This operation, which seemed very absurd in the eyes of the ministers, actually had Zhu Qiyu's careful consideration in it.
Allocating the income from internal funds to the household department can play a role in establishing a personality for the new monarch and establishing trust in the new monarch. Let the civil and military officials of the dynasty and the people of the world see the emperor's public heart for the country and the people.
Secondly, it can strengthen the financial resources of the Ministry of Household Affairs and prepare for the next tax reduction and disaster relief.
War must be fought, and the territory given away by Xuanzong and Sanyang must be recovered; but recuperation and recuperation must also be carried out simultaneously.
If you want to grab it with both hands, both hands must be hard, then you must restrict the royal family's various extravagant and lustful behaviors.
Frankly speaking, Zhu Qizhen did a pretty good job in terms of daily expenses during his years in power: he neither overhauled the palace nor excessively rewarded people with excessive gifts. Whether it is the concubines in the palace or the concubines' families, their treatment is relatively poor compared with the previous dynasties.
However, Zhu Qizhen was only frugal on his own, but he did it entirely on his own initiative and did not carry out reforms in the system.
What Zhu Qiyu wanted to do was to completely separate the internal funds from the court's expenditures, significantly lay off the internal staff, and reduce the royal family's expenditures.
Then use the money saved to strengthen the country and support the people.
The ministers are very supportive of this. Even if the money cannot go into their own pockets, the ministers can still benefit.
After all, when you reach the level of the top civil servants, you are not only seeking money, but also power and fame.
If the emperor and his ministers can really work together, we can revive the Ming Dynasty. The ministers present can not only firmly consolidate their current status by relying on their political achievements, but also gain the reputation of famous ministers of ZTE even after their death.
Since there are so many benefits, why not do it.
After talking about this, Zhu Qiyu planned to leave the court and go back to his room to continue playing with women. Now a large number of his cronies have gone on an expedition, taking most of their personal guards with them.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu felt that it was better to stay in the house obediently. Only when the 20,000 battalion state guards guarding Zijin Pass completed their mission of guarding the pass and went to Beijing to garrison, could he regain a sense of security.
Now there are only 5,000 Zhao Xuan's Yingzhou Central Guards in the capital, and more than 5,000 left-behind soldiers from Hao Yi's Royal Horse Guards Four Guards. The emperor's direct army only has a total of 10,000 people. To be honest, it is a bit risky.
Fortunately, from Emperor Taizong to Emperor Chongzhen, the nobles and generals did not seem to openly rebel.
Moreover, the armies that were not directly related to the emperor were basically all organized into the East, West, and Central armies and traveled thousands of miles to fight.
Once there is any abnormal movement in the capital, Hao Yi's four imperial guards will immediately rush into the palace, imprison the queen mother, empress, prince and prince, and arrest them all.
So now the capital is empty, the emperor is afraid, and the queen mother is also afraid. This is called fighting a wolf with a straw, and both sides are afraid.
And Zhu Qiyu controlled 10,000 regular troops, had a righteous name in his hand, and had just established a huge prestige, so he obviously had an advantage.
This can also be regarded as a small temptation and test for political opponents. If someone really dares to rebel, it just happens to help the Queen Mother Sun lose her dignity. It would be good if she died in the rebellion.
Seeing the emperor getting up and preparing to go back to his room, Chen Xun hurriedly asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, now the eunuchs in charge of the ceremony and the admiral eunuchs of the Dongchang have gone to Wu Qingbo to supervise the army. There is no one to supervise the Dongchang and Jinyi guards, and there may be tiles in the city. The spies are causing trouble, please tell me how to prevent it?"
This question is really a test. Zhu Qiyu sat back after hearing this.
The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was very strict, and the Wala spies may not have much energy to cause chaos. Chen Xun's words were more to test the emperor's attitude towards Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
Civil servants were particularly afraid that the emperor would launch a large-scale factory guard.
However, Zhu Qiyu really has no such plan. Not only will he not reuse Dongchang and Jinyiwei now, even if the throne is stable and he has power in the future, he does not intend to let the factory guards become too prosperous.
The factory guards of the Ming Dynasty had three functions in total: protecting the royal family, conducting reconnaissance and arrests, and jailing and interrogating.
When it comes to protecting the emperor, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are just a bunch of trash. Zhu Qiyu had no intention of imprisoning, interrogating, and robbing civil servants.
For Zhu Qiyu, the role of factory guards is only one: to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance of the place.
Yes, they are monitoring the place. The capital has other arrangements and they do not need to monitor it.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu replied: "Let Shuntian Prefecture maintain law and order, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei should not interfere. After the war, I plan to gradually relocate some Jinyiwei to guard Nanjing. There are too many officers and soldiers in Beijing, which will cause problems for water transportation. The pressure is too much.
I also need to rebuild the Great Wall defense line in the north. This is quite expensive, so we can't waste money and food on raising idle people. "
Upon hearing the words 'raising leisure people', the ministers felt relieved. It turns out that this is how the emperor views Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so everyone knows for sure.
This is really what Zhu Qiyu said in his heart. The basis for Zhu Qiyu's actions is: In the strange Ming Dynasty, when you are indecisive, you must imitate Jiajing.
Jiajing and Wanli did not believe in Chongchangwei, but they were the two longest reigning emperors. It can be seen from this that reusing factory guards does not make the emperor safer.
Suppressing factory guards will not shorten the emperor's life.
At this time, the civil servants were not very mature yet. They just had to survive the Tumuba Incident and keep the military power from falling into the hands of the Ministry of War. Zhu Qiyu had no intention of purging the civil servants in the capital on a large scale. Even if he wanted to go to war with the civil servants, it would be a matter of succeeding the emperor.
One generation does its own thing, and Zhu Qiyu’s current task is to wipe the butts of Xuande and Zhengtong.
This was the emperor's last resort, he had to wipe it despite being sick. Even if his predecessor is a bastard, the current emperor cannot give up his job.
Not only those of Xuande and Zhengtong must be wiped, but those of Taizu and Taizong must also be wiped.
So Zhu Qiyu ordered: "The cabinet will draft an order to stop the printing and issuance of Ming Dynasty banknotes from now on, and formally explain it to the provinces, vassals, and vassal states."
Chen Xun heard this and quickly asked: "Your Majesty, after the abolition of the Ming Dynasty Bao Banknotes, what should I do with the Bao Banknotes currently in circulation? Although the Bao Banknotes now have almost no credibility at all and the transaction value is extremely low, it is still possible to abolish them rashly. It caused turmoil.
After all, these treasure banknotes may be nothing to the rich, but to the poor people, the sudden invalidation of the treasure banknotes is also a huge loss. "
Zhu Qiyu asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Who said that treasure banknotes will be invalidated? Isn't it clear what I just said? It is to stop the printing and issuance of new treasure banknotes.
Old banknotes can still be circulated. Since it is easy to cause misunderstandings, you should clearly state it in the edict that the court will take ten years to gradually recover the treasure banknotes.
When people pay taxes, they can use treasure banknotes to offset 20% of the tax amount every year. This policy will last for ten years, after which the banknotes will be completely abolished. "
Chen Xun asked in surprise: "Isn't your Majesty a disguised way of reducing taxes by 20% for the people? And it will last for ten years. Can the imperial court bear this burden?"
Zhu Qiyu teased: "Returning benefits to the people and recuperating, isn't this what Renxuan did in his heyday? I'm just following in the footsteps of Emperor Xuanzong.
You can just go ahead and do it, I will definitely get you money from other places, and I will get the money without touching the interests of the majority of people. "
(End of chapter)
