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Chapter 260 Don't Forget
Tan Lun's handwriting is very good.

It looks pleasing to the eye.

The handwriting is not very good, inside and out, there is a kind of stereotyped beginners who try their best to do well but write nonsense words.

However, the rhetoric in some places is also excellent. Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, who was reading the Mingjing Banquet in the Wenhua Palace, saw the emperor's surprised eyes, and nodded helplessly: "It's a minister who made some modifications, but there are still things that cannot be repaired." place."

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing did not expect this article, he did not expect it.

Emperor Longqing didn't have the slightest expectation of the gorgeousness of his articles for a general who was so lacking in brains after renaming the cannon with shells!
So pragmatic.

But from another point of view, Emperor Longqing felt that the article was well done, "His idea coincides with that of his father."

Because the starting point of Chen Mu's government is money, of course it's not just money. For Chen Mu, money is just a bargaining chip to obtain resources, not an end but a means; this concept of attaching great importance to finance is very similar to Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for 20 years, but the most fundamental financial power of the Ming Dynasty was always in the hands of the emperor, and that was the root of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Longqing obviously didn't have this ability. He lacked Jiajing's extremely clever control, so he would save money.

I like to eat fruit pies, and the Imperial Food Supervisor costs 50 taels to make a pie, okay, I won’t eat it; I like to eat donkey intestines, but making donkey intestines requires killing a donkey, and the prices of various items are rising rapidly due to corruption in the palace. Well, I won't eat either.

In this way, he left tens of thousands of taels a year for the Ming Dynasty, which was enough to reward and provide pensions for a small battle.

But he will not increase income like Emperor Jiajing, and he will not live well if he blindly saves money, and the Longqing Dynasty is actually more short of money than the Jiajing Dynasty.

In this case, Chen Mu's "Seven Things About the Offshore Guards Office" is very interesting. In fact, there is not much mention of money throughout the article, but money is used everywhere, and a lot of money is used to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. This is not only in line with the past Emperor Jiajing His opinion was also very useful in the eyes of Emperor Longqing.

Under the seven affairs, money was used everywhere, but none of the words mentioned asking the court for money. Instead, he explained clearly the methods of raising military expenses such as opening military bureaus, mining and planting medicines, and weaving and making silk, which won the emperor's respect. Heart.

What is a good minister?
He is a good minister who knows how to save money for the national treasury and manage things well for the court.

General Zhenshuo did not find the wrong person, this is a talent who can truly stand on his own.

Emperor Longqing nodded approvingly, but what he praised was not Chen Mu, but Tan Lun.Tan Lun was right. Chen Mu's article could not be corrected even if it was given to Zhang Juzheng, a child prodigy. There is a style of writing that he has never seen before, such as listing data.

God knows how difficult it is for Chen Mu to add a huge amount of data into the stereotyped essay and still maintain the basic confrontation!

"Zhang Qing, the Ministry of Households should predict the annual income for the coming year. How much can you keep?"

Emperor Longqing read them one by one, asking questions without raising his head.Zhang Juzheng sat on the side without any connection, and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the pre-receipt has not yet come out in the coming year. Because the Wei bandits in Guangxi surrendered, Guangdong and Guangxi cut expenses, and the south is calm, there can be an extra 180 million taels of silver. But the north and Tumote negotiated a peace matter." Unresolved, Duoyan Sanwei is about to move, and the north may increase funding."

"Furthermore, Suining and other places breached again this year, and the dikes were built and destroyed year after year. The officials and the people on both sides of the strait have been fattened and the people on both sides of the strait have been fattened. This year and next two years, a [-]-meter long embankment must be built. The military expenditures from the southern province will be used to fill this place. It is recommended to use Pan Xueliang, who returned from Ding You a few years ago, he is needed to cure the Yellow River, and his method of beaming water and flushing sand is very exquisite, and this will be done next year."

"Therefore, I estimate that next year's annual income will be 3000-200 million, and the expenditure will be 200-100 million, which is better than last year and last year, with a deficit of [-] million at most. If there is no war, the treasury will be able to make a profit of [-] million taels .”

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he turned his eyes away from the book and looked up, closed the book, stood up and took two steps, clenching his teeth fiercely in a place where the emperor could not see, and when he turned around, he said in a normal tone: "The country needs to rest and recuperate. I think there are five major problems."

"It is said that the patriarchal clan is arrogant, it is said that the common officials are ignorant, it is said that the officials follow the rules, it is said that the frontier preparations have not been repaired, and it is said that the wealth is greatly deficient."

"My minister thought that after the armistice with the north, it would take three to five years to make Taicang surplus money, and then ten years to get rid of these disadvantages one by one, to enrich the country and build defenses; and then ten years to strengthen the army and horses. , it can change the stability of the country for a hundred years."

Three years and five years, Taicang surplus money.

Emperor Longqing looked up at the high vault of the Wenhua Hall, his health was deteriorating... Can you still see how Taicang still has Yu Yin after one year?
Eat a bit of tartlet if you can see it, eat a bit of donkey intestines.

I really want to see it, I really want to see that there is still silver in Taicang in Dongyue!
"Zhu Yijun, Prince, come here."

Emperor Longqing didn't respond to Zhang Juzheng's words, but instead waved to the little prince who was sitting upright reading a book.They were discussing important matters here, and the little prince, who was only seven years old, was about to fall asleep. He was suddenly startled by the call, and hurried over to kneel down, only to see his father pat his side and asked, "Do you remember that at four When you were young, I gave you the name Jun, what does that mean?"

"My son remembers!"

The little prince’s voice is very clear, he remembers a fart, not all the old men around him say it every two days, otherwise they can remember something, "Father said, it is the holy king who rules the world, just like the master of the tool The meaning of Zhuan Junye is very important, and the child should never forget it."

Emperor Longqing nodded in satisfaction, opened his mouth and closed it again, sighed heavily, and then continued: "I want to do many things, want to do more things, but the treasury has no money, even though I am at the ninth and fifth rank—what?" Can't do both."

"The world is a set of pottery. To govern the world is like turning pottery. How good your craftsmanship is is how good your world is. One day I will give you this pottery wheel, and you will be the emperor. Turn him around, you are the one who turns Jun."

The little prince seemed to understand, but Emperor Longqing's eyes contained emotions that he could not understand, it was envy.

What a mess he got from his father!
In the winter month of the first year of Longqing, a lot of taxes had just been collected, and nothing had been done yet. There was only 1503 million taels of silver left in Taicang. In those days, the total amount of 550 million taels of silver for officers and soldiers, silver for border salaries, and replacement annual silver was paid, which was enough for three moon.

Still making pottery?That's a lump of mud.

"Mr. Zhang Ge, where is Malacca? What kind of place is that? Is it the land of the Manchuka Kingdom in the past?"

Emperor Longqing said, raised his hand to pick up Chen Mu's "Seven Things About the Offshore Guards", motioned Zhang Juzheng to take it, and then said: "Take it back and see if there is anything worthwhile. Take it back and see, today's Jingyan It's over, invite the governor of Jinyiwei to come to Wenhua Hall."

"I want to send Jin Yiwei to Malacca, no matter where it is, I will find it, and I will collect 200 million taels of tax a year?"

The courtiers and ministers who were attending the reading retreated slowly from the light and shadow of the Wenhua Hall, and sitting in the hall, Emperor Longqing held the prince's shoulders. The wide dragon robe and sleeves almost covered half of the little prince's body. The most powerful emperor in the world swayed slightly. Folding his arms, he almost talked in his sleep.

"I will make a shelf for pottery for you, and when you ascend the throne, you only need to turn around - eat an extra pie for me during the Chinese New Year."

"Don't forget."

　The financial budget is taken from the "Ming Hui Dian", and Long Qing's love of eating pies and donkey intestines is also sourced... But I forgot whether it was the history of the Ming Dynasty or which book.

　　
　
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