Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 683 Europa Mission (1)

I don't know when it started, but time passed faster and faster for Emperor Chongzhen.

Maybe it's too much to do.

Maybe it's more involved in the field.

There are many important military and political affairs to be dealt with every day, and these memorials are often processed in the Qianqing Palace, and a day passes like this.

This is still the case for Emperor Chongzhen.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which shoulders a heavy burden, is even busier. Just a single expenditure of money and food has caused many officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to feel the heavy pressure.

It's not easy to be an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In particular, there is a Ming emperor who spends money like water, which also makes the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, big and small, tense at all times, for fear that the internal money will be spent by Emperor Chongzhen.

Really.

Huang Daozhou bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Europa's joint mission arrived in the capital two days ago and is currently staying in the Huitong Hall temporarily. The memorial was submitted to the imperial court earlier."

"Doing things is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but don't put your thoughts and attention on reducing expenditure all the time."

Emperor Chongzhen was busy at his desk, reviewing the memorandum, and asked Huang Daozhou: "The Qing family thinks that I arbitrarily added these officials regardless of the situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"I dare not."

"Stop talking about these things."

The minister in charge Huang Daozhou looked a little dignified, bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "In this way, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has more than 4000 officials on the side of the center alone. For the officials who serve, only the monthly official salary is not a small expense.

"After all what?"

In particular, many of the newly added officials were those that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to set up in the outer dynasty, but due to the current situation, they could not stimulate the outer court too much.

Could it be that the Qing family wants to call the bad atmosphere of the foreign court, and because of not doing this, it will affect the increasingly large Ministry of Internal Affairs?
Internal money is earned by making progress in various fields. Just thinking about saving, how much money can you save?Could it be that the Qing family didn't understand this account? "

Furthermore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs does so many things, how can it do things without money?The construction of the military industry, the support of counterinsurgency in various places, the support of the shipbuilding industry, the increase in the smelting industry...

"There is no need to discuss it, just do as I say."

There will be a lot of noise!

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and looked at Huang Daozhou, "Over here at the Qianliang Yamen, I read the memorial submitted a few days ago, and I feel a little petty.

The civil service system of the foreign dynasty was enough to cause headaches for Emperor Chongzhen. If there were any problems with the civil service system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then simply stop doing things.

The pressure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is far greater than that of any government office in the outer dynasty, which also makes the operation mode of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the promotion system, different from that of the government office in the outer dynasty. The stronger the ability and the more meritorious service, the faster the promotion.

I just know the scale of officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and what scale it has reached now, so these decisions I made are to ensure that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can operate well.

Huang Daozhou couldn't stand up any longer, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, do you want to discuss this matter again? The 2000 million taels of war bonds really need to be raised from the private sector. Even if it is paid in installments, the interest payment alone will cost hundreds of dollars." Ten thousand taels, this can certainly ease the financial pressure on the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but..."

Huang Daozhou bowed hurriedly.

As far as the current income and expenditure situation of the internal funds is concerned, the internal funds will be exhausted within half a year at most, whether to postpone the addition of these officials, after all..."

For the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no matter what level they are, the most annoying words to hear are the words "Tianzi Xingchen", etc. If I am a Xingchen, then you come.

Since it is a bond aimed at "small purchases", the share should be increased appropriately, and the interest should be increased appropriately. After all, the target groups are the bottom groups in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, etc., and they should be asked to see the corresponding The advantage is that I am willing to use the silver I have saved in my hand to buy this batch of special bonds.

Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone else what was going on in the House of Internal Affairs.

Emperor Chongzhen did not use the food and salaries allocated from the internal funds for pleasure, but based on planning reforms for layout. This also made the Ministry of Internal Affairs, although they exclaimed that the emperor spent too much money, but not many people came up with rules and regulations.

It is precisely based on this situation that Emperor Chongzhen paid special attention to the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the number of ICAC officials increased accordingly.

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, looked at Huang Daozhou and said, "Where is the joint mission of Europa now? Since they are going to visit my Ming Dynasty, then I, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, still want to summon them. , but very interesting."

Half a month ago, affected by the invasion of the southern provinces by the Japanese Rebellion, His Majesty made the decisions to suppress the Japanese Rebellion. The first batch of silver allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was as high as 100 million new coins.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and interrupted: "I have always emphasized before that we must face up to the fiscal deficit and not be afraid of it, as long as it is within a reasonable range, it will not bring about a crisis.

Just what I said, which item lacks money, is it feasible?Relying on the national treasury to allocate food and salaries, what kind of situation will the Qing family think that there will be a government office in the outer dynasty? "

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is set up temporarily, and they are asked to operate on their own first, and then gradually adjust and transition after they have achieved corresponding results.

Emperor Chongzhen put down his imperial pen and looked at Huang Daozhou, "Half of the newly added officials are to strengthen the scope of power of the ICAC, so as to ensure the cleanliness of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Every dog, they just stand and talk without stopping. Do you know how heavy the job I do in the House of Internal Affairs?

But Your Majesty, you can't oppress the Ministry of Internal Affairs like this.

no way.

Many officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are afraid that this will happen.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that it was in charge of court affairs, but what it actually did was to get involved in the affairs of the foreign affairs department, which was just covered with a layer of skin.

Huang Daozhou thought to himself.

Under high-efficiency operation, many hidden dangers will inevitably arise. If these hidden dangers are not discovered in time and corrected, cancer will gradually form.

The share of 1000 million taels is not enough, it must be doubled at least. Don’t think that it can be sold out in just a few months like the bonds issued in the past. After all, this is a bond purchased with a limit, and the main groups are all out of production. Emerging classes should be given a certain amount of time to adapt. "

"Your Majesty, the new batch of officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs covers all the departments and offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This requires the promotion of more than 900 officials from various disaster relief offices."

"Hehe... I'm so busy and confused."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and shook his head, "Tomorrow, let the Lifan Yuan, the Ministry of Rites, etc. be in charge of the Department of Government Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will take charge of this matter. I will summon the joint mission of Europa."

"The minister obeys the order."

Huang Daozhou hurriedly bowed in response.

(End of this chapter)