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Zhang Shenyan arched his hand and said, "The prime minister will investigate clearly, and the lower officials will report it according to the truth, this is still the lowest budget."

If you are poor like this, you will have no money, and this does not include military spending, let alone where the silver for the western expedition came from.

Wang Lanping thought for a while and said, "In this way, in the name of the holy decree, all the provinces and all the palaces will stop the payment of silver, please take the court as your mind, and tell them that if the Ming Dynasty is gone, the good days of their princes will be over, so to speak, in addition, the palace repair project has also stopped, the use of the palace has been halved again, and all projects except for the civil budget will be stopped, and the finances of the court will be made up later."

"Yes!" Zhang Shenyan did not dare to object.

Wang Lanping turned his head to the military department, "Wu Zuo, tell me, how many military households are in the military department?"

"Back to the prime minister, the military household amount is 630,000"

The identity of the military households in the Ming Dynasty was hereditary, and the peak of the founding of the Ming Dynasty reached more than 1.8 million military households, counting family members, several million, but with the command of those military guards over the years, a large number of military households have embezzled the land of military households, and the military households who can't survive have chosen to flee, and many guards are almost out of soldiers.

These military households say that they are soldiers, but in fact they are no different from the common people, and they are even less free than the common people, and they have no combat effectiveness.

It's just that in this way, those small landlord-like guards will definitely disagree, cut off their financial routes, don't look at these people who are ineffective in fighting, but they can make trouble, big or small.

Wang Lanping said, "Speaking of military households. It is the third thing in today's discussion, the implementation of the new policy, saying that the new deal is actually the road that the predecessors have walked, the first assistant Zhang Juzheng in the early years of Wanli carried out a national land measurement, and now it is almost a hundred years, and the disadvantages are deepening. It's time to re-measure."

The officials were in an uproar, this is to fight with the rich people in the world.

Wang Lanping did not defend himself, today he said that he was discussing politics, but in fact, it was the prime minister's words, and the minister only had to listen.

He continued, "As you have just heard, the fiscal deficit is serious, and the imperial court has no money, and no money means that it is difficult to move forward. Shi Kefa originally set up the four towns in Jiangbei because the household department had no money, so he had to apportion the military expenses to the local area to raise money, although it solved the urgent need for a while, but it also made the imperial court unable to make ends meet, and eighty percent of the local taxes and silver could not be collected, Zhang Shenyan said"

"The lower official is here!"

"Officials from the household department were dispatched to seven prefectures to measure the current cultivated land, and the deadline was to complete it within one month. Must not be overdue"

"The subordinate officer receives the order!"

"Yes, my lords. Measuring the land is just the beginning, what I'm going to do is to let the cultivators have their land."

Wang Lanping also said, "There are a total of 11 guards in Nanzhi, and the military department must count the cultivated land area to which these 11 guards belong within 15 days, and at the same time the number of registered military households."

"Obey the Prime Minister's Order"

Wang Lanping was a little surprised. No one objected, and he added, "From now on, the national policy of military spending coming here will be abolished, and all military expenses will be provided by the imperial court." It is strictly forbidden for local officials to recruit troops privately, and to dismiss the governors and governors directly under the government pacesetters, without the will of the imperial court, any local officials are not allowed to get involved in military affairs, and the provincial commanders and envoys will be changed to the two divisions of the military and political affairs, which will directly belong to the yamen of the Nanjing Military and Political Division, and all the military attachés in the original office will remain unchanged, and they will have jurisdiction over all the guards, and each will command the envoys to be crowned as the dragon and tiger generals, and the matter will be doubled by the prime minister's government, and the matter will be directly sent to the provinces by the prime minister's government, and the reorganization will be carried out within half a month."

Of course, this is only the surface, but there is a lot of information in private, because in the past, the commanders of the provinces were directly subordinate to the imperial power, but now they are directly subordinate to the military and political departments under the Prime Minister's Office.

Wang Lanping saw that everyone was silent, so he came to discuss politics more boldly, "Is anyone from the Zongren Mansion coming?" ”

The sect made Bo Pingbo Guo Zhenning get up and said, "The lower official is here."

Wang Lanping said, "Similarly, give you half a month to find out the number of royal relatives in the palaces in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the land and property under the name of the palace, if you don't have enough manpower, you can transfer it from the Ministry of Rites, Sun Zhiren, you have to fully cooperate."

The two looked at each other, and the prime minister's hand finally reached out to the emperor's relatives.

"Yes!" The two of them agreed quite happily, anyway, they were just checking the numbers.

Wang Lanping nodded, and then turned his gaze to Zheng Sen, "Zheng Sen, the left and right governors of the Military and Political Division."

"In"

"A few days ago, the imperial court exterminated the bandits in Daqingshan, you count, there will be a winner to report up, draw up a name, according to this awarded military merits, regardless of the officers and soldiers beheaded a level of five acres of land, ten taels of silver, in addition, the families of the soldiers in Jiangning County you also have to be careful, I don't want to see a person sleeping on the streets, Jiangning outside the city of the wasteland should also be fastened, and strive to let everyone in the spring can be planted seedlings, in the autumn there is also a harvest, so that these brothers in the army have no worries, as long as they make more military achievements, The Department of Military Affairs will definitely be rewarded for its merits."

"The lower officials must personally supervise it"

Everything is just the beginning, this is the main content of today's discussion, there is no substantive change, but when Wang Lanping said this, everyone invariably thought of one thing, that is, if he continues like this, this prime minister will soon cause an uproar in the world, and he may soon be scolded and break his backbone.

The prime minister must have a purpose in measuring the land, and who will be the first to jump out, everyone will wait and see.

The court meeting dispersed, and the sky darkened, Wang Lanping changed out of the python robe, changed into a plain regular clothes, was in good spirits, left the official office, sat in a small sedan chair, and went to the prime minister's mansion.

Walk along Chongli Street to the west, both sides of the road are very quiet, most of the roads on this road are where the various yamen of the imperial court are located, there is no commerciality, the sedan chair turns on Tongji Street, and gradually it becomes lively, the shops everywhere light up the lanterns at the door early, and the prosperity of the night market is not worse than the day.

Walking along Tongji Street all the way north, it won't take long to reach Xiangfu.

Listening to the voices of people outside the sedan car, Wang Lanping suddenly remembered something, so he lifted the sedan curtain on the side and said, "Method." Send someone back to the house to say, I won't go back for dinner, turn around, go to the red paper gallery"

The method was stunned for a moment, the red paper gallery is a famous Qinglou street on the Qinhuai River, and it is so late. What good could it be to go there.

The small sedan 'squeak' turned around, went up Zhongzheng Street, and walked along this bustling street until you reached Chaotian Palace, and you could pass the red paper gallery along the way.

When night fell, the lights were on, and about half an hour later, the sedan chair had come to the red paper gallery, and it was indeed worthy of its name. Although he has lived in Nanjing for nearly half a year, Wang Lanping has really not come here at night, good guys, who said that the ancients had no nightlife in the era of no electricity, look at the night market on this street, the lanterns along the street are neatly hung high, and there is no end in sight.

There is an endless stream of peddlers and pawns on the street, and the sound of selling is also endless. After walking a little further, you can see the red and green in front of the three or four floors on both sides. A young and beautiful woman dressed up with a show, standing under the red lantern and constantly waving Luo fans at the men on the road, throwing her winkling eyes to her heart's content.

This is the famous red paper gallery in Nanjing, some people have calculated, the green building here, there are 53 of them that have been filed in the government alone. It is divided into two categories, all the names with the words "pavilion, courtyard" and so on, that is the high-class green building, which is full of high-ranking officials and nobles, and most of the girls are from the families of officials who have committed crimes. or the daughter of a large family that has been defeated.

There is also a category of poor, where the signboard has the words "building, class" and so on, that is the very ordinary green building, for the people in the market to go, to a three melons and two dates can lead a girl to have a good time, most of the girls here come from the people who can't survive, there are self-selling themselves, there are also people who shoot flowers and sellers selling, this kind of war-torn era, a large number of people fled from the north to the south, and many people have to embark on this dusty road.

In the entire city of Nanjing, there are only five high-level green buildings such as courtyards and pavilions.

The sedan chair walked very slowly, and the method asked softly by the side of the sedan chair, "Master, the red paper gallery has arrived, where are you going?" ”

"Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion"

Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion, at first glance, I thought it was a shop specializing in embroidery, but in fact, it was a dusty place where sheep's heads were hung and dog meat was sold, and the embroidery girls inside were not real embroidery girls.

The sedan chair walked a few steps forward and stopped, and said, "Master, it's here."

The sedan chair man pressed the sedan chair, reached out to open the sedan curtain, Wang Lanping leaned out half of his body and looked outside,, there were five or six girls with heavy makeup standing in front of the gate of Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion, and they were beckoning to themselves with a smile on their faces, and two of the more bold ones walked straight towards the sedan chair.

"Yo, this minister, come, it's not too late to get off the sedan chair and come in to rest and then go back to the house, look at it, how lively it is"

The method frowned, stretched out his hand and pulled out half of the official knife, and said in a deep voice, "Stay away from the sedan chair"

A few girls were stunned for a moment, and then waved Luo Pa and laughed, "Yo, it's still from the official family, look at our sisters, who have fine skin and tender meat, can't eat your master."

This kind of high-end place is full of big people with heads and faces, and these girls are used to seeing dignitaries, so they are not afraid of people like Fa.

Wang Lanping glanced at the method and said disdainfully, "Put away your broken knife, wait outside, I'll go back."

As soon as a few girls saw that the business was coming, they all gathered around, and the fragrant body really leaned towards Wang Lanping, and the more daring public rubbed on some sensitive places of his body intentionally or unintentionally, as if to tease his interest.

Wang Lanping followed the customs of the countryside, and the first time he came to this kind of place, although he was also panicked, he couldn't fall into the prime minister's share anywhere, and let a few girls walk inside with a smile.

"Master, you don't really want to go in, do you?" The eyes of the method are staring wide, it's really strange, there are so many beauties in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiangye, you don't move, but you have to come to this kind of place to look for flowers and ask willows, identity, identity, the prime minister goes to the kiln, this is spread out, and it doesn't make people laugh to death.

Wang Lanping ignored him, walked into this 'Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion' and took a look, I strangled it, dropped the fat powder pile, all kinds of flirting and scolding sounds 'swished' straight into his ears, and then went inside, and I could hear a string of 'hum and hum' from the upstairs room that was unpleasant but made people itch the kind of indescribable sound.

Wang Lanping is dressed in a luxurious brocade robe, and his years of martial arts practice have also forged a physique beyond ordinary people, and his appearance is also middle-class.

A middle-aged man, with a green scarf on his head, waved in front of Wang Lanping, "Xianggong is born, come back first, you are really in the right place, all the girls in our 'Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion' are one in a hundred, I want to introduce you to a few, to ensure that you are satisfied"

Wang Lanping glanced at him, his eyes fell on the green turban above his head, oh, this may be the big teapot in the Qinglou (leather in the Qinglou), he was amused in his heart, and instantly thought of one thing, isn't the word 'cuckold' that has been passed down in later generations comes from this?

"Do you have one named Li Xiangjun here?" Wang Lanping asked.

As soon as they heard this, the seven or eight girls around Wang Lanping were immediately deflated, and walked away angrily with silk handkerchiefs.

The big teapot's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said happily, "Xianggong is also admired, yes, yes, she is our top brand here, not to mention the red ......."

Wang Lanping didn't wait for him to finish blowing, so he waved his hand and said, "Take me to her"

The big teapot smiled, "Xiangye, this Xiangjun girl is a celebrity, how many dignitaries and nobles are lining up to see her beauty, where are you, it's unfortunate to come, there are guests in the girl's room, or, the small one will arrange individual girls for you first"

"What so much nonsense, lead the way" said and took out a silver ticket of twenty taels from his arms, although he had never been here, but he had also heard that Li Xiangjun's name was known to everyone in Nanjing, and I heard that if you want to hear her sing a song, the price of ten taels of silver will start, and if you want her to accompany a drink, at least fifty taels, and there are other things that are sky-high.

As soon as he made a move, he reached out and took it, although he was happy but his face was sad, "This, this is not very good, Xianggong, let's open the door to do business, we have to talk about the first come, first come, or else, you first find a place to sit down, the small one will find you a few girls to drink tea with you, and when the guest in the Xiangjun girl's house leaves, the small one will notify you."

Wang Lanping listened to his nonsense, raised his face and walked upstairs, "Is she upstairs?" Which house? ”

"Don't, don't, Xianggong, all the people who come are guests, we can't bombard people outside, Xianggong, you really can't do this, you're too anxious" The big teapot followed, wanting to make a gesture to stop it.

Along the long corridor upstairs, the two sides are red and green, the lights and shadows are drunk, all kinds of unbearable sounds come out from one room to another, and a small wooden sign is hung on the eaves of each door, which reads what words such as 'Little Caifeng', 'Sai Xi Shi', 'White Rose', etc., Wang Lanping estimated that these eight achievements are the stage names of the girls.

Searching for such a sign, he walked all the way, and finally stopped in front of a room with a piece of writing 'Xiao Xiangjun', and the lights flickered inside, like a human figure, and the sound of strings turning like a string.

"Is this it?" Wang Lanping asked the big teapot.

"This, this is really inappropriate, there are really guests inside"

It must be this, Wang Lanping stretched out his hand and pushed the door, the door bolted from the inside, and he simply slapped it hard.

The sound of the piano inside stopped suddenly, and a man's voice came out, "Do you understand the rules, there are guests inside"

Wang Lanping put a force on his hand, 'click', the door that was not very strong was pushed open, he looked back at the big teapot, "Let's go, it's nothing to do with you"

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