Just when the whole country was busy choosing a concubine for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the new emperor was doing something else, and after thinking about it for so long, the Emperor of the Apocalypse felt that it was time to do something.

Since you decide what to do, the first thing that comes to mind is talent, and there are actually not a lot of talents in this era, but they can't do their best. Although the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not know the talent and loyalty of most of the military generals, most of the historical celebrities still knew. To do things, in addition to talent, there is also a very important thing, and that is money. Whether in the past life or in this life, money is omnipotent, and crossing is not omnipotent!

Glancing at Chen Hong standing behind him, the Emperor of the Apocalypse lightly ordered: "Go and find Wang An." "As for the question of how much money he has, the Emperor of the Apocalypse really doesn't know, so he can only ask Wang An, who is the head of the Great Interior.

After a short time, Wang An walked in under the leadership of Chen Hong, looking at Wang An standing in front of him, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked lightly, "How much silver is still in my inner treasury?" ”

Wang An was slightly stunned, he really knew about this problem, and when Emperor Taichang ascended the throne in the past, he had ordered him to check the silver in the inner treasury. It seems that the emperor in front of him is also going to spend money, at this time the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is out of money, and the annual military spending, disaster relief, and various expenses make the treasury a deficit every year. Wang An's heart understood that it was not easy for the emperor, so he sighed and replied slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, there are still 37 million taels of silver and 1 million catties of gold in the inner treasury. ”

Hearing this number, the Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately spewed out a sip of tea, this number is really scary, I didn't expect there to be so many.

In fact, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not know that this number was already very small, in the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong, the annual treasury income was 37 million taels, and that was only one year. This is the life savings of Emperor Wanli, you must know that the income of the Ming Dynasty at this time is only eight million taels. The trade and capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time were much stronger than those of the Qing Dynasty, but the only reason why the annual income was so different was that many people did not pay taxes. If it weren't for this Wanli Emperor, the inner library at this time might not have these silvers, which were all saved by the Wanli master.

Since Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has gradually been filled, and although people have died in government, they have also left a sum of silver. Wanli later carried out three major expeditions, and the war lasted for more than ten years and cost countless people, and the silver in the treasury was consumed. But this Wanli Ye's inner treasury did not, this emperor has been in the forty-eight years, and the mining tax in the south alone has increased 500,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold to the emperor's inner treasury every year. Although it was only ten years old, it was forced to stop. Just this one thing can show how greedy this emperor is.

The opposite of greed is stinginess, this emperor is a famous iron rooster, and it is difficult to take out the silver from his inner treasury. There was once a Tusi rebellion in Yunnan, and there was really no silver in the treasury, and the emperor only took out 100,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury. The household department took out 100,000 taels, and the Yunnan region made up 100,000 taels, and the emperor's stinginess can be seen.

Many emperors once wanted to levy taxes on merchants, but the opposition was very loud, what should not be used for profit from the people, and what should be hidden from the people! In fact, most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty were scholars, what are they? They are the largest landlords in the world, and every member of the court is not a thousand acres of fertile land in his hometown, and he buys and sells countless things.

After more than 200 years of development, there are countless gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them say one thing and do another, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality are all male thieves and female prostitutes in private. It can be said that in addition to the death of the Ming Dynasty due to external pressure, most of them were the fault of these people.

These people not only evade taxes, but also because of their huge power, they are even more unscrupulous, doing almost anything, if you don't get rid of these people, there is no hope for the Ming Dynasty. Then again, these people are all ministers in the court, or ministers in the previous dynasty, and their protégés and officials are all over the world, and if they want to move them, they are also digging meat on their own bodies. At this time, these people are like drugs, and the Ming Empire is a drug addict, and they can't leave for a day, but they know that if they continue like this, sooner or later they will die.

Suppressing these chaotic thoughts in his mind, the Emperor of the Apocalypse could only think about it in his heart, and there was nothing he could do about these people now. Emperor Tianqi knew very well in his heart that there were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Ming Dynasty implemented a four-level system of zhongyāng, province, government, and county, as well as a variety of ways, the number of yamen, and the weight of redundant personnel, which were rare in previous dynasties.

If we want to clarify the rule of officials, then the first step is to eliminate these bureaucrats with a strong hand, and the second step is to reform the rule of officials and eliminate redundant personnel. To do both of these things, there is a prerequisite for this, and that is military power.

Needless to say, the army of the Ming Dynasty at this time, except for a small part of the battle, most of the others have been eroded. Although the government soldier system adopted by the Ming Dynasty was very good, most of these government soldiers could not fight at this time. And because the salaries of corrupt officials in the march rarely reached the hands of the sergeants, a large number of deserters appeared. This phenomenon is very serious in Qindi, which is why Li Zicheng was able to quickly pull up the team when he rebelled, because most of these people were former military households.

If you want to have soldiers who can fight, then change the government military system to a conscription system, so as to fundamentally solve such a problem. This is because this involves the interests of too many people, and most of them are generals who lead the troops outside, and the difficulty can be imagined. If you are not careful, it will be full of smoke and chaos in the world.

If there are no soldiers to fight with, it is impossible to clarify the rule of officials and reform the official system with an iron-fisted policy, let alone others. All of this should be on one thing, and that is the power of the military. But for military power, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is now also a tiger eating hedgehogs, and he has no way to eat.

Looking at Wang An, who was still standing there, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said with some embarrassment: "The prince is still working so hard at such an old age, it is my negligence, and in the future, you can not attend the ceremony in front of the palace, come and sit down." "For this old eunuch, the Emperor of the Apocalypse just doesn't feel distressed, he has to feel distressed, if it weren't for him, things would not be so orderly.

"The old slave thanked Your Majesty." After making a big salute to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang An slowly sat on the stool, but he didn't dare to sit down.

Seeing Wang An sitting down, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said slowly: "I really want to ask you a person, if you know, you can talk to me." ”

After listening to the question of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang An hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, please ask Your Highness to ask, the old slave knows everything." ”

This is the last chapter of today.,Encounter something today.,The mood is very complicated.,I can only do two more.,I'm sorry everyone.。