But this time Yang Tinghe brought Jiang Mian, actually he wanted to make more arrangements for Jiang Mian to make him more adaptable to being the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.
After handing over the financial and taxation matters, Sun Jiao took out something that related to the tax arrears in various places in the past two years. It seemed that not only Yang Tinghe was preparing to find someone to take over, but Sun Jiao didn't seem to want to stay in the court for a long time.
"...During the Zhengde period, tax arrears were widespread in various places, especially in the prefectures and counties in the north of the Yangtze River. In fact, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was not much better, especially after the rebellion against the king in the 14th year of the Zhengde period.
The accumulated debt is also increasing..."
What Sun Jiao means is that the court's lack of money did not occur in a short period of time.
It is said that the Hongzhi Dynasty revived the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the situation was not much better during the Hongzhi Dynasty. After more than ten years of the Zhengde Dynasty, the empty treasury of the Ming Dynasty did not fundamentally improve after Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne.
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Sun Jiao continued: "Since this year, the imperial court has reduced its expenditures in the northwest, and now it has saved some money and food. However, the situation of local tax arrears has not been reversed. According to the situation reported by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Cleaning Department, there are now
Prefectures and counties have collected taxes for several years in advance and left the shortfall to their successors. Many grain depots in various places are actually empty. If there is a famine and need to open grain warehouses, I am afraid that..."
Sun Jiao didn't finish speaking, leaving Yang Tinghe to think on his own.
As the chief assistant, Yang Tinghe, although he does not handle financial and taxation matters personally, he is still aware of it as a superior.
During the Zhengde Dynasty, due to the emperor's mischief, a lot of Taicang's expenses were spent on strange things. Later, the emperor did not listen to the advice of his ministers and simply did not even go to court. Later, the emperor led troops
The Northern Expedition and Southern Inspection were very costly.
After all, the Northern Expedition and the Southern Inspection were not the affairs of the emperor alone. The patrol team was huge, and it was basically impossible to support them locally. They all relied on the support of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
When they arrived at the place, the army repeatedly robbed the people. Although they were officials and soldiers, they were more like thieves. They were even more inhumane than bandits.
"I will record everything I saw and heard for you to review. Just make sure you have a clear understanding of it."
While Sun Jiao was speaking, he glanced at Jiang Mian intentionally.
Don’t you, Yang Jiefu, want to entrust all the affairs of the court to the person next to you? Then I am telling you, and in fact, I am telling him. You both know it in your heart. Whoever becomes the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue will have to live frugally, not only
I alone have to set the bar for the imperial court to formulate strategies.
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After getting down to business, Sun Jiao was going to send Yang Tinghe and Jiang Mian away, but he was worried about the affairs of Yongping Mansion and said with a slight embarrassment: "Let a person who has just been questioned by Jin Yiwei go back to check Jin Yiwei, can he
What was found? I don’t have high expectations for Jingdao, and I hope the court will not put any pressure on him.”
Yang Tinghe remained silent.
Jiang Mian replied: "The imperial court will not put any pressure on Jingdao on this matter."
"hehe."
Sun Jiao shook his head and smiled bitterly.
The civil servants want to suppress the emperor's arrogance, and now they have the opportunity to attack Jin Yiwei. Can you not seize the opportunity and let Zhu Hao rush forward?
Sun Jiaodao said: "What I want is for Jingdao to finish the investigation casually and return to the capital as soon as possible to perform his duties at the Ministry of Household Affairs. The mining matters should be left to others."
Yang Tinghe looked gloomy: "When I said that Jingdao would join the Household Department, didn't he just go to the Household Department to assist in mining matters? Why did he put aside the management of the mine when he joined the Household Department?"
"Then how about letting him enter Hanyuan, let him go back to the drawing board, and study for a few more years?" Sun Jiao used Jiang Mian's presence as if he was explaining the situation to Yang Tinghe's successor.
I have already discussed it with Yang Jiefu. If you encounter setbacks with the emperor, you must not blame Zhu Hao casually.
Now you, Yang Jiefu, should make it clear in front of your successor and plan Zhu Hao's future career.
Yang Tinghe was too lazy to pay attention to Sun Jiao's little thoughts.
He felt that Sun Jiao was too protective of his own shortcomings and would not do anything when Zhu Hao, the son-in-law, returned to the court.
They kept arguing with him about official positions, but never saw Sun Jiao fighting for his two sons, Sun Yuan and Sun Jing. Is a son-in-law more important than a son?
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When Yang Tinghe and Jiang Mian walked out of the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs, they had to go their separate ways. Jiang Mian had to return to the cabinet for duty and continue working, while Yang Tinghe went home.
Jiang Mian asked: "Why is Zhi Tong so concerned about Jingdao's career prospects? It seems that he doesn't want Jingdao to be involved in court disputes, so he insists on dragging him to the household department?"
Yang Tinghe did not expect Jiang Mian to be so interested in Sun Jiao's defense of Zhu Hao, but this was a topic he did not want to mention more.
Yang Tinghe explained patiently: "Perhaps he saw the shadow of his past in the young man Jingdao, and felt that there was great potential to be tapped in the future, and he did not want to delay his future due to some matters outside the officialdom."
"Oh, that means Jingdao has his approval?"
Jiang Mian didn't have much contact with Zhu Hao, so he didn't have an intuitive understanding of Zhu Hao's abilities. He continued to ask, "Then where are you going to arrange Jingdao?"
Before Yang Tinghe got on the sedan, he turned around and looked at Jiang Mian: "The appointment of officials is a matter of the Ministry of Personnel. I will never interfere too much. If the cabinet asks more about the evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel and the transfer of officials, it will only
It’s a shame.”
This is to remind Jiang Mian that even if the cabinet really has the power to decide what official a young man will be in the future, he cannot ask directly and must learn to hide it.
Yang Tinghe felt that his tone was a bit harsh, so he added: "If I were to choose, I would rather let a young man go out and experience more. Whether it is Nanjing or the south, there are always many opportunities for him to improve."
Jiang Mian understood instantly.
The more Sun Jiao raised the issue of Zhu Hao's future in front of Yang Tinghe, the more Yang Tinghe became resistant and did not want Sun Jiao to train Zhu Hao as his successor.
When Sun Jiao was a neutral faction, we didn't accept your words. Why do you think that now that you have started to oppose me, I will listen to your words?
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Yang Shen is going back to the capital from Yongping Mansion.
Before leaving, Zhu Hao personally went out of the city to see him off.
Yang Shen and Xu Jie wanted to go to the mine first and go with the Jinyi guards who were escorting the pig iron. They came here nominally to investigate the case, but now the case was handed over to Zhu Hao, the victim. Without finding out the result, they
I have to go home in despair.
For the noble Hanlin Academy, it is not a bad thing to go out for a trip. Anyway, you still have to guard the piles of books after you return. If you can work as an errand, you can still stay in your original position after you return. For many people
It's a dream come true.
But neither Yang Shen nor Xu Jie are the kind of people who like to wander around. They prefer to stay in the Hanlin Academy, even if nothing happens.
When Xu Jie left, his expression was obviously not so tense, probably because he thought that he would be able to live a stable life for a few days after returning to the capital. When he spoke to Zhu Hao before leaving, he could not hide the joy on his face.
Yang Shen said earnestly: "I would like to ask you to finish your errands here and return to Beijing as soon as possible. Whether you go to the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Punishments, or back to Hanyuan, there will always be many opportunities to get along with you in the future."
Zhu Hao said: "Didn't I just resign? Why, have you even arranged where I will go?"
Yang Shen couldn't help but smile when he heard Zhu Hao's innocent words: "Actually, your old Taishan has been asking my father to let you return to Hanyuan. I think this arrangement is not bad. Go back to Hanyuan and study for a few more years.
When I come out of the mountain again, I will be much more stable than now."
Will Sun Jiao help him with the matter of returning to the DPRK?
Based on Zhu Hao's understanding of Sun Jiao, Sun Jiao was definitely not the kind of person who did not distinguish between public and private matters.
Then there is only one explanation.
Sun Jiao wanted to make Yang Tinghe think that Zhu Hao was determined to join Sun Jiao's camp by constantly speaking on his behalf in front of Yang Tinghe, and then let Yang Tinghe secretly make a stumbling block to move Zhu Hao away...
Old fox.
It seemed that he helped me in every possible way, but in fact he just felt that after Yang Tinghe retired, I was too favored by the emperor.
Afraid that I would not be able to grasp the right balance, in the name of doing good for me, they wanted to transfer me to a remote mountain to be an official. It seemed that I was far away from the rights and wrongs of officialdom, but in fact, it killed my lifelong ambition.
Old man Sun, you clearly feel that I usually use my IQ to crush you in front of you, and you feel unhappy, so you are digging a hole for me while I am not in the capital!
You little rotten old man!
Seeing that they were about to say goodbye, Yang Shen cupped his hands and saluted: "Respectfully, there will always be a day when we meet again, and I will wait for you to have a drink with you after you return to Beijing!"
"good."
Zhu Hao saluted and said goodbye.
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Yang Shen, Xu Jie and his party headed west facing the rising sun.
Zhu Hao stood at the city gate and looked at the official road in the distance for a long time until Lou Suzhen appeared behind him.
"The Yue family has basically arrived at the case and can be interrogated." Lou Suzhen said.
Zhu Hao nodded.
Zhu Hao showed his concerns about Jin Yiwei in front of outsiders, saying that he did not want to confront him directly, but the Yue family who worked for Jin Yiwei would be in bad luck this time.
First dig a hole for Yue Ting'an to jump into, and then wait for Yue Ting'an to jump in. Now it's finally time to settle the accounts.
"I won't show up for the interrogation for now. You and Mou Dazhi can do it."
Zhu Hao smiled and said to Lou Suzhen, "I heard that you have a sweetheart locally. Let her come with you and let her observe for a while, so as to reshape the order of local officials and gentry."
Lou Suzhen first thought about the meaning of the word "love". When she figured out that it was Mrs. Qiao she was talking about, Lou Suzhen was angry and anxious.
But she also understood that now that she was so familiar with Zhu Hao, this boy would start teasing her no matter what.
Who makes her always give Zhu Hao some "advice" as a big sister who has been through it all, which is not her responsibility? It's Sun Lan, Ouyang Fei, and now Zhu San.
It seemed that she had to care about Zhu Hao's private life.
Lou Suzhen rolled her eyes at Zhu Hao and said angrily: "Then I will bring my good friend here and let the young master take care of it?"
"hehe."
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head, "It's better to say goodbye. I'm afraid I won't get entangled. That woman is not a cheap lamp. I don't think I have the ability to control her. I'll leave Brother Jingde to enjoy it alone."