Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 74 The new Minister of the Household Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
"Very good." Zhu Cihong said.

There are more than 500 taels, which is enough for Zhu Cihong to do a lot of things. Now the Ming Dynasty is located in the southeast corner, and the annual income is only 3 million taels, and the military expenditure for the four towns in Jiangbei is 40 yuan per year for 20 people in each town, and [-] shi for military rations.

Nowadays, the price of rice in the southeast is about one tael per stone, and the official exchange rate of silver is one tael to one thousand renminbi. However, because China has been suffering from a money shortage, most of the time, one tael is less than one tael. Thousands of coins, even a lot of money is actually only a few hundred coins.

That is to say, Zhu Cihong's more than [-] taels of silver is enough to feed an army of [-]. Of course, it is only for one year, and it does not include equipment. In the future, he will have to think of other ways to maintain the cost.

"I don't know if this money should go to the internal treasury or the household department?" Li Jin asked Zhu Cihong.

The inner treasury is the emperor's small treasury. Because Zhu Cihong became the emperor, all the things in the prince's mansion were used by Zhu Cihong in name, so they can no longer be used by others, and they have also been moved into the inner treasury.

When Li Jin asked this question, Zhu Cihong guessed that there must be something wrong. It is said that these confiscated items were obtained by Zhu Cihong before he became the throne, and they should be sent to Zhu Cihong's internal funds together with the property of the Prince's Mansion.

But Li Jin asked knowingly, there must be someone obstructing him, he couldn't make up his mind, so he came to ask me, Zhu Cihong thought so.

"Did someone say something, or did someone look for you?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Shangshu Shen Anshi from the Ministry of Households talked to me. He felt that the money should be used by the Ministry of Households. He also said: the current state affairs are difficult, and almost all the money has been squeezed out for the sake of His Majesty's Ministry of Households."

"If Your Majesty doesn't give the money to the Ministry of Households, I'm afraid the court won't be able to distribute the money, and it won't even be able to operate normally." Li Jin relayed to Zhu Cihong verbatim what Shen Anshi had said to him back then.

"He really said that?" Zhu Cihong frowned and asked.

He couldn't believe that he had killed King Fu's people and encountered such a problem as soon as he ascended the throne. Shen Anshi said that he was threatening himself with the operation of the court.

It would be fine if the money was given to the Ministry of Households and guaranteed to be used [-]% of the time, but it has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and all fools know that it is impossible not to be greedy when the money falls into the hands of officials. It's hard to say whether there is money or not.

If Zhu Cihong gave money to the Ministry of Revenue, wouldn't it be no different from using money to bribe the civil service group? Could such a humiliating thing be done by a young emperor?
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Jin said, lowering his head even lower, because he could already hear the anger in Zhu Cihong's voice.

That's right, don't be angry at whoever is responsible for this matter. Just after you made a fortune, someone will ask you to leave, not even your parents, let alone someone you don't even know, Li Jin thought to himself.

"Impossible, impossible. No one can take away the emperor's wealth. Unless the country is destroyed and the capital falls, they will never think about it." Zhu Cihong was furious, and pushed all the books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table in front of him. go down.

"Your Majesty, think twice. What Lord Shen Anshi said makes sense." Li Jin advised Zhu Cihong.

He felt that Zhu Cihong had just ascended the throne, so he shouldn't be too quarrelsome with the civil society. After all, the Ming Dynasty is now in turmoil, internal and external troubles are emerging one after another, trespassers have escaped and there are Tartars, and the coastal areas are still often ravaged by Japanese pirates.

At this time, it is really inappropriate to have a stalemate with the civil official group.

"He's just an old fool. He should have rolled down from the position of Minister of the Household Department a long time ago. It's not like I have no one in my hands. You, Li Wenkui, Zhang Ruowang, you can all take this position."

This time, Zhu Cihong was determined to let Shen Anshi go, otherwise it would be too troublesome for him to expand and reduce the army in the future, and the imperial conquest would be too troublesome. At most, he could be an emperor dancing in shackles.

In that case, how is it different from the previous Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen, and how is it different from the later Hongguang, Longwu, and Yongli in history? Isn't it a waste of time to travel by yourself.

"Liu Bao, go and ask Qian Qianyi to draft an edict to dismiss Shen Anshi as Minister of the Household Department, and then draft an edict to let Li Jin be the Minister of the Household Department."

After Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to promote Qian Qianyi to an official position and let him enter the cabinet as a minister of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts to handle government affairs. That's why Zhu Cihong asked him to draft the imperial edict.

As for Liu Bao, it was Zhu Cihong who achieved the Tao alone. He ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs, and became the high position of eunuch Bingbi, supervisor of rituals.

Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Li Jin was shocked. This was a second-rank imperial official. He was just a small, low-ranking official in the Eastern Palace before. How could he suddenly rise to such a high position.

So he shied away, "Your Majesty, I can't do it, I'm not qualified for this position."

"It doesn't matter, you are my confidant. Now that I have ascended the throne, you are all heroes from the dragon. I must give you something in return. Besides, your ability is trained. You go to the Ministry of Households to get familiar with it for a few months. Almost able to handle the government affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

In ancient times, the kings had to use "Zhen" to address themselves. Many kings were princes for a long time before they ascended the throne. Still call myself "I".

Hearing Li Jin's refusal, Zhu Cihong said to himself, it's just because you're not qualified that I let you go, and the Ministry of Revenue doesn't have the money for you to manage it, so wouldn't it be a good idea for you to go.

When you get to the Ministry of Households, you find that you can’t manage it and it’s a mess. Then I can just let the agency that manages my internal money manage the country’s important fiscal expenditures and income. In this way, no matter what kind of civil official group, even if Zhang Juzheng is resurrected It can't restrain me either.

"But Your Majesty, what about the Internal Affairs Department?"

"I am no longer a prince. The Internal Affairs Department has no space outside, so let's merge it into the palace. The Internal Affairs Department is renamed the Internal Affairs Department. There is one eunuch in charge, and the official position is the third rank. There are several agencies under it. Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Let Liu Bao serve as the first eunuch in charge."

There is one thing to say, in some respects, Zhu Cihong thinks that the Qing Dynasty is better. For example, in terms of strengthening the power of the emperor, it is not to let the emperor dominate, but to bring all kinds of important powers into the palace, so that there are no more civil servants outside. Mind your own business.

Zhu Cihong often felt that the reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was due to the intrigue between the emperors and the civil official group, or even the internal friction of the ruling group, which was caused by the lack of power of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)