Cabinet.

The seven ministers looked left and right, staring at each other with wide eyes, and did not speak for a long time.

The first assistant Song Yingxing suddenly fell ill, the second assistant Fei Chun suddenly died of his father, and it was the turn of Liu Ziren, who ranked third, to take the idea.

At the beginning of Hanzhu Academy, in addition to Fei Jiazi, the best relationship with Zhao Han was Xu Ying and Liu Ziren, and Zhao Han also helped the Liu family dig sweet potatoes.

Liu Ziren is in his forties, thin, with long hair, and a bit of fairy bones. He cleared his throat and said: "Song Weng is sick in bed, Fei Ge is old and worried at home, and he is only shallow in his studies. ”

"Don't dare." The crowd gave up.

Song Yingxing couldn't control the scene, and Liu Ziren couldn't hold back even more, who were the people present.

Chen Maosheng was one of the first few people to follow Zhao Han in the uprising.

Yuan Yunlong, Fei Ruhe's brother-in-law, is the leader of the Anfu faction.

Zhu Zhiyu (Zhu Shunshui), Zhao Han's old acquaintance in Lead Mountain.

Zhang Bingwen, a former Ming official who was extremely valued by Zhao Han.

Wu Yingji, a scholar of the restoration society promoted by Zhao Han unusually.

Fang Shenghong, although he was the replacement of his brother Fang Shengchang after his death, he also had the merit of taking the land in the early days.

In addition, there are several bigwigs who have not yet entered the cabinet, one is Zuo Xiaoliang, who is the secretary of the ministry, the second is Wang Tiaoding, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the third is Ouyang Steam, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and the fourth is Xu Ying, who is the political envoy of Zuobu in Jiangsu. It's these four people, Liu Ziren can't hold it down!

As a lord, Liu Ziren has high enough seniority and prestige, and he is also an old friend of the emperor. But who made him face the same group of lords?

Liu Ziren continued: "Elder Fei Ge is mourning for his father, let's go to mourn together tomorrow." ”

"It should." The crowd said.

Fei Chun's family lives in Nanjing, and Ding Wei doesn't have to go back to Lead Mountain.

Ding Wei has a tradition of more than 2,000 years, and Zhao Han can't abolish it at all.

What Zhao Han can do is to shorten the three-year period to 27 months (restoring the ancient rites), which is equivalent to shortening it by a quarter. Moreover, it has been repeatedly reiterated that local officials must wait for their successors to arrive and hand over the formalities before they can return home, otherwise they will be permanently disqualified from being officials. The officials who work in their hometowns should return to the yamen immediately after the funeral, and they are not allowed to talk about any worries.

Liu Ziren didn't have anything to say, so he didn't have anything to say: "Last year's state finance only had a surplus of 120,000 taels. This year, His Majesty has made adjustments to the running of the school, and it can only stop the sharp increase in the cost of running the school. In other respects, it is still possible to save the province, Qinghai and Tibet are about to go to war, and the expenses before and after the war are huge. ”

"There is no way for the Ministry of Industry to save money," Wu Yingji said, "and it has reached a critical time to control the Yellow River, and at most in the next two years, the Yellow River will be diverted to Shandong and enter the sea." ”

Zhang Guowei has been managing the Yellow River for more than ten years, and has traveled all over Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu. He followed the old course of the Yellow River in Shandong, and has been digging canals to divert water and building various dikes everywhere.

Today, part of the Yellow River flows into Shandong, and part of it flows into the Huai River. If we wait another year or two, we will take advantage of the dry season to plug the gap on the south bank of the Yellow River and completely complete the artificial diversion of the Yellow River. Over the past 10 years, the total cost of harnessing the Yellow River is estimated to reach more than 4 million taels, which is equivalent to 300,000 taels per year.

Liu Ziren nodded and said: "To govern the Yellow River, silver really can't be saved." ”

Zhu Shunshui couldn't help but complain: "Your Majesty is too anxious, you have collected the Monan grassland, and then the land of Burma, and now you have to fight in Qinghai and Tibet." It was Emperor Yongle's five expeditions to Mobei, and it took more than ten years before and after. ”

The others didn't dare to answer, only Chen Maosheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty wants to fight, let's accompany him to fight, and the treasury will be rich after a few years." ”

Zhu Shunshui couldn't help but shake his head, where is a few years, I'm afraid it will take twenty years to be stable. After the battle in Qinghai and Tibet, there are still the Nguyen clan in Vietnam, the land of the Western Regions, and the land of Mobei, and the remnants of the Tartars of Ningguta have not been destroyed.

Every time we expand our territory, everyone is very excited, but after the excitement, it hurts in the brain.

Especially in Mobei, the cabinet ministers are worried, what should they do if they encounter Zhu Di's situation?

Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mobei, only the second expedition achieved the greatest results. The other four times, the Mongols fled in despair, and even the cattle and sheep were thrown away. Especially for the fifth time, hundreds of thousands of troops set off in a mighty way, and were sloping around like dogs by the Mongols, and there was no real sword or real gun at all.

That kind of play is purely a lose-lose situation.

The Ming Dynasty worked hard and lost money, and almost collapsed the finances. Of course, Mongolia did not please either, and a large number of livestock were too late to take away, and they missed the grazing season, and starved to death every winter.

Zhang Bingwen said: "The commercial taxes and tariffs are rising year after year. Most of the trade in Coconut City (Batavia) has recovered, and last year there was no need to invest in silver, and more than 30,000 taels were handed over to the central government, and more and more silver will be handed over in the future. In the four provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei and Liao, the population is also recovering, and the land endowment has begun to be collected in full, and the wealth of these four provinces is also increasing. After three years, there should be a large surplus. ”

"By the way," Yuan Yunlong remembered something, "this morning, I received a report from the prefect of Taiwan, the Spanish governor of the Philippines, requesting the establishment of a supply point in the Ryukyus. ”

Liu Ziren was a little puzzled: "The Philippine Governor asked for the establishment of a supply point, why didn't he ask the Governor of Luzon, Zhang Huangyan, to spread the word?" ”

Wu Yingji said with a smile: "Zhang Huangyan must be worried, what if a supply point is set up in Ryukyu, what if Fujian maritime merchants trade with Spain in the future, and directly transport goods to Ryukyu instead of going to Luzon?" ”

Zhu Shunshui said: "Zhang Huangyan is too worried, the Spaniards are more worried about this matter than him. Once the trading port was changed to Ryukyu and no one went to Cebu anymore, wouldn't Spain's Philippine colony be abolished? In my opinion, the Ryukyu supply point is at most a supply of vegetables, fruits and grains. ”

"There will still be goods." Zhang Bingwen blinked.

Everyone instantly understood, and then they couldn't cry or laugh.

The colonial officials of the Philippines want to engage in smuggling while the Ryukyus are replenished!

On the side of Cebu Island, officials are supervising at all levels, and it is very troublesome to bring more goods. By setting up a supply point in the Ryukyus, you can avoid supervision and take some goods on the way. It's like a long-distance bus, which stops a short distance from the station, picks up a few more passengers on the road, doesn't need to buy tickets (trade licenses), and earns all the money for the driver and conductor.

Liu Ziren can rank third in the cabinet, and it is not in vain, he immediately made a decision: "Let the Spanish supply in the Ryukyus, the deeper they are involved in the interests of the Ryukyus, the stronger the Celestial Empire's control over the Philippines." ”

If smuggling was formed on a scale in the Ryukyus, how many Spanish colonial officials would profit? In the future, when there is a conflict between the two countries, the last thing they want to fight is the Spanish officials.

Even after the rise of Li Quan's caravan, those Spanish colonists were very likely to buy ships and join forces to engage in smuggling with Li Quan. Even if something happened and the Spanish king knew about it, it could all be blamed on the Chinese merchants.

By the way, there is also a limit on silver shipments from the Americas to the Philippines, but the actual volume is more than three times the limit. The Spaniards have been smuggling, but there is not too much silver, with the cooperation of the Chinese, their smuggling will be more rampant, anyway, no one takes the king seriously in private.

Speaking of the Philippines, the ministers began to discuss Chittagong again, planning how China should receive Chittagong as a dowry after Portugal sent the princess.

Zhao Han's "brainwashing" of officials was still very successful, and the cabinet ministers talked about the overseas situation. From Japan to India, they can recall the approximate location of any important port.

"Zhu Weng, important military information!"

A scholar shouted outside the door.

"Come in."

Cabinet ministers went into office, but soon they fell into a state of stupor.

This military situation is too strange, and the dispute between Qinghai and Tibet has been dealt with by the Mongols themselves.

Gushi Khan's eldest son was 60 years old and led the army to settle his sixth brother. Gushi Khan's sixth son, returned to Qinghai after the defeat, and the eight brothers nested in Qinghai and did not fight. After the eldest son won, he did not bother to return to Lhasa to succeed the Khan, and continued to stay in his own station to graze. The eldest grandson (the son of the fifth son of Gushi Khan) continued to rule the Kham region, providing taxes to the Mongol tribes of Hoshut.

What the hell is this?

The plans of the Datong monarchs and ministers all failed, and the children and grandchildren of Gushi Khan actually collectively became Buddhas.

"Is that still a fight?" Liu Ziren asked.

Zhu Shunshui said: "The grain and grass and the people have been preparing for almost a year, how can you say that if you don't fight, you won't fight?" ”

"But who should I hit? What is the name of the teacher? Liu Ziren asked again.

No one answered, and there was no way to answer.

Gushi Khan's eldest son, Ozir, was a fierce general, but he had no interest in governing the country.

Historically, he returned to Lhasa to succeed to the throne three years after his father's death. Then, from time to time, he took his subordinates and left Lhasa to graze cattle elsewhere. Hearing that there was a rebellion in Lhasa, he led his troops back to easily quell the rebellion, and then continued to lead his troops to graze.

This man's thinking is very strange, whoever rebels he fights, and he wins as soon as he fights. won the battle and did not govern, so that his brothers and nephews could only stare dryly.

At present, in Qinghai and Tibet, the monks have no real power.

It was precisely because Ozil was not in charge of the government, and his son later did not care about the government, that the ruling power was gradually controlled by the Diba (the chief executive). Diba felt that he could not compete with the Mongolian nobles, so he took the monk to do it, and finally the power completely fell into the hands of the monk.

The ministers found the emperor, and Zhao Han read the content of the information, and also fell into a long speechlessness.

Gushi Khan's nine sons and one grandson were neither unified nor at war, nor did they cooperate with the Datong army, nor did they even inherit the throne. Zhao Han couldn't have dreamed of this bizarre situation, he really wanted to split the heads of these guys, and then carefully study the brain circuits.

"The north and the south are advancing together, let's say that they will regain the lost land, and let them hand over the land at the end of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhao Han didn't bother to think about it, just send troops directly.

Once the army is overwhelmed, one or two of Gushi Khan's children and grandchildren will always be the leading party.

Of course, it is also possible to be in a group with the outside world, depending on whether they are really united.

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