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Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

It had been raining lightly since last night, and by dawn it had turned into sleet. The second snow in the winter of the seventeenth year of Yongle flew all over the sky as the New Year was approaching.

Zhu Di sat on the high dragon chair, and although a charcoal basin was placed at his feet, he still felt the slightest cold wind tormenting his knees.

His gaze crossed the black crowd of people, and when he saw the snowflakes flying outside, he felt that his mood was as frantic as those snowflakes.

The grandson brought back more than 20 million taels of silver, except for some goods that were directly distributed to the internal supervisor and some goods to the Ministry of Industry, the rest of the gold and silver became the target of the struggle of the ministries.

He postponed the matter of Nanzhou to the new year, but he didn't want to have a clean New Year, but struggles are everywhere.

The Ming Dynasty has never obtained such a huge amount of gold and silver at one time, and the only thing that can be close to this is still the gold and silver that Taisun brought back from Dongying more than four years ago.

Most of the gold and silver was used by the prince to set up two banks, but the rest still allowed all the departments of the imperial court to spend several good years in a row.

Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, used to be a miser, but in the past few years, he has finally become the real "God of Wealth" of the Ming Dynasty.

This time there is more gain, and there is no need to embezzle a part of it to establish a bank, and the momentum of these ministers to compete for me will be even greater!

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh, although he was very annoyed, but in the words of Taisun, this was a happy annoyance.

Before the twelfth year of Yongle, the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was only 20 million taels, and most of them were cloth, silk, and grain because of the insufficient amount of gold and silver.

The ministers did not have any money, so they could only pay in kind, and every time it was time to pay for it, the convoy of grain was crowded into the streets and alleys of Yingtianfu.

But after the twelfth year of Yongle, a large amount of gold and silver was conjured up by Taisun. Although the amount of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty is still small, it has been alleviated a lot.

With this income, coupled with the Beimingshan Copper Mine, Iwami Silver Mine continues to provide gold and silver, and Daming no longer has to worry about gold and silver.

There is also Nanzhou, just the gold mines that have been discovered can make Daming rich.

But there is no need to worry about this matter, someone is guarding it, and the gold and silver will not run away underground, and it will be developed two years later, and it will still be Ming.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......"

Wang Yan's low cry made Zhu Di retract his thoughts, but when he came to his senses, he felt more and more uncomfortable in his knees.

The main hall of Fengtian Hall is divided into four floors with countless steps. Because the floor is not flat, it is not possible to set up underfloor heating like other houses.

This made Zhu Di feel extremely cold, and his interest in the previous dynasty was greatly reduced. If it weren't for the return of Zhanji in the past few days, many affairs would have been discussed, and a large court meeting would not have been held for days at all.

The pain in his knee made Zhu Di's patience disappear, and he was not in the mood to watch the play here, he wanted to cut through the mess quickly.

His eyes were on the third floor of the platform, and he was bowing down to his Jian Yi body, and asked in a low voice, "What is the matter with Jian Shangshu......

Wang Yan reminded: "Jian Shangshu thinks that now that the number of scholars in the Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, there are only so many positions in the imperial court. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been committed to developing Nanzhou and developing trade with the West, it should attract more scholars to enter the ranks of trade, which cannot be left to me...... Internal supervision monopoly. ”

Zhu Di smiled, knowing that Jian Yi's suggestion was to directly dig the corner of the inner prison, Wang Yan was naturally unwilling. However, this is a conspiracy, even if it is Wang Yan, he can't hinder it openly. What's more, he has no right to speak in the court.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Di looked at the prince on the left and the grandson on the right on the second-story platform under his feet, and said, "What Jian Aiqing said is exact. Now that I am a Ming dynasty, I need countless elites to represent me in all directions. Aiqing, as a secretary of the ministry, should be a national talent. …… However, how to pick people, what kind of people to choose, what kind of things to do, and how to let the people of the four seas naturalize my Ming through education, but we need to be cautious. ”

Zhu Di was also wondering in his heart, a group of people were still arguing just now, why he walked for a while, but now he didn't quarrel.

It is very likely that Jian Yi saw that the quarrel was too strong, and he deliberately eased it in the middle.

He is the official department Shangshu, the head of the hundred officials, and the important minister who has been sitting firmly in the position of the official department Shangshu since the time of Emperor Jianwen, and the Chinese military hundred officials, all of whom give him some face.

Jian Yi suddenly said: "The details of these Western countries, His Royal Highness Taisun knows best. In addition, the Duke of Dian has been envoys to the West all the year round, and the minister hopes that he will help him in this talent selection. ”

Zhu Di hesitated, nodded and said, "Quasi-play." ”

Although Zheng He was named the Duke of Dian, because he was a eunuch, he was canonized and had no office, so he did not participate in the court meeting.

Zhu Zhanji sat on the second-floor platform, looked at Jian Yi and smiled at him, and nodded lightly in response.

Just by attracting Zhu Zhanji and Zheng He to join the talent selection, Zhu Zhanji can see the exquisite mind of Jian Yi.

This not only has the meaning of pleasing himself as the grandson, but also because pulling Zheng He in can reduce the resistance of the inner prison.

Jian Yi's original name was Jian Ying, and the name Yi was changed by Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's liking for him.

When Emperor Jianwen was established, he was the secretary of the ministry, and Yongle has now been seventeen years old, and he is still firmly seated in the position of the head of this hundred officials.

can make the three generations of emperors be favored, in addition to ability, his life is also exquisite.

Zhu Zhanji was able to recognize the word Jian in his previous life, and it was because he knew this person from reading history books that he knew this character.

A person who can leave a name in the history books and be highly praised will not be a simple person.

The various departments of the party are fighting for the silver he brought back this time, and Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, has become a target among them, no matter who it is, they will attack him.

Xia Yuanji is not a person, and before the money arrives at the household department, he takes him as a target. As if any policy was legal and reasonable, and his failure to give money was fraud.

Of course, Xia Yuanji would not let go casually, and the others developed into personal attacks in order to ask for a little more silver.

In order to help Xia Yuanji, Jian Yi changed the topic from asking for silver to personnel.

Seeing this farce, Zhu Zhanji felt more and more the importance of the budget system.

In a country, the places that need money are everywhere, from the funds of various ministries and the military expenses of various armies, to the small as a stitch and a thread, a pen, and a piece of ink.

In all dynasties, we spent as much money as we wanted, and we didn't spend it if we didn't have money.

In many cases, it depends on the ability to ask for money, and some departments have a surplus every month because they have a good chief officer, and they can also organize people to go to the restaurant to rub together.

Some departments, because they didn't get the money, didn't even do their official duties.

A few years ago, when Zhu Zhanji attended a court meeting, he filed a complaint against the Guangxi Qing Officials Department of the Criminal Department, but he did not send anyone to Guangxi to investigate the cases for a whole year, and all the cases sent to the Criminal Department were originally approved and reviewed.

Zhu Di was furious and summoned Xie Chengzhong, a Qing official in Guangxi, to question, only to learn that they didn't even have a penny of funds because they didn't get the silver.

If it weren't for the backing of the Criminal Department, they wouldn't even have the money to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstones for handling cases.

In the end, the matter was still closed......

In fact, the imperial court also has an account for the approximate expenses of various ministries and armies.

The role of the household department is to meet the operational needs of each department, such as how much silver each department needs to consume each year, and they also have a good idea of it.

After satisfying the basic operating conditions, the excess silver must be protected from natural and man-made disasters, and this is still a big hole every year.

In the past few years, the imperial court's finances have gradually improved, and there will be no situation where there are no office funds.

There is rice in the pot, the bowl is full, and when there is no rice in the pot, there is naturally no rice in the bowl.

It is also difficult for them to have a lot of money in their hands, and they ask for too much money.

Xia Yuanji is still a relatively capable person, although he is capable of being a household secretary, he often encounters things that are difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Among them, the biggest responsible person is Zhu Di.

After the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di has been honest for a few years, and after Daming recuperates, he will fight this year and Mobei next year, making the country's finances miserable.

But no matter how difficult it is, it cannot hide the greater chaos caused by the backwardness of the system.

Xia Yuanji, who had a chance to breathe, stood up at this time, held Chao Wat with both hands and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has recently felt that his body is old, and he is often dazzled and ringing in his ears. ”

Zhu Zhanji covered his face seriously, but Zhu Di sneered and laughed. "Xia Aiqing is seven years younger than me, and she is only fifty-three this year, she is in the prime of life, how can she be said to be old?"

Of course, Xia Yuanji didn't want to resign, as the head of the household, this was the second-ranked official of the Ming Dynasty, although he occasionally struggled with the silver, but there were more people who begged him.

In such a good year, he said that he wanted to resign, but he just wanted to complain to Zhu Di about his "grievances". I'm being attacked by the ministers for the sake of the Ming Dynasty now, if you don't help me relieve some pressure as the emperor, it's too unrighteous!

Of course, Zhu Di understood his thoughts, paused and said: "Some time ago, the ministers were boiling over the affairs of Nanzhou, and there was a quarrel in the court. Today, for the silver that the grandson got back, you are like this again!

The gold and silver are still in the treasury of the Inner Prison, and have not yet been turned into gold and silver coins, so you are in such a hurry? Xia Shangshu has been honored as the head of the household department since he ascended to the throne, and he has worked hard and hard over the years.

Just for a little silver, you treat a loyal old minister like this? What is important to you? Then the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are not important? The affairs of your Ministry of Rites are important, so the affairs of the Criminal Department are not important?

The day before yesterday, Taisun told me that a court is like those machines in the factories of the Ministry of Industry, and every department is an accessory. Some accessories are outside, which makes people feel very important at a glance, but without the cooperation of those accessories behind it, can the machine run? ”

Many people's eyes were fixed on Zhu Zhanji. This grandson was not conspicuous in the court in the past, even if he earned millions of taels of silver through Dongying trade, which reduced the pressure of the Ming Dynasty's northern expedition. The discovery of the Beimingshan copper mine also added a lot of input to the Ming Dynasty, and directly caused the resistance forces of the grassland to rebel against themselves, and most of them took refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

But these just show that he is lucky, because of his businessmanship and average literary talent, many ministers still look down on him, and feel that he is much worse than the prince who is a "model of literati".

And he not only likes businessmen, but also likes those strange tricks, which makes many ministers look down on him.

It wasn't until the Eastern Expedition to Dongying that Zhu Zhanji mastered the Ming Navy that he really rose in the political arena, and then won a big victory over Dongying, which made his reputation rise all of a sudden.

In particular, the establishment of banks has allowed ministers to see the benefits. The ministries do not need to prepare a treasury or bother with the silver, they only need to receive a golden ticket from the household department, and they can receive the silver.

They don't need to worry about running out of money, and it will be paid directly to their account every month.

At first, some people were worried that they would not be able to take it out in the future, and they would take it out in the next month.

However, after taking it out, you have to bother keeping it, so it is better to put it in the bank to save your worries. After a few years, most people don't need silver for their lives, so they don't take it at all.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji has become a young and promising heir in the hearts of the ministers.

But in the following three years, the grandson disappeared all at once. He didn't stay in the palace honestly, but went to the West to "make money", which made many ministers feel that he was not doing his job.

Then, he came back with more than 20 million taels of silver at once, which was equivalent to a year's tax of the Ming Dynasty, and the court would never be short of silver again.

The current ministers have very conflicted feelings about Zhu Zhanji, he is still capable, but he used to behave like a martial artist and a businessman, which makes people dare not expect his ability to govern at all.

On the high platform, Zhu Di is still playing on the topic. "This is my court of the Ming Dynasty, but these days are noisy and noisy every day, which makes me annoyed. You call the gentleman every day, and the villain is profitable, why do you start to speak for the sake of all this silver? ”

Wu Zhong, who was transferred from the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Crime, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the gentleman is righteous, and the villain should not be interpreted in this way, this benefit is a private interest, not a court ......."

Zhu Di sneered: "I don't want to hear you explain the meaning of the scriptures, I'm just stating the facts." For the sake of money, I want to tell my old man, which is a means to solve the problem? Not to mention that for the sake of silver distribution, you actually questioned Xia Shangshu's character and criticized him for marrying a young concubine because his personal morality was not good, could it be that you are all saints? ”

Wu Zhong couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was promoted from one of the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry to the Criminal Department, which was still ranked above the Ministry of Industry.

But compared with the current rich and oily Ministry of Industry, it is difficult for the Criminal Department, the chief official of the Qingshui Yamen, to be the official. Without silver, how could he appease so many subordinates? How do you get to work?

However, he still has a bit of backbone, as a scholar, although he encouraged his subordinates to come forward to make trouble, he did not directly attack him personally because he wanted to ask for more silver.

Seeing that Wu Zhong stopped talking, Zhu Di said: "The rules of this court meeting, from today onwards, I will change them well." Wang Yan ......"

The ministers below didn't know what was going on, and looked at Wang Yan one by one. I saw him command a row of little eunuchs to come out, each with a large stack of pamphlets in their hands.

They had a clear division of labor, starting from the front of Jianyi, one person was responsible for distributing pamphlets to several ministers, so they quickly let hundreds of civil and military ministers in the main hall get a pamphlet.

And Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair and said: "In view of the fact that every time there is a court meeting now, there will be disputes over the government, so I have decided that from now on, a new debate system will be implemented, and no one shall violate it." ”

Except for the cabinet members at the back of the second floor, who were not surprised to get the news early this morning, the other ministers were a little surprised.

Every time Zhu Di wants to implement some policies vigorously and resolutely, or insists on implementing some events, he always makes people feel caught off guard.

For example, in the western expedition to Timur, except for the military generals, almost none of the ministers agreed, but they were still strongly promoted by Zhu Di.

Jian Yi, the first on the left hand of the third layer, was the first to get the booklet, and he looked at the title of the Ming court rules of deliberation and was still a little disapproving, this court deliberation has been like this since ancient times, how can it be modified? Is it better to modify it? He didn't think so.

But turn the first page and see the first sentence. "In order to have rules to follow in court deliberations in the future, purify the order of court deliberations, and reduce personal conflicts caused by official business conflicts, the following provisions are hereby made."

When he landed, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Zhanji, who also took a pamphlet to read, because only this grandson would write a chapter in such a simple and clear vernacular.

The ministers looked down on Zhu Zhanji, mainly because of this. Zhu Yuanzhang won't say it, he didn't read a book when he was a child, and Zhu Di also went to the battlefield at a very young age, relying on fighting the country immediately.

When he arrived at Zhu Gaochi, he finally had a bit of a royal appearance, and his literary brilliance was flying, even if he was a great Confucian, he might not be better than him.

But when it came to this grandson, he had Xie Jin since he was a child, and Hu Guang taught a great Confucian, who didn't even enter oil and salt, and wrote things like the old farmer's big vernacular.

Although the things written in this way can be understood by those illiterate soldiers, and they can easily explain one thing clearly, it is too unstylish.

For this reason, although Xie Jin has been released now, Zhu Di has no prejudice against him, but he wants to enter the cabinet, but he is opposed by several ministers.

They feel that Xie Jin is too soft, and he has not "taught his grandson well" since he was a child, and he is to blame.

But Xie Jin doesn't care now, he studies ancient books every day, and then learns the new culture that his grandson is interested in, which is already very satisfying.

He knows that Zhu Zhanji attaches importance to people who can do things, and although his literary talent is good, his temperament is not the material for being an official, and he does not have much pursuit for the future.

He now puts his hope on his nephew Xie Zhen period and his son Xie Zhenliang, especially his nephew Xie Zhen period, who is not only extraordinary in writing, but also good at handling interpersonal relationships, and can be of great use in the future.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the rules of procedure of the Ming Dynasty that had been polished by the cabinet, and some explanations of various regulations were added to it, but the framework was still the one written by Zhu Zhanji, which may be Zhu Di's instructions, and there was no transformation of ancient languages.

This is better, because these will be developed into the countryside in the future, and although most of the villagers are well-known in the local area and can participate in politics, most of them are illiterate.

I want them to understand it, and the simpler it is, the better.

In the main hall, there were bursts of inhalation from time to time, which were issued by the ministers who watched this law, and they looked at Zhu Zhanji more and more.

If it weren't for the court, Zhu Gaochi would have been eager to throw this law on Zhu Zhanji's face. Since ancient times, it has been the Son of Heaven and the scholars who rule the world, but it is not necessary to manage the scholars as prisoners.

In the court deliberations, you still have to apply to speak, and there are restrictions on speaking. It is not possible to directly talk to opponents who disagree with each other, isn't this the same as interrogating a prisoner in court!

A few steps away, Zhu Gaochi looked at his son's young and resolute face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Why are you so unconscious?" As soon as he came back, he made so many troubles, is this going to be against the entire scholar class? Without scholars, how can we govern the world? ”

However, compared with Zhu Gaochi's concern for others, among the Wenchen, there are many people of insight who have realized the benefits behind this orderly rule after a short period of anger.

Which minister has not been scolded in the court? Because of a dispute over official business, in the end, the hatred of the other party's whole family is not one or two.

Therefore, they can actually accept the regulation of the order of the court and the fact that they can do it.

However, the only thing they cannot accept is that all ministers cannot express their opinions on matters outside their duties, let alone meddle!

There must be my teacher in the threesome, and the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes. Managing the world is the business of the people of the world, how can we only rely on the words of one family and the plan of one person?

And without their restraint, wouldn't those generals rise up and rebel?

On the contrary, the generals and nobles were very supportive of this rule, because they could not meddle in political affairs, and they led the army to fight, and they had to be often talked about by the ministers.

Zhu Zhanji also didn't realize that his simple rules and regulations would be considered by Zhu Gaochi to deprive the civil servants of their dignity, and they would also be regarded by the civil servants as having their power restricted.

As the secretary of the ministry, Jian Yi first hugged Chao Wat and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have a discussion." ”

Zhu Di was not idle, and kept observing everyone's demeanor. Wen Yan replied simply, "Yes." ”

"The minister sketched this law, thinking that this law is desirable as a whole, but there are some omissions and omissions, and it needs to be corrected by public opinion."

Zhu Di replied simply: "Aiqing, please speak." ”

Jian Yi took a look at the content of the law, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "The minister thinks that it is desirable for this law to regulate the order of the court, and it is not advisable to have a clear division of labor; On the basis of facts, it is advisable to prohibit insults and ridicule, and it is not advisable to close the coffin; The law of balance is desirable, but blind balance is not advisable. ”

In such a short period of time, three major desirable and three undesirable have been made, and they all got to the point.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but stare at Jian Yi, this person is talented!

He looked at the three Yangs he had seen in the history books again, and they had all entered the court now, but none of them had yet reached the highest level.

Compared with the three of them who were praised by history for snatching power from the emperor, he felt that his ability to be righteous was probably superior.

Zhu Di on the stage was also interested, nodded and said, "Let's talk about it carefully." ”

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