Chapter 715: Sitting in Pai Jing Material Bank
The old story between Emperor Jiajing and Xu Jie made Zhu Pingan think of a modern joke, which is that if your name is XXX, your big boss has written "XXX villain, never use it" is pressed under the transparent glass of the desk. The big boss can see these words every day when he sits down. You can also see these words when you come to the big boss's office to report work every day. .
Say, what would you do?
I will obey you if you insist on not resigning.
But as for Xu Jie, not only did Xu Jie not resign, he also worked his way up to a senior executive and joined the board of directors.
When Zhu Ping'an recovered from his distraction, the court discussion in the hall had already made progress.
Watching the big bosses compete with each other, Zhu Pingan, a little Si Zhilang, could only listen and watch, not qualified to speak, and quietly waited for the results of the court meeting.
The arm cannot twist the thigh. This truth is unbreakable. In the end, the cost of performing the ritual of calming the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain came from the state treasury.
Of course, Emperor Jiajing also approved several proposals from the court ministers.
The first proposal passed was to send Beijing Material Bank. This is the first effective technique that was synthesized based on the suggestions of Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Household Affairs, and revised by Yan Song and others.
Due to the urgent border defense situation, the number of soldiers and horses recruited by each town was increasing day by day, and the expenses were high, so the capital was sent to the capital. Except for the prefectures and counties in Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Fengyang, Pizhou, and Xuzhou provinces, if there is no recruitment of troops and no large-scale projects such as building city walls, Then you have to take Paijing Lianyin.
Zhu Ping'an and Li Chunfang found the records of recruiting soldiers and building border walls archived by the cabinet. Those state capitals that did not recruit soldiers, build border walls, or recruit soldiers had to send money from the capital.
At the court meeting, Yan Song and other big officials roughly determined the amount of Beijing silver that each state government would send: Yingtian Prefecture would send 35,000 taels of Beijing silver, and Huizhou Prefecture would send 35,000 taels of Beijing silver. The Ningguo Prefecture will receive 25,000 taels of Beijing silver, the Chizhou Prefecture will receive 20,000 taels of Beijing silver, the Taiping Prefecture will receive 20,000 taels of Beijing silver, and the Anqing Prefecture will receive 20,000 taels of Beijing silver. From Beijing, Suzhou Prefecture sent 85,000 taels of silver. Guangde, Hezhou, and Chuzhou sent a total of 9,000 taels of silver. Zhejiang had the most, with a total of 156,000 taels of silver. , Jiangxi was sent 120,000 taels, Huguang was sent 140,000 taels, Sichuan was sent 150,000 taels, Fujian was sent 140,000 taels, Guangdong was sent 150,000 taels, and Yunnan was sent 57,340 taels. two.
A total of more than one million taels of Beijing material silver distributed by various places must be handed over to the Taicang warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue before October this year. Violators will be prosecuted by Shangguan.
The amount of money collected in Beijing is close to half of the amount collected in Taicang every year.
Emperor Jiajing and Hu Bu were all very happy.
It’s just a pity to the people all over the world.
After listening to this, Zhu Ping'an sighed in his heart. The wool still comes from the sheep. The Beijing materials and silver distributed by various places cannot be borne by local officials. In the end, it has to be paid by the people.
Hey.
The second item approved by the court was the cost-saving measures proposed by Xu Jie. Xu Jie proposed asking Emperor Jiajing to order all ministries and government offices to conduct self-inspection of officials, cooks, and government servants. , school graduates and other personnel, eliminate redundant officials and redundant personnel among them, and request the Ministry of Revenue to publish a comprehensive outline of revenue, expenditure, and surplus items in the Dibao, so that everyone in the court will understand the plight of our Ming Dynasty and cherish the national property.
Emperor Jiajing nodded and approved Xu Jie's proposal on the spot, and then made arrangements.
Seeing this scene of harmony between the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Ping'an felt a little strange. He didn't know that Emperor Jiajing still remembered the eight words "Xu rank villain, never use it" he carved on the pillars of the main hall. Words.
The third thing was directly arranged by Emperor Jiajing Emperor Jiajing believed that the expenses for border military pay, border repairs, relief and other expenses were too much. Before and after this year, it was almost ten million taels of silver. The expenses were too huge. He suspected that there was some false invasion and harshness, so he handed it over Give Shizhong and Yushi to investigate relevant expenses in various places and impeach officials who pretend to be aggressive.
The fourth thing is that Emperor Jiajing decreed that "the Taicang Central Treasury is stored for emergency needs. In the future, no one, two or one millimeter of silver from Taicang can be taken from Taicang unless there is an imperial edict." He sealed the Taicang Treasury's silver. Then he issued an imperial edict on the spot to collect 200,000 taels of silver and use it for the ritual of tranquilizing the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain.
After the court meeting, Emperor Jiajing kept Yan Song, Xu Jie and Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Household Affairs, to make other arrangements, and the other officials left in an orderly manner.
Zhu Ping'an also followed everyone out of the hall.
Of course, I just left the main hall. I have to work overtime tonight. The matters discussed in the court today have to be written up overnight and distributed to various places.
Because the court was discussing the matter of sending money from the capital, Zhu Ping'an had no appetite. He felt that today's imperial meal, which was full of color, fragrance and taste, was tasteless and tasted like wax. He took two hurried bites of the imperial meal and was full. Put down his chopsticks.
Soon, Zhu Pingan and others were organized by Mr. Lu Ben and Lu Ge to draft official documents.
Zhu Ping'an was assigned to draft documents for the three places of Anqing, Suzhou and Hezhou.
When he mentioned the brush, Zhu Pingan paused on the spot. He felt that the brush in his hand weighed a thousand kilograms, and it was difficult to bear its weight, and he could not make a single stroke
As soon as he thought of it.
The additional taxes for the common people were all official documents drafted and issued by himself and others. Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but shudder, and there were fine stains of sweat on his forehead
Although he had no idea about this kind of national event. Even though he was just the one who was ordered to draft the document, Zhu Ping'an also felt it
"Hey, so-and-so, why don't you write it?"
Everyone is racing against time for military and national affairs, but you, a young man, are actually distracted. When Lu Ben and Lu Ge saw Zhu Ping'an wandering around in vain with a brush in hand, his face was unhappy and he scolded with a bit of dissatisfaction, but he is getting older. I couldn't remember Zhu Pingan's name for a while, so I pointed at Zhu Pingan with "which one".
Zhu Pingan was startled for a moment before he realized that Mr. Lu Ge was talking about himself. He quickly stood up and apologized to Mr. Lu Ge. He first admitted his mistake and apologized, and then said sincerely that it was his first time drafting documents and he had no experience. I was a little nervous, lest I make a mistake, so I started writing a little late.
Seeing Zhu Pingan sincerely admitting his mistake, and for Xu Jie's sake, Lu Ben's displeasure subsided a bit, and he waved his hand for Zhu Pingan to sit down. If he did not do this next time, he would order the officials on the side to give Zhu Pingan a seat. Pingan received a document sample and asked Zhu Pingan to follow the text.
Hey
The major affairs of the imperial court are not something that I, the sixth grade, can control. It is not my turn to dictate.
The court is like a big stage, where dramas are staged one after another, but I am not the protagonist, and I don't even get to play a supporting role. I am just a crowd-pleaser under the stage. At best, I am a crowd-pleaser standing closer to the stage.
Zhu Ping'an silently accused the people of Anqing, Suzhou, and Hezhou in his heart, then dipped his pen in ink and drafted the official document as required.
However, a certain melon-eater who wrote official documents did not expect that a play not long after was missing the protagonist. (End of this chapter)