Chapter 707 Afternoon Story
After meeting with the three big bosses of the cabinet, Zhu Pingan followed Li Chunfang to meet with several senior officials of the Si Zhi Cabinet, and then became familiar with other officials of the Si Zhi Cabinet. It was around ten o'clock in the morning that we finally settled down.
Zhu Ping'an was assigned to Li Chunfang's office room. In addition to Li Chunfang, there were three other officials in the room. Including Zhu Ping'an, there were five people in total.
This room is mainly responsible for clerical matters, such as drafting clerical edicts, presenting dedications, sorting memorials, etc.
On the first day, Zhu Ping'an, the newly-minted Cabinet Secretary Zhilang, was in Wuyi Hall, just like he used to go to the court for internship as a senior, asking for advice, watching, and learning from Li Chunfang and others in handling memorials, uploading and issuing documents, etc. .
Oh, and running errands.
The cabinet is equivalent to the political center of the Ming Dynasty. Many orders are issued from here to the six ministries, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, Dali Temple, factory guards and other institutions. In ancient times, there were no telephones, faxes, emails, etc., so they could only be conveyed manually. .
Zhu Pingan ran two errands today.
The first leg was to the clan's mansion to deliver the documents of Emperor Jiajing's imperial edicts and commendations to the kings. Because all the kings donated silver to support the army, among them: King Zhu Tingqi presented 5,000 taels of silver, your king Zhu Youcoff presented 3,000 taels of silver, King Zhu Zaicong of De had presented 1,000 taels of silver and eight war horses, and King Zhu Zai (Tulun) of Hui Province presented one thousand taels of silver. , the lieutenant of the Fuguo State of Prince Ninghua presented a thousand taels of silver to help pay for the border. Emperor Jiajing was pleased to reward the kings who contributed silver.
The other trip was to the Ministry of Punishment to check the files on the Yang murder case. This is a death penalty review case.
Our country can be said to be the most cautious country about the death penalty. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, any death penalty case will be reviewed at all levels by the state, county, prefecture, (Tao), province, and Ministry of Punishment, and finally must be approved by Emperor Jiajing. The death penalty may be carried out.
Now the Yang murder case has come to Emperor Jiajing. Of course, Emperor Jiajing's matter is the matter of the cabinet, so the case was transferred to the cabinet.
Without investigation, there is no right to speak, so Zhu Pingan was sent to the Ministry of Punishment to review the file information.
When he arrived at the Criminal Department, looking at nearly ten kilograms of case files, Zhu Pingan looked confused. Fortunately, a chief of the Ministry of Punishment asked the officers of the Ministry of Punishment to help Zhu Pingan be delivered to the gate of Xiyuan. However, Xiyuan can only rely on Zhu Ping'an to find his way through the door.
By the time Zhu Ping'an arrived at Wuyi Hall with a ten-pound dossier in his arms, sweat was pouring down his back and his hands were sore and weak.
After delivering the file to the designated office room, Zhu Pingan returned to his seat, picked up the tea cup, and drank a cup of herbal tea. He felt the herbal tea flowing in his throat and abdomen, as if he had been reborn.
"Haha, Zihou must be exhausted." Li Chunfang asked with a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhu Pingan replied with a heavy breath.
"Haha, it's better to be young. I just went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now my leg is almost broken. Here, it's for you. This is one of the few benefits we have." Li Chunfang laughed. He joked, and then handed Zhu Pingan a folding fan.
"Thank you, Mr. Li." Zhu Pingan's eyes lit up when he saw the folding fan. He thanked Li Chunfang and took the folding fan politely. He opened it and fanned it twice. A cool breeze followed the fan. It's much cooler.
After a while, Zhu Pingan came to his senses and asked Li Chunfang for advice while trying to sort out the memorials.
Mongolian Ada Khan invaded Datong again, and his subordinates captured Du'er and Xin'ai in Xinxing Fort, Liaodong. Military memorials were reported everywhere. The Second Department of Household Workers reported the amount of silver used for military pay on each border and reported the shortage of silver in the treasury. Please Increase taxes; serious famine occurred in Xuanfu and Datong Prefectures, people had no food to eat, but people were used as food. The Ministry of War asked to borrow military salary silver for relief;
Pirate Wang Zhi sent his subordinate Xu, the chief leader Hai, Chen Dong, Xiao Xian, Maye and others seduced more than 10,000 Japanese pirates, sailed more than 1,000 ships, landed in Zhoushan and Xiangshan County, Zhejiang, and robbed Taizhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing. Capture the walled city, Residents were killed and captured, there was turmoil in eastern Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Jiangbei were in emergency at the same time...
To sum up, there are three main issues in the memorial, one is the northern captives, the other is the southern Japanese, and the third is lack of money.
The Ming Dynasty is really suffering from internal and external troubles. Zhu Pingan frowned when he looked at the memorial...
In the afternoon in Beijing, the sun hanging in the sky seemed to be on fire, baking the heaven and earth. The water outside the courtyard was so hot that it was almost smoky. There was no wind, and it was so sultry that people could hardly breathe. Angry.
After having lunch, Ting Yuxuan’s mistress Li Shu had a bowl of homemade ice cheese, and asked someone to go to the ice cellar to get a few basins of ice, put them in the bedroom to cool down, and divided the steamed buns between them. The little maid, Qin'er and the older maids each have a basin.
With the ice basin to cool down, the temperature in the room is several degrees lower than outside. It is scorching outside, but the inside is cool and comfortable.
Afternoon nap.
Baozi's little maid was on duty in the master bedroom suite. While the young lady was taking a nap, she also wore only her underwear except for her coat, and closed her eyes on the couch and squinted for a while.
Because she was on duty in the suite last night and had insomnia again, so when she closed her eyes, she couldn't help but fall asleep leisurely.
I don’t know how long I slept.
When the little maid Baozi woke up, rubbing her eyes, the sun outside had already turned nearly halfway to the west, and the sunlight was not so poisonous anymore.
Oops, why did you oversleep? Have you gotten up? Didn’t I make an appointment with the second lady and the others to enjoy the lotus today?
Baozi's little maid hurriedly grabbed a handful of hair that was messed up while sleeping, and sat up from the couch, extremely anxious.
Just at this time, a little girl came in from the living room carrying a basin of ice. Seeing that the little maid Baozi had woken up, she giggled and said, "Sister Hua'er, you are awake. The lady just saw you sleeping. Xiang, I didn’t ask anyone to call you, so I took Sister Qin’er to enjoy the lotus in the back garden. The lady feels sorry for you. We asked you not to call you and let you sleep more. We gave you a half-day holiday.”< br>
Huh?
When the little maid Baozi heard this, she couldn't close her mouth. She felt sweet in her heart when she thought that the young lady was so kind to her.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the living room. The footsteps were a little messy, as if the steps were erratic and unsteady.
Then I smelled a strong smell of alcohol.
Then I saw Zhu Ping'an burping from wine, wearing a blue gauze fragrant leaf crown crookedly on his head, and walking in with swaying steps.
"Uncle, I'm back so early today. The young lady and the second young lady went to the back garden to enjoy the lotus and they haven't come back yet."
Baozi's little maid subconsciously pulled up the thin blanket. Covering her neck, she was only wearing her underwear, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Well..."
Zhu Ping'an nodded and walked to the master bedroom, but he staggered after only two steps and almost hit the door.
The little maid Baozi realized belatedly that her uncle had drunk too much, his face was red, and she smelled of alcohol all over her body.
"Uncle, be careful... Zhui'er, go to the kitchen and bring me a bowl of hangover soup." The little maid Baozi didn't care about her own clothes, and hurriedly got off the couch and supported Zhu Ping'an. For fear that Zhu Ping'an would crash and fall, he asked the little girl Zhui'er to go to the small kitchen to bring hangover soup.
"No, no need, I'm not drunk, just help me go to the bedroom and lie down for a while." Zhu Pingan shook his head and waved his hand with his tongue out. (End of this chapter)