Zhang Ximeng took the money he got from Lao Zhu and sent it directly to Zongzheng Temple. Li Zhen smiled at first, but as the gold and silver piled up like a hill, he felt bad.
"Chongba's private money is in my hands. If he comes to settle accounts with me, I will have no choice but to ask his sister for help." Li Zhen quickly turned her head, "Mr. Zhang, here, I'd better give this money to my family to save my life."
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Zhang Ximeng shook his head like a rattle, "There is absolutely no reason for this. My subordinate is the one who manages the official files. He is so humble. How can he manage the royal assets! Don't try to harm me."
"Did I harm you? I can see that it was you who harmed me!"
Li Zhen became more and more anxious, and he also felt the trouble of this matter. Even though he was Zhu Yuanzhang's brother-in-law, he had lost the emperor's money and had no explanation, so he definitely couldn't pass the test. And the court would definitely ask for it again.
When it comes to collecting taxes, if you can't pay them, many civil servants won't let you go.
The more Li Zhen thought about it, the more she sweated. She had lived a long life just to watch the fun!
If you didn't want to see how much private money Zhongba had, how could you have been deceived by Zhang Ximeng, and ended up picking up a hedgehog in Xilihutu... Zhang Ximeng, you don't follow martial ethics, come to cheat, come to sneak attack on my old man!
"I, I will return the money to Chongba now, I, I don't know anything!"
Li Zhen was also anxious, and Zhang Ximeng quickly stopped him.
"If you keep sending it back, all your efforts will be wasted. In fact, this matter is not that troublesome. We want to be based on agriculture, so Your Majesty will hold the ox plow and walk around the fields several times every year. We want to develop industry and commerce, and the royal family will take the lead in setting an example.
, is a matter of course. Otherwise, if everyone doesn’t know where the boundaries are, they will have to rely on officials, and it will end up like the situation in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The scholar-bureaucrats in the court did not speak their words, but when they got to the local level, they colluded with each other to make a lot of money. That way
If we come here, we will lose the original intention of developing industry and commerce and enriching the country and the people."
Zhang Ximeng pulled Li Zhen and talked earnestly. If Lao Zhu was to set an example, and the emperor couldn't do it himself, it would become a joke to find a few businessmen to discuss business with him.
Therefore, the royal property should be transferred to Zongzheng Temple and they should be responsible for it.
"You don't want it. This gold and silver will have to be taken care of by someone in the future. It will most likely fall into the hands of eunuchs. Once the eunuchs have money, control the internal funds, and gain the qualifications to compete with the courtiers, what will be the consequences? Don't you know?
Isn’t it clear?”
Li Zhen was greatly surprised. Eunuchs were also involved?
Not to mention, it does make sense. Although the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were not as good as their predecessors in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, especially the Li Supervisor, the Royal Horse Supervisor, the East Factory, the Weaving Bureau, and the mines in various places
There are tax supervisors, and even eunuchs and military supervisors... It's not a good thing to have this mess.
Zhang Ximeng works like this, and pays attention to the success of things. If he went to tell Zhu Yuanzhang, he should not listen to the eunuchs and prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics.
As a result, Lao Zhu became angry. Do you want to weaken my wings?
There is no way to play around with this matter. After all, Li Wenzhong is so unlucky.
Talking to Li Zhen now can be regarded as saving his son in advance.
"I transferred the financial power to Zongzheng Temple. In this way, the power of the clan has been strengthened and the eunuchs have been weakened. When the time comes, it may not be impossible to even completely abolish this harmful thing. And you have always controlled the financial power, as long as you do it properly
Management can not only share His Majesty's worries, but also give an explanation to the people of the world. It can also unite the clan and avoid many chaos. It really achieves multiple things with countless merits. You are a relative of His Majesty and an elder in the clan. You really should have this.
It’s your mind that matters, you can’t stay out of it!”
Zhang Ximeng's words convinced Li Zhen that no one wanted to be used as a decoration, especially a super yamen like Zongzheng Temple.
Why is Zongzheng Temple said to be a super government office?
Zhang Ximeng's subordinates in the province, he himself is the right prime minister of the first rank, and the others below are all the ministers, they are only the second rank. The situation in the Zhongshu Province is better, but there is only one left prime minister of the first rank, and several from the first rank to participate in political affairs.
Looking at Zongzheng Temple again, first of all, it is no problem for a clan member to be the first rank, and the two deputies, who are the left and right clan members, are also the first rank.
What's even more exaggerated is that the deputy of the deputy, Zuozheng, is still the first product!
It is really unreasonable that such a place where gods gather has no authority at all... It is natural and very suitable to handle the property for the royal family.
"Mr. Zhang, you have such a mouth. Not all the people in the world combined can speak as well as you. I accepted this job, but the most I can do is take care of the army's grain and grass, cook some food for everyone, let me take care of the money, I
I don’t have the ability!”
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it. You can select a group of people from the private sector who know how to do business and let them take charge. After all, it would be outrageous to ask you to talk to businessmen all the time."
Li Zhen thought about it and found no problems, so she agreed readily.
Zhang Ximeng wiped his sweat and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Is it easy for my heart to say?
In order to stop the bad governance of Lao Zhu's family, he tried his best.
The feudal king was moved outside, and the eunuchs were prevented from becoming bigger, and the financial power was distributed to Soshoji Temple.
With this yamen here, it can not only restrain the feudal king, but also prevent the unreasonable reduction of the feudal clan. Anyway, no matter whether he can reach the stage of Jingnan or not, Zhang Ximeng has tried his best anyway.
Even if it's our family's own affairs, I've never worried so much.
Zhang Ximeng was finally able to go home to rest, spend some time with his wife, and take a look at his second child. This child is chubby, can eat and sleep well, and doesn't look very smart. What if someone cheats him in the future?
I also need to tell Zhang Shuning to take good care of his second brother so as not to cause trouble to his father.
Zhang Ximeng spent a few days in peace in the house and regained his energy. Just when he was about to do something, Lan Yu came again.
Faced with this guy's virtue, Zhang Ximeng was truly speechless.
"The dignity of a teacher! I also have the title of several mountain leaders, and I have a large number of disciples. Your current virtue is just like being a thief, how can you teach students?"
Lan Yu chuckled and said, "Prime Minister Zhang is worrying too much. If everyone in the martial arts world has my astuteness, he can predict the enemy's opportunities, know himself and the enemy, and fight in the future, he will definitely be unfavorable! And to become a martial artist, it is natural to want to
Only when you win can you be dignified and majestic. Otherwise, the narcissus will not bloom... Pretend to be garlic! Stick a green onion in the dog's nose... Pretend to be an elephant! Wear a rooster feather on your head and pretend to be an old eagle!"
"Okay! Your nonsense is just like the old lady's foot binding." Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly: "Tell me, what happened again? Is it worth it for you to come to me again?"
Lan Yu said: "Prime Minister Zhang, you know that the Arch Guards Department is out of Beijing on business, right?"
Zhang Ximeng raised his eyebrows. Not only did he know that those guys were majestic, but they also delayed his meeting with his wife! But Zhang Ximeng was too lazy to say anything more.
This is not a case of cultivating immortals with pig's feet, bringing with it a halo of ridicule, attracting a lot of people to beg for a slap in the face like moths to a flame... When the matter comes to Zhang Ximeng, it is no longer a matter of a slap in the face.
He didn't even need to say it explicitly, as long as he revealed his dissatisfaction with the Guards Division, so many civil servants and generals would rush to vent their anger on Prime Minister Zhang's behalf.
There is no way, the opponent's body is too weak to withstand Zhang Xianggong's casual blow!
"What happened to them again?"
"Something big has happened!" Lan Yu said: "Xiang Zhang, Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng, they all got into trouble because of the Miao family. The Miao family made a fortune in Yangzhou. There were so many imperial workshops in Yangzhou, and the Ministry of War was also implicated.
, what’s going on here is not trivial!”
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Indeed, after reaffirming the balance of land that day, I was busy with other things, and I didn't pay attention to some small things."
Lan Yu's face turned dark and she thought to herself, Mr. Zhang, is that a trivial matter?
In other words, the trivial things in your eyes are simply bigger than the sky and deeper than the sea in the eyes of others!
"Xiang Zhang, when Miao Daheng took refuge with His Majesty, he must still have some people on his hands!"
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Indeed, except for a few of those people who have been incorporated into the troops directly under His Majesty, the rest are considered as garrison forces in various places, some in Sizhou and some in Yangzhou."
"After all, it's all over the canals, right!" Lan Yu whispered.
Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, "That's true. Did Mao Xiang attack these people?"
"Not just attacking, but catching them all in one fell swoop!" Lan Yu said in an exaggerated tone.
Zhang Ximeng finally cheered up, "I can see that Mao Xiang wants to do big things, but I didn't expect that he would be so ruthless when he takes action!"
Lan Yu said: "It's not just ruthless! Prime Minister Zhang, he arrested more than 300 people related to the Miao family, and there were also more than 100 people from the old tribes of Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng. There are many old Huaixi tribes among them, I can
I heard that many of the Huaixi generals were unhappy, feeling that Your Majesty was killing donkeys and allowing the Imperial Guard to bully them, so he wanted to kill all the donkeys and kill them all!"
"Who said that?" Zhang Ximeng asked suddenly, with anger in his tone.
Lan Yu was startled, hesitated a little, and then said: "It seems to be Hua Yun, but I can't be sure." Lan Yu's voice was also a little trembling, obviously frightened by Zhang Ximeng.
Zhang Ximeng's face was as dark as water and he was burning with anger.
Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng, two of the founding marquises had committed suicide and risked their lives, but as a result, there were still others who didn't know how to learn the lesson and insisted on following them to death!
Do you really think you can rest on your laurels and be arrogant and domineering all your life?
Zhang Ximeng's anger surged again and again, but finally he let out a long sigh.
"Lanyu, do you have a way to get Hua Yun out?"
Lan Yu thought for a while, "Xiang Zhang, Hua Yun's son Hua Wei is in martial arts school, and his grades are not very good. I can call Hua Yun to martial arts school!"
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, "Okay, you can make arrangements first. Then I will go to the martial arts school and talk about history to the students."
Lan Yu thought for a while and nodded quickly. This method was indeed clever.
It's better to let Prime Minister Zhang persuade Hua Yun, otherwise he will kill the founding heroes one after another, one after another, which really doesn't look good.
But at this moment, a person suddenly came from outside. He was from the Guards Department.
He looked panicked. When he came to Zhang Ximeng, he said a few words in Zhang Ximeng's ear. Zhang Ximeng's expression suddenly changed.
"Is this really happening?"
"Yes, now the Governor has been summoned by His Majesty. Before he enters the palace, he asked his subordinate to tell Prime Minister Zhang and ask him to make an idea."
Zhang Ximeng stood up immediately without hesitation, "I'm going into the palace now, it's such a shame!"
Zhang Ximeng only left such a sentence, Lan Yu was stunned, what happened? Doesn't this make me anxious?
Lan Yu didn't know what was going on, but Zhang Ximeng already knew. In the pursuit of the Miao family, a Qianhu family was implicated. This man was an old man from Huaixi and was once Mao Xiang's boss.
He had made a mistake before and was not promoted to an official position. Now he is leading troops under Hua Yun. Mao Xiang sent someone to arrest him, but the man was so angry that he felt that the soldier could not be killed and humiliated, so he drew his sword and committed suicide.
The Archguard forced Wu Ren to death, and there was an uproar. Even Zhu Yuanzhang was alarmed...