Although it is now the burial period of Emperor Xiaozong and everything is complicated, state affairs are still not abolished, and the little prince's crime of Guyuan still needs to be convened for court discussion.

Before Zhu Houzhao fell asleep, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, came to ask whether Zhu Houzhao would hold a court meeting tomorrow.

Zhu Houzhao knew that the cabinet would not agree to rectify the military training and training at the moment, so he was not in the mood to open a court discussion. However, when he thought of his promise to give the Empress Dowager a title, Zhu Houzhao nodded and granted the cabinet. The Ministry of War asked the court discussion tomorrow. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also ordered the Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng to participate.

The next day, the early morning of October 11, 18th year of Hongzhi, it began to snow in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The snowflakes like willow catkins were blown up by the cold wind. It took a long time to put them on the double eaves of the palace and dye the red tiles white.

Zhu Houzhao added a sable coat with a layer of plain clothes, and the crown on her head was covered with white cloth. She was covered with snow-white body. She stood beside the white white marble pillars and was the same as the sky and the palace walls and pavilions. Only her dark black eyes looked particularly bright, staring at Liu Jian, the cabinet ministers walking in front of her, and Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal standing under the eaves of the corridors on both sides, and Wang Yue, the eunuch in the pen, and Lu He, the eunuch in the pen, stood under the eaves of the corridors on both sides.

Since ascending the throne, Zhu Houzhao and the two institutions of the Ming Dynasty, namely the cabinet ministers, and the eunuchs of the Silijian, have had many contacts.

But for this reason, if it weren't for these actual contacts, Zhu Houzhao wouldn't know that his emperor's power would have been restricted by these two institutions.

Because, theoretically speaking, the power of these two institutions was created by the emperor, but in reality it became two mountains blocking their own way to rule.

Zhu Houzhao knew that the previous emperors established these two institutions not to limit the imperial power but to restrain and balance each other to ensure the imperial power. The fundamental reason for the breakdown of the balance was that internal and external ministers colluded with each other, which also undermined his emperor.

To put it bluntly, it is actually because of human reasons.

But Zhu Houzhao still didn't understand that collusion between internal and external ministers is a taboo. These people are too brave. Perhaps it is related to Emperor Hongzhi's treatment of his subordinates was too generous during his lifetime. If he had been in the previous dynasty, he had already had a different body and head. Zhu Houzhao felt that he must strictly prevent internal and external ministers from contacting privately without his knowledge in the future, otherwise it would not be enough to ensure his safety.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin who was holding a plain white umbrella for him: "Liu Jin, if you dare to contact foreign court officials in the future without my knowledge, no matter how big or small, I will spare you lightly! It's like the snow in my hands!"

Zhu Houzhao grabbed the snow on the white marble pillar and pinched it hard in his hand, then suddenly threw it on the ground angrily, and the snow ball suddenly fell to pieces.

Liu Jin couldn't help but be shocked and bent over slightly: "Don't worry, I don't dare!"

Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, kept staring at the Emperor Zhu Houzhao. He found that Zhu Houzhao seemed to have changed a little, and there seemed to be some anger and majesty between his eyebrows. The snow-smashing action just now made him tremble in his heart. He thought to himself that the emperor was like the late emperor. Although he was cynical, he also had a very good temper and had always been innocent and thought that he would not have any scheming, but why did I feel a little panicked just now?

At this time, Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was holding a robe and was approaching Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and the other three came towards Zhu Houzhao, with Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites and Xu Jin, the Minister of War, following him.

The cabinet chief Liu Jian and others were also looking at Zhu Houzhao, and Li Dongyang couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, why is it so quiet today?"

After Li Dongyang asked this, Liu Jian and Xie Qian seemed to be reminded of it, and quickly showed a look of surprise.

Following Xu Jinze, the Minister of War behind him, he said: "It's so cold, and Your Majesty naturally doesn't want to move."

After Xu Jin, the Minister of War, said this, everyone did not say anything. Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, just snorted, not wanting to look at Xu Jin.

Zhu Houzhao pretended to be missing, and in her heart she couldn't stand Liu Jian's old minister's behavior. However, when she thought that she hadn't come to the end of the attack, she still entered the hall calmly on the surface and said, "Let's start!"

Because of the incident that the little prince invaded Guyuan again, it was Xu Jin, the Minister of War, who spoke and talked about the story.

After listening to Xu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao asked, "What are your suggestions for this?"

The three cabinet masters did not speak, but only looked at Xu Jin, the Minister of War.

Xu Jinze had already prepared his draft and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I have sorted out the areas of the little prince's invasion in recent years and found that the little prince was mainly concentrated in the Shaanxi area. It seems that what Shaanxi Governor Yang Yiqing said was very much, that is, the border wall from Guyuan to Datong was disrepaired for a long time, which gave the Tartars an opportunity to take advantage of. Now the most important thing is to first allocate silver to repair the border wall!"

Zhu Houzhao understood what Xu Jin meant, that is, the direct reason why the little prince was able to successfully invade the Ming Dynasty repeatedly was that the side wall was disrepair, and training and even sending troops was not realistic at present. The most necessary and most important thing was to allocate silver to repair the side wall.

"How much does it cost to repair the side wall?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, according to the report of the Shaanxi Governor Yang Yiqing, it costs at least 400,000 taels!" Xu Jin, Secretary of the Ministry of War, replied.

Before Zhu Houzhao asked, the chief assistant to the cabinet, Liu Jian, said first: "Your Majesty, as Master Xu said, restoring the border wall is an urgent task, but now Taicang has no accumulated silver, and the newly collected taxes have not yet arrived in the capital. Most of them have been used to repair the Emperor Xiaozong tomb. Now that you want to build the border wall, you can only ask Your Majesty to allocate the treasury!"

The cabinet chief Liu Jian and others already knew that Zhu Houzhao had made a lot of money at the Royal Expo, so they would naturally find ways to let Zhu Houzhao take out the treasury and spend it instead of letting Zhu Houzhao keep it for himself.

"Use the treasury?" Zhu Houzhao asked in surprise.

Li Dongyang, the second assistant of the cabinet, looked at each other and said, "Yes, Your Majesty! Now only the treasury and the silver are still there."

"You know my treasury better than me," Zhu Houzhao laughed.

At this time, Xie Qian also said: "Your Majesty also asks you to consider the country and country of Ming Dynasty and issue treasury to build border walls to solve the dangers of the people."

After Xie Qian said this, he felt how much he was for the country and the people!

Zhu Houzhao also followed his thoughts and said, "Xie Aiqing is really for the country and the people!"

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao said to the Minister of War Xu Jin: "Since the cabinet has agreed to issue treasury, I will not be stingy. If I issue treasury, I will issue treasury. After my father's emperor is in the ling, I will issue treasury to the Ministry of War."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the soldiers and civilians in the border town! I will first bring over more than 50,000 remaining silver hairs from the Ministry of War, and let the governor of Shaanxi repair the important areas first, and then use Your Majesty's treasury to fully repair it!"

Xu Jin said hurriedly.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also nodded: "Accurate!"

The three cabinet masters and the Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng and others also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Chapter completed!