Zhu Changwu didn't say it explicitly, but Chongzhen understood, and he now believes in the identity of this future person. If he hadn't known in advance that Zhu Chunchen had a problem, I am afraid that no one would dare to easily challenge a grandfather of the country, and he would have killed people directly.

"If you have a problem, check it." After thinking about it, Chongzhen still chose to believe Zhu Changwu.

"Your Majesty." It was rare that Zhu Changwu also slapped a sycophant, and then he looked at the crown prince Zhu Cihong and said: "Your Majesty, how can you say that Cao Huachun is also a palace attendant, in order to prove fairness, the prince should be allowed to sit on the side to hear the trial to show justice." ”

On the Xuanwu Gate, Zhu Changwu did not directly kill these three eunuchs, just because they were royal ministers, if they said to kill, they would be killed, for fear that Chongzhen would have ideas. Unlike Zhu Chunchen, he is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, so he doesn't need to worry so much about him.

Zhu Cihong didn't expect that Zhu Changwu would call his name, and he was stunned for a while.

"Exactly." Chongzhen thought about it for a while, he was actually worried that Zhu Changwu would play the trick of bending and beating, but he still needed to rely on the other party now, and some things were not easy to say. Now that they took the initiative to mention it, he naturally agreed. "Wang Da accompanied him and followed the crown prince."

"Obey." Wang Chengen bent his waist and immediately agreed.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong saw that his father had agreed, and knew that he couldn't refuse, so he hurriedly responded.

He still couldn't figure out why he had to watch by himself when dealing with some eunuchs, but he didn't know that Zhu Changwu was also kind to do this.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to continue in the future, it needs to have a suitable prince to inherit the unification. Zhu Cihong is now the crown prince, of course he is the best candidate, if possible, Zhu Changwu doesn't mind teaching the other party how to do things?

I don't mind letting him see more of the dark side and the sinister side of the human heart.

People often only experience more, will they mature faster, have less glass hearts, and have more decisiveness.

After Cao Huachun and the others finished talking, Zhu Changwu opened his mouth to mention the affairs of the army again. "Your Majesty, this time my Ming army won the battle, and it should be rewarded, but I don't know how much silver is available in the treasury now?"

Chongzhen, who originally had a straight face and wanted to put on the emperor's shelf, waiting for Zhu Changwu to report something, Chongzhen, who was so decided, immediately lost his confidence as soon as he was asked about money, and the whole person was no longer as confident as just now, but his voice became quieter, "This... I don't know how much money the treasury has, do you know, Wang Daban? ”

"It's... Chancellor remembers as if... It seems that there are more than 2,300 catties left. When Wang Chengen answered this question, his speech became uncoincidental.

Okay, two thousand three hundred catties, according to the Ming Dynasty, one catty is equal to sixteen taels, which is only thirty-six thousand eight hundred taels.

No wonder Chongzhen said he forgot just now, where is this I can't remember, it's obviously embarrassing to say it.

Not even 40,000 taels, that is to say, if converted into military salaries, it is not enough for 10,000 soldiers to pay for a month, and it is no wonder that when Beijing City was breached in history, the Ming army did not resist much.

Chongzhen's face is also a little not good-looking, since he took over the throne of the emperor, he has never been rich. But at least at the beginning, he could barely cope, but now he has no money to support it completely, so it's no wonder that he thinks about suicide.

Without money, even if he can escape from Beijing, where can he go?

Without money, which army is willing to listen to you, will they go to war hungry?

With a slight sigh, Zhu Changwu didn't dare to expect to get money from Chongzhen, so he had to figure out a way by himself. "Your Majesty, don't worry about the silver, as long as the Ming regime is still there, the money can still think of some ways. I ask your Majesty to hand over the power of raiding the house to Jinyiwei, and the money obtained will support the expenses of the army, and if there is any surplus, I propose that a research institute be built, and that all the things that are invested can be made into finished products and sold throughout the country, and we will make money ourselves. ”

"Wait."

This time, it was Queen Zhou who interrupted him, and when she heard Zhu Changwu say that she wanted to make her own goods to make money, she asked with doubts, "Isn't this going to compete with the people?" I'm afraid that the world will not agree, right? ”

If you want to say that this is not to blame Queen Zhou, she has received such an education since she was a child, so naturally she will have such questions?

"Competing with the people? Haha, hahaha. As if he had heard a big joke, Zhu Changwu laughed at the sky completely regardless of the rules.

Then without waiting for Wang Chengen, a loyal minister, to reprimand himself, Zhu Changwu had already stopped laughing and said: "The so-called competition with the people is just a means for those courtiers to jointly resist His Majesty. The Ming agricultural and commercial tax is one out of thirty, and the income is very small, how to feed the millions of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty? How can there be money for officials to pay money, in the long run, the country will definitely not be a country, and the army will not be an army, how can it not be chaotic? ”

Facing Zhu Changwu's question, Chongzhen sighed lightly and said: "This is the ancestral system and cannot be changed. ”

"The ancestral system of fart." Zhu Changwu responded casually when he heard it.

"Presumptuous." It was still Wang Chengen, this loyal minister, who suddenly shouted at Zhu Changwu's unruliness.

"Okay, I'm just presumptuous in my language, not as good as some people who are outwardly sanctimonious and open their mouths and close their mouths to the words of saints. However, what he did was incomparably presumptuous, much stronger. For Wang Chengen, Zhu Changwu is naturally not afraid.

Or it can be said that after he came into this world, there was nothing to fear and fear him.

"Listen to him continue." It's Chongzhen, and he doesn't mean to blame Zhu Changwu. A country is on the verge of extinction, what else can't be said at this time, and what's the point of still talking about the big truth?

"Your Majesty." Zhu Changwu hugged his fists again and said to Chongzhen. This move made several people around him amused.

They can be regarded as seeing this meeting, as long as what Chongzhen said can satisfy Zhu Changwu, it is Shengming. Otherwise, that's bullshit.

"Your Majesty, I think that there is no reason in the world that is immutable, and there is no reason in the world that is absolutely correct."

As soon as Zhu Changwu said this, Queen Zhou said puzzledly: "How is this possible, the words of a saint are the words of a saint, how can there be mistakes?" ”

"Oh, the queen doesn't believe it, so you can just say a few words and see if I can give you an answer?" Zhu Changwu looked at Queen Zhou with a smile, isn't it just a debate. In the past, in his own army, he paid attention to the fact that his comrades-in-arms couldn't do anything, that is, to see who was good at his words, and he really wasn't afraid of anyone when it came to debate.

"Okay." Empress Zhou was also interested in this meeting, she had read a lot of sage words since she was a child, and she thought that she still had some knowledge.

Queen Zhou, who agreed, first looked at Zhu Changwu, and looked at the other party staring at herself with great interest, without the slightest hint of avoidance as a courtier who could not look directly at the mother of the country, so she thought of something and said, "Then Zhu Qing will say, what is wrong with the words of the monarch, the minister, the father, and the son?" ”

"Monarch, minister, father, son" comes from the Analects of Yan Yuan, which means: the monarch should be like the monarch, the courtier should be like the courtier, the father should be like the father, and the son should be like the son. This phrase reflects Confucius's idea of "righteous names", which emphasized the importance of the hierarchy of kings and ministers to maintain social order.

"It's wrong, it's wrong, and it's a big mistake." Before she thought about it, Queen Zhou just said it, and Zhu Changwu immediately refuted it.

"Wrong?" Queen Zhou was puzzled, she really didn't know what was wrong here.

"Of course this is wrong, there is a most critical word missing in the middle of this sentence, a rational word." Zhu Changwu thought of an article he had read, so he recalled and said: "Even if you are a close relative, you must be reasonable, otherwise you will be full of mistakes." Well, I think everyone is a reader, so you should have heard the phrase "kissing and hiding each other". ”

kissed each other, and as soon as the four words came out, Queen Zhou, who originally wanted to say something, immediately closed her mouth.

"Kissing and concealing" means pointing out the most sincere emotions in human nature, protecting and concealing one's relatives, and not reporting the crimes of one's relatives.

In ancient times, in order to maintain patriarchal ethics and the family system, the term "relatives conceal each other" was interpreted and examined, and then formed a principle of ancient criminal law, relatives should hide their guilt from each other, and those who do not report and testify will not be punished, but on the contrary, they should be punished.

In other words, in the eyes of many people, the state is very important, but far less important than the family, whenever the interests of the country and the interests of the family conflict, the first thing they have to take care of is the interests of the family.

If this is the case, will not the way of the ruler be contrary to this?

If you agree to the court, you will be in opposition to your relatives; If you don't agree, you're disloyal to the monarch?

"This..."Queen Zhou was directly stunned by these four words, and stood there not knowing how to say it.

"Alright, let's show you something, what is this?" Seeing that Queen Zhou was asked, Zhu Changwu didn't mean to strike while the iron was hot, although he didn't have many opportunities to contact any women in his previous life, he still knew one thing, that is, women are very grudgeful, and most of them will not end well.

took the initiative to change the topic, and also under the steps for Queen Zhou, followed by Zhu Changwu and raised his right hand.