TV is all a lie, and they often reward people with thousands or tens of thousands of taels, which is all nonsense.
Lao Zhu is a stingy person, so he would bet his salary for the next ten years against the offer of five hundred taels, but being able to get money from Lao Zhu's family is already pretty good.
There was no eunuch holding a tray to deliver the money, and the eight hundred guan of money could no longer be held on a tray, so a box had to be used.
After the meal, Zhu Yuanzhang burped and said casually: "Although I still have many things I want to ask you, the treatment of diseases with wine is of great importance to the sergeants and generals. You might as well go back to prepare first and come to the palace another day."
Gu Zhengchen stood up and left. Seeing this, Zhu Biao saluted and followed him out.
Kunning Palace.
Queen Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting in a chair and was meditating. She walked behind him, raised her hand and gently pressed Zhu Yuanzhang's broad shoulders: "Still thinking about rewarding the land?"
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes and lamented: "You may say that we are not thinking too far, but we are thinking about our descendants and hope that they will live a good life. We are saying that we are thinking too far, but we did not think clearly, so we almost made a fuss. What a disaster. If we go according to our original plan and give our descendants a lot of land and a lot of salary, our country will not be able to last for twenty generations."
Empress Ma comforted her: "The children are still young now, so Your Majesty can slowly think of a solution that has both ends. But this is the first time I have seen Gu Zhengchen use such a novel method to give advice."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned sideways and looked at Queen Ma: "Does the Queen want me to transfer him to Jinling to work again?"
Empress Ma was a little puzzled: "Isn't it possible? The local magistrate, chief registrar, county magistrate, and grain chief. His Majesty said he would be transferred to Jinling and he went to Jinling. Gu Zhengchen has great talents, why is he unwilling to reuse them?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked towards the door: "It's not that we don't want to reuse him, it's just that there are many turmoils in Jinling, and I don't want to ruin him. Let him be in Jurong, not far or near, just outside the whirlpool."
"swirl?"
Queen Ma felt a pressure.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not explain, but instead said: "Hu Xiang has been waiting for a long time, let's go and have a look. When the queen is free, she might as well invite Gu to come and sit in the palace. Just ask - that's all, let's just chat and relieve our boredom."
Zhongshu Province.
Yan Xizhe and Lu Xi, the Ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were confused. The head of the Ministry of Household Affairs had just informed that the money moved from the palace had returned to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Lu Xi was confused and asked Yan Xizhe, "Why is this?"
Yan Xizhe couldn't guess what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking. Just as the two were slandering Lao Zhu, Hu Weiyong walked over with a smile and said to Lu Xi and Yan Xizhe who were coming to greet them: "The money has been returned to the household department."
Lu Xi quickly asked: "What caused it?"
Hu Weiyong shook his head: "There is no news from the palace about the specific matter. It's just that someone said that His Majesty hosted a banquet for Gu Zhengchen in the palace today. I think it has something to do with this person."
"Gu Zhengchen?"
Lu Xi squinted her eyes.
Yan Xizhe remembered it and said to Lu Xi: "The tiger hunting magistrate in Jurong just had a conflict with the young master of the Hou family in Pingliang."
Lu Xi knew this person. The Minister of Works led a group of people to leave Jinling. This kind of thing could not be hidden. The place they went to was Jurong. Li Min and Huang Su, the Ministers of the Ministry of Works, praised Gu Zhengchen. Let this person have some reputation among the officials in Jinling.
"If you are hosting a banquet for this person, you don't need tax money from the Household Relocation Department, right?"
Lu Xi was confused.
Hu Weiyong waved his hand: "Your Majesty did not say the specific reason, but a few days ago, His Majesty issued an edict to reward each prince with one hundred hectares of land. Do you still remember it?"
Lu Xi and Yan Xizhe naturally remembered that there was still a turmoil at this time, and some officials wrote letters to oppose it.
It is not without reason that the officials objected. One hundred hectares is ten thousand acres of land. This amount is not a small number. Besides, these princes are still young and all their food and drink expenses are in Jinling. What is the use of giving them land now, except to increase the burden on the people? Other than that, it makes no sense. Even if land is to be given, it will have to be given when they go to enclose the country.
The Ministry of Revenue was also quite dissatisfied with this, but Hu Weiyong nodded, so the Ministry of Revenue had no choice but to follow the order and issue documents to the feudal states of each vassal king, asking local provinces, prefects, etc. to cooperate in selecting fields.
Calculating the time and mileage, these documents are estimated to have not reached Henan yet.
Hu Weiyong said with a smile: "Your Majesty just said that the one hundred hectares of land granted to the prince by imperial edict has been temporarily cancelled, and will be discussed later. Please order the Ministry of Household Affairs to issue a document to revise the previous order, so as not to disturb the people."
Lu Xi and Yan Xizhe were pleasantly surprised, but also quite puzzled.
Yan Xizhe narrowed his eyes. Today's events have indeed changed a lot. You must know that officials and censors have opposed it for many days, but it is still being implemented forcefully.
Logically speaking, once all the paperwork has been sent out, the matter will be over. But who could have imagined that the emperor canceled the imperial edict to grant the land!
This is not the result of the opposition of the censor and officials, nor is it the result of Hu Xiang’s words!
Yan Xizhe exclaimed in his heart: "It's Gu Zhengchen!"
He must have changed the emperor's will!
No matter what method this man used, he saved at least thousands of families, preventing them from becoming farmers and tenants of the feudal lord in an instant.
Hu Weiyong sat down and continued: "There are two more things that need the attention of the Ministry of Revenue."
Lu Xizhe and Yan Xizhe saluted and asked what was going on.
Hu Weiyong said bluntly: "On the issue of rewards for the envoys of the Kingdom of Siam, His Majesty has issued an edict to give the king eight pieces each of Zhijin Shaluo and Wenqi, and the envoys four pieces each of Qiluo, as well as some robes, boots and socks, etc. , general affairs and below, each will be given a reward. The Ministry of Revenue allocates materials and must not neglect the envoys of the vassal states. "
Yan Xizhe looked a little ugly and complained: "These envoys have not brought much benefit to our Ming Dynasty. Instead, they have been given generous gifts every year. These are the blessings of the people..."
Hu Weiyong glanced at Yan Xizhe: "You shouldn't say this in Zhongshu Province, you should say it in Fengtian Hall and Huagai Hall."
Yan Xizhe shut up immediately.
Hu Weiyong continued: "Considering that there is a lot of grain in the granary and most of the local tax grain has not yet reached Jinling, His Majesty issued an order to take the old grain and reward it to the sergeants of the Beijing Army Guard Station, with each sergeant three shi of rice. The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office will send people to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Adjust expenditure.”
Yan Xizhe and Lu Xi nodded.
There is indeed a lot of grain stored in the Ministry of Household Affairs. After all, most of the taxes collected are grain, and it is not a problem to keep it in the warehouse. Moreover, by the end of this year, the autumn harvest has been completed in various places, and there has been no large-scale famine. The new grain will Delivery to Jinling one after another.
The sound of hurried footsteps came.
Hu Weiyong looked up and saw Chen Ning, the censor doctor, running over with a document in his hand and said in a panic: "Prime Minister Hu, something bad has happened."
"What's the matter?"
Hu Weiyong had seen many strong winds and waves, and he did not behave in a panic.
Chen Ning came closer and hurriedly handed over a document: "There is a famine in Zhaozhou, Raoyang, Xinhe, Jizhou, Jinzhou and other places in Zhending Prefecture."
Lu Xizhe and Yan Xizhe looked at each other and didn't feel anything was wrong.
When there is a famine in a local area, it is a normal procedure to report the disaster to the court, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.
But then, the two people discovered that there was a big problem.
Hu Weiyong's face became extremely ugly. He slapped the table and shouted sternly: "These officials deserve to be killed! The famine was concealed for more than a month, killing countless people!"
