Before setting off, the old lady was furious, but she didn't know where she lost... She still doesn't believe that her grandson, who just won the first prize in the exam, has the ability to punish a family of thousands of Jinyiwei?
"Mom, can second brother...can't come with us?"
Zhu Wanquan worked the hardest.
Going from Anlu to the capital had a big impact on him. He would have to take the provincial examination next year and then rush to Huguang. The traveling back and forth was really unbearable.
Zhu Jiashi said: "He is now a member of the Imperial Guard. If you want to stay in the capital, that's up to you."
Zhu Wanquan shook his head: "Since eldest brother Ren Suo has moved to Nanjing, it is best for us to go with him."
Jinyiwei is different from other yamen. It offends too many people, especially Zhu Wanhong, a "family slave with three surnames" who lived in Qin and Muchu. If he is transferred to Nanjing, there is no guarantee that Jiang Bin and Qian Ning's remnants will not retaliate against the Zhu family, so it is best to
Moved to Nanjing with Zhu Wanhong.
Moreover, in the previous transfer order from Jinyiwei, Zhu Wanhong was also ordered to bring his parents to Nanjing together.
"It seems that the stable days of our Zhu family are over."
Zhu Wanquan sighed in front of the old lady.
The reason for his words was that the Zhu family originally existed to monitor Prince Xing's Mansion. Now that the real dragon has appeared in Prince Xing's Mansion, it would be fine if the Zhu family was not completely eradicated. The transfer to Nanjing is quite merciful. I am afraid that the Zhu family's situation will get worse in the future.
Bad hair.
Zhu Jiashi said coldly: "Don't you still have a third bedroom?"
Zhu Wanquan looked at his mother in surprise and asked in confusion: "Can mother tolerate them?"
Do you think your son is a fool?
Even though I was studying behind closed doors, I heard about your glorious achievements, so I went to trouble the three-room people, and that's why we were moved to Nanjing.
Now say Sanfang can save the Zhu family?
What did you do early?
"We will be back from the capital sooner or later. We don't know who will be in charge then. We'll just wait and see." After Zhu Jia said this, she went to arrange for people to carry the box.
The worst one is the old man Zhu Mingshan.
He was obviously ill in bed, but his family had to move south, so he could only be carried away.
Zhu Wanquan looked at his mother's slightly stooped back and couldn't help but shake his head. He knew that his mother was used to being arrogant and arrogant, and now she could do nothing but say harsh words.
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Zhu Wanhong and the Zhu family were transferred to Nanjing, and Zhu Wanjian was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum. Zhu Hao no longer had to consider the threat from the Zhu family.
Business should still be done. Try to open more bank accounts before the end of the year, and let your workshop produce more goods. The more money you have on hand, the better.
The selection of the new queen is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Candidates from all over the country gathered in the capital, and the first round of selection was basically over. Due to the beating incident, Jiang Lun will not go to the Ministry of Rites to observe for the time being.
The biggest headache for Zhu Si at the moment is the lack of food in the northwest.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the money has been spent on the frontiers. In addition, after famous officials such as Wang Qiong and Yang Yiqing retired, the situation in the northwest has become worse. If you want to appoint a trilateral governor to deter foreign barbarians, you can't find a good candidate.
There are two alternatives. One is Meng Feng, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice and the governor of Xuanda Sanguan Military Affairs.
Another one was Li Yue, who was governor of Shanxi.
In order to find a suitable candidate, there were several arguments in the court. In fact, there was another candidate who was often mentioned, that is, Yang Yiqing, who was idle at home. However, Yang Yiqing was determined not to obey the imperial edict. Now, according to civil servants, it is almost imminent.
The Tatars are constantly harassing Shaanxi and other places. Instead of waiting for Yang Yiqing to come with the imperial edict, it is better to choose one of Meng Feng and Li Yue to take over...
But Zhu Si has yet to make a decision.
The problem is that he doesn't know either of the two candidates, so he can't be sure who is loyal to him. Zhu Hao's advice is that since he can't decide, just put it off for a while. The military situation in the northwest is far from the point where the city is destroyed and people are killed.
It is more important to solve the problems of food, grass and military pay first.
Issues such as food and grass were problems that Yang Tinghe's faction posed to the new emperor.
Zhu Hao probably knew why Yang Yiqing did not want to obey the imperial edict, because he knew very well that he was not one of Yang Tinghe's people. A clever woman could not make a meal without rice. Even if Yang Yiqing became the governor of the military affairs of the three sides, he would be blackmailed by the court in the end and would be unable to achieve anything.
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Zhu Si kept silent and watched Yang Tinghe and his accomplices perform in the court.
Although Sun Jiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, strictly adheres to neutrality, the problem is that if Sun Jiao wants to transfer money and food to the three sides, it must be approved in the court meeting. Sun Jiao has no right to make the decision, and Zhu Si did not force the Ministry of Household to transfer money and food to the northwest.
, Sun Jiao is now in a dilemma and has a very headache.
Tang Yin went to visit Sun Jiao that day.
Sun Jiao thought that Tang Yin came to ask for money and food from him on behalf of the new emperor, so he was so frightened that no one dared to see him. It was not until Tang Yin told the concierge that he was here for the emperor's affairs that Sun Jiao reluctantly saw him, but he only entertained guests in the side hall.
As soon as they met, they made it clear that they would not discuss court affairs in private.
"Sun Laobu Tang, are you worried that I will come to ask for money and food?"
Tang Yin was very free and easy, smiling and talking to Sun Jiao.
Although Tang Yin worked in the household department, he only met Sun Jiao briefly a few times. The detailed conversation was before when Tang Yin and Jiang Lun came to persuade him to become an official in the court. Now that Sun Jiao saw Tang Yin's way of talking, he felt a little unhappy and said solemnly.
He said with a straight face: "We won't talk about the northwest affairs today."
Tang Yin smiled and shook his head: "Let's talk or not, His Majesty has solved the problem. The court meeting is just a formality."
"What's the explanation?"
Sun Jiao had clearly said that he would not talk about it, but when he heard Tang Yin say that the northwest issue had been successfully resolved, he couldn't help but feel curious, and he was the first to mention it.
Tang Yin deliberately didn't say anything and kept talking to Sun Jiao about the harvest issue of Huangzhuang.
Originally, Sun Jiao could just go to Qin Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, for these matters, but the problem is that Qin Jin has been busy with river control and disaster relief matters recently. Regarding the matter of Huangzhuang, Tang Yin can only ask Sun Jiao to deal with it. After all, most of the income of Huangzhuang is now
It must be transferred directly to the inner government.
Tang Yin talked for a long time, and the central idea he wanted to express was that this year's autumn grain harvest in Huangzhuang was not good. After all, the new emperor ascended the throne in the middle of the year, and was sold off and tortured. Many fields were idle during spring sowing, and the tenants were worried about being harvested.
The land was driven away without timely watering and care. It was only after Tang Yin took over that it stabilized, but the improvement in harvest may not be apparent until next year's summer grain harvest.
Sun Jiao asked: "Bohu, tell the truth, does your Majesty plan to allocate money and food from the inner government to the northwest? I'm afraid that it will be a drop in the bucket."
Tang Yin said: "Mr. Sun, didn't you agree not to talk about court affairs?"
"Tsk, tsk."
Sun Jiao was anxious, "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so you don't tell me about these things? Bohu, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you or me?"
"Ha ha."
Tang Yin grinned happily. He was very happy to see Sun Jiao in such embarrassment, although he knew that this happiness would make Sun Jiao feel that he was laughing...
It's just a matter of provocation.
After a while, Tang Yin said seriously: "Actually, your Majesty has already arranged for people to go to the people to raise money and food to fill the shortage of military pay for the three sides."
"What?"
Sun Jiao originally thought that the new emperor had some clever tricks up his sleeve.
Fundraising?
How about playing house?
Allocating funds from the inner government is not enough. How much money can you raise from the private sector? I'm afraid that in the end, you will only raise a few hundred taels of silver. That would be interesting.
Tang Yin said: "At present, it seems that the goal has been almost achieved."
Sun Jiao's breath was thick and uneven, and he asked angrily: "Bohu, was this how you acted when you were in the palace? Do you know how much money and food gap there is in the northwest? It costs at least three hundred thousand taels of silver. Previously, for the construction of temples
, river workers, etc., just let the court move here and there to collect just tens of thousands of taels of silver. You don’t think that a few thousand or hundreds of taels of silver can solve the problem, do you?”
Tang Yin could see that Sun Jiao was really anxious.
Because Sun Jiao knew that the Ministry of Household Affairs could not spare much money and food now. The key was that Emperor Zhengde was too good at building things. Not only did he not leave any wealth for the new emperor, he even defaulted on the next year's salt tax, tea tax, and even a lot of money.
Officials' salaries have not been paid yet.
Tang Yin said: "We have raised food, cloth, cash, money, etc., with a value of more than 400,000 taels."
"you……"
Sun Jiao suddenly stood up from his chair and stared at Tang Yin: "Bohu, do you know that this is no child's play. How can we raise so much money and food through private financing?"
Tang Yin solemnly said: "The inner government will naturally allocate part of it, about 60,000 to 70,000 taels, and according to previous calculations at the court, the Ministry of Revenue will allocate 50,000 taels of silver to the northwest, totaling about 120,000 taels of silver.
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Sun Jiao asked: "Where did the remaining two hundred and eighty thousand taels come from?"
Tang Yin continued: "Earlier, some merchants paid more than 120,000 taels of silver at one time. As for the remaining part... I ask Mr. Sun's forgiveness for not being able to tell me. In short, Mr. Sun knows that there is such a thing... Now there are a large number of
Grain is being transported to the northwest and will not delay the expenses of various places in the northwest this winter."
Sun Jiao was completely stunned.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, he didn't know anything about the imperial court's huge financial and food arrangements?
However, Tang Yin, as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had no knowledge of this matter. If he really answered his words, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?
Sun Jiao asked for proof: "Bohu, tell the truth, is it really solved, or is it just a trick?"
"Haha, what did Mr. Sun say? Who dares to laugh at such things? We'd better finish handing over the affairs of the Imperial Village and the land as soon as possible. I still have other things to do." Tang Yin said with a smile.
Sun Jiao said: "For the docking matter, you can go to the Yamen..."
"No!"
Tang Yin said in time, "When you go to the Yamen, you have to hand over the accounts, and they will go through the hands of Mr. Yang Ge. Whether the accounts can be handed over smoothly is a matter of course. It is better to check them in private first. If there is no problem with the accounts, then the handover can be completed at once in the court."
According to Tang Yin's intention, the accounts should be verified clearly before the official handover, so that Sun Jiao, the head of the accounts department, can make sure there is no problem.
If the connection is made first, then Yang Tinghe will show up to find faults, and many twists and turns will occur out of thin air.
Sun Jiao frowned: "It seems you are very experienced."
Tang Yin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Having been dealing with the people of the imperial court for a long time, I naturally know the pros and cons... When Mr. Sun is in the government, he must be under control in every way. When this year is over, some money and food can be saved in the government treasury, and the situation in the coming year should be much better."