Gao Qiqian this thing is of course sent by Hutchison, he himself is reluctant to spend hundreds of taels to buy this thing, recently the gold watch has just appeared in the Beijing market, Gao Qiqian in the hands of this one is priced at four hundred taels, there are two hundred taels and one hundred taels at the bottom, eighty two four grades, eighty taels is what the Emperor of the Apocalypse wants, the copper watch body, the materials are the most ordinary kind, this price is not bought by ordinary people, it should be a small landlord and small and medium-sized businessman with a solid background, or a rich talent or a person, When you go out to do business or meet friends, you need to keep track of your time, and this is the most convenient way to use it.

In the past, people in the Ming Dynasty used hourglasses and other things to see the time, and there were drum towers and chicken people to tell the time, and the table clock has been widely used since the table clock came in.

The people of the Ming Dynasty do not have the kind of stubbornness that holds the remnants of the stubborn refusal of any foreign items after a few hundred years, this clock not only has a lot of people, but also quite popular, into the five years of the Apocalypse, the table clock has been marketed in the north and south of the river, especially in the south of the Yangtze River is widely welcomed, becoming one of the military quite unexpected growth points.

Pocket watch is another growth point, from April into the Beijing market, the response is quite strong, many nobles and eunuchs are interested in this thing, civil officials and the gentry of the Beijing division are also very interested, the first to buy is a strong sense of time of the merchant class, such as Gao Qiqian such a eunuch is to give a gift, four hundred taels of pocket watch, the cost of Hutchison is less than fifty taels, but the eunuchs who sent out to receive this gift all feel that they received a thousand taels of gifts, the cost performance is really good.

Gao Qiqian is now more grateful to Hutchison, a watch made him show his face in front of the emperor, and at the same time full of gratitude to the emperor of the apocalypse, the emperor was not angry because he got a good thing, but was very sympathetic and did not want to break the watch because of curiosity, the palace has always said that the emperor is benevolent, and sure enough.

The apocalypse ordered everyone to continue to dismantle the clock, everyone was on the side to make fun, this is the most relaxed time in the palace, the sky is getting dark, the palace lights are getting brighter, the weather will be cooler at night, everyone has no errands, just serve the young man in front of him wearing a black Yanju dragon robe, there is a bell and faint footsteps in the distance, someone raised his head, a team of people who rattle the bell passed by, and Wei Zhongxian, who was nervous, walked up the stairs from not far away, and walked towards the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

"Emperor, the factory is here."

Now there are many people who privately call Wei Zhongxian nine thousand years old, but in serious occasions or call the factory Gong, if Wei Zhongxian is the Si Li palm print, then it is called the Yin Gong or the sect master, but the palm print is Wang Tiqian, Wei Zhongxian can not be said to be completely illiterate, but literacy is a matter of the past two years, of course he can't be in charge of the Si Li at such a level, and the strength of the tradition can also be seen here, although everyone knows that Wei Zhongxian is the emperor's most trusted eunuch leader, but he just can't be the Si Li palm print.

Wei Zhongxian's current position is the secretary of the court, which is an exception, because like the non-Hanlin of the outer court does not enter the cabinet, the rule of the inner court for more than a hundred years is that those who are not born in the inner study hall cannot enter the ceremony, and the other position is the commander of the East Factory, which is also quite important.

Now the voice of the imperial horse eunuch is far less than before, only the palm print of the priest and the power of the admiral Dongchang are not reduced, the priest seems to be the cabinet of the inner court, is the brain of the emperor to take charge and consider government affairs, and the governor of the east factory is the emperor's eyes and ears, all the affairs of the outer court, from the movement of the court officials to the party struggle, to the conversation of idlers in the teahouse on the street, including the price of vegetables in the market, the value of eggs, these are the contents of the East Factory.

As soon as Wei Zhongxian came, everyone in the hall came up to greet and salute, although they saw that Wei Zhongxian's expression was serious, everyone still smiled and bowed, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"Emperor, there is an emergency military situation in Liaoxi."

"Oh?" Tianqi looked at Wei Zhongxian and said with a smile: "It doesn't seem to be good news. ”

The emperor turned around and walked to the Dongnuan Pavilion, and after sitting down, he said, "Say it." ”

"Yes." Wei Zhongxian didn't pretend to read the manuscript anymore, everyone knew that he didn't know much literacy, so it was better to be honest. At that moment, he said about the defeat of Liaoxi, and finally said: "Emperor, Mr. Sun's excerpt also arrived with the defeat report, Mr. Sun said that he could not escape his responsibility, and asked the emperor to punish him, and he asked to resign and return to his hometown." ”

Apocalypse was depressed and upset for a while, and of course there was some uncontrollable anger.

Liaoxi spends more than three million taels of silver a year, if the Wanli period is equal to all the income of the imperial court, after the increase in the last year of Wanli, as well as the adjustment of various taxes such as commercial taxes during the Apocalypse, now the annual income of the Ming Dynasty is 10 million taels of silver, which has merchants and farmers and other people's blood and tears, how can the Emperor of the Apocalypse not be clear in his heart?

In three years, tens of millions of taels of silver were thrown in Liaoxi, saying that forty battalions of more than 100,000 soldiers were trained, and about 30,000 guest soldiers were eliminated in the past year, and now there are more than 110,000 people in Liaoxi, and it is said that this force has formed a two-to-one pressure on the whole clan of Jianyu, not to mention that the imperial court also supplied Liaozhen with a large number of military horses, armor, weapons, artillery, firearms, sailors, boats, chariots, etc., such a supply is a considerable pressure on the finances, and the financial system of the Ming Dynasty is derived from the design of Zhu Yuanzhang. There are serious defects from the beginning, because of the large-scale war in the early Ming Dynasty, the small peasant economy is in urgent need of recuperation and expedient measures, it is estimated that Lao Zhu did not expect his descendants to be so useless, more than 200 years, his law has not really been changed, at most it is tinkering like Zhang Juzheng, what is the use? If there is no war, the financial system of the Ming Dynasty can still be maintained, and the Liao affairs cannot be supported together, so they can only be maintained by increasing taxes, even if this is the pressure, except for Liao Town on the nine sides, which military town is not as poor as a beggar? The ordinary battalion soldiers in Liao Town have armor, not iron armor or cotton armor or chain mail, the rest of the military towns on the nine sides are mostly not armored, only the generals and Neiding are armored, and the weapons are also the most sophisticated supply to Liao Town, and the rest of the chariots, warships, artillery, and guns of course Liao Town is also the most priority supply, and the food and salary are also Liao Town first, and the military towns in the west, such as Datong, Yulin, Taiyuan, and Gansu Towns, it is too normal for military salaries to drag on for two or three months, and even half a year is within the normal range, as for how the soldiers of the Western Army support themselves and their families, The imperial court did not take it into account.

In the end, the soldiers of the Western Army gave the most obvious answer to the imperial court with their own actions, and a large number of border troops joined the ranks of the uprising, and Liaozhen took the generous salary given by the imperial court, wore thick armor and held sharp swords, and ran over to destroy these Western army robes who were forced to revolt.

"Ma Shilong should be damned!" Apocalypse said: "Send the flag school to close the door and arrest this person back!" ”

"Ahem......" Wei Zhongxian coughed, bowed down and handed the fold to the apocalypse, and said in a low voice: "Emperor, Mr. Sun still has a lot of protection for Ma Shilong, and if he is caught, it will not look good on Mr. 's face." ”

Tianqi said impatiently: "At this time, don't think about Mr. face or anything, lose your teacher and humiliate the country, don't explain how he will explain to the world!" ”

Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed when he heard this, Sun Chengzong is a big tree left in Donglin, and it is also the deepest thorn in his heart, Sun Chengzong does not go, the Donglin Party may resurge at any time, Sun Chengzong has no interest in party struggle, but once he joins the party, he is not the enemy of the party, and he is a comrade within the party, the party struggle is white-hot at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian has no confidence to be able to suppress Sun Chengzong for many years, once the old man returns to the dynasty, who knows what will be bewitched by the emperor? If the emperor has doubts in his heart, the eunuchs from the inner chamber are the most taboo about this, they are not like the old court of the outer court, there are the same party as ironcore helpers, the inner court is said to be a large number of party henchmen are fake, the eunuchs are moved according to the emperor's mind, the emperor likes someone to trust someone, the group of eunuchs will come to cling, once the emperor's holy will is reduced, then they will leave one after another, and even in an instant they will turn against each other. The inner court struggle is also much more cruel than the outer court, except for a few people in the outer court, most of the people in the outer court are at most exiled to the left, or resign and return to their hometowns, and enjoy the same happiness as a squire, and once the eunuchs lose power, the best result is to go to Xiaolingwei to pick dung and plant vegetables, most of which are the end of life.

Judging from the emperor's reaction now, Old Man Sun's unshakable position is still a little shaky.

However, Wei Zhongxian has no intention of striking while the iron is hot, the emperor is a smart man, it is enough to speak with the facts, there is no need to be clumsy.

Tianqi carefully watched Sun Chengzong's recital a few times, and said in his heart: "Mr. Sun is still the temper of that good old man, taking the responsibility on himself and excusing others. However, Mr. Sun insisted that Ma Shilong was a general, and it was just a temporary setback, so it seems that this person doesn't have to be killed, and he should be locked up first so that he knows how powerful he is. As for Mr. Sun, it seems that he can't stay in office, the upper and lower government orders and military orders are not compatible, they fight with each other, and they are disturbing in vain, and Mr. Sun has resigned more than 20 times, and he can also be told to rest in the old man's house. Originally, he could have been asked to return to the court, but now in this situation, it is better to ask Mr. to live at home for a few years, anyway, he is still in good health, and he will see the situation in a few years. ”

For the sake of the courtiers' fighting thoughts, the emperor sits on the highest place, who doesn't know except for the real fool? For example, Jiajing instigated Yan Song to fight Xia Yan, and allowed Xu Jiedou to overthrow Yan Song, in this process, the emperor acted as the supreme magistrate, enjoying the pleasure of the courtiers desperately stammering, many times this is the case, the emperor hopes that the courtiers will split and fight each other, but they can't let the internal strife affect the government. Prior to this, the Donglin Party was too strong, and it had reached the point where it was not Donglin that was treacherous and evil, and could not tolerate the extreme arrogance of the dynasty, and the apocalypse had no choice but to kill the killer, but at this time the emperor was already thinking about what would happen after a few years, although Wei Zhongxian was loyal, and the apocalypse had saved a lot of thought recently, but the emperor's suspicion made it impossible for the apocalypse to always appoint Wei Zhongxian as one person and one party, and the change of the situation was a sure thing, but at this time the emperor himself did not know where the opportunity for future changes was, and when it was, I just know that now Wei Zhongxian has done all kinds of things properly, the military needs and the financial expenses of the imperial court can be guaranteed, and the government affairs are running smoothly without hindrance, compared to the chaos in the last years of Wanli, although he has experienced cruel party struggles now, Wei Zhongxian's voice among the people must be extremely poor, but on the whole, Tianqi is still satisfied with Wei Zhongxian.

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