Between dealing with the polite response of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China who had different thoughts, Zhu Zilong looked up and looked around, but saw the officials of the Donglin Party, their faces black and blue. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the cabinet members, with the support of their own officials, slowly prepared to walk towards the outside of the Taihe Palace, with expressionless faces.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zilong's brows subconsciously furrowed slightly.

Just when everyone was about to leave the show and go back to their respective homes.

The female officials and eunuchs came out from behind, announced the emperor's will, summoned the cabinet ministers and others, and a new official general, Xiyuan Xiaoyan spoke. This is the itinerary that Zhu Zilong's emperor clone has planned a long time ago, so everyone has no surprise, but the strange schedule is a little advanced.

In the royal palace, there are many generals who are coming for the first time, and they are all very excited.

The small banquet is frugal, but everyone's minds are obviously not here, and being able to participate in this kind of private banquet of the emperor's family represents that he has entered the core of the emperor's heart, which is the most important.

The atmosphere in the field was still relaxed, and Zhu Zilong controlled the emperor's clone and spoke slowly. With a smile in his eyes, he said some words of encouragement, and all the generals and nobles were all in harmony, only the cabinet and other officials did not look very good-looking, and their smiles were reluctant.

Zhu Zilong's body is the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, according to the etiquette system, and the first-class officials have to bow when they see him. Everyone put aside the status and position of cabinet members, and the dignity is inferior to him, even if it is his junior brothers, it depends on the master to beat the dog, and he can no longer call and drink to the generals as in the past.

On the side, Yuan Chonghuan's face was sometimes calm, sometimes tangled, and his gaze at Zhu Zilong's body was very complicated. Next to him, Shu Ziqian, one of his lieutenants, looked at Yuan Chonghuan and then at Zhu Zilong, thoughtful.

In the face of Yuan Chonghuan's observation, Zhu Zilong also responded with a smile, but when he saw Shu Ziqian, one of his lieutenants, he smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth.

When he turned his head, and no one could observe the expression of Zhu Zilong's body, a mysterious expression appeared on his face, as if he was in control of everything.

The border battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties ended, and the crisis of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong was alleviated, and even won a small victory.

However, the external troubles are still there, and the main force of the Qing captives is still there, and they have not suffered much losses. Maybe after a period of lurking, they may make a comeback at any time, after all, with the climate and soil of Liaodong, the Tatars will not survive if they do not plunder.

So, Zhu Zilong controlled the emperor's clone, and with this topic, he began to chat with the officials and generals in a casual manner.

Everyone responded one after another, according to the current situation, the huge supply of food and salary in Liaodong may still not be stopped, and at most a part will be allocated to Jizhen Town or Shanhaiguan Town.

Zhu Zilong's emperor doppelganger nodded again and again, fortunately, a few days ago, he robbed the house of two princes who ate for nothing. The emperor's inner treasury has increased a lot of income, and this year's finances are still okay, as long as the natural disasters don't stop.

Maybe you will say that the money at the border gate can't be given less?

However, Liaojiao, there are too many interest groups involved in it, and one by one strong interest groups exist like Jin Shang and Donglin Party, and those who want to move the interests in this are not known how to die.

Even if it is an emperor, he can't easily take this piece lightly.

Looking at the cabinet ministers, who has not benefited from the salary? It's just a matter of how much and how little.

When he was young, Zhu Zilong, the cottage emperor, said: "The border pass is a big victory, the border trouble is a little peaceful, if the towns can train tens of thousands of new troops after this war, why worry about the thieves in the east and the thieves will not be destroyed, and I will train the new army, what do the secretaries think?" ”

The cabinet ministers glanced at each other, some frowning but they were expecting.

Since ancient times, emperors naturally hope that the greater the power, the better, and the same is true for the military. The new army must be in the hands of the imperial court, and an effective way is for the imperial court to supply food and salaries and arrange personnel.

In this way, the new army will be stronger than the local army, and the future will be stable.

Speaking of this matter, all the princes in the field, except for Zhu Zilong's body, all of them have bright eyes, indeed, the new army, now everyone attaches great importance to it.

When it comes to military training, it naturally has to go through the hands of the military department.

His position was equivalent to that of the Minister of Defense in later generations, so the secretary of the military department stood up and said: "What the Holy Lord said is very true, the new army is now the foundation of the combat power of each town, if there are tens of thousands of people. It can be consolidated by the general army's defense, and Liaodong and Shanhaiguan are stationed. In this way, Liaodong and Jizhen are connected into a line, and it will be very difficult for Dongnu to break through the border in the past. ”

Zhu Zilong controlled the emperor's clone and nodded vigorously.

But other than that, the cabinet members either sneered or had no expression on their faces.

Suddenly, Chen Yan, a member of the cabinet, interjected with sympathy: "The willingness to train troops is good, but where is the salary for training troops?" ”

The military department Shangshu was immediately speechless, but he reacted very quickly and said with a smile: "This is the matter of the household department." ”

As soon as Hubu Shangshu saw that the ball was thrown to him, he hurriedly stood up and played Tai Chi, and saluted the emperor: "Back to the emperor, the treasury is now running out of money and food, and there are famines, natural disasters, plagues, and displaced people everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. Many prefectures and counties have been unable to collect basic taxes, and many border towns and counties are also in arrears. The household department also has no money! ”

Zhu Zilong's emperor doppelganger frowned, and the generals and princes present were also disappointed.

At this time, Chen Yan suddenly smiled again and said, "Your Majesty, although the northern land is full of disasters and famines, the lands south of the Yangtze River are still rich. The minister believes that the main force of taxation can be placed in the Jiangnan area. You can train a new army! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Donglin Party and other officials changed greatly.

Zhu Zilong looked around, thinking in his heart.

Chen Yan is not a member of the Donglin Party, he was temporarily put into the cabinet, and he was a-stirring stick, which really had a miraculous effect.

At this time, nearly half of the cabinet members were Donglin Party members. They are all Jiangnan people, if the imperial court collects taxes in the future, mainly in Jiangnan, these cabinet elders, lose local support, and soon their official positions will come to an end.

So, they all glared at Chen Yan angrily.

Zhu Zilong watched coldly and did not dissuade him. In the original history, the factional struggle between officials in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty was very fierce. For example, Shao Zhan Shi Huang Daozhou impeached Yang Sichang, a scholar and secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Ruoqi impeached Huang Daozhou, and Donglin, the Eunuch Party, and the Yanguan Party were constantly fighting.

As the emperor, the following people who don't like the eye eat each other, and they are definitely happy to see the big jeep and fight.

The art of imperial balancing is like this.

When he was young, the household department Shangshu sighed: "Jiangnan is already a heavy tax, and all taxes rank first in the country. Please think twice! ”

After speaking, he choked up and talked about the suffering of his hometown fathers, just like the Oscar winners of later generations.

Zhu Zilong sneered in his heart, these officials knew that they would add taxes to ordinary people. The subtext of Lao Tzu is that the people who want to collect taxes refer to those rich merchants and big landlords of Jiang merchants, okay?

Don't TM change the topic, the resident insects of the Ming Dynasty.

- (To be continued.) )