I am the carpenter king

When the whole country was busy choosing a concubine for Emperor Tianqi, the new emperor was doing another thing. After thinking for so long, Emperor Tianqi felt that it was time to do something.

Now that I have decided what to do, the first thing that comes to mind is talent. In this era, there are actually not many talents, but they just can't do their best.Although Emperor Tianqi didn't know the talents and loyalty of most civil servants and generals, most of the historical celebrities still knew.To do things, besides talents, there is another very important thing, and that is money.Money is omnipotent regardless of past life or present life, time travel is not omnipotent!

Glancing at Chen Hong standing behind him, Emperor Tianqi ordered lightly: "Go and find Wang An." Regarding the question of how much money he had, Emperor Tianqi really didn't know, so he could only ask Wang An.

After a short time, Wang An came in under the leadership of Chen Hong. Looking at Wang An standing in front of him, Emperor Tianqi asked indifferently: "How much money is there in my internal treasury?"

Wang An was taken aback for a moment. He really knew about this issue. Before Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, he had ordered him to check the money in the internal treasury.It seems that the emperor in front of him also needs to spend money. At this time, the treasury of Ming Dynasty is out of money. The annual military expenditure, disaster relief, and various expenses make the treasury a deficit every year.Wang An knew in his heart that it was not easy for the emperor, so he sighed and replied slowly: "Your Majesty, there are still 700 million taels of silver and 100 million jin of gold in the internal treasury."

Hearing this number, Emperor Tianqi spit out a sip of tea immediately. This number is really scary, and he didn't expect there to be so many.

In fact, Emperor Tianqi didn't know that this number was already very small. In the 36th year of Qianlong's reign, the annual treasury revenue was 700 million taels, which was only one year.This is the savings of Emperor Wanli's life. You must know that the annual income of the Ming Dynasty at this time is only 800 million taels.At this time, the trade and capital of the Ming Dynasty were much stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty, but the annual income was so different. The only reason was that many people did not pay taxes.If it weren't for the Wanli Emperor, the internal treasury at this time might not have these silver coins, which were all saved by the Wanli Lord.

Since Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has gradually filled up, and although he died, he left a sum of money.Wanli later carried out three major campaigns. The war lasted for more than ten years and cost countless money, consuming all the money in the treasury.However, the Wanli Lord’s internal treasury did not have it. The emperor had been working for 48 years, and the mining tax in the south alone added 50 taels of silver and more than 1 taels of gold to the emperor’s internal treasury every year.Although it only increased income for ten years, it was forced to stop.Just this one thing shows how greedy the emperor is.

The opposite of greed is stinginess. This emperor is a famous iron rooster, and it is difficult to get money out of his inner treasury.There was once a chieftain rebellion in Yunnan. There was really no silver in the treasury, and the emperor only took out 10 taels of silver from the internal treasury.The Ministry of Households took out 10 taels, and the Yunnan Province collected 10 taels. The emperor's stinginess can be seen in general.

Many emperors once wanted to collect taxes from merchants, but the voices of opposition were loud and clear, what should not be used for the benefit of the people, what should be hidden from the people!In fact, most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty were scholars. What are they?They are the biggest landlords and riches in the world. Every court official has a thousand hectares of fertile land in his hometown, and he has bought and sold countless.

After more than two hundred years of development, there are countless gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them say one thing and do another. They are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. In private, they are all male thieves and female prostitutes.It can be explained that in addition to the death of the dynasty due to external pressure, most of these people are at fault.

These people not only evade taxes, but also become more unscrupulous because of their huge power. They can do almost everything. If these people are not removed from the Ming Dynasty, there is no hope.Then again, these people are all ministers of the court, or ministers of the former court, and their disciples and old officials are all over the world. If they want to move them, they are digging flesh from themselves.At this time, these people are like drugs, and the Great Ming Empire is a drug addict. They can't do without for a day but know that if this continues, they will die sooner or later.

Suppressing these chaotic thoughts in his mind, Emperor Tianqi could only think in his heart, there was nothing he could do about these people now.Emperor Tianqi knew very well that there were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty.At this time, the Ming Dynasty implemented a four-level system of central, provincial, prefecture, and county, as well as various ways.

If you want to clarify the administration of officials, the first step is to destroy these bureaucratic groups with a strong hand, and the second step is to reform the administration of officials and eliminate redundant staff.To carry out these two things requires a prerequisite, that is military power.

Needless to say, Daming's army at this time, except for a few capable of fighting, most of the others have been corrupted.Although the Fubing system adopted by the Ming Dynasty was well conceived, most of these Fubing were unable to fight by this time.And because the military pay during the rampant march of corrupt officials was rarely paid to the sergeants, a large number of deserters appeared.This phenomenon was very serious in Qin, which is why when Li Zicheng rebelled later, he was able to quickly pull up a team, because most of these people were former military households.

If you want to have soldiers that can fight, then change the government military system to a recruiting system, so as to fundamentally solve this problem.This is because the interests of too many people are involved, and most of them are generals who lead troops outside, so the difficulty can be imagined.A little carelessness will cause the flames of war to rise everywhere, and the world will be in chaos.

If there are no soldiers to fight, it is impossible to clarify the administration of officials and reform the official system with an iron fist policy, let alone other things.All of these should be based on one thing, that is military power.But regarding military power, Emperor Tianqi is now like a tiger eating a hedgehog, so he can't say anything.

Looking at Wang An who was still standing there, Emperor Tianqi said with some embarrassment: "Eunuch Wang is still working so hard at such an old age. It's my negligence. From now on, you don't have to participate in the ceremony in front of the palace. Come and give me a seat." For this old eunuch, Emperor Tianqi felt sorry for him even if he didn't feel sorry for him. Without him, things would not be so orderly.

"The old slave thanked His Majesty." After paying a big salute to Emperor Tianqi, Wang An slowly sat on the stool, but he didn't dare to sit down.

Seeing Wang An sitting down, Emperor Tianqi said slowly: "I really want to ask you alone, if you know, please tell me."

After hearing Emperor Tianqi's question, Wang An quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, please ask Your Highness, this old servant knows everything."

This is the last chapter of today. I encountered some things today, and my mood is very complicated. I can only update it twice. I'm sorry everyone.