the power is great, people are also relaxed, and naturally no one has much to do, only Sun Chengzong and Yang Lian, who have just returned to the dynasty, may raise objections, but first, they have not figured out the situation, and secondly, it is not good to ask rashly when everyone agrees, and the most important thing is that they have just come back and have not recounted the old feelings with the emperor, and it seems that it is not appropriate to turn their faces and oppose it. As for the six departments that have the right to refute the matter, because they have just been laid off and are studying with their tails between their tails in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and waiting for reemployment, they will naturally not be unable to get along with their future.

Seeing that no one objected, Tianqi smiled and said: "Since everyone has no opinions, let's go and see how to improve slowly, now let's talk about the second thing, Wei Zhongxian deceived me and squeezed out many ministers, I have already punished him and asked him to take his people to Nanjing to guard the tomb of Taizu, and by the way, to atone for the people's feelings." The people who were squeezed out by him have already issued an order to recall the court, and they will come one after another after a while, but in this way, there will be more people, what should we do? ”

The official positions in this court are all a Luo Bu and a pit, and if you leave, someone will replace you, and if you come back, it is always difficult to ask people to get out of the way, so there will be more people, and everyone understands this truth, so it is not easy to speak and offend people. The best way is to add new departments to house redundant personnel, but then the organization will become more and more bloated, which is not a long-term solution, and more importantly, these redundant personnel will have nothing to do to disrupt the normal order in order to prove their existence.

Seeing that no one was speaking, the apocalypse asked, "Where is King Xin?" ”

King Xin has been busy dealing with the disasters in Shandong and Shaanxi these days, although he is busy, he feels very fulfilled, and he heard the apocalypse call him to immediately come out and say: "Brother is here." ”

Tianqi said: "The arrangement of this official belongs to government affairs, and it will be carefully negotiated by your government affairs council, and the results will be reported to me, and before the results come out, arrange for them to go back to the original department to familiarize themselves with it, and receive the money according to the original specifications." ”

The king said, "My brother obeys." ”

Apocalypse said, "The second thing is like this, now the third thing." First, I am not very proficient in military affairs, and secondly, I also have to care about more urgent and relatively large government affairs, so I mean that Mr. Sun Chengzong Sun will be the head of the Academy of Military Affairs to preside over daily affairs. ”

As soon as Sun Chengzong heard that the apocalypse had arranged a new position for him, he stepped forward and said: "Thank you to the emperor for your attention, and the minister will be grateful, but since the minister has entered the court, he should put it."

The post of supervising Guancheng and Jiliao was handed over, and before that, the minister asked the emperor to send the arrears of military expenses, which was also the last intention for the soldiers of Liaodong before the minister left. ”

Apocalypse asked, "I wonder how much military money is still owed?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Over the years, the imperial court still owes more than 1.2 million taels of military expenses to the soldiers of Liaodong. ”

Tianqi said: "This is easy to say, let the household department distribute it according to the number." ”

At this time, Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, came out and said: "Your Majesty, this amount is too large for the household department to distribute." ”

Apocalypse asked coldly, "What about the money of the household department?" Where did it go? ”

Li Qiyuan said: "This year, more than half of the income of the household department has been sent to the front line in eastern Liaodong, and other places are also fighting wars and also asking for money; Shandong and Shaanxi have just been hit by a disaster and need to provide relief, and the salaries of officials in the DPRK and China have been reduced by half, and many of the directors of the six departments have gone to teach private schools to work as hawkers to support their families, and some even go to pick up vegetable leaves to eat. Now there are only 800,000 taels left in the household department, and the ministers don't know what to do after only half a year and half a year. ”

At this time, Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the ministry, came out to speak, and he said: "Your Majesty, there is a way to solve this money, but the minister said that please don't be angry." ”

Tianqi said: "It's too late for Cui Shangshu to find Qian Zhen happy, how can he be angry?" Tell us what you think. ”

Cui Jingrong said: "The minister was in charge of copying Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family at that time, and finally all of them were put into the palace treasury. Chen made a rough estimate at that time, and it should be no problem to sell it for five or six million taels. ”

Seeing that Tianqi's face was wrong, Lin Yaoyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites is already preparing to choose a concubine for the emperor, and I know that the emperor is also short of money, so the emperor only needs to sell part of it." ”

As soon as they heard that there was something in the hands of the apocalypse that could be exchanged for money, the eyes of the courtiers such as Sun Chengzong and Li Qiyuan lit up at once, and they all looked at the apocalypse eagerly.

Apocalypse was silent for a while and said, "I didn't want to say it, but since everyone is worried about me, they have to say it. I've sold a total of six million taels of those things, and I haven't covered them up yet, but it's useless for everyone to worry about them, and I won't give you this money if it's useful. ”

Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, asked: "I don't know what the emperor is using this money, can you lend some to the household department first?" ”

Tianqi said: "I didn't take this money to choose a concubine, I already told the queen yesterday that I will never choose a concubine before Jiannu is destroyed, and I can't let the ancients specialize in beauty." ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Tian Qi continued: "These days, I listened to them discuss military affairs in the Military Affairs Yuan, and I didn't understand much, but I heard a question, why can Jiannu come to kill people if he wants to, and come and grab things if he wants to?" Why do our soldiers just cower in the city, thinking that driving them away is victory? Think about it, if a gang of robbers burst into your house and burned and looted and left, would you be overjoyed that they were gone? Our soldiers won't go and rob their things and kill their people? If everyone thinks that defeating the enemy is victory, I have nothing to say, but I think it's a shame! A disgrace to all military men! It's my shame and it's the shame of the Ming Dynasty! As for how I can make my Ming soldiers win in the field, I don't know, but what I want to say is that these six million taels are the special funds for training the field army, and any of you who has the ability to take the six million will come out and speak. ”

Hearing Tianqi say this, everyone stopped talking, Sun Chengzong first said: "The emperor has this determination, the minister is very pleased and moved, so let's do it, the minister will explain it clearly to the soldiers so that they can understand, and wait for the household department to have money." ”

Li Qiyuan also said: "The ministers will try to find a way to see if they can find some money, these six million ministers don't dare to worry about it, let them continue to pick up vegetable leaves to eat." ”