Mingshi

Chapter 1530 Cabinet Meeting
Gao Gong coughed and said, "Before Zhao Zhenji wrote a letter, which aroused a lot of discussion from the government and the public. I think the previous review of these restored officials was a bit inadequate. Since Zhao Zhenji put Shao Yuanjie's generation and the Taoist Palace as the top priority The big event is called the most important thing in the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Then when we inspected these veterans, did we check what they did when they were the first emperor? If they wrote Qingci, built Taoist palaces, flattered the first emperor, and practiced Taoism to ask God Officials involved in these matters are not worthy of reinstatement, let them resign."

Xu Jie's face instantly became gloomy as if it was about to rain.

Who are you talking about?
Isn't this referring to him, Xu Jie?

Isn't this to make Xu Jie resign?

but……

There is really no way to refute this.

This matter was originally a will made by you Xu Jie, and then your dog leg Zhao Zhenji wrote it vigorously, but he never thought of shooting himself in the foot.

Who are you going to reason with?
There was no way to refute it, so I had to change the subject.What topic to change?It must be an important topic before it can be forcibly reversed.Xu Jie coughed and said:

"These things are mostly rumors..."

"Whether it's a rumor or not, you can find out if you check it." Gao Gong said lightly.

"I don't have the time and energy right now." Xu Jie said in a deep voice, "The most important thing now is the money shortage. There are only ten days left before the three-month deadline. Have you come up with a solution?"

Gao Gong's expression was stagnant, this matter is indeed a major event.If it is not done well, it will affect the foundation of Ming Dynasty.But I just can't think of a way.Gao Gong also knew very well in his heart that once this matter could not be resolved in the end, both Ma Fang and Zhang Juzheng would be left behind, right?But with Ge Shouli in the household department, the household department is still Xu Jie's, but the military department may not be his own.

This couldn't help but make him anxious, and he sat there frowning and thinking.

Xu Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then he also had a headache, and sat there frowning and thinking.And Zhang Juzheng's heart turned cold again.In order to cover up his question, Xu Jie sneaked him out again without hesitation as a shield.

"Ahem!" Luo Xin coughed twice, and when he mentioned the shortage of money, he had to speak: "My lords, I was in charge of some copywriting for the Ministry of War."

The division of labor in the cabinet was only done today. Before that, Xu Jie and Gao Gong randomly distributed some copywriting to Luo Xin and Zhang Juzheng, two newcomers, and tried to deal with it.Therefore, under Luo Xin's will, these days, he has read a lot of copywriting from the Ministry of War.The reason why he cares about the copy of the Ministry of War is because he knows that there will be memorials and he will send them up in the past few days, because he is the one who caused the situation where both the north and the south are urgently submitting memorials.

Why should he do this?

It is to create another tense financial situation in Daming, lest Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, looking at the increase in the amount of silver in Daming's warehouse, come up with the idea of ​​silver coins.

Luo Xin took out two stacks of memorials and said: "These two stacks of memorials are from the south and the north respectively, and they are both urgent. The content of the southern memorial is that the fleet of the Western feudal kingdom and the fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom are in the South China Sea, and there is a fierce battle in the coastal waters of Daming The navy believes that Daming is likely to be attacked by the fleet of the vassal state, or by the fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom. Because the strength of these two countries is very strong. Yu Dayou, the captain of the navy, stated clearly that if war breaks out, Daming will be attacked by the fleet. The division is not an opponent at all. Therefore, he asked the court to allocate funds to enhance the strength of the navy.

There is a budget here, they need to build new ships, and there are various weapons and reinforcements. "

"No, the Huaxia country you are talking about is the country that wiped out Japan." Gao Gong asked.

"Yes, now they have wiped out Luzon, Ryukyu, and Japan, and they are very powerful."

"No, do you think their fleet is really powerful?" Ma Fang said, "You have been in the south for a long time, so you should know them well, as well as the strength of the fleet and naval forces of the western vassal states. How does it compare?"

"There is no comparison at all!" Luo Xin said seriously: "If there is a battle at sea, the Daming Navy will go to die."

"Hiss..." Everyone in the cabinet couldn't help but gasped.

Luo Xin pointed to another stack of memorials and said: "This is a memorial sent from the north. The grassland army has returned from the Western Regions, and has a tendency to attack the border gates of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the border gates asked the imperial court to allocate funds to strengthen the fortifications such as the city walls and castles. There is a request for additional troops."

"hiss……"

Everyone in the cabinet gasped again, and the atmosphere in the cabinet suddenly became dignified.

Xu Jie beckoned to Luo Xin, and Luo Xin sent two stacks of memorials to Xu Jie. After Xu Jie finished reading one, he handed out one, and everyone took turns to read it.After reading it, the atmosphere became even more dignified.

After everyone finished watching, Xu Jie tapped his fingers on the table lightly and said:
"There is a threat from the North and the South at the same time, and it is the threat of a major war. We must first come up with a charter."

Everyone was silent, and then everyone looked at Luo Xin and Ma Fang back and forth.

The military troika of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian returned to his hometown, and now the remaining two are in the cabinet, so naturally the two of them have the most say.

Luo Xin lowered his eyes slightly and remained silent. Although he was hailed as the military god of the Ming Dynasty, he was still a junior in the cabinet, and he doesn't care about the Ministry of War now. The most important thing is that he was responsible for the North-South threat.

In fact, this north-south threat is just a threat, and there will be no real war at all.However, he understood in his heart that others did not understand.Therefore, everyone in the cabinet looked very nervous at this time, even Ma Fang was no exception.Moreover, Ma Fang was in charge of the Ministry of War, so she frowned and thought of a way.

After waiting for a while, Luo Xin and Ma Fang were silent, Xu Jie couldn't help asking: "Master Ma, what is your strategy for the North-South War?"

Ma Fang said solemnly: "I don't know much about water warfare. But according to Yu Dayou's memorial, our Daming navy is no match for the navy at all, and the gap is not usually big. If our Daming navy dares to go to sea , I am afraid I will never come back.

Therefore, we can only defend passively in the south. "

Having said that, he couldn't help but sighed, "I'm afraid the southern coastal areas will be in chaos again."

"The most important thing is that it will affect the Shipbuilding Department." Zhang Juzheng had a worried look on his face.

As soon as he said those words, everyone's faces sank.Xu Jie's face became very ugly.Daming's finances have just improved. If there is a problem with the Shibo Department, Daming's finances will immediately fall into crisis.

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