The reappointment of the Empress Dowager was only the appetizer for the small court meeting.
Naturally, no one objected.
The hall fell into endless silence once again. Only Zhu Youtang was quietly reading the memorial on the couch.
Liu Jian raised his head and stared at Zhu Youtang's side profile.
He was really looking forward to the new emperor.
Some of the memorials submitted by the cabinet needed to be dealt with immediately, while others needed to be dealt with slowly.
He wanted to see what Zhu Youtang would choose.
After an unknown period of time, Zhu Youtang closed the booklet.
"Minister Zhou, you are the Minister of Revenue. How much is the balance of the Great Ming's treasury?”
Zhou Hongmo was prepared for this, so he said unhurriedly,""By the end of Chenghua, the Great Ming Country had seven hundred thousand taels of silver in storage.”
Zhu Youtang didn't continue to ask him and turned to Liu Jian.""Grand Secretary Liu, according to Great Ming's years of tax collection, how much do you think our Great Ming's treasury silver balance last year was?”
Liu Jian was able to enter the cabinet and become the chief assistant, so he was naturally familiar with these things."Replying to the emperor, according to the number of years, our Ming Dynasty's national treasury should have at least six million taels of silver.”
Zhu Youtang nodded." Elder Xie, Elder Li, what do you think?"”
Xie Qian and Li Dongyang agreed with Liu Jian.
Zhu Youtang nodded." The 7.3 million taels of military expenditure owed by Jiubian have not been paid off yet. The three million taels of silver borrowed from the people for military expenditure by the Ministry of War have not been paid off yet."”
"Half a month."
"Zhen will give you half a month of the cabinet. Zhen wants to see six million taels of silver in the national treasury.”
When Zhu Youtang finished speaking, the hall was so silent that a pin drop could be heard.
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's expressions changed slightly.
The three foxes suddenly felt that they had been tricked by Zhu Youtang.
For the first time, Liu Jian felt a little flustered.
He had dealt with the Chenghua Emperor before. In the early stages of Chenghua, politics was still considered open-minded. Even so, the Chenghua Emperor's methods were not as swift and decisive as the new emperor!
In half a month, the cabinet would gather six million taels of silver.
The new emperor's appetite…was really big!
But what should he do?
Even if the cabinet was a god, they wouldn't be able to produce silver.
Liu Jian was a little flustered. He did not dare to not take on this burden.
If he didn't accept it, how could he continue to be the chief assistant of the cabinet?
The emperor had always relied on them as important officials of the country, but if he could not share the burden of the emperor, what use was he, Liu Jian?
A sense of fear suddenly overwhelmed Liu Jian's heart, as if Zhu Youtang had pinched his life door, and he could not resist at all.
Imperial power!
This was the power of an emperor! The young emperor actually surpassed his master!
"Your Majesty, the summer grain has not been released yet. We cannot collect taxes. This…" Liu Jian braced himself and said.
Zhu Youtang threw the memorial over.”
"I will lend you the East Chamber for half a month."
Hit him with a stick and give him a date.
Ever since Zhu Youtang obtained the Emperor System, he had used this kind of imperial power to the extreme.
Zhu Youtang still said these two sentences casually. If a new official came, he wouldn't even know what Zhu Youtang wanted to express.
However, the three cabinet elders and the six ministers trembled.
Greed, East Chamber…
Tian Zi was going to crack down on corrupt practices!
Who could tell how many people would be implicated and how much bloodshed would be set off?
As long as the emperor did not stop them, there would be no clean people in the imperial court!
The life and death of the ministers depend on Zhu Youtang's thought!
It was almost noon, and Zhu Youtang didn't ask them to stay for lunch.
"Alright, three Pavilion Elders, don't disappoint Zhen. Go, come find Zhen again if you have any difficulties.”
Liu Jian led the six departments out of Yangxin Palace Hall.
Why did he come looking for you?
Liu Jian looked terrified. If it wasn't for something serious, he swore that he wouldn't have come to Yangxin Palace Hall.
Who knew what kind of mission he would get next?
Now, if anyone dared to treat the new emperor as an ordinary young man, they would probably die without knowing how!
Liu Jian suddenly shivered.
A young man who was no more than seventeen years old, where did he learn such imperial power? Why was it so terrifying?
"Grand Secretary Liu, this is the first time I've seen you so shocked.”
The Minister of Revenue, Zhou Hongmo, teased him, but his smile carried a hint of helplessness.
Liu Jian looked at him angrily. I didn't even dare to breathe when I saw that you weren't any better!”
The cabinet and the six divisions exchanged a glance and sighed. They didn't know whether to feel happy or terrified.
But no matter what, the ambition of the new emperor was not small. This was unquestionable!
Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang didn't dare to delay and quickly prepared to investigate the corruption.
……
Yangxin Palace Hall.
Zhang Min, the seal of the ceremony supervisor, packed up the memorials for Zhu Youtang and sealed them.
"Your Majesty, this is the first time this old servant has seen Liu Duan, Li Mou, and Xie Kankan in a difficult position."”
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian were famous outside and were called Liu Gongduan, Li Gongmou, and Xie Gongyou by the people.
It meant that Liu Jian was good at decisiveness, Li Dongyang was good at strategy, and Xie Qian was talkative.
"Are you very familiar with them?" Zhu Youtang asked faintly.”
Thud.
Zhang Minxin's heart suddenly jumped to his throat. The booklet in his hand fell on the table, and he hurriedly wanted to kneel.
Zhu Youtang waved his hand.”
" Reporting to the Emperor," Zhang Min hurriedly said," I was very close to the Third Pavilion Elder before, but I've already explained it to them just now."”
He didn't dare to lie to Zhu Youtang about these things. The wisest choice was to tell him the truth.
Zhu Youtang nodded and said to himself,"Six million taels of silver is enough to put the cabinet in such a difficult position.”
"What if I want ten million?"
The cabinet thought that Zhu Youtang's appetite was only six million, but they did not know that Zhu Youtang wanted more than six million.!
"Call Wynne over."
"Yes," Zhang Min hurriedly said.
After a while, Wynne rushed over.""Emperor, this servant is here."
Zhu Youtang was expressionless." When you assist Liu Jian in handling the case, copy a copy of the imperial clan's salary and land deeds for me."”
"Yes."
Huai 'en's heart was high. The Emperor was…going to stab the imperial clan!
Zhu Youtang looked at Huai 'en." Paper paste three cabinet elders, clay sculpture six ministers, investigate them all for me. Don't be afraid of implicating them."”
"This matter must be covered up tightly. The six departments of the cabinet have spoken. If anyone dares to leak the news, don't blame this one for not paying attention to feelings.”
Wynne's heart began to tremble.
The prestige of the East Chamber natives would resound throughout Northern Zhili tonight!
His name, Cao Huai 'en, would make the court and the martial world tremble on this night!
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