When Chen Lan guessed all kinds of possibilities, the father-in-law stepped forward to help Chen Lan, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Chen, please hurry up, the people under him can't do things, so Lord Chen suffers." ”

After being helped up, Chen Lu looked at the eunuch and asked, "I don't know what my father-in-law is called?" ”

"Our Dongchang Liulin!" The young eunuch smiled and said, "These subordinates are really too good at doing things, come, Master Chen will follow our family!" As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation to Chen Lan.

Out of the small courtyard, Chen Lan was invited by Liu Lin to get into a carriage, and after crossing a few streets, Chen Lan put down the curtain in his hand: "This is the capital?" ”

Liu Lin nodded and said with a smile: "Yes! The people under him don't know how to do things, which makes Lord Chen frightened. ”

"But Lord Chen, you can rest assured, our family has already asked, they have notified your friends, and also informed your family, they just know that you are in Beijing on business."

Chen Lan nodded, but the emotions in his heart still hadn't calmed down.

Along the way of being kidnapped, Chen Lan was wondering who he was kidnapped, could it be his former enemy? But I never thought that I was actually tied up by the people of Dongchang, which is too ridiculous.

"Father-in-law, where are you taking me? Who wants to invite me to the capital? ”

Speaking of this question, Chen Lan bit down on the word invitation, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction.

Liu Lin said with a smile: "Lord Chen, let Dongchang invite Lord Chen to come, of course it is the emperor, our family is taking the adults to the place arranged for you in the East Factory, wash and rest first, otherwise it will be difficult to see the emperor with such a dust." ”

Although he had a conjecture in his heart for a long time, Chen Lan still didn't understand it when he got the news.

The emperor wants to see himself, that holy decree, he can't run over with a fart, why bother tying himself up? Even if you want to go to prison, you don't need to bother so much! Looking up at Liu Lin, he was ready to say something from this eunuch.

However, Chen Lan was disappointed, no matter how he asked, the other party did not answer him.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

After Zhu Yijun got the news of Chen Lan's arrival, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Arrange for him to rest for a few days first!" ”

"Yes, Emperor!" Chen Ju agreed and said respectfully.

Turning his head to look at Chen Ju, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am going to merge the War Bureau into the Armament Division, someone will take over in a few days, you don't have to fight the War Bureau anymore, go back to the Celebrant Supervisor!" ”

"First hang a pen in the celebrant and serve by my side!"

"Zhang Whale has an East Factory, and I need someone to serve me."

Chen Ju was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to call him into the palace today for this matter, and hurriedly replied: "The slave knows." ”

Since I went to the War Bureau to today, nine years, when others are getting mixed up, Chen Ju has been working hard in the War Bureau, and this time it can be regarded as a breakthrough, among the eunuchs of the same generation, he was the first to enter the ceremonial supervisor.

Although he was reluctant to face the war bureau in his heart, after all, it was built little by little, but Chen Ju still knew what to do.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Send the decree to the cabinet, and the court will discuss it tomorrow!" ”

The cabinet is a little allergic to the word court meeting, and the court meeting during this period of time has not been a good thing, and it has been reprimanded by the emperor every time. But since the emperor called, it can't be helped, but everyone's mood is very complicated.

On the morning of the second day, the cabinet scholars and the six scholars all arrived, but everyone's expressions were not very good-looking.

After Zhu Yijun came in, he didn't have too much nonsense, and said directly: "There are a few things to discuss with you Aiqing today, first of all, the officials in charge of the Armament Department and the Arsenal Division. ”

"I want to use one person to be in charge of these two yamen, and add the rank of waiter, but this person is only in charge of these two yamen."

After listening to Zhu Yijun's words, everyone present was stunned, but they also understood what Zhu Yijun meant.

This is to promote the rank of the officials in charge of the two yamen, and at the same time, it is also to control. The original Armament Division and the Arsenal Division were just a five-grade yamen, and the chief official was also a five-rank official, and now he was directly added to the rank of waiter, although it was smaller than the real waiter's authority, but it would definitely be no problem to step into the waiter in the next step.

Originally, everyone was not very interested in the position of the two Langzhong, but this is just a batch of killings!

But now it's different, that's a waiter, how many waiters are there in the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Yijun saw that no one objected, so he nodded and said, "Since you Aiqing think it's no problem, let's nominate a candidate!" I said the ugly things in the front, these two yamen I am very fond of, and there is no need to recommend mediocre talents. ”

"The minister recommends Li Zhi, the imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate!"

Zhang Siwei was the first to speak: "Li Zhi is upright, jealous and hateful, the Arsenal Division has just been established, and the Arsenal Division corruption case has just passed, and he needs an upright and upright person to be an official, and the minister thinks that Li Zhi is very suitable." ”

Everyone present knew that this Li Zhi was Zhang Siwei's protégé or his township party, and they were all from Shanxi.

Although they all knew that he would recommend his own people, no one expected him to recommend Li Zhi, this Li Zhi's qualifications were not enough at all, and he was promoted too quickly to become a waiter as a royal envoy.

Although this squire can only be counted as half, it is also a squire!

Zhang Siwei really can't help it, he also wants to promote his own people, but now that there are Jiangling parties inside and outside the court, how can it be so easy to find a suitable candidate for a while. This will be a few days later, and there will definitely be a suitable candidate.

"The minister thinks that Chen Qili is suitable in the household department!" Shen Shixing opened his mouth and said: "Chen Qili has been in the household department for many years, he is a stable person, and there has never been a problem with the things he is in charge of. The Armament Division is newly established, and it is more appropriate to have an old man in charge. ”

Shen Shixing can't get used to Zhang Siwei recommending Li Zhi, you are too much.

The others also put forward a few candidates, and when they finished speaking, Zhu Yijun shook his head directly and said: "Not suitable, these people are not suitable, I am ready to choose a person of high morality, but I have a suitable candidate." ”

Everyone sighed, and instantly understood Zhu Yijun's thoughts, and sure enough, the emperor had already thought about it.

"I think Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, is very suitable." Zhu Yijun directly proposed the person he wanted to promote.

For Pan Jitao, Zhu Yijun feels that he has made great contributions, not to mention others, just for the management of the Yellow River and the canal, he is a great hero. It's just that now there is no need to govern the river, and he was sent to Nanjing to be the secretary of the military department.

This is obviously about taking it when it's needed and releasing it when it's not in use.

How could Zhu Yijun let the imperial court put him in Nanjing, such a talent would be used.

The ministers were all stunned, and then Yu Youding said: "Your Majesty, Pan Jitao once served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and now he is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, how can he be a waiter of the Ministry of Works?" It's not in line with the rules! ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "What Aiqing said makes sense!" ”

"Then add a Shangshu title!"

Then Zhu Yijun's words made them almost drop their jaws.

Zhu Yijun ignored them and continued: "Anyway, he is just in charge of the Military Preparation Division and the Arsenal Division, since the title of squire is not suitable, then add a Shangshu title, anyway, he is now the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, and he also has the title of Shangshu." ”

Seeing what they were going to say, Zhu Yijun said directly: "This matter is settled, let's talk about the next thing." ”

Everyone sighed helplessly, glanced at each other, and suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Since Zhang Juzheng's death, the cabinet has basically become the emperor's echo worm. How this happened, they don't know, but the reality is that they are really about to become echo worms.

Zeng Xingwu is one of the most deeply touched, although every time it is a court meeting, but every time it is done according to the emperor's wishes.

They didn't understand what was going on, but Zhu Yijun understood, in fact, this was also the reason for Zhang Juzheng. The people selected by Zhang Juzheng are actually people who can do things very well, but they are not thorns.

Those thorns were all driven out by Zhang Juzheng, they have been under Zhang Juzheng for many years, and they have long been accustomed to listening to Zhang Juzheng's words.

No matter what happens, it is basically "according to what the elder said", especially in the last few years, this situation is even more serious. Zhang Juzheng died, and no one among these people could reach the point of Zhang Juzheng, so they naturally turned this obedient attribute to Emperor Wanli.

In addition, the successor cultivated by Zhang Juzheng is the Wanli Emperor, which gives them the illusion that they take it for granted.

This is also what Zhu Yijun wants, and he has been slowly letting this change happen, and when the transformation is completed, Zhu Yijun will promote Shen Shixing, and in Zhu Yijun's timeline, this time is when Zhang Siwei's father dies.

"When I was watching the folds, I discovered something, a very troublesome thing."

"That is, the reduction of money and food in various places, a student, after being admitted to Xiucai, will have land tax exemption in his family, and then there will be people and jinshi. After each imperial examination, the imperial court had to verify these lands when collecting taxes, which was very troublesome. ”

"There is also the problem of corruption, the problem of concealing land, I think this is not good, it is too troublesome, and it consumes manpower and material resources in vain."

"I thought, it's better to turn this tax exemption into a subsidy, according to the tax-free money and grain, every year to the scholars, including the nobles, the tax-free money and grain directly converted into money and grain and added to the Yulu."

"I think this is very suitable, and I also gave this money and grain a name, which is called Yang Shiyin."

"Didn't Yang Shen shout back then, 'Fifty years of Ming monks, the festival of righteous death is today', my monk's silver is taken from here, what do you think?"

Is this a name thing?

The moment Zhu Yijun said it, everyone understood what the emperor meant.

Although it seems that this is the same as Taizu's tax-free policy, it seems to be better to just pay money and grain from tax exemption, after all, farming does not necessarily have a bumper harvest every year. But in fact, this policy has long been not what it was when Taizu was in the past, it took everyone so many years to get it like it is now, Your Majesty, you want to take it all back!