Zhu Yousong's face was a little ugly, according to what Zhu Youzhen said, the officials of the Ming Dynasty should be poor jingle one by one, but these days, where did the officials he received come from to bribe his own silver taels? Is there any other explanation besides looting and greedy ink?

Zhu Yousong suddenly felt that the belongings placed in the house were like a mountain pressing down on him......

Zhu Yousong didn't know much about these histories, and it was only after Zhu Youzhen crossed over that he learned about the situation in detail through the summary of news from all sides.

Since Zhu Youzhen registered, there have been no less than 100 excerpts to tell him about the matter of officials, and among these officials, the tone is either euphemistic or sad, anyway, it conveys a message to Chongzhen - if we don't raise salaries, we won't be able to get by......

Zhu Youzhen believes that he is by no means the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be urged by the officials below to raise his salary.

Although the Ming Emperor in the history books is a race against one absurdity, is this really the case?

If a country is without a top leader, can it really function as usual?

According to the history books, that's okay, how many years have the emperors of the Ming Dynasty who haven't been to the dynasty have, and the country is not running as usual?

Some people say that the Ming cabinet system has ensured the implementation of the Ming decree and the normal operation of this empire, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty has been able to survive for so many years is completely dependent on those loyal civil and military ministers!

These loyal civil officials not only have to fight with the emperor, but also with the eunuchs, and they are really fighting the heavens and the earth one by one, and they are by no means like the Zheng Zheng gentlemen who bow their heads to the evil forces and power, and the iron-clad tough guys!

Now Zhu Youzhen knows that his original self thinks highly of them, and how tall can the touted cabinet system be in his current opinion?

It's just equivalent to an emperor's think tank, and the cabinet doesn't even have its own official office and location, so how can it decide on major state affairs and make decisions for the emperor?

If the power of the cabinet is really so great, and civil officials can really handle political affairs well when the emperor is not in court, then where did the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty come from?

There is a saying called "opening a government office", which means that a formal administrative organization must have its own administrative place, office staff and office unit!

However, the cabinet is an institution that does not have any of this, it does not have its own administrative premises, it does not have its own subordinate clerks, and it does not have its own official office location......

The cabinet only occupies a room in the palace, and how can the office in the palace be a formal administrative body? The palace is the place where the emperor works, but not the cabinet office, but if you want the cabinet to be formalized, you have to leave the palace, and like other departments, you have your own official office location!

So the cabinet is more like a think tank of the emperor, and the status is not even a secretary, because the emperor has a secretary by his side, that is, eunuchs.

And the cabinet's vote proposal has no legal significance at all, and if the cabinet's vote proposal wants to become a real policy and be implemented, the emperor's "approval red" must be used.

The small note sandwiched in the fold of the note was written on the cabinet ministers' own handling opinions, and the emperor thought it was okay, so draw a mark, and do so; The emperor thinks it can't be done, that's tantamount to!

The emperor's approval is the final plan for dealing with political affairs, so the cabinet has no real power, just an appendage of the emperor.

And the reason why Wei Zhongxian and his ilk can control the government is because they are the emperor's secretaries, and they have taken some careful thought to grasp part of the emperor's right to approve red.

Having said so much, just to show that the emperor does not go to court, it is not the same as ignoring political affairs, if the emperor does not go to court, it means that he does not care, and the civil and military officials can make their own decisions, and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty will never cry as the history books say.

Therefore, those emperors who do not go to court but do not mean that they do not take care of political affairs, don't they find that the treatment of ministers is a bit low?

Someone must have found out, but no one has solved it, because they also can't help it, because Daming has no money!

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, sighed and said, "Actually, I came this time because I have two things to trouble you. ”

Zhu Yousong frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"These days, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I think that the eunuch case should be closed as soon as possible, the treasury should be filled as soon as possible, and the reform of the tax system is the right way!"

Zhu Yousong nodded after hearing this, and replied: "These days, there have been a lot fewer people sending me money, and everything that should be sent should have been delivered, how did you plan it?" ”

Zhu Youzhen asked: "I heard that you are very busy these days, why do you send you less money?" ”

Zhu Yousong snorted and said, "It's not that there are few people, it's that there is little money." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhu Yousong, his eyebrows were full of sorrow, and he said slowly: "I want to send you back to Luoyang." ”

Zhu Yousong frowned and said, "Back to Luoyang?" ”

Zhu Youzhen unconsciously straightened his back and said slowly: "Yes! ”

Zhu Yousong asked: "I collected money well in this capital, how can you send me back to Luoyang?" ”

Zhu Youzhen took a puff of cigarette, the smoke was swirling, and he said with half-squinted eyes: "The tax system of the Ming Dynasty cannot only be pressed on the poor people facing the loess and facing the sky. ”

Zhu Yousong looked at Zhu Youzhen, who looked firm, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Have you decided?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded silently.

When Zhu Yousong heard Zhu Youzhen's reply, he was a little apprehensive. Zhu Yousong has had a clearer understanding of the situation in Daming these days.

Now the situation seems to be stable, but after the beginning of next year, the disasters and man-made disasters will really come one after another.

The great drought and the failure of the harvest, and the displaced people who could not survive and could not get relief could only gather in a crowd to rebel...... However, the north of the Ming Dynasty has always been unstable, after the battle of Salhu, the elite soldiers in the Ming army were almost exhausted, and since then the situation of the Ming Dynasty in the Liaodong battlefield has changed from a strategic offensive to a strategic defense.

The battlefield of Liaodong is a bottomless pit, and no amount of silver thrown into it is enough......

I'm not afraid that things will come one by one, but I'm afraid that all these things will come up in one go!

Daming's current body and bones can no longer withstand the toss, and now Zhu Youzhen still has to do reforms. If it can't be carried out at that time, won't it be a shot in the foot?

Zhu Yousong saw that Zhu Youzhen's face was solemn, but his eyes revealed incomparable firmness, he sighed in his heart and asked, "You have decided, but are you ready?" Although this fierce medicine is good, it is difficult to return to the current Ming Dynasty, and he is already terminally ill. If you continue to take this drastic medicine, you can't say that it will cause this empire to collapse faster. ”

"I know."

"You know? Do you know how much backlash your policy will cause and how many vested interests will be involved? ”

The muscles of Zhu Youzhen's cheeks moved, suppressed his anger and said, "How long has it been since then?" How much money did you receive? There is a miasma of smoke in the officialdom of Daming, if you don't make some changes, Daming is really going to be finished. ”

Zhu Yousong said with a gloomy face: "If you want to change the current Ming Dynasty, you can only boil the frog in warm water!" Do you want to do it overnight, and you're not afraid of taking a big step and breaking your crotch? ”

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