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"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Chongzhen raised his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers said respectfully.

"There's a book! Retreat from the dynasty without capital! Cao Huachun continued to show his presence.

As soon as he finished speaking, the head of the household department Shangshu Bi Ziyan came out and said: "Your Majesty! This is the financial situation of this quarter summed up by the minister according to His Majesty's request, please take a look at it! After speaking, he presented a note.

Cao Huachun took it and then respectfully presented it to Chongzhen, Chongzhen took it casually and then opened it and looked at it seriously, but the more he looked at it, the tighter the frowning became, and finally his face gradually darkened, but it didn't come out, after a while, Chongzhen put down the document and said: "Aiqing is very meticulous!" I'm very satisfied! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bi Ziyan said respectfully.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, whose face was full of clouds, everyone below was curious about what Bi Ziyan had written in the song? His Majesty the Emperor will be in such a bad mood after reading it? Chongzhen was silent for a while and said, "Do you Aiqing have any good tea to eat recently?" ”

The ministers were stunned, why did the emperor suddenly ask this? Is there another anti-corruption campaign? Then I can't jump into it, so it's quiet below, and some are still shaking their heads.

"It seems that my Ming tea is almost gone, why haven't I received such a disaster? If so, will the tea supply to Mongolia be enough? Don't lose face of my Daming when the time comes! Chongzhen said coldly.

At this time, Cheng Jiming looked at everyone and said: "Your Majesty, at present, I have enough tea in the Ming Dynasty, and my ministers are benevolent, and now there are some tea leaves that can be eaten!" I don't know why Your Majesty said that there is a shortage of tea? ”

"Oh! There is so much tea, why is this tea tax so small? Only a few thousand taels? Chongzhen frowned and asked.

When Cheng Jiming heard this, he was immediately a little embarrassed, looked at his colleagues behind him, sighed helplessly, and Chongzhen continued: "Pay back this mining tax, business tax!" Not to mention the mining tax, this commercial tax, my Ming business is so withered? Can't pay any of the most basic 30 taxes? ”

There was a silence below, there were too many interests involved, no one dared to come out and tell the truth, just stood quietly, Chongzhen looked at everyone, and then looked at the four members of the cabinet, and then said: "Now my Ming is not stable, there are often rebellions among the people, and this Tartar rebellion has not subsided, I need silver, you all want to think of what to do!" Chongzhen told the truth, and directly shouted about the lack of money.

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Xu Jiugao, the secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came out and said, "Your Majesty! The superintendent of the imperial history Mao Yujian gave His Majesty a lesson, and asked His Majesty to take a look! ”

Chongzhen was stunned, "Lao Tzu asked for money!" It's not to see what the imperial history is! I thought so, but I still took the song presented by Cao Huachun and looked at it, and couldn't help but laugh when I looked at it, "NND!" It turns out that the idea of proposing to abolish the post station was made up by this guy! ”

Then he put down the song and said: "Supervising the imperial history Mao Yujian suggests that the post station be abolished!" I just put it in advance, and I will tell you what you think about this matter first! ”

"What! Dismantle the station! When the officials below heard this, they immediately exploded, "! Is this supervising Yu Shi Mao Yujian's brain collapsed! Can you come up with this kind of idea of harming others and not benefiting yourself? What if our benefits are abolished? This is what most officials have always thought, when even a minister comes out and says, "Your Majesty! This is a must-do! The post station is a place for the imperial court to transmit palace documents and military information or to and from officials on the way to eat and lodging, and change horses, if it is abolished, it will be difficult for the imperial court's policy to reach the various state capitals, and the imperial court will obtain all kinds of information, and the music will be affected! "After that, other officials came out of the ranks, from the ancient system to the benefits of the post station said over and over again, and then magnified all kinds of unfavorable things and exaggeratedly said, said that Chongzhen's head was big, and finally directly from the post station to Mao Yu fitness, said that this person had ill intentions, ruined my Ming foundation, undermined social harmony and stability, asked Emperor Chongzhen to remove his official position, and even asked Emperor Chongzhen to shoot the people of Xingwei to strictly investigate this person, and he must be put in prison, and the nine clans are willing to give up, and so on.

Seeing that so many people were opposed, Chongzhen naturally would not be stupid enough to directly contradict them, but nodded: "What you Aiqing said is that this post station is very important to the imperial court!" I won't cut it! ”

Those who opposed it were relieved to hear that the emperor Chrysostom had been opened, and Chongzhen thought in his heart at this time: "Of course Lao Tzu will not withdraw, and then a king Zicheng will emerge after the withdrawal, Zhang Zicheng or something will come to make trouble for me?" ”

Without waiting for them to breathe, Chongzhen continued: "The post station will not be withdrawn, but the system of this post station really needs to be changed!" As soon as he heard the emperor's words, the minister who had just breathed a sigh of relief suddenly felt that the chrysanthemum was tight again, which one did the emperor want to make trouble? Suddenly, everyone jumped out and said that the post station is very good now, and there is no need to change it at all, etc., and finally Chongzhen was angry and wanted to laugh after hearing it, is he really a fool? When they finished speaking, Chongzhen said coldly: "The current post station system is very good? The post stations across the country, in just three months, can consume 600,000 taels of silver! I really want to know how the 600,000 taels were spent? Which Aiqing came out to tell me! ”

As soon as the emperor asked like this, did the ministers who were still making a fuss just now shut up in unison, no one came out and said, this is not self-inflicted, anyway, God knows this matter, you know and I know, the emperor doesn't know, that's enough.

At this time, someone in the cabinet moved, and I saw someone come out and say: "Your Majesty! The minister also suggested that the existing post stations should be reformed! ”

Chongzhen looked at it, it turned out to be Xu Guangqi, and immediately nodded with satisfaction: "Very good!" What does Aiqing think? ”

Xu Guangqi was silent for a while and said: "The minister has the courage to implore Your Majesty to abolish the existing post station system and take new measures for the post station, first: from the current private office to the official office, the common people only need to pay a certain post tax, and other expenses will be borne by the imperial court; Second, after receiving the tax, the court shall not collect other fees from the people, and the court shall allocate the funds when the funds are insufficient; Third, officials who resist reform and embezzlement, and divert post stations for private use will be severely punished! ”

Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi, who was a little indignant, a little surprised, yes, dare to stand up! Sure enough, as soon as Xu Guangqi finished speaking, a bunch of ministers came out to attack Xu Guangqi, and directly transferred the words that had just scolded Mao Yujian to Xu Guangqi, ignoring his identity as a cabinet elder.

Chongzhen looked at an old man blocking arrows in front of him, and naturally he couldn't bear to say: "Xu Aiqing's suggestion is good!" Do you have any suggestions? ”

At this time, the other three members of the cabinet looked at each other, and then Liu Hongxun came out and said: "Weichen thinks that Your Majesty can refer to the strategy proposed by Hai Rui before!" ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Aiqing talk about it!" ”

Liu Hongxun said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order!" Back to Your Majesty! Specifically, the best policy is to "punish all those who are illegal" and "the law of five horses and three donkeys at the beginning of the restoration of the country". The middle policy is to set standards for the reception of transit officials. Voucher check-in station, everything according to the rules to come, otherwise will not be accepted. The next policy is to receive transit officials without holding a welcome and send-off ceremony, and to take care of the necessary food and lodging. ”

When Chongzhen heard it, it was good, although it was not as extreme as Xu Guangqi said, but it also seriously impacted the interests of most of the current officials, nodded and continued: "Is there anything else to add?" ”

As a result, there was no supplementary suggestion, and the wave of opposition was wave after wave, directly slapping Xu Guangqi and Liu Hongxun to death on the beach, and at this time, Cheng Ji ordered to come out and say: "Your Majesty! Wechen has an idea! ”

Chongzhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh!?" Tell me about it! ”

"Your Majesty! The reform of this post station Weichen thought that it could be according to Xu Ge Lao's statement, but in addition to transmitting the policies of the imperial court and the ministers, the post station can also add some additional tasks, such as helping merchants to transport goods, and now with the strengthening of the mutual market between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, the trade in the north has become increasingly busy, and the south believes that after the Haikou is eliminated, the trade will be more prosperous than the north, and then it will need a lot of carriages and livestock to pull it, and the court can take advantage of this advantage, This can not only help the people but also increase the income of the court, which is one, and second, if the people want to go to other places, the court can also help, or the officials can also, as long as they pay a certain fee; Of course, for the officials of the imperial court or the families of officials, the imperial court can give some preferential policies, which will be discussed by Rong Chen and others at that time! As soon as Cheng Jiming said this, Chongzhen's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard it, this guy is good! Isn't this modern logistics? And passenger transport?

Then Cheng Ji ordered to continue without waiting for those officials to speak out against it: "Of course, there is another point, Weichen suggested that the function of receiving officials at the post station should be separated, and the imperial court can set up a place alone, similar to the current inn outside, but this is far from enough, you can increase the function of the restaurant, the two are combined into one, officials can live in these places when they travel on business, all expenses and reception can be done in accordance with the etiquette system of the imperial court, and this place can also receive foreign envoys and even ordinary people at other times!" And all this income goes to the state treasury, and of course all the management and support is also allocated by the imperial court! ”

Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Very good!" Aiqing, this suggestion is good! Is there anything else to add? ”

Cheng Jiming thought for a while and said, "I beg your majesty to forgive, Weichen only thinks of these for the time being." ”

"Good! Do you have any suggestions? Chongzhen asked with a smile.