Chapter 664

Before Zhou yanru became the first assistant, he was full of hope and desire for this position. If he didn't have a heart, he wouldn't lead so many people to wave the flag and cheer for him, and finally pushed him into the cabinet again to become the first assistant.

But after entering the cabinet, he knew what a good position it was. It was a fire pit.

How big and deep is the fire pit? He hated Wen Tiren to death, but he made an oath. Once he re entered the cabinet, Zhou yanru was a real strong man in the imperial examination. In the 40th year of Wanli, he won the examination in the rural examination, and in March of the 41st year, the high school emperor privately summoned him. When he asked for advice, he was eloquent and eloquent, but when he really handed over the mess to him, he had a lot of ideas, I don't know where to start.

For example, following his strategy is no different from talking on paper.

As a new chief assistant, the most important thing in the new deal is the tax reduction, but they have lost what they eat and use after the tax reduction in Jiangnan? Where does the huge military expenditure come from?

Second, governor Zhu Xieyuan of the five provinces has been ordered to lead his army back to the north, but when will the army arrive, who will provide the food and pay they need, and where to raise it?

The third is Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who has long asked him to be a supervisor in Jiangnan, but he refused to face it. An official refused to go to his post, and he couldn't take effective measures. What should we do?

The fourth is the group of military leaders under his command. They may not be very convinced of him as the number one scholar and prime minister. After he took office, he was faced with countless hands asking for money.

He Zhou yanru is a pure and honest man. He is good at moral and moral articles. What he is not good at is the matter of money Valley's punishment. Now everyone reaches out to him for money. Isn't he a magician? Where can I get so much money?

Zhou yanru is only in his forties now. When he was young and promising, his personal maintenance was very good, just like 30 people. However, after serving as the first assistant for a few days, his face was wrinkled and sad. This big Daming was like a broken ship driving in the rough waves. It was raining and there was wind leakage everywhere. The ship would sink at any time, How he can drive the ship out to a safe place is what his cabinet capital needs to do.

If there had been an accident in the imperial court, the ministers would have written to the emperor one after another, asking the emperor to open the internal money and use the internal money to support the imperial court.

But now, the Treasury of the imperial court is empty. It is said that there are mice in it.

The emperor's internal money is not much. As a royal family, a large amount of gold and silver comes in every year, but the Royal expenses are also large.

The former emperors were better. They were shameless. He only spent his own money, not the life and death of the imperial court. It was the father of emperor Chongzhen. He made a bad start, that is, he liked to use the money in his internal money. This money was accumulated by his grandfather Emperor Wanli. As a result, he consumed almost all of it, When the emperor found that all the money in the internal money had been spent, it was a very fatal thing.

The emperor has money in his hands, so he is naturally very straightforward. He can seal it if he wants and reward it if he wants. Now, there is no money in her internal money. He wants to reward the queen for his own money, but he can't reward it. His emperor has no money, and the imperial court is very poor, which makes them very depressed. Everyone is at the end of the mountain and water.

When the Ming court was at a loss, Zhou yanru, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor was dying of a headache, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, brought a man to meet the emperor.

Wang Chengen knelt down, knocked his head three times, and then said, "the emperor is like this, the court is like this, slaves and maidservants are risking their lives to recommend someone to the emperor. If the emperor can reuse this person, he may be able to solve the current dilemma."

Emperor Chongzhen was listless. The Ming Dynasty that emperor Chongzhen took over was an extremely rotten mess. In the face of official corruption, economic depression, empty Treasury, domestic and border chaos, Emperor Chongzhen, who was 17, was determined to make a difference and reorganize the country. To realize this beautiful ideal, we must have a group of competent officials to assist. So emperor Chongzhen looked for talents. Once he found a suitable candidate, he made an exception and promoted him for reuse.

However, over the years, so many people have recommended countless capable people. These people's articles are very good in morality and have a great reputation, but they can't help the emperor in the end. The government is still the same. The officials are corrupt and it's difficult to shake up their twilight spirit.

Looking at the loss of the rivers and mountains handed over to him by his ancestors, the Ming Empire slid step by step into the abyss, and his heart felt like a knife. Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "I am not the king of a subjugated country, but there is an image of a subjugated country?"

No one can understand the suffering and pain in the heart of emperor Chongzhen at the moment. No one can be like him. A person under the age of 30 has a wrinkled face and gray temples, just like an old man. He is the first auxiliary Zhou yanru in his forties. His appearance and appearance are better than that of his emperor.

When Wang Chengen said this, the Emperor didn't care. In those years, he was bullied and persecuted by eunuchs, so he was always far away from eunuchs and would never connive. He basically deprived the power of supervisor Si Li. Even the most powerful east hall among eunuchs was completely elevated by him and turned into an empty shell.

It can be said that Chongzhen Dynasty is the court with the least influence of eunuchs since the founding of the emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Basically, no eunuchs can exercise power.

In the past, eunuch Wang Chengen recommended talents to him. The emperor Chongzhen would spit on his face and spray farts on his face. You don't know it's a eunuch when a shoulder pole falls on the ground. You dare to recommend talents to me. Can't I choose talents once every three years for the country? Can't you choose a eunuch?

But now the state affairs are at the end of its tether. He found that the imperial court can't select any useful talents for the imperial examination every three years and the national luncai ceremony. These people let them do things smoothly, very well, reasonably speaking, they are very talented people, but these people let him govern the world, This is a mess. In particular, these first and second-hand units are useless one by one. No one can help him.

In the past, he always felt that Wen Ti Ren was not effective. Now he replaced Zhou yanru, who he thought was very satisfactory and called Mr. Zhou yanru. However, after working for several days, it seemed that he didn't have any real Kung Fu and couldn't get any dry goods, which made the Emperor a little worried.

When the emperor appointed Zhou yanru, he naturally hoped to change the decadent atmosphere in the court and inspire the official spirit. Who knows, after taking office, the chief assistant did not make the momentum of the court or the momentum of the court. It was still similar to the past, which made him a little disappointed.

That's why he said, "Xuan!"

Wang Chengen sat down and brought a man in. This man was Xu Jianqiang.