Collection of Huaxia: the beginning of the inventory of the top ten ancient figures

He looked out of the window and said in a deep voice: "Da Ming's frontier defense is short of talents, military expenditure is insufficient, and defense is not good."

Zhang Juzheng was in the imperial court, although he didn't go to the border patrol by himself, but in the past 20 years, he already knew the whole Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, many viewers also expressed their approval.

Daming is surrounded by enemies, especially in the north and coastal areas, which is why there was a sea ban policy during Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

However, Zhang Juzheng, a civil official, did not serve in the Ministry of War, so he was able to pay attention to the affairs of the border defense, which showed his ambition.

"What Zhang Juzheng said is not wrong, but it is really rare that Zhang Juzheng can still pay attention to the border defense in the court."

"It seems that he really prepared for 20 years before deciding to reform."

"This is the ambition of a generation of bright ministers. The past 20 years have not been in vain."

The audience looked at Zhang Juzheng. After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he took a step forward and continued, "The most important of these three points is military expenditure."

"In the 29th year of Jiajing, the Mongolian Altan Khan forced his way into Beijing, and the northern frontier defense increased troops and wages, and military expenditures have increased significantly since then."

"By the time of 30 years, the salary had reached 5205 million taels, and more than [-] million taels were needed for border defense repairs and relief to the people. These two things already required more than [-] million taels. But my Ming tax plus various sales, There are only more than nine million taels for one bow, which is not enough."

"This year, only 130 million taels are left in Taicang, but the military expenditure needs 5503 million taels!"

"According to estimates, my Ming Dynasty can only provide military expenses for three months."

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but sighed when he said the latter.

National finances are the lifeblood of the country. No matter what happens, the economy is the foundation. If the court has no money, the state machinery will stagnate. After all, although the salaries of officials are very low, it is impossible not to give them no salary at all.

Many viewers didn't know the situation at this time. They only knew that Qi Jiguang had also accepted bribes because of military expenses. However, under such circumstances, without bribes, it would be impossible to support the operation of the entire army.

Now that Zhang Juzheng told the whole situation at this time, everyone immediately understood.

In the six years of Longqing, even in the early stage of Zhang Juzheng's reform, the entire Ming Dynasty's national finances fell into a state of stagnation. It was not until Zhang Juzheng was about to carry out the reform that Da Ming had enough money to support the army. If it weren't for this, the northern army would have fallen apart. up.

"Da Ming was indeed poor at that time."

"After Zhang Juzheng took office and reformed, he directly doubled the money in Daming Taicang, and even used a whip method to clear up taxes. In this regard, Zhang Juzheng has indeed contributed a lot."

"For so many years in the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng was responsible for many of them. Otherwise, Wanli ignored the government for so many years, and the entire country would have been invaded by the northern enemies."

"It shouldn't be that exaggerated, right? Zhang Juzheng was also very extravagant in the later period, and the eunuch chaos later, do you dare to say that there is no reason for Zhang Juzheng?"

"Come on, Zhang Juzheng's reform still has a name called Wanli Zhongxing. Let's read the history books carefully."

There are fewer and fewer bad words about Zhang Juzheng on the bullet screen. At least in this period, Zhang Juzheng is doing things right, and no one can scold him. The Bank of China in the Wanli period was brought by Zhang Juzheng. This is an irrefutable fact .

In the picture, Zhang Juzheng sighed lightly, and even his eyes showed a little sadness.

"The government of a country should be based on the national economy, but Daming seems to be stuck in the mud, and it can't function at all. Today, the rich in Daming are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer. If Emperor Taizu sees this scene, I'm afraid It’s not about being brought to life.”

It was rare for Zhang Juzheng to say a witty remark, but he couldn't laugh at all, but went on to say: "The second is the Daming Frontier Army. There is no problem with the Daming Frontier Sergeants, but there is a lack of generals who can lead troops."

"Invasion by barbarians, small intrusions will result in small benefits, and large incursions will result in great benefits, but the ministers of the frontier are fortunate not to cause great harm, and they are happy. How can there be benefits for all generations? The army does not regard the defense of the frontier as the most important thing, but instead enjoys the small harm of the barbarians and Didi. If this situation continues for a long time, it will be unimaginable!"

Zhang Juzheng turned his head and looked at Lin Yi, "Brother Lin, you have traveled to Ming Dynasty, do you know anyone who can be worthy of the post of border guard?"

When Zhang Juzheng asked such a question, the audience responded enthusiastically on the barrage.

"Qi Jiguang! Qi Jiguang is not only good at fighting Japanese pirates, he is also very strong in the frontier, hahaha, and you promoted him to the frontier!"

"Fang Fengshi, Li Chengliang, Wang Chonggu, hahahaha, these are not all of them, and you promoted them yourself, hahahahaha."

"Zhang Juzheng is good at looking at the generals. The generals he arranged for in the north are all very good."

"Know people and be good at responsibility. If Lin Yi mentioned these names, would it affect history? Hahahahaha, it should be written down in the history books. On a certain month in a certain year, Zhang Juzheng was in the house, and a mysterious People recommended a bunch of generals to him hahahahaha."

"Hahaha, if there is such a record, there is no doubt that there may be a Jinyiwei lying on their roof hahahahaha."

The audience was discussing, but in the picture, Lin Yi shook his head.

Of course he could say that generals such as Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi, and Li Chengliang were very suitable, but these people were arranged by Zhang Juzheng himself, and history has already determined that he does not need to do any pushing.

"Brother Zhang, I'm not from Ming Dynasty. Besides, I think Brother Zhang has been in power for more than 20 years, so he should see it more clearly than I do."

Zhang Juzheng looked at Ji Dong and sighed softly in his heart.

He has been in power for 20 years, how could he have no idea in his heart, the reason why he wanted to ask Lin Yi was actually to know if there was someone in Lin Yi's heart like General Yao who was prostitute in the Han Dynasty.

"I do have a candidate in my mind, but I still need to think carefully. Now that the border defense is tight, I still need to be cautious."

Lin Yi looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked, "Since Brother Zhang already has someone in mind, why don't you recommend him to save Daming's frontier defense?"

Since Zhang Juzheng already has someone in his heart, facing the current situation, why is he still unwilling to recommend it?

Zhang Juzheng looked at Ji Dong with a look of helplessness in his eyes.

Doesn't he want to recommend it?Doesn't he want to use the test method?If the court allowed him to make changes, he would have already started to change.

But now there are many factions in the imperial court. Although he is one of the great scholars of the Hall of Martial Arts, his power is not stable. If he recommends rashly and violates the interests of the border defense group, not only he, but also the people he recommends will suffer.

If it is recommended now, that person can only drink water in the border defense at most, and cannot make full use of it. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent.