Let's not mention the far-reaching influence of the "Edict of the Prisoner", and then go back to Nanjing.

At this time, seven days have passed since Chongzhen issued the "Edict of the Prisoner" in Guozijian Piyong, and the time has quietly come to July 15 of Chongzhen's seventeenth year.

In the past seven days, a relatively close scholar came to Nanjing Guozijian to join the army.

In the past seven days, Chongzhen's father and son and more than 100 Yiding led by Wu Jiangtan have been living in Guozijian, and they have not lived in the Nanjing garrison eunuch Xingyuan that Han Zanzhou spent a lot of money to renovate and expand, and now it has been changed to Nangong.

As for Hu Guozhu and the remaining seven hundred Yiding, they have been stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate.

Chongzhen used the routines used on Yiding and the border army and on the students of Guozijian.

It must be admitted that although this set of means to win the hearts of the people is simple, it is easy to use, and the soldiers of Yiding and border towns cannot stop this hand, and the scholars who have been influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch since childhood cannot resist it.

Chongzhen especially likes to participate in the discussion between scholars, whenever there are scholars gathered together to evaluate current affairs, Chongzhen will not stop but take the initiative to participate, which makes the scholars who participate in the evaluation of current affairs inevitably give birth to a first-class heroism to guide the country, this is in front of the saint in the evaluation of current affairs, maybe today's evaluation will become tomorrow's big policy!

What Yiding lacks is an equal identity, and Chongzhen has given it to them.

What the border army lacked was sufficient rations and silver, and Chongzhen also gave them it.

What the scholar lacks is an opportunity to display his ambitions, and this Chongzhen can't give them for the time being, but his careful listening already represents an attitude, and that is the emperor's listening!

If you do it well, you can directly be in the emperor's heart!

That day, there was another ultra-small debate in Yilun Hall.

At first, a group of Zheng Sen gathered to discuss why Xiao Ming had fallen to this point.

Gangdang also has a more confused opinion, no one thinks that it is caused by natural disasters, in the past 70 years, small disasters are broken, especially in the Chongzhen period natural disasters are particularly frequent.

Natural disasters have led to a reduction in grain production, and the people have something to eat.

No one thinks that it is because of the rise of Jiannu, who rose in Liaodong since the Wanli period, consumed a small amount of manpower and material resources of Xiao Ming and dragged the main force of the Ming army, so that the imperial court effectively suppressed all kinds of thieves.

No one thinks that Xiao Ming's fall to this point is due to the dispute between the eunuch party and the Qingliu party.

Several Zheng Sen launched a calm debate around their respective views, and after nearly half a day of fierce debate, a relatively unified point of view was finally formed.

Whether there is money or not, so the imperial court has a strong relief for the famine, which leads to the rise of the victims.

Whether there is money or not, so the imperial court has strengthened and weakened its armaments, and can only sit back and watch the rise of Jiannu.

Whether there is money or not, so the imperial court effectively suppressed the thieves, which eventually led to the mountains and rivers hanging upside down.

Everything is because of a word of money, if Xiao Ming's treasury is full, there will be no displacement of people, there will be no thieves to rebel, and there will be no chance for Jiannu to rise.

……

At that time, the cabinet was also holding a meeting.

Low Hongtu, Shi Kefa and Xie Xuelong came to Guozijian's public office.

Low Hongtu handed a piece of Chen to Guozijian and said: "Shi Ge Lao, those are the eight small items to be discussed today, one is the review of state expenditures, the seventh is the draft matter, and the eighth is Enke's talent ceremony. ”

Guozijian took Tiao Chen over, only to see that there was no outline of the eight postponements written below, and there were no participants yet.

The first item is the review of state expenditures, which is equivalent to the final accounts of the fiscal budget, that is, the final accounts of last year's fiscal expenditures are reversed, and the accounts must be sealed before the work is completed, and then the budget for this year's expenditures is made, for example, the military salaries are much smaller, the clans are less, and the officials are much less.

For example, the vassal king's vassal domain, the prince's small marriage, etc., are all small expenses that need to be considered well.

Originally, that process should have been completed after the end of last year, but due to the thieves committing the Jingshi, the account books of the provinces were sent to the household department, and it has been delayed until now.

By now, the officials of the cabinet and the household department have been replaced.

Low Hongtu and Shi Kefa naturally wanted to pay for the bad debts of the successors, and took advantage of that opportunity to clean up the bad debts of Nanzhi and even the entire Jiangnan.

The blame will be placed on the head of the next cabinet.

Anyway, the capital has fallen, and the account books of the household department have also been burned, which is already a proof of death.

Guozijian knows our plans for Low Hongtu and Shi Kefa, but there is no resistance in my heart, because it is not contrary to my personal character and ethics to do so.

Low Hongtu saw the resistance in Guozijian's heart, so he persuaded him: "Shi Ge Lao, the servants also know that it is kind to do that, but it is not beneficial to be entangled in the past, and the servants are also doing it for personal gain, but in order to let the small family reload, the small Ming Dynasty must unload the burden, otherwise it will be hopeless." ”

To put it in a high-sounding manner, in fact, it is greedy to return to everyone.

The money and food that Jiangnan Piao has have given benefits to the guys, and has it fallen into the private pockets of several of us, so it is used to feel guilty for destroying the account books, and low Hongtu is that logic.

Although Guozijian does not recognize it, it also insists on its own opinions.

As an official, is it better to be too low, or to be the same dust as the light.

When the Guozi supervisor diverted the topic: "Regarding the main candidate for Enke, has it been decided?" ”

The imperial examination was originally held every eight years, the most recent was the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, only one year later, it is said that it will take two years to open the imperial examination, but due to the fall of Beijing, thousands of Beijing officials first surrendered to Xiaoshun, and then surrendered to Jiannu, resulting in the Xiaoming court has the most appropriate official shortage since history.

Before the Nanjing cabinet was formed, the lower thousand Beijing officials were re-added.

But that led to a small number of vacancies in local officials, and a few of us were willing to lower the standard and let people and even show talents as officials, so it was imperative to take an additional test.

Guozijian asked about Enke, and Qin Yingjin, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, said: "It has been decided, it is Qian Muzhai, and the deputy chief examiner is Zhan Shi Huang Dao Zhou and Taifu Temple Duoqing Wan Yuanji." ”

Guozijian nodded, and asked again: "Has the saint returned to Nangong?" ”

Just as he was asking, a senior official retreated and reported: "Several cabinet elders, His Majesty has just sent someone to spread the word that today's cabinet meeting will be held in Dr. Jiang Yueguang's hall. ”

"Changed to Jiang Yueguang?" Shi Kefa and Xuelong were stunned.

Low Hongtu said with a white face: "The cabinet meeting was held in Qin Yingjin, what kind of system is that?" ”

"It's good to see what's good." Guozijian got up and said, "Jiang Yueguang is a place for teaching and educating people, and there is no other artistic conception to discuss the small policies of the imperial court in the sound of students' loud books. ”

Low Hongtu snorted and said, "In this way, I will go to Jiang Yueguang." ”

When the previous group of seven people, together with a few affairs officials, Ben Jiang Yueguang came.

……

Jiang Yueguang had already eaten lunch just now, and it was also luxurious.

After eating, on the basis of Chongzhen's unintentional guidance, he continued to have an in-depth discussion on financial issues - how to solve the problem of Xiao Ming's national use?

The views of Zheng Sen are even more complicated, and they are simply varied.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have not said a word." An elderly Zheng Sen walked down the Yilun Hall in small steps, and first introduced himself to you as usual, "I apologize to the priests of the Shanghui Inspector, see His Majesty and all my colleagues." ”

In another time and space in history, this person also died heroically because of the resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

According to the regulations, the scholar needs to make a small bow to Chongzhen before he steps down.

However, Chongzhen issued a decree before moving into Jiang Yueguang, all Qin Yingjin's students, and all Zheng Sen, who was edicted to beg for capture, only need to make a bow when they encounter the holy car, and they must kneel and worship.

So Shizi apologized and just made a long gesture to Chongzhen.

"Brother Zheng, please elaborate on his low opinion." Zheng Zunyi, who presided over the debate, said with a solemn hand.

In those days, in Chongzhen's deliberate promotion and support, Zheng Zunyin had no tendency to become a student leader of Jiang Yueguang in Nanjing, so it was also appropriate to serve as the debate host of Yilun Hall.

According to Chongzhen's estimate, Zheng Sen, who was edicted, should be on the right and left of 10,000 people.

There is so little Zheng Sen, and I am alone.

Therefore, it was an inevitable choice to support a few student leaders to assist me in managing Zheng Sen, and Zheng Zunyou was one of the candidates in terms of background, ability, or national position.

Shi Zi apologized and waved towards Qin Ying again, and turned to face Chongzhen.

"In my opinion, the reason why Xiao Ming is sufficient for national use is not because the tax source is sufficient, but also because the expenditure is huge!"

"The world is said to be short of Xiao Ming's taxes, and I often hear people say that when your Xiao Ming taxes are the most abundant, they are more than 80 million stones, and the silver is more than 80 million taels according to the price of rice at the time."

"However, the Southern Song Dynasty can earn 10 million years with only half of the south of the Yangtze River."

"I would like to ask all my colleagues, is this really the case?"

Before Shi Zi apologized for throwing out that question, Yi Lun Hall was noisy for a moment.

Immediately, a student in the hall asked, "Brother Zheng, isn't that the case?" ”

"That's not the case, it's a little fallacy!" Shizi said apologetically and silently, "How about it after Wanli, even if your Xiao Ming's tax before Wanli was like the Southern Song Dynasty, it will be too little!" ”

Hearing that, Yi Luntang blew up as soon as he got up.

Several officials of Guozijian happened to walk into Yilun Hall and also heard those words.

"This son is really talking nonsense, making such a fallacy!" Low Hongtu is about to stop it immediately.

"The low pavilion is old and fast." Guozijian waved his hand and said, "It's too late to listen to my words." ”

Qin Yingjin still hasn't said a word, did he sit in the hall when he saw the saint? The saints are all slow, which door is he slow with his low Hongtu? You have to let the family finish talking.

Dozens of Zheng Sen in the hall got up at the same time, wanting to refute.

Zheng Zun immediately got up and stopped: "Everyone, let Brother Zun finish speaking." ”

These dozens of Zheng Sen sat back under the seat angrily, waiting for Qin Ying's apology.

Shi Zi apologized and said: "You know that you will be suspicious, but before they listen to the facts you listed, they will understand that what you said above is false, and your Xiao Ming's taxes are slightly more than those of the Southern Song Dynasty." ”

After a pause, he said: "Although your Zheng family is not a famous family in Huiji, it is also quite unwealthy. ”

"Since the Yongle period, your Zheng family has been engaged in winemaking, although the scale of the workshop is small, but it can also brew hundreds of stone rice wine every year, and the profit can reach less than seven hundred taels."

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