Chapter seven hundred and seventh deceive me too much
An hour is two hours. Qi Jiguang waited outside Yansong Gate for half an hour before he was summoned. .
After Qi Jiguang walked into Yan Song's room, Zhu Ping'an withdrew his gaze and began to deal with the official affairs piled up due to the writing of Qing Ci. After only reading two memorials, Yan Song began to ask people to hand over the Qing Ci. As for Qi Jiguang, who reported on the military situation,
Zhu Ping'an only had time to see his back walking out of Wuyi Hall.
At around eleven o'clock, Zhu Ping'an felt that the entire Xiyuan began to be busy for Emperor Jiajing's Zhaijiao activities.
Soon, the entire Xiyuan was filled with smoke, and more than a thousand kilograms of incense, candles, and paper were wiped out. If this happened in modern times, Emperor Jiajing would have been sprayed by environmentalists.
This is the second time Zhu Ping'an has participated in Emperor Jiajing's fasting ceremony. The last time was at the Hanlin Academy.
This time Zhu Ping'an felt a little different from last time. Last time he was responsible for writing, drawing and decorating the venue, but this time he was accompanying him to worship, which was closer to the Zhaijiao activity center.
Yuan Wei, Li Chunfang and others were still responsible for writing Qing Ci in the Dharma altar. When Zhu Ping'an met Yuan Wei, he felt the envy and jealousy in Yuan Wei's eyes, and he seemed to be very dissatisfied with his early appointment as the director of the cabinet.
After the Zhai Jiao activity began, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but thank Li Shu for his foresight. The soft leather and silk shoes under his feet were really an artifact for the Zhai Jiao.
During the Zhaijiao activities, he prayed and knelt again and again. If he still wore the old official boots, Zhu Ping'an estimated that he would have two useless feet now. Now wearing these soft leather and silk shoes, Zhu Pingan has knelt so much.
Ping An didn't feel any discomfort in his legs and feet.
While kneeling during the Zhaijiao event, Zhu Ping'an took a close look at Tao Zhongwen, the old magic stick. He had a fluttering white beard, a childish face with white hair, and an apricot-yellow Taoist robe. He had a somewhat fairy-like demeanor.
But no matter how celestial he is, it can't change the nature of his old magic stick.
After the Zhaijiao activity was about to end, a Taoist boy urgently sent a letter. After Tao Zhongwen opened it, his face was filled with joy, and then he thanked Emperor Jiajing, who was wearing a blue Bagua Taoist robe.
"Reporting to the True Monarch, my younger brother Zhang Yan, a Taoist priest from Qihe County, was promoted to build the Daqing Bridge. When dredging the river, he found a dragon bone, which weighed a thousand kilograms. It also protruded from the stone and sand veins, several feet long, and seemed to have the appearance of a god.
This is the divine auspiciousness sent from heaven, congratulations to the true king, congratulations to the true king."
By reading Tao Zhongwen's lips, Zhu Ping'an learned the contents of the letter in Tao Zhongwen's hand. It turned out that he had dug up a worthless bone.
keel?
It’s terrible to be uneducated. What dragon bones? They are fossils of paleontology.
Zhu Pingan curled his lips speechlessly.
However, Emperor Jiajing followed this trick and was overjoyed when he heard the words of Long Yan. As soon as he opened the golden words, he allocated 200,000 taels of silver and ordered him to build Yuanyue Mountain in Taihe Mountain, Huguang, perform rituals to appease the gods, and build a Jiao to pray for the Ming Dynasty.
Taihe Mountain, also known as Wudang Mountain, is said to be the place where Xuanwu (Xuantian God, Emperor Xuanwu, Blessed Saint Xuantian God, and Infinite Patriarch) practiced here, making it a famous Taoist mountain. Emperor Jiajing named Wudang Mountain the best in the world
Famous mountain. Whenever there was a major event, Emperor Jiajing would make people worship in Wudang Mountain.
Damn you! Tao Zhongwen, the old bastard who brought disaster to the country!
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but cursed Tao Zhongwen again in his heart.
During the last fasting ceremony, I wrote Qing Ci on the Dharma altar. I was extremely courageous, but I just secretly hid the gold powder dipped in more than ten brushes in my sleeves.
But this old magician defrauded Emperor Jiajing of two hundred thousand taels of silver with just one letter.
Two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount.
Last year, there was a severe drought in Ningxia and Gansu. People had nothing to eat and had to eat each other. The court only distributed 200,000 taels of silver to provide relief.
Tao Zhongwen, an old magician and a paleontological fossil, took away the disaster relief funds of two provinces from the national treasury.
Zhu Pingan could no longer be disgusted with Tao Zhongwen, an old bastard.
Practice your way well in the mountains and recite your sutras, but why bother me, the Ming Dynasty! The overthrow of the Ming Dynasty a hundred years later was due to the considerable "contribution" of these magicians, otherwise why would the Ming Dynasty suffer such losses?
At this time, Tao Zhongwen, who has an immortal spirit and a childlike face, becomes more and more vulgar and ugly in Zhu Pingan's eyes.
Because of the "dragon bone" incident, Emperor Jiajing was very happy. Yan Song, who performed outstandingly in this Zhaijiao event, also received a special commendation from Emperor Jiajing. He was rewarded with a "cuckold" made by himself, no, it was a fragrant leaf crown, with the help of Jiajing Yan Song
The merits of Zhai Jiao, and two excellent Qing poems written by Yan Song.
Yuan Wei also received a special commendation from Emperor Jiajing. During this Zhai Jiao, a poem written by Yuan Wei was also favored by Emperor Jiajing.
The same goes for Li Chunfang, whose contrived Qing Ci poems were also favored by Emperor Jiajing.
As for Zhu Ping'an, like other people who participated in the Zhai Jiao, he only received a reward from Emperor Jiajing: "Other officials gave him a pound of ice."
Yuan Wei wore the fragrant leaf crown specially awarded to his ears by Emperor Jiajing, and walked arrogantly in front of Zhu Pingan. When he passed by Zhu Pingan, he glanced at Zhu Pingan and deliberately flicked the fragrant leaf crown, looking complacent.
He walked away gracefully from before Zhu Pingan's eyes.
"You are a cuckold and yet you are so proud. You are truly a model of forgiveness."
Zhu Ping'an looked at Yuan Wei's retreating figure and curled his lips speechlessly.
Emperor Jiajing was very happy when he had a fast at noon, but when he was about to get off work in the afternoon, his temper was expressed in the cabinet.
Under Emperor Jiajing's temper, the cabinet was like a boat about to capsize in a storm.
This was the first time Zhu Pingan saw Emperor Jiajing lose his temper.
When Emperor Jiajing set foot in the cabinet, Zhu Pingan felt a great pressure. He lowered his head like a quail and knelt on the ground with everyone to plead guilty.
The reason why Emperor Jiajing lost his temper was that Jinkou Yuyan allocated 200,000 taels for Tao Zhongwen to perform rituals to appease the gods and build a memorial ceremony at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain during the fasting ceremony.
The problem lies in these two hundred thousand taels.
After the fasting ceremony, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War wrote at this juncture. The Ministry of Revenue said that disaster relief, military expenditures, etc. were huge and the treasury was in short supply; the Ministry of Industry said that repairing the walls of the capital was very expensive; and the Ministry of War announced that there was a famine in Datong.
, Shangshu requested to borrow 300,000 silver from military pay for relief.
In short, there is a shortage of treasury silver.
The three ministers wrote to Emperor Jiajing, asking him to withdraw the 200,000 taels from the inner treasury to finance the construction of Yuan Yue on Mount Taihe.
What is the inner library?
The inner treasury is a concept corresponding to the national treasury. The inner treasury is the internal transportation treasury. It is the small treasury of Emperor Jiajing. It is the private money that Emperor Jiajing worked hard to "save", such as the income of the imperial estate in the name of Emperor Jiajing. Officials from various places,
The leaders of ethnic minorities and the Ming vassals directly attacked the tribute revenue paid to Emperor Jiajing, the pocket money allocated from the treasury every year, confiscated homes, sent eunuchs to various places to collect mineral taxes, mountain taxes, tomb taxes, river taxes, etc.
It’s not easy to save up.
This was the lifeblood of Emperor Jiajing and his reliance on practicing Taoism and refining elixirs.
Emperor Jiajing spent a lot of money to cultivate immortality and refine alchemy. Musk, cinnabar, mercury, lead, mica, lead mother and other alchemy materials were expensive. The amount of alchemy that Emperor Jiajing used to cultivate immortality was astronomical. Refining alchemy was like burning money.
It was not that Emperor Jiajing had not brought it to the attention of the treasury, but if the money from the treasury was used to make elixirs, the ministers would not allow it. Because they were a little stubborn and even threatened his life, Emperor Jiajing had to give up the idea of using the money from the treasury to make elixirs.
idea.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing could only rely on his inner treasury to support his Taoism and alchemy.
In Emperor Jiajing's view, the ritual of pacifying the gods at Jianyuan Mountain was the same project as offering sacrifices to the gods at Mount Tai. They were all for praying for the Ming Dynasty, and they should have been paid for from the state treasury.
Now the minister actually asked Emperor Jiajing to pay money from the inner treasury. How could Emperor Jiajing endure it?
For alchemy, you don't let me use the treasury money, okay, I'll use my own private money! Now, when Jianyuan Yue performs the ritual of calming the gods, your treasury should be used, but now you have to use my private money!