"But in my eyes, business is also indispensable.”
"I want to establish the Ming Navy, so silver is indispensable.”
When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he bowed and said,
"During this period of time, His Majesty has started the various constructions of the empire, and the national treasury is already empty. Where can I find silver for His Majesty?”
"This is something you need to worry about. No matter what method you use, zhen only wants silver!
"You guys go and think of ideas for Zhen. Zhen wants the country to be stable and the agriculture to have a bumper harvest!”
" We also need an abundant treasury that can fight tough battles and feed an army of a million…"
However!
I want to spend money.
No money! Your cabinet will come out!
When the emperor acted shamelessly, it was fatal…
After Zhu Houzhen gave Zhang Juzheng the order, he waved at Gao Gong and Xu Jie.
"Your Majesty, aren't you making things difficult for me? The emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce have always been the country's inheritance. How can we reform as officials?
"Your Majesty, if we lift the ban on commerce, I'm afraid we'll be despised by the aristocrats in the world…"
Before Gao Gong finished his sentence.
Zhu Zaihou said,"
"This is something you need to consider. I only want silver and a perfect solution!”
Lu Fang, the seal eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, had been watching from the side. He had been covering his mouth and laughing.
In his eyes, this was a battle.
In the battle between the cabinet and the emperor, no matter what, the cabinet would be the unlucky one in the end.
After all, the cabinet was responsible for the operation of the entire empire…
Zhu Zaihou left the imperial garden first, leaving Gao Gong and Xu Jie standing there.
Now, it really came true.
If he had known this would happen, he would not have come to the imperial garden on the pretext of illness.
Every time he came, he would find a bunch of difficult problems for himself.
Now, the emperor had thrown another mess to them.
During this period of time, the emperor had spent all the money in the national treasury. Now, he could not hold on any longer.
There would definitely not be any changes to the agricultural tax…
Was he really going to reform the business?
However, since the Emperor had already issued an edict, they could only do as they were told.
"Lord Zhang," Gao Gong asked Zhang Juzheng,"in your opinion, how should we deal with them?"”
Xu Jie asked.
"Corrupted officials sell their official positions for money. Now, His Majesty wants to lift the ban on commerce.”
"It seems that His Majesty has eaten a rock and is determined!”
Zhang Juzheng: " Anyway, the ban on commerce is about to be lifted. Let's reset the tax on various items.”
" I'll fill the emptiness in the national treasury and let His Majesty be happy for a few days…"
"Lord Zhang, what's the difference between your method and selling your official position?!”
Gao Gong's expression changed drastically.
"Of course there is a difference. Selling an official position is dereliction of duty, but selling a part of the goods is management power.”
"It's just an experiment…If it doesn't work, we'll take it back.”
"Then we can only start with the water transport…first, the ban on merchant ships in the canal…"
Zhang Juzheng began to think about lifting the ban on commerce step by step in order to satisfy the little emperor's big appetite.
They racked their brains to figure out where to deduct some silver to fill the deficit in the national treasury.
And wondering how to sell the power of water transport
In exchange for the greatest profit.
However, they could not let the water transport lose control.
While Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were busy.
Zhu Zaihou took out a bamboo fishing rod.
On the other side of the imperial garden, he was fishing for koi, leisurely and carefree…
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