As soon as Zhu Youtang said his words, all the important ministers fell silent. It was obvious that everyone was considering Zhu Youtang's attitude.

What just happened to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Ji Zhong, seemed to be the emperor's appeasement. Ji Zhong borrowed the donkey from the slope, which seemed to be no different from before. However, the ministers present were not fools. His Majesty was obviously angered by Ji Zhong's threat. Another one

The problem was raised by Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, and that was the issue of Qi You succeeding Ji Zhong as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Originally, the Marquis of Jianchang Zhang Yanling didn't say anything, and everyone didn't realize that Ji Zhong was still in this position after all. But when the Marquis of Jianchang said this, everyone understood.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is indeed very dangerous. Once the Zhong is taken down, the Ministry of Household Affairs will really become Hou Ninghou and the others. Everyone will see what Qi You does, and the money will be earned. The Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs will

There may be shortcomings of one kind or another, but making money is a good thing. Everyone knows this. Who knows whether His Majesty is tempted or not.

The court has been short of money in recent years, but have the lives of these people standing in the court been affected? Not at all!

The family should collect money, and you should collect money. The only one affected is the emperor. He spends all day frugally on food and clothing. Will His Majesty have no resentment? Now that there is someone who can make money, will Your Majesty not care about it? Every little thing

Qi You has finally become a serious problem today, and it’s impossible not to think deeply about the things inside.

When everyone looked at the Marquis of Jianchang, their eyes were very unkind, it was all this guy's fault.

With such a fuss, everyone is no longer interested in the affairs of the Wuyuan, but it is not easy to object now.

Shouning Hou made it clear that the martial arts academy should focus on military force, and the way to rejuvenate the country is to pay equal attention to civil and military forces. You can't refute this. You can do it, but you can't say it. If you can say it in the Song Dynasty,

, but this is definitely not the case in Ming Dynasty. Money is put on one card, and people say you can take the money yourself. If you still struggle with the money, you will eventually be kicked back to your home.

So the ministers were silent. Anyway, the nobles and relatives were making trouble and they spent their own money, so let them make trouble and do it by themselves.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Youtang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since no one objects, let's let this matter be settled!" Then he turned to look at Zhu Houzhao: "Prince, leave this matter to me.

You do it."

"Yes, Father!" Zhu Houzhao agreed. There was no expression on his face, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was finally done. Although there were some twists and turns in the process, it was just fine.

After the morning court, Zhu Houzhao looked at the civil servants who were all occupied with their own thoughts, and then at the honorable nobles who were filing out. He was thoughtful in his heart, but he quickly turned around and caught up with his father. At this time, Zhu Hou

Youtang's face was dark and his expression was very ugly. Seeing his son coming, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but said, "Do you want to start a party struggle?"

"Do you know how serious party strife is? It's not just talk about party strife harming the country. Do you know how serious the disharmony between civil and military forces is?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at his somewhat excited father and sighed softly in his heart, but he also knew the reason why his father was so angry. Party strife has represented internal strife since ancient times, and it can be said to be the largest among internal strife.

Once a party struggle begins, it will be protracted and difficult to end. Especially like this time, it seems to be between nobles and civil servants, but to put it bluntly, it is a civil and military conflict. Once there is a civil and military conflict, and relatives fight for power, this kind of party struggle will destroy a person.

The country is dragged into the abyss.

"Father, we didn't fight in the past, not because the conflict no longer existed, but because one party didn't want to fight, couldn't fight, or didn't dare to fight." Zhu Houzhao said softly, but his tone was very indifferent.

"Since Tumu Fortress, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have been reduced to their backs. Yu Qian saved the Ming Dynasty, as if civil servants had become heroes who turned the tide and helped the building before it collapsed. Yu Qian is like this, are all civil servants like this?

They have reduced the Beijing camp and the four guards of Tengxiang, from the number of people to the scale, from weapons and armor to military pay, everything is being reduced."

"To put it simply, this is because the imperial court has a lot of money to spend, so it is aggrieved to the soldiers. After all, there is no war now."

Zhu Youtang still wanted to object to Zhu Houzhao's previous words, but now Zhu Youtang was silent about these words, because this was indeed what civil officials often said. This is still the case now. During the Chongzhen period, the favorite words of officials were "I'm wronging the people."

"A few years", the result is endless pay and endless taxes. What are these officials doing at home?

Smuggling, mining, selling salt, monopolizing violent industries, draining the blood of this country, and peeling off the skin of this country.

"Last year, father, do you still remember the story about the salt merchant begging for salt lessons?" Zhu Houzhao knew that he could not convince his father by just talking. He needed to give an example: "Does the salt merchant have no money? Can't he do business? Son of Yangzhou

How much money did I copy? That's all, no, I didn't dare to dig behind, why? Because standing behind are these high-sounding ministers who are loyal to the country."

"Looking at this year's auction of salt access qualifications, how much did it cost? In the list submitted by the cabinet, how many of these ministers were behind it?"

"Is the Ming Dynasty short of money? The Ming Dynasty is not short of money. The only one who is short of money is you, the emperor. Why is it short of money? Because these people took all the money belonging to the emperor into their own homes."

Zhu Youtang turned to look at his son. The expression on his face softened a lot, but his attitude was still very firm. He pondered for a moment and said: "What you said is right, but my father also knows that if the party fights for the country, it can be done.

Think of other ways, but once party strife breaks out, there will never be peace in the court. Reform also requires a stable environment."

Zhu Houzhao agreed with what his father said. Reform is indeed a stable environment. Once reform falls into party struggle, then forget about reform and think about party struggle first!

"Father, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong are so powerful that they talk about the Constitution and follow the law. Father, do you know why?" Zhu Houzhao did not answer his father's words, but changed the subject.

Zhu Youtang did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would turn to this. He stretched out his hand and slapped Zhu Houzhao: "You have learned how to show off, I am your father!"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head helplessly. All fathers in the world are the same. However, Zhu Houzhao also knew that the heat was almost over, so he continued: "Emperor Taizu started from a young age, and he fought in the north and south. He had countless generals who were good at fighting. Because of their

Only with loyalty can Emperor Taizu be able to speak the constitution of heaven and follow the law. In one sentence, those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish."
Chapter completed!