When Zhu Houzhao was in the leopard room to carry out industrial production, the court was not calm.

Since Zhu Houzhao promised to let Ma Wensheng be the chief minister in the future, Ma Wensheng has begun to take advantage of his opportunity to be the Minister of Personnel to install his own people in the local and six ministries.

In addition, Ma Wensheng, who was struggling to fight against the cabinet, also implemented a strict assessment system, demoted and dismissed Liu Jian and other incompetent officials, which made the cabinet chief Liu Jian and others very unhappy.

Because of this, Liu Jian and other innocent civil servants ignored Zhu Houzhao and did not even dare to force Zhu Houzhao too much, for fear that Emperor Zhu Houzhao and Ma Wensheng and others would stand aside, otherwise he would not be worth the loss.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao successfully avoided the regular lectures arranged by Qingliu civil servants for them, and only banned them on the grounds that they were too sad and needed to rest.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao made soap and glass to do these tricks and tricks, and Liu Jian and other Qingliu court officials had no time to care about him. Moreover, they originally hoped that the emperor would not care about the government from the bottom of their hearts, even though on the surface, his Majesty wanted to be a virtuous lord.

Ma Wensheng and other sects of Zhuoliu civil officials, namely those who are not from Hanlin and have local experience in border towns, naturally don’t care about these things. What they are more concerned about now is seizing power from Qingliu.

The court officials seemed to have forgotten the existence of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Ming Dynasty. What they know now is that Zhu Houzhao plays and sings in the leopard room every night, and even stays in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion at night. They even make soap and play with it when they have nothing to do. Those who are brave even jokingly call Zhu Houzhao the craftsman emperor.

Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal, adheres to the habit of reporting to Zhu Houzhao in everything, but he always appears when Zhu Houzhao is busy with craftsmanship, and Zhu Houzhao will also raise some questions at the beginning.

"Why is the tax detention in Suzhou going to be exempted?" For example, on this day, Zhu Houzhao asked about this matter. He knew that tax detention was commercial tax. Although it was not the source of the official tax in the court, it was the main source of his own treasury. After all, these commercial taxes are all attributed to the treasury, which is related to his own treasury income, so he couldn't help but ask.

"The cabinet means that two counties in Suzhou will suffer floods this year, so people should be exempted from taxes and pay attention to their efforts," Wang Yue replied.

"Isn't it better to exempt the land tax? Why are the tax exempted? The merchants do not farm, so what harm will the flood cause?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"The emperor, the government is not stable at the moment, so it is better to listen to the cabinet votes," Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, would suggest at this time.

Zhu Houzhao also understood that Wang Yue had obviously become the tyrant of the civil servant of the cabinet, and hurriedly said: "Since you are cherishing the people's strength, you will exempt all the taxes and land taxes in Suzhou this year! The cabinet agreed!"

"The emperor is kind, I will go again!" Wang Yue bowed to Zhu Houzhao and left, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He thought to himself that His Majesty was really simple. If the tax deductions cannot be avoided, can the civil servants agree? The gentry in Jiangnan have given up so much money in vain.

Zhu Houzhao's intention to overthrow Wang Yue was naturally getting heavier and he knew that he could not make a big move before he controlled the 12th Regiment Battalion and the military power, that is, the military power. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao often pretended to trust Wang Yue very much in the cabinet.

Sometimes, when the Sili Supervisor Yin Wang Yue comes to report to government affairs, Zhu Houzhao will pretend to be careless and say, "Don't bother me with these things!"

Wang Yue, the chief inspector of the Sili, always was very satisfied with this, and Liu Jian and others in the cabinet were also very satisfied, and they wanted Zhu Houzhao to do this every time.

However, after the young prince plundered the border town of Datong in August that year, the court officials had to hold a court meeting again. Of course, it was impossible to hold a court meeting without Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

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Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, did not dare to report this time while Zhu Houzhao was studying industrial manufacturing, but immediately found Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao did not pretend to be indifferent to the government this time, so he accompanied Wang Yue, the chief of the Sili Supervisor, to the main hall platform of the Ganqing Palace to hold a discussion on the disaster to the little prince in the border town with important officials in Beijing.

Zhu Houzhao was also very annoyed about the little prince's Tartars. In his memory, the little prince seemed to have never been at ease and repeatedly deducted the border. The powerful Ming Empire had no choice but to invest a lot of money. Half of the money Emperor Hongzhi saved in his life was spent on the border town.

"The little prince has been invading my border town in Daming, killing my border troops, and plundering the people of my border town. What are your good plans?" Zhu Houzhao asked directly as soon as he came up.

Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel who was a governor of the border town, immediately stood up and proposed: "Your Majesty, the army is now in a weak position and the soldiers dare not fight. The generals are afraid of death. They should train elite soldiers to select good generals and wipe them out!"

"Your Majesty, the great military service is a move of military force and military force, which is not conducive to the support of the people," said Li Dongyang, the second assistant to the cabinet.

"The Tartars have hit the doorstep. Sending troops to wipe out them is not considered a powerful military force. It's like a man being beaten. Shouldn't he be afraid of the bullies? When was my Ming Dynasty so cowardly? I have just collected summer taxes now? How can I have no money and food, and I can train without elite soldiers? And let the Tartars be so arrogant, instead of raising the people but harming the people."

Zhu Houzhao said.

"Your Majesty! The Tartars have always been raids, and it is a fact that they are difficult to eliminate. Even if we spend countless money and food and raise millions of elite soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to suppress them. It is better to build a border wall to defend themselves. If the enemy attacks for only three or five days, they will go away!"

The person who said this was Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, but after hearing this, Zhu Houzhao felt that Liu Daxia was not suitable to be the Minister of War. The Minister of War was equivalent to the Minister of National Defense. In the Ming Dynasty, he was in charge of the army. A person in charge of the army said that the enemy came to attack me and he would leave. Can someone with this ostrich mentality be suitable to be the Minister of War?

"Now Taicang has a shortage of money, and the Xia Taxation still needs to make up for the deficit last year. Moreover, the tombs and burials of the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty have to spend money on silver and the money for the construction of the Qing Palace. Your Majesty, you have to spend money on your wedding. You can train elite soldiers and select good generals to suppress the Tartars. What the Grand Sima said is indeed a mature and steadfast statement!"

The chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian, spoke at this time, and praised Liu Daxia with implicit meaning. Then the other ministers nodded and felt that Liu Daxia was right.

Zhu Houzhao saw that these senior civil servants supported Liu Daxia except for Ma Wensheng's insistence on training and preparing for war, so he naturally could not say anything else. He just said: "Since the prime minister said that, that's it."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian and other ministers hurriedly praised Zhu Houzhao, and they were also very happy. After all, they were old and conspired to the country and did not let His Majesty think about promoting martial arts. In the future, they naturally had to praise themselves if they left their reputation in history.

But Zhu Houzhao was unhappy because he did not expect that a court discussion on national defense would end with the conclusion that "the enemy will go by themselves."

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to wait any longer, so he couldn't help but look at Ma Wensheng, Ma Wensheng, Liu Jin and others, and then asked Wang Yue after the ministers left: "Which yamen in the inner court has been vacant recently?"

"Return to the emperor, the bell and drums are vacant." Wang Yue noticed that Zhu Houzhao had just seen Liu Jin for a long time and knew that he wanted to promote Liu Jin, so he only reported to a relatively cold yamen in the inner court.

"Then let Liu Jin take charge of the bell and drums," said Zhu Houzhao, and Wang Yue nodded quickly and said yes.

In this way, Liu Jin became the eunuch of the Bell and Drums and became one of the eunuchs in charge of seals in the twenty-four yamen.

But Liu Jin was still a little disappointed. What he wanted was not the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the bell and drums, but the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the Silijian.

Zhu Houzhao also saw it, but he did this to let Liu Jin know that if he didn't fight Wang Yue and others with him, he wouldn't be a real eunuch at all.

As soon as he returned to the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao secretly summoned Liu Jin: "You have seen it too. It's not that I don't want to use you, but that someone doesn't want to use you. Don't worry, I will let you go sooner or later. Now it's just throwing a stone to ask for directions. The most important thing at the moment is that the military power is not in our hands. The two positions of the Admiral 12th Regiment Battalion and the Minister of War must be our people! I decided to get rid of the Minister of War Liu Daxia first. If this guy is in the Ministry of War for one more day, my Ming military affairs will be even worse!"

"No matter what, I have to be grateful to the emperor. Without the emperor, Liu Jin would not even have the turn of the bell and drums to seal the palm of the bell and drums," Liu Jin said.

"It's good that you can understand. What are the contacts between civil servants and who are willing to make friends with you?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Liu Jin asked with a serious expression: "Jiao Fang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Cai, the doctor of the Wenxuan Department, are all willing to make friends with slaves. The emperor wants to get rid of Liu Daxia. The young Sima Xu Jin is suitable. He has been suppressed by Liu Daxia. He is quite resentful and can let Xu Jin find someone to deal with Liu Daxia."
Chapter completed!