"I caught Zhao Pengcheng, but the protector Zhou Chunhe was run away by him." Zhu Yijun said with some regret.

"Why did you let him run away? That's a soul......"

"Run, run, this time in the Battle of the Black Wind Mouth, the main force of the White Lotus Cult was completely wiped out, even if he Zhou Chun and Kong Ming regenerate, he won't be able to set off much of a storm...... You have a lot of credit for Anda, tell me, how to reward him appropriately? ”

"It's a big matter, and Wechen doesn't dare to say anything, but Wechen has a suggestion, when he is rewarded, can he consider his daughter?"

"Daughter?" Zhu Yijun couldn't keep up with Zhang You's thinking.

"Yes, Weichen thinks so, it is definitely not realistic to make Xin Ai the king, if she gives her daughter a princess name or something, Xin Ai's status in the Mongolian tribes will definitely rise, and those who belong will be many, so it will definitely arouse the suspicion of King Shunyi......"

"I see!" Zhu Yijun was thorough at one point, blinked, laughed evilly, and pointed at Zhang Youdao: "You kid has a bad stomach, this is to let me dig a pit for your good Anda, right?" ”

Zhang You smiled and said: "A divided Mongolia can only echo the interests of our Ming Dynasty, and there is another benefit, which can imperceptibly make the leaders of various Mongolian tribes proud of being rewarded by our Ming Dynasty, and at the same time pass a message to them, those who follow the Ming Dynasty will have meat to eat, and those who oppose the Ming Dynasty will be beaten!" ”

"A good one's 'those who follow the great Ming will have meat to eat, and those who oppose the great Ming will be beaten with sticks,' so that they will definitely compete to flatter us, and those who have different intentions will be isolated." After saying this, Zhu Yijun said with some emotion: "What kind of grassland are you going to, with your suggestion, the northern affairs can be decided!" ”

Zhang You was not as optimistic as Zhu Yijun, and said: "Your Majesty, don't think about it so simply, the key depends on the attitude of those civil officials...... In fact, now our Ming Dynasty has an advantage in foreign affairs, first, we have a strong military force as a backup. Second, we have the economic sanction of mutual market. As long as these two items are well utilized, there will be no major disputes in northern Xinjiang! ”

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"Your Majesty said these two well! Even pulling and pulling is really an excellent means to deal with the northern Tartars...... Although Weichen also vaguely thought of these, he did not have the accuracy of His Majesty's summary, which is really admirable! Zhang Juzheng praised sincerely, but also a little puzzled, these words are a bit like what a student can say, he is as smart as he can be, but after all, there are few things, such a fair and honest conspiracy, he should not be able to think of it.

Zicheng is possible, but it's just ...... He didn't know that Zhang You had returned to Beijing safely, and his mood suddenly became heavy.

"What Lord Taifu said is that the two items that Your Majesty just said can be set as a national policy for foreign affairs in the future." Zhang Siwei also said, and then changed the conversation: "It's about the trial revision of tariffs in various horse cities, and Weichen doesn't agree. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Siwei with a smile, he was in a good mood, everything was as Zhang You expected, but the praise of the two just now made him a little ashamed.

"The Zhangjiakou incident was caused by the magistrate's arbitrary increase in taxes, and although there is a White Lotus cult in it, it is also related to the boiling of public resentment. The ancestral commercial tax is thirty taxes one, in fact, Taizu was born poor, sympathetic to the good intentions of Li Shu in the world, so that the wealth can be hidden in the people, the people are grateful to Dade, there will be no chaos, if the tax is raised for no reason, it will inevitably cause the people to be dissatisfied...... Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat, and the master must not ignore it. ”

"What Master Zhang said is too serious, right?" Zhu Yijun smiled and looked at Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household: "Zhang Dasinong, what do you think?" ”

This is a court meeting presided over by the emperor himself, similar to the enlarged meeting of the later political * governance * bureau * , and the cabinet auxiliary ministers and six ministries and nine secretaries are all listed.

The so-called court meeting is a kind of uniform used by the imperial court to discuss major matters, at the beginning, it was presided over by the emperor, after Yingzong, most of the successive emperors lived in seclusion, and the court meeting was basically presided over by cabinet ministers or various ministers. It is the first time that Zhu Yijun has personally presided over the court meeting, and the ministers are not only novel, but also more happy - the emperor is diligent in political affairs, this is the appearance of the British lord!

However, as Zhu Yijun talked eloquently, everyone's thoughts gradually became different, some were happy and some were worried.

Zhang Siwei is indeed very happy, the more independent Zhu Yijun is, the more dangerous Zhang Juzheng is, and the greater the chance for him to replace him.

Zhang Juzheng is also very happy, he may be greedy for power, but in comparison, he is more willing to see his students really grow.

The Ming Dynasty needs a wise monarch who has his own unique views and can firmly implement them, and the monarch's power does need to be restrained, but if the emperor who is high above him becomes an echo worm above the minister, it may not be a good thing for a country.

Sometimes, centralizing power in one person is not only significant, but also necessary.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that although the various reforms he made had the support of the emperor and the empress dowager of the two palaces, if they were implemented by the emperor himself, the elbow would be much smaller.

It is true that he is the head of the cabinet, but what the imperial court has given him is actually the right to communicate with the upper and lower levels, and he still has no way to decide many things on his own.

His political acumen was unquestionable, so he saw at a glance the great significance of the taxation of the horse market and the co-ordination of a special department of the household department, which on the surface was the emperor's attempt to increase the income of the imperial court, but in essence, it was a major message that the emperor was willing to delegate some financial power.

Money is hard currency, whoever has money has a straight waist, why can't Zhang Siwei understand this truth?

He is a little contemptuous, and he still wants to replace himself with such an enlightenment? If you really do the first assistant, what will happen to the world?

"Long live the candle shining thousands of miles, and your subordinates raised their hands in agreement...... Songjiang floods, Zhili, Shanxi and Shandong drought, thousands of miles of red land, starvation all over the wilderness, Weichen is worried that there is no place to get money, long live this move, just to solve the urgent need, there will be this kind of thing in the future, there is no need to be stretched, it is a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people! ”

Zhu Yijun smiled: "Dasi Nong's heart of love for the people is really moving me, so let's do it, in this battle of Black Mountain Pass, a total of more than 500,000 taels of silver money was seized, in addition to taking out 100,000 taels for rewarding ****, all the rest will be sent to the household department, and the special funds will be used for special purposes, and your household department will send a commissioner to unite the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhili and other provinces, and escort the silver two to various places for disaster relief!" ”

"Long live the wise!" Zhang Xueyan was overjoyed, and was the first to kneel on the ground to thank him, and the rest of the people also knelt on the ground when they saw this.

Looking at the important ministers who sincerely bowed down, Zhu Yijun finally understood the meaning of Zhang You's sentence - good steel is used on the blade, and money is the same, and the money that should be spent must not be reluctant.

He was very excited, stood up from the dragon chair, and said word by word: "Don't be in a hurry to thank you, if one or two of these silver are not used, I will not be soft when I kill people!" (Once Literature Network,)