With the surrender of Ainengqi and his troops, the chaos in Fujian was completely calmed down. At the same time that Wang Yin, the governor of the southeast, sent good news to the imperial court, and the song for merit and salary was also sent to Nanjing.

In the city of Nanjing, just regained the power of the monarchy, he received the news of the pacification of Fujian, Chongzhen was naturally very happy, Fujian was pacified, and the Mantars were also driven out of the customs, and now the internal troubles of the Ming Dynasty are only the western thieves in Sichuan and the shun thieves in Shaanxi, and the extermination of the rebels is not far away.

However, after the joy, the next thing to face is trouble.

"The extermination of the Western thieves, pacified the situation in Fujian, for this reason the imperial court requisitioned Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong troops, if you add the Fujian army, the army transferred amounted to more than 200,000, so many troops consumed daily money and grain is astronomical, only Fujian Province can not be supplied, and from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong to transfer grain, the road loss is great, the provincial officials have been bitter, now Fujian is pacified, the provinces refuse to pay for food.

In the process of pacifying the western thieves, there were many soldiers who made meritorious contributions, and Wang Yin, the governor of the southeast, asked the imperial court to transfer money and grain to reward the three armies, and the preliminary calculation was that this silver alone became a million taels! In addition, Fujian has experienced more than half a year of war, and the people are miserable, and the imperial court needs to allocate money and grain to resettle the displaced people. “

In the Qianqing Palace, several scholars were called to the palace by Chongzhen to discuss the current situation.

Money, food, silver! Chongzhen rubbed his head with his hands, and his heart was extremely depressed. Since his accession to the throne, the court has been trapped by money and food for more than 20 years, and there is not a day when there is no shortage of silver.

There was no silver as a side salary, he was forced to increase taxes several times, even in the event of natural disasters, the levy did not stop, under the natural disasters, the displaced people were everywhere, and the court could not take out the silver to comfort the people, so that thieves and thieves were everywhere, and the world finally reached an uncontrollable situation.

It can be said that the reason why the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this end is the biggest reason for the lack of income of the imperial court!

Chongzhen also has some ideas in his heart about how to solve the financial problem, but it will take time to implement it, and it will not quench his thirst.

"Secretaries, tell me what you think." Chongzhen asked.

"The top priority now is to issue rewards for meritorious soldiers, because failure to reward meritorious service will cause the soldiers to lose their morale. However, the household department has just allocated a batch of silver to Beijing to reward King Qi's subordinates, and now there is really no silver to come up. Shi Kefa said softly.

"Your Majesty, the court has no money, but the big families in the southeast have money, and the minister suggested that the big families in Suzhou and Hangzhou should send a decree and order them to donate silver to the court!" The second assistant Lu Zhenfei proposed.

"Your Majesty, by no means! What is the difference between ordering a large family to donate money and robbing it? If they refuse, can the court still rob the money? Even if they are willing to donate some silver taels, it will be a drop in the bucket to support hundreds of thousands of troops, and it will take time to donate, far from quenching the thirst of the near, we need to think of other ways. As soon as Lu Zhenfei's words fell, Qian Qianyi immediately stood up and opposed Lu Zhenfei's words.

"Old Qian Ge, the wealth of the southeast is in the world, and there are many millions of families, so it is a robbery to ask them to donate some silver to serve the imperial court?" Lu Zhenfei asked with a sneer.

"Old Qian Ge, what can you do?" Chongzhen waved his hand, stopped Lu Zhenfei's words, and said to Qian Qianyi with a warm smile.

Lu Zhenfei's face changed, and he retreated silently, he knew that in Chongzhen's seizure of power not long ago, Qian Qianyi contributed a lot, and the saint was far above him. And as the king of Qi, he is extremely jealous of Chongzhen, and it may not be far off to be kicked out of the cabinet.

"The imperial court has no money, so Weichen suggested borrowing from the money bank in Nanjing, and first giving the meritorious soldiers' rewards to silver. The imperial court can use next year's salt tax as collateral to dismantle one million taels of silver from the bank, so that the urgent need can be solved. “

Chongzhen nodded: "What Qian Ge Lao said is very true, and this is the only way to do it now!" ”

Chongzhen naturally knew that Qian Qianyi's suggestion was tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst, using next year's salt tax as collateral to borrow silver, what should he do next year?

And if Lu Zhenfei's method can be implemented, it may be able to solve the current difficulties of the imperial court. But for Chongzhen, the reason why he was able to return to power this time was inseparable from the support of the officials of the southeast family represented by Qian Qianyi, and the suppression of Chen Yue, the king of Qi in the future, was also inseparable from the continued support of Donglin Party officials, so now he can't attack the Donglin Party at all.

Chongzhen adopted his suggestion, which encouraged Qian Qianyi, so he continued: "Your Majesty, since Fujian has been pacified, the troops of the provinces gathered in Fujian should also withdraw from Fujian, so as to reduce the pressure on Fujian's money and grain. The armies of the provinces will return to their own provinces to get food, and the imperial court will be much easier. ”

"What does Motosuke think?" Chongzhen looked at Shi Kefa Dao.

Shi Kefa nodded lightly: "Weichen agrees with Qian Ge Lao's suggestion and has no objections. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and didn't ask Lu Zhenfei's opinion again, "Since that's the case, let's decide so." Stand down, Elder Qian Ge stays. ”

Under Qian Qianyi's triumphant gaze, Shi Kefa and Lu Zhenfei bowed to Chongzhen, and then withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

"See you, come to my room and sit down." Back in the cabinet, Shi Kefa extended an invitation to Lu Zhenfei. Lu Zhenfei nodded and followed Shi Kefa into the duty room.

Retreating left and right, Shi Kefa personally made tea for Lu Zhenfei, and Lu Zhenfei silently picked up the tea cup and tasted it.

"Don't care about seeing Bai Mo, Your Majesty, he should still trust you." Finally, Shi Kefa comforted him.

Lu Zhenfei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Yuanfu Mo wants to comfort me, I know, I'm afraid I'm in the cabinet for a short time." ”

"Now that you know, why did you mention to Your Majesty that the big families in the southeast should donate silver? Don't you know who the big families in the southeast are? Shi Kefa asked puzzled.

Lu Zhenfei said: "Of course I know that the southeast is the territory of the Donglin Party, and the officials of the central and Thai half of the DPRK are from the southeast. But Yuansuke, you also know how difficult the finances of the imperial court have been? It is necessary to change the tax system of the imperial court, check the acres of land, pay taxes as a gentry, and collect commercial taxes, so that the Ming Dynasty can prosper! Now that the imperial court's finances are so difficult, if the big families in the southeast refuse to donate even some silver, other reforms will not be able to be carried out! “

Shi Kefa sighed when he heard this: "How difficult is it for the gentry to pay taxes and collect commercial taxes as one? I am afraid that your majesty will not be able to achieve it in his life, see Brother Bai, I advise you, in the current situation, it is better to say less. At the very least, you can keep it useful for the future! “

Waiting for the coming day? Lu Zhenfei understood what Shi Kefa meant, was silent for a long time, and nodded slowly, "I will play tomorrow and ask Your Majesty to resign!" “

PS: Add a new chapter, apologize for breaking the update for two consecutive days. Well, I want to break out this month, I don't know what everyone thinks?