eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 440
The emperor held down the court discussion on the reintroduction, but at the great court meeting, such a national policy was delayed for one day, two days, and it was still to be discussed at the end.

A few days ago, it was discussed that in the second year of Zhengde, the imperial court would allocate 180 million taels of river repair funds and 400 million taels of road construction funds for the first phase.

This year, the project of the library garden will be officially launched, and the preliminary estimate is that it will require 80 taels of silver.

Last year, the emperor of the Dachaohui resisted all opinions and demanded to re-establish the Shenji Camp in the Yongle period. The scale was controlled by 600 people in one guard. This year, 60 taels of silver needed to be allocated.

Of course, we can't forget the official horse ranch that needs continuous construction.

In the 18th year of Hongzhi, the imperial court greatly rectified Anding Garden and restored it to Shangyuan with 30 year-old horses. In the first year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao allocated another [-] yuan for the restoration of Hui'an Garden.

Last year at the Great Court Meeting, Taipu Si Qing Wang Bao promised that Hui'an Garden would have 5600 year-old horses at the end of the year. In fact, Yang Yiqing bought [-] horses in the end.

The gradual recovery of the official horse ranch favorably supported the expansion of the Ming cavalry.

Now there are 9 official horse farms in Daming, with 20.4 hectares of grassland, an increase of 3.6 hectares last year, and 3.4 war horses are raised every year.

This year, Hui'an Garden will be completely completed, and it is estimated that there will be [-] year-old horses in the future.

For this grand meeting, the emperor appropriated another 40 taels of silver to continue the construction of two Zhongyuan racecourses in Wending and Anyuan.

Regarding the matter of horses, Zhu Houzhao used his brains. The reason why he only allocated 40 taels of money was actually because all the horses in the eight horse farms in Shaanxi were sold.

Even Yang Yiqing spent money to buy it.

Therefore, Taipu Temple itself has money, and the imperial court allows the excess money not to be handed over for the time being. It can decide to expand the horse farm at its own discretion, and only enclose a pasture. This needs to be reported to the imperial court.

In addition, in order to alleviate the shortage of horses in the Central Plains, Zhu Houzhao also supported the matter of buying horses from the Western Regions.

It can be regarded as a variety of ways.

But that's about it.

In the era of cold weapons, horses are quite a headache.Because once there is a large-scale war, you will suddenly need hundreds of thousands of horses, but you don't need so many if you don't fight.

In order to maintain military power, so many horses have to be supported financially, but which feudal court can afford it.To put it bluntly, people are still hungry.So once there is peace, the number of horses will continue to decline.

Of course, when horses are needed for military activities, it is natural to realize that the number is not enough.

This is exactly the case in the middle of Zhu Houzhao's dynasty. He is already planning to count the number of horses in the whole country. Now he doesn't know how many horses Daming has kept.

Anyway, now it is time to solve the problem, and let the cavalry supply the horses first.

On the whole, the court has already paid 740 million taels of silver this year.

Zhu Houzhao didn't feel distressed, but the money should not be wasted. When facing the officials, he roughly counted it, "Hegong, road construction, library garden, racecourse, Shenjiying, the court spent so much money, this year we will spend so much money. I have seen the results. The river project is returned to the Ministry of Industry, the road construction and the library are returned to the Shaofu, the racecourse is returned to the Military Department, and the Shenji Battalion is under my personal supervision. Your ministers need to track the progress of these things, not every month, but every three months I need to submit a memorial to me to report the situation. This will be about three times by the end of the year..."

All the ministers thought that the emperor had arrived here.

As a result, Zhu Houzhao shook his hands behind his back and said: "When it comes to the third time, I will send an imperial envoy to check and accept."

No matter how useful it is, these methods are worthwhile anyway.

It is impossible to build no fences at all, and there will be no bottom line.

"If it passes the inspection, it is enough for the imperial envoy to sign for confirmation. If there is any major event in the future, I will only find the person who signed it. If it is not qualified, I will find the minister in charge of the matter."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

As mentioned earlier, feudal dynasties were not powerless.How can a big country with tens of millions of people, which has created such a splendid civilization, stretch across millions of square kilometers, be powerless?

The key is to see how the power is used.

So far, Zhu Houzhao has not approved the construction of any palace, even his own birthday is simple.Moreover, they try their best to use the experience of later generations to bring something different.

It's just that the government is corrupt, and he really has nothing to do.We can only use capable ministers as much as possible, and do one thing if it can be done.

Throughout the dynasties, once the middle period came, it was an inevitable phenomenon that corrupt officials would run rampant.

Smart people have thoroughly exploited the loopholes in various policy designs. In fact, some emperors tried to get out of this state.For example, Jiaqing after Qianlong.

In Qianlong's later years, the country's corruption was what it looked like. After Jiaqing ascended the throne, he also focused on anti-corruption.It turned out to be disheartened for ten years, and it basically didn't work.

It can only be said that the wisdom of ordinary people is infinite.

Just like Wei Ningbo, he felt that he was strictly following Taipu Temple's various palliative requirements for horses, and he never expected that the officials below had already replaced the horses.

When the people of Gu'an County saw that the county government Zhang Bang had withdrawn from the people's herding, many people were happy to hand over the broken horses in their hands. As a result, those big households who bullied the villagers on weekdays actually wanted to change their horses!
What a god!

In fact, Zhu Houzhao also knows that Daming is still in dire straits, at least in North Zhili.

The Great Court Conference has progressed to this level, and many issues have come to fruition.But the double set is still under pressure. Even so, it cannot be kept under pressure.

night of the fifth day.

The emperor suddenly summoned the cabinet, the six ministries and nine ministers, and the most important ministers such as the British Duke and Cheng Guogong.

There is nothing else to do on the sixth day, and I must make it clear tonight.

After so many people arrived, Zhu Houzhao finally said, "I have a memorial, which I have been holding in my arms for several days. After reading it, I am so heartbroken that I can't sleep at night."

The emperor said so.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Yiqing, Wang Jia, and Ying Gong were in the first row and all knelt down.

"The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, especially the cabinet is the head of the hundred officials. It is also the crime of failing to solve the worries of the emperor and the real ministers."

"Mr. Li Ge. On the first day, you advised me to stop the army and calm down the people. It stands to reason that I have no reason to disagree with such a memorial, but do you know why I suppressed it until today?"

The ministers were of course puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao held up the memorial in his hand, "Here are the answers. In the counties that have withdrawn from the people's herding, the people are still begging along the street, and there are bones frozen to death on the road. It is shocking. In the past, I have never heard of it. So I am not sure, is it right? The imperial court has spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and after the complete withdrawal from the folk herding, the common people will really be able to live a better life."

According to past experience, everyone knows that tonight is no small matter.For a while, he was somewhat silent.

Zhu Houzhao saw it a little bit, "You don't have to be afraid. What I said today is not the fault of all the ministers, but I have also done it. Liu Jin, please show this memorial to everyone."

Liu Jin naturally knew what it was,
It was Gu Renyi, the county magistrate from Sichuan who didn't know where he came from.

However, this matter involves a lot, the emperor, is this really the case?
"Your Majesty...?" Liu Jin knelt down, "Last year, the imperial court fought a war with the Tatars. This year, the little prince will launch an army to retaliate if he is not sure. And the land of Gyeonggi is related to the world. If there is chaos, the world will shake!"

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and urged, "Go! I know it well."

The so-called Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang matters were considered a major issue in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Many famous courtiers gave memorials to the emperor asking the emperor to return the Zhuangtian.It's just that several emperors of the Ming Dynasty ignored it.

But Zhu Houzhao's surname is not really Zhu. He wanted to be the emperor for the sake of the people of the Han family and the culture of this land.

(End of this chapter)