Chapter 187

An annual expense of 2.16 million taels of silver is very expensive, but it is really worth it. Moreover, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War discussed cutting the military expenses of Xuan-Da, especially regarding the horse price silver. In this way, it is actually not as expensive as imagined.

This brings us to June, when eunuchs of the Inner Treasury, such as Cui Min, requested the Ministry of Revenue to purchase gold, pearls, and jewels on the grounds that His Majesty needed them for his wedding, citing old precedents. In the struggle between the inner and outer courts, this is called encroaching on the state treasury.

The result of the struggle during the Jiajing era and the ancestral laws was to distinguish clearly between public and private, separating the inner treasury from the state treasury.

But by the end of the Jiajing era, and during the Longqing and Wanli eras, this was generally no longer followed.

From the perspective of civil officials, this is damaging the public to benefit the private. From the perspective of eunuchs, the monarch is selfless; what public or private? The world belongs to the Zhu family. If the Ministry of Revenue is asked to buy some gold, silver, pearls, and jewels for the wedding, why is there so much nonsense?

From the perspective of those who do not care about the world, the state treasury is nothing more than the private treasury of the officials, to be taken or given at will, just a matter of bookkeeping. If the officials can take money from the state treasury, why can't the Emperor?

If the officials can approve a slip to take money at will, but the Emperor cannot approve a slip to take money, what kind of logic is this? Is this world the Emperor's world, or the world of you officials?

In fact, this kind of statement is a wrong idea arising from not understanding the basic logic of the Great Ming's fiscal and tax operation. Except for the Emperor being able to approve a slip to get money, the rest cannot be obtained just by approving a slip.

The procedures for silver entering and leaving the treasury are extremely cumbersome. Officials get money before it enters the treasury and after it leaves the treasury.

For example, Yan Song liked to take it when it came; he gave Emperor Jiajing one million, took two million for himself, and one million entered the state treasury. For example, Wang Chonggu liked to take it when it went; the big holes exposed in the Xuan-Da Great Wall made Wang Chonggu, Ma Fang, and the assistant regional commanders of Xuan-Da pay different degrees of price, especially Wang Chonggu, who spat out what he had embezzled.

Wu Baipeng, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, pointed out this mine of Wang Chonggu, blowing Wang Chonggu into a mess. It took him two years after returning to Xuan-Da to plug the hole.

Too many people were watching the state treasury. The eunuchs in the palace, the officials of the world—which one of them is not a smart person?

That is why they kept repairing the Great Wall and fortresses, and building on a large scale so that everyone could make a lot of money.

Before entering the treasury, it is called killing the trend of corruption; after leaving the treasury, it is called supervision. These are all universal institutional designs. The inspection officials were specifically patrolling the construction of the Great Wall. Before, the imperial court could not even reach out its hands for supervision.

After the explanation by the Minister of Revenue, the Great Ming now has the full ability to expand the Beijing Camp to one hundred and twenty thousand, a terrifying number that can change the pattern of the Great Ming.

"Gentlemen, is there anyone who opposes?" Zhu Yijun's smile was as sunny as ever, but the meaning in his words carried a heavy threat.

The court officials were unwilling to say more. In the eyes of the court officials, the Emperor was digging his own grave. Whose person is Qi Jiguang? He is Zhang Juzheng's person! Zhang Juzheng holds civil power, and Qi Jiguang holds military power. When the time comes, both civil and military power will be controlled by Zhang Juzheng alone. Let's see if your young Emperor's words still matter!

Zhang Juzheng is hollowing out the ruling foundation of your Zhu family. You Emperor cannot distinguish between loyal and treacherous. When Zhang Juzheng uproots your throne, let's see what you Emperor will do!

Today's cause, tomorrow's effect. When the day comes that Qi Jiguang leads the Beijing Camp to force the palace, it will be too late to regret!

"Your subject believes that it is appropriate to wait until Your Majesty is slightly stronger before discussing the expansion of the army." Ge Shouli looked left and right for a long time, stood out, bowed his head, and said: "Your Majesty, your subject knows that the Grand Secretary and the Grand General are loyal. In temple calculations and court discussions, the Grand Secretary has never dared to disobey the holy will in the slightest. If there are differences, he also blames Chen Shan and never dares to overstep by half. The Grand General often enters the palace to teach Your Majesty martial arts, respectful and polite."

"Your subject knows, the court officials know, but the world does not know."

Ge Shouli did not oppose the expansion of the army, but opposed expanding the army now.

Expanding to thirty thousand now is very good and enough to use. Wait until Your Majesty is in his prime and personally rules, and then expand to one hundred and twenty thousand. Your Majesty is still so young, why be in such a hurry?

The court officials, including Ge Shouli, actually clearly knew that line, which was the line that Zhang Juzheng would no longer use the Examination Law to harshly criticize the officials, and Zhang Juzheng would have rebellious intentions.

In fact, saying that Zhang Juzheng has rebellious intentions is very inconsistent with Zhang Juzheng's practice. Examination, clearing land, returning fields, strengthening the military, and maritime transport—which one is not poking at the lungs of the powerful gentry? Zhang Juzheng's New Policies offended too many meat-eaters. As soon as Zhang Juzheng showed a little sign of rebellion, he was immediately overthrown.

Even if there were no signs of rebellion, could he not be defeated by groundless accusations and intentions?

But the world does not know Zhang Juzheng's loyalty. Even those under Zhang Juzheng might not be able to understand the key to this problem. Being able to see, grasp, propose corresponding solutions, and thoroughly implement political decrees to alleviate major contradictions and relieve the crisis is a terrifying political talent.

Most of those under Zhang Juzheng also cannot see clearly and cannot distinguish.

Ge Shouli opposed the infinite slander that Zhang Juzheng was intimidating the monarch, but also opposed the unchecked growth of Zhang Juzheng's power.

"Mr. Zhang?" Zhu Yijun's face became heavy when he heard Ge Shouli's worries. He looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked for Zhang Juzheng's opinion.

Zhang Juzheng's face showed contemplation. Ge Shouli listened to Yang Bo's words and followed the monarch's power of majesty and blessings. He said so and did so, and practiced it very well, and his worries were also very good.

"Your subject cannot dissect his heart to prove himself. Your subject believes that what the Chief Censor Ge said is reasonable. Temporarily expand the army to thirty thousand, and wait until the sixth year of Wanli, after Your Majesty's wedding, to expand the army to one hundred and twenty thousand?" Zhang Juzheng chose Ge Shouli's solution.

Personally rule after the Emperor's wedding.

Zhang Juzheng had always planned to retire at that time and study mathematics and the infinite principles of all things in heaven.

The young Emperor is very reassuring. Even if he is no longer the Grand Secretary, he is still the leader of the Chu Party. If His Majesty cannot play against the court officials, he can call him, the teacher, to come out and save the palace.

"Expand the army to one hundred and twenty thousand next year. I am not in a hurry, but the Great Ming is in a hurry. I am quite strong now!" Zhu Yijun chose the plan to expand the army to one hundred and twenty thousand after hearing Zhang Juzheng finish.

Zhu Yijun directly approved the memorial in vermilion, asked the Chief Eunuch Feng Bao to bring the imperial seal, and stamped it on it.

Zhu Yijun is not afraid. If that day really comes, the day Qi Jiguang holds a sword to cut off his head, he will admit it.

To be able to have his head cut off by Qi Jiguang with a sword, how failed and absurd must Zhu Yijun's reign as Emperor be to cause such a disaster?

Ge Shouli shook his head and returned to his seat. This Emperor is very interesting; he does not doubt those he uses, and does not use those he doubts.

Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang stepped out and bowed their heads, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace."

During the time of martial arts practice, the officials returned to their offices to work, while the young Emperor stayed at the Beijing Camp to inspect the military, looking here and there, just like a curious baby. Everything in the Great Ming Beijing Camp was as usual.

Before the Northern Expedition, Emperor Yongle issued an edict to the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, urging him repeatedly that even if he were lame, he must crawl to the Beijing Camp every day to let the soldiers of the Beijing Camp know who the Emperor really was. This action alone was enough to directly divide the Beijing Camp before they could force the palace.

The design of this ancestral law is simple, clumsy, and effective. Except for the fact that it is really tiring for the Emperor to ride a horse to the Beijing Camp in the middle of summer, there are no other disadvantages.

Zhu Yijun also galloped on the drill ground, then drew his bow and shot arrows. Horse archery, all three arrows missed the target, all empty.

He jumped off his horse with some annoyance, frowned, and said, "I have practiced this horse archery for a long time, why can't I hit it?"

"Your Majesty, this horse archery is inherently difficult to hit. 'Man and horse as one' is easy to say, but based on my experience, even if I change horses, I dare not say that all three arrows will hit. Horse archery is very difficult, but it is of little use." Qi Jiguang's words were based on practice. Horse archery is only useful when comparing martial arts; the reason horse archery is not as good as infantry archery is not because of firearms, but a very key problem.

The maximum bow for horse archery is no more than sixty pounds, which is a disadvantage in range.

Even if it is a high-angle shot, horse archery is no more than sixty paces, while a strong infantry archer's second-class bow is already one hundred pounds. Therefore, in many cases, light cavalry horse archery is mostly for harassment. The fundamental purpose of the Great Ming's formation of cavalry battalions is to pursue and expand the results of the battle.

Li Rusong also agreed very much. Horse archery is not as good as infantry archery in range, and explosive artillery is the development trend.

"What General Qi knows, I must also know," Zhu Yijun still wanted to practice. Whether it is useful or not, he must know it.

Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong looked at each other and shook their heads. Comparing martial arts with them, who are born generals, is actually not a wise choice.

Zhu Yijun really compared martial arts with born generals. Li Rusong, this fierce Great Ming general, a fierce general who breaks formations, had no power to fight back under Zhu Yijun's saber wind!

Zhu Yijun felt that Li Rusong's acting was clumsy. Li Rusong said, doesn't this show that Your Majesty fights well?

Li Rusong had a respectful heart. He was a strong man of one hundred and eighty pounds, bullying a fourteen-year-old child—isn't that winning without martial virtue?

In the three towns of Jizhou, Yongping, and Shanhai Pass, there were a total of one hundred thousand soldiers. These soldiers were all trained by Qi Jiguang. There were 28 people who could draw a 120-pound tiger-strength bow, 28 out of one hundred thousand, and Li Rusong was a fierce general who could draw a tiger-strength bow.

Li Rusong believed that when His Majesty the Emperor reached his prime, he would definitely be able to draw a tiger-strength bow.

The young Emperor's first military inspection ended. Compared with the fixed court meeting on the third day and the monthly exam on the twenty-ninth, the lecture would also rest for two days.

In military affairs, the Emperor had to come to the Beijing Camp every day to inspect the military.

This is also a signal. If the Emperor starts to neglect government one day, the military inspection will definitely be canceled. This is one of the most tiring things in the Emperor's daily life.

Zhu Yijun returned to the Baoqi Department and started his daily routine, and the treacherous eunuch Feng Bao presented a very interesting thing, labels, magnetic ones. In addition to the vermilion approval, the Directorate of Ceremonial would label this official, and the content of the labels was categorized.

The labels were specifically divided into: origin, party, school, teacher, examination, etc. Taking Zhang Juzheng as an example: military household, second-class jinshi, Chu Party, contradiction theory, Pan Cheng, top-tier, in-law of the former Minister of Justice, etc. Wang Shizhen was: family of officials, second-class jinshi, Xu Dang, restoration theory, Pan Cheng, middle-lower, etc.

Classifying people, this kind of work is very contrary to the Confucian theory. Are they all the Emperor's officials, and do they have to be divided into three, six, or nine grades? You Directorate of Ceremonial label people, did you ask for the person's opinion? So Feng Bao used magnetic stickers instead of vermilion approval, and magnetic stickers would not leave traces.

Of course, Feng Bao himself is a treacherous eunuch. Doing some treacherous things is very reasonable, right?

Zhu Yijun said with great surprise: "So Wang Shizhen is Xu Dang?"

Feng Bao said very confidently: "At the beginning, because of the rehabilitation of Wang Shizhen's father, Xu Jie contributed greatly. When Xu Jie had his birthday, no matter where Wang Shizhen was, he would send congratulatory memorials and gifts."

"This labeling method of yours is very good. Just label them like this in the future." Zhu Yijun highly approved of Feng Bao's approach. Without labeling, Zhu Yijun would have to read their life stories to understand their basic logic, especially this Examination Law label.

Zhu Yijun dealt with more than twenty memorials, all of which needed to be dealt with by the Emperor himself.

Wang Zongmu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, memorialized: "The heavy task of inspection is sent once every three years. Documents are easily lost. What is the basis for checking? Request to collect the documents of the money, grain, troops, horses, and repair work of the three towns, as well as the rebuttal and reply cases, and let the department store them to complete the delivery to the Censorate for investigation, forever as a fixed rule."

The previous inspection was once every three years, and it was not filed after checking. Now it is not. The Ministry of War must store the documents and deliver them to the Censorate to facilitate investigation, and it must always be like this.

Zhu Yijun approved. Inspecting the border is supervision. This was originally to prevent the big holes that appeared in the construction of the Great Wall before.

Guang Mao, a supervising secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, memorialized to persuade the Emperor not to purchase gold, silver, pearls, and jewels for the wedding, with the reason: "Matters concerning the monarch's virtue, even if small, must be cautious; expenses from the people's fat, even if public, must be cherished. Recently, the annual examples of the borders are double that of the past. Now we discuss repairing rivers, opening the sea, and providing disaster relief, not to mention the military mobilization in Liangguang, which is already stretched thin, and yet you suddenly do this?"

The Ministry of Revenue did not agree not because there was no money, but because they were afraid of forming a precedent. If the Emperor got used to reaching out, he would always approve slips to get money.

"Tell the eunuch Cui Min of the Inner Treasury that for the wedding, use yellow copper for gold, lead and tin for silver, medicine jade for pearls, and colored glaze for jewels. Do not ask again." Zhu Yijun approved this memorial in vermilion. Copper, tin, glaze, and jade—doesn't this make up gold, silver, pearls, and jewels?

"Your Majesty, this is not in accordance with the rites. Even if the outer court does not agree, the inner treasury has plenty of silver," Feng Bao said with a surprised face.

The practical people of the Great Ming are only the group of Zhang Juzheng. Wang Chonggu and others are more like officials who gather wealth, which can also be considered a kind of practicality.

Only these empty-talking people are really difficult to communicate with. Their way of thinking is too strange. For example, Wu Dui, Fang Fengshi, Zhang Siwei, and Wang Chongya are all such people. San Niangzi had dealt with such people before. A very simple thing could be made extremely complicated by these people.

Talking to base Confucians will not yield results.

The most typical characteristic of empty-talking base Confucians is that they talk for the sake of talking, but never talk about practical things. Empty words and set phrases seem to be fine as long as they are in a camp. Any matter of interest conflict is "the moonlight is bright tonight" to fool.

But money, grain, iron pots, salt, cloth, and tea are all interests.

She went to the wool official factory by the Yongding River again and visited it. Seeing a large number of common people gathered near the official factory, she was a bit envious. She knew that the imperial court would definitely continue this business, and that was enough.

When Zhu Yijun received San Niangzi, it was not on the foundation. If he received her on the foundation, the new Minister of Rites of the Great Ming, Ma Ziqiang, would have to commit suicide to apologize. The place of reception was in the side hall of the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yijun held a steel long tube in his hand, with a sight and front sight on the long tube.

The eye, sight, and front sight can be aligned to form three points in a line for aiming.

Three points in a line is also the result of thorough understanding. Three points can only determine a straight line.

Plus the gun stock and gun mechanism, this is a bird gun.

This is the new fire gun tube made by the Great Ming. Zhu Yijun is very satisfied with this kind of tube material. This is not a seamless steel tube, but just a semi-finished product made by applying the internal cooling technology of cannon making to casting tubes. After that, use an iron rod as thick as a chopstick as a cold bone, and start carburizing and forging. After forging, use a four-edged steel cone as thick as a chopstick to penetrate and rotate inside, making it extremely bright and clean, so that the medicine will not be blocked, and then use a steel cone to ream the rifling, so that the lead bullet rotates and is more accurate.

Qi Jiguang said very clearly that the appearance of rifling was mainly designed to facilitate the cleaning of the inner wall of the fire gun, and later it was discovered that this thing had wonderful uses.

"Meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe." San Niangzi performed a great ceremony, looking at the various objects placed in the side hall of the Wenhua Hall, her brows furrowed, especially the pile of books placed in the seven display cabinets.

Many objects here have traces of being used. Obviously, these are not displayed for people to see, but the young Emperor is really using them.

"Exempt from ceremony." Zhu Yijun signaled Zhang Hong to hand a fire gun tube to San Niangzi and said: "A good thing just made by General Qi. In the past, the Great Ming could only forge ten thousand fire guns a year, but now the Great Ming can forge fifty thousand fire guns a year."

San Niangzi got the fire gun tube and clearly knew what this was!

She also had a fire gun, which was a very exquisite fire gun stolen from Wu Dui's private residence. This thing was crudely made, but it was a prototype. It only needed to be forged to become a powerful fire gun.

"Your Majesty, a benevolent monarch can surely rule the world. To be a king, one must only strengthen benevolence! Today, I see that those around Your Majesty are all people who gather wealth and love war. Mencius said: 'If you don't aim for benevolence, you will be worried and humiliated for the rest of your life, and you will fall into death!'"

"Heaven has the virtue of loving life! Diligently carry out benevolent government to love and raise the common people, then the hearts of the people can be collected, and the king's cause can be achieved!" San Niangzi looked at the fire gun tube in her hand and persuaded the young Emperor to practice benevolent government, not to go astray, and to go further and further on the wrong path. Turn back to the shore!

"Not... if the officials said this to me, it would be fine. The Lady Zhongshun is a person outside the border, so don't talk about this." Zhu Yijun was directly amused.

San Niangzi also knew that the taste was wrong, but she really had no tricks, so she had to take out the set of empty talk, but the Emperor didn't eat this set at all.

She thought for a while, her brows furrowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Ming relies on the benefit of firearms, but does not know that these firearms cannot be used on rainy days."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand repeatedly and said: "I practice martial arts. Bows and arrows cannot be used on rainy days either. You Northern Hu invade in summer and autumn, and we Great Ming attack in winter and spring. It's the same for each other. We will all choose the time that is beneficial to ourselves."

San Niangzi discovered that this young Emperor is not easy to fool.

"Lady Zhongshun, I let you see this fire gun tube, just to tell you, and let you tell the people outside the border, the Great Ming's heart to strengthen the military. This is not Mr. Zhang and General Qi, I am supporting them. I practice martial arts myself, which is also a kind of support. Don't make mistakes." Zhu Yijun's tone was calm, but his words were threats.

The dispute at the Great Ning Guard can be watched by Altan Khan, but in the next war, Altan Khan should be sitting on pins and needles.

The Great Ming aims to drive Chahar Khan completely out of the Liaodong region east of the Great Xianbei Mountains in these few years. Whether the left wing joins the right wing or takes the opportunity to invade the south to threaten the imperial court, that is not what Zhu Yijun wants to see.

Zhu Yijun hopes that the conflict and contradiction between the Great Ming and Altan Khan can be ignited when the imperial court recovers the loop.

However, he has already eaten a bowl of half-cooked rice. If Altan Khan insists on letting the young Emperor eat the second bowl of half-cooked rice, then Zhu Yijun doesn't mind.

Expanding the Beijing Camp to 120,000 is to prevent the half-cooked rice from not being eaten.

"Your subject obeys the decree." San Niangzi no longer argued, her face heavy.

"Lady Zhongshun has traveled many times, the border alarm is gradually stopping, the Holy Mother is benevolent, saying that Lady Zhongshun is not easy. Today, I reward a pair of Ruyi, a large cloak, and I reward you with a fire gun. Take care of yourself." Zhu Yijun signaled Feng Bao to reward. The people below had finished talking, and Zhu Yijun was just going through the motions, routine rewards.

"Your Majesty, if the Shunyi King is willing to attach to the Great Ming, can he exchange for the stability of the common people outside the border?" San Niangzi asked suddenly after thanking for the grace.

"I heard General Qi say that Lady Zhongshun reads 'Contradiction Theory'?" Zhu Yijun did not answer this question directly, but asked a question back.

"I have read it." San Niangzi nodded.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I haven't fought enough. Fight a few more times until one side completely admits defeat to reach a state of harmony."

"Your Majesty is wise." San Niangzi sighed. The imperial court is expanding the army and fighting, and the war will still happen.

Zhu Yijun also rewarded San Niangzi with a Nuremberg egg watch, which can accurately time, which can be considered an extra reward.

The Great Ming's surname-master, Marquis of Sishui Yin Zhengmao, appeared in the port of Manila with the five-masted ocean-crossing ship deployed to the Lu Song Governor's Office.

When this big ship arrived at the port, it attracted everyone's attention and ran to tell each other. Everyone in Manila gathered at the port. When they saw the big ship anchored and Yin Zhengmao standing at the bow, everyone burst into huge cheers, and the voices were boiling.

Yin Zhengmao left Manila, and everyone knew that Yin Zhengmao went to collect the ship. Whether he could collect it or not, everyone was drumming in their hearts.

He collected it.

Zhang Yuanxun was moved by the Liangguang Governor Ling Yunyi to be a rescue soldier, so it was Deng Zilong who received the ship.

Deng Zilong finished reading the imperial decree and doubted for a long time before saying: "Sure enough, it is the same as our guess. Minister Yin is really a Zhu family member who fell outside the palace. This is the surname-master!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yin Zhengmao held his forehead. This stalk is completely over.

"Has the Red-Haired Barbarian's big sailing ship arrived at the port?" Yin Zhengmao was more concerned about this problem. This year's big sailing ship arrived later than in previous years.

"It arrived, and it didn't arrive. Antonio has arrived. Let's talk when we meet." Deng Zilong looked at Luo Li'an and sighed.

Antonio's expression was lonely, and he was full of alcohol. After Deng Zilong's retelling, Yin Zhengmao knew the whole story.

Antonio had five big sailing ships. Three came last year, and two almost got lost. And this time three came, and two completely disappeared in the boundless sea.

One ship was directly cut in half by a giant wave that suddenly protruded from the water, saving some sailors, and the other ship got lost. A ship lacking a boat master got lost at sea, which was equal to announcing death.

The strange wave, in the culture of the West, is the water column sprayed by sea monsters. It is a strange giant wave ten feet high that appears suddenly and for no reason in the calm sea. It comes fast and goes fast.

Antonio's mood had not been very high, and when he saw the Great Ming's five-masted twenty-one-sail ocean-crossing ship, Antonio finally regained his sobriety.

"This ship, it was still parked in the shipyard of Songjiang Prefecture last year, and this year it arrived in the hands of Governor Yin?" Antonio looked at the magnificent sailing ship with great horror. He remembered that he had presented a large pile of agricultural products last year, and the Great Ming Emperor was very happy, finally agreeing to the investment and support for Antonio.

And this ship, the Great Ming Emperor had promised to sell to Antonio.

Yin Zhengmao stood on the pier, looking at the five-masted ocean-crossing ship, and said with a full smile: "Yes, if you want to buy it, you have to go to the capital and get the Emperor's decree. The Great Ming shipyard is building twelve five-masted ocean-crossing ships."

"Really? It really solved my urgent need that burned to my eyebrows. What was that word? Oh, urgent need." Antonio was too lucky to have presented treasures to the capital last year. Being able to buy a ship from the Great Ming was a lucky thing.

Far-ocean sailing ships must have multiple ships to share risks, and most importantly, the silver was placed on his flagship. He had money but no ships. This was the thing that troubled him most during this period.

When he saw the five-masted ocean-crossing ship, Antonio's mood became extremely pleasant.

A far-ocean ship more advanced than a big sailing ship.

Yesterday, I posted a screenshot in the group, saying that the merchants of the Great Ming Jin Kingdom called themselves the watchdogs of the Great Ming. Ask for monthly tickets, Awoo!!!!!!!!

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Zhu Yijun attaches great importance to this case. People died outside the pass, and it is actually very difficult for the Great Ming to find out the truth.

The court discussion continued. Zhu Yijun sat in the hall to listen to the government, and he was also very serious. Zhang Juzheng's handling was extremely comprehensive.

For example, Shen Yiguan of the Zhejiang Party memorialized: "It is autumn, Chahar Khan is angry at sleeping on firewood, Altan Khan is old and arching wood, city platforms are repaired but work is reported falsely, military law is strict but cross-horizontal. Like the soldiers who entered the guard yesterday, they turned on the road, the army of construction was tired of boards and baskets, the money and grain for trade increased day by day, and the exchanged Hu horses were all dead. How is it different from the annual tribute of the Song Dynasty?"

Shen Yiguan requested to re-negotiate the horse price silver.

This memorial of Shen Yiguan talks about the military affairs of the Northwest. The court gives more and more money, but the Hu horses obtained die as soon as they are bought. He hopes that the court can supervise it, and prevent such sick, disabled, weak, and lazy horses, and learn to say no, and don't be afraid of Altan Khan. Altan Khan is already old. Now the strength of the left and right wings of Mongolia is not as good as it was then, and the Great Ming military mobilization should not be timid anymore!

There is never a shortage of main-war factions in the court, especially those who are extremely dissatisfied with the increasing horse price silver. Xuanfu and Datong cost 000,000 taels of silver a year, of which more than one million were given to Altan Khan, and the number of horses obtained was small and unusable. The court was too passive in tribute trade. Saving this one million taels of silver for the Emperor to repair the garden and the Empress Dowager to repair the pagoda is better than giving it to Altan Khan.

In the fifth year of Longqing when Altan Khan sealed the tribute, the voice of the main-war faction was very loud. If it weren't for cabinet ministers like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, and the constant running of the Jin Party like Wang Chonggu, this matter would not have been done.

Now the Great Ming's strengthening of the military has been effective. Even if it is limited by the influence of "softening the distant people," "those who are good at fighting serve heavy punishment," and "the Emperor's own decision," it cannot easily start a war. But for the sake of the court's face, can it be a little tougher? Altan Khan says he wants something, and the Great Ming gives it?

Zhu Yijun's answer is that the horse price silver is already being re-negotiated.

The reason for the court discussion is to formulate negotiation strategies, determine the direction of the wind, and how tough or soft the attitude should be. If the court discussion does not make a decision, it will be very difficult for the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Chen Xuehui, the Minister of Justice Wang Chonggu, and others to do things.

Zhang Juzheng picked up a memorial, stood up with the group of officials, and performed a great ceremony very respectfully, kneeling on the ground and bowing his head, saying: "Your Majesty, your subject has a memorial to report."

"Your subject steals the way of governing, nothing is more important than pacifying the people. If the people are peaceful and the country is solid, even if there are floods, droughts, thieves, and foreign insults, the people love and support the superiors, and the country has no trend of collapse, then it is the technique of long-term peace and stability."

"If you want to pacify the people, you must pay attention to the officials who shepherd the people. Now the long-term officials of the counties and countries cut down the inferiors to serve the superiors to seek reputation; running around to seek recommendation..."

A ten-thousand-word memorial, titled "Requesting to Select Officials to Remit Arrears and Taxes to Pacify the People," is to request the remission of arrears and taxes.

Even monsters only eat Tang Monk meat, not common people, because the common people are really too bitter.

There is nothing to combine, and there is nothing to combine. Social contradictions have been extremely serious, so Zhang Juzheng led the court officials to memorialize, remitting the previous arrears.

In May of the sixth year of Longqing, before Emperor Longqing died, he listened to the suggestions of the court officials, and all the arrears from the forty-third year of Jiajing to the fifth year of Longqing were remitted.

And this time, it was all the arrears from the sixth year of Longqing to the third year of Wanli.

Arrears are a phenomenon, and the problem caused by this phenomenon is the financial deficit that has been said to be rotten. As for the reasons behind the problem, Zhang Juzheng elaborated from many aspects.

Zhang Juzheng clearly stated in the memorial: 【The arrears of money and grain were not originally from the common people, but all from the powerful and treacherous, who used shadows to invade and deceive, resulting in the loss of regular taxes.】