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Li Yu and other officials couldn't help but look at each other, Liu Jian dared to be directly with Wu Yu, and this time it was simply against it for the sake of opposition.

The second assistant Liu Ji was originally a person who rarely expressed his position, but at this moment he couldn't help but speak: "Today's national funds are abundant, although water conservancy is the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, but the expansion of the outer city of the imperial capital is beneficial to the defense of the capital, and the second is to increase the shelter for the people, which is a good move!" ”

"It's true that there are many disasters in the place, but the imperial court will allocate funds to build water conservancy every year!"

"If you really want to build an outer city, the Ministry of Works will do everything you can to complete this errand!"

In the face of Liu Jian's obstruction, Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Li Si, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, also chose to stand up in person to express their attitude. If you really want to build the outer city of Beijing, money and construction technology are not a problem, and this thing can be done beautifully.

No matter how arrogant Liu Jian was, he knew that he couldn't compete with the dignified second assistant and the two Shangshu: "Since Liu Gelao, Jia Shangshu and Li Shangshu all support Wu Shilang's proposal, it is difficult for Weichen to stop it. It's just that the construction of the outer city is very expensive, and it involves many issues such as the relocation of people outside the city, please think twice! ”

Although he chose to avoid the sharp edge of Liu Ji and others, he did not change his attitude to support the construction of the outer city of Beijing, but wanted to retain one of his objections.

If something happens to the construction of the outer city of Beijing in the future, then he will be able to become a righteous party, so as to attack Wu Yu and others, who threw out the proposal.

In fact, Qingliu has always liked to play this game, and he usually doesn't have any "innovative" suggestions, but the suggestions thrown by others will be opposed by them.

If the whole thing goes smoothly, if anything goes wrong, then it's their turn to swing the stick and smash people.

Taking the Ming Dynasty's attempt at shipping as an example, the Ming Dynasty was actually aware of the problem of the high cost of transportation, but it suffered losses due to a typhoon in the process of trying to transport it, and was strongly criticized by the Qingliu Zhizhi.

Lack of success and more than failure, perhaps this is the root cause of the Ming Dynasty step by step towards the abyss.

In the attic, the beauty is on the side, and the fragrance of tea rises.

Zhu Youzhu picked up the teacup he had just handed over and took a small sip slowly.

He saw all the disputes below, and also realized that it was probably a mistake for him to leave Liu Jian behind, this kind of person may be able to help him balance the forces of all parties, but he will also keep dragging the Ming Dynasty forward.

Zhu Youzhu coughed lightly, and also said directly: "Although I encourage everyone to speak freely here, you ministers must also plan before acting. No matter what the process was in the past, I hope that the ministers of this dynasty will focus on doing things and seek better development for the Ming Dynasty, rather than pulling them all back. ”

When the last three words are spoken, the tone is obviously accentuated.

As soon as these words came out, Li Yu and others, the secretary of the ministry, turned their heads to look at Liu Jian, Zhu Youji's words were obviously warning Liu Jian, Liu Jian's little trick was undoubtedly seen through by the wise emperor.

As a result of setting the tone, the speeches became more deliberate and the quality of the speeches was noticeably improved.

Although there was no heated quarrel at the next summit meeting, everyone expressed their opinions and put forward some feasible proposals.

In fact, how the imperial court throttles is a headache, but how to spend money has made many people interested, and some people even endured the joy of secretly proposing to raise the salaries of civil and military officials.

The red dust is gone, and the white head is back for a year. Wash the eyes of Kuangxuan, and look at the plum in the snow.

This supreme meeting held in the imperial study was held for about an hour, and as Zhu Youzhu announced the end of the meeting, the important ministers attending the meeting dispersed one after another.

The theme of this summit meeting is the budget, but everyone is actually throwing out proposals, but to really form a resolution and implement it, Zhu Youji needs to make the final decision.

In the face of this kind of major event that costs millions of taels at every turn, Zhu Youzhi naturally has to understand it clearly before making the final decision.

Taking the construction of the outer city of Beijing as an example, it is impossible to make a decision directly as soon as it is thrown, but to ask the Ministry of Industry to come up with a set of specific construction plans and costs, and finally the Ministry of Household will verify whether there is sufficient financial support.

In fact, there was a very embarrassing incident in the construction of the outer city of Beijing in the original history.

Due to the rapid increase in the population of Beijing City and the fact that I was able to break through the border and enter the land of Gyeonggi, Jiajing, who was fond of alchemy, agreed to the proposal to build an outer city.

The Jiajing Dynasty's original plan to build the outer city of Beijing was in the shape of "Hui", that is, to build a new square city on the periphery of Beijing to directly enclose the entire Beijing city.

It was only when they finished repairing the southern city wall that they suddenly found that their silver taels were seriously insufficient, and finally decided to hastily connect the southern city with the inner city, thus forming a strange "convex" shaped city.

Of course, now the finances of the Ming Dynasty are many times healthier than those of the Jiajing Dynasty, especially now that the accumulated silver that Dacang can freely allocate has reached three million taels, and it is completely possible to spare two million taels to repair the outer city of Beijing.

After Zhu Youzhu ended this budget meeting, he actually had some trade-offs in his heart about the plan they proposed, but at this time, a faint loss appeared on his face.

Due to the departure of the important ministers below, only the eunuchs who served and Han Youying, who was in charge of making tea, were left in the imperial study.

Han Youying has a strong talent for making tea, although she is not as good as a real tea master, but at her age she is already the first person in the world, and naturally no one in the Forbidden City can compare with her.

The temperature in the study is kept very high, so it is not too affected by the winter, and the tea leaves are soaked in hot water, and the tea slowly reaches a pleasing color.

In addition to Han Youying's beautiful face and a pair of long legs, it was a pair of beautiful hands that were sending a cup of freshly brewed tea to Zhu Youji.

Although her slightly long eyebrows bring an aggressiveness to her whole person, and she was even named a wicked girl because of the last cat abuse incident, her eyes at the moment are more tender.

She enjoys getting along very much at this moment, and seems to have forgotten her dream of being a concubine, and once hoped that time would stay at this moment forever.

Zhu Youzhu picked up the teacup, took a small sip, and frowned habitually. Although the tea is fragrant, the bitterness of life makes people can't help but taste the true meaning of life.

Even if he is a high-ranking emperor, he may not be completely carefree, even if he has become an emperor who has the ability to control the court.

"Your Majesty, can the slave and maid give me an opinion?" Han Youying was completely different from the well-behaved palace maid who was well-behaved, and asked rather unruly.

Zhu Youzhu held the unfinished teacup in his hand, and looked at this somewhat stubborn beauty lightly: "Okay, you can talk about it!" ”

"The slave maid thinks that although these courtiers are loyal, there are not many courtiers who really understand you, and you should replace them with a group of younger and more energetic courtiers." Han Youying met Zhu Youji's gaze and boldly expressed her opinion.

Liu Jin knew that the tea girl in front of him was unruly, so he sent the idle people away, but after hearing Han Youying's proposal, he couldn't help but swallow and spit with difficulty.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the beautiful tea girl in front of him and couldn't help but smile.

If it is said that the palace maids such as Fan Jinling just want to climb into their own bed to fight for status, then the ambition of the tea girl in front of them can be called terrifying, and it seems that she wants to influence the government through herself.

Zhu Youzhu blew the tea in his hand and asked seriously: "Why do you think these important ministers don't understand me?" ”

"It's not hard to guess what Your Majesty is thinking about now, but the various plans they have just proposed, if they are either actually disloyal, or their thinking has been set. Whatever the reason, these old ministers should be replaced! Han Youying knew that the emperor in front of him was ambitious, so he proposed it seriously.

Zhu Youzhu stopped the tea brought to his mouth, and looked at the beautiful and smart woman in front of him with interest: "Not to mention that your suggestion can't be adopted by me!" Do you think it's so easy to replace? Even if I am the emperor, if I want to remove an official from his position, I must come up with a corresponding reason. ”

This is actually a very helpless thing, since you are the emperor above, you also need to abide by the rules of the power game of this era.

Like some loyal ministers with seniority and prestige, you can implicitly express your intentions like them or convey them through eunuchs, but dismissal for no reason is bound to cause an uproar.

Moreover, although this kind of trade-in has certain benefits, it also comes with political risks, and it is not a good prescription at all.

"The slave and maid are really ill-thought, and I hope that Your Majesty will punish the crime!" Han Youying knew that her suggestion was indeed not mature, and she also took the initiative to admit her mistake.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the long-legged evil beauty who knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake, and after drinking the tea in his hand, he said lightly: "Go to the back!" ”

Behind the imperial study is a warm pit, which is dedicated to Zhu Youzhi for a lunch break here.

Han Youying slowly took off the clothes on her body, her legs were white and long, and finally took the initiative to climb up to the warm pit, but she accepted Zhu Youji's punishment.

She was originally a very arrogant woman, but in the face of absolute power, she could only be obediently at the mercy, and even had to take the initiative to cater to her.

Winter is a changeable season, and although it was still silent outside, there was already a whimpering wind at the moment, like a cry.

Hour Yongfang, Wanfu.

This mansion, which was once spurned by hundreds of officials, has become more and more stable as Wan'an's position has become more and more stable, and now Wanfu has returned to prominence and has become the most dazzling mansion in the capital.

Due to the half-day holiday today, after the conclusion of the summit meeting, everyone returned to their homes. When Wan'an's palanquin passed by the door, a group of officials knelt down to the palanquin in the cold wind.

Officialdom is the most typical vanity fair, the higher the status, the more officials can come against the cold wind.

After Wan An experienced the warmth and coldness of the people last year, he had already seen these officials who came against the cold wind, but he was not ready to deal with them.

"Dad, you're back!" Wan Yi was still greeting guests just now, but now that he learned that his father had returned from the palace, he hurriedly greeted him from the warm pavilion.

Wan Yi was a jinshi in the first year of Tianshun, the first director of the Ministry of Rites, and later reappointed as the Shaanxi Shilang of the Ministry of Households, which is a very capable official. Due to Wan An's appointment as the first assistant to the cabinet, he was influenced by him as Wan An's son, and finally Mingsheng secretly descended to the position of Nanjing Tongzheng and the right Tongzheng.

In the face of this "injustice", Wan Yi was also angry and resigned, but Xianzong did not allow it.

finally survived the turning point, and returned to the court in the twentieth year of Chenghua to serve as the right attendant of the military department, but when he encountered his mother's funeral, he had to return to his hometown to guard his filial piety.

At the end of his filial piety, he had already come to the Hongzhi Dynasty, because Zhu Youzhi planned to continue to reuse Wan'an, so he was appointed as the left waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

Wan Yi came to the capital to meet him this time, and because it was approaching the end of the year, he decided to take leave to stay in the capital for the Spring Festival.

Of course, people will inevitably have ambitions, not to mention that he thinks he is very capable, so his biggest goal now is to try to stay in the capital and serve.

Wan An waved his hand gently to his enthusiastic son, and because he had just held his urine in the palace, he hurried to the thatched house for a while, and he was suddenly relieved.

"Dad, but there is a happy event?" Wan Yi had already sent the guests away, and asked the father who walked into the study like a spring breeze.

Wan An has now reined in, although he turned a blind eye to those large amounts of filial piety silver, but after all, he still thought about the glory and wealth of future generations, so he arranged seriously: "Since you have nothing to do now, then help dispose of the house in the capital and buy some homestead land outside the city near the city wall!" ”

"Why is that?" Wan Yi immediately asked puzzled.

Wan An thought about the content of the highest meeting just now, so he lowered his voice: "Don't spread this matter!" The imperial court will soon build an outer city, and the price of houses in the suburbs will surely rise! ”

Once the imperial court builds the outer city, the price of the house in the inner city will fall, and the homestead near the city wall in the outer city will definitely rise, at least dozens of times.

Wan An has always felt that he owes this son, not only because of himself but also because he can't display his talents, but also because of himself by political enemies, so this matter can be regarded as a small compensation.

Although the content of the Supreme Council agreed not to be disseminated, it still told all the reasons for the matter, especially the important ministers of the court unanimously agreed to spend 2 million taels of silver to build the outer city of Beijing.

"Dad, Your Majesty personally agreed?" Wan Yi asked very seriously.

Wan An glanced at his son, but he picked up the teacup and shook his head gently: "Although Your Majesty is young, he has always been very steady in his work, and he is more mature than the first emperor. Now that we've just thrown out the proposal, how could he agree on the spot? ”

After such a long time of getting along, all the officials, including him, did not dare to underestimate the emperor, and now many important things are actually allowed to ferment for a period of time, and finally the emperor will make the decision himself.

Now the construction of the outer city of Beijing is related to two million taels of silver, even if the emperor has agreed in his heart, but it is necessary for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to come up with a plan before it can be finalized.

"Dad, the child thinks that you haven't figured out His Majesty's intentions this time!" Wan Yi shook his head affirmatively.

When Wan An heard this judgment, he immediately stopped the tea cup that was brought to his mouth: "Why do you say this!" ”

"Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, everything you have done has been practical, and Your Majesty probably has no intention of building an outer city!" Wan Yi raised his head and looked at Wan An Dao seriously.

Wan An couldn't help but be confused, and looked very puzzled: "Once the outer city of Beijing is completed, how much merit will it be, isn't it still practical?" ”

"If other emperors were so happy that they would consider this kind of thing their own merit. It's just that the child has been silently observing our emperor, and what he does is really for the people of the world, starting from the salt and grain taxes that the people are most concerned about, and seeking a long-term strategy. Whether it is the initial consolidation of the salt policy, or the later Qingzhang acres, or the silent development of the textile industry, this is actually a measure that can produce long-term returns! Now you suggest that most of the three million taels you have saved up with great difficulty be used to build an outer city, and this outer city is not really urgent, I am afraid that it will not be able to pass through the emperor! Wan Yi had been observing the new monarch and reporting his observations.

Wan An found this analysis very reasonable, but he still couldn't help but doubt: "Is this really the case?" ”

"Dad, think about it, how did Your Majesty react to this plan just now?" Wan Yi knew that his father was probably a fan of the authorities, so he reminded him seriously.

Wan An silently took a sip of tea and recalled seriously, "Your Majesty is indeed not very interested, and he has not made any statement!" ”

"The child thinks that it is impossible for His Majesty to spend two million taels to build an outer city, at most he will only agree to spend hundreds of thousands of taels to build an ordinary outer city in the south, and these three million taels must be used for more pragmatic things!" Wan Yi said confidently as he saw that this dynasty was being revitalized.

Wan An nodded lightly, and then asked very seriously: "Wan Yi, then how do you think Your Majesty plans to spend these three million taels?" ”

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