Chapter 93: This thing is very good, I gave it to Mr. Shoufu for use
Zhu Yijun was called out by Hou Yuzhao's "Jinxing Zhaoquan Ranwanshu", and the court meeting was scheduled for the third day of each month, and the first month was Number twenty-three.
After more than a hundred years of development, the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty have formed a pattern that can run smoothly without holding a court meeting.
The Ming Dynasty Meeting has become similar to a company's year-end meeting, or a meeting of all teachers and students in a school. The chairman and principal read an incomprehensible manuscript, and everyone in the audience listened to every word. If you don't go in, you'll be wandering in the world.
Then everyone shouted three times and dispersed on the spot. Everyone went back to their homes and looked for their mothers. It was not efficient to delay things.
The emperor was unwilling to hold the ceremony, and the courtiers were unwilling to participate.
Zhu Yijun was too lazy to open the door, but Zhang Juzheng offended too many people because of his examination. They all said that Zhang Juzheng led the cabinet, held up the courtiers, isolated the inside and outside, and prevented the courtiers from seeing the emperor. Zhang Juzheng therefore remonstrated. The emperor, meet with the courtiers every month, even for half an hour.
Zhu Yijun abruptly turned this grand meeting into a good day for the officials.
"Is this Jia Sanjin?" Zhu Yijun frowned and looked at the pile below, asking with disgust.
It was indeed a mess. Jia Sanjin was so drunk that when he was brought in by the Tiqi, he had not yet sobered up. The smell of alcohol was so high that even the little emperor sitting on the third-level platform could smell it. There was a strong odor of wine, like rouge and gouache, and the ministers covered their noses one after another. It was really the smell of wine mixed with the smell of rouge and gouache, which made it a bit unpleasant.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "In the morning of this morning, wasn't it before that a clear edict was announced? Forget about losing the court, why are you still drinking like this?"
"There is indeed a clear edict." Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to go out and say.
There are more than a thousand officials in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone knows that on the third day of November, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whom he has not seen for a long time, will hold a court meeting. Everyone is willing to cooperate and come to see what is strange. Ken came out to meet everyone and see what the little emperor looked like wearing a dragon robe.
Not to mention, really not to mention, half a year has passed since the last time the little emperor made a public appearance. The little emperor, who was slightly fat at the beginning, finally seems to have a lot of calmness, sitting there. There, there was the majesty of an emperor.
Twenty-seven people came to Taichang Temple to ask for leave. Some were old and some were sick. There were less than five people in total who had lost their dynasties. One of them was on his way to the dynasty. It was too dark and he could not see the road clearly. , fell into the moat. Fortunately, the moat froze in winter, otherwise I would have drowned in the moat wearing court clothes.
There was a censor who was nearly sixty years old. He fell and was taken to Tai Hospital for treatment.
This Jia Sanjin is one of the five lost dynasties.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said with a slight panic: "Mr. Yuanfu, do they think that I am still young, so they dare to neglect me like this? I, Deliang Youchong, have succeeded to the throne. I have been working hard for fear of embarrassing my ancestors. Ministers, why do you look down on me? Is there something wrong with me? "
Weak, pitiful, and helpless, Mr. Yuanfu, they bullied me? I!
Help me make the decision and take care of them!
Zhang Juzheng knew the little emperor very well. Was the little emperor panicked and afraid? The little emperor is not even afraid of him, Yuan Fu, but is he afraid of these ghosts and monsters? This is basically playing the trick of retreating to advance. At such a young age, it is really a ghost to play the imperial power to such a proficient level!
Zhang Juzheng glanced at Jia Sanjin. This person was really a little too much. He drank like this and was brought to the court by Tiqi before he sobered up. If Tiqi hadn’t blocked Jia Sanjin’s mouth , fearing that he would vomit into the court, Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, if you lose the throne, you should be punished with half a year's salary and ten imperial staffs, but I think it should be punished with unfilial piety. Unfilial piety is a serious crime. It can range from deprivation of one's status to being beheaded in public." , as a warning to others."
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he seemed to be even more frightened and said: "But Jia Sanjin is a spokesman. Last time, I couldn't bear the opposition of the clan party and punished three officials. The poison has been circulating so far. If Jia Sanjin is dealt with, I am afraid that the officials in the world will say that I am cold and ungrateful, that I have hurt the ministers of ears and eyes, and that I have hurt the stubborn spirit of the officials in the court. Oh my, when the time comes, they will What should we do if we go to Chengtianmen and kowtow again?”
“The leader last time was this Jia Sanjin!”
“There is only one Hai Rui in the world, let’s find him again? If there is no second one, declare him to return to the court and quell the criticism. "
"Mr. Yuanfu, let's not punish him."
The little emperor's little one. The notebook contains Jia Sanjin’s name!
Every sentence is not held accountable, every sentence is held accountable. The emperor stands behind the pillar of imperial power, seemingly retreating step by step, but he is using the etiquette of monarchs and ministers that has been around for thousands of years. While cursing others, he also Make things bigger and more serious.
"Your Majesty, I have my own book." Hai Rui, as the censor of Youdu, stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, if the spirit of bones and bones is so soft, how can our Ming Dynasty be upright? Word? Such a rebellious official should be severely punished. The first mistake is to lose the court. The second mistake is to have no reverence. He should be considered unfilial. If the official commits a crime, the crime will be increased to three levels. After finding out why he lost the court, he will be in exile. "Yi."
"His appearance is an insult to Qingliu Qingming, I am ashamed to be associated with him!"
The chief critic of the Ming Dynasty, he was a model of uprightness and cleanliness. Hai Rui and Haigang Feng personally judged that Jia Sanjin had no spirit of bone and could not be a minister of ears and eyes. Not only did he have to reduce his official status, but also exile!
If he is scolded by Zhang Juzheng, it can still be said to be a party dispute. If he is scolded by Hai Rui, it is basically certain that this person is really not good.
"Then find out why the government was lost, and then resign from the official position and return home to live leisurely. The matter involves words and the matter is serious." Zhu Yijun hesitated and chose a compromise method, get out. go home.
Ge Shouli looked at Jia Sanjin and felt a little pity. This guy is Zhang Siwei's man. He was already a bit of a looker, but he made such a fuss today.
Jia Sanjin previously planned to live in Ge Shouli’s Quanjin Guild Hall and let his children go to Quanjin Guild Hall to study at home. Originally, his life had turned from a side road to the right track, but Zhang Siwei, in order to win over Jia Sanjin, They sent it to the house specially to solve Jia Sanjin's urgent need. Jia Sanjin and Zhang Siwei got closer and closer.
Staying in the Quanjin Guild Hall is, after all, living under someone else’s roof.
As a result, during the great court meeting, he actually lost his dynasty. He was so drunk even after losing his dynasty. The emperor asked him about the memorial. What should he say?
Although Tishuai Zhu Xixiao did not want to add insult to injury, the matter of Jia Sanjin's loss of power was extremely simple. He bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Jia Sanjin was drinking with a prostitute in Yanxing Tower yesterday. He drank till Thursday. He even returned home and looked like this."
"Most of the people at the banquet were fellow villagers of Jia Sanjin."
"In this way, he resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown to live leisurely. You are not allowed to sign official documents. My dear friends, does anyone else have any doubts?" Zhu Yijun sat up straight and asked.
Zhu Yijun looked around and waited for a few breaths. Still no one interceded with Jia Sanjin, so he said: "That's it, the next chapter will be the official department."
"If you have something to do, please leave early. If nothing happens, roll up the curtain and retreat." Feng Bao shook his fly whisk and shouted loudly.
No one came out to report anymore. Zhu Yijun waved his small hand and said: "The courtiers have entered the Wenhua Hall for court discussion. Let's disperse."
Zhu Yijun stood up and walked towards the Wenhua Hall. Go, after the court meeting is the court meeting, and after the court meeting is the banquet, it does not mean that there is no need for court meetings or reading after the court meeting.
After sleeping and not getting up, if you lose the court, you will be fined for half a year. If you are not reverent, you will become unconscious like Jia Sanjin, and you will be caught by your majesty. It is a typical example of this kind of failure. Going to court is unfilial and a serious crime, and must be severely punished.
After being demoted from his official position and returning to his hometown to live idle, he was not allowed to sign official documents or deliver letters to the court. There was basically no possibility of a comeback. Jia Sanjin's lifelong struggle was all in vain.
Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall. The dragon chair in the Wenhua Hall was softer than the dragon chair in the Huangji Hall.
The court discussed Jia Sanjin's crimes. Ge Shouli hesitated to speak, and finally did not speak for Jia Sanjin. He had no control over this matter.
After the court discussed the banquet and lunch, and practiced martial arts, Zhu Yijun went to Baoqi Division in Xiyuan to check Xu Zhenming’s work. Xu Zhenming was annotating agricultural books. After annotating agricultural books, he translated them into common characters and common texts. , it is convenient for the emperor to read, and it is also convenient for officials all over the world to persuade farmers and mulberry to use it.
Xu Zhenming wants to write a reference book to encourage farmers and mulberry trees.
When Zhu Yijun returned to the palace from Baoqisi, he did not go directly back to Qianqing Palace. Instead, he went to the side hall of Wenhua Palace. The curtain of the darkroom was opened, so it was not too dark.
Chen Shigong expressed that he had a good thing and asked His Majesty to appreciate it.
"Is this the good thing that Doctor Chen said?" Zhu Yijun looked at the centipede-like spine in front of him and asked with confusion.
The spine, made up of 26 vertebrae, appeared in front of Zhu Yijun. This was not a human bone, but carved from wood.
Chen Shigong pointed at the spinal model with a small wooden stick and said from top to bottom: "Your Majesty, please see that there are twenty-six spinal bones, four bends, and a wavy shape when viewed from the side, that is, the cervical vertebrae Lordosis, thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis and sacral kyphosis”
“Cervical lordosis is to support the skull, thoracic kyphosis is to wrap the thoracic organs, and lumbar lordosis is to reduce. Shock, sacral kyphosis is to include the pelvic and abdominal organs."
Chen Shigong stepped forward, swayed the spine, straightened it from a wavy curvature, and said: "If the cervical spine is flat, If the thoracic vertebrae are flat, it will compress the heart and lungs. If the lumbar vertebrae is flat, it will cause pain all over the body when walking. If the sacral vertebrae is flat, people will not be able to stand up straight. "
"If you sit for a long time while studying, you will feel pain from bending on all sides for a long time. For this purpose, I made a special chair to support the neck, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and sacral vertebrae, so that you will not feel tired after sitting for a long time."
Chen Shigong Rang The apprentice pushed up a chair and said: "This is my respectful heart."
An ergonomic chair, a chair that conforms to the concave and convex curve of the human spine, a specially customized version for the ten-year-old owner, appeared In front of the little emperor.
"Why did Dr. Chen get the idea to make such a chair?" Zhu Yijun asked a little strangely.
Chen Shigong said with a sad face: "Tan Sima's disease is related to this. Tan Sima's thoracic vertebrae no longer have kyphosis, which compresses the heart and lungs, and blood flow is not smooth, resulting in embolism, so he made such a chair , used to treat Tan Sima's illness. "
"Tan Sima is half-length in the army and likes to sleep on a hard bed, with a flat lumbar spine and a weak spine. I made this bed and chair specifically for Tan Sima's illness and to correct his spine. ”
Chen Shigong really put in a lot of effort to treat Tan Lun.
Zhu Yijun asked with concern: "Can Da Sima's illness still be cured?"
Chen Shigong chose to tell the truth: "We can no longer go into battle to kill the enemy, and fight with all our might. , I’m afraid it’s difficult for gods to cure it.”
“That’s it.” Zhu Yijun looked at the chair in front of him and asked, “Does this thing have a name?”
“Please name it, your majesty.” Without giving a name, it would be more appropriate for the emperor to do this kind of thing. Since it is a matter of flattery, the right to name it naturally belongs to His Majesty.
"Let's call it the Taishi Chair." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "Feng Bao, this thing is very good. Send it to the Quanchu Guild Hall for Mr. Chief Assistant to use."
"I obey the order. "Feng Bao took the order and left. The Taishi Hospital made this chair and customized it for the ten-year-old client. There is also an adult version. The Taishi chair given to the Quanchu Guild Hall is naturally an adult version.
After Feng Bao left, Zhu Yijun smiled at Zhang Hong and said: "Make a few more. If anyone asks, just sell them at twenty liang per handful. We sell them in Huangzhuang, don't show off."
< br>Huangzhuang is the property of the palace. It focuses on a store that does not rip off the poor. The goods are not good and expensive, and the business is very deserted. I put this Taishi chair for sale in Huangzhuang. When the time comes, it will be marked with a Taishi chair of the same style as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. Twenty taels , some people buy it.
"Is twenty taels a piece too expensive? A chair and an armchair only cost twenty taels a piece, so let's sell them for twenty taels a piece?" Zhang Hong said with some confusion, originally from Huangzhuang The things were ridiculously expensive and no one was buying them. The little emperor had more than ten times the price.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Not only is it twenty taels per handful, but the price is increased by one tael per month, and the monthly limit is one hundred taels, just do it."
It's not shabby to make money. , the inner court has gone to the outer court to beg for food, and if you still don’t think of ways to make money, isn’t that going to make the outer court laugh every day?
Feng Bao led a group of eunuchs to the Quanchu Guild Hall. Seeing Zhang Juzheng who had been waiting for him, he smiled and said: "Yuanfu received the order, and your Majesty said: This thing is very good. Send it to the Quanchu Guild Hall." Mr. Chief Assistant uses it. I appreciate this."
"Thank you for your kindness." Zhang Juzheng looked at the object covered with red silk cloth and felt a little strange. What kind of treasure did the little emperor find?
Feng Bao pulled back the red silk covering the pear wood chair and said, "The grand master's chair."
This chair is made of pear wood, with cloud patterns carved on the chair ring. This is a gift from the emperor. There is a texture that can only be used on things. There is a forward-extending neck support directly above the back of the chair. There are embossed gilt ornaments on the back of the chair. The gilt ornaments are a crane on the left and a unicorn on the right. There is a lumbar support in the middle, and the lumbar support can Before and after adjustment, there is a footrest in front of the chair. This footrest has its own special name, called step by step step.
When this chair is placed there, it has the power to tower over the four seats and is quite majestic. After all, it is a strange and cunning thing specially made by the palace to please the little emperor.
This gift is the same model sold in the Imperial Mansion, but the style is the same, there is no moiré pattern, and there are no embossed and gilded ornaments.
"Uncle Wu Qing asked for the palace to be built. How is it in the palace?" Zhang Juzheng asked his servants to carry the chair to the study room of Wenchang Pavilion, and then inquired about something with Feng Bao.
In March, Li Wei, the uncle of Wu Qing Dynasty, petitioned for the money for repairing the house. The Ministry of Works in the palace next chapter made the calculation. The Ministry of Works delayed it in every possible way, but refused. Zhu Heng, the Ministry of Works, reported back that the royal family The house does not contain any ceremony, it was given by the imperial court, and it was a special favor. There is no case of repairs, but no money is given. This Uncle Wu Qing was a maternal relative, the biological father of Empress Dowager Li, the kind and sage empress dowager in the palace. To be more precise, Uncle Wu Qing and Li Wei were the young emperor's maternal grandfather.
The little emperor's maternal grandfather, Wu Qingbo, asked for money to repair the house in March, and the matter has been discussed until November, but the matter is still unfinished.
The reason why the Ministry of Industry refuses to give this money is that there is no such provision in the ancestral law. Once this is opened, various honorable relatives will use various names to ask the Ministry of Industry for money, and the Ministry of Industry is also poor. The tinkling sound refused.
After Zhu Heng reported this matter, the Li Superintendent meant to give 4,000 taels, not as an example, nor to others. The emperor's maternal grandfather, the Empress Dowager Li's biological father, all received 4,000 taels. Not giving it is really inconsistent with filial piety.
In October, the Ministry of Industry received the approval but still refused to give it. Zhu Nanyong from the Engineering Department also came to dissuade the matter.
It was November, and there was still no specific solution. Zhang Juzheng didn’t pay much attention at first. The Queen Mother’s own father wanted money to repair the house, and the Ministry of Works just calculated and paid the wages, but it came to this. The situation was beyond Zhang Juzheng's expectation. He didn't expect the Ministry of Industry to be so poor.
The Ministry of Industry is really too poor and has no money.
Filial piety has been used to govern the world in all dynasties. The request of the emperor's grandfather and the queen mother's father is logically a model that embodies the Wuchang ethics, family friendship and filial piety.
But when there is a conflict between metaphysical knowledge and metaphysical action, they often give in to metaphysical faithfulness. If you don’t have money, you just don’t have money. It’s just like math problems. If you can’t do it, you can’t.
The emperor's relatives asked for money and food to repair the house. If this happened, the Ministry of Industry would be dissolved directly as soon as this was opened.
Four thousand taels of silver caused a commotion in the city. Kedao Yanguan has recently written several memoranda about this matter, advocating frugality for the royal family. The country has suffered a huge financial loss. Where can there be money? Repairing houses for relatives? The officials of the Department of Science and Technology thought that the relatives were making excuses to ask for money. This time it was to repair the house, the next time it was to dig out the well, and the next time it was to repair the garden.
This matter is not very reasonable in the palace, because Li Wei’s house, the uncle of Wu Qing, should not be repaired. It is not yet time. Li Wei’s house was a special gift from the emperor in the first year of Longqing, and it took a year to build. It was built in the second year of Longqing's reign. It has only been a few years since it was about to be overhauled. One mouthful costs four thousand taels of silver.
Four thousand taels of silver, that's a lot of money. The Quanchu Guild Hall supports so many people, and it only costs more than a thousand taels a year.
Zhang Juzheng posted another floating note, saying that the title should be changed to a reward instead of building a house, and then the account of the reward would come from internal funds, but the money would come from state funds. In this way Come, inside and outside the palace, the inner and outer courts, everyone takes a step back.
But Empress Dowager Li felt that the ministers outside the palace were not respectful. This matter had escalated from simply repairing a house to a conflict between imperial power and ministerial power. It was no longer four thousand. It’s a matter of two pieces of silver.
Zhang Juzheng asked Feng Bao what the emperor and the queen mother meant, how to deal with this matter.
When Feng Bao heard this, he was very upset and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother discussed it twice. Your Majesty felt that the money should not be given, and he clearly opposed it both times. Queen Mother Li was a little angry.”
Feng Baomei embellished the negotiation process. In fact, it was Empress Dowager Li who inquired. The young emperor thought that Yuan Fu's handling was good, so he used it as a gift. Empress Dowager Li reprimanded the young emperor. Instead of surrendering, the young emperor took a detour and To persuade Queen Mother Li, Queen Mother Li became even more angry, and the little emperor stopped trying to persuade her. If she tried to persuade her again, this matter would probably rise to the level of filial piety.
This matter is awkward here.
“What do Feng Dajue think?” Zhang Juzheng asked Feng Bao for his opinion.
Feng Bao looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "We think your Majesty is right."
In the eyes of this servant, Feng Bao, this matter is very serious. The Queen Mother is a bit petty.
Now is the time when the young master is in doubt. The emperor needs the approval of the courtiers. For the sake of a house that should not be built in the first place, it has gradually reached this point. The imperial power should be superior, and for four thousand taels of silver , such constant friction and conflict on the ground somewhat undermines the emperor's majesty, and there is no pattern.
The palace has a lot of expenses and is somewhat stretched. Although four thousand taels of silver is a lot, the palace can still use it. Even if it is from the internal funds to build a house for the Queen Mother's father, it is not a good idea. It would be strange if something big doesn't happen and it has to be settled by the outer court.
"Alas." Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao looked at each other, sighed, and said no more.
When this matter has come to this point, it has actually reached a dead end. The imperial power cannot retreat. Once the imperial power retreats, the ministerial power will advance three steps. However, if it does not retreat and forces the national funds to release the money, it will not work. Undermining the royal authority. The ministerial power cannot retreat. If the ministerial power takes a step back, it will take more than four thousand taels of silver to plug this hole. It will cost real money.
Zhang Juzheng returned to Wenchang Pavilion, the study room of the Quanchu Guild Hall, and sat on the Taishi chair given by the emperor. As soon as he sat down, he immediately felt something different. This object was extremely exquisitely designed and was indeed very comfortable.
Queen Mother Li insisted on getting money from the outer court for her father. This matter itself was an unnecessary dispute caused by confusion between public and private affairs.
There was a telescope by his window. This telescope was also a gift from the emperor, but it could see far and clearly. Once, Zhang Juzheng used this telescope to glance at the moon. , the moon is slightly red, and there is no Guanghan Palace on it. From then on, this telescope has more functions of looking up at the starry sky.
The biggest headache for Zhang Juzheng recently is Wu Qingbo and Li Wei asking for money to repair their house.
In the early morning of the next day, the court discussed Wu Qingbo's house repairs.
Zhu Heng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, expressed strong opposition, and took out a memorial to become an official, expressing that he was not capable. The Ministry of Industry did not have the money, so he could not give it to anyone. This is the position of the Minister of Industry.
"Yuanfu, you know the situation of our Ministry of Works. We have no income and mainly go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to beg. The Ministry of Works really can't get the money." Zhu Hengna was really crying. With his heart in his heart, Emperor Longqing had a lot of money for the construction of the mausoleum, and the money for the construction of the mausoleum is still a mess, and the Ministry of Industry has been delaying it again and again.
Last year, while Gao Gong was fighting with Zhang Juzheng, the previous minister of the Ministry of Works just slipped away. It was not because he was greedy for ink, it was true. In a place like the Ministry of Works, even a rat would cry when he came in.
Zhu Heng also didn’t want to offend anyone in the palace. Zhu Heng really couldn’t afford to offend any of the empress dowager, the emperor, the chief eunuch and the chief minister of the cabinet. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to give, it was that he didn’t have the ability.
At the end of the Sixth Department of the Ministry of Industry, although he was the Duke of Ming Dynasty, he had very little say in the court. No one gave him money to organize things, and his stance was not important. Among them, the transparent person among transparent people.
When Zhang Juzheng talked about this, his scalp was numb. He wrote the floating ticket and said: "I will give you a reply after I inform your majesty. Zhu Gong is diligent, so don't say anything about becoming an official." ”
"It's difficult for Zhu Shangshu, it's difficult for the court, and it's difficult for the palace. Let's all try to cope with it."
The memorial written by Ge Shouli is very interesting.
Censor Yanguan requested that the regular court meeting held on the third day of every month be suspended. The reason is that the emperor is young and it is better not to bother.
Zhang Juzheng was also happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "They are the ones who asked to open the Chang Dynasty to meet His Majesty. They are the ones who said that Zhang Juzheng's country is isolated from the inside and outside. Now they are the same ones who invite the Chang Dynasty. Of course, Is the imperial law a joke?"
Ge Shouli took out this memorial, which does not mean that he agrees. He said quite clearly: "I don't agree very much. Chang Chao is the right thing to do, Your Majesty. The courtiers should meet with your majesty. This is a matter of great power and authority. We, the courtiers and cabinet ministers, are not qualified to limit this matter."
"It is better to hold meetings every month."
In the past, Ge Shouli was scolded by Feng Bao every day, then Lu Shusheng was scolded by Feng Bao every day, and then Wan Shihe was scolded by Emperor Feng Bao. Now it is the courtiers who are scolded by the emperor. Everyone has been exposed to the rain. Why? How about holding umbrellas for the courtiers?
Feel the little emperor’s intelligence, ingenuity and eloquence!
"What do you think?" Zhang Juzheng looked around and saw that all the ministers had no objections and wrote their own floating votes. The Chang Dynasty's system was thus confirmed.
It was not just the courtiers who were scolded but were scolded, everyone liked it, and the people below were also spared. They did not know the importance, talked nonsense, and made the courtiers embarrass themselves.
After the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng did not let the ministers and ministers come in to prepare for the banquet. Instead, he said with an embarrassed look: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works really doesn't have it, so let's transfer it to the name of a gift and pay it out of national funds."
The money for building city walls and frontier fortresses on the border comes directly from the Ministry of Household Affairs to the local government and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Works. The capital only repairs and repairs every year. The biggest errand is to build an imperial mausoleum, and the imperial mausoleum has been repaired in recent years. The mausoleum is all supervised by Xun Qi, and the Ministry of Industry is just a handyman.
The national and internal funds gave the money for the construction of the imperial mausoleum to Xun Qi. Xun Qi took charge of the matter. The Ministry of Industry owed a huge debt. When I asked Xun Qi for the account, Xun Qi would not give it. The debt is getting bigger and bigger, and the Ministry of Industry is so poor that it's like pants.
"I also have this intention." Zhu Yijun supported Zhang Juzheng's decision. Zhang Cheng came back from Tianzi Nankuyue Port and took 240,000 taels of silver, and the national money was divided into half. Zi had an additional income of 120,000 taels of silver.
The annual income and annual expenditure of the Ming Dynasty fluctuated, and there was a deficit every year, making it difficult to make ends meet.
The Ministry of Revenue is also willing to give out four thousand taels of silver to settle the matter and not embarrass anyone over the four thousand taels.
Before we don’t understand the definition of public and private, this account is a confused account and cannot be calculated clearly at all. Now it is a chaotic and certain phenomenon. When the distinction is not clear, let the bullets fly. Just let things continue to develop for a while.
After the banquet, Zhu Yijun and Queen Mother Li did not mention this matter, because Zhang Juzheng posted a floating ticket again, which was regarded as agreeing to Queen Mother Li's request.
He asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to give the four thousand taels of silver to the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works sent the four thousand taels to Wu Qing Bo Li Wei's house in accordance with the palace's decree. This matter was concluded.
Then something happened immediately.
It was almost the end of the year, and all the families of the honorable relatives were running into losses. When they saw that Uncle Wu Qing had received state funds on the pretext of repairing the house, they immediately started to crowd into the house, crying about poverty in a decent manner. Even repairing toilets became a problem. After finding out the reason, a bunch of memorials were pressed into the cabinet and transferred to the case of Empress Dowager Li.
Zhang Juzheng posted blank stamps on all such memorials. At this point, even if he, Zhang Juzheng, had great ability, he could not control it.
Empress Dowager Li also had a severe headache when she looked at the pile of memorials in front of her.
The eldest princess of Ning'an, the emperor's aunt, the Jiajing Emperor of the World Temple, the only daughter alive so far, and the consort Li He went to the Taoist memorial to build a pond at home. Fourteen thousand taels of silver.
To give or not to give?
The emperor’s maternal grandfather can give four thousand taels, but the emperor’s aunt cannot give these fourteen thousand taels?
"The Queen Mother is here!" a palace maid shouted. Zhu Yijun, who was addicted to reading agricultural books, came back to his senses from the book, stood up and greeted her respectfully.
"Mom, it's so late, why are you here?" Zhu Yijun asked knowingly. He knew what happened.
Empress Dowager Li held several memorials in her hand and said: "They are all asking for money, and they all say that this relative is a helper. I haven't seen how they help me. When asking for money, each one is more active than the other. "
Zhu Yijun opened the basic memorials and looked at them. There were many memorials. The Duke, the Marquis, the Consort Prince-in-law, and the uncle all submitted memorials. He closed the memorials and shook his head and said, "What do you think, mother?" Don't worry about the imbalance of wealth. If Uncle Wu Qing gives it, the eldest princess of Ning'an will have to give it. If she doesn't give it, it will hurt the relationship between relatives. "
"But, these few memorials here, there are so many of them, add up to more than 200,000 taels of silver."
"If it were given, the court would not have it, nor would the palace. For 70,000 taels of silver, the palace would Feng Bao, Yin Ping and others were at odds with the people in the outer court. In the end, it was Mr. Yuan Fu who increased taxes on Xiao Fo Langji, which filled the hole. "
Empress Dowager Li sighed heavily. He made a sound, looked at the agricultural books annotated by the little emperor, shook his head slightly helplessly and said: "What does the emperor think should be done?"
Zhu Yijun said tentatively: "Just get back the money you gave to grandpa. If nothing happens, it will be a joke for the ministers if this continues."
"This..." Queen Mother Li was silent for a moment and said, "Just do what the emperor said."
Seeing that Queen Mother Li agreed to recover the money for repairing the house, Zhu Yijun said: "My child heard that grandpa has a new member in his family, so he can just reward grandpa with this money. Others can ask for the reward. Refuse, the reward is the reward from the mother and the child, it is up to the palace to decide whether they ask for the reward or not. "
After going around in a circle, I still went the way of Zhang Juzheng, the Queen Mother. For rewards, internal funds are taken from the account, and the money comes from the national funds. Even if it does not damage the majesty of the royal family, such an opening will not be made, which will cause endless harm.
Everyone did this in a muddle, and the household department had a deficit that everyone knew well. The last time Zhang Cheng came back, he paid the accounts to the household, but he was divided into 120,000 taels. silver.
Sometimes, for many things, it seems troublesome to go around in circles, but if you change the name, there will be a lot more room for advancement and retreat.
If Empress Dowager Li refuses to recover the reward given to Uncle Wu Qing, Zhu Yijun will not suggest a compromise. These memorials asking for money will leave Empress Dowager Li with a headache. Empress Dowager Li is willing to pursue it. Yes, there is a compromise. Although it is not perfect, at least it will not make things worse.
Empress Dowager Li thought about it again and again, nodded and said: "Then do as the emperor said. It seems that these relatives can't be counted on."
Empress Dowager Li asked for these four thousand taels of silver from her biological father, and made a fuss. After a whole year, the money was finally paid out by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It’s quite an interesting phenomenon of public and private confusion, confusion and affirmation. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! !
(End of this chapter)