The officials sitting on the side also looked at Zhu Biao curiously. To be honest, if His Royal Highness had not mentioned it, they would not have remembered that there was such a yamen until the beginning of spring. The presence of the Tea Horse Secretary in the temple was real. too low.
The Minister of Household Affairs suddenly spoke: "The Tea Horse Commander Shang Benqing is the same age as Wei Chen. This person has no ambitions and is just getting by, but he certainly does not dare to neglect his duties. Is it because of the reputation of the local tea merchants?" thing?"
Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Biao and said: "It is well known that the tea households are in trouble, but they still have food to eat, which is much better than the people in some places. What's more, the Holy Spirit has already issued a decree."
Zhu Biao shook his head and said with a smile: "You have misunderstood."
He didn't continue to explain anything after that. After all, he was not a lower-ranking official. There was no reason to explain to his ministers so diligently. Moreover, it would take a lot of time to explain the lifting of the trade blockade against Mongolia and exchanging salt and tea for silver.
What's more, the drums informing the ministers to prepare for the morning court had already sounded. There was no time to chat about government affairs here. Zhu Biao stood up together with a group of ministers, arranged their clothes and court uniforms, and then went to the court in an orderly manner. Walk to Fengtian Temple.
After a ceremony, the emperor sat on the throne, his ministers stood under him, and the prince was in the middle. Zhongshu Shenzhen Tujie came forward and reported: "The emperor has reported to you from all the governments in Shaanxi and Gansu. Now the disaster has eased, the food for disaster relief is sufficient, and the victims are in peace." The gentry is in order, and the ministers will follow the work-for-relief method left by His Highness the Prince, and organize the young and strong victims to dig rivers, plant trees, protect forests, and build post roads in anticipation..."
After Tu Jie finished reciting the report from Shaanxi and Gansu, he prostrated himself on the ground: "Jie Zi Zong Yi, Se Bi Gui Zan, hold Che Zhi in respect, strike and sing in harmony, all this is due to the wisdom of His Majesty and His Highness."
"I congratulate you, Your Majesty!"
Naturally, the rest of the civil and military officials also prostrated themselves and congratulated him. No matter how the disaster was alleviated, it was a happy event. Only when the Holy One was happy could they be happy. Otherwise, how would they have celebrated this year?
After all, the Shaanxi-Gansu corruption case is not over yet. If something happens again, His Highness the Crown Prince may not be able to protect them, so the current situation couldn't be better. Hello, me, everyone.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, was naturally happy. The biggest problem for the country this year was the drought in Shaanxi-Gansu. Although there were twists and turns, the final result was good.
Zhu Biao was equally satisfied, not only with the relief of the disaster, but also with the fact that Guo Chong, Zhang Fan, Li Jin and others had not betrayed his trust. The amount of money he left behind when he left Shaanxi and Gansu was a huge amount. It is normal to be blinded by greed if you are not careful.
At that time, it was Zhu Biao who was embarrassed. He personally eliminated hundreds of corrupt officials, but the officials he personally appointed were still corrupt. Isn't this a joke? The prince's reputation of not knowing people well can never be washed away.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked the kneeling officials to stand up, and then ordered the Ministry of Personnel to reward the officials of Pingliang Fengxiang Prefecture in Huaiqing, that is, to correct Zhang Fan, Li Jin and others. When Zhu Biao appointed them to be in charge of the state capital, he did not approve the officials. The appointment and dismissal of the ministry directly took over the position of prefect temporarily.
After all, their original grades were not high enough, and they could only be promoted if they had made merit this time. Otherwise, their names would not be justified. This is what Zhu Biao did. He bypassed the court and directly appointed and dismissed several important officials. Other officials behaved this way, and later confiscated their homes and exterminated their clans. It's not an exaggeration, because it breaks the rules of the court.
And now Lao Zhu's extraordinary promotion is actually wiping Zhu Biao's butt, only for a month or two, and with Zhu Biao's foundation, their contribution cannot be said to be great. It can only be said that they are loyal, diligent and honest, and they have not disappointed anyone.
To be directly promoted to a higher rank requires the merit of convincing the public. Therefore, in the next few years, Zhang Fan, Li Jin and others can only serve in local places, and most of them will not be able to go to wealthy prefectures. This is also an unspoken rule of the officialdom. Among them, the pros and cons can only be determined by oneself. Got it.
After the report from Shaanxi and Gansu, it is time to submit the report to the Ministry of Revenue. It has been a while since autumn. The grain taxes for the autumn harvest in various places have also been collected. Will they be put into the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, or collected in local granaries, or there are other Everyone needs to have a charter.
This matter is still very important to each government office. The six ministers, including the military attachés of the Metropolitan Governor's Palace, all participated in the debate, and no one gave in to the other. At this time, the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Governor's Palace were undoubtedly members of the same family, and the momentum was at its strongest. In addition, the North was still using troops, so it got the largest share.
The ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Hubu were quarreling with the ministers and generals of various ministries as if they were about to be cut off, and they wanted to save more food and put it in the granary of the Ministry of Hubu for emergencies.
If households don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and if the Ministry of Household Affairs does not argue with reason, then after these animals have squandered the food, they will still ask for it from the Ministry of Household Affairs with all their teeth and claws. If they cannot give it, they will report it to them for corruption. In recent years, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs have It makes my teeth itch with hatred.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son did not get involved, but stayed on the sidelines and occasionally tried to smooth things over. Lao Zhu Neibo had just earned more than 200,000 taels of silver, so naturally he would not compete with his ministers at this time.
The imperial court only collects so much grain tax every year. Naturally, all ministries want their government offices to be richer. If they don't fight, the low-ranking officials below will be dissatisfied. The imperial salary is already low, and no one wants to follow a superior official who does not fight for their own interests.
It is precisely because of this that the civil servants who usually have a profound sense of magnanimity no longer care about their dignity, and the military generals are even more rude. If they were not still caring about the emperor and the prince, they would probably go into battle shirtless at this time.
But Zhu Biao seems to be about the same. Although Wu Xun is the most powerful, in terms of words, there is nothing comparable to the old foxes who experienced the civil servants of the Yuan and Ming dynasties. After a few rounds of words, they forgot what they just said, and only curses were left in their mouths. Of foul language.
As the most eloquent among the generals, Marquis Nanxiong is naturally the one who speaks on behalf of the Governor's Office. However, the short General Liba cannot speak to the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Now his eyes are red with the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and others. , If Gongchanghou Guo Xingdongpinghou Han Zheng hadn't been holding him by the side, the face of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue would have bloomed.
"Bullshit, what are you doing with the grain left in your Hubu warehouse? How many more crops can it grow? I see clearly that you guys, the Hubu bird officials, want to guard and steal. Chang Shuai in the north is still resisting the Mongolian tribes. It needs to survive the winter. If we don’t send the food and military pay as soon as possible, why are we waiting?”
After Zhao Yong finished yelling, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce glanced at him contemptuously, and waved to the minister on the side, asking him to argue with those reckless men, while he concentrated on dealing with the serious-looking Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
"Mom, how dare you look down on me!"
Before the Minister of Household Affairs could step forward to answer the question, Chen Liang, the Right Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, frowned and said to Zhao Yong: "Didn't we just transfer a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River in the past few months! There is no war in the north, why do we have to do it again? Food and salary?”
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