The news that the East Palace was going to establish a Shaofu went out, and the officialdom of the Beijing Division was undoubtedly shaken again. Shaofu was set up in the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, and no matter how much it played a role in the early days of its establishment, there were bound to be drawbacks such as bloated personnel, greed for ink, and accumulation of wealth for the enjoyment of the powerful in the process of the collapse of the dynasty.

But in the final analysis, the system of the feudal dynasty is like this, the financial power is in the center, the central government will be chaotic, the financial power is placed in the locality, and the local government will be chaotic, who has the ability to invent a system that can ensure that the generations will not degenerate?

Even if there were, the Ming Dynasty in the Hongzhi period did not have a social and political foundation.

We can only seek truth from facts and make changes to the system according to actual needs. The relatively weak financial resources of the central government in the Ming Dynasty were the biggest reality, and Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to do it.

This involves the fiscal and taxation system under the technical conditions of ancient times, that is, whether all the money and grain in the world should be received from the central government and then applied for use by the local government, or whether enough localities should be reserved first, and the remaining part should be relieved by the central government.

In terms of collecting power, of course, the first one is good, but when it comes to fiscal and taxation matters, it is very complicated, and don't take it for granted that it is no problem to collect all taxes from the central government. In fact, if you control the local spending, he will start a new stove, charge indiscriminately, and run into two or three emperors who don't care about anything, which is basically a big mess in the world.

The Ming government's finance and taxation are the latter, that is, the local government keeps its own first. Therefore, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty always had no money, because everything that should be paid had already been paid, and the rest was still enough in the middle and early Ming Dynasty, and even the expenses of the border army depended on Tuntian. It was not until the middle of the Hongzhi period that after the reform of the salt law in Kaizhong, the central government's expenditure suddenly had to pay military salaries to the border army...... This number has been getting bigger, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Liao Yu was made, of course, this is a later story.

So why do I always think that the Ming Dynasty seems to be particularly poor, even in the early days of the Yongle Dynasty, this is one of the reasons. Of course, for thousands of years, there were few rich people, and there were people who starved to death in the rule of Zhenguan.

In the already poor total plate, it is naturally not easy for anyone to take a little more, so on this night, there are many people in the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, the various sections, the heads of various departments, and the Langzhong. But when I really got up the next day, a eunuch suddenly handed out a sentence from the palace:

The saint is in poor health, and today His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the court to listen to the government.

Outside the noon gate, the ministers in the cold winter wind didn't know what was going on, mainly because since the autumn and winter season, the emperor's health has improved slightly, isn't this still the idea of choosing a concubine for the crown prince? So it's a bit surprising that I didn't go to court suddenly.

Although the East Palace has been deeply involved in court politics, Emperor Hongzhi was quite diligent and rarely absent from major events like the early dynasty. So, for the first time today, this scene was also ......

Above the main hall, it was magnificent and solemn, the dragon chair in the center was empty, and only a wise young man sat on the embroidered stool placed on the side. The young man wears a nine-chapter crown dress, a jade belt around his waist, and a black hat on his head, although he is young, he has been ruling the country for several years, and after a long time, his self-confidence and prestige are increasingly evident.

Without the emperor, even if there is some influence, but with the crown prince, no one dares to stop this early ceremony. ….

After the courtiers paid their respects, Zhu Houzhao corrected his posture of sitting on his lap and stood up and looked down on the courtiers.

The eunuch still shouted: If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!

"Before we start, I have one thing to say." The prince suddenly spoke, and everyone pricked up their ears, "Last night...... My father was slightly ill and slightly unwell. Therefore, there is an edict, and the fate of the lonely court is to listen to the government, so... The cabinet and the six ministries and nine divisions of Aiqing don't have any doubts in their hearts, everything is business as usual today. Only... The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households will explain yesterday's proposal for the selection of officials and the establishment of a young government."

This is nothing, the country has something to say, what should be said, Wang Wei and Han Wen both acted in accordance with the order, and briefly told the list of officials who made up for the shortage in Zhejiang and the establishment of the Shaofu, and handed it over.

The affairs of the officials in Zhejiang, the ministers in the palace are not easy to say, and if the prince and the cabinet recognize it, they can't say anything that violates the imperial court system or the moral etiquette system.

It is this young mansion, as soon as this discussion is said, the palace soon began to exchange ears,

Zhu Houzhao was not very satisfied with this attitude, "Ministers, you are all important members of the imperial court, and you are alone

In the early dynasty, what do you have to say boldly! Don't ask for anything down there, think it's your own backyard!"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately quieted down, there were many scenes before, that is, the ministers were arguing, don't think that they are all gentle and frugal, spitting stars spraying, the emperor sits on it every day and watches people quarrel, it is a headache.

Those who have had a lot of contact with the prince, such as Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others all understand. The prince's dynasty and the emperor's dynasty are definitely different, but don't repent when you hit the board.

It was quiet for a while, and then he saw a low-ranking official in a blue official uniform in the back row shouting loudly, and then kneeling on the ground, "Your Highness! The Minister's Soldier Section gave Zhou Chang something to play in the matter!"

Zhu Hou glanced at him and had no impression, but a person like him, who came from later generations and had a skin as thick as the Great Wall under the ravages of life, would not be unnatural in front of everyone at all, nor would his heart fluctuate because others attacked him.

"Say."

"The minister heard yesterday that His Highness and the ministers discussed the establishment of a new organization in the household department, and it seems that this is a major matter of renewal, and His Highness first only discussed with a few courtiers, and then decided to make this proposal when His Majesty was unable to come to the court, and the minister thought it was inappropriate, so the minister suggested that it be postponed for a few days, and wait for His Majesty to recover from his illness, and then make a decision."

This is going to be delayed, and I don't know when this delay will be done.

However, Zhou Chang is also very courageous this time, and there are not many people who dare to admonish like this now.

"That's a mistake!" There was a head of the household department, dragging a long beard out, "Your Majesty has made a clear decree that there is only one sun in my Ming Dynasty, there are no two suns, and there is no big sun and no small sun!" Your Highness, the minister thought that Zhou Chang was aware of the holy decree and violated the holy decree in the military department, and deliberately provoked the relationship between the saint and His Highness, and his intentions were too sinister to speak, and he should be dismissed from his post and sent to prison!"

The discord between the prince and some civil officials over the years has actually made many low-level officials want to take this shortcut, that is, to push Zhu Houzhao to do more ruthless and desperate things, help the prince find a reason, and help the prince attack them, so as to obtain their own ascension. In a similar situation, Zhu Houzhao will distinguish between them, otherwise, it will easily lead to the vicious party struggle in the Jiajing period.

It's not that you can't fight, and there is no court that can't fight, but you can't fight for political speculation, so you ignore the content and turn it into a dispute of attitude and form, although it is beneficial for the emperor to control the court, but it is not good for the country.

Zhu Houzhao sat down, his eyes fell on the body of the great Sima of the Ministry of War, he was an old god, and he didn't have anything to do.

"Yesterday, when Lone and the courtiers discussed the affairs of Zhejiang, he did not expect his father's dragon body to be uncertain, nor did he deliberately choose to make a decision in the court in his father's absence, yesterday it was also late at night, Lone suddenly heard that his father was coughing, and the imperial doctor said that it was caused by anger and poor blood flow, which of you knows why his father is angry?"

The prince said this slowly, and as soon as he heard it, he was going to settle the account, so everyone in the hall began to hold their breath and concentrate, and said that the prince's face was solemn today, and he was not as relaxed as usual, and there was a reason.

Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, looked stunned, and he was also a little conscious. The emperor was not there, he knew that he couldn't get any benefits today, from his original intention, of course, he didn't want the emperor to have such a sudden illness, but the fact was that he couldn't help it.

"Minister, Liu Daxia, take the guilt!"

Wow.

The prince's words meant something, and Liu Daxia came out to say this again, and everyone knew the cause and effect.

The reason why the emperor is uncertain and temporarily exempts from looking at the dynasty is the root of all this.

96.

Royal Mercenary Cat