Chapter 853 Catch and then release and then apologize
The emperor looked like he was short of money and insisted on collecting debts from Huairou Bo Shi Zan. All the ministers present thought it was ridiculous, but no one came out to object.
The meeting ended.
The ministers have deliberately distanced themselves from Yang Tinghe and stopped coming together when classes were over to hold some internal meetings with Yang Tinghe. They probably all knew that Yang Tinghe was being watched closely by the emperor and no one wanted to cause unnecessary trouble.
This is politics.
When necessary, we fight against the enemy together and are close to each other, but once we encounter trouble, we will show the estranged side of people's hearts.
Jiang Mian and Yang Tinghe walked together.
For others, there is a choice to be close to Yang Tinghe or not, but Jiang Mian has no choice. No matter from which point of view, Jiang Mian can only regard himself as Yang Tinghe's disciple, and also as Yang Tinghe's first assistant after he becomes an official in the future.
look at it as its successor.
"...His Majesty talked about asking Huairou Bo to make up for the loss of the lost pig iron. Why didn't you say a word, Jiefu?"
Jiang Mian actually wanted Yang Tinghe to come out and talk. There were so many ministers in the court, and only Yang Tinghe could control Zhu Si.
No matter how loud others speak, like Lin Jun, the emperor still won't take them seriously.
A minister's status in the court determines the weight of his words.
Yang Tinghe said: "We don't go into details about the responsibility. We only talk about repayment. What else do I need to say?"
Jiang Miandao: "That batch of pig iron, if nothing else, is in the hands of His Majesty's people? That should be the case, right?"
Yang Tinghe nodded slightly and agreed with Jiang Mian's opinion.
"Your Majesty is really short of those tens of thousands of taels of silver? He made such a big fuss and even put local and military officials in jail. What is he trying to do? Maybe all your Majesty did was to make innuendo to prevent you from coming down.
Taiwan?" Jiang Mian spoke quite directly.
In the past, when Liang Chu talked with Yang Tinghe, they were basically on equal terms.
Jiang Mian is now only a little shorter than Yang Tinghe. Most of the time, Jiang Mian is still willing to be Yang Tinghe's friend.
Yang Tinghe said: "It's just some pig iron. I believe Yan Zhang can handle it. I'm afraid that His Majesty will still have follow-up means to achieve his goal, but I just don't know how His Majesty will use it."
Jiang Mian asked curiously: "You can't even handle Jiefu?"
"well!"
Yang Tinghe suddenly sighed. In front of others, he tried his best to show a strong side, but now facing his successor, he felt the need to reveal his heart.
"Since you ascended the throne, your Majesty has used great courtesy to confuse people's minds. Now that Xianqing is away, I expect that Your Majesty will use great courtesy to challenge us and other ministers. What I do today is often unexpected."
Yang Tinghe said, with a somewhat worried look on his face.
In the past, with Mao Cheng around, he could suppress the little emperor with just some guidance from behind.
But now that Mao Cheng has withdrawn from the court, the bad news came a few days ago that he died of illness on the way home. With no one to check and balance him, the little emperor's ambition in terms of etiquette may be fully revealed.
This is Yang Tinghe's judgment based on his understanding of the little emperor's character.
Jiang Miandao: "It's too early to talk now. I don't think your Majesty will bring up the old matters again... The thing that Your Majesty is most concerned about recently is building trains and railways. I heard that Your Majesty asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money and grain to seize the time to build ships.
To strengthen the southeastern coastal defense? Regarding the incident of foreign invaders disturbing the Chinese land caused by the tribute competition, it seems that there has been no result yet, right?"
In Jiang Mian's view, the Ming Dynasty seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, it is surging secretly. Will the little emperor spend his time focusing on the ceremony, which seems to have no reward in a short time?
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "We'll see. If Yan Zhang gets into trouble later, it won't be convenient for me to come forward. You can ask and see if I can help."
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Yang Tinghe's prediction was actually correct. Zhu Si had actually wanted to discuss the old matter with Dali for a long time.
The reason why it has not been mentioned recently is because Zhu Haoren is not in the capital. If Zhu Hao were by his side, Zhu Si Lao would probably have restarted the war long ago.
So now Zhu
Si very eagerly hopes that Zhu Hao can come back.
When Zhu Hao went to Yongping Mansion, to a certain extent, he also left Zhu Si with no one around him for the time being, so that he could not act recklessly.
Are you afraid that Zhu Si will appoint other ministers?
Zhu Hao has no such worries for the time being. In other words, Zhu Hao will encourage others to show off in front of the emperor. This is because Zhu Hao knows that after the fall of Yang Tinghe's faction, the honeymoon period between him and the emperor will end. At that time, a political leader will be needed.
To complete the balance of power in the DPRK, whoever likes to be his enemy can just stand up and compete with him for favor.
Zhu Hao wished that there was such a person who could compete with him in the future.
His goal is not to fight with others in the court, he wants to complete the goal of industrializing the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
The emperor asked Shi Zan to pay back the money, but he did not send anyone to search the house. He only set a time limit. The first amount of silver must be raised within five days, and all 40,000 taels of "arrears" must be returned within ten days.
Shi Zan almost wanted to flee with his family.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the silver produced in South America had not yet been shipped to China in large quantities. The silver output of the Ming Dynasty was quite limited, and the value of silver was still very high. Generally, nobles did not steal or rob, and they could only rely on their salaries to support them for a hundred years.
I can't even save 40,000 taels of silver.
Shi Zan tried to raise as much money as possible, but was unwilling to do so.
Since the emperor now does not pursue criminal liability and only asks for money, why can Yang Tinghe not bear any costs?
I can shoulder the political responsibilities for you, but can you share the financial responsibility with me? Even if you don’t bear all the responsibility, share half of it with the head office? But now that I am asked to support it with all my strength, won’t it make me bankrupt?
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Yongping Mansion.
Zhu Hao was released back to the prefect's Yamen after being detained for five days.
When Zhu Hao returned to the government office, Jiang Shantong and Mou Dazhi had not returned yet, and they were being "forced to pay debt" by Zhu Hao.
If you eat mine, spit it out. Not only will you spit it out, but your intestines will also be cut out.
I have no intention of cooperating with you two money-grubbers in the future. Since you are secretly running errands for Yang Tinghe, why not get some money out of you? Is this worthy of the money I put into your stomachs before?
"grown ups."
Lou Suzhen brought the officials from the prefecture's Yamen to greet Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao nodded.
The officials looked at Zhu Hao and found that Zhu Hao was in good spirits and did not look like he had suffered inhuman torture at the Jinyi Guards.
But it may also be an "internal injury". Everyone knows that Jin Yiwei is very good at treating people. To deal with such courtiers, wouldn't Jin Yiwei use some underhanded tricks that don't show any trace on the outside? Perhaps Zhu Hao showed off his strength in front of others in order to maintain the face of a Confucian official.
Bar.
Zhu Hao waved his hands and said, "I've been a little tired lately. I have to deal with the magistrate's office, please. I'll go in and rest first."
Zhu Hao's expression looked normal, but when he spoke, his breath was heavy, as if his body was really "weak".
All officials expressed their understanding.
Just before Zhu Hao entered the inner courtyard, Li Hui followed behind and asked, "May I ask Magistrate Zhu, do you still need to send people over to the iron ore mine?"
According to Li Hui, the chaos in Yongping Mansion in the past two years was all caused by Jinyiwei's mining in the local area.
You, the prefect, suffered disaster because the imperial court asked you to take over the mine. Now that you have finally escaped from hell and returned safely, I think it’s better to forget it, stop paying attention to the mine, and return it to the Jinyi Guards. This way at least
The yamen can still be quiet for a few days.
Zhu Hao asked Lou Suzhen on the side: "During my absence, will someone from the imperial court come to tell me that the mine is being managed by others?"
Lou Suzhen shook her head and said, "No one has come to deliver the message."
Zhu Hao said: "Oh, then if I don't work hard, someone will definitely accuse me of not doing my job in my position... Colleagues, please work harder and help me take care of the mine. Oh, by the way, why?
Didn’t you see Jiang Tongzhi and Mou Tuiguan?”
Lou Suzhen replied: "The two of them are also being detained at the Jinyiwei side. Have you never seen them?"
Zhu Hao smiled bitterly: "Jinyiwei is really good at disrupting local administration. For some reason, I am missing two generals...
…Looks like I have to write a book about impeaching them later. Will the prefect’s office be shut down because of this? What will happen to the local people’s livelihood? How will taxes be collected this year? We must not slack off on this matter.”
Everyone present looked at each other and secretly cursed.
This Lord of the Palace is really a tough talker!
You've gotten to this point, and you still dare to talk about impeaching Jin Yiwei? It seems that Jin Yiwei was too kind to you and didn't let you have a long memory.
All the officials and Yamen officials looked at Zhu Hao with sympathy in their eyes.
The official reputation that Zhu Hao had established in the past was probably all gone after this incident.
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he really wanted to go to the back office this time. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took two steps, a government official rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, there are people from the Imperial Guard outside."
Look!
Just as I finished reciting, they came again. It seems that you don't have to go back to the high bed and soft pillow to rest today. Just like Mou Dazhi, he was captured just after he was released that day. He is still missing and his life or death is uncertain.
Zhu Hao said with a straight face: "Why are they here? They don't want to arrest me again and go back for questioning, do they?"
The officer said: "Sir, I said I came to give you something to express my condolences to you. I said I came here to apologize for being disrespectful to you in the past few days."
Everyone present was stunned.
Jinyiwei came to give gifts and said he wanted to apologize to Zhu Hao?
Is this true or ironic?
Zhu Hao turned around and stopped, smiling and saying: "That's quite interesting, let them come in."
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Zhu Hao was not in a hurry to rest.
Together with all the magistrate's yamen officials, they are waiting for the arrival of the Jinyi Guards.
It was Lu Song from Jinyiwei Qianhu who was previously in charge of local mining matters.
As soon as Lu Song came, he asked the people next to him to help someone walk in, Naimou Dazhi.
Compared with Zhu Hao walking back on two legs, Mou Dazhi seemed to be carried back by someone, and it looked like the situation was very bad.
Lu Song clasped his fists and said, "Zhifu Zhu, this yamen official, accidentally broke his leg while questioning him, so he was specially sent back to recuperate. After the injury recovers, he can be asked to question him again."
Zhu Hao's face turned black with anger and he shouted angrily: "Lu Qianhu, are you here to show off your power to me?"
Mou Dazhi originally thought he was free, but when he heard Zhu Hao's harsh tone, he suddenly became worried.
If there is a disagreement, what will Jin Yiwei do if he takes him back again?
Is it so difficult to be a clerk in the prefect's Yamen?