After listening to Queen Zhang's words, Zhu Houzhao could only smile helplessly, sighed and said: "My child is in trouble today, and the queen mother is worried!"

When Queen Zhang saw Zhu Houzhao's look, although she felt a little distressed, she still didn't express it. She is now a serious queen and a serious mother. She cannot show her distress and must be tough. Thinking of this, Queen Zhang said with a straight face:

"Then tell me why our prince is depressed."

"Except for what happened at the school today, I have been accompanying my father to correct memorials these days and discovered some problems in the Ming Dynasty."

"For example, regarding the salt policy, the Salt Law enacted by Emperor Taizu was very good and supported the northern border of the imperial court. Whether Emperor Taizu conquered Mobei or Emperor Taizong conquered Mobei, the imperial court's finances were fine, even during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

The imperial court still had the financial resources to support Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, on his voyages to the West. But what happened now? The world is still the same world. The land in the world is increasing and the population is increasing. Why does the imperial court have no money? "

"Not to mention other things, the emperor and his mother save money every day, not to mention building a palace. They save on food and clothing, but what about money?"

"I know that my father likes the silk clothes from Jiangnan the most. They are cool and comfortable to wear, but my father has ordered to stop even this, so as not to increase the burden on the people. But where is the money of the court?" Zhu Houzhao said with a wry smile: "Let's just talk about the salt policy.

In the past, salt merchants sent grain to the North in exchange for salt. The Ming Dynasty relied on the salt policy to support the border troops in the North, and at the same time, the court also had a large amount of income."

"It's always easy to calculate. After the imperial court accepted the money and opened the middle school, the imperial court increased the salt courses by more than one million yuan every year. But how much did the expenditure in northern Xinjiang increase? How much did the imperial court increase its investment in northern Xinjiang every year? Have you calculated it?

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"Now the salt merchants have taken up the idea of ​​salt classes again. Once the salt classes are exempted, why does the imperial court still need to pay for it? How greedy are these salt merchants? How greedy are the nobles and nobles? The imperial court is issuing too much salt.

The "grain payment system" exists in name only, and now the salt tax is reduced or exempted, does it mean that the "bank payment system" also exists in name only? If the "payment payment system" also exists in name only, then the Ming Dynasty's salt policy will be over."

"Without the income from the salt administration, Ming Dynasty's annual income would be at least 30% less. Where will this 30% come from? Increase the taxes on the people?"

"Some holes cannot be opened. Once they are opened, it is really over. This is the reason why the child has a bad attitude towards his uncle. In fact, the child is not targeting his uncle, but his relatives. After the child checked, the imperial court issued too much salt.

Yin, a large part of it was rewarded to the relatives. Now they are going to attack Na Yin Kaizhong again. Are they really that short of money? Who encouraged my uncle to come to the palace to plead for mercy? "

"These people are taking advantage of the family ties of the Tian family and seeking personal gain. These people should be arrested and sent to the northwest to build cities and farm fields."

Empress Zhang looked at her son's angry look and felt a little panicked. Her son's anger was so strong. The key was that her son talked a lot, but she didn't understand a word of it. What's the impact of receiving food and money?

I don't know what's going on at all. But I understand one thing. It seems that the previous collapse of the salt government was largely due to relatives. The other reason is that my brother's entry into the palace this time was basically instigated by others.

"Is uncle short of money?" Zhu Houzhao turned to look at Queen Zhang and asked seriously: "If you are really short of money, then do something else to make a living."

Hearing what her son said, Empress Zhang was a little embarrassed, so she could only say: "Your uncle, you also know that if you don't succeed at a high level and don't work at a low level, I'm afraid you won't be able to make a living doing anything else."

Zhu Houzhao was speechless. What was he thinking? The dignified Marquis Shouning, the emperor's brother-in-law, the queen's brother, and the prince's uncle, what kind of business can't be prosperous? Just do whatever you want and you can't make a lot of money? Always keep an eye on the salt.

Politics, yes, salt politics is about making money, but can you make a big profit? You are the second fool who is being used as a weapon by the salt merchants. Zhu Houzhao was speechless.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of another policy of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in order to avoid the exclusive power of relatives, the queens of the Ming Dynasty must choose girls from ordinary families.

Although this policy avoids the exclusive power of maternal relatives, it results in the general low quality of maternal relatives. The queen's pattern and vision are too small, which is very unfavorable for cultivating the next generation of heirs. The representative figures are my mother, and Wannian

During the period of Empress Dowager Li, Zhu Houzhao touched his chin and wondered if this clause could be changed? Also, marrying a princess was a blind choice, and the quality of the consort was completely poor.

The representative figure is Empress Dowager Li during the Wanli Emperor's period. Look at what kind of consorts the Wanli Emperor's sister is looking for. It's not a matter of quality.

"My child, please think of a way!" Zhu Houzhao looked at Queen Zhang and said with a serious face: "After all, my uncle is the queen's mother's family and a descendant of the Ming Dynasty. Life is too shabby these days. People will say that the royal family is harsh on their relatives. My child

Find a job for your uncle and make sure he makes a lot of money."

While talking, Zhu Houzhao was thinking in his mind, and soon came up with a new idea. This matter must be done well, otherwise it will be impossible.

After listening to her son's words, Empress Zhang smiled and nodded and said: "Okay, the emperor is interested. Your uncle has no ability. It is best if the emperor is willing to help."

Zhu Houzhao dismissed it in his heart. Not only did his uncle have no ability, he was simply stupid. He could be troubled by such little things. Isn't it just to make money? As the uncle of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention making money from him.

If you have a lot of money, you must be rich at least. If you think about filial piety and getting something from the country all day long, how much can you get?

If the Ming Dynasty's treasury is moved back home, how much money can you have? It may be better now. At the time of Chongzhen, the treasury's money was not even as large as the money treasury of big businessmen.

While the mother and son were chatting, Zhu Youtang came back from outside with a bit of anger on his face. What happened at the school grounds also made him very angry. Is this the Ming Dynasty's army? He threw in real money.

In the end, they came up with such a thing? What else could I expect them to do? Zhu Youtang directly ordered Ma Wensheng to conduct a strict investigation, and those found out would be severely punished.

Walking into Kunning Palace, Zhu Youtang saw his wife and son chatting, and they were still talking and laughing. Zhu Youtang felt much better.

"Father!" Seeing Zhu Youtang walking in from outside, Zhu Houzhao quickly saluted his father, and then said: "Father, you have worked hard today.

"Okay!" Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said with a smile: "What are you mother and son talking about? Are you talking and laughing? Say it so that I will be happy and save myself from being upset about the things ahead!" He said with a look.
Chapter completed!