Dorgon looked at the letter, still silent, his eyes shining with a cold light.

Duoduo was suddenly startled, and said: "Brother, we can't do this, at least not at the moment, don't look at them they haven't deployed troops and horses in North Annan, and there aren't even many in Yunnan, that's deliberately done for us to see, once we go north, their navy will land ashore, and artillery can easily destroy our foundation, we won't win......"

"I know." Dolgon spoke faintly.

Immediately, he put the letter on the candle beside him, watched the letter burn, his face was gloomy, and said, "What Huang Taiji said is all right, there is nothing wrong. But I won't do what he says, he is a dead army, a defeated general, and he is not qualified to teach me. How to restore the country, how to take revenge, is our business......"

Duoduo listened, and then a smile appeared on his face, and said, "I knew that my brother would not be easily fooled. With Huang Taiji's death, more than 20,000 of his people will belong to us, and with more than 20,000 people, we will be able to do something big. ”

Dolgon watched the letter burn and didn't leave a word, then turned around and said, "The Siamese people are stubborn, since it is difficult to recruit them, let's give them a little bit of strength first, so that Mandahai can prepare and send troops in three days!" ”

Duoduo was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Brother, this should have been done a long time ago, only if they are afraid of killing, they will be honest, and I will go to find Man Dahai." ”

Dolgon sat still, turned his head to look at Huang Taiji's letter that had been burned and only ashes remained, and whispered to himself: "What you can't do, I can do it, I will burn it to you, I'm better than you!" ”

Huang Taiji died, Jiannu returned to obedience, and the Ming Dynasty really eradicated the Liaodong Rebellion, although this incident had some impact on the Ming Dynasty and shook the government and the opposition, but it was an episode after all, and after a few days, the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and the opposition were still on the 'New Deal'.

Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Fu Changzong, the assistant minister, and Zhang Bingwen, the head of the household, stood in front of Zhu Xu's imperial table and reported on this year's summer harvest.

Zhang Bingwen said: "Your Majesty, this year's tax exemption, tax reduction of 20 more state capitals, tax grain is expected to be between 8 million to 9 million stone, other taxes and silver, except for sea trade, will be greatly reduced, the minister predicts that this year's treasury deficit will increase to 15 million taels, plus last year's, may be as high as 30 million, this year may not be able to last......

Fu Changzong continued: "Although the cabinet is reducing expenditures, the shortage is still very large, the money and grain needed for the 'new deal' is very huge, and the time for return has not yet arrived, and there are some voices in the imperial court that it is proposed to raise taxes in some places to make up for the emptiness of the treasury." ”

"What do you think?" Zhu Xu said with an impassive expression.

Zhang Bingwen said: "Your Majesty, the household department opposes the tax increase, once the valve of the tax increase is opened, the tax increase will become the only key for the imperial court to solve the emptiness of the treasury in the future, and the minister has expressed his attitude to the cabinet." ”

Zhu Xu glanced at Fu Changzong, nodded, and said, "It's not feasible to raise taxes, what can the household department do?" ”

Zhang Bingwen said: "The ministers are discussing that all taxes except agricultural taxes should be counted and adjusted to make them more reasonable, which can be increased by a part, but limited. The open source law is difficult to implement in this case, the minister has discussed with the royal bank, if necessary, you can borrow some to tide over the current predicament, as long as next year, the Ministry of Industry, the Marshal's expenditure will be greatly reduced, and at the same time, the expenditure of the immigration side will also be alleviated, and this money will be saved in the future, and the imperial court can eliminate the deficit in two or three years......"

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "Actually, there is another way. It is to borrow, in the name of the imperial court, with the treasury as a guarantee, pay a certain amount of interest, borrow money from the people, use it for development, and repay the principal and interest on time when the time comes. ”

Fu Changzong, Zhang Bingwen was stunned and slowly pondered.

This method is indeed a good way to deal with the treasury dilemma in the disaster, but this is a double-edged sword, now the monarch is wise and virtuous, naturally there is not much problem, if there is a faint monarch and traitorous ministers in the future, it is simply unimaginable.

Zhu Xu looked at the expressions of the two of them, and said, "This matter is proposed by the Ministry of Households, approved by the Cabinet, and approved by the Parliament in a large proportion before it can be implemented. ”

When Zhang Bingwen heard this, his expression was realized, and he immediately said: "Yes, the minister understands." ”

Zhu Xu picked up the teacup in his hand and felt relieved.

Now that these important ministers of the outer court are finally on the track, many things don't need him to do it himself, just a little bit of it.

At present, the authority of the cabinet, the operation of its powers, and its influence have been greatly enhanced, and although there is a lot of resistance to the advancement of various government affairs, it has indeed made real progress, and there has been a lot of gratifying progress.

Zhu Xu saved a lot of heart, sat in the Qianqing Palace, and looked at the overall situation.

A day later, in the backyard of the Qianqing Palace, in the bathroom.

Zhu Xu and Cao Wenzhao were steaming in the pool, steaming, and the two of them had been lying on the chairs on both sides for a while with their faces covered.

After I don't know how long, Cao Wenzhao finally took the towel covering his face, let out a fierce breath, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has built a lot of pools by himself, I don't know why, the emperor is still the most comfortable here." ”

Zhu Xu covered his face and smiled, took away the towel, wiped it on his face, sat up, leaned on the chair, and said, "Didn't you say that you were going to start a national field training?" Why do you still have time to come here to soak in the pool? ”

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "The minister doesn't know, before this Huang Taiji died, he actually wanted to trap me, and the minister felt that it was better to come and talk to the emperor." ”

Zhu Xu wiped the sweat on his face with a towel, and said with a smile: "Not only you, I also received it, Bumu Butai also has it, these are three letters, although the other I don't know, but Dolgon must also have one, it's not a conspiracy, it's an upright conspiracy, it's to plant a ......thorn in my heart."

Cao Wenzhao observed Zhu Xu's expression through the fog, and said with a silent smile: "How can a person who has lost his country understand the emperor's mind, he is a villain in vain before the time being, let us see the joke." ”

Zhu Xu listened to his cautious voice, shook his head, and said: "Okay, although Huang Taiji, the villain, failed, it was not because of my heart, but because of the lack of understanding of my Daming. ”

Cao Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said, "Yes." The emperor is raising soldiers, and the ministers must have raised the emperor well. ”

Zhu Xu leaned back in his chair, smiled and closed his eyes.

He sighed in his heart, Huang Taiji's tactics were indeed not clever, but they were very ruthless. He is also considered an emperor, so he naturally understands the emperor's heart, this kind of 'thorn' is not planted, it is okay, once planted, it will take root and sprout, and when the time comes, it is the time when the monarch and the minister break up.

At that time, whether Zhu Xu opened a killing ring, or Cao Wenzhao or Dolgon and other mutinies succeeded, it can be regarded as a success of his strategy, and he won once before he died.

This kind of thing has been proven by countless historical facts in the bloodstained history books.

But Huang Taiji underestimated Zhu Xu's gaze, Zhu Xu's gaze was too far, and Huang Taiji couldn't imagine it. Therefore, the things that Huang Taiji cared about were not in Zhu Xu's eyes at all, and naturally, his conspiracy fell through.

Cao Wenzhao left Beijing on the same day, Zhu Xu did not give anything extra, nor did he see him off, he just soaked in a pool together.

But Cao Wenzhao walked very comfortably and was unusually happy.

If Zhu Xu rewarded him with something or saw him off, he would really have to worry and prepare for the future.

A few days later, in mid-June, Bumu Butai was summoned to Beijing.

Yongqing Palace.

After a fierce exercise, Zhu Xu hugged Bumu Butai and was enjoying the aftertaste.

Bumu Butai pressed his side face against Zhu Xu's chest, and said softly: "The concubines have approved five maritime trade ports, Taiwan, Guangzhou, Shenlong Mansion, Quanzhou, Tianjin Wei, there are as many as forty chambers of commerce involved in maritime trade, there are more than three hundred ships, and there are more and more maritime trade with other places, just in the hands of the concubines, the annual income, deducting expenses, there are about 20 million, plus others, 30 million a year is still relatively stable......"

A large part of this comes from the monopoly of spices and other things, which is a windfall profit of tens of millions of dollars a year.

Zhu Xu's left hand slid over her Ruyu's back and did not speak.

Bumu Butai said: "The various institutions of the Shenlong Mansion are basically completed, Nanzhili has not interfered, and a part of the tax revenue has also been given to them. The international trade conference prepared by the concubine is held every two years, and next year, the concubine wants to invite the emperor to take a look......"

Bumu Butai said all things 'at work', and his tone was quite calm, without the slightest fluctuation of emotions.

"The concubine has already seen Yi'er, she is chubby in vain, the queen has a heart, and the concubine has thanked ......"

"The queen mother wants the concubine to stay in the palace, and the concubine said that she will come back and ask the emperor to ......"

Zhu Xu listened, nodded slightly, and said, "I'll stay for a while this time, Yi'er is not small, if you want to, take it to live for a while." I don't force you, when you want to enter the palace, I canonize you. ”

Bu Mu Butai moved sideways, pursed his lips, and said: "Your Majesty, my sister has never understood much about the world, if there is recklessness against the emperor, please ask the emperor to be more lenient, don't blame ......"

Zhu Xu tilted his head, picked her chin with his hand, and said, "Having said so many things, people are someone else's, what about you?" ”

Bu Mu Butai's face was still flushed, he blinked, and said, "The concubine is already very satisfied, and there is no other extravagant hope. ”

Zhu Xu looked at her and said, "'The secret husband of the dead country, how can you compare with Your Majesty?'" Did you say that? ”

Bumu Butai said: "Yes. ”

Zhu Xu turned over and pressed her down, and said, "If you say this, I will reward you with another child." ”

Bumu Butai exclaimed in surprise and was covered with a red quilt.

The arrival of Bumu Butai can be regarded as the gathering of Zhu Xu's harem. But relatively speaking, Zhu Xu's harem is still much less, and there are not many heirs.

When eating at Cining Palace the next day, Empress Dowager Zhang decided to marry him again, and her attitude was quite firm, and she did not allow him to refute.

But to his surprise, the candidates for the Empress Dowager Zhang have all been selected, one is Zhang Yun's sister Zhang Shu, and the other is Shang Jing from the Ryukyus.