Emperor Chongzhen didn't fall asleep until he was ugly, but his head was full of things, plus he had a headache, and he couldn't sleep, just lying on the bed was just closing his eyes and recuperating. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoGenerally speaking, it is easy for people to fall asleep after being tired, but if you stay up late for a long time, it may lead to neurasthenia or chronic fatigue syndrome, and even severe insomnia. Now, the symptom of insomnia has appeared in Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen lay on the bed like this and squinted for a while, and then heard what seemed to be a human voice. When I opened my eyes and saw Wang Chengen coming over, I wanted to sit up, but my body was sore, and I couldn't sit up all of a sudden. Hurriedly propped up his hand for a while, and then sat up.

"What time is it now?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, it's already five o'clock." Wang Chengen replied.

"Ah, that's to get up and get ready for the morning pilgrimage."

This rule of the early dynasty was set by Emperor Hongwu, who was full of energy and almost every day in the early dynasty. The time of the early dynasty is very early, and generally speaking, the time of the Mao Dynasty will begin. And those who participated in the early dynasty generally had to get up and prepare at the end of the day. Moreover, the early dynasty of the Hongwu period was large in scale and long-lasting, and only non-humans like Hongwu could support it every day. After Yongle moved its capital to Beijing, the Yongle Emperor greatly reduced the time and frequency of the early dynasty. Later, there were fewer and fewer early dynasties called "Chang Dynasty". But when it came to Chongzhen, in order to govern the country diligently and set an example for the following, the number of early dynasties increased greatly.

The location of the early dynasty was at Mukden Gate. Note that it is a door, not a temple. That is to say, in the early dynasties, all the officials stood in the open field. This was because the number of people in the early dynasties was too large, sometimes reaching more than 1,000 people, and with the construction technology of the time, it was not easy to build a large hall that could accommodate 1,000 people. Therefore, the early pilgrimage can only be carried out in the open air. Emperor Hongwu also set the rules very considerately, if it rains, the officials can wear raincoats when they go to court.

In such an environment, the early dynasties, of course, were only ceremonial matters, and the real government affairs were generally not handled in the early dynasties. After Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, because the weather was too cold, the time of the early dynasty was greatly compressed, and after the basic etiquette was completed, the emperor turned to the palace of the right Shunmen, and the hundred officials had something to do, and went to the office if they had nothing to do. And in the hall, it is the real place where the officials speak and do things.

As soon as the sky was bright, Emperor Chongzhen arrived at Fengtianmen, and the hundreds of officials who needed to go to the court had already set up a queue here. Emperor Chongzhen accepted the bow of the hundred officials here, completed a series of rituals, and then set up a side hall according to the custom, and some real important ministers also followed here.

In the palace, the first assistant Zhang Zhifa reported some of the work of the cabinet to Chongzhen, and after discussing government affairs for a while, it was finally the turn of Jianzhen's cannon.

"What do you think of the two proposals of the governor of Fujian?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the two strategies of the governor of Fujian must be implemented. Moreover, Fujian is too far away from Jianqi, and the ships that can intercept Jianshen this time are completely dependent on His Majesty's blessings. Therefore, Weichen and others felt that the water division should be rebuilt in Denglai in order to better close the waterway of Jianren. It's just that after the Denglai Rebellion, the sailors lost everything, and then the Dongjiang River was ruined, and all the sailors surrendered to Jianxi. Now, if we want to rebuild, there will be no one and no ships. I heard that Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, has several brothers, all of whom are brave generals at sea. It may be a way to transfer a partial division from Fujian and station it in Denglai.

Jianyan has been in the Kou many times, but each time he has entered the Kou, he can't last long, so why not? Gain was not good at attacking the city. If you can't break the big city and Shanhaiguan, you can't do harm for a long time. Now Jianshen has such a cannon. If you don't take precautions, I'm afraid there will be problems. In addition, Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, said that the Taixi people had better and bigger cannons, and the governor of Fujian should also contact those Taixi people, firstly, to prevent them from continuing to sell cannons to Jianxi, and secondly, to inquire about the price of these cannons. Zhang Zhifa said first.

"That's as it should be." Emperor Chongzhen said, "It's just that it's not the first time that our dynasty has bought cannons. The basic price cabinet should also have a number in mind. Shanhaiguan, Xuanda, and Beijing are all indispensable. How should this money be put together, I wonder what the cabinet can do? ”

There was a sudden silence in the entire side hall. Emperor Chongzhen waited patiently for a while, but still no one was willing to speak. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but I don't make a sound. One by one, the cabinet members were determined not to be the first to come out.

Chongzhen finally lost his patience and directly began to name him: "Zhang Aiqing, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, can you tell me what to do?" ”

"Your Majesty......" Zhang Zhifa only felt that his scalp was tight, he was different from the other Shoufu. He was born as a foreign minister, and he did not enter the cabinet from the right path. In the Ming Dynasty, it was basically impossible for officials who had not ordered Hanlin to enter the cabinet, and Zhang Zhifa was the first to enter the cabinet without Hanlin. He was rejected and looked down upon by many parties when he entered the cabinet, and now Wen Tiren suddenly fell down, and for a while, the court and the central government did not find a suitable candidate to take over the position. So he was placed in the position of Shousuke. But in the whole of Beijing, from the emperor to a pawn who guards the door, everyone knows that he is just a transition. Zhang Zhifa himself is also clear about this. He, the first assistant, is actually a soy sauce maker, but now, the emperor directly asked him for ideas.

"Minister...... I thought it was ...... This matter should be asked to the household department. Zhang Zhifa flew up and kicked the ball to the feet of Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household. Cheng Guoxiang got 130,000 taels of silver because he thought of "borrowing a quarter's rent from the capital", that is, borrowing a quarter's rent from those people in Beijing who had extensive land and houses. (Originally, it was estimated that there should be 500,000 taels, but those big landlords and landlords in the capital were not simple people, and their ability to resist the policy was not ordinarily strong, so in the end they only got 130,000) But at that time, it was also considered to be a rescue of urgent need. In addition, at that time, Hou Xian, the head of Hou Fangyu, was dismissed because of the problem of not fighting when Kaifeng fell, so Cheng Guoxiang, who dared to ask the powerful for money, entered Chongzhen's eyes and was promoted to the head of the household, and joined the cabinet as a second assistant.

But Cheng Guoxiang also knows that this matter is not easy to do, and now because of the last time he asked the powerful for money, he offended a large group of people, if he comes to such a guy again this time, I am afraid that there will be no good results. Since Hongwu, more than half of the Hubu Shangshu have not been able to survive until official retirement, and most of them have been dismissed from their posts, and those who have been imprisoned also abound. Cheng Guoxiang is not young, and his beard has grown a lot, although he is a clean official, he is not afraid of death like Hai Rui. So he secretly looked at the other ministers, but saw that those ministers were looking at the old monks one by one, so he had to stiffen his head and replied: "The household department has spent a lot of money during this time, and the emperor also knows it, and now the household department has no money left." A few days ago, the household department just allocated a sum of money to the military department, and I don't know ...... the military department."

Cheng Guoxiang also flew up and kicked the ball to the military department. Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, naturally has no choice, and now that the battle against the rogues in various places has reached a critical moment, where can he become more money? So he kicked the ball back to Shoufu and said, "The military department is only responsible for the coordination of the war in the world, and His Majesty should still ask Shoufu about such matters." "Anyway, Shoufu Zhang Zhifa is just a transitional figure, he doesn't carry the black pot, who will?

Zhang Zhifa saw that everyone refused to come forward, so he could only stubbornly say: "There are only two hands in this matter, one is to levy more, and the other is to ask Your Majesty to use the internal funds......"

Chongzhen couldn't help but change his face when he heard the word "inner money" and said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have paid for the war every year, and now, where is there still money in the inner treasury?" You ......"

"Death to the minister!" Zhang Zhifa hurriedly knelt on the ground and apologized to the emperor.

In fact, at this time, everyone knew in their hearts that the money of the Ming Dynasty was there, and it was all in the powerful people in the court and the rich families in the local area. But no one wanted to take the initiative to touch those people, so the ball rolled over and over in the court, and in the end, the newly appointed Yang Sichang couldn't help it, and put forward the opinions of expanding the qualifications for selling prisoners to wealthy households, allowing all localities to strictly inspect the land endowment, and pay taxes strictly according to the actual amount.

Now that there is a bird, everyone is relieved together, so one after another ministers said: "The minister seconded the proposal." "The first problem at this meeting can be regarded as barely having a solution.

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However, the matter of mobilizing the Fujian Navy Division was not smooth, Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong both insisted that now I am still at war with the Dutch. Although the Dutch retreated slightly, they coveted Fujian all the time, and the harvest in Fujian in the past two years was not good, and the people had a hard time. If there are fewer people transferred, it will not be used, and if there are more people transferred, I am afraid that this army will leave Fujian on the front foot, and Fujian will be in chaos on the back foot. Besides, the Fujian sailors are all southerners, and when they go to the north, they are not satisfied with the water and soil, so I am afraid that they may not be able to play any role.

Xiao Yifu even wrote that if the sailors of Fujian were to be moved, it was best for the imperial court to negotiate peace with the Dutch first. He heard that the Dutch had taken advantage of the war in Korea to occupy Jeju Island in Korea, and now Korea is already an enemy country of the Ming Dynasty. The Dutch were thousands of miles away, and all they wanted was to make a fortune through trade. I really have no ambition to encroach on my Daming. Moreover, the Dutch proposed that if the Ming were willing to make peace with the Netherlands, and allowed the Dutch caravans to open a chamber of commerce in the Tanggu area, and exchange ideas, the Dutch were willing to compensate the Ming for the losses caused by the previous war, and sell any advanced firearms to the Ming at a preferential price. At the same time, it cooperated with the Daming Navy Division to strengthen the naval blockade of Jianxuan. Besides, it is actually very boring to continue to fight with the Dutch, and if you win, you will spend the money and food of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, he heard that in fact, the Dutch had been trading as Spaniards and Portuguese merchants for a long time. It's just that local officials have a hard time discerning the difference between these Tessis. Therefore, the blockade against the Netherlands is actually not very interesting, it is better to recruit them, simply allow them to trade openly, and then they can collect some commercial taxes more or less, as far as he estimates, in a year, there are tens of thousands of taels of silver, although it is not much, but it is also somewhat helpful to the imperial court. He had some Tessie missionaries here, and he was well aware of the situation in Holland, and if the Emperor was interested in this suggestion, he could send them along with the three cannons he had captured.