When more than 30 officials walked into the apse one after another, Chongzhen had already asked for a hot towel from the chamberlain in the apse, wiped his face and hands, and cleared his mind a little.

Although the Imperial Palace is magnificent, Chongzhen sitting on the high platform does not feel comfortable at all. The officials standing on the ground can huddle together to keep warm, and the earth dragon under the floor tiles is warm.

But he is on the high platform, he can only sit upright and blow the cold wind, and the winter in Beijing is relatively dry, and he has been blown by the cold wind, and he always feels that his face is about to crack.

The apse with a relatively small space made Chongzhen feel much more comfortable. When he threw the towel to the chamberlain and walked to the throne in the apse and sat down, Liu Zongzhou couldn't wait to come out and plead with him: "Qian Zhizhi was born in a scholarly family, and he is the champion of Wanli year, and his literary name is inclined to Jiangnan Shilin, this person has no possibility of rebellion, and please Your Majesty to be clear." ”

"What Mr. Qidong said is too absolute, Qian Zhizhi used to be with Gu Xiancheng and Gao Panlong in the township, he was one of the party members, and now he openly questioned His Majesty's virtue, this is not a rebellion, what is a rebellion?" Wu Chunfu refuted unceremoniously.

Liu Zongzhou suddenly rebuked Wu Chunfu angrily: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, how can you say that the Donglin Party is against the party? What is your intention in deliberately stirring up party disputes? ”

Wu Chunfu glanced at Chongzhen, who had a blank look on his face, and boldly retorted: "Your Majesty has never said that you want to overturn the case for the Donglin Party." In the name of gathering disciples to give lectures, Gu Xiancheng hooked up with the gentry of the world to become the gateway of Donglin.

It is simply unbelievable that there are only a gentry in the countryside, but they remotely control the gentry and coerce the Taiwan auxiliary. Today, money is entangled with the party, and openly criticizes the king, this is not a friend, what is a friend? ”

Huang Liji was standing on the left side of Chongzhen's seat, he glanced at Chongzhen beside him slightly, and found that the emperor was not disgusted with Wu Chunfu's partisan theory, and immediately thought in his heart, whether he would take the opportunity to give the Donglin Party a stone and drive them all out of the court.

After all, Liu Zongzhou is not a spokesman who is good at speaking, and he has always taken prudence as his motto, and he is obviously not the opponent of Wu Chunfu, who has excellent eloquence. After three or five sentences, he was robbed by Wu Chunfu and speechless.

Han Yi saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly advised Chongzhen: "Renjun can't be a party minister, and Renjun can't be a party suspicious minister." Always check the character carefully, distinguish the loyal and traitorous, and then act appropriately. If the spear rises in the hall, the palace is divided horizontally, I am afraid that it is not the blessing of the country. It's a fact that money is not inferior to exports, but it's probably a hypocrisy to form a party and seek rebellion..."

Guo Yunhou was still jealous that Qian Shisheng and the others had just pointed the finger at the household department and wanted to pour dirty water on the household department, so he said coldly: "Did Qian Zhizhi form a party, isn't it Brother Xiangyun who has the final say?" The 30 or so officials outside, could it be a coincidence? I see that they just said one sentence to me, and others couldn't even interject in the words, if this means that they haven't discussed it privately, can they all have a little understanding..."

Yuan Keli, who was standing at the bottom of the team on the right, did not rush to defend Qian Shisheng and the others after entering the apse. He had been looking at the expressions of the officials in the hall and Chongzhen, trying to find a way to turn the situation around.

Now in the palace, the officials of the Donglin Party and the officials who tend to the Donglin Party, and the new school officials of Xu Guangqi's faction just occupy a quarter of the total number of officials in the palace. Huang Liji, Wu Chunfu, and other officials who are considered to be the remnants of the eunuch party account for two-fifths. The rest were officials who followed the emperor closely.

After judging the situation, Yuan Keli understood that if he did not get the emperor's support, I am afraid that Huang Liji, Wu Chunfu and other eunuchs would not be afraid to launch another Donglin Party case of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

He was silent for a while, then grabbed Han Yi, who still wanted to argue with Guo Yunhou, and then stepped forward and said to Chongzhen: "Whether it is money or whether it is a party and rebellion, or a disrespectful speech under excitement, it should be decided by His Majesty himself, how can others overstep their bounds?"

Your Majesty forgives him, and it is Your Majesty's kindness. His Majesty's punishment of him also shows the majesty of the Son of Heaven. However, no matter what, the thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, and the minister thinks that the people of the world will not criticize.

But if someone provokes from it and uses His Majesty's anger to attack dissidents, only one voice will be heard in the court in the future, and the ministers may not be a blessing to the society. ”

Huang Liji suddenly stopped Yuan Keli's words unhappily, "Yuan Shangshu's words are interesting, why punish Qian and these people, and there is only one voice left in the court?" Don't you want to say that we are also friends..."

Before Huang Liji finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen finally spoke out to stop him, "Okay, I've heard it almost, and the ministers don't have to argue anymore."

I didn't come to the apse to hear you repeat the quarrel that took place in the apse, so what's the point of us having this consultation?

I asked Mr. Yuan Shangshu, Mr. Liu, and Mr. Han, what do you think about this matter? ”

Huang Liji, Guo Yunhou, and Wu Chunfu all looked at Chongzhen when they heard this, obviously the three of them didn't want the emperor to let go of these clear streams outside so lightly, but they also knew that the initiative in this matter was still in Chongzhen's own hands, so they could only watch like this.

Looking at Chongzhen, who said this expressionlessly, Yuan Keli knew that the emperor had finally left them a chance to recover, but how to deal with the money and these people was indeed a tricky problem.

The disposal is light, don't say that the emperor is not satisfied, after this matter spreads, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be troubled in the future. After all, the three of them became tigers, and linking the virtue of the Son of Heaven with the disaster and famine was originally a means for civil officials to suppress imperial power.

But this kind of exhortation is obviously also a double-edged sword. If someone confuses the public with such rumors, coupled with the manipulation of careerists, it is not good to say that someone will take advantage of the famine year to make trouble.

According to reason, Qian should be punished heavily, so as to warn the people of the world not to talk nonsense. But after Qian Shisheng was also a famous family in Jiangnan, his family had a complicated in-law relationship with the Jiangnan gentry.

disposed of Qian Shisheng, I am afraid that he will also be dissatisfied with Jiangnan Shilin, and it will cause an uproar among the people at that time. This is obviously contrary to Yuan Keli's original intention of wanting to make big things small.

Seeing that Yuan Keli was silent for a long time, Liu Zongzhou, who was beside him, couldn't help but say eagerly: "Your Majesty, it's better to let Qian Zhizhi study in my Xishan Official Academy for a period of time, and then let him out after he repents." ”

The Xishan Government School has now completely become a high-level prison. Any official who makes a mistake that is not big or small will be sent to Xishan for compulsory education and study.

All the officials who have been educated by the Xishan Government Academy are obviously much more peaceful and self-conscious than before. Although Liu Zongzhou is the principal of the Central Government School, he has never been to this mysterious Xishan Government School, so he does not understand what he is studying inside. However, in his opinion, since it is a school, it is better than Jinyiwei's edict.

Let Qian Shisheng stay in for a while, and then he will try to help him get out. Therefore, Xiang Chongzhen couldn't help but put forward this suggestion.

Regarding Liu Zongzhou's suggestion, others didn't think so, thinking that Mr. Qidong was a nerd again. This mistake made by Qian Shisheng is obviously not something that can be achieved after two days of education in Xishan Official Academy, which is too indulgent.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he didn't respond immediately, he just looked at Yuan Keli, wanting to see what this criminal department secretary thought.

Yuan Keli finally said to Chongzhen: "The minister is really difficult to decide, but the minister wants to ask Your Majesty, what can the minister and others do to make the money suppress them, and only accept the punishment of entering the Xishan Government School for re-education?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him unchanged for a long time, and found that Yuan Keli still looked calm, so he turned his head slightly and said to Guo Yunhou on the right: "Guo Shangshu, you can tell everyone about next year's budget." ”

Guo Yunhou's face was a little stiff, but he reacted quickly, took out a page of paper from his arms and said to everyone: "This was originally the topic of tomorrow's national meeting, since Your Majesty has an order, then I will talk to you first."

The total budget expenditure for next year is preset at 50 million yuan. Among them, 57% of military expenditure, that is, 28.5 million yuan; 8% on education, 4 million yuan; public health expenditure 4%, 2 million yuan; transportation and postal expenditure 11%, 550 yuan; Government expenditure 20%, 10 million yuan.

However, this year's income of the imperial court is only about 45 million yuan, so there is a budget gap of 5 million yuan. In addition, in the next five years, the imperial court will invest in the construction of 12 industrial cities and 114 industrial projects, with a total investment of 25 million yuan.

Therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs is ready to sell 35 million yuan of 10-year treasury bonds to raise shortfall funds, and the annual interest rate of these treasury bonds is 625%, and the interest will be paid once a year, and the principal will be returned after 10 years. ”

Listening to the figures reported by Guo Yunhou, everyone gasped. The treasury bond of 35 million yuan, which is very close to the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty in a year, if you do not calculate the physical goods, it is the sum of the annual income of Taicang in 6 or 7 years.

At the beginning of Zhang Juzheng's reform, Taicang reserved 8 million taels of silver, which was already the highest silver income of the imperial court since the records of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the imperial court has borrowed 25 million taels of silver at once, will it be repaid at that time? It's not that the wealthy people can't take out this money, but are they willing to believe in the credit of the imperial court?

Officials, who have always been accustomed to living within their means, are not very optimistic about the plan of the Ministry of Households. But they didn't want to splash the emperor's cold water, anyway, there were these Donglin party people in front of them.

Even Yuan Keli asked Chongzhen quite discolored: "Your Majesty, don't you want money, why don't they take out so many silver taels?" As far as the minister knows, even if all the officials outside are raided, they may not be able to make up a fraction of this amount. ”