Emperor Chongzhen did have his own ideas regarding the opening of the sea to Tianjin, but this idea involved many levels.

Imperial court, local governments, water transportation, new tax laws, inspections, ticket numbers...

To elaborate briefly, through Tianjin's treaty port, we can initially activate closer economic circulation between the north and the south, clarify the order of unified specifications of banknotes, absorb the silver stored in private hoards, gradually improve productivity, stabilize foreign trade, and gradually expand trade in northern Xinjiang.

The port laid a solid foundation for the reorganization of the financial order, the implementation of new tax laws, and the development of the Ming Dynasty.

However, if we want to realize such ideas, we will face problems and obstacles one after another, so we must move forward steadily, one step at a time, to restore and enhance Ming's credibility and confidence.

"All we can do now is wait patiently."

Looking at the memorial in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting firmly on the dragon throne, softly exclaimed: "If we want to realize these things, the key is the group of European countries heading north.

Without this premise, trying to make these arrangements is pure fantasy and empty talk.

I hope Chen Yansheng can bring me more surprises, and don’t let this take too long.”

Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. Instead of thinking about this, it would be better to deal with the government affairs at hand first.

The idea is good.

Reality is bad.

If these bad things in reality are not corrected one by one, then no matter how many good ideas you have in the future, it will be impossible to implement them one by one.

Emperor Chongzhen picked up a memorial, his relaxed face revealed a slightly solemn expression, and Liaodong allocated food and wages, which brought him back to reality.

But after reading more than a dozen memorials, Emperor Chongzhen's expression became more solemn.

Please reply to the Nanjing New Factory to mint coins.

Ji Miyong Sanxie food and salary.

A petition was made to exempt the affected counties in Shandong from land tax.

Clear out the payment arrears in border towns.

I am petitioning to be exempted from the Shaanxi Tianfu tax.

Henan...

When these memorials, drafted by the inner court, were piled up in front of Emperor Chongzhen, it reminded him that the civil servants were about to fight back again.

"Wang Banban, check these memorials and the time they were submitted." Emperor Chongzhen frowned, pointed at the pile of memorials, and said to Wang Chengen: "They are all important matters involving money and food. There has been no word from the cabinet before.

, and presented it to the emperor like this."

"Here!"

Wang Chengen immediately bowed his head.

Looking at these memorials in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen had an idea. The civil servants in the court saw that the emperor did too many things, which often made them passive, so they changed their methods to restrict themselves.

"This is to use real situations to create an atmosphere where the treasury has no money."

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned: "It's just that the traces behind this are too deep, everyone is always so dishonest.

I want to live in the Forbidden City and listen to what you say and watch what you do. If this financial crisis is not solved well, I am afraid that the subsequent counterattack will be even greater."

The things stated in the above-mentioned memorials are all correct.

These are indeed things that need to be resolved.

But the only thing wrong must be the time difference.

There must be some memorials that existed before, but were not presented to the emperor!

"Your Majesty, everything has been checked."

Wang Cheng'en left and returned, somewhat out of breath. He held a memorial and said, "Some of these memorials that the emperor has read have been delayed in the cabinet for a long time, and some are newly submitted."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the memorial and looked at the wet ink on the paper. He knew it was from the Supervisor of Ceremonies and urgently checked the corresponding documents.

The Ming Dynasty was simply too huge.

The number of memorials submitted every day is extremely large.

Even if you want to do something about it, it is very easy as long as you do it quietly.

The emperor's energy is limited. It is impossible for him to read all the memorials and ask the cabinet to share some of them. This is a normal thing.

"These memorials submitted to the emperor, the biggest differences are all one month apart." Looking at the contents of the memorials, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Wang Banban, what do you think this means?"

"To report to the Emperor, judging from the memorial submitted to the Emperor, I feel that someone did it deliberately."

Wang Chengen thought for a while, bowed and said: "Maybe it's a cabinet minister, maybe it's an official under the cabinet, maybe it's six subjects, it's all possible.

I don’t know what the specific situation is.”

Without reading the contents of those memorials, Wang Chengen simply submitted the draft from the cabinet to the emperor. Within such a long time, Wang Chengen explained everything he knew.

"It's more than that."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the memorial and said with a chuckle: "Those from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, ministers of the third and fourth ranks, and officials of the sixth and seventh ranks.

The memorials submitted all happened recently and are within the scope of the authority. In addition to the delayed memorials, I did a rough calculation.

If we want to solve all these matters, the treasury will allocate more than eight million taels of silver, food and other needs, but I haven't calculated it yet."

Wang Chengen: "..."

"Yes, there is also this request to return to the Nanjing New Factory to mint money."

Emperor Chongzhen took out a memorandum and continued: "Not long ago, I asked Bi Qing to also receive money as a legal official. The corresponding adjustments and changes have just begun. The officials of Nanjing Yousi have expressed their feelings and reasons.

, the matter he petitioned is of such great importance."

Without the convenient transportation environment of later generations, many things in the Ming Dynasty were postponed, but under the small-scale peasant economy, everything was very reasonable.

Unless the matter encountered is a very urgent rebellion that seriously endangers local stability, otherwise it will be reported to the top level by level.

"The little money that the treasury has to keep the bottom of the box is definitely not enough."

Emperor Chongzhen put down the memorial and said with a smile: "Then Wang Banpan thinks that if I summon the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter at this time, if it involves the allocation of money and grain, will they ask for internal funds to allocate silver?"

"Yes...yes..."

Wang Chengen was a little nervous and didn't know how to answer.

According to the routine, it must be like this.

But money alone is not enough. There is also food and various other necessities. Taken together, at least tens of millions of dollars will be enough to cover everything.

"Then internal funds have settled most of the money this time. What about next time? What about the next time?" Emperor Chongzhen continued to ask: "How much silver is there in internal funds? Counting what is saved in the imperial village and convenience stores, it is more than 20 million taels?"

There were so many thieves and corrupt officials who copied the house. Even though Emperor Chongzhen spent a lot, he still kept a lot of money in his internal funds.

"Slave..."
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