Zhu Houzhao frowned and then smiled bitterly: "Master Ma, what you said is true, but I am still young, and I don't have the cultivation of the first emperor Taishan who did not change color before the collapse, and I really don't get tired of it." Alas, the emperor is also a human being, and there are always times when things don't go well, and I just want to have a clean place when I need it, isn't it too much? ”

Yes, the emperor is also a human being, and he also has the trouble of eating and drinking, so he can't ask the emperor to be a saint, right? Everyone admits that they are not as virtuous as the first emperor, and they blocked Marven's words in his throat, which made Marven cough for a while.

Li Dongyang walked in, stroked Ma Wensheng's vest, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty is reasonable. These little ones are really hateful! However, Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven holds a heavy weapon, and he is naturally the center in the eyes of the subjects of the world. There are some things that can't be done, what does Your Majesty think? ”

Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed again, and he shook his head: "The so-called Xiao Gui Cao will not take it with me!" Master Li, the world is changing all the time, and the old-fashioned good things may not be good today. The first emperor was diligent, but he was not as tired as three generations. Now I don't want to follow the old path of the first emperor, it's not that the first emperor's path is bad, it's just that the situation has changed. Look, this is the twist and turn of King Wu, in just half a year, the Ming Dynasty has fought two battles with foreign countries. Did such a thing happen in the time of the first emperor? Liu Jin, take it! ”

Liu Jin took an account book and presented it with both hands, and Zhu Houzhao handed the account book to Li Dongyang: "In just half a year, King Wu handed over hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, equivalent to nearly five million taels of silver. The annual income of the Hongzhi Dynasty is 20 million taels, which is a quarter. Also, the first transaction between Portugal and Daming, the trade volume was more than 200,000 taels of gold, excluding the cost, Daming made a net profit of 200,000 taels of gold. Soon, the Aragonese will have to trade with the Ming Dynasty again, and another foreign wealth will be put into the treasury. Ladies and gentlemen, the Zhengde Dynasty has a lot to do! ”

Including Jiao Fang, who had just entered the door, the pavilion elders were collectively silent. Yes, the Zhengde Dynasty and the Hongzhi Dynasty are very different, how can you expect Your Majesty to be the same as the first emperor? The real reason is really impossible to declare, what can you do if you are not silent?

After a while, Ma Wensheng spoke: "Your Majesty, although the minister has never taken care of the finances, he also knows that the country and the family are the same, and you can't go without money for a day." However, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and a foreign country comes from afar, but I am so ruthless, is it against the way of the sage? ”

Zhu Houzhao almost scolded angrily, but Ma Wensheng is an old and serious minister, and he can't be too embarrassed. Jiao Fang stood up at the right time: "Boss, you don't know anything. It is said that in foreign countries, the price of Daming's goods is ten times that of what we sold! ”

"Hmm!" Ma Wensheng couldn't help but exclaim, and then asked, "How do you know?" Is that really the case? ”

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Take a look, this is King Wu's recital, and it is written in great detail." Master Ma, in the past, the goods of the Ming Dynasty were exported overseas, and between Europe and the Ming Dynasty, there was the obstruction of the Turkish Empire, which was heavily taxed, so the price was so high. Now that Portugal has sailed to Daming, why can they trade with our Daming? They don't have to pay too much! ”

Ma Wensheng's old face turned red, and he just wanted to apologize, but Liu Zhong shook his head and retorted: "Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, foreign countries are not too expensive, and Da Ming can't be so ruthless." You need to know that the water flows for a long time! ”

Liu Jin really couldn't help it, Liu Zhong pushed him just now, which made him very annoyed, and now he is so pedantic, which makes him look down on him even more. So he immediately sneered: "Inner King and Outer Sage, Lord Liu, foreign countries are foreign countries, they are not Ming people." The so-called non-our race will have different hearts, why should the Ming Dynasty benefit him? ”

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"Duh! Shut up! What do you know about eunuchs? This is a major national matter, how can you put your beak in it? "Liu Zhong actually doesn't have a good impression of eunuchs, and he usually just vain and wronged. At the moment, he was in a hurry, and he was a little anxious to produce results soon after entering the cabinet, so it was inevitable that he would be a little out of order.

Liu Jin was stunned, on weekdays, this pavilion elder with the same surname was quite polite to himself, but now he actually scolded him, and a feeling of being deceived arose.

Zhu Houzhao was furious! It depends on the owner to beat the dog, what do you mean by that? He turned cold, pointed at Liu Jin and said, "Stand down!" Liu Banban, I thought that the saint had no class, and there was an eight-year-old teacher, but I didn't expect that the disciples of later generations would be so narrow-minded, hehe, Master Li, what do you think? ”

Li Dongyang was embarrassed, although he didn't have a good impression of the eunuch, but he knew that the eunuch was the emperor's person, and he couldn't move easily. Liu Zhong was in a hurry, and it is understandable that he is not right to help either side! Jiao Fang bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, our saint disciples have never despised the people around Your Majesty, this is just the words of Lord Liu's family." Lord Liu, you are really Meng Lang! ”

Broken! This hand directly roasted Liu Zhong on the fire. If you don't fight back, you will be trampled on by Jiao Fang, and you will offend the emperor and Liu Jin. Counterattack, then it is right in Jiao Fang's arms, and it is difficult to say how Zhu Houzhao, who is angry, will deal with Liu Zhong.

Ma Wensheng coughed: "The old minister guarantees that Lord Liu has no intention of bullying the king, Gonggong Liu, Lord Liu is in a hurry, and his words are inappropriate, please Haihan." ”

Ma Wensheng said this so much that Li Dongyang couldn't say it, without him, Li Dongyang was the first assistant, and he must not do such things that were criticized. After Ma Wensheng said it, Li Dongyang was able to make a final decision. So Li Dongyang waved the sleeves of his robe and was about to say a few words. Liu Zhong was mistaken, thinking that Ma Wenshengming was degrading and praised, and actually increased the output of firepower: "Master Ma, the lower officials really have no intention of bullying the king." But Taizu once said that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics! ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell silent for a moment. Ma Wensheng's eyes were full of self-blame, disbelief, and regret, Li Dongyang's eyes were angry, Jiao Fang's eyes were undisguised schadenfreude, and Liu Jin's eyes were gloomy.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly sighed: "Master Liu, you have been in the Zhan Mansion since the ninth year of Hongzhi, and you have been serving as a lecturer, and I regard you as a teacher. As soon as I ascend the throne, you will be the elder of the pavilion. Master Liu, I didn't treat you badly! ”

Liu Zhong felt a cool air rise from behind him, but the literati style made him unable to flinch.

Seeing that Liu Zhong was indifferent, Zhu Houzhao, who wanted to give him one last chance, sighed in his heart, and then said, "But I don't know how Master Liu treats me?" Liu Jin is a eunuch with a pen, and he is also a person of rank, can it be that the elder of the pavilion can take care of others in vain? Besides, what Liu Jin said was wrong? Is it wrong that the hearts of the outer kings and the inner saints and those of the non-our race will be different? is not wrong, why is Liu Jin scolded so much? The world is so big, respect the truth, Master Liu, you have taught me a lot of truths, what is the explanation of this matter? ”

Liu Zhong shook his head, bowed to Zhu Houzhao, stretched out his hand to take off the black yarn, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the minister has nothing to say!" ”