This starts at the beginning of this year※

Some time ago, because of the huā money place skyrocketed. , the Son of Heaven and the cabinet are trying to find ways to make money to fill the holes. Someone put the idea on the salt class over the years, and found that the provinces of the country had accumulated a total loss of more than 3.2 million taels of silver in the salt class, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered that all the local divisions must pay all the money within a time limit, otherwise they should be named and punished, and at the same time, it was also stipulated that the best gold and silver must be paid.

As soon as this order was given, officials from all walks of life naturally complained of natural disasters and man-made disasters year after year, and even the normal land endowment could not be collected, and suddenly the imperial court issued an order, and the magistrates added more than 3 million taels of "arrears" to their heads out of thin air, who can afford this? Everyone said it was hard to do. But Emperor Chongzhen was unmoved, and resolutely demanded that the local government implement it, and whoever couldn't do it would take off his black yarn hat!

For this reason, he also specially caught a typical... Huating County ordered Zheng Youyuan to owe 2,900 taels of gold and silver, and Emperor Chongzhen instructed the household department Shangshu Bi to strictly investigate and deal with the matter. And Fu Ziyan has a good relationship with the Zheng family, so he covered up for the latter and said that he had already handed over part of it, and the rest would be slowly made up. Originally, this kind of thing was concealed from the upper and lower levels, and it was just a matter of fooling the past, who knew that Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became extremely serious, and personally sent someone to thoroughly investigate the inner treasury, and found that one or two pieces of silver had not been paid. So Long Yan was furious, and not only put Zheng in prison, but also Bi Shangshu.

Later, although he was released under the persuasion of the ministers, his position as the head of the household department was definitely not kept.

Many people, including Qian Qianyi, have pleaded with the emperor, saying that Bi Shangshu himself has always been very honest, and this matter is just affected by others. The key point is that Bi Ziyan is the most proficient financial cadre in the Ming Dynasty today, and no one will be able to take over the mess of the household department when he goes!

But Chongzhen's stubborn character was undoubtedly revealed in this matter, and he resolutely refused to listen. So, at this critical moment when it was urgent to dispatch money and food to support the front, there was a vacancy in the head of the household! is not only the head of the household, but also in several key positions, because the chief official is in arrears of taxes or silver is not handed over in time, all of them have been taken by the emperor.

It can be seen from this that the lack of experience of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen, he doesn't want to think about it, what kind of officials will be involved because of the tax payment problem, all of them must be from those departments directly responsible for the management of money, grain, silver and grain! For example, the Ministry of Rites, which Qian Qianyi is in charge of, is unlikely to be involved, and these positions in charge of money and grain will be regarded as what in any officialdom in all dynasties? One fat shortage, absolute fat shortage!

Can you imagine that at the moment when there was originally a pit and a pit and all the good positions were occupied, so many fat shortages suddenly appeared, as if a few pieces of meat and bones were thrown into the vicious dog herd, and the various factions in the DPRK and China did not fight for this? At present, the Ming Dynasty is facing many troubles both internally and externally, and it needs to calm down and rely on a relatively stable and united bureaucratic system to cope with the difficulties. But Chongzhen did the opposite, making drastic personnel adjustments!

The original Ming Dynasty was like a classic car, some parts of Yan Ran were broken, and they drove slowly and swaying, and they had to explode from time to time, but they could barely move forward.

The owner and driver of the vehicle, Comrade Zhu Youzhen, thought that it was too broken and too slow, and rushed up with a big wrench to brush and brush, and directly dismantled all the parts that he thought were bad...... Well, the car went straight to the nest.

The situation after that was a matter of course: for a time, the entire Ming court was in an uproar, from the cabinet elders to the various ministries, they were all busy running in tandem, trying to insert themselves or their own people into it, at least they couldn't let the opponent occupy a good position, and there would inevitably be various exchanges of interests in the middle, and negotiations and compromises between various factions were inevitable. All of this will take time, and until the bigwigs of the DPRK and China decide who will succeed them, all matters related to these positions will definitely be suspended.

Until now, those positions are still vacant, or although they have been replaced by newcomers, it is difficult to devote themselves to specific work for a while because they are not familiar with the situation...... In such a messy situation, who cares about Lushun.?

Qian Qianyi is because he has not been in the cabinet for a long time, and there are no talents in his pocket, so he doesn't have much hope for those positions, but he still has the heart to look through the official documents, so he saw Huang Long's distress letter from a large number of backlogged reports from various places, and Huang Long sent more than one, otherwise he would not have known where he was pressed. It's just that although Qian Ge Lao knew about this matter, he didn't have any solution. He entered the cabinet with the Ministry of Rites, and was responsible for the more pragmatic stall in the division of government affairs, what kind of rituals and ceremonies, and those cabinet elders who were full-time in charge of military affairs and financial planning, together with Zhou Da Shoufu, are now competing for the position of the head of the household department, and almost all of them have to hit the dog's brain, who still has the heart to manage a Dongjiang army that is far away from the Central Plains and is not valued by the imperial court?

Anyway, across the sea, there is no water master, so I can't get over!

In the narrow room, the dignified Ming Rite Department Shangshu, Qian Qian and the American Qian Ge went like an old man who was a bad old man babbling and whining, Chen Tao sat next to him with a smiling face and poured * coffee, while nodding from time to time and saying yes, clapping his hands and saying yes, just peace of mind to be a cheering role.

Qian Qianyi talked for a long time, his mouth was dry, he drank a big pot of black coffee, and even went to the toilet two or three times, looked up and saw that Chen Tao was still ignorant, and sighed secretly in his heart This young man is dull. Is it true that my old man came here to complain because he couldn't find an audience in his own home? If it were for Li, Pang, and Zhao ..............., those people would have heard their own words a long time ago. After that, either make a suggestion or bargain, there will definitely be a reaction anyway, instead of a resolute non-answer stubble like now.

He was a little unhappy on his side, but he didn't know that Chen Tao was also secretly pouting, who of us didn't know that the Ming Dynasty had long been a mess, and Zhu Youzhen had two poles, and the more diligent he was, the more he ruined his family business. Your old man has only just seen the beginning, and there will be a good show to watch in the next ten years. If it continues like this, the final scene of "Hanging on the Coal Mountain" starring Emperor Chongzhen himself is a unique out-of-print drama in all dynasties!

Of course, since they have the Qiong Navy in this time and space, they must definitely meddle in one or two, and they will not let the great rivers and mountains of China fall into the hands of foreign races. However, with the current strength of the Qiong Navy, it is impossible to carry all these troubles to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise is it necessary to have the surname Zhu in this world?

Although Chen Tao is not very familiar with politics, he can also hear that there is a hint of asking for help in Qian Qianyi's words. But it is precisely because of this that he never dares to take care of the upper body Shaanxi is far inland in the Central Plains, and on Hainan Island, he usually has to entrust the dart bureau to send supplies to Zhang Shenyue, and go there to exterminate the peasant army for the Ming Dynasty? It's definitely not realistic.

As for the end of Lushunkou, it is against the sea, but the committee has long discussed this and made a resolution: not to get involved in Liaodong affairs in the near future.

For example, the group of "nationalists" led by Xiao Lang was very opposed, and many of them felt that God threw them into this era, just to let them pack up their Manchurian shoes, so as not to look at braids and horse coats on the film and television screens in the future, and the opening of their mouths was Brother Fujin...... However, no matter how enthusiastic and impassioned the speeches of these hot-blooded men were at the plenary meeting, they could not change the fact that the foundation of the Joan Navy was, after all, in the south.

Although there is a base in Shandong, construction has just begun there, and there is little production capacity. If you really want to fight with the Manchurians in Liaodong, all the munitions, materials, food, clothing and other supplies will have to be transported from Hainan Island for thousands of miles, and no matter what the war ahead will be, just to maintain this supply line, it is necessary to put most of the sea forces of the Qiong Navy into it, not to mention the energy and attrition along the way.

The battle with the Manchurians is different from the previous attack on Dengzhou, the scale of the Dengzhou rebels is limited, and the territory occupied is only one or two cities, defeat them, recapture the capital city of Dengzhou, the war will end A goal is very clear, then the scale and duration of the war can also be predicted in advance. And to fight against the Manchurians, who occupied the entire northeast and expanded their strength into the Mongolian steppe, even the most powerful staff officers could not estimate in advance how much time it would take, and how long they would have to fight to be considered victory.

Since it is not known when the war will end, how long will this sea supply line from the southernmost point of the Central Kingdom to the northernmost point need to be maintained? No one knows, but one thing is certain: the time is definitely not short, a year and a half is not a long time, and it is possible in three or five years. Can the Navy afford such a long period of transportation pressure? What to do during hurricane season? What should I do if I encounter threats from other maritime powers during this period? Can you still expect the Ming Dynasty to supply the Qiong navy? Even if the Ming Dynasty government agreed to do so, would it solve more problems or add more trouble to their officials to intervene in the rear supply?

Those opposition comrades could not answer all these questions, so they could only reserve their opinions.

Although Chen Tao did not participate in those meetings in the rear, the resolutions formed by the opponent's meeting were very clear, so no matter how Lao Qian complained and complained, he gritted his teeth and did not go to the interface. I'm clumsy, I don't open my mouth!

When encountering this kind of tactic, even if Qian Dacai has a tongue and a lotus huā, it is also called a place where the mouse pulls the turtle and has no mouth, and there is really no way to take him. The two sides grinded for a while, and faintly heard the women's talking and laughing from behind, about the end of the visit.

Although Qian Qianyi had a sense of inadequacy in his heart, he had to stand up and prepare to leave.