The emperor suppressed the court discussion on the complex, but at the court meeting, such a national policy was delayed for one day, two days, and still had to be discussed in the end.
It was discussed a few days ago that the imperial court will allocate 1.8 million taels for river construction in the second year of Zhengde and 4 million taels for the first phase of road construction.
The library garden project will be officially launched this year, and it is initially estimated that it will require 800,000 taels of silver.
Last year, the Emperor of the Great Dynasty overcame all opinions and requested to re-establish the Shenji camp of the Yongle period, with a scale of 5,600 people per guard. This year, he needs to continue to allocate 600,000 taels of silver.
Of course, we cannot forget the official horse ranch that needs continued construction.
In the 18th year of Hongzhi, the imperial court made great efforts to renovate Anding Garden and restored it to Shangyuan with 10,000 horses per year. In the first year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao allocated another 300,000 yuan in silver for the restoration of Hui'an Garden.
Last year at the Great Court Meeting, Wang Zhen, the minister of Taipu Temple, guaranteed that Hui'an Garden would have 5,000 horses by the end of the year. In fact, Yang Yiqing bought 5,600 horses in the end.
The gradual recovery of the official horse ranch supported the expansion of the Ming cavalry.
Today, there are 9 official horse ranches in the Ming Dynasty, with 204,000 hectares of pasture, an increase of 36,000 hectares last year, and 34,000 war horses are raised every year.
Hui'an Court will be fully constructed this year, and it is estimated that there will be 8,800 horses per year.
During this court meeting, the emperor allocated another 400,000 taels of silver to continue the construction of two Zhongyuan horse farms in Wending and Anyuan.
Regarding the horses, Zhu Houzhao had to think hard. The reason why he only appropriated 400,000 taels of silver was actually because all the horses at the eight racecourses in Shaanxi were sold.
Even Yang Yiqing spent money to buy it.
Therefore, Taipu Temple itself had money, and the imperial court allowed that the excess silver did not have to be handed over for the time being. It could decide to expand the horse farm on its own, just to circle a pasture, which needed to be reported to the imperial court.
In addition, in order to alleviate the shortage of horses in the Central Plains, Zhu Houzhao also supported the mutual purchase of horses with the Western Regions.
It can be considered a variety of ways.
But that's probably it.
In the cold weapon age, horses were quite a headache. Because once there is a large-scale war, hundreds of thousands of horses will suddenly be needed, but if there is no war, there will be no need for so many horses.
In order to maintain military strength, the finances had to support so many horses, but which feudal dynasty could afford them? To put it bluntly, people are still hungry. So once there is peace, the number of horses will continue to decline.
Of course, when horses are needed for military activities, they will naturally realize that they are not enough.
This was exactly the case in the middle of the dynasty of Zhu Houzhao. He was already planning to count the number of horses in the country. He didn't even know how many horses the Ming Dynasty had preserved.
Anyway, we have to solve the problem now, first provide the horses that the cavalry wants.
Overall, the imperial court has to pay 7.4 million taels of silver this year.
Zhu Houzhao didn't feel bad, but he couldn't spend the money carelessly. When he faced the ministers, he roughly counted it, "The court has spent so much money on river construction, road construction, library garden, racecourse, and Shenji camp. The results have been seen. The river work has been returned to the Ministry of Industry, the road construction and the library garden have been returned to the Shaofu, the racecourse has been returned to the Ministry of War, and the Shenji Camp has been personally handled by me. Your ministers should track the progress of these things, not every month, but every three months You have to submit a memorial to me and report the situation. This will take about three times by the end of the year..."
The ministers thought that the emperor had arrived here.
As a result, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands behind his back and said, "At the third time, I will send an imperial envoy to conduct verification and acceptance."
No matter how useful they are, these methods will work anyway.
You can't build no fences at all, that would have no bottom line.
"If the acceptance is passed, the imperial envoy will sign for confirmation. If something big happens in the future, I will only look for the person who signed it. If it fails, I will look for the minister in charge of the matter."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
As mentioned above, the feudal dynasty was not without power. How could a big country that created such a splendid civilization, spread over millions of square kilometers of land, and have tens of millions of people, be so powerless?
The key is to see how the power is used.
Zhu Houzhao has not approved the construction of any palaces so far, and even celebrated his birthday simply. And he is trying his best to use the experience of later generations to bring something different.
There is really nothing he can do about corruption among officials. The only thing we can do is to use capable ministers as much as possible, and get one thing done if it can be done.
Throughout the dynasties, once the mid-term period is reached, corrupt officials are an inevitable phenomenon.
Smart people have exploited the loopholes in various policy designs. In fact, some emperors have tried to change this situation. For example, Jiaqing after Qianlong.
In the later years of Qianlong's reign, corruption in the country had deteriorated. After Jiaqing came to the throne, he was also dedicated to fighting corruption. The result was a decade of frustration and basically no results.
It can only be said that the wisdom of ordinary people is infinite.
Just like Uncle Wei Ning, he felt that he was strictly following Taipu Temple's various symptoms of horse treatment requirements, and no matter what he expected, the officials below would have changed the horses long ago.
When the people of Gu'an County saw that the county government had issued a notice to withdraw from civilian herding, many people were happy to hand over their broken horses and ignore them. As a result, those big families who usually bullied the villagers wanted to change their horses!
What a blessing!
Zhu Houzhao actually knew that there were still hot spots in Ming Dynasty, at least in Beizhili.
The meeting has reached this stage, and many issues have come to an end. However, the complex set is still being pressed. Even so, it cannot be pressed all the time.
The night of the fifth day.
The emperor suddenly summoned the cabinet, six ministries and nine ministers, as well as the most important ministers such as Duke Yingying and Duke Chengguo at starry night.
There is nothing else to do on the sixth day, and I must make it clear tonight.
When more than a dozen people arrived, Zhu Houzhao finally said, "There is a memorial that I have carried in my arms for several days. After reading it, I was heartbroken and couldn't sleep at night."
The emperor said this.
Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Yiqing, Wang Hao and Ying Gong were in the first row and all knelt down.
"The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, especially the cabinet as the head of the officials. If he fails to relieve the monarch's worries, it is the crime of his ministers."
"Mr. Li Ge. On the first day, you advised me to stop the troops and calm the people. Logically speaking, I have no reason to disagree with such a proposal. But do you know why I have persisted until today?"
Of course the ministers were puzzled.
Zhu Houzhao raised the memorandum in his hand and said, "The answers are all here. In counties that have withdrawn from the herdsmanship, people still beg along the streets. There are frozen bones on the road, which is shocking. In the past, I didn't even hear about it. So I'm not sure, is it right? The imperial court has spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and after it completely withdraws from the people and animal husbandry, the people will really be able to live a good life."
Based on past experience, everyone knows that tonight is no small matter. For a while, he was somewhat silent.
Zhu Houzhao could tell something, "You don't have to be afraid. What I said today is not the fault of all the ministers, I have it too. Liu Jin, please show this memorial to everyone."
Liu Jin naturally knew what it was,
It was Gu Renyi, the county magistrate from Sichuan who didn't know where he came from.
However, this matter involves many things. Emperor, does he really want this?
"Your Majesty...?" Liu Jin knelt down, "Last year, the imperial court fought a war with the Tatars. This year, the little prince may raise troops to retaliate. And the land of the capital is related to the world. If it is in chaos, the world will be shocked!"
Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and urged: "Go! I know what's going on."
The so-called affairs of Huangzhuang and Guanzhuang were also considered to be a major issue in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Many famous ministers wrote memorials to the emperor asking him to return the Zhuang farmland. It's just that several emperors of the Ming Dynasty ignored it.
But Zhu Houzhao was not really named Zhu. He wanted to be the emperor for the sake of the Han people and the culture of this land.
(End of chapter)
