Chapter 200: The situation is completely frozen
The courtiers above the court all felt that the sky was falling, this Zhu Jie was too crazy, three million taels of silver, just take it out, this is white silver!
One million taels is used for river work and relief, and one million taels is used to prepare for the construction of a money village, which will be the cash machine of the imperial court in the future; There are also one million taels used to make firearms for the royal mines, and in the blink of an eye, Zhu Jie has become a poor egg again!
Chongzhen on the dragon chair is now shocked and his mouth is trembling! Three million taels, Zhu Jie used it so generously on the court, everything has a huge help to the court!
"No, no!"
Chongzhen replied with difficulty, he didn't dare to accept it, a monarch accepted the benefits of three million taels of silver from his courtiers like this, and now Chongzhen was so excited that he was embarrassed, accept? Then what do you need the treasury for? What else do you want to do with the head of the household? Even if Zhu Jie is brave and loyal, he will definitely not be able to accept it, if this is the case, how will he face the ministers in the future?
"Aiqing, I will understand your intentions, but now that the year is over, in more than half a month, the taxes of the provinces will be paid, and according to your suggestion, the salt and tea quotations of the Ming Dynasty have all been recovered, and you can immediately carry out public purchases, and then the entire imperial court will be abundant, and it will not be so difficult, even if you want to open mines and manufacture firearms, I can also take out a large amount of silver to support you!"
Chongzhen replied.
Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, this is different, mining and manufacturing firearms are placed in the hands of the imperial court, the efficiency is too low, and it is not enough at all, just talking about artillery, in a year's time, Lord Tang Ruowang only made thirty cannons, such a number is too low, and it is inconvenient to move, it cannot play a key role in the war at all, the minister invites his own private mines, firearms, to equip the imperial army, the minister is confident that at least one hundred artillery pieces will be manufactured and produced every year, as for the musket, at least five thousand guns per year, We still have the Hongmao flood in the southeast, and we will build warships in the future, so important affairs are the affairs, and I really don't know if there is any other lord in the court who can bear such a heavy burden......"
Chongzhen hasn't said anything yet, the courtiers are all gone, I know that you Zhu Jie is capable, but you can't look down on all of us, right? Outrageous!
"Your Majesty! The minister thinks that whether it is mining or firearms, they are all important weapons of the military state, and when it comes to the stability of the country, how can it be handed over to private people? What's more, Zhu Jie has a heavy army, if he masters a large amount of steel and firearms, then even if he rebels, it will not take much effort, and the minister resolutely opposes the emperor handing over the mining rights and firearms to Zhu Jie to prepare! Zhu Jie is ill-intentioned and ill-intentioned! ”
Chen Biqian, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, stood up and shouted loudly. As the squire of the Ministry of Industry, the Firearms Bureau and the War Bureau are the two institutions under the direct jurisdiction of Chen Biqian, and now Zhu Jie directly denounces the lack of artillery and firearms, so isn't he directly targeting the Ministry of Industry and himself? This is a slap in the face in front of so many colleagues!
"Lord Chen, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. Even if these mining and firearms institutions are organized, won't they be the emperor's? Isn't it Daming's? If, as you said, all the armies in the world can only be handed over to the emperor alone, in order to ensure that the Ming Dynasty will last for generations, and there are dozens of general soldiers in the world, which one of them has a large army in his hands, is everyone scheming and trying to rebel? These firearms and mines are in the hands of this official, you say that this official has bad intentions, then the firearms bureau, the war bureau and even the shipbuilding bureau are all in the hands of Lord Chen, so Lord Chen is now the first person with ill intentions, right? ”
Zhu Jie's face was full of ridicule, these people not only do not do things, but also pull other people's legs to prevent others from doing it, it is really hateful to the extreme, if the murder is not guilty, Zhu Jie will cut this old boy back now!
"You!"
Chen Biqian's face turned red, and he shouted: "How can this be generalized, this official is ordered by the emperor to control firearms, the War Bureau, and the Shipbuilding Bureau, this is the responsibility of the War Department, what about you, you have to prepare for the Firearms Bureau, the War Bureau, this is your own, you are not harboring evil intentions, what is it?" ”
"Your Majesty, the ministers also oppose handing over firearms, armor and other military heavy weapons to Zhu Jie for private manufacturing!"
"Your Majesty, the ministers are also against it!"
"Your Majesty, the ministers are also against it!"
At least a dozen civil and military officials in the court jumped out again, and even Fang Yuegong looked at Zhu Jie worriedly, his heart was full of helplessness, this guy, how could the firearms and mining affairs be handed over to private individuals? Once there is a rebellion, it is a great thing! Even if you are loyal, the emperor will not take such a risk!
Even Fang Yuegong didn't support Zhu Jie's matter, there are a million taels of silver, what are you doing?
Zhu Jie smiled coldly, looked at Chongzhen, and waited for Chongzhen's reply.
Chongzhen's brows furrowed, what the courtiers said was not unreasonable, but if he really rejected Zhu Jie, wouldn't it have cooled the courtiers' enthusiasm?
"Your Majesty, even if you agree with Zhu Jie to prepare for firearms mining, you must make an order, even if your will is given, our six departments will be jointly refuted! Such a ridiculous thing is absolutely not allowed to happen in the imperial court! ”
Zhang Jinyan said fiercely in the middle of the matter, your emperor has the power to make an order, but our six departments have the power to refute the matter, and without the consent of our six departments, any will will will not work!
The system of sealing and refutation is the closest system to modern times in ancient China, and I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di's brain burned out, and he worked out something similar to the separation of powers and checks and balances, and the benefits were not seen, anyway, things that made Chongzhen constrained everywhere often happened, and now, the six departments have once again put the hoop spell on Chongzhen's head!
Chongzhen's face was pale, threatening, these Wenchen began to play with intimidation again, once they encountered something unpleasant to them, they would come to this hand and refute the will! However, once all six departments are jointly refuted in the matter, then their own will will will not work!
Fang Kezhuang looked at Zhu Jie with a sneer, finally someone gave Lao Tzu a sigh of relief, this time I want to see how you Zhu Jie can turn the tide, we just don't agree, if you have the ability, you will bite us, just a guard dog of the emperor!
"Zhang Jinyan, what if I have to carry out this matter......"
Chongzhen's voice was a little hoarse, obviously his anger had been ignited again, this was a naked challenge to the imperial power!
"The ministers and others will collectively resign, and they will no longer care about the government and politics!"
Zhang Jinyan made a look, and all the six departments stood up in the matter, took off the black gauze hat, and put it on the ground!
The situation is completely frozen!