"Your Majesty, the ministers also agree with Lord Liu, I am full of talents, how can I let a small country man be presumptuous here?"

Chen Yuan retorted coldly: "Lord Fang, I am a small citizen of the mountains and wilderness, but Grandpa Tai once sat at the top of this hall, have you forgotten that Grandpa Tai's background is very small, do you think that Grandpa Tai is not worthy of appearing here?" ”

"You, you are strong!" Fang Bin's lips trembled. Unexpectedly, Chen Yuan labeled him as disrespecting his grandfather, who can afford this crime.

"Be bold and make a fool of the people, what kind of place is the court, the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Shangshu, the rich and the five cars, and the wealth in the chest, how can you insult at will." Wang Deli scolded Chen Yuan angrily, "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Chen Yuan, and the following offenses were clever, and he despised the court, so please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Jian Yi hurriedly grabbed Director Wang and played a round: "Lord Wang, the small people in the mountains and wilderness, I don't know etiquette, the so-called ignorant ones are not to blame, the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, Dongli, do you say yes." ”

Yang Shiqi glanced at Chen Yuanyuan a little highly, he was indeed angry with him today, and Jian Yi's face could not be ignored, Chen Yuan was nominally Jian Yi's protégé. Snorted coldly, don't look away.

Zhu Di said lightly: "Chen Yuan, are you guilty?" ”

When Director Wang heard that His Majesty meant to reproach Chen Yuan, he was secretly happy in his heart.

"The grass people are guilty." Chen Yuan bowed his head.

Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but say: "Father, they can't talk about Chen Yuan, what else do they say about learning to be rich and five cars, I see that the waste is vain, so I use etiquette to suppress people, Wang Dao, Your Majesty is still on it and has not yet spoken, you are busy counting Chen Yuan's crimes, Chen Yuan was called by me, is there any rudeness, can't Your Majesty see it?" ”

These words frightened Wang Dao and them, and they accused Chen Yuandian of losing his honor and despising the court, and Zhu Gaosui said that they despised the emperor, and they all bowed down: "The ministers are concerned about the court, and they can't let the court lose face, so they speak out in a hurry, please forgive your majesty." ”

Zhu Di said with a slight anger: "You have thrown away all the land, does the court still have face?" ”

Liu Guan, Wang Dao and others prostrate even lower, and buckle their heads again and again: "Please forgive your majesty, ministers, etc., it is also for the sake of the Ming Dynasty to be loyal and loyal for a long time." ”

Zhu Di ignored them, his eyes were bored, and he said to Chen Yuan: "Chen Yuan, since you are guilty, then take out the charter, say okay, exonerate, say bad, punish the crime." ”

"Your Majesty." Chen Yuandao, "The grass people think that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, after all, I have a large land and resources, Annan is small, and our military expenses are stretched thin in Annan. ”

Zhu Di has led the army for many years and deeply agrees with Chen Yuan's opinion, which is why he is unwilling to give up Annan. frowned and said: "However, at present, the treasury can't come up with money!" ”

Chen Yuan said: "Your Majesty, it's actually not difficult. ”

"Oh?"

"There are three solutions for grass people."

"Tell me."

Chen Yuan faced those ministers, some were upright, some were arrogant, some were thin and tall, some were fat and big-bellied, and they were round and round, and said: "Lord Liu and Lord Wang said just now, they are worried about the center of Daming, Your Majesty, Daming has a problem now." It was time for them to show their loyalty. Your Majesty, to go to the army of Annam, 20,000 elites are enough, and 300,000 taels of military expenses are enough. ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Nonsense!"

"The minister's sleeves are breezy, where is the money!"

As soon as Chen Yuan's words fell, the ministers exploded, just now he scolded the scholars, and there were people who looked at their noses and noses, and did not make a statement. Now it's different, everyone is indignant and blames Chen Yuan.

Looking at the so-called "central Geng Geng" ministers, Zhu Di's face was ugly. Jian Yi sighed secretly, retreat, sharp, why are you so ignorant. Zhu Gaosui was a little dumbfounded, Chen Yuan didn't say this to him at first.

Chen Yuan's best strategy, Zhu Di was a little moved.

"Your Majesty, the minister's mother died last month, and he can't even afford a coffin, and the minister is ashamed of his ancestors." A minister burst into tears in the court.

Seeing this, the other also wiped his tears: "Your Majesty, the minister's family of sixteen is now borrowing grain to eat." ”

Another person in the court lifted up the clothes inside and cried: "Your Majesty, you see, the minister's clothes have been worn for five years, and there is no money to replace them." ”

Damn, Chen Yuan was shocked, these guys have round stomachs and ruddy faces, and they are embarrassed to say that they have run out of food? Also, my mother died, brother, you should go back to your hometown to worry.

The Ming Dynasty's Yulu was very low, so even if Zhu Yuanzhang used a very cruel method to cure greed, peeling the skin and stuffing the grass, he still couldn't cure those people. Because if you are not greedy, you can't live, and there are always people who are not content and involuntary.

Zhu Di looked at the ministers in the court with heavy eyebrows, and said, "Talk about the middle strategy." ”

"Your Majesty, Annan must not give up. Other important projects cannot be stopped, and now only businessmen have money in their hands. The minister's middle strategy is that it is better to give some preferential treatment to the merchants, as long as they donate money, properly improve their status, reduce their taxes, and have enough military spending! ”

Seeing that the emperor did not adopt Chen Yuan's best policy, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Chen Yuan said something business-oriented, and the whole court was shocked, Liu Guan said: "Your Majesty, by all means, since ancient times, businessmen have been cunning. If the merchants are indulged, the people will not want to farm, and they will all go to steal and cheat, then the Ming Dynasty will be in danger. ”

Liu Guan was the first to refute again, but this time, he did not get the support of several people. The ministers are not fools, Chen Yuan's best policy is the minister's donation, and the middle strategy is to improve the status of businessmen, for them, the latter is much easier to accept. If you refute it again, the emperor will be angry, everyone will donate 1,000 taels, and it will be too late to cry.

"Your Majesty, our business in the Ming Dynasty is like a bottle with half a bottle of water."

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Chen Yuan meant.

Chen Yuan immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is a good saying, there is no most prosperous, only more prosperous, the brilliant culture of the Tang Dynasty, why can we surrender to the four seas, the light of our Ming Dynasty, why the world knows, it is because of communication, because of business, if everyone you do yours, I do mine, do not communicate, how can the two sides agree, may not even understand the language." Excuse me, how does a county order govern people who do not interact with each other under its rule? This shows the importance of commerce, it is the merchants who sell goods from the superfluous places to the insufficient places, and it is they who closely communicate with the various regions. Therefore, I formed a unified Ming culture. Now, there is still a huge room for improvement in this bottle, far from reaching its peak, and the grass people are convinced that under the cultural and martial arts of our emperor, the Ming Dynasty will be ten million times more prosperous than now, recorded in history, and will be remembered for eternity. ”

The ministers were dumbfounded, hearing such a strange theory for the first time. At first glance, they couldn't refute it.

Zhu Di was so happy, Chen Yuan's words had a lot of compliments, and he was happy, and said: "Don't fool me here, according to your words, businessmen not only have no fault with Da Ming, but also have merit, I still have to reward them?" ”