After learning that he could not speak about Fang Shiyu, Zhu Yuanzhang found an excuse and immediately left the thirty-six strategies.

I can't tell you, I can't avoid you.

Let go, let go quickly.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, Zhu Biao, Lan Yu and Xu Da also found an excuse to run away quickly.

After these people left, the yard became empty instantly, leaving only Fang Shiyu and the numerous wooden boxes.

“…”

On the way back, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it more and more wrong.

He thought about policies carefully for the Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect that he would become a shameless thief in Fang Shiyu's mouth.

Is there really something wrong with the Ming national policy I formulated?

"Wu Lin, are there any possibility that what Fang Shiyu said is exaggerated?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was thinking about the problem, stopped, then turned his head and asked Wu Lin beside him.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, although Mr. Fang may be a bit exaggerated, most of them are facts."

"I have heard a little about the lives of officials that Mr. Fang said."

"Located officials won't talk about it for now, let's take the empress as an example."

"Without the issue of salary, if I had not planted a few acres of land by myself, I would have been unable to support my family with the salary paid by His Majesty."

Wu Lin responded seriously.

Being an official in a different place, you will be alone, and you will have more work and fewer people.

None of the things Fang Shiyu said was right.

Fortunately, Wu Lin's family had a little money and he didn't need to be greedy, so he was successfully promoted to the position of Shangshu.

In recent years, Wu Lin had to take her family to live together because she was a little old and could not stand the labor.

But when the family moved from Huguang to Jinling, his salary was instantly revealed.

In desperation, he had to convert several open spaces in his mansion into grain fields to subsidize his family income.

"Okay, OK."

"I will think twice."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand impatiently.

Before Wu Lin entered the cabinet, he was a second-rank official in the court and his salary was no longer low.

If even he had to rely on farming to subsidize his family in the mansion, then those local officials would definitely be even worse than him.

When he returned to the bedroom, Zhu Yuanzhang did not go to find Empress Ma, but instead ordered the eunuchs to go to the archives of officials from all over the Ministry of Personnel, and then carefully studied them.

If you don’t know without research, you will be shocked when you study it.

These officials recorded in the archives are more or less guilty.

Is it really because I have paid too little salary and need to increase the salary of these officials?

However, although our Ming Dynasty has been established for fifteen years, the Beiyuan, a major concern, has not been removed, and the border must maintain a huge army.

In the coastal areas of the border, Zhang Shicheng's troops had already joined forces with the Japanese pirates and came to offend the coast from time to time, and needed the Ming Navy to resist foreign enemies.

The southwest chieftains do not obey the king's laws, and not only need to reward and win over them, but also need to set up garrisons to take strict precautions.

In addition to Daxing water conservancy, disaster relief and people, the Ming Dynasty needed too many places to use money, and the treasury was almost at its bottom.

Where did I get the money to increase my salary for these officials?

If I had spare money, I would have repaired the city walls of Jinling long ago.

Why wait until today?

It's a sin!

As an emperor, I am so poor.

"Zhongba, why do I always feel that you are depressed?"

At this moment, Ma Niang suddenly came over and asked curiously.

She remembered that every time Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace from Fang Shiyu, he always smiled.

Unlike today, it looks a bit new.

"Miss Xiuying, this is all caused by lack of money."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and then said to Ma Niangniang what Fang Shiyu said and the treasury inventory.

"So that's how it is."

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Empress Ma instantly understood.

Ma Niang is also a person who has experienced troubled times. She knows the importance of money.

A penny can stump heroes, let alone a country without money.

"Zhongba, I heard before that a businessman named Chen Wansan was willing to invest in repairing the city walls for the court."

"And I also heard that you are not very happy. According to my opinion, since he is willing to practice, let him practice it. In this way, our court will save a lot of money?"

Ma Niang persuaded with great sincerity.

Jinling is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and also the capital of the capital and the face of the imperial court.

However, after experiencing the chaos in the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the originally majestic and majestic Jinling City Wall had long been in ruins.

Zhu Yuanzhang had known that he wanted to repair the city wall, but he was upset that he had no money.

After learning the news, Chen Wansan, who claimed to be rich in the world, took the initiative to inform the court that he was willing to invest in the restoration of half of the Jinling City Wall.

As a businessman of all the best, he actually wanted to pay for the imperial court to repair it.

This incident was first known to everyone.

Even Ma Niang, who lives in the harem, heard a little.

Now when I heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that the court lacks money, I think of the other party.

"No, this definitely won't work."

"If this is spread, what will happen to my Ming Dynasty?"

"Absolutely not, I don't agree."

Zhu Yuanzhang directly rejected Ma's proposal, and he would never be able to borrow money from Chen Wansan to repair the city wall.

Zhu Yuanzhang was proficient in both literary and military strategies, but his biggest disadvantage was that he was too good at face.

Now Ma Niang proposed that he borrow money from a businessman to repair the city wall, which made him feel even more uncomfortable than slapping him in public.

"What should I do? You must know that repairing the city wall is a huge expense!"

Empress Ma said with a embarrassed look on her face.

Looking at Empress Ma's distressed appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang was also standing on the seat with a frown.

"By the way, Chongba, I think this kid Fang Shiyu has so many ideas, otherwise you can ask him and see if he has any solution."

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was frowning, Empress Ma gave him an idea.

"Is this method possible? You must know that today I gave him an official position, which made him very unhappy. Do you think he will help me?

Zhu Yuanzhang said a little embarrassedly.

"Don't worry, Fang Shiyu is a kid with a slight mouth and a slutty heart. Even if you are angry, he will definitely help you if you ask him to do something. And even if you don't, try it out if there is any harm."

Ma Niang unconsciously used the word "Question".

However, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Ma Niangniang realized the problem of this word, as if it felt very normal.

"Okay, then I'll go find him now!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up suddenly.
Chapter completed!