Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

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Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and other officials couldn't help looking at each other. Liu Jian dared to directly confront Wu Yu. This time, he simply opposed for the sake of opposition.

Liu Ji, the second assistant, was originally a person who rarely expressed his opinions. At this moment, he couldn't help but speak: "The country is full of money now. Although water conservancy is the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, expanding the outer city of the imperial capital will, on the one hand, benefit the defense of the capital, and on the other hand, it will increase the number of people." It’s a good move to have a roof over your head!”

"It is true that there are many disasters in this place, but the imperial court allocates funds for water conservancy projects every year!"

"If we really want to build the outer city, the Ministry of Industry will definitely do its best to complete this task!"

Faced with Liu Jian's obstruction, Jia Jun, the Minister of Industry, and Li Si, the Minister of Household Affairs, also chose to stand up in person to express their attitude. If we really want to build the outer city of Beijing, money and construction skills are not actually a problem. This matter can be done beautifully.

No matter how arrogant Liu Jian was, he knew that he could not compete with the dignified second minister and the two ministers: "Since Liu Ge Lao, Jia Shangshu and Li Shangshu all support Wu Shilang's proposal, it is not easy for the ministers to stop it. . But building the outer city is very expensive and involves many issues such as the relocation of people outside the city. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Although he chose to avoid the sharp edges of Liu Ji and others, he did not change his attitude to support the construction of the outer city of Beijing, but he wanted to retain one of his objections.

If anything happens to the construction of the outer city of Beijing in the future, then he can become a righteous party and attack Wu Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and others who put forward the proposal.

In fact, Qingliu has always liked to play this trick. He usually does not have any "innovative" suggestions, but the suggestions put forward by others will be opposed by them.

It's okay if the whole thing goes smoothly, but if anything goes wrong in the slightest, it's their turn to hit people with a big stick.

Take the Ming Dynasty's attempts at sea transportation as an example. The Ming Dynasty was actually aware of the high cost of water transportation, but suffered losses during a typhoon during its attempts at sea transportation. As a result, it was strongly criticized by Seiryu Naoomi.

There was not enough success and more than enough failure. Perhaps this was the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's step-by-step approach to the abyss.

In the attic, the beauty is beside you, and the fragrance of tea curls up.

Zhu Youtang picked up the tea cup that was just passed to him and took a slow sip.

He saw all the disputes below and realized that it was probably a mistake for him to keep Liu Jian. Such a person might be able to help him balance the forces of all parties, but he would also keep dragging the Ming Dynasty forward. hind legs.

Zhu Youtang coughed lightly and expressed his position directly: "Although I encourage everyone to speak freely here, all ministers and ministers must also plan before taking action. I don't care what the process was in the past, but I hope that the ministers and ministers of this dynasty will focus on Do things to seek better development for Ming Dynasty, instead of being held back by ignorance."

When he said the last three words, his tone was obviously emphasized.

As soon as these words came out, Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others all turned to look at Liu Jian. Zhu Youtang's words were obviously warning Liu Jian. Liu Jian's little tricks were undoubtedly seen through by the wise emperor.

Because the tone was set, everyone's speeches became more cautious, and the quality of speeches was obviously improved.

Although there were no too heated arguments in the subsequent supreme meeting, everyone expressed their opinions and put forward some feasible proposals.

In fact, it is a headache for the imperial court to reduce expenditures, but how to spend money interests many people. Some people even suppressed their laughter and proposed to increase the salaries of civil and military officials.

The world of mortals has gone thousands of miles, and the white head has returned in one year. Cleanse the Kuangxuan eyes and look at the plum blossoms in the snowy sky.

The highest meeting held in the imperial study room lasted about an hour. As Zhu Youtang announced the end of the meeting, the important ministers who attended the meeting dispersed one after another.

The theme of this top meeting is the financial budget, but everyone actually puts forward proposals, but in order to truly form a resolution and implement it, Zhu Youtang needs to make the final decision.

Faced with such a major event that often cost millions of taels, Zhu Youtang naturally wanted to understand it clearly before making the final decision.

Take the construction of the outer city of Beijing, which is the most popular one, as an example. However, it is impossible to make a decision directly as soon as it is announced. Instead, the Ministry of Industry must come up with a specific construction plan and cost, and finally the Ministry of Household Affairs will determine whether there is sufficient financial support.

In fact, there was a very embarrassing incident in the history of building the outer city of Beijing.

Due to the rapid increase in the population of Beijing and the promise of being able to break through the border and enter the capital, Jiajing, who liked alchemy, agreed to the proposal to build an outer city.

The initial plan of the Jiajing Dynasty to build the outer city of Beijing was in the "Hui" shape, that is, a new square city was built outside Beijing to directly surround the entire city of Beijing.

But when they finished building the south city wall, they suddenly found that their silver was seriously insufficient, and finally decided to hastily connect the south city to the inner city, thus forming a weird "convex" shaped city.

Of course, the current finances of the Ming Dynasty are many times healthier than those of the Jiajing Dynasty. Especially now that the accumulated silver that Okura can freely deploy has reached three million taels, he can completely spare two million taels to build the outer city of Beijing.

After Zhu Youtang ended this fiscal budget meeting, he actually had some choices about the plans they proposed, but at this time there was a hint of disappointment on his face.

As the important ministers below have left one after another, now only the serving eunuch and Han Youying, who is responsible for making tea, are left in the imperial study.

Han Youying has a strong talent for tea making. Although she is not as good as a real tea making master, she is already the best in the world at her age. Naturally, no one in the Forbidden City can compare with her.

The temperature in the Imperial Study Room is kept very high, so it is not greatly affected by winter. The tea leaves expand as the hot water soaks, and the tea slowly reaches a pleasing color.

In addition to her beautiful face and long legs, Han Youying also has a pair of beautiful hands, which is delivering a cup of freshly brewed tea to Zhu Youtang.

Although her slightly longer eyebrows gave her an aggressive look, and she was even called a villain because of the last cat abuse incident, her eyes at this moment were more tender.

She was enjoying the company at this moment and seemed to have forgotten her dream of being a royal concubine. She once hoped that time would stay at this moment forever.

Zhu Youtang picked up the teacup, took a small sip, and frowned habitually. Although the tea is full of fragrance, the bitterness of life makes people unable to help but taste the true meaning of life.

Even a high-ranking emperor may not be completely carefree, even if he has become an emperor with the ability to control the court.

"Your Majesty, can you please tell me your opinion?" Han Youying asked rather irregularly, which was completely different from the well-behaved palace maid.

Zhu Youtang held the unfinished tea cup in his hand, and looked at this beautiful woman with a bit of stubbornness: "Okay, tell me!"

"I feel that although these ministers are loyal, not many of them really understand you. You should replace them with younger and more motivated ministers." Han Youying met Zhu Youtang's gaze and boldly expressed her opinion.

Liu Jin knew that the tea girl in front of him was unruly, so he dismissed the rest. However, after hearing Han Youying's suggestion, he couldn't help but swallow with difficulty.

Zhu Youtang looked at the beautiful tea girl in front of him and couldn't help but smile.

If Fan Jinling and other palace ladies just want to climb into their own beds and gain status, then the ambition of the tea girl in front of her is terrifying, and she seems to want to influence the government through herself.

Zhu Youtang blew the tea in his hand and asked seriously: "Why do you think these important ministers don't understand me?"

"It's not difficult to guess what His Majesty is thinking now. It's just that the various plans they just proposed, either they are actually disloyal, or their thinking has been finalized. No matter what the reason is, these old ministers should be replaced!" Han Youying knew that the emperor in front of her had great ambitions, so she made a serious proposal.

Zhu Youtang stopped the tea that was brought to his mouth and looked at the beautiful and smart woman in front of him with interest: "Not to mention that your suggestion is impossible for me to adopt! Do you think important ministers can be replaced so easily? ?Even if I am the emperor, if I want to remove an official from his position, I must give corresponding reasons."

This is actually a very helpless thing. Since you are a superior emperor, you also need to abide by the rules of the power game of this era.

Like some loyal veterans with seniority and reputation, you can express your intentions in a subtle way or convey them through eunuchs, but eliminating them for no reason will definitely cause an uproar.

What's more, although this kind of replacing old with new has certain benefits, it is also accompanied by political risks and is not a good solution at all.

"This servant is indeed ill-thought-out. I hope Your Majesty will punish you!" Han Youying knew that her suggestion was indeed immature, so she took the initiative to admit her mistake.

Zhu Youtang looked at the long-legged evil beauty who was kneeling down to admit her mistake. After drinking all the tea in his hand, he said calmly: "Go to the back!"

Behind the imperial study is a warm pit, where Zhu Youtang could take a lunch break.

Han Youying slowly took off the clothes on her body. Her legs were white and long. Finally, she took the initiative to climb into the warm pit, but she accepted Zhu Youtang's punishment.

She was originally a very arrogant woman, but in the face of absolute power, she had no choice but to let herself be manipulated, and even had to take the initiative to cater to her.

Winter is a changeable season. Although there was still silence outside just now, there is already a whimpering sound of wind, like weeping and complaining.

When I was young, I was in Yongfang, Wanfu.

This mansion was once spurned by hundreds of officials. As Wan'an's position became more and more stable, Wan'an Mansion has now returned to prominence and become the most dazzling mansion in the capital.

Since today was a half-day holiday, everyone returned to their homes after the top meeting. When Wan'an's sedan passed the door, a group of officials knelt down and worshiped the sedan in the cold wind.

Officialdom is the most typical vanity fair. The higher the status, the more officials will come despite the cold wind.

After Wan'an experienced the ups and downs of human relations last year, he had a clear understanding of these officials who came against the cold wind, but he was not prepared to deal with them.

"Dad, you're back!" Wan Yi was still greeting the guests just now, but now that he learned that his father had returned from the palace, he hurriedly greeted him from the Nuan Pavilion.

Wan Yi was a Jinshi in the first year of Tianshun. He was first appointed as the head of the Ministry of Rites, and later he was appointed as a doctor in the Shaanxi Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was considered a very capable official. Because Wan'an served as the chief minister of the cabinet, he was influenced by him as Wan'an's son, and eventually he was promoted to the position of Youtongzheng, the Secretary of General Affairs of Nanjing.

Faced with this "injustice", Wan Yi was also angry and asked to resign, but Xianzong did not allow it.

After finally surviving a turning point, Yu Chenghua returned to the court in the 20th year as the right minister of the Ministry of War. However, his mother died, so he had to return to his hometown to observe mourning.

At the end of his filial piety period, he had already arrived in the Hongzhi Dynasty. Because Zhu Youtang planned to continue to reuse Wan'an, he was appointed Zuo Shilang of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

Wan Yi came to the capital for an audience this time. Since the New Year was approaching, he decided to take leave and stay in the capital for the Spring Festival.

Of course, people are bound to have ambitions, not to mention that he considers himself to be very capable, so his biggest goal now is to try to stay in the capital and serve.

Wan An gently waved his hand to his enthusiastic son. Since he had just been holding back his urine in the palace, he hurried to the latrine to relieve himself, and he felt instantly relieved.

"Dad, is there a happy event?" Wan Yi had already dismissed the guests and asked his father who walked into the study like a spring breeze.

Wan An has now calmed down. Although he turned a blind eye to the large amounts of filial piety silver, he still thought about the prosperity of future generations in his heart, so he seriously arranged: "Since you have nothing to do now, then help the capital Get rid of the house inside and buy some land outside the city near the city wall!"

"Why is this?" Wan Yi immediately asked in confusion.

Wan'an thought about the content of the supreme meeting just now, and lowered his voice: "This matter must not be spread to outsiders! The imperial court will soon build an outer city, and the price of houses in the suburbs will definitely rise!"

Once the imperial court builds the outer city, the price of expensive houses in the inner city will fall, while the price of homesteads near the city wall in the outer city will inevitably rise, at least dozens of times.

Wan'an has always felt that he owed his son. Not only was he unable to display his talents because of himself, but he was also smeared by political opponents because of him, so this matter can be regarded as a small compensation.

Although the content of the Supreme Meeting was stipulated not to be divulged, the whole story was told. Especially the important ministers in the court unanimously agreed to spend two million taels of silver to build the outer city of Beijing.

"Dad, did His Majesty personally agree?" Wan Yi asked very seriously.

Wan An glanced at his son, then picked up the tea cup and shook his head slightly: "Although His Majesty is young, he has always been very steady in his work, and he is more mature than the late Emperor. Now we have just put forward the proposal, how could he agree on the spot? Woolen cloth?"

After getting along for such a long time, no officials, including him, dared to take a peek at the emperor. Nowadays, many important matters are actually left to ferment for a period of time before the emperor finally makes the decision himself.

The construction of the outer city of Beijing now involves two million taels of silver. Even if the emperor has already agreed in his heart, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs need to come up with a plan before the final decision can be made.

"Dad, I think you didn't understand His Majesty's intentions this time!" Wan Yi shook his head with certainty.

When Wan An heard this judgment, he immediately stopped bringing the tea cup to his mouth: "Why do you say this!"

"Since your Majesty came to the throne, everything you have done has been practical. I am afraid that Your Majesty has no intention of building an outer city!" Wan Yi raised his head and looked at Wan'an Road seriously.

Wan An couldn't help but become confused and looked very puzzled: "Once the outer city of Beijing is completed, what a great achievement it will be. Isn't it considered practical?"

"If other emperors were so happy with their achievements, they would consider this kind of thing as their own merits. But I have been silently observing our emperor. What he did was really for the people of the world, starting from the salt and grain taxes that the people were most concerned about. We are embarking on a long-term strategy. Whether it is the initial salt policy, the subsequent clearing of land, or the silent development of the textile industry, these are actually measures that can generate long-term returns! Now you suggest that you save the three Most of a million taels were used to build the outer city, and the outer city is not urgent in nature, so I might not be able to pass it by the emperor!" Wan Yi has been observing the new emperor, and immediately reported his observation results.

Wan An found that this analysis was very reasonable, but he still couldn't help but wonder: "Is this really true?"

"Dad, think about it carefully, how did His Majesty react to this plan just now?" Wan Yi reminded him seriously, knowing that his father might be a fan of the authorities.

Wan An took a sip of tea silently and seemed to be thinking seriously, "Your Majesty is indeed not very interested and did not make any statement!"

"My child thinks that His Majesty is unlikely to spend two million taels to build the outer city. At most, he will only agree to spend several hundred thousand taels to build an ordinary-sized outer city in the south. These three million taels must be used for more pragmatic purposes!" Wan Yi said with his own eyes that this dynasty was revitalizing and seemed very confident.

Wan An nodded slightly and asked very seriously: "Wan Yi, how do you think His Majesty plans to spend these three million taels?"

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