After Xie Qian directly put forward his request, he felt that his old face was a little unbearable. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

If it weren't for the fact that there was really no way, and Emperor Hongzhi was urging him tightly, he really didn't want to consult Shen Xi on some major matters, wouldn't that mean that he was not as good as a teenage doll in terms of his ability to do things?

"Elder Xie Ge can speak as bluntly." Shen Xi said respectfully.

Let Xie Qian tell the trouble by himself, this is not in line with his character, he threw Shen Xi a notebook with a straight face, and said, "See for yourself!" ”

The first is a trilateral complaint about the lack of military rations.

After the winter, the imperial court used the heavy snow around the capital as an excuse to repeatedly delay the delivery of grain to the three sides, which made the border soldiers full of complaints.

There was a ticket in it, which was written by Xie Qian: "Handed over to the Yamen of the Division for discretion." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, no wonder Emperor Hongzhi would directly send the ticket back...... Since it is handed over to the Yamen of the Division, what is the difference between what you wrote and what you didn't write?

The emperor wants you to come up with specific countermeasures, not to let you prevaricate and perfunctory.

"What do you think?"

Xie Qian glanced at Shen Xi, and then remembered that he forgot to draw out the previous ticket, his old face flushed, and he said in his heart that Shen Xi had seen his "incompetence".

Shen Xi pretended not to see anything, lowered his head and said, "After winter, the heavy snow does block the road, but the most critical reason is ...... Or is there a shortage of food in the imperial court? ”

Xie Qian said with a dark face: "Do you still need to say this?" In the past few years, the border has been constantly using troops, local disasters have occurred frequently, and the imperial court's money and grain dispatch has always been tight, don't use such a reason to prevaricate. ”

"The students didn't prevaricate."

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "Since the imperial court is short of food, even if this recital is sent to the household department or the military department, they still have to ask Your Majesty, why bother?" ”

Xie Qian has nothing to say at this time, thinking about it carefully, this is indeed the case.

Emperor Hongzhi was not satisfied with his vote, and wanted to ask him for countermeasures, not to let him shirk his responsibilities like others. Xie Qian asked, "Then what is your good plan?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Since the border pass is now stable, the previous student suggested returning the army to the people, why don't you take this opportunity to ask Your Majesty?" ”

"This ...... What's the difference? Xie Qian was puzzled, "If all the soldiers are removed, it will take a year for Tuntian to be effective, a distant water can't save the near fire, and there are no officers and soldiers on the border, what should I do when Di Yi in the north kills me?" ”

Shen Xi explained seriously: "What is being eliminated is only redundant soldiers and horses, and the real elite soldiers must naturally be retained." Now that the Tatars are fighting among themselves, how can they have time to invade my Ming territory? Just taking advantage of this respite opportunity, some officers and soldiers can be disarmed and returned to the fields, while the rest can be organized into construction teams to repair the Great Wall passes, and at the same time maintain the smooth flow of official roads and ferries on the three sides, so that there can be no delay on all sides. ”

Xie Qian pondered for a while, but was still a little unsure: "As you said, how should this manuscript be voted for now?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Now that the grain and grass on the three sides are insufficient, if the imperial court allocates money and grain from the center, it may be too late in time, and if the border soldiers are dissatisfied and mutiny, it will not be beautiful." If we send people to Guanzhong to buy grain from local merchants under the bait of 30 percent higher than the market price and tax reduction or exemption for next year, we only need to set the place of delivery at the border gates, so as to temporarily relieve the dilemma of food shortage on the three sides. ”

"I am afraid that this move is inappropriate......"

Xie Qian frowned, he didn't think there was anything good about Shen Xi's suggestion.

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly, Xie Qian lacked the talent to work hard, and he couldn't see the deep meaning behind this notebook.

Is there really a shortage of food on the three sides?

After the end of last year's war, the three sides received a lot of rewards, but the problem actually lay in the moths in the DPRK and the generals in the border passes, who embezzled these rewards, and the vast number of low-level officers and men did not benefit from them.

The best way to solve this problem is to purge the officials of the imperial court and the border gates who are suspected of "drifting" food and salary, and the money and grain owed can naturally be made up. But this is too much involved, and when the time comes, not only will none of the governors, commanders, guerrillas, and other officials at the border pass be able to escape, but I am afraid that even their relatives and brothers, the Zhang brothers, will have to be hanged up. In order to maintain the stability of the court, Emperor Hongzhi would definitely not allow this.

Since this road does not work, we can only find another way.

In order to calm down the people's grievances, it is necessary to let the soldiers at the border pass see that the imperial court has done something, and it is the most intuitive manifestation to make up for the shortfall in the past years by making up for the grain dispatch, so that the mood of the officers and men of the three armies will be temporarily stabilized.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses were dismantled, and some of the officers and men of the border army were arranged to be sent to the local tuntian, and some of them were driven to build city walls and roads, which was tantamount to dismantling the disgruntled soldiers, and once the people were dispersed, they were not afraid that they would make trouble, and the money and food owed could be delayed for a longer period of time.

Shen Xi's trick can be said to be extremely damaging, and it can't fundamentally solve the problem, but find a way to reassure the soldiers first, and then continue to be in arrears.

Of course, Shen Xi couldn't say it too obviously, otherwise the upright Xie Qian would definitely not take his suggestion. Shen Xi said: "Why don't you give it a try, maybe Your Majesty will agree?" ”

Xie Qian thought about it, and there was no other good way for the time being, so he had to write the ticket according to what Shen Xi said.

The next second transcript is the impeachment of Ma Wensheng and other old ministers by Yang Ying, saying that they are old and incapacitated, resulting in a serious backlog of official affairs in the Yamen.

The cabinet has always been a rule that the cabinet does not care about this kind of impeachment, and does not even need to write down the vote, and directly leaves it to the emperor for decision. Whoever is impeached, who takes the initiative to submit his resignation, if the emperor adopts the impeachment opinion, he will allow the beggar to return to the field, if the emperor does not adopt it, he will reject it, and continue to reuse the old minister.

There is also a way to do it, that is, the emperor will stay in the middle and not send it. To put it bluntly, the emperor has to think about it, or the emperor does not act.

But this time, Xie Qian handed over the impeachment of Ma Wensheng and other old ministers, but Emperor Hongzhi called back directly, the meaning is obvious, I want to ask the cabinet what it means, whether Ma Wensheng and other old ministers should be replaced.

Ma Wensheng is 70 years old this year, and as he grows older, he no longer has the shrewd and capable work he used to have, and his handling of official affairs seems to be procrastinating, resulting in the operation of the entire ministry slowing down the pace, and a large number of personnel appointments, dismissals, and promotions have not been able to achieve timely and effective results, and complaints have abounded.

Emperor Hongzhi was because of Ma Wensheng's high prestige, so he arranged him in the position of the head of the six ministries, but now Emperor Hongzhi has sent the book back, which means that Zhu Youzhu has the intention of replacing Ma Wensheng, but he is embarrassed to speak, and wants the cabinet to put forward a vote, and then take the book to the court to discuss, so that the emperor and Ma Wensheng have steps down.

Shen Xi said: "Ma Laoshangshu is loyal to the country and should be treated well. ”

"You...... Why? Xie Qian glared at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi thought to himself that Emperor Hongzhi was mostly hesitant at this time, not only wanting to remove Ma Wensheng, but also feeling that he was not in good health, and he was afraid that when he passed the throne to the crown prince in two years, he would lack a humerus minister like Ma Wensheng to support his son. Although Ma Wensheng is old, he has outstanding prestige, can write and martial arts, and is loyal to the Ming royal family, and the emperor should be very conflicted at this time.

Shen Xi said: "Since Ma Shangshu has worked hard and made great achievements, the imperial court should give him a luxurious official residence and stay in the capital to retire for the rest of his life." He also gave his servants and maidservants to take care of the whole Ma Lao Shangshu's daily life. In addition, Ma Lao Shangshu's family can all be sent to the capital, and his descendants will be shaded, so that Ma Lao Shangshu can rely on him......"

Xie Qian's brows furrowed, he thought about it, and still didn't understand why Shen Xi proposed it like this.

Shen Xi's suggestion has its reason.

Emperor Hongzhi felt that Ma Wensheng was old and faint and wanted to find a new person to replace Ma Wensheng, but he was also afraid that once there was a change in the future, he would need a respected person like Ma Wensheng to assist his son in successfully taking charge of Dabao.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi did not leave Ma Wensheng, nor did he allow Ma Wensheng to return to the field.

The best way is to let Ma Wensheng temporarily hang the title of secretary of the ministry, and the affairs of the ministry will be handed over to the two waiters. Or let Ma Wensheng give up the official position of the official secretary of the ministry, but stay in the capital, so that when Ma Wensheng is needed, he can be activated at any time.

In order to reflect the favor of the old ministers, Emperor Hongzhi must make some rewards, and it is best to give him the title of third prince when he bestows the mansion and his subordinates, so that Ma Wensheng will feel that it is the emperor's favor, and when he uses it again in the future, Ma Wensheng will not have any resistance to the royal family.

Although Xie Qian didn't agree with Shen Xi's proposal, he thought about it, as if what Shen Xi said made some sense, so he wrote a vote according to what Shen Xi said.

In fact, this is very understandable, Xie Qian agreed that Ma Wensheng Zhishi wanted to be this "bad guy". No matter when, the bad guy must not let the emperor be the emperor, and only Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, can bear the black pot for the emperor.

Xie Qian's two most troublesome copies of the book have a solution for the time being, and some of the rest are nothing more than revolving around the rule of officials and money and grain, and now the court is in a state of making ends meet, and many things can be saved, but there is one case, Xie Qian wants to save money, and as a result, Emperor Hongzhi called the book back and asked Xie Qian to write the ticket again.

Emperor Hongzhi was ready to maintain the palace, and asked someone to write a letter to allocate funds to repair the Chufang Palace, Kunning Palace and Qingning Palace. The project required six million coins, or six thousand taels of silver, but this was rejected by Xie Qian, believing that the royal family should be thrifty.

But Zhu Youzhu obviously didn't buy Xie Qian's claim.

The palace is where the prince lives, the Kunning Palace is the place where Empress Zhang lives, and Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang are like a folk couple, Zhu Youzhu will often stay in the Kunning Palace for the night, as the king of a country, he wants to live comfortably with his wife and son, what is the fault?

As for Qingning Palace, it is the place where the Empress Dowager Zhou lived, the emperor in order to show filial piety, after the fire in the Qingning Palace in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, it was renovated in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, but because of the lack of money at that time, the repair was very sloppy, and now the emperor wants to let the people of the world think that he is a filial son, what is wrong?

You Xie Qian even rejected the request for six thousand taels of silver, saying what do you mean by those big truths?

Reflecting that I am a faint king who is greedy for pleasure, are you a minister?

Shen Xi said: "Since the imperial court does not have this amount of money to spend, you might as well make a suggestion to Your Majesty and use private donations to repair the palace, which can not only satisfy Your Majesty, but also take into account the people's loyalty and patriotism." ”

"You're crazy, aren't you? Folk...... Who will donate money to the royal palace for repairs? ”

Xie Qian was so angry that he almost jumped up, if it was said that the previous script, Shen Xi's proposal was quite reliable, and now this proposal simply wanted him Xie Qian to become the laughing stock of the court.

Shen Xi smiled slightly: "Elder Xie Ge must also be guessing, if there is anyone in the people who is willing to donate funds to the royal family, then why not Your Majesty?" ”

"Huh!?" Xie Qian hesitated slightly.

He thought to himself, is this kid asking me to use this method to delay the army?

In fact, what Shen Xi meant, you Xie Qian don't want to spend money to repair the palace, how can the emperor be willing to pay this money from the inner treasury?

It is best if someone takes the initiative to donate money to repair the palace, so that the emperor's family can live comfortably, and the emperor can feel that I am deeply supported by my subjects, and I will be in a natural and comfortable mood.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Although Xie Ge Lao is relaxed, as long as His Majesty proposes to accept private donations to repair the palace, there will always be someone who will give the silver away!" ”

"What's the point?"

Xie Qian glared at Shen Xi, not knowing why.

Shen Xi smiled and said nothing, in fact, what he wanted to say was that even if others didn't donate money, the emperor's two brothers-in-law would secretly contribute, which not only patted the emperor's brother-in-law's sycophants, but also made the emperor happy, and brought the relationship closer to each other.

To put it bluntly, Shen Xi asked Xie Qian to write a ticket like this, not to trap Xie Qian and the emperor, but to point the finger at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.

Because Zhang Yanling is now fighting for the title of marquis, he needs a chance to perform.

Let's see if you can do things, if you have the ability, you will be an iron rooster and don't do anything, so that Emperor Hongzhi is deeply disappointed, and let the queen complain that you can't do things!

"Six million dollars, not an astronomical amount, why don't you try it?" Shen Xi blinked and smiled.

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ps: There is no network when coding words.,A lot of information can't be checked.,I feel that this chapter is not well written.,Let's make do with it.,It's still that sentence.,Just wait back in Chengdu!

I wrote the chapter when I got home in the evening, and I hope it can be delivered to you on time. (To be continued.) )