The Minister of War, Liu Daxia, also stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao,""His Highness the Crown Prince said that he wanted to use the power of the country to replace the merchants.”
"If I may be so bold, who are you going to use to transport it? The southeastern army was responsible for defending against the Japanese pirates.”
"The army in the southwest is defending against the rebellion of the chieftains, and the local government is even more lacking in manpower. If we temporarily transfer migrant workers, it will be a huge expenditure.”
"The funds of the imperial court have already been prepared for the project budget last year. Where can we take out the extra money to hire migrant workers and bear the transportation costs?”
After Liu Daxia finished speaking, he cupped his fists and bowed to Zhu Youtang."Emperor, the Crown Prince is actively participating in politics. It's a good thing that the system is weak.”
Emperor Hongzhi nodded.
However, Zhu Houzhao spoke up again," Lord Liu, you are the Head of the Six Ministries. Is this how you think of helping the country? You can only come up with these countermeasures that everyone knows?”
Liu Daxia's face turned red as he protested stubbornly,""This subject is incompetent, please give me some pointers, Your Highness.”
"Alright, then I'll give you some pointers." Zhu Houzhao said bluntly.”
Liu Daxia was speechless.
"The local government, the defense army, and the transfer of migrant workers are all not desirable. Doesn't the imperial court have other resources?”
"What about the relay stations in Jiangnan?"
"Your Highness!" Liu Daxia hurriedly said. Enough! Stop fooling around!"
"The relay station is in charge of delivering the national military intelligence and other important matters.”
Zhu Houzhao took out three more booklets.
Again?
And this time, it was even more than before.
How much preparation had he done?
For a moment, Liu Daxia couldn't tell whether he should praise Zhu Houzhao for his diligence or scold him for his nonsense.
"This is the data bengong obtained from your Ministry of War, Ministry of Personnel, and Ministry of Revenue.”
"Starting from the first year of Hongzhi, other than the southwest, southeast Zhejiang, and Fujian, which had more military intelligence, the rest of the relay stations in the Chief Secretary's prefectures and counties were mostly idle. During the 15-year period, a total of 35 letters were sent to the Mutiny Pond.
In addition, there were a total of 116 relay stations in Jiangnan, with 53 relay station officials and 1235 petty officials and long-term workers registered by the imperial court.
According to the Ministry of Revenue's statistics, the imperial court needs to spend nearly fifty thousand taels of silver to provide for these people…"
When Zhu Houzhao reported the data, all the officials in the Hall of Heaven's Tribute were dumbfounded.
After Zhu Houzhao spread out the data, it was clearly reflected in their eyes.
They all quoted the data of the Ministry of Revenue and the other three departments. These data could be said to be very authoritative.
Zhu Houzhao questioned," The courier stations in Jiangnan are paid a lot every year. How many of them are idle? The imperial court supports so many idlers, but they do nothing. Haven't you noticed, Minister of War?"”
Liu Daxia was speechless.
To be reasonable, this was somewhat unreasonable.
I am the Prime Minister of the Ministry of War, how would I have the time to pay attention to such inconspicuous data?
Besides, the people below didn't summarize these things for him to see.
Many things could be concluded with a little analysis. However, some people could analyze and understand how to combine it with national affairs, while others could not think of it.
If Su Ce hadn't told Zhu Houzhao that he could extract data from the three books for analysis, Zhu Houzhao wouldn't have been able to think of anything.
Now that Zhu Houzhao saw the shocked looks of the various chiefs, he admired Su Ce even more.
This was something that even the six departments of the cabinet couldn't detect, but this little brother had analyzed it so thoroughly and hit the nail on the head. This was no longer just superior skill, but the entire court's officials were being held down in the ground!
For a moment, the hall fell into absolute silence once again. Everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock.
Even Emperor Hongzhi could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Preparedness meant failure. No one had ever paid attention to these matters and these losses. In fact, there was no need to look at them. As long as one had the heart, they could analyze them from the data.
However, the Cabinet never analyzed it.
If not for the Crown Prince…Wait!
Why is my son becoming more and more outstanding? How did he know all these things?
It was not surprising that he knew how to analyze data. What shocked Emperor Hongzhi was…why did he analyze it? Why did he take the initiative to analyze it?
Yang Tinghe again?
Emperor Hongzhi thought about many things in his heart, and his expression could not help but turn solemn. He asked the three cabinet elders in a dignified manner,"Grand Secretary Liu, you are the Prime Minister. Please explain the Crown Prince's views for me.”
Liu Jian cupped his fists and stepped forward. He solemnly said,"Replying to the emperor, this official believes that His Highness the Crown Prince has put in a lot of effort for the country and has thought a lot, which has also benefited this old official a lot.”
"Your Highness 'analysis is not a path that we can take.”
"Now, the weakening of the system is already a certainty. Although this is a Chen law set by the ancestors, Emperor Taizu did not say that it could not be abolished.”
"When generals fight, if they follow the script, they will only end up defeated in the end. The rule of the country should also be flexible. If they encounter a problem and can solve the problem but don't do it, then the country will be in danger.”
Li Gong's strategy, Liu Gong's decision, Xie Gong especially eloquent.
This was the temperament of the three cabinet elders of the Hongzhi Dynasty, and it was also the nature that the later generations gave them.
It was said that Liu Gong and Liu Jian were good at making decisions.
Emperor Hongzhi nodded in agreement.""Duke Liu is an old man, so the Crown Prince's suggestion is not bad.”
"Does everyone have any objections?”
Who would dare to step forward and oppose?
The Crown Prince had placed everything in front of you. If you wanted to object, you would first have to refute this set of data. However, this data was calculated by the three departments. If anyone stepped forward to refute it, wouldn't they be offending everyone in the three departments?
Emperor Hongzhi nodded again and said,""Abolishing the open system and replacing the nine-sided grain transportation with the courier station seems to be a policy that is beneficial to the country's development. However, we are afraid of errors in implementation. Your cabinet should implement it well and not make any mistakes.”
The Third Cabinet Elder hurriedly cupped his fists and said,""We obey your orders!"
"You can go back and discuss the details. I only want to see the results.”
"We respectfully send the emperor long live.”
Zhu Youtang smiled and greeted Zhu Houzhao,""My son, come and help me walk."
"Alright."
Zhu Houzhao happily helped Emperor Hongzhi out of the Hall of Heaven's Tribute.
Everyone in the hall had different expressions.
"Yang Tinghe went to the Ministry of War to retrieve information today.”
"He also went to the Ministry of Personnel Affairs."
"It's the same."
The Three Department Heads looked at each other and took a deep breath. They were certain that…Yang Tinghe had taught the Crown Prince again!
Only the Third Pavilion Elder smiled faintly, as if he had guessed the other party's thoughts.
How was this an idea that Yang Tinghe had come up with on behalf of the Crown Prince? What a bunch of idiots. This was clearly the Emperor's wisdom, yet they couldn't even see through it?
It was the Emperor who instructed the Crown Prince!
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