Although there was a mess in the main hall, and the ministers abused and attacked each other, Chen Zizhuang was still sitting there with his eyes closed.

Ma Mingyuan saw Chen Zizhuang like this, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yuanfu, you have to say something!" ”

In fact, can Chen Zizhuang not know the situation of the country, he knows too well as the prime minister. Now that Zhu Hongsan Group has been damaged by this year's rapid expansion, it is time to stop digesting and digesting it, but Chen Zizhuang doesn't dare to say it and can't say it!

The Ming Dynasty benefited from the wisdom of Zhu Yuanzhang's peasants, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, a wonderful system was set up in the middle of the matter, and some young and vigorous scholars were found to serve as the six subjects in the matter, giving them great rights, but the official position was only seven grades. These young people have not yet been smoothed out by officialdom, and when they see those old fritters in officialdom taking bribes and embezzlement, they must of course speak out. And the rights that Zhu Yuanzhang gave them are basically infinite, and even if they don't agree with the emperor's holy decree, they can return it, that is, the emperor's words can't be counted without their nod. Of course, this system largely curbed official corruption at the beginning of the dynasty, which has a certain positive significance.

But don't forget, China is a magical country, and anything can change magically after a long time in China. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, this system of giving things became a standard to measure the morality of officials, no matter right or wrong, as long as you oppose the emperor and power, you are a hero, even if you resign and go home, you can enjoy a clear reputation, the magistrates will come to visit you, and your name will be written in the local annals. Isn't it just for the sake of a name, so that the system in the matter and the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate have formed a political school, Qingliu. In the Wanli years, the Donglin Party carried the banner of Qingliu, and this gang of Donglin stirring sticks will carry forward the fight against dissidents, and if you don't accept it, you will stink you, don't say what you are the first auxiliary pavilion old, even if you set up the emperor, we have the final say, we will scold, the emperor you can't talk back, if you have an opinion, you are a faint king, and you will step on 10,000 feet in the history books.

Chen Zizhuang was brutally killed by Tong Yangjia in history, he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of this group of Qingliu. Chen Zizhuang is also a scholar, and if he is a scholar, he is afraid that this gang of Qingliu will discredit him. Therefore, when Zhu Hongsan revealed to him a few days ago that he wanted peace talks, Chen Zizhuang knew that the crisis related to his life and death had arrived. However, Chen Zizhuang is also a political veteran, and after returning home, he pondered and found a third way, which can not only protect himself but also calm the conflict of interests between the various factions in the DPRK and China, and today he will say it in the court.

After hearing Ma Mingyuan's call, Chen Zizhuang stood up unhurriedly, and several other ministers stopped arguing when they saw that Chen Zizhuang had something to say, and saw what tricks Shoufu had!

Chen Zizhuang left his seat and came to the middle, and after saluting, he said: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are the enemies of life and death, and the war in the north must not stop, as for the speed of the army's training, it can be appropriately slowed down, and it will only be organized into two divisions next year!" As for Luzon, now that the Yangtze River is under the control of our army, the navy does not need so many warships to gather on the Yangtze River, and half of the warships can be transferred to Luzon to deter the Spaniards! ”

Chen Zizhuang's proposal was basically a compromise and cut Tong Yangjia's requirements in half. In fact, Tong Yangjia didn't expect to get a budget of 15 million silver dollars next year, and he also had the idea of asking for a price to pay back on the spot. Tong Yangjia now listened to what Chen Zizhuang said reasonable, and nodded again and again in agreement with what Chen Zizhuang said.

Zhu Hongsan frowned when he heard Chen Zizhuang finish speaking, this is a palliative treatment at all, and now his side is already at the end of the strong crossbow, and it is impossible to maintain an offensive state. Even if Chen Zizhuang slows down the training speed of the new army, the new army will need tens of millions of silver dollars next year. Chen Zizhuang's attitude of harmony is completely different from Zhu Hongsan's grand strategy of wanting to suspend the development of the army first, let the Manchus and Zhu Youlang fight to the death, and close the door to development.

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Chen, even if you say that, you will need 10 million silver dollars in the military next year, which is not enough?" What is Mr. Chan's good plan? ”

Chen Zizhuang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to hand over the silver in the internal inventory, so that it should be enough in two years!" ”

As soon as Chen Zizhuang's words came out, the entire hall was silent, and the officials didn't expect Chen Zizhuang to be so bold and ask Zhu Hongsan to hand over his private money.

You must know that Zhu Hongsan started from scratch and built hundreds of factories in Dongguan brick by brick, although after several free transfers, a large number of light industry factories were transferred, but all heavy industries were in Zhu Hongsan's hands. This includes the coal and iron complex in Changhua, where 200,000 people are now mining iron ore in Changhua and Tiandu, plus the steel mills, the gold and copper mines in Luzon, and the Hongji coal mine in Annan, more than 500,000 people are working under Zhu Hongsan. You must know that the population of the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture is less than 300,000, and the industrial workers under Zhu Hongsan are even more than twice as many as those in one prefecture. Not counting the gunpowder factory, steel pipe factory, musket workshop, artillery workshop, and various ductile iron production workshops in Dongguan, plus the large and small caravans under the royal banner, the whole of Guangdong counted on Zhu Hongsan to eat nearly one million people.

Zhu Hongsan's hundreds of factories and caravans, like an economic monster, snatched raw materials from all over the South Seas and the north at low prices or without money, and then transported them to Guangdong by water and land, where they were processed into industrial products, and then sold back to the Manchu occupation areas in the north and various parts of the South Seas, earning a large amount of high profits. Zhu Hongsan didn't know how much money he had, he only knew that his monthly income was around one million taels of silver dollars.

However, these look like a lot, but when you calculate it, Zhu Hongsan has nothing left at all. All heavy industry was in the service of war, and those muskets, artillery, and warships were handed over to the army without silver. At the same time, in order to delay the Manchus, Zhu Hongsan used Jinyiwei to transport a large number of cold weapons to the rebels in the Manchu occupied areas, but these could not recover the money at all. In this way, Zhu Hongsan was busy with these industries in the end, and he could only have a surplus of 500,000 or 600,000 silver dollars, and even the more than 1.3 million silver dollars lent to the state treasury this year were saved by Zhu Hongsan for several years, and after all of them were lent to the state treasury, Zhu Hongsan's inner treasury was only less than 500,000 silver dollars.

Today, Zhu Hongsan heard that these stinky old nine forced him to hand over the factory again, and he was really angry in his heart. These bastards don't have a backache when they stand and talk, how do they know how much Lao Tzu sacrificed for this country. In order to produce one more musket, Lao Tzu only ate four dishes and one soup per meal, and probably did not have the founding emperor to live more bitterly than himself. Even his home, the Nanjing Imperial Palace, has no money to repair it, and now he can only live in such a Wenhua Palace. These bastards are not satisfied, and they still have to force Lao Tzu to hand over the factory, do they still want to be like Emperor Chongzhen, all the city bosses will collect six taels of silver a year after they are handed over?

Zhu Hongsan suppressed his anger and asked without smiling, "What do you gentlemen think?" Do you agree with me to hand over the factory? ”

The one who can get mixed up to participate in the court meeting is not a fool, and they have already seen that the emperor is unhappy and hits the muzzle of the gun? So the civil and military officials in the house were silent!

Seeing that no one in the house was talking Coke broke Tong Yangjia, Lao Tong's heart was very dark, knowing that Chen Zizhuang had poked the emperor's lung tube, and now he didn't fall into the well!

As a typical villain, how could Tong Yangjia miss this opportunity, he stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please behead Chen Zizhuang!" In order to revive the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty only had four dishes and one soup for a meal, and he did not renovate the imperial city when he arrived in Nanjing. His Majesty, who is so thrifty, is still forced to the palace by such a vain minister as Chen Zizhuang, and the minister thinks that if he doesn't kill Chen Zizhuang, he is really sorry for the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty! ”

As soon as Tong Yangjia's shameless sycophancy came out, it immediately made people look sideways, and some upright ministers have begun to scold Tong Yangjia. But Tong Yangjia stood there with a big radish face that was not red or white, anyway, Lao Tzu is the elder of the pavilion, what can you do with me!

Ma Mingyuan watched Tong Yangjia shoot at Chen Zizhuang, and at first he was ready to take the opportunity to burn the fire, but after thinking about it again, forget it. No matter what Chen Zizhuang says, he is also the first assistant, the emperor will not dismiss him for such a little thing, if the matter does not work out, it will become Tong Yangjia's shield, it is better to let Tong Yangjia bear Chen Zizhuang's anger.

After hearing what Tong Yangjia said, Chen Zizhuang asked: "Since Master Tong said so, then the old man asked you, how to solve the money that your military department wants if you don't do this?" If you have the idea of the best of both worlds, the old man is willing to let Xian and let you Tong Yangjia be the first assistant! ”

Tong Yangjia originally wanted to be in the limelight and leave a good impression of his own people to the emperor, but he didn't expect Chen Zizhuang to throw the problem to himself. It's not that Tong Yangjia doesn't know the solution, that is, to completely stop military operations and develop well for a few years, but in this kind of environment where the Manchu Dynasty is shouting and killing and beating the Manchus, he Tong Yangjia didn't dare to say it, so he only retreated to his seat with a flushed face and sat down.

Seeing that Tong Yangjia didn't dare to say the word "peace talks", Zhu Hongsan secretly scolded waste in his heart. Looking at Ma Mingyuan, who was still standing on the side, Zhu Hongsan asked, "Second brother, do you remember the conversation between the two of us in the tea shop outside Wuchang County?" ”

Of course, Ma Mingyuan remembered that conversation, and it was that conversation that Zhu Hongsan made Ma Mingyuan return to his heart. It was also during that conversation that Ma Mingyuan established his life goal, that is, to be a Wenchen like Zhuge Liang and Zhang Juzheng who left a name in history. And the meaning of Zhu Hong's three words Ma Mingyuan also understood, if you want to leave a name in history, you must first be a lonely minister, think Zhuge Liang and Zhang Juzheng are not for the sake of the country and the nation to give up the name of the festival (don't look at Zhuge Liang is so famous now, has become a typical example of dedication, Zhuge Liang's reputation is not good after his death, basically a level with Cao Cao, Liu Chan did not set up a temple for him after his death, the Wuhou Temple outside Chengdu was built in the Tang Dynasty, just adjacent to Liu Bei's Han Zhaolie Temple, and the Wuhou Temple was incorporated when the Ming Dynasty was rebuilt in the early years, The current monarch and ministers have been formed. As for Zhang Juzheng's reputation in the Ming Dynasty, I don't need to say it, everyone who has seen those things in the Ming Dynasty knows it).

Thinking of this, Ma Mingyuan cleaned up his body, stood up, held the wat board in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book!" ”