Now Luo Xin has made it clear enough, and even Emperor Jiajing knows it in his heart. If the crisis cannot be overcome, the Ming Dynasty might have collapsed.

When the Ming Dynasty collapsed, Emperor Jiajing had no other way except for his death. Even Huang Jin and Liu Shouyou might not have a way to survive. This involves life and life, so they have no choice but to be nervous.

"We must first calm the country when fighting against foreign countries!" Luo Xin said in a deep voice: "If you leave Goryeo first, they will not cause much loss to us. Within half a year, at most we will lose another military town. And within half a year, the grassland will not easily enter the Ming Dynasty. They need time to wait and see, and the possibility of Japanese pirates entering the Ming Dynasty is very small.

However, half a year later, once we cannot resolve the civil strife and cannot start a head-on attack on Goryeo, the grassland will probably send troops and the Japanese pirates will also go ashore. At that time, no one can save the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, we will only be able to resolve the civil strife for half a year.

There are three things we need to solve in the past six months. The first is to eliminate bandits. The second is to provide disaster relief. The third is to solve the Ming Dynasty's finances, even if it is temporarily solved. The temporary solution is to not only plan the funds for disaster relief and the funds for extermination of bandits, but also prepare a large amount of war funds for dealing with the Japanese pirates in the north and the southern part of the Japanese pirates. Therefore, the preparation of funds is the top priority among these three items. If this cannot be solved, everything is false."

"How much is needed?" Emperor Jiajing's voice was trembling.

Luo Xin calculated and said, "The disaster relief requires at least 1.5 million taels, and the anti-bandits requires at least 2 million taels. Preparing for a war between the north and the south requires at least 3 million taels. If the salaries of officials and other 7788, the salary of the people is also required, 500,000 taels are required. That is to say, we need 7 million taels."

"Seven million taels..." Emperor Jiajing was stunned, and Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin also looked at each other.

"No, can you prepare?"

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about whether we can prepare it. Even if we can prepare it, the seven million taels of silver will be spent in one year from today. What should we do after the Ming Dynasty?

Without the Maritime Bureau, where does the Ming Dynasty's wealth come from?

Your Majesty, you also know that without the Maritime Bureau, the main source of wealth for the Ming Dynasty came from land taxation. But now only 20% of the land can be collected in the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 80% are in the hands of those with fame. They are tax-free. Pointing to the 20% of the land tax, the Ming Dynasty has been received forty years, and the Ming Dynasty is still full of holes and the crisis has not been lifted."

"Do you want to change?" Emperor Jiajing's expression changed. Liu Shouyou and Huang Jin on the side also changed their expressions.

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you dare? Even if you dare, I will not dare."

"Hu..." Emperor Jiajing let out a long sigh, feeling inexplicably relieved, then looked at Luo Xin and said, "Then what do you have?"

"There is no fundamental solution, but there is a solution. It can alleviate the Ming Dynasty's finance for five years. With these five years, the Japanese pirates can be solved, the Maritime Bureau can be reopened, and the Ming Dynasty's finance will be solved."

"Say, what's the solution?" Emperor Jiajing was excited.

"Your Majesty..." Luo Xin said bitterly: "After this incident, I am afraid that I will become the public enemy of all officials. And it is quite difficult."

"Don't worry!" Emperor Jiajing said in a solemn voice: "With me here, even if you become a public enemy of all officials, what? As for the difficulty, what do you need, just say it."

Luo Xin rolled his eyes secretly and said in his heart, "You are there? I'm afraid my situation will be better without you." However, he can't ignore the situation like the Ming Dynasty. If he sits and watches the situation, the people of the Ming Dynasty will suffer. So he said in a solemn voice:

"A imperial edict, I need the power to take action first and then report, no matter who it is."

"Yes!" Emperor Jiajing nodded immediately: "What else do you have?"

"It's gone!"

"Not?"

"Yeah, it's gone!"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin calmly and said for a while: "Can a single imperial edict allow Daming to survive the crisis?"

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "It's just that it's very likely that we can survive the first crisis, that is, within half a year, the disaster relief will end, the encirclement and suppression of bandits will end, and prepare for the Civil War, so as to lay the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to survive without the Maritime Bureau in the next five years."

Emperor Jiajing's expression gradually became solemn. He didn't think that Luo Xin would be used as a decoration for an imperial edict. He was afraid that Luo Xin would start a massacre, so he said in a deep voice:

"What do you want to do?"

"The leeks have grown like artemisia, it's time to cut them."

Emperor Jiajing's eyes narrowed: "What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty's treasury has no money, but it does not mean that the officials have no money. The reason why those people are rich is because of corruption and bribery, and the Ming Dynasty also likes to buy land. Therefore, in addition to their clever plunder, they also purchased a large amount of land. It is precisely because a large amount of land is in their hands that the Ming Dynasty cannot collect taxes, which makes the national treasury empty. Killing them has four major benefits.

First, there will probably be a lot of cash and food confiscated alone. These silver and food are enough to support disaster relief and encirclement and suppression of bandits.

Second, a large amount of land was confiscated, and the imperial court could not auction it, but rent it to farmers. In this way, the treasury added a portion of taxes and alleviated the finances.

Third, there were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty and too many people with fame and fortune. Many people with fame and fortune have not been able to display their ambitions because the pit in front has not been poured out and seniority needs to be ranked. Therefore, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is like a pool of stagnant water. Now a batch has been cut, which also makes this pool of stagnant water flow.

Fourth, to shock those corrupt officials and wake up the Ming officials, it can be considered a bright world in the Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, I'm sure!" Emperor Jiajing nodded for a moment.

"Your Majesty, do you have any money in the inner treasury?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin vigilantly, and Luo Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will lend it to me, I will return it to you."

"What are you going to do?"

"If I want to cut leeks, there must be leeks, right? I was too anxious to determine whose leeks. His Majesty's private money was taken out as an introduction and will be returned to His Majesty soon."

"Really?" Emperor Jiajing was a little reluctant.

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said with a hilarious voice: "When did you break your promise when did you say anything?"

Emperor Jiajing thought about it and it was true. And he also thought that if Luo Xin could not solve the problem, there would be a big problem in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, let alone his own private money, even his life would be in danger. So he nodded and said:

"I don't have much, only 700,000 taels."

Luo Xin couldn't help but curse in his heart, saying that there were 700,000 taels, and asked Xu Jie to use the national treasury to build the Yuxi Palace?

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