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 the 23rd.
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 Great Ming Dynasty Meeting has become similar to a company's year-end meeting, or a school meeting of all teachers and students. The chairman and principal read some incomprehensible manuscripts, and everyone in the audience could not understand a word and were all wandering. Beyond the sky.
Then everyone shouted three times and dispersed on the spot. Everyone went back to their homes and looked for their mothers. It delayed the work and was ineffective.
The emperor was unwilling to hold it, and the courtiers were unwilling to participate.
Zhu Yijun was too lazy to open his mouth, but Zhang Juzheng offended too many people because of his examination. They said that Zhang Juzheng led the cabinet, held court officials, isolated the inside and outside, and did not allow the court officials to see the emperor. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng remonstrated with the emperor every month. It only takes half an hour to meet the courtiers.
Zhu Yijun forced this meeting to become 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 extremely drunk. When the Tiqimen brought him in, he had not yet sobered up. He was so drunk that even the little emperor sitting on the third-level platform could smell the strong smell. The ministers covered their noses one after another because of the alcoholic smell of rouge and gouache. It was really the smell of wine mixed with the smell of rouge and gouache, which made it really smell a bit unpleasant.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "Today's morning court meeting, wasn't it before that an explicit edict was issued? Even if you lose the court, you still drink like this?"
"There is indeed a clear purpose." Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to leave work and said.
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 how strange it is that the little emperor is actually willing to come out to see everyone. Let’s see what the little emperor looks like wearing a dragon robe.
Not to mention, really don't mention it, half a year has passed since the last time the little emperor made a public appearance. The little emperor, who was slightly fat at first, finally seems to have a lot of calmness. Sitting there, he actually has an emperor. of majesty.
Twenty-seven people came to Taichang Temple to ask for leave. Some were old and some were sick. There were less than five people who lost their dynasty. One of them fell into the moat on his way to the dynasty because it was too dark and he couldn't see the road clearly. , thanks to the fact that the moat freezes in winter, otherwise I might drown in the moat wearing court clothes.
There was a censor who was nearly sixty years old. He fell and was taken to the Imperial 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 been working diligently since I took the throne. I am afraid that It brings shame to our ancestors, ministers, why do you look down on me? Is there something I did wrong?"
Weak, pitiful, and helpless, Mr. Yuansuke, they bullied me!
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 monsters 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. After drinking like this, Tiqi carried him to the court and he still hadn't sobered up. If Tiqi hadn't blocked Jia Sanjin's mouth, he would have vomited. Above 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 that you should be punished with unfilial piety. Unfilial piety is a serious crime. In the lightest case, you will be deprived of your status, and in the most serious case, you will be beheaded as a warning to others."
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he seemed to be even more frightened and said: "But Jia Sanjin is a Yanguan. Last time, I couldn't bear the opposition of the clan and party and punished three Yanguan for their persecution. If I deal with Jia Sanjin, I'm afraid the whole world will be ruined." The ministers also said that I was cold and ungrateful, that I hurt the ministers with ears and eyes, and that I hurt the spirit of the officials in the court. Alas, when the time comes, they will go to Chengtian Gate to kowtow, what should I do? "
"The leader last time was Jia Sanjin!"
"There is only one Hai Rui in the world. If there is no other one, let him announce his return to the court and quell the criticism. What should we do?"
"Mr. Yuansuke, please don't punish me."
The little emperor's notebook contains Jia Sanjin's name!
Every sentence is not investigated, every sentence is investigated. The emperor stands behind the throne of imperial power and seems to be retreating step by step. However, he is using the etiquette of monarchs and ministers for thousands of years. While cursing people, he also magnifies the matter and makes it serious. change.
"Your Majesty, I have my own book." Hai Rui, as the imperial censor of Youdu, stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, if the stubborn spirit is so weak, how can our Ming Dynasty have the word "righteousness"? Such treacherous ministers, He should be severely punished. The mistake of losing the court is one. The mistake of not being respectful is the second. It should be treated as unfilial. If the official commits a crime, the crime will be increased to third level. Once we find out why he lost the court, it is better to live in exile."
"His appearance is an insult to Qing Liu Qing's name. I, 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 you lost the government, and then you can resign your official position and go back to your hometown to live leisurely. This matter involves words, and this is a serious matter." Zhu Yijun hesitated, chose a compromise, and went home.
Ge Shouli looked at Jia Sanjin and felt a little pity. This guy was Zhang Siwei's man. He was already a bit like him, but he made such a fuss today.
Jia Sanjin had previously planned to live in Ge Shouli's Quanjin Guild Hall and let his children study at Quanjin Guild Hall's home. Originally, his life had turned from a side road to the right track, but in order to win over Jia Sanjin, Zhang Siwei specially gave away the house to solve the problem. After meeting Jia Sanjin's urgent need, Jia Sanjin and Zhang Siwei got closer and closer.
Living in the Quanjin Guild Hall is, after all, living under someone else's roof.
As a result, during the great court meeting, he unexpectedly lost his dynasty. He was still so drunk when he lost his dynasty. The emperor asked him about the memorial. How could he say this?
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 had a drink with a prostitute in Yanxing Tower yesterday. After drinking until the fourth watch today, he returned home. This That’s why he looks like this.”
"Most of the people at the banquet are from the same hometown as Jia Sanjin."
"So, my dear friends, does anyone still have any doubts about leaving my official position and returning home to live leisurely without being allowed to sign official documents?" 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, next chapter is the official department."
"If you have something to do, leave work early. If you have nothing to do, roll up the curtain and leave the court." Feng Bao flicked his fly whisk and shouted loudly.
No one came out to report anymore. Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "The courtiers have entered the Wenhua Palace for discussion. Let's disperse."
Zhu Yijun stood up and walked towards the Wenhua Hall. After the court meeting was the court meeting, and after the court meeting was the banquet. This does not mean that there is no need for court meetings or reading after the court meeting.
If you don't get up after sleeping, you will be fined half a year if you lose your court. If you are not reverent, you will end up in a state of unconsciousness like Jia Sanjin, and you will be caught by your majesty. This is a typical example. This kind of loss of court is unfilial and unfilial. Serious crimes require severe punishment.
He was demoted from his official position and returned to his hometown to live in leisure. 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 life's 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, lunch and martial arts, Zhu Yijun went to the Baoqi Division in Xiyuan to check Xu Zhenming's work. Xu Zhenming was annotating the agricultural books. After he annotated the agricultural books, he translated them into common characters and prose, which was convenient for the emperor to read. It is convenient for officials all over the world to persuade farmers and mulberry trees to use it.
Xu Zhenming wants to write a reference book to encourage farmers to grow mulberry trees.
When Zhu Yijun returned to the palace from Baoqisi, he did not go back directly to Baoqisi. Instead, he went to the side hall of Wenhua Hall. 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. It was not human bones, 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 bones in the spine, and there are four curves, which are wavy when viewed from the side, namely cervical lordosis and thoracic kyphosis. , lumbar lordosis and sacral kyphosis.”
"Cervical lordosis is to support the skull, thoracic kyphosis is to wrap the thoracic organs, lumbar lordosis is to reduce vibration, and sacral kyphosis is to include the pelvic and abdominal organs."
Chen Shigong stepped forward, swung his spine, straightened it from a wavy bend, and said: "If the cervical spine is flat, it will not be able to support the skull, and it will cause... neck pain. If the thoracic spine is flat, it will compress the heart and lungs. If the thoracic spine is flat, it will compress the heart and lungs. If the lumbar vertebrae are flat, walking around will cause pain all over the body. If the sacral vertebrae are flat, the person cannot stand upright and walk.”
"If you sit for a long time while studying, you will feel pain from bending on all sides for a long time. I made a special chair for this purpose. It supports the neck, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and sacral vertebrae, so that I will not feel tired after sitting for a long time."
Chen Shigong asked his apprentice to push up a chair and said, "This is my respectful heart."
An ergonomic chair, a chair that conforms to the concave and convex curves 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. Therefore, we made such a chair to treat Tan Sima's illness. use."
"Tan Sima is half-length in the military. He likes to sleep on hard beds. His waist is flat and all the palaces are shaken. I specially made this bed and chair for Tan Sima's illness 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. If we continue to fight hard, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the gods to heal."
"So." Zhu Yijun looked at the chair in front of him and asked, "Does this thing have a name?"
"Your Majesty, please give me a name." Chen Shigong did not choose a name. It would be more appropriate for the emperor to do this. Since it is flattery, the naming rights naturally belong to your 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 accepted the order and left. The Taishi Hospital made this chair and specially customized it for the ten-year-old master. 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 taels a handful. We sell them in Huangzhuang, don't show off."
Huangzhuang is the property of the palace. It mainly sells a chair that does not rip off the poor. The goods are not good and expensive, and the business is very deserted. I will put this Taishi chair in Huangzhuang for sale. 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 are People buy.
"Is twenty taels a piece too expensive? A chair or an armchair only costs twenty taels, so we sell it for twenty taels?" Zhang Hong said with some confusion. The things in Huangzhuang are ridiculously expensive. No one bought it, and the little emperor's price more than doubled.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Not only are there twenty taels per piece, but the price is increased by one tael per month, and the monthly limit is 100 taels. Just do it."
Make money, it's not shabby, the inner court has gone to the outer court to beg for food, and if you don't think of ways to make money, isn't that making the outer court a joke every day?
Feng Bao led a group of eunuchs to the Quanchu Guild Hall. When he saw Zhang Juzheng, who was already waiting for him, he smiled and said: "Yuan Fu received the order, and your Majesty said: This thing is very good. I will send it to the Quanchu Guild Hall for the use of Mr. Chief Fu. Your Majesty." this."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." 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. The chair ring is engraved with cloud patterns. This is a texture that can only be used on items given by the emperor. There is a forward-extending neck support directly above the back of the chair, and there are embossed gilt decorations on the back of the chair. There are gilt ornaments, a crane on the left and a unicorn on the right. There is a lumbar support in the middle, which can be adjusted forward and backward. There is a footrest in front of the chair. This footrest has its own special name, called step by step step.
Once this chair is placed there, it has the power to dominate 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 time, the gift was the same model sold in Huangzhuang, but the style was the same, there was no moiré pattern, and there were no embossed gilt 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, submitted a petition to ask for the money for repairing the house. The palace made the next chapter and the Ministry of Works calculated it. The Ministry of Works delayed it in every possible way, but refused. Zhu Heng, the Ministry of Works, reported back that the royal family's house did not contain the wedding ceremony. It was given by Ti Chao as a special favor. There was no repair case, but no money was given.
This Uncle Wu Qing was a maternal relative, the biological father of Empress Dowager Li, the loving 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 and his maternal grandfather Wu Qingbo petitioned 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 Works refuses to give this money is that there is no such provision in the ancestral law. Once this gap is opened, various honorable relatives will use various names to ask the Ministry of Works for money. The Ministry of Works is also very poor and refuses. .
After Zhu Heng reported this matter, the Li Superintendent meant to give four thousand taels, not as an example, nor to anyone else. The emperor's grandfather, Empress Dowager Li's biological father, did not give four thousand taels, which was really a bit unfair. In line 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 concrete way to deal with it. Zhang Juzheng didn't care much at first. The Queen Mother's own father wanted money to repair the house, so the Ministry of Works just calculated and paid the wages. But Zhang Juzheng expected that the trouble had reached this point. Unexpectedly, he did not expect the Ministry of Industry to be so poor.
The Ministry of Industry is really too poor and has no money.
The world has been governed by filial piety in all dynasties. The request of the emperor's grandfather and the queen mother's father is a model that embodies the Wuchang ethics, friendship between relatives 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 a math problem. If you can’t do it, you can’t.
If the emperor's relatives asked for money and food to repair the house, if this happened, the Ministry of Industry would be disbanded as soon as this was opened.
The four thousand taels of silver caused a commotion all over 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. How can there be money to repair the houses of the honorable relatives? ? The government officials thought it was the relatives who made 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 Wu Qingbo Li Wei's house should not be repaired yet. Li Wei's house was a special gift from the emperor in the first year of Longqing, and it took one year to build, and it was completed in the second year of Longqing. It's only been a few years and it's going to be overhauled, with a mouthful of 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 he should change the title to a reward instead of building a house, and then the account of the reward would come from the internal funds, but the money would come out of the national funds. In this way, the people inside and outside the palace would , the inner court and the outer court each take a step back.
However, 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 a matter of four thousand taels 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 she 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."
From the perspective of this servant, Feng Bao, Empress Dowager Li was a bit petty in this matter.
Now is the time when the young master is in doubt. The emperor needs the approval of the courtiers. For the sake of building a house that should not have been built, it has gradually reached this point. The imperial power should be high and high. For four thousand taels of silver, it is unreasonable to step on the ground like this. The constant friction and conflicts somewhat undermined the emperor's majesty, and there was no pattern.
The palace has a lot of expenses, but it is also 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, it is not a big deal to build a house for the Queen Mother's father. I have to leave. It would be strange if there was no commotion over the foreign court's accounts.
"Alas." Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao looked at each other, sighed, and said no more.
This matter has reached this point, and it has actually reached a dead end. The imperial power cannot retreat. Once the imperial power retreats, the ministerial authority advances three steps. However, if the imperial power does not retreat, it will force the state funds to spend this money, which will also damage the dignity of the imperial 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 the 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 matters.
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 took a look at the moon with the telescope, and the moon was slightly red. , 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, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, expressed strong opposition and took out a memorial to become an official, expressing his incompetence. The Ministry of Industry did not have the money and he could not give it to him. Who could give him the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry? .
"Yuanfu, you know the situation of our Ministry of Works. We have no income and mainly go to the Household Department to beg. The Ministry of Works really can't get the money." Zhu Heng was really crying, Long Qing The emperor's long-term guest, the money for building the mausoleum has been a mess until now, and the Ministry of Industry has been delaying it again and again. If it can't be delayed, it will end the official career.
Last year, while Gao Gong was fighting with Zhang Juzheng, the previous minister of the Ministry of Industry simply slipped away. It was not because he was greedy for ink, it was true. In a place like the Ministry of Industry, even a rat would cry when he came in.
Zhu Heng didn't want to offend anyone in the palace, including the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Chief Eunuch and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. Zhu Heng really couldn't afford to offend any of them. 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 help him organize things, and his stance was not important. Among the six departments, he was the most transparent person. transparent person.
When Zhang Juzheng mentioned this matter, his scalp was numb. He wrote the floating ticket and said, "I will give you a reply after I inform your majesty. Mr. Zhu is diligent and won't say anything about becoming an official."
"It's difficult for Zhu Shangshu, it's difficult for the court, it's also difficult for the palace, everyone, please do whatever it takes."
The memorial given by Ge Shouli is very interesting.
The Censor Yanguan asked for an order to stop the regular court meeting held on the third day of each month. The reason was that the emperor was young and it was better not to bother.
Zhang Juzheng was also very happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "They are the ones who requested 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 also the ones who invite the Chang Dynasty. It is a joke to treat the imperial law." ?"
Ge Shouli took out this memorial, which does not mean that he agreed. He said quite accurately: "I don't agree very much. Changing the court is the right thing to do. The emperor should see the courtiers, and the courtiers should see the majesty. This is the authority of the lord. We, the courtiers and cabinet ministers, are not qualified to restrict the important matter of Fu Zhiquan."
"It's better to hold it every month."
In the past, Ge Shouli was scolded by Feng Bao every day. Later, it was Lu Shusheng who was scolded by Feng Bao every day. Later, it was Wan Shihe who was scolded by Emperor Feng Bao. Now it is the courtiers who are scolded by the emperor. Everyone has been exposed to the rain, so why should the courtiers be scolded? What about holding an umbrella?
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.
Those who were scolded were not just the courtiers who were watching the fun, everyone liked it, but also the people below, who did not know the importance, talked nonsense, and made the courtiers embarrassed along with them.
After the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng did not let the ministers and ministers come in to prepare for the banquet. Instead, he said with a troubled face: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works really doesn't have it. Let's transfer it as a gift and pay it out of state 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 task is to build an imperial mausoleum, and in recent years, the imperial mausoleum has been repaired. It was supervised by Xun Qi, and the Ministry of Industry was just a handyman.
The money for the construction of the imperial mausoleum was given to Xunqi from the national and internal funds. Xunqi took charge of the matter. The Ministry of Works owed a huge debt. When I asked Xunqi for payment, Xunqi would not give it. The more I owed, the more money I owed. , I owe the Ministry of Works so much that I can’t even pay for my 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. The national money was divided in half, and the national money suddenly reached 120,000 taels. Two silver dollars of extra income.
The Ming Dynasty's annual income and annual expenditure both came in and out, and there was a deficit every year, making it difficult to make ends meet.
The Ministry of Revenue is also willing to take out four thousand taels of silver to settle the matter and not embarrass anyone just because of the four thousand taels.
Before we can figure out the public and private matters and the definition of public and private, this account is a confused account and cannot be calculated clearly at all. Now it is a chaotic but definite phenomenon. When the distinction is not clear, let the bullets fly for a while and let things continue. Development is.
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 4,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Works sent the 4,000 taels to Wu Qingbo and 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 money from the state funds on the pretext of repairing the house, they immediately started to swarm in and cry out for poverty. 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, was extremely capable, he could not control it.
Queen Mother 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 only daughter of Emperor Jiajing of the Shimiao Temple, and the only living daughter to this day, went to the Taoist memorial together with the consort Li He, asking to build a pond at home for 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 has arrived!" a palace maid shouted. Zhu Yijun, who was addicted to reading agricultural books, came 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 took several memorials in her hand and said: "They are all asking for money. 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, including those from the Duke, the Marquis, the Prince-in-law, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Bo. He closed the memorials and shook his head and said, "What do you think, mother? Don't worry about the imbalance of power. If Uncle Wu Qing gives it, the eldest princess of Ning'an will have to give it to her. 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 silver."
"If it was given, the court didn't have it, nor did the palace. In the palace, Feng Bao, Yin Ping and others fought fiercely with the people in the outer court for 70,000 taels of silver. In the end, it was Mr. Yuanfu who raised taxes for Xiao Folangji. Fill this hole."
Empress Dowager Li sighed heavily, looked at the agricultural books annotated by the young emperor, shook her head helplessly and said, "What does the emperor think should be done?"
Zhu Yijun said tentatively: "If you want the money you gave to grandpa back, just pretend that nothing happened. If you continue to make trouble like this, the ministers will laugh at it."
"This..." Queen Mother Li was silent for a moment and said, "Just do what the emperor said."
Seeing that Empress Dowager 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. If other people ask for rewards, they can just refuse." Yes, rewards are given by mothers and children. Whether they ask for rewards or not is given by the palace."
After going around in a circle, I still followed Zhang Juzheng's path. The Queen Mother rewarded her with internal funds, and the money came from the national funds. Even if it did not damage the majesty of the royal family, she would not make such an opening, which would 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 and paid the accounts to the household, he received 120,000 taels of silver.
Sometimes, many things may seem troublesome in a circle, but if they are renamed, 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. If Empress Dowager Li is willing to recover it, then there will be a compromise. Although the method is not perfect, at least it will not make things worse.
Empress Dowager Li thought about it again and again, nodded and said: "Then just do as the emperor said. It seems that there is no hope for these relatives."
Empress Dowager Li asked for the 4,000 taels of silver from her own father, and she was in trouble for a whole year. In the end, the money was finally paid 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 chapter)
