Forbidden City, the Imperial Study.

The curling incense gives the study a layer of fragrance, and the precious calligraphy and painting ornaments are placed in all corners of the room.

In recent years, although there have been no profiteering industries such as mining taxes, some royal industries such as Huangzhuang alone have still brought good benefits to the emperor.

The most important thing is that the treasury is full, and the household department will not ask the emperor to use internal funds to deal with state affairs at every turn, so it will naturally be able to save a lot of money.

Although he doesn't care much about these things, after all, he is the respect of the Son of Heaven, and it is also a matter of duty to have these pomp and circumstance.

Recently, Wuxing Emperor Zhu Changxun has been in a very good mood.

Although in the past four years of governance, Yan Chenhao often rejected his suggestions, and many policies were directly issued by asking him to seal them, and sometimes he had not discussed them with him at all, which made him feel that he was dispensable as an emperor, but this situation was about to end.

As far as he knew, under a series of statecraft measures by his teacher, the empire had been stabilized, and the treasury was quite abundant.

He still remembers that when Chen Guogong discussed with him and sent troops to the north, Yan Chenhao refused his reasons:

The treasury is empty.

And what about the abundance of the treasury? Presumably, this cabinet leader will no longer stop him from sending troops to recruit the Quartet!

This Emperor Wuxing has always had a dream of conquering the world and unifying the four seas.

Perhaps, it also has something to do with the fact that he is not the eldest son who succeeded to the throne. He always aspired to build a meritorious deed that would be commendable and remembered in the annals of history. In the depths of his heart, there is no doubt that Wanli's choice is not wrong.

The emperor who is not a grandson and has been on the throne for a long time always has a certain amount of pressure, not to mention that his road to the throne was still arduous, and he finally won by virtue of "virtuous", which made him care more about whether he had enough merits, even if the current Ming people, in fact, there was no voice questioning his throne.

Although there is already a voice of "Wuxing Zhongxing" in the world, it is not enough, what he wants is to create a prosperous era with both culture and martial arts!

And his character is also destined not to see that someone can threaten his kingdom, and someone who does not surrender as far as his eyes can see!

So when Yan Chenhao managed Daming in an orderly manner and made a great improvement, he noticed that it was also time.

He immediately called the eunuch and ordered:

"You go and invite Chen Guogong and Hubu Shangshu to ......"

Soon, however, the eunuch who had gone to look for the head of the household returned and told the emperor:

"Your Majesty, Li Shangshu is not in the household department, and it seems that he was called by Yan Ge Lao, saying that he had something important to discuss...... Is the slave going to the cabinet to find Li Shangshu? ”

As he spoke, the eunuch raised his eyes very vaguely and looked to the other side, as if ...... What are you looking at?

However, Zhu Changxun didn't notice his abnormality, and when he heard the eunuch's words, his face twitched fiercely.

Since ancient times, the emperor called the courtier, as long as the courtier is not dead, he will definitely rush over, not to mention the head of the cabinet, that is, the courtier is communicating with the prime minister, and the emperor's palace people will also directly break in to announce the decree, and the two will not have the slightest dissatisfaction, and the person who is summoned by the emperor will only come immediately.

But now, his eunuch didn't even dare to go directly to announce such a trivial matter......

His face sank, and then he forced himself to smile and said:

"It's okay...... It's the same with the left waiter of the household department. ”

"Anyway, I just want to know how this treasury is stored, and whoever it is, it's all the same......"

The eunuch took the order and left, and after a short time, Yan Shizhao and the left servant of the household department arrived one after another.

After the two of them greeted each other and talked about it again, Zhu Changxun, who was sitting on the top seat, directly clarified his purpose:

"If it is peaceful today, the people are happy, and the treasury is abundant, but in the grassland, there is still war. I am afraid that after they complete the unification, it will become a great harm to the Ming Dynasty, and now they are taking advantage of each other's conquest and weakening strength, and they will drive straight into the north and sweep the northern frontier, which is the long-term solution. ”

There was still no peace in the north, and the living space of the Tatars had been compressed to the extreme, and they moved eastward en masse, and even began to grab territory with the Jurchen tribe.

As for Warat?

As Zhu Changxun said, they are still in the midst of division, and in the past nine years, several major tribes in Warat have divided and merged and fought against each other, but none of them can have an overwhelming advantage, so until now they have not completely separated the winners and losers. It's not too wrong to take advantage of this opportunity.

After the emperor finished speaking, he made his thoughts clear, and then turned his head to look at Yan Shizhao:

"Aiqing, are you willing to lead the army to conquer the grassland for me in the north and make immortal feats?"

When Yan Shizhao heard this, he raised his head suddenly, and his eyes flashed with excitement.

For him, combat is obviously much more convenient than dealing with all kinds of complicated affairs in the study, not to mention that he originally likes war, just the exploits of the Beiding grassland are enough to make him famous in history!

Of course, he was willing to serve as the commander of this battle and clear the desert.

So he clenched his fists and said solemnly:

"Minister, I will live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Zhu Changxun smiled and patted him on the shoulder appreciatively:

"Aiqing, I will entrust the Ming soldiers to you, and on the day of your triumphant return, I will personally make a contribution to you!"

Then, the emperor looked at this left servant named Ni Wenhuan and asked:

"I want to raise an army of 150,000 for this battle, and the treasury is still enough?"

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him hurriedly handed out a piece of paper, on which it was clearly written the source of the 150,000 army, which were the Beijing army, the border army, and the guards of Beizhi, Shanxi, Shandong, etc., obviously prepared for a long time, and the emperor also did some research for this battle.

Ni Wenhuan took it, although it was strange why the emperor didn't look for his boss Li Ruhua but himself for this kind of thing, but after all, Zhu Changxun had already spoken, so he made a rough estimate, and then said:

"Your Majesty, in recent years, the treasury has been abundant, and although the northern expedition has cost a lot of money, there is no problem in thinking about it...... However, the specific value still needs to be sorted out and calculated by the officials of the Ministry of Households. ”

Zhu Changxun nodded and said:

"In that case, after you go back, you can quickly sort it out, report the specific amount, and then you can start preparing military supplies."

He turned his head again and looked at Yan Shizhao:

"The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can also coordinate with the Ministry of War to prepare for the dispatch of troops."

"Wechen obeys!"

The two saluted at the same time and said loudly.

(End of chapter)