033 Be sure to put the enemy in front of you

It's better to have your enemy pee outside your tent than for your enemy to stand outside and pee inside your tent.

- Zhu ~ put people in the cabinet ~ by the inspection of the autumn of the seventh year

Ever since burning those correspondence documents on top of the main hall, Zhu Youzhen felt for the first time that the imperial court under his control had slowly become smoother. It's like an old machine with lubrication, although it still doesn't run very fast, but the advantage is that it no longer makes unpleasant squeaky noises.

Empress Zhou, on behalf of the royal family, also bid farewell to the team of Empress Yi'an's provincial relatives, 1,200 sturdy palace guards acted as ceremonies, Li Ruolian was ready to clean the forty brocade guards in the southeast and ambushed them by the way, led by a thousand households, and the rest were thirty-six palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting for their daily life and walking. Zhu Youzhen also asked Wu Niang if she wanted to go by the way, but the child was now busy taking care of his own small team in the Sihai store, and after showing a look of envy, he shook his head firmly and refused.

Zhu Youzhen also let her, but insisted that he must have a meal with him every three days.

In the end, the household department sent three household servants to lead the team, with the participation of Jinyiwei, 60 people who gave joy and 60 elderly officials to form the first audit team of foreigners. A four-month review of the population and nominal taxes throughout the empire began. For this action, a total of nearly 30,000 taels of silver was spent, and Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, and Neiku recognized 10,000 taels.

For this audit that spread all over the country, Zhu Youzhen didn't have much hope at all, just like on the occasion of the arrival of Chongzhen's New Year, so that he could have a little understanding of this huge empire.

The last thing is to put Yuan Chonghuan's teacher Han Ying to the cabinet as the first assistant after Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai retired, and by the way, Qian Qianyi also pulled into the cabinet, so that the cabinet became a seven-member senior secretary group led by Han Ying, Cheng Jiming, Qian Qianyi, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guo, Lai Zongdao, and Zhou Yanru, so that Donglin became the mainstream in the cabinet.

In fact, the voice of the attack on Donglin in the imperial court is not small, Zhu Youzhen also knows that the attack on Donglin is a way to clean up the southeast by the way, and at the same time, he also deeply knows that in the original history, after expanding the scope of the crackdown on the eunuch party, the Donglin party has not done a single thing.

However, the best strategy is to demote all these people and let them turn the clouds and waves in the rivers and lakes?

Keeping the enemy close is actually the best strategy.

There are also these people who have been kicked and kicked, and their faces are thick enough, and they are not the masters who pick their children at every turn. There are old, middle-aged and young people, who can not only work smoothly for five years, but also pave the way below.

For example, now, he is sitting opposite Han Ying, Zhang Ruitu and Zhou Yanru.

"The matter of repairing the house for the cabinet will be completed before the Spring Festival, and the Ministry of Industry has drawn 200,000 taels of silver from my inner treasury. This time, in order for Han Xianggong to receive a clean new stall, I allocated another 50,000 taels to the thirteen provinces of the household department. The military department does not count all the silver taels for the time being, and it is estimated that it will take no less than ten numbers just to open up the wasteland, and it was originally raised by the cabinet in conjunction with the household department, so I gritted my teeth and gave it first. The Royal Army Academy, since it is under the guise of me, this fee should be taken as a big measure, and I will admit it. But if I recognize the cost of the school, then the cost of the student must also be recognized, but I can't say it. ”

In the past few days, Zhu Youzhen has modified the large study room of Wenhua Hall according to his bad taste. The dark green tablecloth is paired with ivory teacups, pen washers and pen holders, golden candlesticks, and a huge map of the empire's maritime frontier behind him. It doesn't matter if there is no projection, where it is said, let the little eunuchs carry the board to make human flesh slides. Now on the board behind him is the expenditure of the palace in the past few months.

"So, Han Xianggong, I want the cabinet to say, when will I not have to post silver?" This is not only for the cabinet, but also for Zhu Youzhen's biggest headache.

No money.

No money, everything is an empty word.

Things have priorities, and it's important to make your money for next year clear now.

"The Chinese New Year is less than three months away, and I will no longer give you treasure money this year. That's what I promised to the officials. At the same time, I want to settle this year's salary for the soldiers of the three sides, which is my promise to the border soldiers. If it can't be solved, I'll ask them to ask the cabinet. ”

"Next year's silver in the imperial court is a state affair, the official's salary at the end of the year is a family matter, and the salary of the soldiers in the border is a matter of the world, is this the truth I said?"

"Han Xianggong, when the time comes, Yuan Chonghuan will jump out, and I will let him go to Xianggong's house for the New Year."

In the end, Zhu Youzhen laughed and joked with Han Ying.

"Elements have always been scoundrels, and there is nothing a teacher can do." Han Ying was still a little nervous at first, and when she heard that Zhu Youzhen could still joke, she knew that this little emperor must still have some dry goods in his hands that had not been released. After thinking about it in an instant, he lowered his price by three percent.

"Don't hide it from the emperor, those who can have a good year next year are also worried."

Han Ying also tried to follow the emperor's appearance and walked in front of the map, and Zhu Youzhen adjusted the orientation and proportion of the entire map. Otherwise, I still remember the location of several big cities. The adjusted map looks basically the same as that of later generations, and it is much more pleasing to the eye than the original Korean Peninsula crooked next to Beijing, and Dongying is smaller than Taiwan.

"Don't mention the northwest, there has been a big drought in Shaanxi and Gansu for a few years, and next year it can be settled in Zhongping, otherwise you will have to pay the silver of the imperial court. According to Yang Sichang's reply in the southwest, it is expected that Pingding will also be in the middle of the first year. There is Xiong Wencan in Fujian, according to the twists and turns reported during this period of time, he is recruiting Zheng Zhilong, a maritime businessman, if he succeeds, Fujian will also be a big deal next year. ”

Who said that literati don't talk about money, Zhu Youzhen looked at Han Ying, who was talking eloquently, and felt that his strategy was a little worse than the pattern and vision, and the rest was the ultimate that the current Ming court could do.

"The southeast has been responsible for Daming for more than ten years, and the burden is not light, so it will be good to maintain it next year."

But it's still towards its own people, that's also, who is not an official for its own people? In the world, home always comes first. Zhu Youzhen looked at him with a smile, some things can be said, but when I turn over the completely shameless things done by those scholars who paid the tax money to the Anjia silver and offset the silver, see if you Han Ying can still say it.

Han Ying felt more and more that the emperor's big study was good. It is sunny itself, and it took a lot of effort to install the glass windows, and the sunlight was faintly sprinkled on the long table, around which sat more and more documents and eunuchs, and the small table was full of various documents.

What made him feel even more relaxed was that when he was talking, whether the emperor was sitting or standing to listen, he gave him the pleasure of sharing the supreme power. This feeling is especially strong when he stands in front of the emperor and points out this map.

"The southeast, Jiangnan and northwest, and Beijing are different." Han Ying looked at the emperor and nodded the strange-looking pen in his hand, the emperor called it a pencil, it was very hard to use, but the emperor really liked to use it, and recently he was still pestering Wensi Yuan to add cinnabar to it.

"Well, you are the first assistant, these thirteen provinces are all palms and backs, and I also agree. However, next year, no less than 23 million stone of grain and 4 million taels of silver will have to rest on the shoulders of the cabinet. ”

Zhu Youzhen took out two glass balls from his pocket, and Glara turned them in his hand, not in a hurry, like an old man who exercised in the park in the future.