The Ming Dynasty's colonization in East China was full of crisis. Western colonists quickly completed their accumulation with great voyage and overseas colonization, and were about to challenge the original order of the world.

During the Ming Dynasty, there was no time to take care of Western colonists at this time, and it still needed to work hard to unify the world and end the civil war.

Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty.

After seeing off Zhu Youlang, Zhao Ming became the veritable controller of Nanjing.

In 1661, the New Year of the fourth year of Yongli, Zhao Ming had a pretty happy life.

The only drawback is that the world has not been unified in the Ming Dynasty, and overseas countries have not come to worship one after another.

During the New Year, except for the Han and Yanping, the vassal states established by the Ming people, only the three kingdoms of Ryukyu and Annan sent envoys to pay tribute.

This made Zhao Ming not feel the pleasure of coming to the court during the New Year ceremony.

However, this is easy to explain. Over the years, all nations have come to tribute to the dynasty. At least the world needs to be unified and the world is still in a state of division. How can we be so embarrassed to claim to be the supreme country of the Celestial Empire and let the four barbarians congratulate you?

In order to achieve unity as soon as possible, in his lifetime, he created a prosperous era for all nations to come to dynasty. Just after the New Year, Zhao Ming ordered to mobilize military funds from Huguang and urged Li Dingguo to attack Sichuan as soon as possible.

Although it means that the dynasty had to rest and recuperate, the Ming Dynasty was large enough to launch a local war in the south while resting in the north.

To allow Li Dingguo to attack Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty only needed to mobilize the forces of Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, and the northern provinces would not be affected, and the commerce in various parts of Jiangnan would also proceed as usual.

This year, Zhao Ming set two small goals for himself, conquering Sichuan and restoring the economy in the north.

When the goal is set, one needs to convey one's will and let the entire Ming Dynasty implement it, and this depends on the bureaucratic system.

In the early morning, in the meeting hall, seven cabinet ministers and officials from various departments had arrived.

Everyone sat in the meeting hall, whispering to each other, talking about today's issue.

At this time, a guard shouted: "His Royal Highness the Regent is here!"

The lobby suddenly became quiet, and Zhao Ming, surrounded by more than a dozen sword-bearing guards, walked in quickly.

Under the leadership of the cabinet ministers, everyone stood up one after another to welcome His Highness the Regent into the interior. Zhao Ming walked straight to the throne and sat down, smiled and waved his hands to ask everyone to sit down without a gift.

The meeting hall was not as serious as the court, and the cabinet ministers were relatively relaxed and sat down on both sides.

At this time, Chen Mingyu, the chief assistant who presided over the parliament, smiled and said, "Your Highness is here, then the discussion will begin! The military affairs are the most important, and the Ministry of War will talk first!"

The Minister of War Gu Yanwu stood up and saluted: "According to your highness, the court will recover Sichuan this year. The Ministry of War has formulated corresponding plans and hopes to get support from the cabinet and various ministries."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, Gu Yanwu continued: "The so-called "since the troops move, food and grass will come first. This time, the Ministry of War estimated that the Ministry of Revenue would need to allocate 2 million silver dollars to grain~"

"Grand Sima!" Lu Zhenfei, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, couldn't help but interrupt: "I still need two million silver dollars, so I'll need so much money to hit Sichuan?"

Since quelling the civil strife in Nanjing last year, Zhao Ming has begun to launch an attack from the southwest and regain Sichuan.

To this end, Zhao Ming spent more than 2 million silver dollars to raise military funds for Li Dingguo, Gao Yigong and others last year.

Therefore, when the Ministry of Revenue heard that it would cost 2 million, it immediately couldn't sit still.

"Shaosi Nong, don't worry!" Gu Yanwu hurriedly appeased the God of Wealth and explained: "Part 2 million silver dollars is military expenditure, part of which is to widen Yunnan and Guizhou, and the road to Sichuan. This is to facilitate the transportation of military funds, food and grass, and the second is to benefit the imperial court's control over the southwest!"

Lu Zhenfei frowned and said, "Last year, the imperial court launched a northern expedition and suppressed the rebellion, and fought a war with Wu Sangui. Everyone knows how much the imperial court spent. Is this a journey possible? "

When Gu Yanwu heard the words, he looked at Zhao Ming because this road was something Zhao Ming wanted to practice.

"Cough cough~" Zhao Ming coughed in his own eyes and smiled at Lu Zhenfei, "Lu Aiqing, don't be so anxious to get angry! There are chieftains in the southwest, and the imperial court has not had strong control. In recent years, it has almost been cut off. I think this road still needs to be repaired. If the road is repaired, it will not only facilitate the army's mobilization and material transportation, but also strengthen the connection between the court and the southwest. The imperial court built this road not only to enter Sichuan, but also to control the southwest. Wherever the road is built, the imperial court can control it!"

Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Highness, the minister knows the benefits of road construction, but the Ministry of Revenue is really poor!"

Zhao Ming ignored the difficulties of the Ministry of Revenue and smiled and said, "The Ministry of Revenue wants to think of a solution, but it's a crowded place in other aspects!"

When Lu Zhenfei heard the words, he could only salute and sat back.

Chen Mingyu said, "That's the matter of funding from the Ministry of War, it's agreed."

Next, the Ministry of War stated the plan for using troops, the situation of mobilizing troops and supplies, and the time for sending troops.

After discussing the matter between the Ministry of War, Chen Mingyu said: "The next issue is to restore the northern economy. Let's talk about it!"

Lu Zhenfei then stood up and said, "Your Highness, my colleagues. Last year, your highness was invaded the northern expedition, conquered the Qing Dynasty, recovered Beijing, Henan and Shandong. These two places were repeatedly ravaged and destroyed by Jiannu during the Chongzhen Dynasty and had not recovered. Last year, wars continued to occur throughout the year. Therefore, now there are hungry people everywhere, and the court urgently needs to invest to restore the livelihood of the people as soon as possible."

Zhao Ming said: "When the northern land is formed, the farms are supported by the merchant stocks and gentry. If the government recovers, the pressure on the court should not be too high."

Lu Zhenfei said: "There was no problem at first. The court and the civil merchants and gentry had signed an agreement to determine the share allocation. At the moment, Jiang Xiang entered Hebei last year, plundered supplies and plundered the population, making Hebei even more devastated. In this way, more money than money is needed to restore Hebei. If the money was paid by merchants and gentry, they would definitely change the previous agreement and require more shares."

Zhao Ming shook his head and said, "This is definitely not possible! I cannot break my trust in the soldiers."

Lu Zhenfei said: "If it is distributed according to the share ratio, the treasury will not be able to provide any excess silver."

Zhao Ming frowned, understanding that after the trouble last year, the treasury was out of money again.

Last year, Zhao Ming made a northern expedition to quell the rebellion and fought with Wu Sangui for a year. The military expenditure alone was astronomical.

In addition, after the war, equipment repair, military replenishment, soldiers rewarded, and hundreds of thousands of political prisoners were exiled and placed, which all cost a lot of money.

Now it seems that last year, the trouble was too ruthless.
Chapter completed!