The Shuntian Mansion was solving the problem of promoting sweet potatoes in order to exempt them from forced labor, the Baoding Mansion was investigating the case of local officials' encroachment on land, and the Xuanfu, Datong, Yulin, Jizhou, and Liaodong in the north were constantly communicating with the emperor through documents to clean up the military camp.

The contradictions between these things and problems are very clear, and what Zhu Houzhao has to do is to continue to increase the intensity of promotion, and at the same time suppress the counterattack forces.

The initial fierce resistance of Qingtun gradually became a climate after the year, because the imperial court reacted, and took many precautions, with unprecedented intensity, and relatively large turmoil was not easy to occur.

The same is true for other provinces, for example, Peng Ze, the governor of Henan, is still investigating the case of the officials involved in the Zhou Palace's forcible replacement of fertile land, Sichuan is reclaiming new land, Huguang is still anxious about the problem of displaced people, Shanxi has rectified those related personnel involved in the rebellion, and the most important thing after Feng Xi took office is to promote sweet potatoes, because he first wants to solve the problem of filling many people.

These are Zhu Houzhao's daily life, in addition to these, there are also things like auspicious or chaste martyrs reported in a certain place, or some shocking important cases, which are not difficult to do.

In the end, it is to uphold the principle of serving the people and not disturbing the people, and then use people properly, let them do it, it is not worth writing everything in detail, of course, the country is so big, there will be disasters in places every year, if it is relatively large, it is necessary to send Qin to send it over.

In any case, the cabinet and the six ministries are all capable ministers, and with their experience to assist Zhu Houzhao, everything is still in order.

But things are different in Zhejiang and Fujian.

In Zhu Houzhao's cognition, it is different, and it is more important than investigating a few cases or promoting 10,000 acres of sweet potatoes.

Wang Qiong had mentioned the changes in Zhejiang society before, he also wanted to change the tax law, Zhu Houzhao did not agree, he still felt that the power of local commerce was still not strong enough, the influence of commerce had not even gone out of Zhejiang, and the society's understanding of the Great Voyage and overseas countries was still insufficient.

Based on this kind of thinking, Hangzhou's banknote customs have also been canceled by him, and this kind of thing of indiscriminate charging is not well solved in the information age, and Zhu Houzhao really doesn't dare to think about what it looks like now.

Anyway, the central government can't receive any money, and if it is canceled, it will be canceled, and the people who will suffer are still those who want to suck blood on Daming's body.

And the letter he saw was not an opinion, nor was it a problem, it simply reported a good effect of the good governance of the imperial court in the local area, so the vote of the cabinet was also very simple: it was advisable to copy the newspaper and announce the good governance of the imperial court in the world.

However, Zhu Houzhao hesitated when he was writing when Zhu criticized, and wanted to write a few times, but he always felt that something was wrong, so he put it aside and ordered, "Invite the two elders over." ”

"Yes."

Such a picture also often occurs in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

In fact, it is more difficult to govern the country in ordinary times than to raise troops to fight, and it is difficult to do so without the excitement of war and the blood of victory, but only the boredom of day after day but still need to persevere, and the difficulty lies in the 12 months of the year, every month.

But there is no way, Zhu Houzhao can't be a war maniac, and the expansion of the territory is not difficult, the difficult thing is to run it well.

After Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei came, Zhu Houzhao didn't talk nonsense, and immediately asked: "Do you all think that the proposal of the merchant to donate money to the imperial court and build a warship is feasible?" ”

The two of them were stunned by this question.

"Old minister...... I really don't know, why not? Your Majesty, please. ”

"Where's Mr. Wang?"

Wang Wei said truthfully: "Merchants have a lot of gold and silver, and they are willing to take it out to help the court, which is a good thing, and the court cannot refute the kindness of others." ”

"Well...... Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands and hugged his chest, thinking hard and walking around, "I will donate more than 60,000 taels of silver." ”

Wang Wei's expression stiffened, "Your Majesty is too little?" ”

"No, no, no, I'm not too little." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "I think the court can not want this silver." I have already allocated 460,000 taels of silver, and if there is a need, the treasury can still spend it this year, and it is not difficult for Shaofu to operate grain merchants, shipyards, and many shops, and it is not difficult to get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. Besides, I still have nearly three million taels of silver in my pocket. Is it just 60,000 taels? ”

Saying this, his own thinking can actually be clearer.

"Do you really need more than 60,000 taels of silver?"

Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei glanced at each other, "Your Majesty, the ministers think that it is not a matter of lack or not...... Mainly, this is a heart of Zhejiang merchants. Or the cabinet will send another letter of inquiry to Zhejiang, asking them whether they have explicitly or implicitly asked the merchants to pay donations. ”

"No need, just more than 60,000 taels. The face of the governor of Zhejiang is too worthless, right? Zhejiang's merchants are not so poor, which really suggests that there is more than that. I would like to ask a question, what would happen if I issued an order to Zhang Li to return the original amount of silver? ”

The expressions of these two old men were very surprised, and even You Ji on the side couldn't help but look up, he had been in the palace for several years. Many people are wondering why Emperor Zhengde was able to make such changes in the country after a few years of rule.

Opening the sea and training the army, of course, is one thing, but there are so many days and nights, tens of thousands of instructions and handling, and countless handling of various incidents......

In fact, it was small decisions again and again that culminated in today.

Before Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei could seriously think about the emperor's opinion, the emperor had already thought of the answer on his own, "Yes, it should be like this!" In this way, those merchants will really believe that I really want to build a sailor to protect the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and not an act of government money-making. ”

They were still puzzled, "Your Majesty was supposed to do this, and if you don't return this silver, one day they will believe it." ”

"No, it's not enough to boost confidence right away." Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to explain, he could only tell them very bluntly, "Elder Yang Ge, Mr. Wang, business is a thing that requires confidence very much. If the businessmen believe it, then they dare to make the capital. Moreover, even in a small aspect, going back can make the good governance of the imperial court even more shocking, just more than 60,000 taels. ”

Well, Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei were close to being convinced, and the main donation of silver was indeed not much.

The emperor is going to spend money to buy a name and firmly grasp the hearts of these Zhejiang merchants.

"Since Your Majesty intends to return it, the ministers and others will reply to Zhang Li like this, and there is a list of donations, so it should not be difficult for him to do it against the list."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a while, quickly made this decision, and then returned to the imperial case and began to write Zhu Pi: You can do things according to your will, it's very good. However, the donated silver must be returned one by one. The imperial court has the duty to protect its people, which is its duty and does not need to fake others. Merchants who have already donated must be rewarded one by one on behalf of me, and explain our determination to protect the people.

"Elder Yang Ge."

"Yes." Yang Yiqing got up and took over the note from Youzhi's hand, "If Your Majesty has nothing else important, the ministers will retire first." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully, and asked more, "Did Wei Ningbo return to Beijing?" ”

"It's back, and I'm going back with Da Sima."

"There is something special about the return of the donated money, and it may not be understood that a letter can be written in detail. It's better to send someone. In my opinion, I sent Willingberg over. The cabinet issued another decree to Wu Wending, asking him to also go to Ningbo, to prepare for the establishment of a sailor to do a ceremony, and it is best to let Ping Haibo build one or two treasure ships of 2,000 materials, so that the momentum is more sufficient. Werningberg represents me, Youdi, you...... Forget it today, call him into the palace tomorrow. ”

The emperor said this quickly, and the cabinet and You Di all nodded, compared with each other, and received their own tasks.

"Let's ask the Ministry of Rites again, whether the specific time for the envoys of various countries to enter Beijing has been set. The ceremony of seeing the water master can be regarded as a testimony by inviting them to go with them. ”

"Yes." Yang Yiqing suggested again, "Your Majesty, since it is such a big ceremony, is it not that the imperial court also sends an official with sufficient weight?" ”

"Makes sense. Don't bother the two masters, let the Ministry of Rites ...... and the military department, the two of them go over. ”

Zhu Hou explained what he meant, such a big thing, it didn't seem quite right to go to an unreliable Wei Ningbo. However, what he said is also reasonable, civil officials want to pass by.

In fact, it is better that he can pass by himself, but unfortunately, he has to give birth to the prince first, and then let the situation be more stable, so that he can leave the Forbidden City.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Wei didn't expect that what was originally a very simple piece about donating would end up with so many things. But when you think about it, these arrangements do make sense.

It's just that Wang Wei is a little old-fashioned, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the envoys of various countries came to Beijing to meet them, but the imperial court invited them to visit the preparation ceremony of the sailor and show their strength, will this give rise to unnecessary complications?" It seemed like he was threatening them. ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, "No, the sailor was built to threaten the pirates and ensure that the maritime trade routes can be navigated freely, who said that they were threatened?" ”

Forehead......

Yang Yiqing is actually not pedantic in the use of troops abroad, so he also supports the emperor, "The old minister also has this intention, I don't want Your Majesty to say it first." ”

"Mr. Wang. You should pay attention, the Ming Dynasty has been friendly with all countries for generations, and such words must not be said in the future, in case those people listen to it, how can it be good? ”

Wang Wei vomited blood, but in the end, he said it wrong?

But what to do, I can only pinch my nose and admit it, "Old minister...... The old man obeyed the hadith. ”

"Well, okay, you stand down, I'll call you again if there's something."

After these two left, Zhu Houzhao thought about Zhang Li's letter again, and he did the right thing.

Because the person who gave food to the future sailors was never a merchant, but he, the emperor.

(End of chapter)