"It is true that the rectification of border defense cannot be delayed."

"Because the pain of the border town is even worse than that of the temple dynasty! If it is not resolved, more than half of the guards of Jiliao will flee, and in the future, the strong enemy will suddenly rise up and be invincible. ”

"If we can't clear it this year, then we should at least rectify the drifting and deprivation of things first, so as to make up for the deficit and curb the deduction."

Tan Lun then further elaborated his point of view, and solemnly bowed his hand to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, if the matter of food and salary in Jiliao and other northern border towns is not resolved for a day, there will be guards fleeing and even starving to death every day, and even defecting to the outside of the Saiwai, becoming slaves of foreign races, and then helping foreign races to become powerful, such as I'm answering Itakura; ”

In recent years, it is reported that the Jurchen Ministry has also joined the Han people's military households, so its strength has increased greatly, and the root cause of this is that the imperial court has suffered greatly from cutting the border people, so the imperial court cannot help it. And if you don't do it, it will inevitably be difficult to control in the future, if the Jurchen of the Song Dynasty and Mongolia are also! ”

Zhu Yijun nodded.

He had to admit that a famous minister is a famous minister, and his insight into the future situation is indeed powerful.

"Tan Gong can't help but say too much, right?" open

"After the border trade is allowed to answer and pay tribute, the people of the grassland and the people of our Central Plains take what they need, and the border troubles have been greatly reduced.

Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but ask at this time.

He and Gong were a major policy reached by him and the ministers of the Longqing Dynasty, such as Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, and it did bring peace to the border town for several years, which naturally made him a little reluctant to believe that there would be greater hidden dangers after paying tribute.

"Don't you know that the husband is innocent and guilty?"

"Although Hegong can be temporarily peaceful, it is also because the two sides are not only in business and trade with each other, but also in the trade and trade to accept and understand each other's skills and customs, and even there will be migration of people, so that the captives outside the Saiwai are stronger, and also further spy on the wealth of this dynasty, once the weakness of this dynasty is also discovered, it will make it more covetous of the Central Plains, and even if there are Han people who can't stand the pain of cutting back, maybe they will take the initiative to persuade the foreign race to take the heart of the Central Plains."

Tan Lun said to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, Hulu has been afraid of power but not virtuous, not to mention that the Yin Jian of the Two Song Dynasty is not far away. Therefore, the minister thought that the more peace and tribute in exchange for peace, the more he should take advantage of this peace to hurry up and strengthen the generals, so as not to be captured in the future, and I have no soldiers to defeat the enemy. ”

Ahem!

After Tan Lun finished speaking, he couldn't help covering his mouth and coughing violently.

Zhu Yijun said: "Give Tan Qing a bowl of pear soup." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tan Lun didn't expect Zhu Yijun to still be prepared.

And Zhao Zhenji didn't say anything more here, and sat back with Wang Guoguang, obviously agreeing with Tan Lun's point of view.

At this time, Zhu Yijun looked at the others: "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

"Yes!"

Hai Rui got up and said, "Your Majesty, the deficit caused by the strict pursuit of drifting and cutting grain is actually in line with the meaning of Yuan Fu Jue's people's deeds. ”

"Really?"

Hai Rui continued: "Your Majesty, the purpose of not temporarily clearing the acres of land this year is to further urge the bureaucrats in the world to realize the need to implement the clearing of acres of fields as soon as possible. Now, the imperial court has strictly passed the examination, strictly governed the officials, and strictly pursued the deficit, which will make the bureaucrats of the world realize that the Qingzhang acres need to be implemented as soon as possible, otherwise the imperial court will keep raiding the house to make up for the deficit every day if it has no money. ”

"Compared with asking the gentry to pay their taxes truthfully, it is better than making the bureaucrats of the world anxious and worried that they will be raided one day to make up for the shortfall."

Hai Rui then added.

Hai Rui's words, the other ministers and ministers present still agreed, but it was not easy to second, after all, no one said that they were not afraid of being raided.

In fact, the only one who is really not afraid of being raided is Hai Rui.

As a result, the entire imperial front is now right, and it has become a place for Hai Rui to speak alone.

Hai Jui continued: "As for the notoriety of such a cool government, it is natural for the ministers to bear it. As for those whose homes have been raided, the princes can cite their merits to intercede, and Your Majesty can also show mercy to them, but they must confiscate their homes to make up for the shortfall! ”

Lu Tiaoyang, Zhang Siwei, and Wang Guoguang are all made statues.

Zhao Zhenji was not silent at this time, but praised it: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Haigong's words are good words, and it is better to make one or two corrupt officials cry than to make all the soldiers and civilians in the world cry in the future!" ”

"I should have copied one or two! Let the bureaucrats of the world know that if they do not solve the shortage of state funds, they will not be at peace! ”

"What's more, Feng Bao, the great man of the inner court, who has the merit of accompanying His Majesty and the responsibility of taking care of his life, can copy it, why can't the meritorious officials of the outer court copy it? That's how it works. Your Majesty has the ambition to be a wise monarch, and he should be fair, so that the people of the world can be convinced! ”

"In addition to the cabinet elder Zhao Qing and the big Sima Tan Qing seconded the proposal, Haiqing's performance, can the secretaries still have objections?"

Zhu Yijun nodded at this time, and immediately asked.

Zhang Juzheng arched his hand at this time and said: "The minister has no objection, what Hai Gong said is a feasible method at the moment, I believe that Wei and Sun can also understand the difficulties of the imperial court, but the minister thinks that the imperial court can copy his home to make up for the shortfall, but there is still the dignity of his minister, and he will not be severely humiliated." ”

"The minister seconded what Yuan Fu said."

Lu Tiaoyang immediately expressed his approval at this time.

The minister also echoed what Yuan Fu said.

Wang Guoguang also replied at this time.

Zhang Siwei then chimed in.

Whether it is restructuring or purging the administration of officials, Zhang Juzheng is still gentler than Hai Rui and Zhao Zhenji, and will also take care of the feelings of the bureaucratic class, so compared with Zhao Zhenji and Hai Rui, Lu Tiaoyang and other civil officials are still more receptive to Zhang Juzheng's concept of governance.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun picked up the Zhu pen and criticized Hai Rui's recital, and then threw it on the case, and said in a deep voice: "Then copy!" ”

"Dongchang sent one, Jinyi Wei sent one, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent another one to handle this matter."

"The military official sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the official of the Zhengqin, remember to save the dignity of the minister, and not to torture him!"

Zhu Yijun continued to command at this time.

"Your Majesty! Please explain in the holy decree that if Wei and Sun's greedy income cannot make up for this year's shortfall, they should continue to strictly pursue the big people who caused the shortfall! ”

Zhao Zhenji suddenly interjected at this time.

Zhang Siwei was taken aback first and looked at Zhao Zhenji.

"Exactly! Remember to add Zhao Qing's words. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded.

At the same time, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, secretly thinking that he was afraid that no one would dare to secretly communicate the news to Wei and Sun, and no one would dare to help these two people hide their family wealth.

After all, if the property of these two people is not enough to make up for the shortfall, they will continue to copy it, maybe it will be copied to their own head, who can stand this?

……

"Uncle, it's just enough to use Hai Rui, why do you even use Zhao Zhenji together? Now you have seen it, although the radical policies such as clearing the acres of land and paying grain to the gentry have been suppressed by you for the time being, and there is no rush to implement them; But there are still cool policies that have to continue to rise, such as stealing families to make up for the deficit, which makes the ministers of the world uneasy. ”

Therefore, after the end of the match and leaving the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Juzheng's confidant Wang Guoguang took the initiative to discuss with Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "No, how can you let Your Majesty know how to use Hai Rui and Zhao Zhenji in the future?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Lu Tiaoyang, who is also Zhang Juzheng's confidant, also asked on the side.

Zhang Juzheng looked ahead, and said as he walked: "Hai Rui can be the governor, he can be the minister, but he can't be the minister. I believe that Hai Jui himself already knows, so he invited him to the southeast of the governor, and His Majesty must have understood. In addition, His Majesty should have understood that although Zhao Zhenji was influenced by Wang Xue and cared about the common people, he was not the choice of the first assistant. ”