Now the form of Daming has been relieved a little on the surface, but a careful analysis can reveal that there are many problems. In the eastern Liaodong region, although the Jurchens and the Mongols are willing to make peace temporarily, but that is because they want to divide the high and low on the grassland, and they are not willing to fight with the Ming army on two fronts when they fight each other. A second-rate character in the Mongolian tribes, the Karaqin Division, dared to lead people to wipe out the 3,000 Ming army to the scum, if the main force of Mongolia attacked with all its might, how long could the Ming army hold it? Not to mention that there is a Jurchen who is even more murderous than the Mongols.

The Ming army's own army is mostly defending the city, and there are also those who can fight out, but they are all seeds left over from the battle of Ningyuan, and they must continue to train soldiers to increase their strength. However, whether it is to build a sailor or train cavalry, the investment of silver is not a small amount, and it is unthinkable not to find a long-term source.

These are only superficial ideas, and leading generals and officials of the DPRK and China have put forward their own demands one after another, although they are very subtle but cannot be evaded. For a long time, civil officials made money from the people under their rule, and military generals benefited from their soldiers, which were all tacit things for the imperial court. In order to keep the soldiers fighting and the people not to be forced to be displaced by corrupt officials, God used various means to stop this behavior. However, according to Liu Zongzhou's comprehensive governance theory, if you snatch a piece of candy from someone else, you have to hand someone a fruit to appease them, and if you only grab it and don't give it, you can't do it, and the emperor is no exception.

Apocalypse knew this clearly, and in order to satisfy the people, soldiers, and military generals, Apocalypse decided to open trade routes while collecting business taxes.

In fact, the apocalypse also used some small means to get some silver, such as selling titles, raiding homes, collecting fire consumption, etc., but the silver had just arrived and was not yet hot, and people from all walks of life had already stretched out their hands to look at it. The old ministers have made great contributions to the court and need to be taken care of, the young officials are the mainstay and need to be appeased, and the eunuchs, palace maids and other close people around them also have interests and demands that must be satisfied.

This side is not busy yet, and the businessman whose profits have been capped over there is not satisfied again, like a man who has just been put on a halter and jumps down to show his discomfort. Fortunately, there are Donglin Party members in the court who are not greedy for money but only for power, so it is easy for them to face a lot of dissatisfaction, no matter how they quarrel and make trouble, as long as they don't smash the stall and destroy the apocalypse, they don't want to care.

The idea of the apocalypse is to find a new way to make money, there are many people in the old way to fight there, and forcing a hand to enter it is tantamount to grabbing a bone in the dog's mouth, not to mention that there is not much oil and water to offend people. Only by opening new doors can as many people as possible move, and everyone has something to do in order to receive enough taxes. However, the new way is not so easy to find, because once there is a profitable business opportunity, all walks of life will compete openly and secretly, if you can't find a satisfactory Mu for all parties, the new way is likely to become a new noose around the necks of the people.

Feng Siqin heard from the apocalypse that eunuchs and businessmen were unreliable, and they wanted to find some new people to find some new ways to make money and get a new Mu that could be promoted, so he asked: "Your Majesty, you only have a total of more than 300,000 taels now, and the starting point is too low, do you want to borrow some funds from the private sector to cooperate?" ”

Tianqi knew that Feng Siqin's family had money, but he didn't say it directly, he thought about it and said: "Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and my feeling is that they may not make much money at the beginning, just invest a little money to spread the stall." Once they felt that it was feasible, the household department also used a few million taels of silver, and if they didn't have the money to pay back, they would take the dividends that should be shared, and more than one million yuan a year would be enough, and it was really not enough to cooperate with businessmen. ”

Feng Siqin said with a smile: "Since the Taizu of this dynasty, I can't get used to businessmen, does the emperor also think that the merchant's silver is poisonous?" ”

Apocalypse pursed his lips and said, "Although I don't say it's poisonous, I can't be hungry and hungry, otherwise I'll have diarrhea." ”

Feng Siqin smiled and said, "The emperor hasn't answered another question from the concubines. ”

Apocalypse asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "How could the two officials of the DPRK and China suddenly jump out and oppose you together with the businessmen? That Qiao Yingjia is almost seventy, right? Is he really old and confused? ”

Apocalypse smiled: "It seems that you can't sleep if you don't ask clearly, do you?" Don't you love storytelling? Tell me how it goes. ”

Feng Siqin sat up straight and said, "Okay, the concubine will guess, and the emperor will correct and supplement if he thinks it's wrong." There are three forces under the emperor who directly obey orders, Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Neiwei. A few groups of people heard that it was very powerful, but this time so many people were involved and they didn't know about it, isn't it strange? ”

Tianqi said with a smile: "Jinyi guards are all over the country, and the soldiers who usually monitor the grain depot guarding the Fanku Warehouse will inquire about the news when they have time, as long as it is big news, it is very difficult to escape their ears and eyes." Don't talk about all parts of Nanzhi, even if it is far away outside Liaodong, there is news that "I also heard that Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of southern Liaoning, who was in Phi Island, hugged the daughter of a general under his command to bed, and in order to avoid trouble, he recommended this general to replace Zu Dashou's deputy general, and I knew that I was just too lazy to pay attention to these dirty things. ”

Feng Siqin said: "Jinyiwei is only a general investigation, if others hide deeply, I am afraid it will be difficult to find out, how do they know the truth?" ”

Tianqi said: "In addition to Jinyi Wei, there are also Dongchang and Neiwei, the former Dongchang under the command of Wei Zhongxian, a stupid pig, actually went to monitor civil officials, but I don't know that these civil officials have received the loyalty education of monarchs and ministers since they were young, not to mention Yigao∞ I think there are only two kinds of people in the Ming Dynasty who need to be guarded against, one is the military general who has a heavy army but does not have many loyal thoughts, and the other is a mercenary businessman who has been suppressed by the imperial power for a long time, so I let Dongchang and the internal guard mainly monitor these people. Not to mention that you can understand everything they say, but you still know the activities of the leaders and figures. ”

Feng Siqin nodded and said: "So the heads of the three big families sent people to contact the emperor with the two scholars who started the incident, so what happened to these two scholars?" Was it appointed by the emperor? ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "The scholars of this generation have a sense of Erlengzi, they have learned some theoretical right and wrong, they think that everything is either white or black, and they think that they can govern the country ♀ with this wisdom bead in their hands, and they don't know that the theory is still far from the reality, and everything is not only black and white, black and white gray is the most color in the world↓Because in this way, scholars are the easiest to be used, because they are not familiar with the world and have a warm blood, and if they use it well, they will be a dead enemy. This is also the reason why I asked Liu Zongzhou to find a way to prevent heresy from poisoning young people, because they are too impulsive. ”

Feng Siqin nodded and said: "The merchant is being monitored, and the scholar is being used, then it must be Qiao Yingjia and others who were instructed by the emperor, even if they don't say it explicitly, at least they are hinted, a person who is old and retiring quickly is not so impulsive, right?" ”

Apocalypse said, "I'm just asking them to make things bigger, this is called knocking on the pot." ”

Feng Siqin asked strangely: "What is the method of knocking on the pot?" ”

Tianqi said: "There are people who specialize in mending pots for people, and some pots only have a small seam that is not easy to mend, so they simply go down with a hammer and knock it into a hole, so that it is convenient to make up for it, which is the method of knocking pots." ”

Feng Siqin smiled: "This is a metaphorical image, so what benefits can they get from it?" ”

Apocalypse smiled and said, "What other benefits do I need to make a secret decree?" Besides, they have already been marginalized, Qiao Yingjia is not a member of the Donglin Party and is almost seventy, Huo Weihua was originally mixed with Wei Zhongxian∞ now they are not held responsible, let King Xin give them a promotion and send them to Nanjing for the elderly, everyone knows it. ”

Feng Siqin said: "Although the emperor is not doing this righteously, it is also for the sake of the imperial court, but why don't you directly order the collection of commercial taxes and spare such a large circle?" ”

Tianqi said: "Because this is the most worry-free and trouble-free, it is too troublesome to wrestle directly with the courtiers." ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubine actually knows that the emperor wants to do a good job of Daming as soon as possible, and it is better to learn from Shizong to become an immortal as soon as possible, can you bring the concubine with you at that time?" ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "I can take you all with me." ”