Zhu Cilang sat at the position closest to the throne at the top, and from here you can clearly see everyone's faces.

At this moment, except for Fang Gonggan, everyone, including several other eunuchs, showed shocked expressions.

Li Banghua couldn't help but say, "Eunuch Fang, your proposal is not too radical, right?"

Shi Bangyao coughed and said, "This, Eunuch Fang, I think I should indeed reduce the treatment of the royal family, but it doesn't need to be so cruel, right?"

There were actually not many princes in the Ming Dynasty, only twenty-five princes and a relatively special King of Jinjiang, totaling twenty-six.

If this new policy is implemented, there will be only 26 people who will be supported by the finance in the entire Ming Dynasty in the future.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty originally wanted to support hundreds of thousands of Ming royal families!

It was cut from hundreds of thousands to twenty-six people at once. This could no longer be described as radical. It was simply not a way out!

It's no wonder that the people present seemed so shocked.

Fan Jingwen hurried out to smooth things out: "Eunuch Fang is still young, so it is understandable that he is more radical in thinking about things, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in charge of the overall situation, right? We can completely slowly and make plans for the long term."

No matter what, these Ming royal families are all the bloodlines of the Ming royal family and are relatives of Chongzhen and Zhu Cilang.

Who would be willing to offend the emperor and the prince’s relatives all at once?

Everyone looked at Zhu Cilang. The meaning in the goal was very obvious. They all hoped that Zhu Cilang could stand up and criticize Fang Gonggan.

When doing things in officialdom, one method and means is important. How can it be so simple and crude? That is not a mess.

Zhu Cilang waved his hand to Fang Gonggan: "Lao Fang, what you said is almost done, let me talk about it."

Fang Gonggan returned to the ranks of eunuchs and gained strange visions from his colleagues.

Zhu Cixuan stood up and said lightly to everyone in front of him: "What Lao Fang just said is actually what I mean."

In the imperial study, it was quiet for a moment.

Then, someone couldn't help but feel shocked and exclaimed quietly.

Fan Jingwen was also stunned: "Your Highness, you..."

Zhu Cilang slowly spoke, "Superbing the royal family is a cancer. It has been hanging on the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, constantly sucking the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't have a chance before, but now that I already have this opportunity, I naturally have to cut this cancer off directly!"

Zhu Cilang's expression was very firm when he spoke.

Fan Jingwen was silent and said after a long time: "But if this order is really announced, it will definitely be opposed by the royal family."

Zhu Ciyang laughed and said, "Oppose? So what? I am not afraid of the extremely vicious Jiannu. Are you still afraid of these wastes who will only lie on the Ming Dynasty and suck blood all day long?"

Fan Jingwen was speechless.

Zhu Cilang's expression became serious and said to everyone in front of him: "Everyone, you must know that the Ming Dynasty is the best opportunity to solve this problem now! If you miss it, then it will be a huge problem to solve this problem next time."

Why is it an opportunity?

Because Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were causing trouble everywhere within the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Ming royal families were killed, and the power of the Ming royal family has been weakened unprecedentedly.

Of course, everyone understood what Zhu Cilang meant, but they still hesitated.

The same goes, this is the royal family of Zhu Ming, a relative of the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Which worker can do his best when facing the choice of "offending all the boss's relatives all at once"?

Zhu Cilang looked around everyone with a smile and said, "I will just say it. The royal family is already the most feasible project in our treasury to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. If you do not support me, then I can only choose to reduce the budgets of the six departments you are in charge."

When the cabinet ministers heard this, their bodies were shocked.

The next moment, Fan Jingwen suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "The old minister thinks that what the crown prince said is really reasonable. The old minister and the Ministry of Revenue absolutely support the crown prince."

Li Banghua said seriously: "Whoever dares to oppose His Highness the Crown Prince is the enemy of our Ministry of Justice!"

The British Duke looked righteous and upright: "The Ministry of War will definitely not allow any reduction... Uh, those who oppose His Highness the Crown Prince exist!"

All the ministers of the cabinet reached their support for Zhu Cixuan with an extremely consistent attitude.

Seeing this, Zhu Cilang smiled very satisfied.

"Very good, then you will go back and draw up an order later. I will ask Lao Fang to put on red seals and then promulgate them!"

When the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty unified their understanding, they naturally did things very quickly.

The next morning, just as the people in Beijing got up and washed up and left their homes to start their day's life, they were surprised to find that a decree from the highest level appeared in the bulletin boards all over the city.

The content of the purpose is very simple, the full text is as follows:

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, the imperial edict said:

From now on, the monthly salary of the princes of the Ming Dynasty from the treasury will be reduced to 10% of the original, and everyone below the prince will cancel their monthly salary."

The lower right corner of the will clearly state the person who issued the will.

"The Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ciyang!"

This news has not caused much trouble in the minds of most ordinary people in Beijing.

For them, whether it is the prince, or the Ming royal family, such as the prince, uncle, lord, etc., they are all big figures on the clouds, and they are nothing more than the difference between the first level of heaven and the thirty-sixth level of heaven.

Of course, news like "big people are defeated" will always be popular among ordinary people, so everyone will also discuss it enthusiastically and do whatever they should do.

But for those involved, things are completely different.

The royal families of the Ming Dynasty were actually quite concentrated, among which Beijing City, Nanjing City and Zhongdu Fengyang were the most crowded places, and other royal families mainly lived in places where the princes and ancestors were enfeoffed.

After learning the news, all the royal families in Beijing were in a mess.

You should know that most of these royal families are idle and do nothing every day and just rely on getting the money to live. Now that the Ming Dynasty has cut off this income, is there still a way out?

So they immediately ran to the Ministry of Rites to make a big fuss.

However, when I came to the Ministry of Rites, I found that the Secretary of State and the two ministers had already run away, and even most of the staff of the Ministry of Rites were missing. There was only an old old man sitting there, looking at these royal families tremblingly.

Just when the royal family had no choice but to do anything, several servants suddenly rushed over.

"Everyone, King Fu asked you to come over and discuss this matter carefully. We must make the master messenger behind the scenes pay the price."
Chapter completed!