When the old man heard the prince's words, his face was as if he had eaten bitter coptis.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the imperial court has set this precedent, if it continues like this, then in the future, if there are relatives of the emperor who want to join the cabinet to worship the first assistant, can you also take out the position of King Han today!"

"The dictatorship of the emperor's relatives and relatives is something that all dynasties have to be careful to prevent, and now the dynasty not only carelessly prevents it, but also takes the initiative to put the children of the royal family in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet! Isn't this a curse, isn't this a curse? ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince! I beg His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to explain to the emperor that King Han Zhu Song must not be allowed to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, this is self-defeating! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The crown prince frowned at such a thing, and this old man dared to say it?

"What about you, be cautious in your words and deeds, don't always think about death, death! If my father really cared so much about the life and death of his courtiers, when he attacked Yingtian, he would not have slaughtered Jianwen's old ministers! Ladies and gentlemen, I also served as an official of Jianwen back then, if you really force the emperor to be anxious, if the emperor really cuts you out, others will have no choice. ”

When it comes to the events of the year, the faces of these courtiers are somewhat unbearable, those who were particularly loyal to Jianwen back then are dead, and those who remain are more or less loyal.

If the Son of Heaven is humiliated, the ministers should die, if they really want to die, it is not the time to die, they should die back then.

When the prince saw that they had finally stopped, he also sighed in his heart, and he didn't want to mention the past, but there was no way, they were all forced by these adults.

"Tell someone to send you back in a moment!"

After the prince made the arrangement, he left the hospital, stood here and looked left and right, his heart was messy, and after thinking about it, he went to Han Wangfu.

The crown prince entered the Han Wangfu and saw Zhu Song in the study.

The uncle and nephew sat down separately.

"Boss, you came here this time because of your father's meaning, right?" At this point in time, the prince came, that is for the treasure fleet, is it not the matter of today's cabinet chief, no matter which one it is, Zhu Di must have pushed it on him, who can he find if he doesn't look for himself?

The prince's face was very bitter. The coptis eaten by the old man seemed to have eaten into the prince's mouth again.

"Uncle Twenty, my nephew won't go in circles with Uncle Second, the matter of the treasure fleet, did Uncle Twenty promise my father?"

Zhu Song nodded: "The treasure fleet is a must, boss, looking at the whole world, everyone is developing, all countries are also developing, who is strong and who is weak, who succeeds and who fails, it is nothing more than a historical cycle, one eliminates the other." ”

"My Ming Dynasty is now strong at the beginning of the founding of the country, if I don't do more to smooth out the ups and downs for the children and grandchildren of future generations, wouldn't it be a big time in vain?"

"How big the world is, at the end of the horizon, there are many countries, if we are one step slower in the exploration of the ocean, it will be a millimeter of difference, a thousand miles of error, just like sailing on the sea, a little off the direction, the final result may be very different."

"So, now it is imperative for the country to form a treasure fleet, otherwise, just like the Song Dynasty back then, they faced the enemy in the north, and in the face of the enemy's iron cavalry, they could only retreat and retreat, the same, the ocean is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if we can't get stronger one step ahead, we will repeat the mistakes of the past in the future, reproduce history, and take a step back on the ocean."

Of course, the boss is not a person who eats the ancients, and he understands this truth, although he does not like to fight and kill, but the strength of the country can never be achieved by just a few words and a few words, and force is the foundation of a strong country.

But having said that, the basis of strong force is money, and now the court has no money.

"Uncle Twenty's words make sense, but the court has no money, there is really no money! Outside the customs is not very stopping, Tatar, Warat, and Arutai have come over three times to provoke and plunder the border, and sooner or later the old man will definitely go to the grassland to kill the enemy in person, what is more expensive than war? ”

"If the old man wants to do things, I can't stop him, he wants to repair the Yongle Grand Ceremony, Jinyiwei has to track down Jianwen's whereabouts, and he wants to form the existing ships of the treasure fleet, the old man thinks it's too small, and he has to build some big ships, how can there be silver, no silver."

Zhu Song looked at the prince and smiled.

"I have a solution."

The prince raised his head and looked at Zhu Song, this is the biggest god of wealth in the Ming Dynasty now, and the way to make money is jumping out.

"Nephew, please ask Uncle Twenty to teach!"

Zhu Song said slowly: "If you really want to make the treasury gradually full, the country has to reform, how to reform, the country is now collecting taxes mostly for the common people who farm the land and rely on the sky to eat, haha, I said that it is with the people in the world, but among the three religions and nine streams, this farmer is the heaviest tax." ”

"Indeed, compared with the previous dynasty, the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty were already very light, but the method was wrong, those who were really rich couldn't pay much tax, such as those merchants and Shilin doctors, they didn't have to pay taxes, but they often lived a better life and made the most profits."

"The imperial court should reduce the taxes on the peasants, and should increase the taxes on the land of merchants and officials, and as for the craftsmen, and those craftsmen who have no land to work hard, they should also collect less, and the merchants and officials should collect more."

"As for the rule that your grandfather set at that time, that merchants should not wear too good clothes, but only coarse linen clothes, I think it is only a very simple problem, this thing can be unraveled, let them wear good clothes, so that they will have more desire to earn money, and the more money they make, the more taxes they will pay."

"Although there may be collusion between officials and businessmen, but this thing can never be eliminated, the imperial court can only increase control, put the official word in front, and the official's salary can be improved.

"Your grandfather was thinking about ordinary people at that time, and the expenses spent in a year may not even be one or two pieces of silver, and those who have land may not even be five dollars of silver, but can these ordinary people compare with officials?"

"Human relations, accidents, these have to rely on silver, what should they do if they don't have silver, they have to find a way to be greedy, how was your grandfather back then, I dare to say a word as a son, your grandfather was too mean to officials back then, and it was too brutal, did your grandfather stop it by killing to stop greed? Can't stop. ”

"Bring up the officials' salaries, let them live a little more relaxed in the year, so that they don't have to borrow money at the end of the year, although it can't be said that the corruption of officials has been completely eliminated, but it must be much better than now!"