"I have asked someone to decorate the Nan Study Room. From tomorrow on, my dear friends will enter!" Zhu Yunxi's voice was as light as water, and his tone was calm. "But please remember that entering the Nan Study Room is both an honor and a responsibility. I have a saying, "I want to encourage you to do so, and don't forget the responsibility because of honor, and you must not be in a high position and forget the poor and humble people!"

"I will follow the Hadith!" The ministers stood up and replied at the same time.

At this point, Zhu Yunyu expressed everything that he wanted to express in this imperial meeting. He also felt proud when he heard the loud voices of his ministers.

Li Jinglong guessed correctly that military affairs reform and official administration are both the first to be affected. Reform of military affairs is for the military movement Changlong, while official administration is related to the hearts of the people in the world and the upcoming comprehensive new policy.

Among these two, the most difficult one is military reform.

The reason why Xu Huizu, the leading military figure, entered the Nanshu Room, was actually conveying a message.

Reorganizing military affairs does not mean suppressing military personnel, but rather to better operate the Tiger and Wolf Army of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Song Dynasty, China has gradually become less martial, but the reasons are actually very complicated.

The most important thing is that the emperors and civil officials took the rebellion of the vassal states during the Tang Dynasty and the years of wars during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms as a warning. They were afraid, so they weakened the warriors.

That's why there is a strange phenomenon. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the powerful northern powers could defeat the Khitans with just one armed force. In the Song Dynasty, the power of the whole country could only form an alliance with the Khitans, and even more so could not stop the Jurchens in the Baishan and Black Water.

Yue Fei's tragedy is actually a vivid manifestation of this kind of thinking pattern that weakens the warriors.

Zhu Yunxiu never thought of weakening the warriors, and even thought that his good family was proud of his country's war.

When I privately agreed with Zhang Feng and others to pay military salaries in this way, no one opposed it. It was never heard that the amount of food and salaries in this way was far beyond the ages. In the long run, wouldn’t the national treasury be more burdened?

If you don’t do this, the military generals and civil servants will not even get military pay. What do you think of being proud of the country’s war?

At the same time, under this model, useless army that is not war-free can be eliminated. The military household policy of the Ming Dynasty was definitely a bad policy. Father and son and brother served in the army for generations, and in the end they became tenants of military generals.

If there is a war, it is still undesirable. The court has a lot of money to spend. Is it worth it to calculate the account carefully?

The first step is to use the money shop to isolate the soldiers in the army from empty wages, then reform the military household registration system and lay off useless people. Then, the annual military budget expenditure details are drawn out. A transparent military service system can better ensure the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers.

With this kind of pressure, in the face of the huge burden of military expenditure, it is natural to open seas, trade, mine mining, road construction, and even expand. Everything that can provide the empire with real money but has been suppressed has flourished.

Even the people will be freed from the traditional small peasant economy because of this change.

The progress of any era is because of demand. With demand, we will seek breakthroughs, and with breakthroughs, we will become stronger. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was truly blooming with flowers and embracing all rivers, and it was the real change from the inside out.

I couldn't help but think of these things in my heart. If it weren't for the people around me, Zhu Yunxiu really wanted to shout twice.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "If it's okay, it's not too early, and the palace hasn't prepared so much food!"

The emperor was in a good mood and said a rare joke to his ministers.

When the ministers stood up and were about to bow and leave, Zhu Yunxi suddenly discovered that the prince-in-law Hu Guan looked like he was sluggish and wanted to speak but stopped.

"The prince consort has something to say?" Zhu Yunxi asked.

"I have nothing to do, either." Hu Guan stood up and said crampedly.

"I'm not a big deal now, come and listen!" Zhu Yunxiu joked.

"I am now under the order to manage Guanglu Temple!" Hu Guan spoke word by word under the curious eyes of everyone.

His speech was very strange, and he just passed the words he wanted to say first, but he still said them very poorly.

"I have read the Emperor asked the liquidation department to calculate the expense list in the palace this year!" Hu Guan continued, "Something is wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yunxiu asked.

"I have also read the expense statements of previous years. The annual expenses in the palace are about 200,000 yuan, and sometimes more." Hu Guan seemed to be talking while biting his back teeth, "But I have read the expense statements this year several times, and I have calculated that only about 70,000 yuan!"

Suddenly, Zhang Ju and other ministers from the Ministry of Revenue looked at each other, thinking about something.

"Such a big Forbidden City, so many people, and the royal face is involved. I am afraid of these 70,000..."

"I'm afraid I'm not going to spend enough money, right?" Zhu Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Yes!" Hu Guan's forehead was covered with a cold sweat, "I am in charge of Guanglu Temple. There are several palaces in the palace waiting to be repaired. This is the big one. If more than 70,000 yuan of silver coins are used, the construction bureau and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau are in short supply. The utensils and clothing in the palace may not be able to keep up. There are also festivals and festivals that the emperor wants to reward people, and there are tributes from foreign countries, and... "As he said, Hu Guan said in a misunderstanding, "I dare to make it rise, even if I live at home, I have to prepare for the surplus in money. If there is something wrong!"

These words made the ministers look at each other because Hu Guan really didn't express his meaning.

Zhu Yunxiu understood, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "What a honest fool! He is also a fool who offends others."

Every year, Guanglu Temple has to calculate the beginning of the royal year at the beginning of the year. The old man is probably one of the few really frugal emperors throughout history, so he strictly controls the palace expenses, but even so, it costs about 200,000 yuan a year.

Zhu Yunyu has issued an order to exempt the purchase rights of the imperial kitchen, the purchase rights of the Shangyi Supervisor, and many royal supplies, such as pollen, jewelry, silk, fur, gold and silver jewelry, etc. After exempting various purchase rights, it means that everything in the palace must be bought at a fair price from the market.

In this way, the middlemen are gone, the people who are working on them are gone, and the expenses in the palace are falling sharply.

Hu Guan said these words because he was worried that the emperor would not have enough money and that all kinds of supplies in the palace would not be available, but even after he passed by his brain, he still pierced the window paper.

In the past, the palace spent a lot because of something tricky.

The stupidest thing is that he directly said that although the 70,000 silver coins were not enough to spend, it was not impossible to make do with it. He was the Minister of Guanglu Temple and felt that he could list the places he needed to spend with the emperor.

But he didn't. He felt that it was not enough to spend it, but he didn't do it, but told the emperor about the difficulties.

The disadvantage of doing this is that you will be relocated to the emperor. If the emperor agrees to the court budget for the coming year, there is even more room for it. If the emperor does not agree to increase the budget, how much is appropriate? Wouldn’t that let the emperor slap himself in the face?

Smart people will tell the emperor privately, "Why don't you win a discount, 100,000 or 150,000?"

"In a few days, some eunuchs and elderly palace ladies will be abolished in the palace. I and the emperor's grandfather don't have many concubines, so I think this 70,000 silver is enough!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled, "But you can rest assured if you don't do your business!"

He is not a saint, but he knows that if he wants to create a truly peaceful world, the emperor must set an example in the world and know how to control his desires.

"Emperor!" Hu Guan didn't say anything, and Li Jinglong said in pain, "How can this make it? Seventy thousand silver dollars are enough... How can you be so wronged! Our Ming Dynasty is the face of the Ming Dynasty. You are so thrifty, which makes me feel distressed!"

"There will be more places for the country to use money in the future!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "70,000 is already a lot. Grandpa Huang often said that we two are wearing clothes and reaching out to eat, and we have big fish and meat all day long. Besides, there are always tributes everywhere, so we don't lack anything at all." As he said, he paused, "It's easy to live a life, but it's hard to get from extravagance to frugality, but it's hard to get from extravagance to frugality! In addition to increasing revenue, you must also know how to reduce expenditure!"

"No, no, no!" Li Jinglong shook his head and said, "This is absolutely not possible! Your Majesty, you are the emperor and are rich all over the world..."

"Being rich in the world does not mean you can make trouble!" Zhu Yunyu stopped him, "I have no need to say much about this matter!"

The palace expenses of 70,000 taels are indeed rare in history. So many people in the Forbidden City are all money for food, drink and tear. But this number is not decided by browsing the nail on the head, but after Zhu Yun's thoughtfulness was done.

Historically, when Kang Mazi was reigned and the Sanfan rebelled, the annual palace expenses were this number. Before the Sanfan rebellion, the Qing Dynasty's palace expenses were about 600,000 taels per year.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty was shocking every year except the Hongwu Dynasty, and even at its highest time, it reached two million taels of silver every year.

During the Shunzhi period, there were eunuchs from the Wanli period in the Forbidden City. Every year, they only had 400,000 yuan in powder and silver, and they were supplied with millions of food and clothing.

You should know that the time when the Qing Dynasty had the highest expenditure, the late Qianlong period was only more than two million.

When Zhang Ju was in charge of the Wanli Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had the most abundant finances and 13 million yuan in savings, so it was because of the money to help Gaoli fight against Japanese pirates.

But what about Qianlong at that time? The number of silver in this country's treasury was only higher or lower?

Reduce the expenses of the palace and spend money on the blade.
Chapter completed!