Chapter 492 A glimpse of the leopard through the pipe
When Zhang Zuo brought a big box and met Tang Yin and Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao was arranging people to hang a plaque on the house.
"Si Xianju? What do you mean?"
Zhang Zuo looked up and asked curiously.
Tang Yin said: "This is all Zhu Hao's fault. He said that there will be more capable people here in the future. Who knows what he will do... Mr. Zhang will come in and invite them."
Welcoming Zhang Zuo to the main room in the inner courtyard, he saw that the decoration was very different from before. Six or seven long tables were placed, like writing desks. There were chairs behind each table, along with the four treasures of the study and writing slips. Luo An explained: "Zhu
The gentleman said, this is called a desk."
Tang Yin said angrily: "A desk is just a desk, it doesn't matter if it has to be all those bells and whistles..."
Because of Lou Suzhen's incident, Tang Yin is a little rebellious and has been confronting Zhu Hao recently.
Zhang Zuo first told the new emperor's request to Zhu Hao to come up with a test for the school's meritorious service. He told everyone in public that the room was filled with "his own people" and Zhang Zuo was not afraid of the matter being leaked.
As soon as these words came out, Luo An and Lu Song had nothing to do, after all, this matter had nothing to do with them.
Tang Yin's face changed drastically and he was speechless, "Tsk, tsk, the candidates set the questions for self-examination. Since ancient times, among Confucian students, you, Zhu Hao, have been the first! It's really strange!"
Zhu Hao said: "Sir, are you mocking me... Why don't you go talk to His Majesty and ask him to take back his life?"
Zhang Zuopei smiled and said: "Don't laugh, you two. Mr. Zhu has such ability and is trustworthy... Mr. Tang, do you think so or not?"
Tang Yin sighed helplessly and shook his head, probably lamenting the unfairness of his fate. Why didn't he get such treatment back then? But Zhu Hao was able to achieve success in the imperial examination and rise to prominence?
"He has such ability, but he doesn't dare to think about it, and he doesn't dare to compare..."
Tang Yin almost gave up on himself.
When Zhang Zuo opened the box sent by Zhu Si, Tang Yin was even more stunned. The emperor actually asked Zhu Hao to approve the red? And also in the emperor's handwriting?
Then wouldn't Zhu Hao become... a person with more power than the prime minister?
Zhu Hao took out one or two memorials and looked at them. Not all of them were important government affairs documents, but each one contained cabinet voting plans.
Zhu Hao said: "Eunuch Zhang, how can I be so virtuous and capable as to dare to take over the work of His Majesty and the Supervisor of Ceremonies? It's better not to come to me for such matters."
Zhang Zuo looked helpless and pleaded: "Your Majesty has been working hard on government affairs recently and only sleeps for two or three hours a day. However, these memorials are still piled up like a hill and have not been reduced at all. Moreover, not every memorial in them is full of meaning."
Youwu... It's also because our family doesn't have the ability to help His Majesty share the pressure. Most of the time we just vote and draft something, so we can only copy it. Your Majesty feels that Ming Dynasty is about to be controlled by the cabinet..."
In one sentence, we can tell the reason why Zhu Si will send the memorial out of the palace and give it to Zhu Hao and Zhu Pi.
Whether it is Zhang Zuo or Zhu Si who wants to make a big difference, their ability to handle government affairs is too average. They have never had the ability to take care of one side, let alone the whole big tomorrow to play this big game. It is really a memorial.
I can understand all the words, but I can't give a better opinion than the cabinet.
Although he made a few minor changes, he still copied the cabinet draft, which gradually gave Zhu Si a sense of powerlessness.
And Zhang Zuo is even more so.
Zhang Zuo himself didn't study much, and his abilities were not as good as those of Tang Yin. What achievements could he make if he became the chief of rituals and eunuch?
It was very difficult for Zhang Zuolian to distinguish which of these memorials were important and which were not so important.
In the end, Zhu Si made a decision that seemed extremely absurd, but in his eyes was very correct...
Let Zhu Hao come to Zhu Pi and adopt the emperor's handwriting.
In this way, you won’t be subject to the cabinet everywhere, right?
Tang Yin originally wanted to make some fun, but after listening to Zhang Zuo's complaint, he immediately understood that it was not easy to be an emperor, or a eunuch in charge of the ceremony. As a newcomer, he could indeed take some initiative in personnel appointments and removals through Zhu Hao's guidance.
However, due to their limited ability to handle government affairs and the constraints of the palace walls, Zhu Hao and Tang Yin were unable to enter the palace to help with the details, and were restricted by others.
"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Tang, please bear with me, please let me know if you have any tips on Zhu's criticism... I would like to thank you very much..."
What Zhang Zuo means is, teach me more so that I won’t bother you.
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes slightly, looking a little narrow.
The emperor gave Zhu Hao such great power to criticize the red people, and still asked us to give guidance? It is best that you will never learn it in your life, and you will all rely on Zhu Hao to handle it in the future.
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After nightfall, Zhang Zuo, Tang Yin and others went to drink, leaving Zhu Hao alone to review the memorials.
It was also Zhang Zuo who felt ashamed and said he came to learn from Zhu Hao, but it also depends on whether Zhu Hao is willing to teach. Besides, reviewing memorials cannot be learned overnight. It involves too much knowledge. If you can learn all Zhu Hao's skills,
, which is equivalent to reshaping life.
He talked about studying, but he was very sincere in his body. Tang Yin asked him to drink. Zhang Zuo felt itchy and accepted immediately. Jiang Lun, Lu Song and others also went to drink with him.
At the second watch, Tang Yin returned to the office.
Zhu Hao raised his head and glanced at him: "Where is Eunuch Zhang?"
"He didn't drink much, but his body couldn't hold on any longer. He said he was going to take a rest first and wait for you to finish reviewing and sort out the notes. He would take them back to the palace before dawn."
Tang Yin looked at the almost empty box and asked, "How is the progress?"
Zhu Hao said: "Oh, it's almost done."
Tang Yin's eyes widened: "So fast?"
He casually picked up the piles of memorials on the table and found that, as Zhu Hao said, they had all been reviewed. He thought that Zhu Hao would just copy the cabinet draft like Zhang Zuo, but when he picked it up and looked at it carefully, he found that it contained specific contents.
None of the memorials are the same as the draft, and many of the opinions are unique.
"You... are afraid that you can't do it. It involves such a large expenditure of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works. If you don't listen to the cabinet and insist on adding opinions, aren't you afraid of causing trouble if you continue to publish this?"
Tang Yin read several copies. Although he didn't quite understand the secret, he felt that Zhu Hao's changes to the cabinet's opinions were too great and might cause backlash.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Can't you see that the cabinet is actually fooling His Majesty?"
"fool?"
Tang Yin was a little confused.
"This is called bullying. Many aspects of the expenditure are inconsistent with reality...Look here, at the beginning of this spring, the late emperor proposed to allocate expenditures for repairing the leopard room and the elephant room, totaling 210,000 taels. In late March, Old Supervisor Yang Ge
During the reign of the state, this batch of silver was returned by the late emperor's decree. The original expenditure was 60,000 taels, which meant that it was enough to return 150,000 taels. As expected, the Ministry of Revenue recorded an amount of 150,000 taels..."
When Zhu Hao said this, Tang Yin frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with my arithmetic? It's not 150,000, but 140,000?"
Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Tang, running a country is not a simple arithmetic problem. The most important expenditure proposed by Xiangfang and Leopardfang is the purchase of stone and wood. The initial 60,000 taels were mainly used for procurement. Even in the early stage,
After the flowers are gone, won’t all the wood and stones disappear?
"Look at this again. The Ministry of Industry clearly mentioned in mid-February that the cost of purchasing stone materials from Huguang and Jiangxi was 26,000 taels. However, this batch of goods was directly transferred to build rivers at the end of March.
...The wood and stones used to build the emotional palace were piled directly on the river embankment?
"Look here again... It was mentioned in the memorial of Henan Zuobu's envoy that the wood and stone collected by the local government have been transported north through the canal, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has an official letter of acceptance..."
Zhu Hao explained it in detail to Tang Yin, and Tang Yin probably understood. In fact, the 60,000 taels had been posted to the Account Department's warehouse account through different channels, but they were not reported truthfully.
Tang Yin said: "Does that mean that the stone and wood were purchased for 60,000 taels? But it seems...there is no difference in terms of cost. It is no problem to quote 150,000 taels. You can't sell the stone and wood again, right?"
Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "But in the report for the construction of the Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven, it was necessary to purchase new stones and wood. However, the Ministry of Household Affairs wanted to confiscate the materials that had been confiscated from the mansion of the traitor Jiang Bin and others to the inner palace on the grounds that the cost of Taicang was too high.
The transfer of money is tantamount to diverting the new emperor’s personal expenses for court expenses. Isn’t this clear-cut bullying?”
Tang Yin slapped his thigh: "I understand. In fact, there are ready-made wood and stones in the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue. They don't use them, but they propose to allocate the money from the inner government. This is tantamount to leaving Your Majesty with no money to use, in order to reduce the number of people in the palace.
expenditure!"
Zhu Hao sighed: "Sir, you finally understand. If you don't check the accounts carefully, it is difficult to know that there is a large amount of materials left in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works. Whether this batch of wood and stone is the same, so my opinion is,
In the name of His Majesty, I issue an order to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs where the stones and wood used to repair the Elephant House and Leopard House have gone! Let the Ministry of Household Affairs give a reasonable explanation. If the Ministry of Household Affairs says there are no more, then investigate carefully... and find out what happened.
Whoever lost money from it, if it is still there, then His Majesty can directly propose to use this batch of materials for the repair project of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven..."
Tang Yin said with a smile: "You didn't say everything when you came up. You just raised the issue and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate. This will make the cabinet feel that your Majesty is aware of everything, and will not think that your Majesty is doing something too radical."
"Stop complimenting me, Mr. Tang, this is just an introduction. Just the issue of court expenses, involving river works and the relief of victims in Jiangxi last year, many of them are confusing accounts, and we can only see one side. If we let
If I read more memorials, I might be able to sort out the context of everything in the DPRK..."
Zhu Hao felt a little regretful.
After all, there was only one box of memorials sent to him by Zhu Si, and he could only see a small part of the whole picture.
Tang Yin said: "Then when I see Eunuch Zhang off, I will mention something to him..."
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Aren't you afraid that Eunuch Zhang will have any objections? He should have done these tasks, but now I am asked to do them for him. If he doesn't say anything, I'm afraid he will be very concerned about it, right?"
"What are your opinions? It's all for the sake of the new emperor and the Ming Dynasty. When he was drinking today, he even praised you a lot. He said that if it weren't for you, it would be hard to say whether His Majesty would have been able to take over the throne smoothly. He also said that it was all because of your supervision, Your Majesty.
Now I am very motivated and plan to become a wise king and holy master..."
When Tang Yin said this, his eyes were full of admiration for Zhu Hao: "Do a good job, I like you. If you teach me more in the future, I can also share some of your burdens."