Chapter 90: Shaofu

The emperor will always be Party A's father.

Zhu Qizhen can actually toss the people below repeatedly and learn from Emperor Jiajing.

However, Zhu Qizhen never thought that the power technique was for Zuo Dadao, and if he went astray, he would be wrong.

So, Zhu Qizhen also talked nonsense and handed a booklet directly to Yang Pu. Yang Pu opened it gently, but saw that this booklet was a manuscript, and on the title page were written four large characters in pavilion style: Salt Catalogue.

Yang Pu didn't look at the content, as soon as he saw these four words, he had a feeling in his heart, and said secretly: "What position does Your Majesty want to promote Liu Dingzhi to?" ”

As the first assistant, there are few things in the court that can be hidden from Yang Pu.

And during the entire Yeliuzong Rebellion, the Fujian Salt Transportation Division actually attacked so much silver, and there were tens of millions of salt. This prominent situation, how can it not attract Yang Pu's attention.

This is far beyond the quota of the Fujian Salt Transportation Division.

If Yang Pu doesn't figure out this matter, he won't be Yang Pu.

Although he has not seen the specific process of the salt drying method, Liu Dingzhi knows that he used the salt drying method to increase production.

When he looked at it, he was dual-minded, while carefully looking at the details of the salt drying method, and at the same time thinking about the emperor's thoughts. Think about whether you can free up a squire in the household. Secretly: "I don't know if the emperor can be satisfied with a squire." ”

Liu Dingzhi's promotion to squire is already a relocation.

Further up, Yang Pu refused, which was too much to break the rules of officialdom.

Yang Pu turned the pages one by one, and finally put his hands on the table and said, "Honesty and good law." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This book was written by Liu Dingzhi. ”

Yang Pu twisted his beard slightly, and said: "It turned out to be Liu Zhujing's arm, the real champion talent, there are successors in the court, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Miao praised, Liu Dingzhi's experience is still young, he is not worthy of big responsibilities, and the major affairs of the court still need the help of old ministers like Mr. ”

Yang Pu also knew in his heart that if there was no accident, Liu Dingzhi's name would definitely appear in the cabinet. It's just that he can't see it anyway, and he doesn't care about saying a few more good words.

Yang Pu said: "It's a pity that Liu Dingzhi is talented in the Salt Transportation Division, the old minister thinks that Liu Dingzhi's resume is all over the place, after Ma Zheng, salt transportation, and local magistrates, it's time to experience it in the six departments. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knows about this matter.

Either for anything else, but because the gallop was spread, the imperial court needed a large number of horses.

Previously, the horses were fostered in people's homes. Zhou Chen, the head of the household department, carefully investigated and visited, and found that the horse government was not shallow to harm people, so he took the horse back from the people's homes and used it in the gallop

Above the road.

Although these domestic horses are not good for war horses, they are no problem as animal power.

But this one thing, said big or small, is not small, but it is extremely difficult to do, because this matter involves the military department, the household department, and the three yamen of the Taifu Temple.

Especially in the Taifu Temple, if the horses are transferred from the people and enter the galloping system, and the galloping system is still under the jurisdiction of the household department, there will be five times since then, and there will be no horses in the Taifu Temple in many places?

If there is nothing to do, will the imperial court still support them as a yamen?

Just think about it.

So, all sorts of.

Zhu Qizhen is also quietly watching the changes, and now is not the time for the emperor to end, he has to finish the quarrel below, and it is time for the emperor to come forward.

However, from this point, Zhu Qizhen appreciated Zhou Chen more and more.

Zhou Chen is in the office of the head of the household, and he has not been idle for a day. The reason why such a thing has happened now is that Zhou Chen's reform in the household department has spread to other yamen.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. has won the award, but this matter is not something that Liu Dingzhi can handle, I intend to let Liu Dingzhi be in charge of the gold and silver mine." ”

"I see him as a capable person, in the Salt Transportation Division, it is good to have more salt, but I value it more, he classifies many stove households as prefectures and counties, and the stove households of the Fujian Salt Transportation Division live very well."

"Nowadays, the biggest problem of mine supervisors everywhere is not that eunuchs at all levels are unkind and the miners have no livelihood. If you want to come to Liu Dingzhi to do it, you will definitely be able to do it well. ”

Yang Pu was stunned in his heart, and he was a little unsure of Zhu Qizhen's thoughts.

If he didn't want to hand over the mining tax to the outer court, how could he let Liu Dingzhi be responsible, could it be that Liu Dingzhi decided to go to the crotch for two taels of meat?

Zhu Qizhen said: "I am ready to concentrate all the gold and silver mines together and establish a yamen, which is directly under the Great Interior, so let's call it Shaofu, and let Liu Dingzhi be this Shaofu." ”

When Yang Pu heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that Yang Pu would not object.

Is Liu Dingzhi Zhu Qizhen's henchman?

Be.

But Liu Dingzhi is still from the imperial examination, he is a native of Shilin, as long as he doesn't want to isolate himself from the world, he must consider many things.

And having a civil servant in a position that only eunuchs could hold was also a good start.

Yang Pu can't see the future development, but he is willing to have such a precedent, and if there is a precedent, someone will follow. In the future, the palace will also be full of virtuous people, and it will be better to protect the king together?

Since Zhu Qizhen has taken a step back, he has to put forward conditions. Zhu Qizhen sighed and said: "I actually have a little doubt, with my original intention, but I want Liu Dingzhi to promote the salt drying method, Japan, Korea, and even the south

All foreign food is light. Last year, Fujian sold 200,000 taels of silver, and so much salt was sold overseas. ”

It can be seen that the salt tax of the imperial court can also be collected from overseas. It is best to promote the salt drying method and let Liu Dingzhi do it. ”

Last year, Liu Dingzhi sold some salt to maritime merchants, which confirmed one thing, and there is still a market for salt as a bulk commodity overseas.

Zhu Qizhen naturally wanted to start his plan back then.

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty, He Wenyuan is also a capable minister, and the minister dares to guarantee that the promotion of the salt drying method will not be wrong." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "That's fine. He suddenly sighed and said: "I have been on the throne for more than ten years, and the people have not gained any benefits. ”

For the people at the bottom, salt is an indispensable expense. And this reduction in spending is no less than a tax cut. Although for the burden of the people, a little salt price is nothing.

But it is also the only thing that Zhu Qizhen can do for so many years.

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty is benevolent and admired by the world. Yang Pu felt that although His Majesty was young and vigorous, he was so happy that he did not admire the shortcomings of sainthood.

But with this benevolence, you can be regarded as a wise man.

After Zhu Qizhen and Yang Pu discussed properly, Zhu Qizhen immediately issued two holy decrees, the first was to summon Liu Dingzhi to Beijing, and the second was the will to comprehensively promote the salt drying law.

He Wenyuan, with the title of head of the household department, is responsible for promoting this matter.

The second decree is to succeed, but it will take a long time, as little as one year, as long as three or five years, maybe it will take a long time.

But the holy decree of summoning Liu Dingzhi back to the palace was very easy to do.

When this holy decree reached Liu Dingzhi's hands, it was already the tenth year of orthodoxy.

The eventful decade of orthodoxy came to an end, and Liu Dingzhi was escorting the silver to Shaxian.

Here in Shaxian, although the guest soldiers of Jiangxi and Zhejiang have withdrawn from the Fujian provincial border. However, there are as many as 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers surrounding the mountain.

Only the soldiers of the Beijing camp are left, and the local soldiers of Fujian are left. Stuck the main road of Ye Liuzong and Deng Maoqi going down the mountain, and also attacked the mountain several times, but the mountain was too dangerous to attack.

Liu Dingzhi followed the holy decree in Shaxian County, and the people around him knew that Liu Dingzhi was going back this time, and he must be promoted.

Liu Dingzhi also had to drink for entertainment. Drunk, he went back to his room. When he was half asleep, he seemed to hear someone coming, and he thought it was a servant, and said casually, "Water." ”

Someone immediately brought a glass of water. After Liu Dingzhi drank it, he found that it was Guo Deng who brought him water, and he was immediately shocked and said, "General Guo, why are you here?" ”