Chapter 525 Court Proposal, Decision

In Huazhou, Jiang Feng changed the title of governor to Wang. While he was busy, the news of the mutiny in the capital was still conveyed on the road. In the Forbidden City, Lu Bing slowly told the emperor about the current situation, or to be more precise, it was a dangerous situation.

At first, he was shocked and fearful to later Mu Ran, Emperor Jiajing had already adapted to this statement, and gradually calmed down, and began to analyze everything Lu Bing said rationally.

At present, Lu Bing judged through the documents of merchants, six ministries, notices from border towns, and words from officials at all levels over the past few years of service experience that there is a force outside the Great Wall, which is likely to be a combination of the colonial estate dominated by refugees outside the pass. There is also the so-called Huazhou on the sea, with a large number of ships and Ding Zhuang, which is a greater threat than the Japanese pirates back then.

He vaguely guessed that the forces outside the pass and Huazhou might have such connections, but Lu Bing's judgment still could not draw a correct conclusion. In his thoughts, there is a barrier between the pass and North Korea, so how can there be effective connections? In this era, it is extremely difficult to control the inconsistent land. Lu Bing does not think that a group of overseas bandits can have such ability.

After he finished his statement, whether it was Emperor Jiajing or Zhou Lin and Rui Xiaosan, who had been listening, they all felt that the threat of refugees outside the pass was the greatest. The rebellion of the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Hebei vassal states of the Tang Dynasty were the source of chaos. Moreover, the northern land has had strong folk customs since ancient times, and they also obtained the Mongol horse farm. I am afraid that there was a barbarian since the Tartars. Moreover, these people also knew how to farm, not those nomadic tribes like duckweed, which was very meaningful about Goguryeo and the Bohai Jurchen land of the Song Dynasty. It is not unreasonable that the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties had to attack even if they risked their country's destruction.

Huazhou on the sea is considered a disease of scabies, and at best it is to harm the pirates on the southeast coast, and there will be no substantial threat.

Since the territorial border of the Han people advanced to the seaside, China's coastline was not threatened from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present of the Ming dynasty, or in another parallel space-time, until the end of the Qing dynasty. Of course, by the time of the Opium War, when the white people used gunboats to threaten, everything was too late. It was precisely because of this security and experience since ancient times that no one of the decision-makers of the Ming central center valued the sea.

"Since it is a hidden disaster outside the pass, let the Ministry of War come up with the regulations immediately. The officers and soldiers of Jizhen and Liaozhen are nearly 240,000, afraid that the refugees outside the pass will not succeed!"

After hearing Lu Bing's words, Emperor Jiajing spoke out the rules of association. Before he could wait for the ministers around him to give his opinions, he stopped talking in a very embarrassing manner. Lu Bing had already made it clear in his introductions over the past few days that most of the officers in the border towns of the garrisons in various places are tending to be soldiers and households as slaves and laborers, and some even rent Ding Zhuang to merchants to work, using this to make money.

With such training and soldiers, we naturally don’t talk about combat effectiveness. Although the three towns in Shaanxi and the soldiers of Yunnan and Guizhou were used together, the Yilibali tribe in the Western Regions was also a huge threat. The three towns in Shaanxi would not draw too many people. The threats from Siam and Myanmar and the confusions of chieftains in the Yunnan and Guizhou direction were also threats that cannot be ignored. There is no manpower to be drawn. Don’t mention the rest of the places, the soldiers there were not even as good as farmers.

The rectification of each border town is obviously an imminent matter, but whether it is rectification training or fighting, it will involve a problem - money.

The money and dangers mentioned earlier have been explained clearly. The national treasury is so empty. Even the millions of silver obtained from the house are used to be used in this situation of being in ruins. It is a drop in the bucket if the taxes come up in the second year. It will not be delayed.

Since you have no money, why not talk about training and fighting? First, worry about the salary and military salaries of civil and military officials! The emperor's troubles were all understood, and Lu Bing didn't say anything else. He had already explained all the situation roughly and clearly analyzed the current situation to Jiajing. How to solve the rest and how to deal with it is the problem of the emperor and the recently came to the Sili Supervisory Commission and the six cabinet ministries.

And to be honest, Lu Bing himself has no trick to solve the current situation. This time, the inner study room is not only Lu Bing, Rui Xiaosan and Zhou Lin, but also several new ministers. The current cabinet grand clerks do not have enough qualifications to serve as the position.

Most of the officials of the Western Party of Emperor Jianba were very young. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War were the most powerful institutions to be cleaned, and most of them were convicted and detained. Therefore, the Minister of Revenue was actually promoted by a minister. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War were both served by several old Western ministers who had retired from home. These ministers were all in the study and listened to Lu Bing's explanation with Emperor Jiajing.

They knew that this was the opportunity for them to perform in front of the emperor, and everyone racked their brains to think, hoping to get good reviews in Jiajing's heart.

After all, the Minister of Revenue was young and was promoted from a lower position. His mind was a little less cunning. Seeing that everyone was silent, he thought about it for a while and said:

"Long live, I have been investigating the documents and books of the Ministry of Revenue these past few days, as well as the interrogation records of the Ministry of Justice's interrogation of those officials. In recent years, merchants from the north and the south often set their own taxes very low. It is precisely because of this that the tax offices in various places cannot pay silver. I think that they should take over the power of Your Majesty and clear up the tax system, which will surely make the treasury full."

The Minister of Personnel was an old minister and was much more steady in his work. He heard his colleague's suggestions and pondered for a while and said:

"Your Majesty, people's hearts are now settled. Besides, the merchants in various places are no longer the same. They are extremely powerful and have great power. This strategy to clear taxes will make merchants' hearts turbulent, and they are afraid that they will cause greater storms!"

Although these people were called the Western Party in the past, but now they have reached a high position, they naturally divided into factions. One person's opinions were more radical, and the other was more persistent. The ministers here all chose the direction they supported to debate.

Emperor Jiajing did not take pills at this time, but when he looked at the quarrels of the ministers in the study, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking to himself that the inferiority of all officials could not be changed.

Although the people in the room were either low-ranking officials or old ministers who had not been in the officialdom for a long time, the precipitation of the official culture for thousands of years was something in the bones. Although everyone was arguing there, they all looked at the faces of the emperor and Lu Bing. They knew that Lu Bing and Zhou Lin, including Eunuch Rui, were the true confidants at this time. When they had not expressed their opinions, they should not say anything to death.

So although the ministers in the study were arguing, their words were very sensible, and they were extremely oriented. Lu Bing was locked up in the mansion in recent years. He had long since developed a calm temperament and knew that too much words would lead to a loss. He was just calm and silent.

Rui Xiaosan was on duty with Emperor Jiajing for so many years, and was the chief supervisor of the internal supervision when the imperial power was in power. He was used to it carefully and kept silent there. On the contrary, Zhou Lin, the admiral of the Beijing Guard, could not help it. After he arrived in the capital, he was the admiral of the Beijing Guard and the chief supervisor of the capital.

But then it was immediately when the civil officials of the Eastern Party controlled the government. The civil officials knew that Zhou Lin was the emperor's confidant and a military officer from the Bian Town, Shaanxi. He had a close relationship with the Western Party. These people suppressed Zhou Lin everywhere. Most of the military officers in the capital were nobles. They looked down on Zhou Lin, the military officer of the Xingxian Palace, and could not even get involved in the same circle. Therefore, it was the first time Zhou Lin had experienced such a debate in so many years.

Listening to the civil servants saying something quite annoying, but they were just to collect taxes. He became more and more bored when he heard him becoming more and more bored, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"Your Majesty, sir, we are laymen in financial affairs, but we know one thing. In this war, everyone who takes action first will have the upper hand. Although the outside of the pass and the outside of the frontier are quiet, who knows when the other party will do anything? Not to mention that we are still collecting taxes here."

As soon as Zhou Lin spoke, the room became quiet. On one side, these civil servants listened to Zhou Lin's words, while on the other side, they looked at the emperor's expression with their eyes.

Emperor Jiajing was also embarrassed, knowing that although officials from all over the country expressed their surrender, these false statements did not explain much. What the mature and polite Shangshu said was reasonable. The sudden collection of taxes from the past was probably because the situation that had just stabilized was really turbulent.

However, Zhou Lin's words woke him up even more. What is the turmoil of the merchants? When Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang decided to do the tripod, he also killed the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan. Emperors of all dynasties were all good at merchants. What is the turmoil? The threat from the north is unclear for a day, and the country is unstable. What is the turmoil? What is the turmoil? What is the turmoil in the north is not clear for a day. What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? What's the turmoil? The turmoil is not clear for a long time? Besides, the power outside the pass is still a force that has defeated the Mongols who had been entangled with the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years? How could it be careless?

The emperor finally spoke and made a judgment:
Chapter completed!