Chapter 488 No. 92 fodder is replenished
“There is a purpose!”
Just before the court push started the next day, Huang Jin also arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion.
Yan Song came, Yan Shifan was absent at home, Xu Jie and Lu Ben stood aside, and Li Chunfang stood close behind.
After they heard the word "you have a purpose", they all knelt down together.
"I wish you all the best."
"I am well."
After completing the ceremonial questions before announcing the decree, Huang Jin continued: "The host of today's court recommendation is King Yu. I appreciate this.”
Yan Song and others looked surprised when they heard this. Normally, the cabinet is responsible for the promotion. Why is it replaced by King Yu now?
But now Yan Song and others did not dare to ask any more questions. They could only say: "I obey your order."
Huang Jin came over with a smile and helped Yan Song together with Xu Jie, "The emperor said that the old man is already old. Don't worry about such small things in the future. Take good care of him at home and give Yan Shifan more opportunities to enjoy his life in front of his knees." Be filial.”
After Yan Song heard Huang Jin's words, he couldn't help but trembled, and a trace of sadness appeared in his heart. He couldn't help but think: "Is it time? Your Majesty doesn't need me anymore?" ”
But in the table On his face, Yan Song still replied tremblingly: "I would like to ask your father-in-law to report to your majesty on your behalf. I would like to thank your majesty for your mercy."
Huang Jindao: "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, we will definitely bring this sentence to our family."
Then Huang Jin said to Xu Jie who was holding Yan Song on the other side: "In the future, Mr. Xu Ge must be more considerate, support him more, and share your Majesty's worries. This cabinet still cannot do without you veterans. ”
After saying this, Huang Jin added, "These are the emperor's original words."
Hearing this, Xu Jie quickly replied: "Thank you, father-in-law, for informing me. Please also inform your majesty." , I will definitely do my best to assist the elder and share your Majesty’s worries.”
Huang Jin said, “Okay, let’s go now. Our family still has to go to Prince Yu’s Mansion to convey the order.”
Yan Song didn’t say anything, and Xu Jie and others replied: “Eunuch, go slowly.”
After Huang Jin left Wenyuan Pavilion. , Xu Jie, as always, respectfully helped Yan Song sit on the main seat dedicated to the chief minister of the cabinet. As soon as Yan Song sat down, he grabbed Xu Jie who was about to leave.
Yan Song said: "Huating, this cabinet will rely on you a lot from now on. You can just take care of this matter. I don't have much energy to worry about these things anymore."
Xu Jie listened Hearing this, he quickly replied: "How can this be done, Mr. Ge? You are our backbone, and you still have to pay more attention to the voting matters. Otherwise, what will we do?"
Yan Song chuckled and said, "Just do things the way you did before. Your Majesty is still very forgiving."
Xu Jie sighed, "Thank you, Mr. Ge."
With At the same time, a group of ministers with the qualifications to be recommended by the imperial court also began to gather outside the Huangji Palace. They stood together in small groups. After greeting each other, they all invariably put their hands in their sleeves to avoid the wind and cold.
After all, it is still very cold in Beijing during the twelfth lunar month of winter.
And it is not yet time for the Tingtui to begin, and the gate of Huangji Palace is also tightly closed, and these ministers are not allowed to go in to take shelter from the wind.
So now, apart from huddled together in the palace square, their only activity is to stomp in place.
Although this seems very indecent, there are certainly not many pedantic scholars among those who have achieved this level of officialdom. They still know that the awe-inspiring righteousness of sages' books can only be used to criticize others. It cannot be used for cheating, otherwise it will definitely freeze to death.
In Prince Yu’s Mansion.
Zhu Zaijing was also slowly processing the memorials sent by the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies in his study. Of course, his main job was to read these memorials, and he did not need "guidance" or "review".
So Zhu Zaijing's job is relatively easy, but even so there are still some things that he must do personally, such as some important projects and development issues in the Capital Special Administrative Region, so he has to think more about them. Then it will be handed over to Zhang Juzheng and others for execution.
In addition, Zhu Zaijing also needs to worry about the Xishan and Shunyi Industrial Parks. Putting these things together will also be a huge workload.
After all, in addition to Zhu Zaijing’s own industry and confidence, many of the concepts in these industries were also established by him. Therefore, in addition to specific work, Zhu Zaijing also had to put his thoughts into it. Identify and fill gaps in these industries.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing will not spend too much effort and time on these matters.
Of course, compared to the kind of people who have to manage and worry about specific matters every day, Zhu Zaijing is still relatively relaxed.
After all, he doesn’t have to take care of everything personally. He only needs to break down the tasks and goals and let people like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng handle them.
And during the process, these people will also develop their subjective initiative to deal with more problems, so that Zhu Zaijing will have a lot less to worry about.
Today, Zhu Zaijing also knew that the imperial court was going to recommend it in advance, but in Zhu Zaijing's view, this matter had little to do with him.
So today, Zhu Zaijing called Hai Rui over and began to interrogate the toll road management methods submitted by Hai Rui.
While looking at it, Zhu Zaijing said to Hai Rui: "Your method is good, but the classification of vehicles on the road needs to be more detailed. For example, those carriages meet the transportation standards, what is their transportation load, and the transportation How much should the speed be controlled? ”
“And if it is a private carriage that wants to take this road. , What conditions do their carriages have to meet, how many people can they carry, etc. And what kind of driving qualifications do the horsemen have to have, and whether new and unified standards need to be established for all carriages." "General. It can't be a fast and fast road, with all types and styles of carriages scattered in a mess, right? It can't be done by those pulling heavy loads, right? Carriages and private carriages run on the same road, right? If something happens to this thing, it will die."
"There are also issues with road insurance and vehicle insurance. , you also have to consider, if these carriages and drivers have an accident on our roads, what kind of mechanism should we respond to to clear the roads and ensure safety? Caress them.”
“So what I mean is, don’t be afraid of trouble and don’t get too ahead of yourself. As long as we list the issues and rules that we should think about, then this road will start in the future. When operating, it will naturally be smoother, and it will also make more people willing to spend money to take this path more worry-free.”
Hai Rui listened to Zhu Zaijing's words and recorded them carefully. He had also thought about some of these issues, but he was not as sharp as Zhu Zaijing. So after hearing Zhu Zaijing's additional opinions, Hai Rui also He immediately replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. After I go down, I will definitely improve these issues."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "I can rest assured that I will leave this matter to you. You can handle it as soon as possible." You are more conscientious than most people, which is what I value about you. And if you can run this road well, then it will be a benchmark. When it is implemented in other parts of Ming Dynasty, your rules will be implemented in the future. It will be a universal rule in the world, you should understand this, right?"
Hai Rui immediately said: "I understand, I will do my best to handle this matter."
Seeing this, Zhu Zaijing also smiled again and said: "By the way, I think the rest stop idea you mentioned in this management measure is very good, but the name needs to be changed, and the rest stop should be changed to a service station. We must reflect our original intention of building roads for the people, so that everyone who spends money to walk on this road can get corresponding free services and additional services when they rest at the service station.”
"For example, just boil water It is provided free of charge, and Chugong's huts can also be managed in a unified manner. Carriage repair and inspection services can also be provided at a certain market price. Of course, horse materials, etc. can also be divided into three grades, such as The first-class horse feed can be mixed with as much fine bran, eggs, and salt water, etc., the second-class horse feed can be mixed with as much coarse bran and salt water, the third-class horse feed can be mixed with as much salt water as possible.”
"These seem to be minor problems, but in fact they are all inevitable problems when these carriages are driving. After all, their horses have to eat grass, right? Since we charge a fee to allow them to enjoy the convenient speed on the road, naturally we also Provide them with services with differentiated choices, so that in the future Businessmen on our road or other private carriages who are not short of money can also choose the valuable services we provide according to their own needs, and this is also the source of our profits."
"As long as there is profit. , this road can be kept repaired, and even expanded when necessary. Widen more lanes to allow more people to drive on this road. Therefore, we must pay more attention to the details, and we must not be perfunctory, because we are not just building a road; It is a future! So we must be very cautious when dealing with the future. "Be careful."
Hai Rui listened to Zhu Zaijing's advice and recorded it very seriously. He knew that these seemingly simple and ordinary things are indeed the cornerstone that cannot be ignored, and in Shanxi Over the years as a patrolman, Hai Rui has always been known for his attention to detail and fairness and strictness.
So the reconstruction work in the north in these years has been quite smooth, without much trouble. Even because of Hai Rui's strictness and carefulness, many businessmen who were willing to come to the north to make a fortune also earned enough benefits. , and did not feel that some rules were binding on them.
Because in their thinking, as long as it is a rule that treats everyone equally, it is a good rule, even if Zhu Zaijing added 20% of their "services" on the basis of the ancestral system of thirty-one tax. "Fee", they paid it very happily.
In addition to part of this "service fee" going to the local government for reconstruction, most of it is also transferred to the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve as a reserve fund for the federation.
And it is precisely because the Ming Fed has such a strong reserve fund that the newly redeemed banknotes of the Ming Fed have gained a certain degree of recognition in prosperous towns outside the capital, and many people do not take them with them when they go out. Both copper coins and cash have become accustomed to spending money with freshly exchanged banknotes.
And this is what Zhu Zaijing expected.
So in the past few years, Zhu Zaijing not only repaid the original 20 million silver loan, but also borrowed another 50 million silver and returned it in ten years. At the same time, every year Zhu Zaijing also let The Federal Reserve Bank of Ming Dynasty gave the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development a 10 million bond limit for the two countries.
But the Federal Reserve Bank of Ming Dynasty must have the right to know and half of the decision-making power regarding the use of the 10 million treasury debt quota from the Ministry of Household Affairs, otherwise these grandsons will really treat money as money when they spend it.
Therefore, in a sense, the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve is also a creditor of the Ministry of Accounts, and by extension, all shareholders and directors of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve are also creditors of the Ministry of Accounts.
Therefore, faced with such a powerful group of creditors, the current Minister of Household Affairs is very cautious every time he approves the court's budget expenditure, for fear that any money will not be spent well, resulting in subsequent chain reactions.
Once this chain reaction occurs, let alone what the court will do to him, these creditors will tear him up!
But even so, the Ministry of Household Affairs has to tremble on this path of "deficit finance", because according to the original revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is simply not enough to support the current development needs of the Ming Dynasty.
So "deficit finance" is also a development necessity, and it can also be regarded as a manifestation of progress.
After all, before this, the imperial court was not qualified to run a deficit, so it had to resort to arrears, forcing many officials to get their meager salaries.
It can be seen how serious the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty were.
Of course, the reason why such a problem occurs is that firstly, there are problems with the economic model and taxation model of the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, because Zhu Yuanzhang also made mistakes in the management of paper currency since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. A huge financial mistake, which turned what was originally a good treasure into useless paper, and caused the imperial court's credit system to collapse hundreds of years in advance.
So even if the Ming Dynasty starts to play deficit finance, it has no money for them to play with. It can only drag it out day by day. As for how long it can be delayed, only God knows.
So in all the reforms in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, one core was actually "money".
Whether it is Yan Song now, or later Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, or even the money-obsessed emperor Zhu Yijun, they are all full of "money". As long as you have money, no matter how difficult the world is, there will always be a way to survive.
But if there is no money, it will collapse directly.
The most striking example is that after Guangzong Zhu Changluo and Xizong Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, they did not understand the essence of Emperor Wanli's saving money. Decades of internal funds have been used to supplement military pay and pay wages.
As a result, after the money was spent, it could not be recovered, so when Chongzhen's little cutie came to the throne, in addition to the internal and external troubles accumulated by the previous dynasty, he was still very poor.
What kind of achievements can he make under such difficult conditions?
Moreover, the credibility of the Zhu family has long been bankrupt, and people all over the world have long looked away from the change of dynasties, especially in the economically prosperous Jiangnan region, where there are even great thinkers like Huang Zongxi who question the imperial power.
It can be seen that in such a predicament, it is difficult for gods to come back.
After all, the hearts of the people are gone, and expecting everyone in the world to unanimously support Emperor Zhu is simply a daydream!
So no matter how hard the small court of Nanming tried, it was a dead end, because they had already lost the support of the people. Except for the royal family and scholar-bureaucrats who liked to fight for power and profit, they also fantasized about turning the tide and supporting the building before it collapsed. The common people did not care about the emperor. Whose.
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