The Ming Dynasty started with caution

One month has passed since the new emperor ascended the throne.

The reign title was changed to Zhengde, and the old silver had to be exchanged for Zhengde Tongbao.

The court gave the people one year to replace the coins and treasure notes in various places. The Baoyuan Bureau minted a new batch of banknotes and copper coins and exchanged them for coins at the Hongzhi Company.

The Tongzhengsi sent the decree to the two capitals and fifteen roads.

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Qingcheng Mountain, Sichuan.

Lan Tingrui returned to the village and was overjoyed after picking up an ancient coin and a bronze sword in the mountains during the day.

At night, he summoned strong men from all over the country and gathered them at his home.

"I came back from the capital, guess what I saw?"

The strong men blinked their eyes and looked at Lan Tingrui in confusion. The mountains were too steep to farm, and the village was remote and not in the city. The people in the village had never seen the world.

Lan Tingrui said: "I saw that the people in the capital were well-fed and well-clothed, everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, they could eat pork in winter and watermelon in summer, and they could earn ten taels of silver for a day of labor."

When the strong men heard about pork, their Adam's apples rolled obviously.

Hearing the ten-cent silver, he couldn't help but sit up and stare at Lan Tingrui.

"If we were born in the capital, we could enjoy that kind of treatment, but the court implemented the Lijia system, which only allowed us to go out to trade and not to enter the local yellow book.

We are all Ming people, why are others rich, but we are poor?

Now the new emperor has ascended the throne, and it is rumored that Zhu Houzhao is stubborn and more stupid and cruel than the old emperor."

An old man looked at Lan Tingrui and sighed: "But what can we do?"

Lan Tingrui took out the ancient seal and bronze sword: "Kings, princes, generals, and ministers, are they of the same kind! Zhu Chongba was born a commoner, but he was able to establish the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

We can also start a business here, seize the opportunity, hold the ambition to save the world and the people, fight with swords, and follow the will of heaven!"

After saying this, he raised the copper coin and the ancient sword.

The strong men saw the ancient seal and the ancient sword, and their hearts were throbbing.

If their ancestors had started a business with Zhu Chongba, they would not have been so miserable today.

Now, Lan Tingrui has received the will of God and is the next Zhu Chongba!

"Kings, princes, generals, and ministers, are all of different species! We want to be kings too!"

For several days in a row, Lan Tingrui lobbied dozens of villages around him, all calling on us to become kings too!

Seven days later, the rebels occupied the Hanzhong government office, attracting Yan Benshu and Liao Hui to surrender, and their power quickly expanded to 80,000 people.

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In the capital,

Zhu Houzhao was not diligent, always granting begs very quickly, and leaving the court very quickly, and the emperor almost abolished Zhu Houzhao's throne.

"I think he did this on purpose."

Liu Jian said earnestly: "Emperor, your majesty reads the memorials too quickly, I am afraid there will be some mistakes."

"Your majesty is in the prime of life, why do you have to live in the harem?" Jiang Mian bowed.

The officials left their posts an hour later than before, and they complained a lot.

"I will also attend the court tomorrow."

The retired emperor Hongzhi was worried about Zhu Houzhao reading the memorials like this.

Early in the morning, the morning court.

The retired emperor sat on the throne, and Zhu Houzhao sat below him.

All officials bowed slightly.

Liu Jian first reported: "Xuanfu sent back a memorial, the military settlements and civilians are not transported, the annual silver is reduced, and the border storage warehouses are in urgent need.

Since the Tatars returned to the Ming Dynasty, many Tatar refugees have come to the border of the Ming Dynasty. Please send relief grain and cloth."

The retired emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath.

Wang Qiong was puzzled: "There are many military settlements on the border, how can it be so urgent?

I think that the governor should be sent to the north to check the military horses and warehouse goods every month to prevent the malpractice of false reporting and fraud."

The ministers looked at the retired emperor.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao spoke up: "In the past, we used the salt permits in Kaizhong to allow merchants to transport grain to the nine borders. The commercial grain plus the military settlements were barely enough to pay the military pay.

Now, the commercial grain is gone, how can the military settlements alone be enough?

In addition, the military salaries of the soldiers are four cents higher than before, and the military pay of the nine borders has increased by nearly one-fold.

There is no need to investigate. No one must have stolen the silver. The nine borders are spending too much."

The retired emperor Hongzhi gritted his teeth. How could he decide on important matters of state affairs so easily?

Jiang Mian was secretly shocked. The new emperor was in the palace and knew the expenses of the nine borders.

The faces of the officials were different.

However, they still listened to the retired emperor Hongzhi. The new emperor was observing the government and it would take a few years for him to really take power.

The retired emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and looked at Yan Chengjin: "The Nine Border Censorate should conduct a thorough investigation first. If the border reserves are indeed empty, then send grain to the north."

"I obey your order."

Yan Chengjin thought to himself that he should open up the northern pasture.

There are dairy cows in Liangxiang, and all the Tatars can be hired as laborers to develop northern animal husbandry.

After the court discussion, Zhu Houzhao said to Yan Chengjin happily: "My father is in court, and I have become the queen again."

The ministers in the court did not listen to him and still treated him as the prince.

"Your Majesty, if you have nothing to do, I will return to the Censorate."

Yan Chengjin knew that this guy had been trying to get the retired emperor to depose him recently, or allow him to build an elephant house.

"It's not that I don't want to be the emperor, but the masters don't listen to me. Old Gao, what do you think about me using your people to fight against the masters?"

Yan Chengjin quickly blocked his mouth: "They are people from the court, Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense."

"You guys, it's obvious that you don't think so, I just help you say it."

Zhu Houzhao knew that if Song Jing and Wang Shouren were important officials, no one would care if he went to Liangxiang every day.

But now, he hasn't climbed the palace wall for two months.

The duty room of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Fuhua took off his official hat and put it aside.

Suddenly, there were faint footsteps outside the door, and the clerk rushed in with an urgent report.

"Sir Zhang, an urgent report was sent back from Chengdu Prefecture."

Now that the world is settled, how urgent can it be?

Zhang Fuhua took a sip of tea and then opened the memorial, which almost choked him to death.

Zhu Houzhao had just ascended the throne for two months when someone in the southwest started a rebellion!

He read every word carefully with a solemn expression:

The rebels in the southwest started a rebellion. Lan Tingrui called himself the Shuntian King, Yan Benshu called himself the Scraping King, and Liao Hui called himself the Sweeping King. They stationed more than 100,000 troops and occupied government offices and farmland in Hanzhong, Northeast China, and Western Hubei...

"Have the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office and the Censorate submitted a memorial?"

"Yes!"

The rebel army actually stationed 100,000 troops and occupied Shu, preparing to enter Huguang.

It was more serious than the rebellion of the King of Anhua.

"You go to the cabinet and invite the gentlemen to the Fengtian Hall. I will go to see the emperor."

Zhang Fuhua picked up his official hat and strode towards the Fengtian Hall.

The duty room of the Dali Temple.

The clerk hurried in and said to Han Fu: "Sir Han, the Ministry of War just sent back a memorial that 100,000 people in Shu rebelled, and the emperor summoned the nine ministers to the Fengtian Hall to discuss the matter."

Han Fu frowned slightly and looked at the junior minister Gu Zuo thoughtfully: "A rebellion of 100,000 people is no joke."

"Are the ministers afraid that the court will use Yan Kesong again to go to the three borders?"

Han Fu nodded.

Yan Kesong is the new emperor's teacher, and was originally recommended by the new emperor to go to the three borders.

And Yan Kesong has experienced hundreds of battles and is most suitable for going to the war.

"We have finally dismissed this man. If he is allowed to take office again, I am afraid that the court will not be at peace."

Yan Kesong was born as a civil servant. If he is re-employed, he will definitely be a civil servant like Wang Yue.

Perhaps, he can also enter the cabinet.

Han Fu always felt that Yan Chengjin did this on purpose.

Duchayuan Dufang.

After reading the memorial about the uprising in the northwest, Yan Chengjin felt that the opportunity came too early.

Originally, I wanted to wait for Prince Ning to rebel, and then ask my father to go to war.

But now, Sichuan has rebelled first.

If I use my father now, I am afraid that all the officials in the court will not allow it.

At this time, the young eunuch ran to report: "Master Yan, the emperor wants you to go to Fengtian Hall."