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Chapter 64 Don't Forget

Tan Lun's handwriting is very good.

It looks pleasing to the eye.

The words are not very good, and the inside and outside reveal a kind of eight-legged essay beginners who are trying hard to do well but write nonsense.

But some places are also very good rhetoric. Tan Lun, the Minister of War, who was a attendant in the Ming Dynasty at Wenhua Hall, nodded helplessly when he saw the emperor's surprised eyes, and said, "It's my minister who has made some modifications, but there is still nothing to practice."

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing did not expect this article, and he did not expect it.

Emperor Longqing had no expectation for his articles to be renamed by a general who was so lacking in mind!

Too pragmatic.

But from another perspective, Emperor Longqing felt that this article was done well, "his idea coincides with his father."

Because Chen Mu's starting point of Haizheng was silver and money, of course it was not just silver and money. For Chen Mu, silver and money were just bargaining chips for obtaining resources, not aims but means; this concept of attaching great importance to finance was very similar to Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing did not attend court for twenty years, but the most fundamental financial power of the Ming Dynasty was always in the hands of the emperor, which was the root of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Longqing obviously did not have this ability. He lacked the extremely intelligent control of Jiajing, so he would save money.

I like to eat fruit pies, and I need fifty taels to make a pie in the Imperial Season. Okay, I won’t eat it anymore. I like to eat donkey intestines. I need to kill a donkey intestines. In addition, the prices of various items rose rapidly under the corruption in the palace. Okay, I won’t eat it anymore.

He gave the Ming Dynasty tens of thousands of taels a year, which was enough for a reward and pension for a small battle.

But he would not be as open-source as Emperor Jiajing, and he would not be able to save money by himself. The Longqing Dynasty was actually short of money than the Jiajing Dynasty.

In this case, Chen Mu's "Seven Affairs Commentary on the Near Sea Guard" is very interesting. In fact, there is not much mention of money throughout the article, but he has to use money everywhere, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. It not only conforms to the views of Emperor Jiajing in the past, but also is very useful in Emperor Longqing's view.

Under the seven things, money was used everywhere, but no word mentioned asking for money from the court. Instead, he explained the methods of raising military expenses such as opening military weapons bureaus, mining and growing medicines, weaving and making silk, which were deeply loved by the emperor.

What is a good minister?

If you know that you can save money for the treasury and do things well for the court, you will be a good minister.

General Zhenshuo did not find the wrong person, this is a truly talent who can stand alone.

Emperor Longqing nodded in praise, but it was not Chen Mu who praised him, but Tan Lun. Tan Lun was right. Chen Mu's article was not correct even if it was given to the prodigy Zhang Juzheng. There was a style of writing between the lines that he had never seen before, such as listing data.

God knows how difficult it is for Chen Mu to add huge amounts of data into the eight-legged essay and maintain basic synergy!

"Zhang Qing, the Ministry of Revenue should be invested in the coming year, how much can it be surplus?"

Emperor Longqing read one by one, asking without raising his head. Zhang Juzheng sat aside without any connection and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the forecast for the next year has not yet come out. Because the Wei thief in Guangxi surrendered, Guangdong and Guangxi reduced their expenses, and the south was calm, and it would be more than 1.8 million taels of silver. However, the matter of peace between the north and Tumo was still open, and the three guards of Duoyan were ready to move, and the north might increase their funds."

"There are also a break in Suining and other places this year. The embankment was built year by year, which made the officials of the upper and lower levels suffer the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The 30,000-meter-long embankment must be built this year and next two years. The military expenditure saved in the south will fill the place. In August, the cabinet ministers proposed to use Pan Xueliang, who had returned from his hometown in the past few years. He needed to control Huang. The method of binding water and rinsing sand is very exquisite. This matter will be done next year."

"Therefore, I expect to earn 270 to 30 million in the coming year, and to spend 280 to 32 million, which is better than the previous year, and at most two million in the past year. If there is no war, the national treasury can earn one million taels."

After Zhang Juzheng said that, he lowered his eyes from the book, closed the book and walked out two steps, gritted his teeth hard in the place where the emperor could not see. When he turned around, he said in a normal tone: "The state needs to rest and recuperate, and I think there are five major problems."

"It is said that the royal family is arrogant, the common officials are ruthless, the officials are in charge, the border preparations are not yet cultivated, and the wealth is scarce."

"I think that after the war with the north is truce, the remaining money will be given to Taicang for three or five years, and then the ills will be eliminated one by one for ten years, so as to enrich the country and show restraints in the country; if you have another ten years of strength, you can change the stability of the country's dynasty for a hundred years."

Three years and five years, Taicang has more than enough money.

Emperor Longqing looked up at the high arch of Wenhua Hall, his body was getting worse and worse... Can you still see that Taicang still looks like Yu Yin after a year?

If you can see it, just eat some fruit pie and some donkey intestines.

I really want to see, I really want to see that Taicang still has silver in the winter moon!

"Zhu Yijun, Prince, come here."

Emperor Longqing did not respond to Zhang Juzheng's words, and waved to the little prince who was sitting upright on the side. They were talking about major events here, and the little prince who was just seven years old was almost asleep. Suddenly, he was startled by the call, and hurriedly ran over to kneel down. But he saw his father patting his side and asked, "What do you mean when you were four years old?"

"My son remember!"

The little prince's voice was very crisp. He remembered nothing. He was just the old men around him said it once every two days, otherwise he could remember something. "The father said that the sage king controlled the world, just like the turning of the jun in the making of a weapon. It has a very important meaning, and the child must never forget it."

Emperor Longqing nodded with satisfaction, opened his mouth and closed his mouth again, sighed heavily, and then continued: "I want to do a lot of things and do more, but the treasury has no money. Even though I am the throne of the Nine Five, I can't do anything."

"The world is a pair of pottery, which governs the world, like turning pottery. The better your skills are, the better your world. One day I will give you this rotary wheel for making pottery. You will be the emperor. If you want to turn it on, you are the one who turns the jun."

The little prince seemed to understand, but Emperor Longqing had emotions that he couldn't understand in his eyes, which was envy.

What kind of mess is he going to get from his father?

In the winter of the first year of Longqing, a lot of taxes were collected, but nothing had been done. The Taicang silver was only 1.53 million taels left. In that year, the government and military salary were required to pay silver, and the annual regular silver was reissued totaling 5.53 million, which was enough for three months.

Still making pottery? That's a piece of mud.

"Old Zhang Ge, where is Malacca? Where is that place? Is it the land of Manta Kazuo in the past?"

Emperor Longqing said, and raised Chen Mu's "Seven Affairs Memorials of the Near Sea Guard Office" and signaled Zhang Juzheng to come and take it. Then he said, "Take it back and see if there is any advantage. Take it back and see. Today's lecture is over. I will recruit the Governor of the Jinyiwei to Wenhua Hall."

"I want to send the Jinyiwei to Malacca. No matter where it is, I will find it and collect two million taels of tax a year?"

The attendant ministers and the ministers who were attending the lecture slowly retreated from the light and shadow of Wenhua Hall, and sat in the hall Emperor Longqing held the prince's shoulders. His wide dragon robe and big sleeves almost covered half of the little prince's body. The most powerful emperor in the world shook his arms slightly, and his mouth was almost a dreamy voice.

"I will make the pottery rack for you. When you ascend the throne, you can just turn your head - eat one more pie for me during the Chinese New Year."

"Don't forget."
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