In the square in front of Fengtian Gate, apart from the rustling of the cold wind blowing through the flag, only Hu Guang's voice echoed: "The soldiers are not paid, they can't support their families when they enter, they can't make a living when they retreat, they don't have clothes to cover their bodies, and they are hungry and cold......

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Hu Guang's face and said: "Look at you, you are dressed many times better than the soldiers of the border, and after standing for a while, I have already seen that someone can't stand!" ”

As soon as he said this, the thousands of officials below immediately did not dare to make any more small movements, and all of them stood up straight.

"Treat others with yourself, why do you ask my Ming soldiers to kill the enemy bravely and keep the enemy out?" Hu Guang said that he didn't sit anymore, stood up and pointed to the distance, "Now do you see it, the enemy has already hit the land of Gyeonggi and hit the Gyeongshi!" Do you see the dangers of the imperial court's inability to pay military salaries? ”

When the civil and military officials below heard this, they were all a little surprised, and they all looked up at the emperor. It's just a slight difference that the generals on the right are a little excited in surprise, while the civil officials on the left are more surprised than surprised.

Hu Guang paused, and after glancing at the hundreds of military officials below, he said in a soothing tone: "The imperial court has no money, how can the thousands of refugees in Jingshi provide disaster relief?" If someone is still unclear, go out and have a look after the meeting. Not only them, now the Daming drought and flooding are endless, and the basic water conservancy has not been repaired for many years, such a piece needs money, you know, the court needs money! ”

The last sentence was almost shouted out, and then he regained control of his emotions and said: "If you feel that these things are none of your business, and that it is none of your business, then I ask you, what about your money, do you think it is enough?" The civil officials are from the household department, and the noble emperor is from Ouchi. But whether it's the household department or the Ouchi, there is no money, it's not that I don't want to give you enough money, understand? ”

When he said this, the civil and military officials couldn't bear it anymore and knelt down one after another.

"Also, because the imperial court has no money......"

After talking for a long time, Hu Guang didn't want to say more, let them calm down, and then issued an order: "How to increase the revenue of the treasury, all the secretaries have ideas, and they can do it!" ”

With that, he sat back.

However, the square was quiet, and there was no movement, as if there were only thousands of mud bodhisattvas standing in this square.

When Hu Guang saw it, his heart was a little cold. I said so much, and yesterday I explained the purpose of today's court meeting in advance, but there was no one to make suggestions?

This emperor is really not good! Hu Guang thought about it, so he had to speak again: "Bi Qing, you are the secretary of the Ming Dynasty, do you have any ideas?" ”

Bi Ziyan came out of the ranks, and he had no choice but to play: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditures. Today, thinking about the method of opening the festival is hard to say. The speaker may want to open a mine, but the gains outweigh the losses, and still cause chaos; Or they want to raise taxes, and the tariffs have been increased, in vain to distract merchants. As for the stalls, they are all strict and meticulous. Weigh the children and mothers, and the people who are fresh and honest. For today's plan, it is easy to accumulate a small amount and make it easy, and there is no more than one additional policy. ”

What he meant by this was that in other words, there was only one way to add a faction, and nothing else was good. Hu Guang frowned when he heard this, but he didn't speak.

Therefore, Wei Chen thought that today's convenient measures, when the Liao salary should be increased, can be shared in the field tax, tariff, salt tax and miscellaneous items. The field tax was raised from 9 cents to 1 cent and 2 cents, and more than 6,670,000 taels of silver were distributed, and more than 5,220,000 taels of silver could be levied except for the exemption of soldiers and famines, and 7,488,298 taels of silver were estimated to be levied with customs duties, salt taxes, and miscellaneous items. ”

When he said this, he obviously thought about it in advance, and therefore he was able to come to such a conclusion.

However, without waiting for Hu Guang to express his opinion, he saw a cough and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no objection to this, but this is an additional faction, if it is still counted in the acres of land, I am afraid that the people will not be able to make a living!" ”

Hu Guang looked at it, but it was Liu Mao in the military department. At this look, he suddenly remembered, isn't he responsible for the abolition of the post station!

Some people in later generations, including the famous Liang Qichao, have such a view, indicating that the reason why the dynasty fell was because the abolition of the post station forced Li Zicheng to rebel. Hu Guang can only laugh at this, it's really naïve!

But at this time, since he remembered the abolition of the post station, he asked: "Liu Qing, your abolition of the post station is also throttling, what is happening now?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Mao's face was a little ugly, and he stopped talking. remembered the emperor's words just now, so he resolutely said: "The matter of abolishment is very difficult!" If you can't take care of Lijia, you will complain; The officials of the post office are not allowed to ask for long examples, and they are resentful; The yamen are reluctant to extort the horses, and they complain; State and county officials are not allowed to privately fold their husbands and horses, and they are resentful; The provincial government office shall not use and abuse it without authorization, and it shall be resentful; That is, those who are concerned with their ministers and colleagues must not be private, and they will complain. Those who don't complain are alone in the ears of farmers! ”。

It was not easy for him to use six words of "resentment" in a row, which made Hu Guang unable to help but be moved. After frowning, he immediately ordered: "For the matter of abolishing the post station, Liu Qing will write a specific chapter, and I will solve the difficulties!" ”

Hu Guang decided to discuss it again to see how to reduce the resistance to reform, and even turn waste into treasure and build the post station into an institution similar to that of the postal service in later generations.

As soon as Liu Mao heard this, two lines of old tears suddenly flowed, fell to his knees, and replied in a choked voice: "Weichen obeys!" ”

Since the abolition of the post station, as he said, he has almost become a loner like an emperor, because of the relationship of interests, everyone stays away from him, which makes him very helpless and depressed. also made him always worry that someone would slander and make the emperor change his mind, then he would really not be a person inside and out.

Unexpectedly, now the emperor expressed his stance at the court meeting, which shows that the emperor's determination has not changed, and he still values him very much.

If it was in the original history, it was really as he feared, but he ended up with two different people, and finally resigned from depression in Chongzhen for three years, and died of illness before he arrived in his hometown in Shaanxi. His family could not hire a single person to bear the burden, so he was stored in a hostel and could not return to the village for burial for many years.

"Ding, achievement value +3, from the military department to Liu Mao!"

Hu Guang no longer has the motivation to look at the achievement value in the chat group, but this achievement value is not enough to stuff his teeth. However, he was satisfied with Liu Mao's admiration for himself, and remembered what he had just said, so he asked: "What does it mean that Qingyan is sent to measure the acres of land, and I am afraid that the people will not be able to make a living?" ”

"Your Majesty, the northerners are vast and sparsely populated, and although the number of acres per household is large, the yield per mu is very small. Now that there is a lot of drought in the north, under the increase in the number of people, there will be a sharp increase! Liu Mao said loudly.

When Hu Guang heard this, it made sense, and when he was about to say something, he heard several coughs suddenly sounding from the low, and several people came out of the queue in unison.