Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 159: The Ministry of Accounts has no money?I have it! ?

Although the chart Luo Yangxing brought back from Haojing was just a simple navigation chart, after Zhu Youxiao read it carefully, he found that the chart had great reference value, which also gave Zhu Youxiao new idea.

After struggling for a long time, it was already dark.

Inside the Dongnuan Pavilion.

"Brother Imperial, you specially promoted Luo Yangxing to be the governor of Nanzhen Fusi Town. In addition to wanting his convicts to go to the trenches to explore the true situation of various countries in Europe, you also wanted to appease Luo Sigong, right?"

Zhu Youjian sat cross-legged on the Arhat bed, holding bowls and chopsticks. After pondering for a long time, he expressed his doubts, "If this is the case, Jin Yiwei's internal staff may be afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? Losing checks and balances?"

Zhu Youxiao picked up a piece of braised mutton, looked at Zhu Youjian with a smile and said: "Then the emperor thinks that I specially promoted Luo Yangxing to be the governor of Nanzhen Fusi Town to find out the true situation of the countries in Europe? Or is it mainly to appease him? Where is Luo Sigong?"

Zhu Youjian was silent and fell into deep thought.

"Don't just think about it, eat first."

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said to Zhu Youjian: "Don't be in a hurry at this moment. If you don't understand, just think about it slowly. Come on, eat a piece of meat. This is the time when you are growing. You must eat well."

"Thank you, Brother Huang~"

Zhu Youjian ate the dinner at Dongnuan Pavilion with gusto, but Zhu Youxiao ate it with gusto.

Zhu Youjian was eating dinner, but his thoughts kept thinking about the imperial brother's examination for him. Why did Luo Yangxing leave Beijing on a mission and brought back some missionaries, many classics and a nautical chart? He was specially promoted to be the envoy of Fusi Town in Nanzhen.

You must know that Luo Yangxing before was only a member of the Jinyi Guard Baihu, and he was also a Han general who was engaged in the Suwei.

"Have you not figured it out yet?"

Zhu Youxiao, who had rinsed his mouth with tea, saw Zhu Youjian sitting in a daze and said with a smile: "Emperor brother, when you look at something, don't just look at it from the surface. You have to learn to look at it from a higher level. Think about it all.”

"I will ask you a few questions first. Think about it after you go back. Why did the country sway repeatedly on the maritime front? Why did the missionaries travel thousands of miles from Europe to the Ming Dynasty? Why is the handicraft industry in the southeastern provinces so prosperous? Why is it so popular in the Ming Dynasty? Before the Nanjing Mission Incident, could missionaries establish a firm foothold in the southeast?"

"Your Majesty, please think carefully about the questions I asked you in conjunction with my examination for you. It's late at night, so please go back first."

"The younger brother will leave."

Zhu Youjian got off the Arhat bed, bowed to his royal brother and said, "Brother, please rest early."

Although Zhu Youjian said this, his mind at the moment was all on the questions raised by Zhu Youxiao. He had too many doubts that he wanted to solve.

Maritime reform cannot be rushed, but it cannot be delayed either.

Looking at Zhu Youjian's leaving figure, Zhu Youjian felt a little emotional.

The reason why Luo Ning was specially promoted, and the least important thing was to appease Luo Sigong, was to find out the true situation of the countries in Europe, especially the distribution of power among the countries in Nanyang.

The second is to establish a concept in Jinyiwei. No matter who he is, as long as he can do his job with all his heart and do the job he is assigned well, he will be rewarded accordingly.

If you want to play with foreign maritime trade, reform maritime affairs, or even plan to move vassals overseas, you must first understand the overseas situation, especially the actual situation of the Nanyang countries adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, as well as the distribution of power of the European countries in the region. , even overseas Han merchants need to find out.The overseas situation is too complicated and even inextricably linked to the southeastern provinces. If we rush to intervene without preliminary understanding and knowledge, God knows what will happen.

Will there be another Japanese rebellion in the southeastern provinces?

There was more than one East India Company that spread widely in later generations. The British East India Company was only the only one that survived in the future. This also marked that the island country of Europa truly became a hegemon that relied on the ocean to rise. With its ocean-going Trade and colonization, frantically plundering a large amount of wealth, and then maintaining the system dominated by him, even used this to explore the threshold of the industrial revolution.

Opportunists are as good as speculators. They will do what they want. They know what the superiors care about most, so they will do their best to do it.

Why not use this kind of nurturing nature?
Although the Ming Dynasty in the Tianqi Dynasty exposed many problems and bad governance, it was far from completely losing control like the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Silent all night.

Dong Nuan Pavilion the next day.

"Go and summon all the cabinet ministers to me!"

Zhu Youxiao, who was in a good mood, said coldly after reading a few memorials.

"promise!"

Han Zanzhou hurriedly lowered his head and said.

The relaxed atmosphere of Qianqing Palace suddenly changed, and the atmosphere became depressing and solemn, which also made many eunuchs and eunuchs hang their heads.

"Please use your internal funds to pay for these. Who can explain it to me?"

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, saw Fang Congzhe, Liu Yishui, Han Xu, Zhu Guozuo, He Zongyan, Shen and Shi Jikai pointing to the memorial on the imperial case and said in a low voice: "Without the approval of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Just forward it to your cabinet, what is going on? Could it be that Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, is just a decoration?"

Facing the emperor's questioning, Fang Congzhe and others showed different expressions, especially those of He Zongyan, Shen and Shi Jikai, who had just arrived in Beijing not long ago, their expressions were quite intriguing.

As time went by, some things changed, causing the political situation in the first year of Tianqi to deviate greatly from the original trajectory.

"Initiate Your Majesty."

Fang Congzhe stepped forward and said: "These requests for transfer of internal funds have been waiting for a long time in the Ministry of Revenue. Seeing that the Ministry of Revenue has not responded to the letter, and the matters being reported are urgent, they forwarded them to the Department of General Affairs through the General Affairs Department. The cabinet came, and after deliberation, I felt that these matters needed to be dealt with urgently, so I submitted them to the emperor."

"Your Majesty, after Bi Ziyan took office as the Minister of Household Affairs, he will stop the apportionment of Liao salaries. This will have a great impact on the country."

Han Xu followed closely and said: "There are many memorials from Liaodong to invite people to Beijing, especially the arrears of military pay, which has made the morale of many places unstable. If it is not resolved quickly, there will be a new disturbance in Liaodong. "

"Your Majesty, when it comes to the draft, a lot of money and food were spent during the period." Liu Yishen also stepped forward and said: "This matter is of great importance. The so-called..."

Listening to what Fang Congzhe and the others said, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly. This was a typical old bureaucratic style. It seemed that they were doing things out of public interest, but in fact they had their own calculations hidden behind it.

"I understand what you mean."

Zhu Youxiao gathered his thoughts, looked at Fang Congzhe and the others and said: "Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has put these matters aside for the time being. Minister Yousi felt that the Ministry of Revenue had no money, so he thought of my internal funds. Could it be that the Ministry of Revenue has failed? If I have no money, then I have internal funds? Who thought of this? "

(End of this chapter)