Chongzhen watched Lao Zhu Dong pull around, and he didn't say a way for a long time, and his heart was already a little anxious.

Even in his heart, there was a faint slander, could it be that Grandpa Tai couldn't save Daming, so he said so much useless?

Lao Zhu looked at Chongzhen's faintly questioning face, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart.

This Chongzhen really can't be moved.

We are teaching you how to govern the country, and we are telling you the essence of being an emperor, but after saying so much, Chongzhen didn't listen to anything, and he still doubted his ability.

At that moment, Lao Zhu said angrily: "It's not easy to save the Ming Dynasty, raise food and salary, train a strong army to come out, the thieves in the south, and the Jiannu in the north." ”

"After beating them, we will change the law, punish the powerful who dare to confront them, and formulate perfect laws, which can extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for at least two hundred years."

"This ......"

Chongzhen was a little dumbfounded after listening to Lao Zhu.

That's it? He would too.

But the problem, the biggest problem in the imperial court now is that there is no money.

"Grandpa, the court has no money, and now the taxes are already very high, do you need to raise taxes again?"

Lao Zhu was a little furious when he heard Chongzhen say that the tax was raised, "Tax increase, tax increase, you know tax increase, as an emperor, what else do you know besides tax increase?" ”

In order to support the war in Liaodong, the taxes in Chongzhen's years were ridiculously high, even in rich areas, the people couldn't survive, and Chongzhen still wanted to raise taxes.

If the tax is raised, it will not be a rebellion against these kings, but a rebellion against the whole world.

"You didn't listen to what we just told you."

"As we just said, the court has no money, and the people have no money, which does not mean that Daming has no money!"

Lao Zhu said angrily: "Just one Zhou Kui, the family copied out 800,000 taels of silver. ”

"Have you ever thought about how many taels of silver will there be in their homes for those nobles who have been inherited for hundreds of years and those important ministers who are in important positions?"

"Find an excuse, slaughter them, and the money copied from their homes is not enough for you to train the army? Not enough for you to fight? ”

"I know all day long about raising taxes, raising taxes, exploiting those poor people, can I make money quickly?"

"Raiding the house?"

Listening to this path that he had never imagined, Chongzhen's heart was full of shock.

Although he didn't have a good impression of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and he didn't have a soft heart when he killed them, he killed them and raided their homes just to raise money, which was a bit too tyrannical.

"Grandpa, isn't this a little bad? If you kill people and raid your house just for money, I'm afraid that the officials will unite against the imperial court. ”

The hundred officials are not slaves of the royal family, let alone lambs to be slaughtered, if they continue to kill like this, not to mention that they will inevitably leave an infamy in the history books in the future, it is a big trouble to say that the hundred officials unite to fight against the imperial court.

"What do you want Jinyiwei and Dongchang to do?"

Lao Zhu was a little weak, and he didn't know what to say about Chongzhen, "The person was killed by Dongchang, and the family was copied by Jinyiwei, what does it have to do with you, the emperor?" ”

"As for fame, can that thing be eaten? Can you save Da Ming? ”

"Or would you rather be the king of a dead country than be infamous as a tyrant?"

The meaning of the existence of the two knives of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is not to do this kind of thing for the emperor.

Like Chongzhen, he can't use a knife, he only knows that he will fight with the minister, and you will be an emperor in person, even if you win the fight, what good will it be?

How good it is to use Dongchang and Jinyiwei, whoever disagrees will directly let Dongchang kill whom, if the crowd is excited, push the principal of Dongchang forward, and directly use it to blame, calm the minister's anger, this matter will not be over.

If you feel that the head of the East Factory has been used for too long and has feelings, then it is not much of a problem for you to cut his position directly without killing him and let him return to his hometown for the elderly.

It's simple, brutal, and fast-working, and there's no better knife than this.

Moreover, after the principal of the East Factory became the emperor's scapegoat, if the minister was not honest, he would just go back and support one more.

Although there are many drawbacks to this method, in this case, it is the best way to use.

"Dongchang, Jinyiwei?"

When Chongzhen heard Lao Zhu say this, the whole person woke up a little like a dream, as if he had realized something, "Grandpa, I understand." ”

"You know a!"

Lao Zhu scolded back mercilessly, "When we pacify Daming, we will directly cut the rights of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, or dissolve them directly." ”

"With your ability, you still want to control Dongchang and Jinyiwei, you better save it."

If you want to use Dongchang and Jinyiwei as knives, the first condition is to give them power to the greatest extent.

With Chongzhen's ability, even the current Dongchang and Jinyiwei can't be controlled, and it is simply wishful thinking to master the expanded Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

And if Dongchang and Jinyiwei, whose power is infinitely amplified, cannot be properly controlled, it will be an out-and-out disaster for the country.

Therefore, before Lao Zhu leaves, he will definitely abolish Dongchang and Jinyiwei, otherwise, with the authority of Dongchang and Jinyiwei after expansion, even if Chongzhen can grasp it, but if there is a failure in the future, relying on Dongchang and Jinyiwei, he can directly abolish Daming in his generation.

Chongzhen heard Lao Zhu say this, and always felt that Lao Zhu looked down on him, but he didn't dare to argue with Lao Zhu, anyway, in the end, as long as Lao Zhu could leave him a stable country, the East Factory would be abolished, and it didn't matter.

"Grandpa Tai, according to what you say, can you save me in this way?"

"Yes, but this can only save the country, but it can't save the people."

When Lao Zhu said these words, his expression became a little more solemn, and now Da Ming, what makes him feel the most troublesome is not man-made disasters, but natural disasters.

To be honest, Lao Zhu has never seen such a cool natural disaster.

During the Chongzhen period, the five northern provinces, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Zhili, Shandong, and Henan, almost every year, dozens of counties suffered from drought.

The most serious is in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and there are more than 300 counties in these five provinces that have suffered from drought.

And after the drought, there are patches of locusts, and even if some places are not affected, they will be swept away by these locusts that cover the sky and the sun.

As a result, thousands of miles of land are barren, and not a single seedling is missing.

Although these seem to be a few understatements, behind them are actually countless victims who starve to death every day.

Lao Zhu, who has experienced famine, knows what kind of tragic situation the year of famine is.

The starving victims will abandon everything in order to eat a bite, and even turn into wild beasts again.

Cannibalism of the same kind, selling children and girls, and eating children and children are not uncommon among the victims.

And this is only part of the catastrophe, in addition to the cold plague, there are also cold plagues, earthquakes, plague and so on......

It can be said that it is easy to save Da Ming, and the worst result is that Da Ming is broken and starts over, with his own strength, Lao Zhu believes that he is to let him fall into the grass, and then pull a team out, he can also win anyone.

But if you want to save the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is not so easy, because this is a challenge to natural disasters.

People and the sky fight, how can there be a chance of winning.