Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The things done by the Armed Forces Academy do not see corresponding results in one or two years. The many fields it is involved in require continuous accumulation and continuous breakthroughs in order to achieve solid accumulation.

The development of artillery.

The development of firearms.

This is just the goal at this stage.

In the future, the Armed Forces Institute will open up many new fields in the great land of China in the Ming Dynasty. This will cost a lot of money, and even Emperor Chongzhen can't guarantee whether he can see it in his lifetime.

However, since he chose to open this bottomless pit, Emperor Chongzhen would go on firmly. After all, the Ming Dynasty at this stage also needs the results of the research and development of the Armed Forces Academy.

"My lord, this Military Equipment Institute is really amazing."

Accompanied by Emperor Chongzhen, Fang Zhenghua bowed slightly and said, "The power of the Hongyi cannon is really powerful. If we can produce a lot of it and use it to suppress rebellion and build captives and bandits, then my Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to use it in certain battle situations." can win."

"Hehe~"

Hearing Fang Zhenghua's words, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and shook his head, but didn't say anything else.

Speaking of which, Fang Zhenghua has some insights in marching and fighting, but he is only better than the eunuchs and eunuchs of the inner court.

However, compared with the tiger generals who lead the battle, it is still far behind.

'In the future, the new army of Ming Dynasty must not send eunuchs to supervise the army. '

Emperor Chongzhen walked into the official office of the Military Aircraft Department, but said in his heart: "It is certainly safer to ask the eunuchs of the inner court to monitor the leading generals."

But once they are on the march and fight, if they dictate, it will cause big problems. '

In the original historical track, how many eunuchs the Emperor Chongzhen sent to supervise the army, but in the end the result in exchange was how many good officials and generals were killed.

Emperor Chongzhen would never make a mistake like this again.

Fang Zhenghua, who followed him in, saw his emperor smiling but not speaking, so he couldn't help feeling uneasy in his heart. Could it be that his words were wrong?
"Chen... Bi Ziyan, pay homage to His Majesty!"

While Fang Zhenghua was thinking, Bi Ziyan's voice sounded outside the office, which brought him back to reality.

"Enter."

Emperor Chongzhen sat down with his robe lifted, picked up the teacup, and took a sip, but he was thinking in his heart, what is the so-called Bi Ziyan coming here at this time?
Since the establishment of the governor of Zhili, the situation in the court has become a little interesting, with heated discussions, opposition, or silence. Emperor Chongzhen did not pay much attention to this situation.

With the stability maintenance cabinet led by Han Yu standing in front of him, what Emperor Chongzhen had to do was to do what he had to do well.

In this term of the cabinet, with the occurrence of some things, including the implementation of some plans, Emperor Chongzhen gradually gave Han Yu and them the corresponding authority and space.

As long as it does not involve important internal affairs, official promotion, money and food, other daily government affairs, basically the cabinet votes to draft opinions, and the Emperor Chongzhen will approve them with the supervisor of ceremonies.

After all, there were already enough things to distract Emperor Chongzhen. If he asked about everything and got to the bottom of it, he would be exhausted and couldn't handle it well.

Grasp the big and let go of the small.

This is Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards the cabinet.

"Your Majesty... the opening of Zhangjiakou under the administration of Xuanfu Town has been clarified." Bi Ziyan held the memorial in his hand and saluted.

"The smooth establishment of the Quguan Thirteen Banks has increased the number of merchants who gather in Zhangjiakou Quguan, and the operation of the Quguan has performed very well."

After being reminded by Bi Ziyan, Emperor Chongzhen remembered.

In the past few days, too many things happened, and I have already forgotten about my opening in Zhangjiakou.

The arrest and raid of the eight thieves headed by the Fan family will inevitably lead to a vacuum in the smuggling trade on the border of Shanxi, but the coveted money will definitely attract new groups to covet.

Rather than calling this matter out of control, it is better for the imperial court to restore the frontier customs clearance, expressly prohibiting the sale of prohibited items, and which commodities can be sold to the outside world.

At the same time, it is endowed with multiple monitoring systems, such as the thirteen lines of inspection field, the inspection of Zhangjiakou inspection field, and the inspection of factory guards. Not to mention absolutely avoiding the outflow of contraband, but at least ensuring the vast majority, then this matter is worth it do it.

After all, by doing this, firstly, it can give the imperial court an additional source of taxation and financial resources, secondly, it will weaken the economy that they do not understand to the Mongols and Jianlu, and thirdly, it will prevent those who want to take risks to the greatest extent.

"The development of this family is really gratifying."

Looking at the memorabilia in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "On the side of the Guan Shisan Bank, the security silver confiscated is as high as more than 20 taels.

Judging from this trend, as more people know about Zhangjiakou Quguan, they will all join the Quguan Thirteen to facilitate foreign trade. "

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Bi Ziyan bowed slightly and said, "For this guarantee money, unless you decide to withdraw from the Thirteen Banks, it will not be refunded.

If the Zhangjiakou forum is running well, and the court's income and taxes increase, can your majesty consider opening a few more forums?

For example, in Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin, the Ministry of Households added a negotiating field and established Tianjin Thirteen Banks, so as to ensure daily management and tax collection when dealing with Western maritime merchants. "

The Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty began to accept Tianjin's maritime affairs.

Not bad.

This is a good sign.

"I think it's doable."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "However, it is more or less inappropriate to call the land near the sea the Discussion Field, so it is better to call it the Customs.

How to do it, Bi Qing will take more trouble.

If necessary, you can learn more about the situation from Tianjin, after all, it involves tax collection. "

"The minister obeys the order."

As Emperor Chongzhen under the rule of Beizhili, he selected an important place to open up to the sea. Whether Tianjin can develop will affect many plans of Emperor Chongzhen.

Among other things, the food reserve alone is enough.

At this stage, Daming has entered a period of high incidence of disasters. In a few years, there will be a severe drought involving a wide area and a long duration, and various disasters will appear during this period.

If the food reserves of the Ming Dynasty were insufficient, even if all the rogue forces in Shanxi and Shaanxi were suppressed now, a rebellion would break out by then.

"However, Bi Qing, the Zhangjiakou Discussion Pass involves the collection of tariffs, so we must strictly grasp it."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said to Bi Ziyan: "The number of merchants gathered in Zhangjiakou is relatively small, but once there are too many merchants, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be things like power for personal gain and transfer of benefits.

Bi Qing knows it, I hate this kind of things very much, you, a local official of the Ministry of household affairs, know better than anyone else what is going on with the treasury.

There are so many places that need money, I don't want to see that the court is so busy that it gets nothing, but a bunch of corrupt officials are cheaper! "

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already made corresponding arrangements."

Bi Ziyan made a bow and said: "The ambassadors of the Zhangjiakou Queguan, including Yiying's officials, are changed every two years, including those appointed by the Quaiguan Thirteen Banks, who are appointed to be in charge, every five years.

It won't happen that after staying for a long time, you will have thoughts that you shouldn't think about. At the same time, the supervision here is directly under the Ministry of Households..."

Listening to what Bi Ziyan said, Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly to express his approval.

After all, it was Daming's Minister of Finance, and the deployments he made were all to solve problems practically, rather than responding negatively. This is the pragmatic and good minister he wants to use.