Historical records record that more than 30 years after the first year of the Apocalypse, the entire northern hemisphere will enter the Xiaoice River period, with alternating droughts and floods, and the people will not be able to make a living. However, at that time, the productive forces were still very backward, most of the water conservancy facilities had been abandoned, most areas still depended on the weather for food, and many people struggled below the subsistence line. If the tax on the peasants was rashly increased, it would inevitably deal a devastating blow to agriculture and eventually lead to the outbreak of peasant uprisings, which was the fundamental reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty. In order to end this vicious circle as soon as possible, Zuo Zhan boldly used a group of Qing officials such as Yuan Keli as local governors, and they were responsible for implementing the policies of the imperial court.

(Note: Yuan Keli, a famous Qing official and anti-Jin minister in the late Ming Dynasty, his "Jiehuan Yuan Gongxing" and Yue Fei's "Rebuilding the Song Zhongwu Yue Ewang Jingzhong Ancestral Hall" were banned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the same time, and the integrity can be seen.) ）

Zuo Zhan did not want to increase the taxes on the peasants, so he had to reopen the mining tax and increase the taxes on the merchants. At this time, Yuan Keli, the former Shangbao Sicheng and the current governor of Denglai, returned to Beijing to secretly report on the exploration of the mineral veins in the Zhaoyuan area, thinking that the little emperor was concerned about the disaster victims, but the ministers of the court made it difficult in every way, and stepped forward to fight the grievances, and refuted:

Qian Shilang's words are unreasonable, the mining tax was increased by Emperor Shenzong in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, and Emperor Guangzong ordered it to be canceled after he ascended the throne. According to Qian Shilang's meaning, it is disrespectful to Guangzong to reopen the mining tax now, so is it disrespectful to Shenzong not to do so? ”

As soon as Yuan Keli said this, Qian Qianyi was anxious to defend, but Yuan Keli continued:

During his reign of 48 years, Emperor Shenzong first appointed Zhang Juzheng as the chief assistant of the cabinet, and boldly carried out a whip reform, which led to a rapid increase in land and population, and the annual income was stabilized at 4 million taels per year. During this period, there were three large-scale use of troops, and Shenzong restarted the mining tax and commercial tax to make up for the financial deficit, so as to ensure the peace and security of the Ming Dynasty. Weichen dared to ask all the adults in the court, now that the war in Liaodong is tight, natural disasters in the interior are continuous, and the Holy Lord has allocated internal silver to help, shouldn't we worry about the king? ”

After everyone heard what Yuan Keli said, they didn't dare to answer, and when the country was at war, it would levy heavy taxes on merchants, and this was the case in all dynasties. Besides, the little emperor allocated the inner bank as a military salary, who would dare to oppose it?

Seeing that everyone bowed their heads and was silent, Zuo Zhan knew that it was a tacit acquiescence, cleared his throat, and said in conclusion:

"The matter was settled, and the additional two million taels were to be collected by the end of the year, of which one and a half million taels were to be levied on the merchants, and five hundred thousand taels were to be collected by me from the vassal kings in various places. The salaries of the local officials are distributed according to the proportion of the collection. ”

At this time, Zuo Zhan was full of confidence, and after several months of trying, he had taken the military and political power of the imperial court into his hands. First, a number of palace people and officials were dismissed, and then an edict was issued to promote some honest and courageous people, and the descendants of meritorious martyrs were promoted to study in Taixue, which alleviated the dilemma that the officials in the world were all from scholars.

Through the transfer of the Inner Bank, it was only a matter of time before Liaodong was pacified, and he decided to focus on internal affairs, and the first thing to be resolved was the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries. Zuo Zhan thought that the cabinet was responsible for assisting the emperor in making decisions, and the specific affairs were handled by the cabinet, but he found that things were not as simple as he thought. Because the blow to the Donglin Party was too violent, although a few Donglin Party members entrenched in the cabinet did not dare to openly oppose the emperor, they secretly obstructed the implementation of the policies of the Left War. For example, on the first day of Ye Xianggao's opening of the dynasty, he said that there was a deficit in the finances, but in fact, he wanted to hinder the plan of the left war through the problem of money and food, and the six ministries could not get the money, so the specific work naturally had to be stagnant. Now that the war is imminent, there is no time for the left war to run in anymore, and it is imperative to reorganize the cabinet.

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty is full of seven people, there will be vacancies in normal times, but Guangzong filled the vacancies after the accession to the throne, and Zuo Zhan has not yet made adjustments after ascending the throne, and there are currently Fang Congzhe, Ye Xianggao, Shi Jikai, He Zongyan, Liu Yixi, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu. Zuo Zhan decided to leave only Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao, and the others were sent to the disaster area in the name of Qincha, and then arranged a few cattle people he had carefully promoted into the cabinet.

The first bull is Han Yi, the candidate for the first assistant, and I invite Han Yi to introduce myself to everyone first.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Han Yi, my hometown is Puzhou, Shanxi Province, and I am currently a scholar of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of Dongge University. Thank you to the author for giving me this opportunity, if I am made the first assistant of the cabinet, I will definitely draw a clear line with the gang of minions of the Donglin Party, lead the righteous people, suppress the evil party, and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty with the saint. Please support me, thank you! ”

The second is Zhou Jiamo, the first minister of the dynasty, and I invite Jiamo to introduce himself to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Zhou Jiamo, my hometown is Tianmen County, Hubei Province, and I am currently the left servant of the Ministry of Officials. Everyone looks at my ancestral hometown and thinks that I should be the Chu Party, but in fact, I am the Donglin Party, but don't worry about scolding me, listen to me first. I once impeached Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qianguo, for encroaching on more than 8,000 hectares of people's land, fought with Jiaozhi soldiers, participated in flood fighting and disaster relief, and successively served as the secretary of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry. Since I became the servant of the ministry, I have been fighting against the treacherous and evil of various factions, insisting on employing people on the basis of merit and using them according to their talents, and constantly selecting qualified talents for the Ming Dynasty. Please support me, thank you! ”

I would like to invite the No. 3 player Zhang Wenda to make a shining debut, and I would like to ask Da to introduce myself.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Wenda, my hometown is Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, and I am currently the secretary of the Criminal Department. That's right, I am the one who impeached Li Zhen, although Li Zhen criticized the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, which is in line with the needs of the development of the budding capitalism, but I still impeach him, don't ask me why, I will cut whoever the Holy God asks me to cut. ”

"Ahem, Zhang Aiqing don't get excited, put down the watermelon knife in his hand, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!" The author hurriedly played a round for him, hoping that everyone can like this jealous and hateful criminal boss and support him a lot.

I invite the last contestant, Huang Kezhang, to appear, and I invite Kezhang to introduce myself to everyone.

"Hello everyone, my name is Huang Kezhang, my hometown is Meilin, Jinjiang, Fujian, and I am currently the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Jianghu people call it 'Huang Wubu', in fact, I prefer everyone to call me 'Huang Cannon', because the Luzon cannon I made is very powerful, according to the author's research, these big killers played a huge role in the defense of Shenyang after the beginning of spring, it is said that one shot killed the two generals of Jianyu: Fire Fox and Ha Chi's nephew. Please support me, I will definitely blow up a road to rejuvenation for the Chinese nation! ”

"Ahem, Huang Wubu should not be so violent, the Chinese nation is peace-loving, and we must rise peacefully." Seeing that Huang Dacang was so straightforward, the author was afraid that he would reveal the secret of heaven, so he hurriedly helped him sit down. In the Ming generation, China's firearms level has always been in the leading position in the world, so please be able to vote for him.

The purpose of this cabinet reorganization is to solve the dilemma that the government decree cannot get out of the Forbidden City and maximize the operational efficiency of the imperial court, so Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, Zhang Wenda, and Huang Kezhang are still working in the Ministry of Officials, Criminal Department, and Ministry of Industry. Fang Congzhe is very old, and Yang Lian is still the secretary of the household department, and Zhou Jiamo is the left waiter of the household department. As for Ye Xianggao's position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, it is like a piece of toilet paper now, and when to use it depends on the mood.

In order to prevent the cabinet from exercising too much power, Zuo Zhan added four additional members to the seven Standing Committee members, who could attend as observers when encountering major events. The so-called post-replacement means that you have the first priority qualification to enter the cabinet, and the so-called attendance means that you can sit in but cannot speak. After selection, Yang Lian, the secretary of the household department, Zuo Guangdou, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and Xu Guangqi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, finally appeared in the first meeting of the new cabinet, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, was unable to attend because he was guarding the Shanhaiguan.

Fang Congzhe served as the first assistant of the cabinet from the three dynasties, which can be described as fame and fortune, Zuo Zhan personally named him the rich people, which is a gift that this dynasty has never had, and it can be traced back to the previous dynasty and only the prime minister Tian Qianqiu was the rich man during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Although he was scheming, he still couldn't figure out the pulse of the little emperor, so he decided to take a look at the situation first, and flattered:

"The saint selects the virtuous and capable, breaks the old and establishes the new, the means are sophisticated and sharp, and there is the legacy of the ancestor and the ancestor, which is really a blessing for my dynasty and the gospel of the people."

When everyone saw Lao Ge Lao's words, they all echoed him, but Zuo Zhan was very disgusted by these high-sounding words, and coughed twice and said:

"I'm not going to be a faint gentleman, I'm going to pick up good ones. You Aiqing is the best politician of this era, needless to say, ability, and moral character is also a model for the world. In the future, you and I will not have to say some false and empty official words and clichés between the monarchs and ministers, and we will hold meetings to discuss things, and we will manage our own affairs separately, with only one purpose, that is, to solve problems. At present, the imperial court has two important tasks, one is to make every effort to win the battle to defend Shenyang and launch a strategic counterattack; The second is to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas and restore agricultural production. You Aiqing can speak freely, it's still the old rule, I won't punish for words. ”

This kind of practice of seeking truth from facts can most resonate with the ministers, which is also the consistent style of Han Xi and others, after listening to the opening remarks of the little emperor, Zhou Jiamo, the left attendant of the household department, stood up and said:

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the minister is in charge of the household department, and only talks about the restoration of agriculture. In recent years, natural disasters have alternated in various places, with drought in the north, locust plagues in Henan and Shandong, floods on both sides of the Yangtze River, and freezing rain and hail in the south. These disasters have directly destroyed the local agriculture and caused nearly one million displaced people, which is a major hidden danger and it is necessary to come up with a relief plan as soon as possible. In the opinion of Wei Chen, His Majesty's proposal to reduce or reduce taxes in the disaster areas is a great plan for the benefit of the country and the people, and should be implemented immediately.

After listening to Zhou Jiamo's words, Zuo Zhan secretly said that he still knew a lot about the disaster situation in the country, and said with a smile:

"Mingqing has the nickname of my first minister, and now it seems that it is true. This plan will be finalized today and sent to the disaster area overnight for implementation. ”