Chapter 515: Trained to look like a crane


Chapter 515: Training to look like a crane

Qiao Wanjin stood excitedly in Zhu Zaijing's study, still wearing the official robes that can only be worn by third-rank officials. He saluted deeply and said: "I thank you for your kindness."

Zhu Zaijing looked at Qiao Wanjin's red third-grade crown and smiled happily: "You deserve this. Now you can be regarded as a serious court official. Although you are only a minister of household affairs, There is also a place for you to attend the important financial meetings of the imperial court.”

Qiao Wanjin nodded excitedly, even though Zhu Zaijing told him last year that he would recommend him to succeed Gao Gong as the second chairman of the Ming Dynasty Fed.

But Qiao Wanjin never expected that after he was elected as the chairman of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, the imperial court issued a special appointment certificate, allowing him to concurrently serve as the Minister of Household Affairs like Gao Gong before him. This was something Qiao Wanjin never dreamed of. of.

That's why this scene happened now.

Qiao Wanjin said: "I must live up to the prince's high expectations and work well in the Ming Dynasty Fed. Everything will be done in accordance with the rules left by Gao Shangshu."

Zhu Zaijing looked at Qiao Wanjin who was so sensible, and he smiled again: "Chairman Qiao not only wants to satisfy me, but also to satisfy His Majesty, the shareholders, and the depositors."

"It is certainly a good idea to follow the rules of Xiao and Cao, but the actual situation and future development will always bring some new problems. Therefore, Chairman Qiao must also learn to be flexible and learn to proactively solve problems. Otherwise, he will wait until the end of his four-year term. , but you will be scolded in the back.”

When Qiao Wanjin heard this, he couldn't help but trembled in his heart. He almost forgot that the Ming Fed was under a shareholder responsibility system. Although the court gave him official posts, it was more to tie the Ming Fed into the court's system. It was not true. You can regard this job as a new starting point for your career.

After all, Qiao Wanjin is not Gao Gong. Gao Gong is a serious academician and Mr. Yu Wangfu. He can use this job as work experience for future promotions after working at the Ming Dynasty Fed for several years.

But to put it bluntly, Qiao Wanjin is a professional manager without foundation or background. When he retires from office, he will return to the ranks of ordinary people.

Therefore, in order to avoid being liquidated or causing trouble for his future, he has to be careful about many more things than Gao Gong.

Therefore, if Qiao Wanjin and his subsequent successors want to succeed in this position, they must hand in a satisfactory answer, otherwise, they will easily be treated as scapegoats.

Qiao Wanjin immediately put away his joyful passion and bowed to Zhu Zaijing again, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your advice!"

Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "This is not a reminder from me, this is something you should understand. After all, you are different from Mr. Gao and others. You are a talent who has gone through a serious imperial examination. You are relying on you. Intelligence is what makes one stand out from the crowd.”

"People like you are powerful, but you also have obvious shortcomings. It is difficult to integrate into the officialdom where the imperial examination is the mainstream. Therefore, you must work hard and strive to make achievements worthy of this life. Come.”

"You must know that although the long river of history prefers to record the style of literati, there are also many top masters who have surpassed the style of literati and are remembered by history."

"And this type of influence will gradually expand with the development of time. Just like Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty. The reason why they can leave their names in history is because they made an impact in their respective eras. Achievements of the times.”

"Although the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve is not a physical technology like paper and papermaking, its significance and impact are not much worse than these inventions and creations."

"Therefore, I can also assert here that as long as you can make financial achievements that affect the Ming Dynasty or the entire world during his tenure, even if time passes for thousands of years, you will still be remembered as sages!"

Zhu Zaijing unceremoniously drew another pie for Qiao Wanjin, and after drawing this pie, Qiao Wanjin's eyes suddenly shone.

It can be seen that the glory of this pie really touched his heart.

After all, a person has lived to his age and achieved a level of achievement that he never dared to imagine. Now that there is such a big pie, the whole person does not fall into the wandering imagination. Is that weird?

Qiao Wanjin said excitedly: "I will definitely bear in mind these words of the prince!"

Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "Okay, that's it for today. It's time for you to go back to your place, otherwise you will be incompetent as chairman."

Qiao Wanjin bowed again and said, "I resign!"

After watching Qiao Wanjin leave, Zhu Zaijing was in a very good mood.

Before Qiao Wanjin was officially elected as the next chairman of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, he finally approved the project applied by Hai Rui and Pan Jixun to build the Beijing-Tianjin toll hardened road.

But even so, this project still had to go through an imperial meeting in front of Emperor Jiajing before it could be officially launched.

Otherwise, Hai Rui and Pan Jixun would not have been able to buy into such an unprecedented event just by complaining in the Capital Special Administrative Region.

After all, in the traditional impression of people all over the world, the road is free, and those who block the road and collect money are robbers!

Therefore, in order to lay a legal foundation for this matter, Emperor Jiajing had to come forward once and come to a conclusion on this matter.

Otherwise, when the road is built and the people walking on it don't buy it or pay, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, just when Qiao Wanjin came to Prince Yu's Mansion to express his gratitude, a royal meeting on toll-hardened roads was also being held in Emperor Jiajing's Yuxi Palace.

Among the people who were able to attend the meeting this time, in addition to the two parties involved, Hai Rui and Pan Jixun, there were also people from the cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

These people are now in the main hall of Yuxi Palace, waiting for the appearance of Emperor Jiajing with solemn expressions.

Pan Jixun also looked nervously at Hai Rui next to him, and then at the other big guys in the palace.

After so many years as an official, this was the first time for Pan Jixun to see such a big battle.

It can be seen how great the mysterious oppression brought by Emperor Jiajing’s cultivation of immortality on ordinary days!

Just when Pan Jixun was nervous and everyone was waiting silently, Huang Jin appeared.

Huang Jin looked at the familiar faces in the palace and couldn't help but smile: "Thank you, Mr. Yan Ge, and everyone for your hard work."

When Yan Song heard Huang Jin's voice, he also stood up from the Jin Dun and returned the greeting: "My father-in-law, it is really hard to wait in front of His Majesty for me."

Huang Jin chuckled and said: "What Mr. Yan Ge said is serious. It is our family's honor and luck to serve the emperor. How can we say it is hard work? But you are in the cabinet and in your respective yamen helping the emperor manage the affairs. That’s really hard work.”

Among the officials in the palace, after hearing Huang Jin's words, no one dared to express their approval, so at this time, they couldn't help but say "not hard" words one by one and started chatting with Huang Jin.

After these two nonsense words of greetings were finished, Huang Jin said again: "Everyone, wait a moment, the emperor is still practicing, and he will be able to finish his work in another quarter of an hour." When Yan Song, Xu Jie and others heard this, they all No comments.

But Hai Rui, who was standing at the end, frowned slightly. He also knew that Emperor Jiajing liked to cultivate immortality, but he didn't expect that he would still be cultivating immortality when an important imperial meeting was about to be held.

It's really putting the cart before the horse.

But Hai Rui is not stupid. He knows that the most important thing at the moment is to get the decision-making opinions on the toll-hardened road. As for the matter of Emperor Jiajing's cultivation of immortality, he can put it aside for now. After this matter is dealt with, he will focus on it. I wrote a memorial to persuade Emperor Jiajing to put state affairs first and stop being obsessed with immortality.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly.

Emperor Jiajing came out of the Jingshe behind Yuxi Palace wearing a black Tao Te Ching embroidered with gold patterns.

This Taoist robe was also embroidered by Zhu Zaijing during the New Year this year and presented as a New Year gift.

Emperor Jiajing was very happy when he saw this black Taoist robe embroidered with passages from the Tao Te Ching, so he liked to wear this Taoist robe on some occasions that he considered more solemn and serious.

"The body has been trained to look like a crane, and two scriptures are written under a thousand pines. When I came to ask, I couldn't help but say, the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle."

Emperor Jiajing was reciting a Taoist poem that was very fairy-like, while taking four square steps, he slowly appeared in the main hall of Yuxi Palace.

Yan Song and others looked at the appearance of the immortal Emperor Jiajing, and they immediately bowed and paid homage: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

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Emperor Jiajing walked to his seat and sat down, then looked at everyone in the palace with a calm gaze, and finally said: "Everyone, get up and move a seat for Mr. Xu Ge. From today on, Mr. Xu Ge doesn't have to stand when he sees me. ”

As soon as Emperor Jiajing said these words, everyone in the palace was stunned, especially Yan Song, who was about to sit down just now. He was stunned and froze on the spot, and even forgot to sit down for a while.

Obviously he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has begun to make a decision in his mind, and the position of chief minister will be changed.

After Xu Jie was shocked, he immediately bowed and said: "Thank you very much for the reward, but I can still stand."

Emperor Jiajing chuckled and said: "Is Mr. Xu Ge almost sixty this year?"

Xu Jie replied: "I was born in the 16th year of Hongzhi, and I am exactly sixty this year."

Emperor Jiajing smiled again and said: "Yes, you are already sixty years old, and you are not young anymore. I still want to use you for a few more years, so you still have to sit when you should. Otherwise, you will be exhausted one day. ”

After Xu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited. Although he knew that it was a great honor to be given a seat by the emperor, Emperor Jiajing said that he was not too young. Did this imply that he, like Yan Song, had reached the age of Just leave when you are old enough and stop being attached to the court?

Xu Jie bowed, worried about gain and loss, "I thank your Majesty for giving me a seat."

Then he carefully sat down behind Yan Song.

But when he actually sat down, he realized that this chair was really difficult to sit on, and it was more comfortable to stand on it.

But now there was no turning back. He could only sit tremblingly on the edge of the chair like Yan Song, not daring to make the slightest move.

It's as if this small chair is a cage, making people feel uneasy and at the same time they don't dare to have any delusions.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie's cautious posture and felt extremely satisfied.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing finally started the important topic of today's imperial meeting.

As soon as Emperor Jiajing stretched out his hand, Huang Jin immediately handed over the memorial he had prepared.

Emperor Jiajing held the memorial in his hand and said at the same time: "This is the memorial to the Beijing-Tianjin toll hardening road, written by Hai Rui and Pan Jixun. Do you all know it?"

Yan Song, Xu Jie and others bowed slightly and replied: "I have heard a little bit."

Emperor Jiajing hummed, then looked at Hai Rui and said, "Hai Rui, this memorial was written by you and Pan Jixun. Now it's up to you to explain it to the cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household Affairs."


Hai Rui came out from behind and bowed to Emperor Jiajing, "I obey your decree!"

Then Hai Rui stood up from behind and started his speech.

Hai Rui said: "Your Majesty, please tell me clearly. Today, our Ming Dynasty is prosperous, but domestic demand is insufficient. Although the Tatars in the north are at peace, there are still huge problems in the development of people's livelihood in the entire north."

"The minister's proposal to build a toll-hardened road from Beijing to Tianjin is actually to find an effective development path for the people's livelihood in the north in the future."

"And now with the continuous development of the capital special area, the population gathered in the capital has faintly surpassed Chang'an in the former Tang Dynasty and Kaifeng in the former Song Dynasty."

"However, the place where our capital is located is a northern border city compared to the ancient places of Chang'an and Kaifeng. It is not as important in the world as Chang'an and Kaifeng."

"So in terms of population accumulation and manpower support, the capital's population potential is not as good as that of ancient Chang'an and Kaifeng, which can build a super city with a population of millions."

"But now everything has turned around. Now that the northern Tartars have surrendered and no longer disturb our capital, our government can concentrate more efforts on developing the people's livelihood in the capital, so as to improve the people's livelihood in Beizhili and even the entire northern region. ”

"This is a plan for the future. The hardening of the Beijing-Tianjin toll road is an inevitable result. If this road is completed, goods can be transported from north to south and east to west more quickly, and the consumption and losses on the road can also be greatly reduced. . It can also provide more convenient conditions for the development of people’s livelihood.”

"And once this road becomes a model, then in the future the court can use this road to re-plan the Ming Dynasty officialdom. This will not only strengthen the court's control over all parts of the world, but also enable the world's goods to be sold in the shortest possible time. Time flows smoothly to all parties.”

"When the time comes, no matter where there is a disaster in the north or south, the imperial court can use this road to provide quick rescue. And if there is a change in the barbarians, the imperial army can also use this road to carry out precise strikes at the speed of hundreds of miles a day. ”

"In this way, in the future of the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely be able to create glory that was unprecedented in the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

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