July 14, early in the morning, in addition to those who set up stalls to do business, or people who rushed overnight, that is, these ministers who need to go to the morning court got up early, now it has been almost a month after the beginning of autumn, the days are getting shorter and shorter, in the summer, get up early in the morning, but the sky is already a little slightly bright, now, it can really be called the stars and the moon, walking on the streets of the inner city of the capital where there is no one else except for a few of them, rushing to the palace to go to the court, to say that there is really a strange feeling.

But today, these people waiting outside the noon gate were all talking about something, and their voices were not lowered as usual, but they were speaking in their usual tones.

In fact, speaking carefully, it's not a thing, Ming'er is the Zhongyuan Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival is also called the Ghost Festival, but no matter what, this is a festival, Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming, Chongyang, and this July Zhongyuan Festival, are all traditional ancestor worship festivals in China, although this Zhongyuan Festival, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, has become more and more civilian, but this does not mean that the royal is just this festival.

Moreover, this year's festival has a very special significance, firstly, this year is the second year of the death of the former emperor Zhu Zaiyuan, even if it encounters this kind of festival that needs to worship ancestors, then it is natural to have a good time.

Second, this year is also the first year after Zhu Yijun sat on the throne and officially used the name Wanli, that is, the first year of Wanli.

Although it is said that this kind of thing is to worship ancestors, it is naturally impossible to describe it as lively, but this time not only the royal family, but also the ministers of the court and the central government have to participate together, and even the lady who has an order to be present must be present, this is the rule, so this time, even if it can't be described as lively, it is definitely huge.

In fact, although it shows that genius is a festival day, but even the Empress Dowager Li herself attaches great importance to this, so the palace and outside the palace, in fact, have begun to be arranged since last night, and now even these ministers are standing outside the noon gate, although there is no decoration here, but you can also see the eunuchs and maids in the palace, including the guards, are all busy outside, most of them are carrying some things.

Speaking of which, I have to mention it, that is, the use of the palace now, it is really not bad money, with the opening of the sea ban in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has collected commercial taxes, the treasury is plump, and the emperor's inner treasury is naturally plump, although Zhu Yijun, the emperor's inner treasury, is definitely not comparable to the treasury, but it is not much worse, after all, now, Zhu Yijun and Zhang Fan are doing business in "partnership", and this money will definitely not be less.

Although it is said that in order to reduce trouble, Zhu Yijun did not show up, nor did he name himself, although it is said that in order to reduce trouble, even if those people do everything possible to shirk, Zhang Fan still asked people to pay all the taxes and silver, but even so, the silver they earn will definitely not be less, let's take this year, Wang Xiliang and his party came back, after taking inventory, after taking inventory, after removing the cost of those payments and the expenses used to go to sea and maintain the sea boat, the net income was tens of millions of taels of silver, and among these thousands of taels of silver, sixty percent of them were Zhu Yijun's, In other words, in this year's time, Zhu Yijun's internal treasury income is equivalent to the previous Ming Dynasty's annual treasury income of two million taels of silver.

With this silver, even Zhu Yijun, who is greedy for money, feels a little boring, this boring, with money, is a little thoughtless, it seems extravagant, just take this time in the middle of the festival to worship the ancestors, in the past, most of this kind of things were shared by the emperor's treasury and the treasury, after all, although this is said to be the emperor to worship the ancestors, but how to say, this is also a national event, and sometimes, as for the lack of money, the emperor does not pay, all from the treasury to pay silver.

But this time, Zhu Yijun's performance was extremely atmospheric, all the money was allocated by the inner treasury, and, in the past, this kind of festival cost no more than 100,000 taels of silver, which was already the top of the sky, and this time, Zhu Yijun's tone was really not small, and I don't know if he didn't know or deliberately, so he opened his mouth and took out ten times the price, one million taels of silver, to do this thing.

It sounds a little incredible, and even if everything is done to the highest standards, and everything used, even the white cloth hung on the walls to decorate it, is fine silk, but it is only two days of preparation, and it is really difficult to spend the million taels in two days, and all of them must be used in places.

Of course, such a large sum of silver, such a two-day time, if no one wants to do anything and fill their own pockets, it would be really incredible, but Zhu Yijun will naturally guard against this hand, he put Zhang Juzheng's "Examination Law" here, everything to buy, need to be recorded in advance, because the time is very short, so the verification has to wait until later, although this is beneficial, after all, the following people also know the power of this "Examination Law", There are really not many people who dare to reach out in secret, at most those kickbacks, but the most important impression of doing so is that a lot of effort has been delayed, and everyone is panicking now.

And this matter, in fact, not many people know about it, and at the beginning, even Zhang Fan didn't know about it, or after the Empress Dowager Li learned about it, she was a little worried in her heart, so she called Zhang Fan over, and when she talked about this matter, the Empress Dowager Li was also worried that Zhu Yijun was so extravagant at such a young age, and she was worried that Zhu Yijun would do something more outrageous after he became pro-government in the future.

And after Zhang Fan heard this, he was naturally a little worried, but he didn't worry about it for long, and he was relieved, there are still eight or nine years before Zhu Yijun is in power, let alone eight or nine years, these eight or nine years, Zhu Yijun can waste not many opportunities like this, and even, Empress Dowager Li can tell him, everything is simple, don't be too extravagant, then Zhu Yijun will naturally not listen.

And the role of these eight or nine years is not only these, after all, now, whether it is Zhu Yijun or the treasury, a lot of silver will be collected every year, and in the case of this kind of income has become abundant, but the expenditure has not changed too significantly, when Zhu Yijun is in power, how much wealth will be accumulated in these two places, this is really a question.

And when Zhu Yijun is in charge and can be the master of his own house, as an emperor, there are only a few things that cost the most money, either sending troops to fight or building palaces without doing business.

War has always been related to the Ming Dynasty, from the beginning of the founding of the country, but with Zhu Yijun's temperament, he is not the kind of person who will take the initiative to attack, besides, the Ming Dynasty in the past has not always been fighting, and with the taxes at that time, didn't it survive, and now in the future, this life will only be better.

As for the construction of palaces, Zhang Fan has also calculated, not to mention the previous dynasties, to the Ming Dynasty, there have been several emperors who have done this kind of thing, the most important of which is the Forbidden City built by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the Forbidden City used 100,000 craftsmen, it took 14 years, and the amount of silver spent is countless, and it cannot be accurately calculated, but now it is estimated that at that time, there were also tens of millions of taels filled in every year.

And obviously, it is impossible for Zhu Yijun to build a Forbidden City anywhere, even if he wants to build a palace to play, the cost will not be more than 10 million or 20 million, which is already the top of the sky, and now that there is enough money, there will be no more rampant expropriation, and then lead to uprisings in various places.

If Zhu Yijun really wants to do this kind of thing, as long as he can get the money, and it can be handed over to the people on time and accurately, and there will be no tricks in the middle, doing so is tantamount to driving local economic development.

In the blink of an eye, such a thing, which was regarded as a great harm in previous dynasties, became a beautiful thing in Zhang Fan's mouth.

Moreover, Zhang Fan is not like the later generations, using some of his professional knowledge and adding some professional words to bluff the other party, but explained very clearly, after the Empress Dowager Li listened, there was nothing she didn't understand, and she heard Zhang Fan say that, and she also felt that she was a little filtered, even if Zhu Yijun spent a lot of money in the future, but the income will still increase, she doesn't believe that Zhu Yijun alone can have the ability to spend so much silver, besides, there is Zhang Fan, She believed that Zhang Fan would also persuade Zhu Yijun.

Anyway, that's how it is.

But these, no matter how you say it, don't say that these ministers don't know, even if they do, then this is tomorrow's thing, since it's tomorrow's thing, then naturally they have to wait until they understand it and then ask, now, there are more important things to consider in front of their eyes.

Today, many people have already received the news and know what the early court meeting will be, and the most important point is that Zhang Juzheng is about to request that the entire court start to use the "Examination Law".

Although it is said that now, the matter of water control has ended, and the progress of the reconstruction of the three places has passed halfway, and the power of the "Examination Law" in it has become more prominent and more effective.

However, even so, there are still many people who don't want to use it, or in other words, the more effective the "Test Method" is, the more people don't want to use it.

Today, when it is time to decide this matter,