Prince of Chaos

Chapter 120
In Qianqing Palace, Emperor Wanli was chatting with Chen Ju.

Emperor Wanli seemed to be in a very happy mood at this time, and Chen Ju also waited behind Wanli with a smile on his face.

Emperor Wanli said: "Chen Ju, do you know? The prince built me ​​a hot spring villa in Huangzhuang, Xishan, and asked me to take Concubine Zheng and Chang Xun to recuperate."

When Chen Ju heard that Emperor Wanli was happy because of this incident, Chen Ju immediately laughed and said: "My lord, the prince is sincere, sincere and filial to my lord, and he always thinks about my lord. Slave You can't help but envy the good fortune of the emperor. It is often said that the Tian family has no family, but the prince is really filial to the emperor."

Emperor Wanli said: "Yes, although Chang Luo is still young, he is sensible early. He never fights or grabs. He always thinks of being good to me. He has been filial to me all these years. I can also see it. Originally, when I told him to take Concubine Zheng and Chang Xun to the Hot Spring Villa, I was still worried that he would have a grudge in his heart and would remember the feud with Concubine Zheng. However, I did not expect that Chang Xun Luo has such a heart, he didn't even mention it, and everything was according to my wishes. He is really my good son."

Chen Ju said: "The prince has a kind heart and never criticizes the people around him. Even if it is a little eunuch or a court lady, the prince is treated well, and he has never been embarrassed."

Emperor Wanli said with emotion: "Yes, he is really a good and sensible boy."

While Emperor Wanli and Chen Ju were chatting about Zhu Changluo, the eunuch on duty of the Supervisor of Rituals came in hurriedly, and said anxiously, "My lord, urgent report! Ningxia urgent report!"

Emperor Wanli was interrupted by this hasty voice.

Emperor Wanli asked a little annoyed, "What urgent report?"

Chen Ju hurried forward to receive the urgent report, and then handed it to Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli unfolded the content of the urgent report, and his eyes, which were originally lazy, gathered together all of a sudden.

Emperor Wanli immediately said to the eunuch who sent the urgent report: "When was the urgent report delivered? What's the cabinet's opinion?"

The eunuch who delivered the urgent report knelt on the ground and quickly replied: "The urgent report was delivered early in the morning, and the cabinet did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so it quickly reported it to the emperor for his decision."

Emperor Wanli said angrily: "Determinate? Determine what? Ningxia is rebellious, and let me decide. I only have one attitude and that is to suppress the rebellion immediately. Let the cabinet immediately draw up a counter-rebellion plan for me."

Chen Ju watched Emperor Wanli get so angry, Chen Ju quickly persuaded him from the sidelines: "The emperor calms down, the rebellion in Ningxia is a serious matter, and the slave probably dared not call the shots in the cabinet, so he rushed to report to the emperor."

Emperor Wanli said angrily: "If you don't dare to be the master, you have to draw up a counter-insurgency plan for me. Otherwise, why should I support them?"

Chen Ju said: "Perhaps the situation is urgent and there is no time."

Emperor Wanli thought for a while and said: "This matter is really too urgent, and I can't blame them all. An order was sent to let the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of War come to Qianqing Palace to meet you."

Then, Emperor Wanli said again: "Go and call the prince."

Therefore, the young eunuchs in Qianqing Palace immediately went to the cabinet and Ciqing Palace to summon the old man and the prince to meet him.

At this time, Zhu Changluo was still looking at the urgent report in his hand and lost in memory, when he suddenly heard the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace calling for him to meet him in the Qianqing Palace.Zhu Changluo immediately guessed that it must be because of the rebellion in Ningxia.

Zhu Changluo immediately said: "Go back and report to the emperor, just say that I will be there later."

Xuanzhi eunuch said: "Yes, Your Highness."

Then, Zhu Changluo paced back and forth in the Ciqing Palace.

Because of Zhu Changluo's understanding of history, Zhu Changluo knew that this massive rebellion was nothing but thunder and rain, and it ended in a short time.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the rebellion and destruction of Baibai and others.What Zhu Changluo was really thinking about at this time was how to use this opportunity of counter-insurgency to expand his power into the army.

Zhu Changluo's desire for the army is no longer a day or two, otherwise he would not let Wang An set up some Xishan Law Enforcement Team.

Zhu Changluo longed for the opportunity to establish prestige in the army, or establish a force loyal to him.This is crucial to Zhu Changluo's future development.

Otherwise, a prince without a gun in his hand will always be an angry softie. Now that Emperor Wanli is not in good health, he can still stabilize his position. In case his health improves, when other princes are under his knees again, this prince will not be good Done.

Therefore, some things must be planned for a rainy day.

For example, how to use the battle of Ningxia now.

Zhu Changluo thought about the countermeasures for a while, and also estimated the time when the cabinet would arrive at the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Changluo decided to look at the opinions of the cabinet first.

Zhu Changluo tidied up his appearance, and then drove him to the Qianqing Palace in his car.

When Zhu Changluo first arrived, the four elders of the cabinet and Shi Xing, the minister of the Ministry of War, had just arrived at the gate of Qianqing.

At Qianqing Gate, Shen Shixing and others saw Zhu Changluo who had just got off the bus, and the five of them immediately saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I will see Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Changluo hurriedly replied: "Grand elders, please don't be too polite, you are the pillars of the country, Chang Luo is just a young man, and cannot afford such a big gift."

Shen Shixing said: "The prince is the crown prince of the country, where the foundation of the country is. He is the future king of the ministers and others. The ministers and others dare not despise Your Highness."

Zhu Changluo helped Shen Shixing up and said, "Yuanfu is polite. It is a great blessing to have Yuanfu and all the pillars assisting the father. Let's go see the father together."

Shen Shixing stood up and said, "Yes."

Then several people walked into the Qianqing Gate together with Zhu Changluo. Shen Shixing and the others knew the rules very well, and deliberately put Zhu Changluo in a position to show their respect for the crown prince.

After arriving at Qianqing Palace, Zhu Changluo saluted Emperor Wanli together with the elders of the cabinet and Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

"Children (chens, etc.) refer to father emperor (emperor)."

When Emperor Wanli saw Zhu Changluo coming with all the ministers, Emperor Wanli said anxiously: "Get up."

Then, Emperor Wanli said directly: "Ningxia rebelled, what countermeasures do you have?"

As soon as Emperor Wanli asked this question, Shen Shixing immediately said to him: "The ministers mean to send troops to suppress the rebellion immediately."

When Emperor Wanli heard what Shen Shixing said, he thought that Shen Shixing and the cabinet had already made up their minds.

Emperor Wanli said: "Then send troops to conquer immediately."

However, when these words were just uttered, Shen Shixing and others fell silent.

Emperor Wanli looked at the silent minister, and Emperor Wanli's face suddenly became ugly.

Emperor Wanli asked, "What's the matter?"

At this time, several cabinet ministers looked at each other, and then all four of them looked at Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Shi Xing was watched by the four cabinet ministers, and Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo also looked over.

At this time, Shi Xing could only bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, there is no problem in suppressing the rebels, but the problem is that the Ministry of War has no money and food to support the army to conquer and suppress."

Emperor Wanli's face turned dark when he heard this. You, a Minister of the Ministry of War, actually said such despondent words?

Emperor Wanli said: "The Ministry of War has no money, so the Ministry of Households can pay it."

When Shi Xing heard that Emperor Wanli mentioned Hubu, Shi Xing immediately said: "The emperor is wise!"

Then, Emperor Wanli sent a decree to let Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, enter the palace to meet him.

Yang Junmin was so worried that his beard turned gray at this time, he really thought that the Ministry of Household Affairs would be so difficult!
The library silver collected this year is only 350 million taels of silver, which is directly two-thirds less than the previous year's 1000 million taels of silver!
Moreover, a few days ago, several 10 taels of silver were spent on the canonization ceremony of the crown prince, and after checking out some miscellaneous expenses last year, the current household department has lost millions of taels of silver.Therefore, it is not easy for the Minister of the Ministry of Households in Beijing to do it!

Of course, what is even more bizarre is that there were two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, which meant that there were two household departments, although on the surface the six departments in Nanjing were pension yamen.

However, the Nanjing household department is not the same. The Nanjing household department directly collected the taxes from the seven southern provinces without being escorted to Beijing. They stayed in the Nanjing household department and were managed by the Nanjing household department yamen.

And the taxes of the seven southern provinces accounted for two-thirds of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, even if they were rich, it was not that the Beijing household department was rich.

What's even more strange is that the taxation of the Ming Dynasty was not calculated in silver, and of course it was not in copper plates, but in real objects. Therefore, when historians of later generations calculated the taxation of the Ming Dynasty, they usually used one algorithm per person. And they all racked their brains to use grain to convert the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, the discrepancy here is sometimes very large.But these data seem to be quite reasonable!

However, the actual money collected is really not much, otherwise Emperor Wanli would not have been forced to send eunuchs to collect mining taxes.It is really hard to do anything, no money!

There is also the Taikuang of the Ministry of Households, which sounds like a silver warehouse at first glance, but there are not only silver piled up in it, but also other sundries that take up space, such as cloth, tea and so on.Of course, it makes sense to have too much food in it. After all, food security is related to national security.

However, there is less than 200 million shi of grain stored in Taicang, which is still a strategic reserve and cannot be moved lightly, otherwise millions of people in Beijing may have no food to eat.

Therefore, the Minister of the Ministry of Households in Beijing is most afraid of problems with the court, because if there is a problem, it means spending money, but the Ministry of Households has no money!

Now when Yang Junmin was sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Households and calculating his expenses for this year, the eunuch from the Qianqing Palace came.

Seeing the arrival of the eunuch in Qianqing Palace, Yang Junmin wanted to find a reason to hide. He was afraid that Emperor Wanli would come up with some unreliable reason to ask the Ministry of Households for money.Because, this kind of criminal record of reaching out to the Ministry of Households for money, Emperor Wanli committed too many crimes.

For example, in the early years, whenever Emperor Wanli gave birth to a child and held a birthday banquet, he would open his mouth and ask the Ministry of Households for money, starting at 10 taels at every turn.Of course, the Ministry of Household Affairs did not give much in the end.But the Emperor Wanli couldn't stand the persistence of asking for money!

In this way, if you gather less and get more, the Wanli emperors also asked for a lot of money from the Ministry of Households.

Therefore, Yang Junmin, who has been serving as Minister of the Household Department for less than a year, really panicked.

However, the eunuch who came seemed to be quite anxious and serious, so Yang Junmin was too embarrassed to hide.

After all, what should be faced is still to be faced, hiding is not an option.

So, Yang Junmin honestly came out to meet the eunuchs from Qianqing Palace.

Just when Yang Junmin was ready to refuse the eunuch's request for money, the eunuch also hurriedly said: "The emperor has an order to call Yang Junmin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to meet with the Qing Palace immediately to discuss the rebellion in Ningxia."

Now Yang Junmin was caught off guard!

what's going on?
What happened?
Why did you go to the Ministry of Households to discuss the military situation?
Shouldn't this be a matter for the Ministry of War?
Yang Junmin couldn't figure it out either, but he went honestly, and at the same time he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, when Yang Junmin arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he saw that the main hall of the Qianqing Palace was already full of several high-ranking and influential figures.

Yang Junmin hurried forward to pay respects: "I see the emperor, see the prince."

When Emperor Wanli saw Yang Junmin, he had come.

Emperor Wanli said directly: "Yang Qing, how much money can the household department support the military department now?"

Yang Junmin was immediately dumbfounded. Yang Junmin looked at his predecessor, Shi Xing, who is now the minister of the Ministry of War, but Shi Xing ignored his gaze and looked down at the soles of his feet as if he was counting ants.

Yang Junmin was helpless, Yang Junmin had no choice but to say: "Back to the emperor, the household department has no money. The military department is responsible for the war expenses. There are many military households in the guards under the management of the military department. They are all self-sufficient."

Hearing what Yang Junmin said, Shi Xing was anxious at the time. Could he not know what the military households are like now?The food that came out of the field was pocketed by the military leaders of the various guards themselves. Where did the Ministry of War get it?

Moreover, the Ministry of War does not have the power to expropriate military households to garrison land!Therefore, in the final analysis, the Ministry of War is a poor yamen, and it can only live by the filial piety of the military leaders below and the support of the Ministry of Households.

Shi Xing said angrily: "Where does the Ministry of War have the responsibility to pay for the war? Besides, you don't know what it is like for these military households to farm. The Ministry of War has no right to expropriate the grain from the farm. Therefore, the Ministry of Households must pay for it."

Emperor Wanli listened to what Shi Xing said, and he felt that what Shi Xing said was very reasonable, so Emperor Wanli directly made a decision and said: "The Ministry of Households will provide 300 million taels of food as military funds to conquer the rebels in Ningxia!"

Hearing Emperor Wanli's decision, Yang Junmin knelt down on the ground with a bang, and said tearfully, "Your Majesty, the Household Department really has no money."

Emperor Wanli was angry, "The household department has no money, so who has money?"

Yang Junmin directly said what was in his heart: "The emperor's internal funds are rich!"

Now Emperor Wanli was very angry.

Emperor Wanli's face turned dark immediately.

Emperor Wanli said: "The money in the palace is used to pay for all the expenses in the palace. I am not willing to spend it myself. The money from the household department is the expenditure of the court. There is always a clear distinction between the two. Why do you mention it?" My money?"

Yang Junmin said: "My minister made a mistake. But the household department is really out of money. This year, the household department collected 350 million taels of silver. A few days ago, it cost several 10 taels because of the canonization ceremony of the crown prince. Some yamen owed money last year, and after the household department wrote it off again, there was no money left."

Hearing Yang Junmin's crying, Emperor Wanli said angrily, "You are really not as capable as Shi Xing when you were Minister of the Household Department."

Hearing Emperor Wanli criticize Yang Junmin so much, Shi Xing shrank his neck back.He can't afford this compliment now.

　Chapter 1 arrives!

　　The two chapters were published together!
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