Tan Lun's handwriting is very good.

It looks pleasing to the eye.

The handwriting is not very good, and the inside and outside of it reveals a kind of eight-strand beginner who tries to do a good job but can't write bullshit words.

But some places are also very good rhetoric, in the Wenhua Hall as a Ming Jing feast attendant Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department Tan Lun saw the emperor's surprised eyes, nodded helplessly and said: "It's a minister who has slightly embellished it, but there are still things that can't be repaired." ”

Fortunately, Emperor Longqing didn't expect this article, he didn't look forward to it.

The artillery was renamed with bullets, and the generals who were so lacking in their minds that Emperor Longqing did not have the slightest expectation of the beauty of his articles!

It's too pragmatic.

But from another point of view, Emperor Longqing felt that this article was not bad, "His thoughts coincide with that of his father." ”

Because Chen Muhaizheng's starting point lies in silver money, of course, not only silver money, for Chen Mu, silver money is just a bargaining chip to obtain resources, not an end but a means; This concept of attaching great importance to finance is very similar to Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for 20 years, but the most fundamental financial power of the Ming Dynasty was always in the hands of the emperor, that is, the root of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Longqing obviously didn't have this ability, he lacked Jiajing's extremely smart control, so he would save money.

I like to eat fruit tarts, and it costs fifty taels for the imperial food supervisor to make a pie, okay, I won't eat it; I like to eat donkey intestines, and I need to kill a donkey to make donkey intestines, plus the prices of various prices have risen rapidly under the corruption in the palace, so I won't eat it.

In this way, he gave the Ming Dynasty tens of thousands of taels a year, enough for a reward for a small local war.

But he will not be open source like Emperor Jiajing, and he is not good at blindly throttling, and the Longqing Dynasty is actually more short of money than the Jiajing Dynasty.

In this case, Chen Mu's "Seven Things of the Coastal Guard" is very interesting, in fact, there is not much mention of money in the whole article, but money is used everywhere, and there is a lot of open source and cost reduction, which is not only in line with the views of Emperor Jiajing in the past, but also very useful in the eyes of Emperor Longqing.

Under the seven things, money was used everywhere, but there was no mention of asking for money from the imperial court, but the methods of raising military expenses such as opening an ordnance bureau, mining and cultivating medicine, and weaving and making silk were clearly explained, which won the heart of the emperor.

What is a good minister?

If you know how to save money for the treasury and get things done for the court, you are a good minister.

General Zhenshuo didn't find the wrong person, this is a talent who can really take charge of himself.

Emperor Longqing bowed his head approvingly, but it was not Chen Mu who he praised, but Tan Lun. Tan Lun is right, Chen Mu's article is not good for the prodigy Zhang Juzheng, and there is a style of writing that he has never seen before, such as listing data.

God knows how difficult it is for Chen Mu to add a huge amount of data to the eight strands of text and still maintain the basic battle!

"Zhang Qing, the household department should be expected to earn in the coming year, how much can it balance?"

Emperor Longqing read them one by one, asking without raising his head. Zhang Juzheng sat on the side without any connection, and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the pre-entry for the coming year has not yet come out, because the Guangxi Wei thieves surrendered, the two Guangxi cut expenses, and the south is calm, and it can be more than 1.8 million taels of silver." However, the matter of peace between the north and Tumut is still unresolved, and the three guards are about to move, and the north may increase its funds. ”

"And Suining and other places have broken again this year, and the embankment has been built year after year, and the people on both sides of the strait have been fattened and the officials have suffered, and the 30,000-zhang embankment must be built this year and next year. The military expenditure of the southern province is filled here, and the cabinet ministers in August have proposed to use Pan Xueliang, who has returned to his hometown a few years ago, and he needs to be cured of Huang, and his method of harnessing water and washing sand is very exquisite, and this matter will be completed next year. ”

Therefore, the minister expects to earn 2,700 to 30 million yuan in the coming year, and 2,800 to 32 million yuan to pay for it, which is better than the previous year, and a maximum deficit of 2 million. If there is no war, the treasury can make a surplus of one hundred taels. ”

Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, then he retracted his gaze from the book and raised his head, closed the book and got up and paced two steps, gritting his teeth fiercely in a place where the emperor could not see, and when he turned around, he said in a normal tone: "The dynasty needs to recuperate, and the minister thinks that there are five major troubles." ”

"It is said that the clan is arrogant, the officials are open, the officials are followed, the border is not repaired, and the wealth is scarce."

"The minister thought that after the armistice with the north, it would take three years and five years to make Taicang surplus money, and then ten years to eliminate these ills one by one, so as to enrich the foreign country and repair the garrison internally; In another ten years, strong soldiers and strong horses can change the stability of the country for a hundred years. ”

In three years and five years, Taicang has more money.

Emperor Longqing raised his eyes to look at the high vault of the Wenhua Palace, and his body deteriorated...... Can you still see the appearance of Taicang with surplus silver after a year?

If you can see it, eat a little fruit tart, just a little donkey intestine.

I really want to see it, I really want to see the silver in Taicang in the winter moon!

"Zhu Yijun, prince, come here."

Emperor Longqing did not respond to Zhang Juzheng's words, and waved to the little prince who was sitting upright reading on the side. They were talking about important matters here, and the little prince, who was only seven years old, was almost asleep, and was suddenly startled by the shouting, and hurriedly trotted over to kneel, but saw his father patting him and asking, "Do you remember that when you were four years old, I gave you the name Jun, what do you mean?" ”

"Erchen remembers!"

The little prince's voice was very crisp, he remembered a fart, not all the old men around him said it every two days, otherwise he could remember something, "The father said that it is the holy king who controls the world, just like the meaning of the turning of the weapon, the meaning is very important, and the child should never forget it." ”

Emperor Longqing bowed his head in satisfaction, opened his mouth and closed it again, sighed heavily, and then continued: "I want to do a lot of things, I want to do more, but there is no silver in the treasury, and although I am the rank of the Ninety-Five, I can't do anything. ”

"The world is a pair of pottery, ruling the world, such as turning pottery, how good your craftsmanship is, how good your world is, one day I will give you this wheel to make pottery, you will be the emperor, you want to turn him for the better, you are the one who turns Jun."

The little prince seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and Emperor Longqing's eyes contained emotions that he couldn't understand, which was envy.

What a mess he got next from his father!

In the first winter of Longqing, a lot of taxes had just been collected, and nothing had been done, and there was only 1.53 million taels of silver left in Taicang, and a total of 5.53 million yuan of silver, border silver, and annual silver should be paid back then, which was enough for a month.

Also make pottery? That's a lump of mud.

"Elder Zhang Ge, where is Malacca, what kind of place is it, is it the land of Manchu Canada in the past?"

Emperor Longqing said, raised his hand and picked up Chen Mu's "Seven Things of the Coastal Guard", motioned for Zhang Juzheng to take it, and then said: "You take it back to see if there is any merit, take it back and see, today's feast is over, and the governor of the Jinyi Guard will come to Wenhua Palace." ”

"I'm going to send a brocade guard to Malacca, no matter where it's located, I'm going to find it, and collect two million taels a year in taxes?"

The ministers and Shangshu who were reading slowly withdrew from the light and shadow of the Wenhua Palace, and sat in the hall Emperor Longqing holding the prince's shoulder, the wide dragon robe and big sleeves almost covered half of the little prince's body, and the most powerful emperor in the world shook his arm slightly, and his mouth was almost dreaming.

"I'll make the pottery shelves for you, and when you ascend the throne, just turn around - eat one more pie for me during the Chinese New Year."

"Don't forget."