The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 53 Conversation with the Chief Minister of the Cabinet!

"Ye Tang Hao, how can we make money?"

As soon as the outsiders left, the little emperor couldn't wait to ask.

Tang Hao glanced at this guy suspiciously. Why didn't he realize before that this little emperor was still a money addict?

"Don't look at me like that!" the little emperor was angry.

This damned savage really doesn’t know etiquette or the dignity of superiors and inferiors!
How could any of the ministers look at the emperor with disdain?
This is disrespectful to you!

"I really have no choice, I am extremely poor!"

"After the death of my father, and at the beginning of my ascension to the throne, the emperor's funeral, my enthronement ceremony, rewards, etc. faced heavy expenses."

"At that time, the eunuch in the inner transport treasury gave a budget. The funeral expenses of the Daxing Emperor, my wedding expenses, my enthronement reward expenses, etc. totaled 1.8 million taels of silver, but the inner treasury did not have much. Please ask the Ministry of Finance to find a solution."

"But the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue said that the total amount of Taicang silver is only 1.05 million taels of silver, leaving a gap of 7.8 million taels of silver. Let me find a way!"

The emperor's inner treasury of the Ming Dynasty, called the inner transport treasury, was managed by eunuchs. When it was first established, it was mainly used to pay the salaries of military attachés in Beijing. Later, it gradually became the emperor's personal private treasury. Most of the emperor's excess expenses were taken from the inner transport treasury. .

This inner transport treasury is the Ming Emperor's small treasury, which contains the private money "saved", such as the income from the imperial estate in the emperor's name, the income from tributes paid directly to the Ming Emperor by officials from various places, leaders of ethnic minorities, and the Ming vassal states during festivals and festivals. There are also the mining taxes that officials intercepted after confiscating their homes and sent eunuchs to various places to collect, etc. That's what it's like, they use clever pretexts to plunder the people's wealth and wealth.

The Taicang warehouse was the treasury of the imperial court, where all tax money including agricultural taxes, salt taxes and other miscellaneous taxes were collected.

"Hey, for my big wedding, in order to get an extra hundred thousand taels of silver, I, the emperor, had to argue back and forth with the Ministry of Household Affairs. As a result, the queen's canonization ceremony was still very shabby!"

When he said this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes turned red.

"There's no money for my father's funeral!"

"There's no money to hold a coronation ceremony for me!"

"The ceremony for my canonization as queen must be simple!"

"Tell me, what kind of life have I been living, and what can I do?"

Hearing this, Tang Hao was indeed a little surprised and speechless.

"Didn't you say that your father "promoted ZTE"? Is this how "ZTE" works?"

"Barbarian!" Zhu Houzhao was angry, "You are not allowed to criticize my father!"

"You can scold me, you can scold the civil and military officials of the dynasty, but you can't criticize my father... I'm begging you!"

The little emperor looked at Tang Hao with red eyes, and there were already tears in his eyes.

Tang Hao couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and then changed his tone.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about your father, but talk about how to make money!"

"Yes!" As soon as the little emperor heard "getting money", his worries suddenly turned into joy, and his eyes were frighteningly bright.

"Savage, do you have any good ideas? Let's make a big fortune together..."

Tang Hao was about to speak when Zhang Yong suddenly walked in.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yuanfu wants to see you!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is here!
Tang Hao and the little emperor looked at each other, and both saw the solemn look in the other's eyes.

Why did Liu Jian come here at this time?

Suddenly, Tang Hao suddenly remembered something, looked at the little emperor with an ugly face and asked: "Does the cabinet now have the power to refute?"

"Reject?" The little emperor nodded subconsciously, "Yes... right?"

Tang Hao: "..."

Then this is not a fool!

They had previously set up a trap and fought two on one until Liu Daxia gave in and had to let Tang Hao take charge of the new army!

The result is now good. The cabinet has the power to refute, and the chief minister of the cabinet committed suicide. How can this imperial edict be issued?
The so-called "failure" means that the cabinet ministers make a speech on behalf of the emperor, that is, they draft the edict in accordance with the emperor's instructions. However, if the cabinet minister thinks that the edict is wrong, he can temporarily suspend the edict and ask the emperor for instructions again, which is "confinement and refutation".

To put it simply, the cabinet ministers used the cabinet's power of confederation to confront the emperor.

For example, the successor of the little emperor, Emperor Jiajing, who was devoted to cultivating immortals, deliberately started a "great etiquette dispute." Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet at that time, used the cabinet's confederation power to fight against Emperor Jiajing.

In the great ceremony, Yang Tinghe "successively awarded four imperial officials, and performed dozens and thirty books", which is unprecedented in history.

Now Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, is here. It is obvious that he wants to use the cabinet's power to refute. The person who comes here is evil!

The little emperor subconsciously looked at Tang Hao, slightly flustered.

"Ye Tang Hao, why don't we... not meet?"

Tang Hao glared at him angrily and said, "You won't draft the decree until you see the cabinet!"

So, we still have to see you!

"Proclaim it!"

After a moment, Liu Jian walked in quickly and knelt down to salute.

"Come here, give Yuan Fu a seat quickly!"

But Liu Jian did not sit down, but looked at Tang Hao with an unkind look.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with selecting the elite and setting up another camp."

"But with one general and full-time admiral, this is absolutely impossible!"

Sure enough, it came because of this incident!
The little emperor took a deep breath, and for the first time when facing the old chief minister, he did not choose to give in.

"Yuan Fu, you also know that the Beijing camp has been in decay for a long time!" "If we continue to copy the current regiment camp system and all parties are involved in overt and covert struggles, then what is the point of this new camp?"

"I might as well just let the Beijing army die, and wait until the day when the northern barbarians are powerful enough to invade the Great Wall and kick my Ming Dynasty's nest into pieces!"

"Your Majesty!" The old chief minister was rarely angry and his expression was very serious.

"Even if the Beijing camp has been suffering from long-term abuses, this is not a reason to let one person take power. We must not set a precedent, otherwise it will create hidden dangers for future generations!"

What is the first of its kind?
A first for a general to assume military power!

Even if he, Tang Hao, is the Marquis of Zhongshan, and even if he has the ability to save someone, you, the emperor, can really give him anything?
There are currently more than 65,000 people in the 12th Regiment Camp, which is the last combat strength of the Beijing Army. If you leave them all to Tang Hao alone, can you, the emperor, really eat well and sleep well?

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?
Seeing the disapproval on the little emperor's face, Liu Jian could only look at Tang Hao.

"Zhongshan Marquis, in the past, Zhongwu Dingxiang Marquis, a general who was dedicated to supervising the regiment camp, attracted a lot of criticism and had to submit several petitions to resign!"

"Does the Marquis of Zhongshan not know that "rumours are terrible", so he must do the treasonous and unethical act of "transcending the sacred weapon"?"

An arrogant artifact!

This is an extremely severe political accusation!
As a minister, you must abide by your duties. Just like him, Liu Jian, even if he is the chief minister of the cabinet, even if he is the emperor's teacher of the two dynasties, he has never done anything to arrogate the divine weapon!
In the early Ming Dynasty, how powerful was the Prime Minister's Office of Zhongshu Province?

The Prime Minister of the Left, Hu Weiyong, could even directly appoint and dismiss elected officials without reporting them to Taizu Emperor Gao!

and then?
he died!
Not only did he die, his home was confiscated and his family was exterminated!
This is the fate of a courtier who "transgresses the divine weapon"!

What is an artifact?
The authority of the emperor!
This military power is the most important power of the little emperor!
How could you, Tang Hao, be so virtuous that you dare to try to get involved in military power?
"In the tenth year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong was promoted to Zhongshu Zuocheng, and he deposed everyone to get what he asked for. He read all the internal and external memorials before submitting them to Emperor Taizu Gao!"

The old chief assistant suddenly told a story, a story that everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew.

But the little emperor was frightened when he heard this, and looked at the old chief minister in shock.

"Then, Hu Weiyong died, and a bloody case implicated tens of thousands of people, leaving lingering poison and a stink that lasts for thousands of years!"

"Marquis Zhongshan, do you want to be like Hu Weiyong?"

Tang Hao looked at the old chief assistant calmly and sneered at his statement.

Arrogant artifact?

I haven't taken charge of the new army yet, so am I arrogating the divine weapon?

Then you civil servants and gentry have controlled the government for more than 50 years, enriched your own pockets, accepted bribes, and occupied farmland, causing the national treasury to be empty, the army and the people to suffer, isn't this a "magic weapon of arrogance"?
What about "the thief shouts to catch the thief"?

Tang Hao suddenly sneered.

"Sir Yuanfu, I have been having some doubts. I beg you, Lord Yuanfu, to clear up my confusion!"

Liu Jian frowned when he heard this but said nothing.

Tang Hao, on the other hand, spoke on his own.

"Everyone in the world says that the late emperor was diligent in political affairs, loved the people like a son, and listened to advice like a stream. He can be called a holy king!"

"And the late emperor also vigorously promoted and re-appointed so-called upright and capable people, updated laws and regulations, reviewed the Salt Law, abolished bad policies, and claimed to be politically clean!"

"Under such a situation of kings, saints and ministers, the country should be politically clear, the economy should be prosperous, the people should be wealthy, and the world should be healthy!"

"But is this really the truth? Doesn't Mr. Yuanfu know in his heart the plight of the soldiers and civilians in the world?"

Liu Jian was startled when he heard this, but he rarely spoke to refute.

But just because he didn't refute, it didn't mean that Tang Hao would stop like this.

"I remember that in the 17th year of Hongzhi's reign, Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, was ordered to go to Qufu, Shandong Province to worship the Holy Confucius. Along the way, he saw the decline of people's livelihood, so he reported to the late emperor!"

"The late Emperor realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately summoned Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, to present a counterattack. Da Sima told the truth, a truth that is enough to nail you to the pillar of shame in history!"

"The people of the world have been impoverished and their wealth has been exhausted, the army and the people are in poverty, and the people are in dire straits!"

"Is this the result of your hard work?"

Tang Hao glared at Liu Jian without any courtesy at all.

"I would like to ask Lord Yuanfu, the late emperor worked hard all his life to govern, and you and other loyal and virtuous people also controlled the government for so long, and finally made the people of the world exhausted. Is this the result of your hard work?"

"Who is appropriating the artifact, who is profiting from it, and who is consuming the country's destiny? Master Yuanfu should know better than anyone else!"

Who else could it be?

The civil servants and gentry above the court!
Local gentry in the countryside!
Isn’t Liu Jian clear?

Of course he knows!
But he himself is also a civil servant and a gentry, and there are also local gentry standing behind him!

So even if he knew it, he couldn't change anything!
because……

"The Ming Dynasty is already rotten!"

"It's full of holes!"

"Shockingly bad!"

"And you people know exactly what you have done!"

Tang Hao returned to normal and looked at Liu Jian calmly.

"Whether this prince will usurp the divine weapon, Mr. Yuanfu can wait and see!"

"But now, the power of the cabinet to refute is only to refute. If His Majesty the Emperor really wants to issue an order, how dare Lord Yuanfu still resist and disobey it?"

The cabinet's rejection is just a matter of cabinet ministers drawing the emperor's attention or asking the emperor to consider and weigh. The final decision-making power still lies with the emperor. The cabinet must change the vote according to the emperor's will, otherwise the cabinet will be paralyzed in operation.

If the inconsistency between the cabinet ministers and the emperor affects government affairs, the cabinet ministers will have no choice but to resign, such as the resignation of Yang Tinghe and Zhang Cong, the chief ministers of the Jiajing Dynasty cabinet.

Therefore, the old chief assistant Liu Jian now has to either become an official or draft a decree!
　Today's first update, the cabinet refutation is very interesting. Yang Tinghe will also appear in the future. After all, he is Zhu Houzhao's imperial master. It is not easy for a newcomer to write a new book. I hope readers and friends will vote for it. Thank you very much!
　　
　
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