Although Cheng Jiming has not spoken, but as the head of the household department, it is time for him to speak, in fact, the head of the hundred officials at this time is either the military department or the household department, and most of the time, it is the household department secretary! Whoever controls the world's money and food, in fact, is equal to who controls the world!

"Your Majesty, to quell the trilateral civil rebellion, you should need at least 200,000 stone of grain, if converted into silver, it will take about 200,000 taels, Shanhaiguan mutiny, pay off the military salary owed by the border soldiers for more than half a year, at least 300,000 taels of silver, as for the silver of Gyeonggi to resist Huang Taiji, if you don't mobilize the local army, you will need at least 200,000 taels of silver, which does not calculate the cost of requisitioning the people, and requisitioning a common man to help defend the city requires at least ten taels of silver! And if Huang Taiji really attacked the city, at least 100,000 people would need to be requisitioned to defend the capital. Weichen's household department really can't take out any silver, from the Central Plains drought in the sixth year of the Apocalypse to the present! The treasury of the household department has long been exhausted, and places such as Shaanxi and Henan have begun to eat people! ”

Zhu Youzhen, who has a hundred-year-old mind, is still calm, even if he is grief-stricken at this time, he does not show the slightest, if an emperor cries and worries in front of his subordinates, this is in itself a thing that is detrimental to Weide! The emperor wants to be enthroned in the world, and envy is prestige! Wei is Grace! The emperor does not need people to be sympathetic and merciful! What is needed is reverence! And this awe is not created by indiscriminate killing alone, but by the emperor's accumulation of merits! Ministers can be promoted and rewarded by accumulating merits, and the emperor can gain the awe and support of ministers and the people by accumulating merits! This is also a little bit of Zhu Youzhen's experience over the years.

There was silence for a while! Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice, "According to Aiqing, even if you don't recruit the mainland officials and soldiers and don't recruit the people, you will need 700,000 taels of silver. ”

Cheng Jiming nodded, "Holy Wisdom, this number is only a lot more." ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart, 700,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to about 140 million in later generations, one tael of silver at this time is almost equal to 200 yuan in later generations, dignified Ming Dynasty! Can't even take out 140 million? He looked at Wei Zhongxian, "Father-in-law Wei, tell me, how should this silver be raised, and who should be the governor of Gyeonggi?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned, he didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would name him, it was already a great honor to be brought to the platform by the emperor to discuss politics! This is tantamount to suing sù Baiguan, he Wei Zhongxian is still a celebrity! It's still awesome! Now the emperor actually asked his opinion in person, no matter how old he Wei Zhongxian was, he was just a eunuch! "Your Majesty, the old slave is just a minion, when will the eunuch be able to speak on this military matter? Don't you be an old slave, huh? ”

The rest of the people were also stunned, just now they all felt in their hearts that the emperor was not simple, why did they start to ask a eunuch for their opinions again after such a while? From the hands of Ming Taizu, it was clearly ordered that eunuchs should not interfere in politics! These eunuchs have brought disaster to the country and the people, and they are all things that cannot be put on the stage! Those eunuchs who hold real power in their hands, and the big eunuchs who control the localities, are all secretly pointing fingers and manipulating the appointment and dismissal of officials, no matter how big the eunuchs are, they dare not directly intervene in government affairs!

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, "You don't have to be polite, this is something that everyone knows, in fact, this court has been in charge for so many years, aren't you all in charge?" The principle of our future work is to seek truth from facts! ”

Wei Zhongxian and the ministers were shocked when they heard this! This is not only an accusation against Wei Zhongxian alone! Or is it an accusation against the entire officialdom! The shape on the field has changed from a gentle drizzle to a saber rattling in an instant!

Wei Zhongxian was even more frightened and knelt down on the spot! "Long live Lord, you say this about the old slave, the old slave really can't afford it!"

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Grandpa Wei, what are you nervous about?" I'm asking you what to do now? I didn't say that I would punish your sins, but I felt that you were not only guilty, but also meritorious! I don't think there is any need to discuss the candidate for the governor of Gyeonggi, just let Sun Chengzong do it, isn't Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, promoted by you? I think he's very talented! ”

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground, his eyes flickered, in fact, he was able to get his hands on his political achievements, that is, he promoted Sun Chengzong and several other capable people! There is merit, I really don't know if the emperor is saying the right thing or the other way! Bang bang kowtowed, "The old slave can't afford it!" The old slave can't afford it! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled faintly, "Father-in-law Wei get up, you go home now and get 700,000 taels of silver, just treat it as if I borrowed your silver, don't say you don't have it, this is a matter of the previous dynasty, officials bribed each other!" It's a habit accumulated over the years! As long as you take out this money! In the future, I will no longer ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and in addition, everyone does not have to worry about the candidate for the governor of Gyeonggi, I personally serve as the governor of Gyeonggi, and Sun Chengzong and Choi Chengxiu serve as deputy governors! ”

Wei Zhongxian was frightened by the emperor like this, his brain was no longer as flexible as usual, and a person who was almost seventy years old could not be as agile as a young man, kneeling there, stunned and didn't know what to say? Faced with an emperor who dealt with problems like a cloud of peers, he felt that he couldn't keep up with the emperor's rhythm at all!

The three ministers also thought the same way, and Lu Xiangsheng, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, who had never been qualified to speak on the side, was even more domineering by the emperor's awe-inspiring emperor! It was as if the spirit and soul had been refreshed! Just keep your head down, where do you dare to look at the Holy Monarch? I only feel that the bluestone floor in the palace under my feet seems to be particularly noble!

The other three cabinet ministers wanted to speak out to dissuade the emperor, but they were afraid of committing some taboos! They were all stunned on the spot! Driving the Expedition! Do you really think you're a grandfather? Is war a joke? In their hearts, they still think that the emperor is a teenager! However, I was shocked by the domineering spirit of the emperor's killing decision today! No one knows how to persuade them? In case you commit a taboo and get caught in prison! It's really a ghost.

When everyone was stunned, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had already left, and Wang Chengen, who had come to his senses, hurriedly followed out. Looking at the back of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's swagger, Wang Chengen felt very strange, and at the same time very happy! Very awe~! Suddenly, there was a feeling of being with you like a tiger! This was a feeling that he had never felt before, and in his eyes, the emperor was always a child who wanted to make a difference.

The Imperial Garden is magnificent, although it is winter, it is like spring, proud of the plum Chu Exhibition, fragrant and pleasant.

Emperor Chongzhen closed his eyes and inhaled the pungent aroma, "Wang Chengen, let that Lu Xiangsheng wait in the upper study, and I will take time to see him when I see the queen." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Although Wang Chengen had something to say to the emperor, he only said these three words, although he was the emperor's companion, he could say something to the emperor, but he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen saw Wang Chengen's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and smiled slightly, "Big companion, in the future, whatever I say, you can do it, and you don't have to hide anything." ”

Wang Chengen's eyes were red, and he didn't expect the emperor to call his eldest companion, "Old slave, old slave......

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly, "Don't be an old slave, don't you want to ask me, why do you want to reuse Wei Zhongxian?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down and said, "The old slave doesn't dare, no matter how the emperor handles state affairs, he will be appropriate." ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed slightly, and pulled Wang Chengen up, this move made Wang Chengen's heart unusually warm, the emperor was raised by him, and the emperor didn't even wear his own clothes once since he was a child, let alone help himself up like this.

"Wang Chengen, it's easy to kill Wei Zhongxian, but it's not easy to find out the entire eunuch party of Wei Zhongxian, if this thing is done hastily, it will bury a huge hidden danger for the revival of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wang Chengen's body trembled, and he glanced at Emperor Zhu Youzhen uncontrollably, where is this still a seventeen-year-old boy? Wang Chengen has reason to believe! Even an old minister like Cheng Jiming, who has been the first minister for a lifetime, does not have a government like the emperor! Not to mention that there is such a profound political vision like the emperor! is even more in awe of the emperor! From this moment in my heart, the emperor and the past emperors have been completely separated! Of course, the reason he gave was that the emperor burst out with amazing talent because of the heavy pressure! Perhaps the emperor himself is extremely talented, even surpassing Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is really happy for the emperor." Wu Chengen wiped his tears and stood up, but found a team of palace maids and eunuchs coming from a distance, and said vigilantly, "Your Majesty, Kebaba is here!" ”