The atmosphere in the Jinluan Hall became stagnant, and many officials looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair and was furious, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

Once upon a time, the same emperor knew that he hid in the palace and did carpenter work, and handed over the big and small matters of the court to Wei Zhongxian to deal with, so the advantage is that if something happens, you can put the responsibility on the other party, after all, the eunuch is not used to carry the black cauldron, and the old Zhu family is simply self-taught for this trick.

But I don't know when, Zhu Youxiao began to slowly come to the forefront, compared to before, he seemed more confident and more calm, he even disdained to use Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, to fight with the civil official group for him, he could calmly and without scruples in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to reprimand the officials below.

What was it that gave him this confidence? Many people pondered this question, and the answer quickly emerged.

It was financial power and military power that gave Zhu Youxiao confidence.

Since more than two years ago, Daming's finances began to improve, although Daming's household is still as poor as ever, but Zhu Youxiao's small treasury is different, with the Ming Royal Commercial Bank's continuous blood transfusion and 20 million taels of silver seized from the eight salt merchants in Yangzhou, Zhu Youxiao's small days began to gradually become nourishing.

As the saying goes, there is no panic in the heart of food in hand, with corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other high-yield crops in hand, the scale of the famine that caused people everywhere in history has also been much smaller, and the impact of the famine in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces has also been minimized, plus Zhu Youxiao now has tens of millions of silver in the small treasury.

This is only in terms of money and food, and let's talk about the army. In terms of external affairs, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was originally overwhelmed by the Ming Dynasty, was beaten to the point of dying after several active attacks by the Jiangning army, and even their own daughter-in-law and daughter were snatched away.

Internally, now that there are 30,000 elite Beijing battalions led by Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, anyone who dares to blow up the stab must carefully weigh whether his head is harder than a steel knife, based on the above points, if Zhu Youxiao is still hiding in the palace as a carpenter like before, I am afraid that Yang Feng will have to think carefully about whether it is worth assisting such a monarch.

Seeing that there was still silence in the main hall, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer in his heart, these greedy and stupid people, do they still want to use silence to fight against me like before? Or do you think I can't do anything about you?

"Since no one is talking, let me say a few words." Zhu Youxiao said in a light tone: "A year ago, someone once told me. If the Ming Dynasty is compared to a person, then the army of the Ming Dynasty is like a knife in the hands of this person, and the taxes are like the blood of this person. If the army of the Ming Dynasty is rotten, it means that the knife in this person's hand is rusty, and it is naturally unable to resist foreign humiliation, and if the taxes of the Ming Dynasty are gone...... What happens if a person is left without blood? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao stood up and waved his arms and said loudly: "If there is no blood, the Ming Dynasty will die immediately, and now those moths who are desperately lying on Daming's body and sucking Daming's blood run over and tell me that they will give me two million taels of silver a year, just begging Daming not to open the sea, are they fools when I am a fool?" Or do you think I'm a three-year-old kid and can fool them however they want? ”

Zhu Youxiao's roaring voice echoed in the main hall, and sweat had begun to ooze from the foreheads of many ministers.

"I can tell you now clearly that I will never accede to such a ridiculous request! If anyone is not convinced, just let him tell me, I will convince him in my own way! ”

"...... Uproar"

After Zhu Youxiao's words fell, the entire hall was in an uproar, since Emperor Yongle, no emperor had ever dared to speak to the ministers in such a tough tone. Could it be that my Ming Dynasty is going to produce a Gaozu or Chengzu Emperor again? This is not a blessing for scholars.

Thinking of this, many people can't sit still anymore. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lai Zongdao stood up again and said solemnly: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and every word and deed should set an example for all the people, how can you make such arrogant words." ”

"An example for all people?" Zhu Youxiao laughed, he found that he laughed a lot today, almost as much as in the past month, "I am an example for all the people, so what about waiting?" As an official of the Ming Dynasty and educating the people on behalf of me, have you played an exemplary role? ”

Zhu Youxiao's voice didn't seem to be very loud, but when he came to Zongdao, he suddenly shuddered, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart, only to hear Zhu Youxiao's cold voice echoing in the main hall.

"A few businessmen dared to tell me that they would exchange two million in exchange for the imperial court to ban the sea again, I want to see who gave them such courage? Come on, pass on the field and go to the palace! ”

"Your Majesty has a will...... Chuan Tian Ergeng ...... the temple"

"Biography...... Tian Ergeng went to the temple ......"

Seeing that the eunuchs passed on Zhu Youxiao's will one after another, he was in a hurry to come to the sect, who was Tian Ergeng? That's the commander of the Jinyi Guard, what does the emperor want to do when he sends him over?

Soon, Tian Ergeng, who was dressed in a flying fish suit, hurriedly went up to the main hall, came to the Jinluan Palace, and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao: "The minister Jinyi Wei commanded Tian Ergeng to see Your Majesty, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Tian Aiqing is flat!" Zhu Youxiao motioned for Tian Er's cultivation to get up, and then said: "Tian Aiqing, just now Guo Aiqing, the head of the household department, said that someone in the provinces south of the Yangtze River jointly signed a letter to the people, asking the imperial court to withdraw the order of opening the sea, and is willing to pay two million taels of silver to the imperial court every year in the name of tea tax. I wondered, is the opening of the sea so terrible for them? There are people who are willing to spend two million taels of silver a year to beg the court to take back their lives, which makes me curious, now I will let you check it out, see what kind of goods these people are, and come back to report to me when you find out, understand? ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao threw the Wanmin Book in his hand to the eunuch on the side, and the eunuch took the Wanmin Book and walked to Tian Ergeng and handed it to him.

Tian Ergeng took the Book of the People, looked at the dense names and handprints written on it, and a cruel smile appeared in his eyes, and then he respectfully said to Zhu Youxiao: "Please rest assured, with this Book of the People, the minister is sure to check it out for His Majesty within half a month!" ”

"It's over...... These people are all finished! ”

After seeing this scene, many people's hearts were cold, the book of Wanmin, who originally wanted to put pressure on Zhu Youxiao, has now become a noose around their necks, as long as Tian Ergeng checks according to the name on it, it is guaranteed to be a check, and this is over.