"Even if Yue Le can hit the city of Jiangning, and Hankou and Wuchang can be recaptured by Shang Zhixin, then it will be difficult for my Qing Dynasty to dominate the world for a while, besides, the puppet emperor of Yunnan actually captured the entire Yunnan in one go, although it was not pursued vigorously, but this is terrible enough!"

"Together... Alas, "Fan Wencheng seems to have forgotten where he is, and even if he has begun to find a way out for himself, he habitually worries about his master."

……

Finally, Zhang Gongji saw the sunshine again. The reason why I say it again is because he has not seen the light of day for almost a month.

During this month, he endured all kinds of "civilized" interrogations, and there was no physical pain, but it made him mentally miserable: he was repeatedly asked the same questions from time to time, interrogated all night long, and waterboarded when his confessions did not match... In the end, Zhang Gongji finally proved his innocence and left the house that was supposed to be in charge of him.

Zhu Youlang, who was in the palace not far away, listened to the report and nodded. "Did you leave him any money?"

"According to Your Majesty's orders, fifty taels will be given to him."

"Well, after all, I have suffered so much in my own yamen. It would be better to give him this bit of silver. Zhu Youlang smiled, seeing the erroneous report, he felt that it was unbelievable that there was such a coincidence in the world--- he planned to collect the money and then come back to continue to tell the whistle, the other party thought that he had succeeded in buying, but when he came back, the other party directly pulled the flag and rebelled...... If it weren't for his trust in Jinyiwei, Zhu Youlang would never believe it, but then again, crossing by himself is also a mistake, isn't it?

Zhu Youlang asked people to go down, changed into regular clothes, and waited for the cabinet members to report to the palace. Emperor Lie and Emperor Taizu did not care about everything, but as a result, Emperor Lie's painting of the tiger did not become an anti-dog, and Zhu Youlang did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, but simply grasped the review of some key matters (such as industrial and mining development, foreign trade). For other matters, it is customary for cabinet members to report to the palace every two weeks.

Under the impetus of Zhu Youlang, the concept of the week has gradually taken shape under the rule of the imperial court, and officials and state-owned workshops have implemented a seven-day holiday, which has also had a certain impact on other industries. Of course, in this era when the theory of yin and yang and the five elements prevailed, Monday to Sunday was put on the moon and the sun to the sun, and the days were referred to by the sun, moon, fire, water, wood, gold, and earth.

Yang Zai led the various departments of Shangshu, and the university scholars rushed in. After a brief salute, the departments began to report the basic situation of their recent work, and after the report, Zhu Youlang waved his hand to let them leave. Only the Tobe Shoshu and the Military Shoshu remained.

"Your Majesty, for the great cause of China's recovery, the army should be eliminated from the old and weak, and the combat strength should be enhanced, but the functions and powers of the military department have been cut again and again, and the personnel, weapons, and plans are all attributed to the General Staff. Let alone... Tang An"

Zhu Youlang said in his heart that there are only two people in the "military department" in later generations: Shangshu and the press spokesman, which is much more brief than you. The army was interfered with by civilian officials, isn't this the Ming army that was dragged down by various teasing in the late Ming Dynasty? How does this work? However, at this time, it doesn't matter what the spokesman said, and just having a light pole Shangshu is quite funny, and it can't copy the experience of later generations.

"Okay, I know you want to talk about Tang An Lushan, but didn't An Lushan die after two years?"

Shang Shu had an emmm expression on his face, not knowing what to say.

"The military department is a civilian official, and the general staff is a military attaché. After the civilian officials led the troops in the Song Dynasty, which one fought well? After this dynasty, the civilian officials led the troops, although there was occasionally a flash in the pan, but most of them were a group of people who talked about the army on paper, and after reading this military preparation chronicle, Ji Xiao's new book said that he knew the soldiers, and if they praised each other, these people were still serious? Zhu Youlang couldn't help but complain, the ruling class at the end of the Ming Dynasty was too rotten.

"And the military power is all in the hands of the warriors, and it is indeed suspected of the story of An Lushan. Therefore, I intend to separate the military order from the military government. Military orders are made by the Ministry of Defense... Ah no... The military department is in charge of army mobilization, operations, and intelligence spying. And the military administration is in charge of personnel, training, institutions, equipment..."

"Well, so be it. You wrote me a draft for this time, and I said hello to the General Staff. "In three or two sentences, Zhu Youlang sent away the dejected military secretary." Why, you're here to cry for me again? "This Shangshu is also quite a legacy of the previous dynasties, and he has asked himself to open the inner library several times.

"Exactly... Since the rebellion of Longchuan and other Tusi, military spending has increased by nearly 10,000 taels, and the tax source has also been affected by the occupation of the track and the poor road, and the collection of three or four thousand taels of silver is less than in the past. ”

It is a shame to say that until this time, the main source of tax revenue of the imperial court still came from the field tax (accounting for more than 60%), followed by the industrial and commercial tax and state-owned workshops (accounting for more than 20%), and the rest was miscellaneous items such as salt tax. Basically, the field can only be collected twice a year, and only industrial and commercial taxes are transfused at other times. As a result, the head of the household department came dutifully to "fight the autumn wind".

The revenue of the Ministry of Internal Affairs comes from several "imperial estates": these lands are exemplary in the use of various new technologies, and the income from the monopoly of distilled spirits and glass. It's okay to take it out to fill the holes in the war, but if you do this, it will take another year to improve the production technology of glass.

Alas! Zhu Youlang once again experienced the pain of being a liberal arts student, at this time the glass was still blowing artificially with a pipe, and in less than 30 years, the emergence of large pieces of glass in Western Europe would make the price of glass drop rapidly, so wouldn't he have crossed in vain?

No way......

As a traverser, the brute force made Zhu Youlang wave his hand and reject him. "But the inner library also costs money, although after decades of fighting, there are not as many people on the jade as in the Taizu era, but these people also have to eat."

While pleading guilty, Tobe Shangshu still insisted on asking for money, and this petty official, who followed from Anlong to Ava and failed to leave his name in history, showed the greatest loyalty to the empire.

However, Zhu Youlang didn't plan to give a point. "Well, you ask the household department to go back and make a form, and the cabinet approves the report. However, it can only be 20,000 taels at most. ”

Being able to get 20,000 taels of silver, Hubu Shangshu's face blossomed with joy, and he retreated with a thousand thanks, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

After inviting the two Shangshu away, Zhu Youlang asked Yang Zai to sit on a chair and talk to him face to face.

For this Shousuke, who is good at understanding his intentions, Zhu Youlang doesn't mind showing greater grace. The two sat down and asked and answered, and Yang Zai was also accustomed to it, and he lost the tension of his tense muscles at the beginning.

(End of chapter)