Chapter 240 The Worried Emperor Jiajing
The summer heat is rising and autumn is coming, and after the dog days there are tigers.
The summer of the 30th year of Jiajing passed by in a blink of an eye, and nothing major happened. Zhu Zaijing was also happy to listen to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng in the palace during the three months of summer. When giving lectures, it seems as if the outside world has nothing to do with him.
But this world is always conserved.
Some people are free, and others are busy.
For example, Ouyang Bijin, Minister of Industry and Industry, since Zhu Zaijing expressed to Huang Jin that he did not intend to participate in the expansion of the capital, Emperor Jiajing seemed to feel that it would indeed be unbalanced if Zhu Zaijing was allowed to take on some tasks.
After all, the current Emperor Jiajing is still thinking about Yan Shifan and his group of people to help him make money.
If Emperor Jiajing hadn't gotten the money yet, he would have taken a drastic step and dampened the enthusiasm of Yan Shifan and others. If these people didn't work hard, wouldn't they have suffered a big loss?
So, after thinking about it, Emperor Jiajing decided to let go of Zhu Zaijing's matter first, and continued to urge Yan Shifan, Yan Maoqing and others to work hard to prepare the first sum of money needed for the expansion of the capital.
Finally, after three months of unremitting efforts, Yan Shifan finally lived up to his divine grace. Yan Maoqing, whom he recommended, finally fulfilled his agreement to serve as Prime Minister of Salt Affairs and obtained one million taels for the court. Salt tax.
With this million taels of silver as a foundation, Emperor Jiajing suddenly felt confident.
Emperor Jiajing immediately summoned Ouyang Bijin, Minister of Industry, to urge the progress of the capital expansion plan.
Ouyang Bijin couldn't resist being urged by Emperor Jiajing. During the hot summer days in the past few months, he had been constantly checking information, trying to present a satisfactory capital expansion plan to Emperor Jiajing.
So in the past few months, Ouyang Bijin's life can be described as ecstasy.
Fortunately, the plan he submitted finally got the approval of Emperor Jiajing, and there was no more nitpicking like before.
Therefore, Ouyang Bijin also thought that he had successfully passed the test.
As a result, the Ministry of Industry and Shuntian Prefecture jointly monitored an auspicious zodiac day and reported it to the cabinet. After the cabinet voted, it was forwarded to the Secretary of Ceremonies for approval.
As the head of the Bureau of Ceremonies, Huang Jin, of course, also saw the request for instructions from the Ministry of Works, Shuntian Mansion and Qintian Supervisor at the first time. He also knew about Emperor Jiajing’s plans for the expansion of the capital. How much you value.
Therefore, he did not directly criticize it easily, but submitted the request for instructions to Emperor Jiajing for inspection.
Emperor Jiajing looked at this request for instructions and couldn't help but hum. "Ouyang Bijin seems to be in a hurry. He actually found Yan Song to help him draw up the vote. It doesn't matter, since they want to make trouble. , then I’m sure.”
After Emperor Jiajing read this petition for instructions, he gave it to Huang Jin and asked Huang Jin to approve it as usual.
After all, the face of the chief minister of the cabinet sometimes has to be taken into consideration. Otherwise, how would the officials below respond?
So this time Emperor Jiajing was able to approve Ouyang Bijin's request for instructions, and it was also for Yan Song's sake and for the sake of stable order in the court.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was a huge empire with a complicated system and a vast territory.
Although the emperor's authority is supreme, the emperor is just a person. It is expected that one person can handle everything clearly, unless Emperor Jiajing is an artificial intelligence program with superb computing power.
Otherwise, he would have to rely on his subordinates to help him share most of the things and problems, so Emperor Jiajing still had to maintain a relatively respectful attitude towards some officials in key positions.
This not only shows that Emperor Jiajing is courteous and virtuous, but also plays a role in maintaining order.
So sometimes the face of the chief minister of the cabinet must be given.
Otherwise, when the officials see that the chief minister of the cabinet is often refuted by the emperor, they will lose their respect for the cabinet and turn all questions and decisions to the emperor himself.
In this case, what is the point of setting up a cabinet in the imperial court?
After all, the emperor is a human being, not a machine.
If all the problems and matters were left to the emperor to handle personally, it would not take long for the emperor to die from exhaustion.
So, sometimes no matter whether the emperor likes it or not, he has to give some face to the cabinet and maintain the basic rules of the court.
Otherwise, everything would be in chaos. How could the emperor control the court through the cabinet and then manage the world?
So when Ouyang Bijin united with the yamen such as Shuntian Prefecture and Qintianjian this time, he also asked the chief minister of the cabinet to draft votes for them. Coupled with the plan Ouyang Bijin now provided, Emperor Jiajing It's not particularly unpleasant. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing naturally had no reason to refuse anymore and just let Huang Jin approve it.
When Emperor Jiajing asked Huang Jin to criticize the red, he said: "The auspicious day for starting construction should be according to the time they planned, and it should be placed on the beginning of autumn to offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers to start construction. The etiquette will be decided by Si'er and the Ministry of Rites. Host. Let the Ministry of Industry and Shuntian Mansion handle other matters in detail." Huang Jin heard what Emperor Jiajing meant and bowed to Emperor Jiajing: "I will take note of it."
Then Emperor Jiajing asked again, "What is San'er doing recently?"
Hearing Emperor Jiajing ask about Zhu Zaijing again, Huang Jin quickly said: "Prince Yu has been studying in the mansion. , I rarely go out in the past few months.”
When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but groaned, "He is lazy. Doesn't he care about the trade affairs with the Tatars? And my money, doesn't he worry about making it? He is young. The young man knows how to enjoy it. Later, you can go to Prince Yu’s Mansion and tell him not to stay in the Prince’s Mansion blowing the air conditioner all the time. It’s time to go out and do some activities.”
Huang Jin heard that Emperor Jiajing was so dissatisfied with Zhu Zai. After hearing these words, he immediately replied with a smile: "Emperor, you have wronged Prince Yu. Although Prince Yu rarely goes out these days, he is not idle either. He is asking one of Li Shizhen's disciples to make something called "The new thing of canned food"
"According to Lord Yu, once this research called canned food is conquered, the beef and mutton on the northern grassland can be preserved for a long time, allowing it to be circulated at a low price. market in the Ming Dynasty, thereby improving the diet structure of the people in the Ming Dynasty."
When Emperor Jiajing heard these new words from Huang Jin, he was not surprised now, because he knew that these new words were invented by Zhu Zaijing.
Emperor Jiajing asked curiously: "Is there really such a magical thing? Canned food is a bit interesting. And the diet structure, haha, isn't the diet of the people of the Ming Dynasty enough? Whether it is grains or other miscellaneous grains, the Ming Dynasty The people also have everything they need, so does he need to worry about it?”
Huang Jindao: "The emperor is right, Prince Yu is too young and has too little experience to know these daily things, so it is easy for him to have more fantastic ideas. But according to Prince Yu's calculations, if cans can be successfully made , the profit gained by then may far exceed the profit of Yiran Candy.”
“Now that Yiran Candy has been sold for so long, everyone who can afford it has eaten it, and those who cannot afford it have eaten it. It’s still unaffordable. Therefore, Prince Yu believes that the potential of Yiran Tang has reached this point. If he wants to make further profits, he has to lower the price. However, if the price is lowered, it will easily hurt the original loyal users of Yiran Tang.”
“Therefore, Prince Yu believes that if you want to continue to make more money, you must constantly introduce new products and let these wealthy people continue to buy. This is in line with long-term interests.”
After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing nodded and said: "San'er's concern is right. It really should be the case."
Then Emperor Jiajing turned around and looked at Huang Jin and said with a smile: "These days You are so close to San'er, and you seem to have learned a lot. Now you can talk clearly in front of me."
When Huang Jin heard what Emperor Jiajing said, he was immediately frightened and knelt on the ground quickly, "The emperor clearly shows that this slave has never been close to anyone. This slave is only close to the emperor!"
Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, "Get up, get up, I'm scaring you. You and San'er are familiar with each other, and they obeyed my will. How can I blame you? Just do things well in the future and handle things according to my wishes." "
Huang Jin bowed again in fear: "Thank you for your trust, I can't repay you, but I have this humble life to serve you forever."
Emperor Jiajing chuckled again. With a smile, his tone was a little gentler, "Get up quickly. Look at you like this. I know that the other eunuchs in the palace call you ancestor. If they know that their ancestor is so timid and timid, they will still call you ancestor in the future. How can I convince you?"
Huang Jin banged his head again, "I know I was wrong, and I will never let the servants in the palace call me this again."
At this time, Emperor Jiajing put away his smile and movements, and said with hum, "That's right. Our ancestors used to call dead people, and when they call you that, they are cursing you to death. From tomorrow on, you go Shunyi announced that Chen Hong would be promoted to the position of Supervisor of Ceremonies and Feng Bao was too impatient. "
Huang Jin quickly replied: "I obey the order!"< br>
Emperor Jiajing appointed Chen Hong not on a whim, but because of his innate political sensitivity.
Emperor Jiajing knew that Huang Jin had accepted Feng Bao as his godson, which was not conducive to the management of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so Emperor Jiajing wanted to give Huang Jin a beating to make him sober up a little more, and then exiled Feng Bao Release the Supervisor of Ceremonies and let him work in Shunyi to see if he can calm down.
If he can, he still has a chance. If not, then there is no need to do it himself, San'er will deal with this useless waste.
As for Chen Hong, Emperor Jiajing also wanted to know more about the financial affairs of Shunyi Industrial Park, so Emperor Jiajing named Chen Hong.
You must know that Chen Hong is currently in charge of finance in Shunyi Industrial Park, so the meaning of Emperor Jiajing is very obvious. In order to help his son take a good look at the situation of Shunyi Industrial Park, See if anyone bullies Zhu Zaijing when he is young and takes advantage of him.
It can be said that Emperor Jiajing was worried about helping the "young and ignorant" King Yu, for fear that the gold ingot in his son's hand would be missed.
(End of this chapter)