The emperor held down the court discussion about the repetition, but at the court meeting, such a national policy was delayed for a day or two days, and it was still necessary to say it in the end.

A few days ago, it was agreed that in the second year of Zhengde, the imperial court would allocate 1.8 million taels for river repair and 4 million taels for the first phase of road repair.

This year, the project of the library garden will be officially launched, and the preliminary estimate is that 800,000 taels of silver will be needed.

Last year, the emperor of the Great Dynasty Council demanded the re-establishment of the Shenji Battalion during the Yongle period, which was controlled by 5,600 people in one guard, and this year it was necessary to continue to allocate 260,000 taels of silver.

Of course, we must not forget the official horse farm that needs to be built continuously.

In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, the imperial court made a great rectification of Anding Garden, restoring it to the upper garden of 10,000 horses, and Zhu Houzhao allocated 300,000 silver in the first year of Zhengde for the restoration of Hui'an Garden.

At last year's court meeting, Wang Yu of Taifu Siqing guaranteed that Hui'an Yuan would have 5,000 horses at the end of the year, but in fact, Yang Yiqing finally bought 5,600 horses.

The gradual recovery of the official horse farm supported the expansion of the Ming cavalry.

Now there are 9 official horse farms in Daming, with 204,000 hectares of pasture, an increase of 36,000 hectares last year, and 34,000 war horses are raised every year.

This year, Hui'an Yuan will be completely completed, and it is estimated that there will be 8,800 horses in the future.

In this court meeting, the emperor allocated another 400,000 taels of silver to continue to build two Zhongyuan horse farms in Wending and Anyuan.

The reason why he only allocated 400,000 taels of silver was actually because the horses in the eight horse farms in Shaanxi were all sold.

Even Yang Yiqing also spent silver to buy it.

Therefore, the Taifu Temple itself has money, and the imperial court allows the excess silver not to be handed over for the time being, and can decide to expand the horse farm at its own discretion, just enclosing a pasture, which needs to be reported to the imperial court.

In addition, in order to alleviate the problem of insufficient number of horses in the Central Plains, Zhu Houzhao also supported the purchase of horses in the Western Regions.

It's a variety of ways.

But that's pretty much it.

In the era of cold weapons, horses are quite a headache. Because once there is a large-scale war, all of a sudden there will be a need for hundreds of thousands of horses, but there is no need for so many without war.

In order to maintain military strength, it is necessary to financially support so many horses, but which feudal dynasty's court can afford to raise it. To put it mildly, people are still hungry. So once the peace is taken, the number of horses will continue to decline.

Of course, when it comes to the use of horses for military activities, it is natural to realize that there are not enough of them.

In the middle of Zhu Houzhao's dynasty, it was exactly like this, he was already planning to count the number of horses in the country, and now he didn't know how many horses the Ming Dynasty had saved.

Anyway, now it's time to solve the problem, and first supply the war horses that the cavalry wants.

And on the whole, the imperial court has to pay 7.4 million taels of silver this year.

Zhu Houzhao didn't feel distressed, but this money couldn't be spent blindly, and when he faced the ministers, he roughly counted it, "River work, road construction, library garden, horse farm, Shenji camp, the imperial court has spent so much silver, and it will be effective this year." The river workers belonged to the Ministry of Engineering, the road repair and library garden belonged to the Shaofu, the horse farm belonged to the military department, and the Shenji Battalion was personally inquired by me. Your ministers are to keep track of the progress of these matters, not monthly, but every three months, to submit a note to me to report the situation. That's about three times by the end of the year......"

The ministers thought that the emperor had arrived here.

As a result, Zhu Houzhao shook his hands and said, "When it comes to the third time, I will send a messenger to verify and accept." ”

No matter how useful it is, these means will work anyway.

You can't build any fence at all, and there is no bottom line.

"If it is accepted, it can be signed and confirmed. If something big happens in the future, I will only look for the person who signs it. If not, I will find the minister who will handle the matter. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

As mentioned earlier, feudal dynasties were not without power. How can a large country that has created such a splendid civilization, spread over millions of square kilometers of land, and have a population of tens of millions, not have strength.

The key is to see how the power is used.

Zhu Houzhao has not approved the construction of any palace until now, and even his birthday is simple. And they are trying their best to use the experience of later generations to bring something different.

It's just that the officials are corrupt, and he really doesn't have any good way. We can only use capable ministers as much as possible, and we can do one thing if we can.

In all dynasties, once the middle period was reached, it was an inevitable phenomenon that corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant.

The clever common people have drilled through the loopholes in various policy designs, and in fact, there are also emperors who have tried to change this state. For example, Jiaqing after Qianlong.

What did the country look like in Qianlong's later years, and after Jiaqing ascended the throne, he was also bent on fighting corruption. As a result, I was disheartened for ten years, and it was basically ineffective.

It can only be said that the wisdom of the common people is infinite.

Just like Wei Ningbo, he felt that he was strictly following the various requirements of the Taifu Temple for the treatment of horses, and where did he think about it, the officials below had already changed the horses.

The people of Gu'an County saw that the county government Zhang Bang withdrew from the people's herding, and many people were happy and ready to hand over the broken horses in their hands, but as a result, those big families who bullied the villagers on weekdays actually wanted to change horses!

What a reason!

Zhu Houzhao actually knows that there are still places in the Ming Dynasty, at least in Beizhili.

The Great Hajj meeting has been carried out to this extent, and many issues have been brought to fruition. But the compound is still pressed, and having said that, it can't be pressed all the time.

On the evening of the fifth day.

The Son of Heaven suddenly summoned the Cabinet, the Six Ministries and the Nine Secretaries, and the most important ministers such as the British Duke and the Chengguo Prince.

There is nothing else to do on the sixth day, and it must be made clear tonight.

With so many people arriving, Zhu Houzhao finally spoke, "There is a note, I have been carrying it in my arms for several days." I was heartbroken after reading it, and I couldn't sleep at night. ”

The emperor said so.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Yiqing, Wang Wei, and British Gong were in the first row, and they all knelt down.

"The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, especially the cabinet is the head of the hundred officials, and he has failed to solve the king's worries, and the sins of the ministers are also."

"Elder Li Ge. On the first day, you advised me to quit the army and calm the people, and it stands to reason that I have no reason to disagree with such a recital, but do you know why I have been suppressed to this day? ”

The ministers, of course, were puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao raised the song in his hand, "The answers are here." In the counties that have withdrawn from the people's herdsmen, the people are still begging along the streets, and there are frozen bones on the road, which is shocking. Therefore, I am not sure that if the imperial court spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and after completely withdrawing from the people's herdsmen, the people will really be able to live a good life. ”

Based on past experience, everyone knows that tonight is not a trivial matter. For a while, it was somewhat silent.

Zhu Houzhao saw it a little, "You don't have to be afraid. What I said today is not the fault of the ministers, but also of me. Liu Jin, you will show you this trick. ”

Liu Jin naturally knew what it was,

It's the county in Sichuan that I don't know where it came from, Gu Renyi.

However, this matter involves a wide range of issues, emperor, is this really the case?

"Your Majesty......?" Liu Jin knelt down, "Last year, the imperial court fought with the Tatars, and this year the little prince may raise an army to retaliate." And the land of Gyeonggi is about the world, and if it is chaotic, the world will shake! ”

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and urged: "Go!" I know it. ”

The so-called Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang were also a big issue in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and many famous courtiers gave the Son of Heaven a recital asking the emperor to return Zhuangtian. It's just that several emperors of the Ming Dynasty ignored it.

But Zhu Houzhao is not really surnamed Zhu, he wants to be the emperor for the sake of the people of the Han family and the culture of this land.

(End of chapter)