989429 Chapter 291 on the Reward Dispute

Loose, now a little dizzy from the original meaning. He was very reluctant to offend Fang Zheng. Putting aside the fact that he was favored in front of the first emperor and the new emperor, he himself is not a good stubble that can be easily provoked, Du Xuan, the son of Du Songjun, just chased him in the teahouse for a while, and was knocked out of tens of thousands of taels of silver by him.

But no matter how difficult this thing is, it has to be done, the treasury is becoming more and more empty, and it is about to be repaired for the former emperor, and the enthronement ceremony for the new emperor is going to be held. The scholars and servants of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry have been chasing after him for the past two days, begging for food with a group of people called Hanako, making him almost collapse.

After the new emperor ascended the throne. According to the usual practice, he had to give amnesty to the world, reduce and exempt money and grain taxes, and the treasury saw that there was no income, and now Du Shangshu's eyes were only staring at the little family property in the prince's mansion, hoping that after being filled into the treasury, it would be able to last for a year and a half.

But why did this guy Fang Zheng lead the troops to raid the Prince's Mansion? What went into his mouth, can you still take it out?

"Lord Fang, you should take pity on this official. Hand over all the belongings of the prince's mansion, the former prince Qin raised private soldiers to rebel. He can afford more than 80,000 people, but the official doesn't believe that he only has 500,000 taels of silver in his house. Du Shangshu's attitude changed suddenly. The tone was helpless and pitiful.

Fang Zheng rolled his eyes, cocked Erlang's legs, and said leisurely: "Du Shangshu, you also know that it is not easy for the former prince to raise 80,000 people. His family is not a gold mine, even if he has money, he has thrown it into the bottomless pit of Qin Yang's private soldiers, and only 500,000 taels of silver were found from his house, which is really very reasonable and logical,"

Fang Zheng said and grinned at Jun Songjun: "Silver, I handed over a lot of money, as for the hard work of sending soldiers to help the prince's mansion clean, the lower officials understand the difficulties of Lord Shangshu, so I won't look for you for the time being, and I'll talk about it later, hehe"

When Jun Songjun heard this, his body shook for a while, and the whole person felt as if he had been knocked on a dull stick, his brain was buzzing, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

I knew it, I knew it! It's so hard to ask this guy for money, after all the twists and turns, now it's that I owe him money, who am I going to reason with?"

"Woo" Juniper's face twitched uncontrollably, and a painful whimper came out of his mouth.

"Du Shangshu, what's wrong with you? Yes! Are you crying? Fang Zheng was frightened, the old man was also a second-grade household official, how could he be so psychologically fragile?

Trembling Suo Suo pointed at Fang Zheng, Jun Songjun's face was pale, as if he was swinging, and his tone was infinitely resentful: "Fang Zheng, you" You are too bullying! "Wait! You wait for me! ”

After speaking, Jun Songjun flicked his sleeves fiercely and left without looking back.

Fang Zheng smashed his mouth. How does this sound familiar? is clearly like a little hooligan who has suffered a loss, and he goes back to move the rescuers, has the old man been mixed on the street before he became an official? Now he is gone. But there are still legends about him on the rivers and lakes?

Fang Zheng stared at Jun Songjun's back and sneered a few times, what entered Lao Tzu's mouth, is it so easy to take? Is it easy for me to work hard to earn two hard-earned money?

It didn't take long for a group of eunuchs and officials from various ministries to come over with the fat man. The fat man lifted the curtain of the door to the room and stepped into the door, while the rest of the people honestly guarded the door. The fat man's expression was a little depressed, he glanced at Fang Zheng, and sighed before he could say anything.

Fang Zheng fattened him: "Hurry up for the enthronement ceremony, right?" ”

The fat man nodded: "After the small eyelid tomorrow, the Ministry of Rites will issue the edict of my father and emperor in the Jinjian Palace, and then I will officially ascend the throne." ”

Fang Zheng sighed: "When I see you in the future, I will have to kowtow." Alas"

The fat man smiled: "You don't have to kowtow when no one is around, let's still do the same." I was able to become this emperor, and most of it was due to you.

Between the two of us, let's talk about friends first, and then about monarchs and ministers. ”

"You're here to find me?"

The fat man nodded. He smiled at Fang Zheng and said, "Brother Fang, there is good news or bad news, which one do you listen to first?" ”

Fang Zheng's face twitched, and if the fat man said this, it meant that both were bad news, and the difference was bad and worse.

Took a deep breath. Fang Zheng improved his psychological endurance and said bravely: "Listen to the bad first."

Pregnant," the fat man's little eyes rolled, and then stretched out his hand to him: "Give!" ”

Fang Zheng was shocked and stepped back: "When did I owe you money?" You are not blackmailing me

"Jun Songjun came to me just now to complain, saying that you bullied him, and so are you, the old man is in his fifties, why are you so angry that he has a handful of snot and tears, I can't bear to look at it."

"How did I know he was such an old man who could get hurt so easily,"

Du Shangshu said. If you don't return the money, he will resign and not do it, and whoever he loves should go. ”

Fang Zheng's eyes widened: "It's not that serious, right?" Don't you just get angry with him, look at his stinginess,"

The fat man sighed, looking at Fang Zheng's gaze pitifully: "Brother Fang, do you know how much my Hua Dynasty's taxes are in the treasury in a year?" ”

"I don't know."

The fat man pitifully stretched out five hands and recommended: "Ten thousand taels of silver a year." ”

"So little?" Fang Zheng blinked, "The amount of silver our family earns in a year is estimated to be about this amount,"

The fat man wiped his sweat. Infinite resentment sighed: "So, I'm a poor emperor!" Now I am about to repair the mausoleum of my father, and my enthronement ceremony will be saved again and again, and I will get a million taels of silver, but at present there are less than two million taels left in the treasury, of which there are still salaries for the army, salaries for officials, paving roads, building embankments and temples, what is not to be spent on anything? ”

glanced at Fang Zheng. The fat man deliberately sighed heavily: "All in all, poor."

Fang Zheng slapped his thigh fiercely: "Go to the house!" ”

"Copy,,Who's house to copy?" The fat man's eyes were straight.

But if a corrupt official goes to raid someone's house, and all the property they steal is put into the treasury, won't they be rich? Fang Zheng smiled and had a bad idea: "I think the head of the household book Jun Songjun is very suspicious." Do you want me to check him out for you? ”

The fat man rolled his eyes, what's wrong with you being addicted to copying your home? I've been busy copying the minister's house since I ascended the throne, how will I be the emperor in the future? Besides, if the whole Chinese Dynasty talks about corrupt officials, who is more corrupt than you?

"Brother Fang, I'd better say it directly. The Prince's Mansion That Treasure"

Before the fat man finished speaking, Fang Zheng was violently excited, his body stepped back, and he stared at the fat man defensively: "My!" ”

"Huh?" The fat man was dumbfounded, this is obviously dirty silver that has been charged into the treasury, how can it be yours?

"Words, you can't say that, you also know that the treasury is empty at the moment, and what about the property of the prince's mansion,"

"Mine!" Fang Zheng accentuated his tone. Again.

"You" yours? The corner of the fat man's mouth was about to cry, he glanced at Fang Zheng with great resentment, his lips twitched a few times, and finally sighed: "Okay, yours, it's all yours, I'll think of another way."

After speaking, the fat man turned around and walked towards Xixiao in despair.

"Hey, come back, come back. Xiao Fang Zheng stopped him.

Affectionately hooked the fat man's shoulder, Fang Zheng smiled and said: "What's mine is yours, what's polite to me, I teased you just now, don't worry, I can't let you lose face when you become the emperor, the property of the prince's mansion is in my treasury, catch Ming'er, you send someone to count and put it into the warehouse, I estimate that if it is all exchanged for silver, there will be 10 million taels to say the least, fat man, you sent it, and you fished the treasury for a year's taxes"

The fat man grabbed Fang Zheng's sleeve and wiped the tears on his fat face, and said gratefully: "I knew you wouldn't be so unrighteous, woo, you don't know wow, these two days for the silver, you have worried me, Jun Songjun ran to me here for three days and cried poorly, I can't wipe my face and open my mouth with you, woo, it's hard to kill me!" ”

Fang Zheng gently stroked the top of the fat man's head, and by the way, he withdrew his sleeves without a trace, and said softly: "Silly boy, if you have any difficulties, just tell me directly." If you don't have any difficulty, you have to tell me about it, who are we with whom? You become the emperor, can I not earn face for you? Although silver is a good thing, no matter how much it is, it can't match the friendship between the two of us, "Hey, the bad news you just now was asking me for money, well, it's really bad news, so what's the good news?" ”

Speaking of the good news, the fat man was in good spirits, and his fat face full of tears exuded brilliance, and he said excitedly: "Good news will definitely make you smile, heh,"

"What is it?" Fang Zheng's eyes lit up. Could it be that this fat man's conscience found out and planned to send me ten or eight stunning beauties?

"A man has nothing more than to pursue a promotion and make a fortune all his life, and this wealth is not available for the time being, so I plan to promote you to an official after ascending the throne."

"Promoted, promoted?" This time it was Fang Zheng's turn to be dumbfounded.

The fat man nodded happily: "The position of the secretary of the ministry has been suspended for a long time, I plan to appoint you as the secretary of the ministry, tsk, the head of the six departments, in charge of the transfer and performance appraisal of officials in the world, Brother Fang, congratulations"

An Zheng: "

Look at this child, he was so happy that he couldn't speak, the small, fat man patted Fang Zheng's shoulder with a warm face: "Open up and be happy for a few days, and then get ready to take office!" Your Fang family has produced a scholar who is a dynasty scholar, and the glory of the ancestors, no matter how good, I am happy for you,"

The fat man turned around and left, shaking his head and sighing as he walked: "The king, the sage, the world, the world, the image of the prosperous world, comfortable, too comfortable."

Fang Zheng stared at the fat man's back with straight eyes, and after a long time, he finally cried out.

Dead fatty, Lao Tzu is busy thinking about resignation at this moment, you actually promoted me to an official, are you careful? If Changping knew that I was promoted again, he wouldn't have to strangle me to death?

The funeral ceremony was busy and orderly, after the dress, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Yang Duqing ordered the palace bell tower to ring the bell, and summoned the civil and military ministers above the four grades in Beijing to gather in the Jinjian Palace, after the ministers were arranged according to the court class of the early dynasty, Yang Duqing invited out the edict left by the emperor, in front of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, read it out loud, and the ministers asked for three times. After the fat man's resignation, the fat man finally put on the bright yellow five-clawed golden dragon robe, put on the golden winged dragon crown, and sat on the emperor's dragon chair, which symbolizes the supreme of the world.

The ministers wore court clothes and crowns. Holding the Xun board, solemnly and respectfully kneeling to the new emperor and bowing nine times, the mountain shouts long live.

Trying to maintain the majestic expression that the emperor should have, the little fat man suppressed the excitement in his heart, once he only planned to be a peaceful and prosperous prince, like Fang Zheng, with eating, drinking and having fun as the only goal of his life. The world is unpredictable, once upon a time, he actually approached the court step by step, walked into the center of power, and even sat on the emperor's dragon chair justifiably today.

Looking at the golden palace, the minister of civil and military affairs bowed to him respectfully, and the fat man suddenly felt that the feeling of holding power in his hands was so wonderful and satisfying. It's no wonder that throughout the ages, countless people have thrown their heads and spilled their blood in order to get this thing, and the beauty of power may only be carefully tasted after getting it.

Sitting on the dragon chair that symbolizes the co-lord of the world, calmly accepting the worship of the courtiers, and holding the authority of the world, how can this feeling of dominating all beings be comparable to that of an obscure and unknown prince back then?

The fat man couldn't help but look at the dragon pillar near the gate of the Golden Palace, Fang Zheng stood in the old position, and when he saw Fang Zheng was lazy, he yawned happily, and smashed his eyes and lips boredly. As if sensing the fat man's gaze, Fang Zheng raised his head and squeezed his eyes at him, and then grimaced.

Seeing his strange appearance, the fat man couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth slightly, the net was a little dizzy by the throne of power, after seeing Fang Zheng, his mind suddenly cleared, and a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and even his eyes softened.

The meaning of friends is not just about sharing happiness. The more important thing is that when you are lost, you can quickly find yourself with just one glance.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, according to the etiquette system, when he discussed the name of the first emperor with the ministers, after the scholars of the three palaces, as well as the Hanlin Academy, the officials of the six departments jointly discussed and summarized the merits and deeds of the emperor during his reign, and finally set the name of the first emperor as "Emperor Wu".

Gangjiang direct oral test, just no desire, strong and unyielding. Loyalty. Straight and straight.

Restrain the chaos and call the military, and recruit by the army. Therefore, it can be determined.

Throughout the life of the former emperor, he did not do much in political affairs, but several times he sent troops to quell the civil unrest and the rebellion of the ministers, and during his reign, he adopted Fang Zheng's strategy to retreat from the Turkic tiger and wolf army, and even forced the Turkic countries that had been fighting for a hundred years to sign a treaty of inviolation, so that the people of the Chinese Dynasty were saved from military disasters and chaos, and the people of the Chinese Dynasty who suffered greatly from the war had a chance to breathe. Therefore, the ministers unanimously asked to play, and the emperor's overflow was set as "Emperor Wu Xiao" to show his merits and leave it in the annals of history.

The overflow is set, and the next step is the new emperor's decree to grant amnesty to prisoners in the world, except for the crime of rebellion, the rest can be relieved. Then it is to reward the ministers, that is, to leave the old courtiers to the former emperor to add officials and promote them to show the kindness of the new emperor.

Under the emperor's throne, Yang Duqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, recited the holy decree one by one, and the ministers below should call long live when they should call long live, and praise our emperor when they should praise our emperor for wisdom. Everything went according to the procedure, and nothing went wrong.

Yang Duqing secretly wiped his sweat. Rewarding the ministers, this is the last procedure, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was finally under his auspices, no surprises and dangers, and it was completed perfectly.

Yang Duqing was happy too early.

He forgot that there was such a time bomb as Fang Zheng buried among the ministers, could he get it smoothly? Why doesn't he give you a bang?

When Yang Duqing read: "Hereditary first-class loyal and brave marquis, the capital garrison general Fang Zheng, the hereditary first-class loyal prince, increase the number of 1,000 households, reward 1,000 taels of gold, 200 silk horses, and give the official the title of secretary and the second rank." Small. , the unexpected happened.

Before the words fell, the ministers below "buzzed" and started to discuss. Is the new emperor's will too heavy? Many ministers opened their mouths, but considering that this was the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, they could not lose their honor, so they closed their mouths tightly, but the ministers all showed dissatisfaction on their faces.

It is said that Fang Zheng's contribution is not small. With the policy of retreating from the Turks, he entered the court, and then saved the holy car several times, quelled the rebellion, and heard that even the rebellion of the former prince was also carried out by him, so his promotion to the rank of the prince was expected by the ministers, and the new emperor would give him the title to the duke, and everyone had nothing to say, after all, the merits of the people were there.

He can be added to the official department. That's a bit outrageous.

What is the Ministry of Officials? It is the yamen in the first place of the six departments of the court, in charge of a series of important tasks such as the promotion and promotion of all officials in the Hua Dynasty, in other words, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials can be regarded as the first powerful minister of the court under one person and above tens of thousands of people.

Looking at the courtiers of the Chinese Dynasty for more than 100 years, who can sit in the position of a minister and an official at the age of less than 20? It's one of a kind! You, a hairy boy from the same Jinshi, even if you have made a lot of contributions, how can you sit in this position? The new emperor's will is too cronyistic, where does this move put the old ministers in the court?

Several officials raised their eyebrows, and they waited to go out to defend themselves, and the Hua Dynasty was not guilty of words, so they were not afraid of the emperor's blame.

Who knows that the officials haven't had time to leave work yet. In a corner below, a shout rang out, "Ah! I don't do it! ”

The ministers were in an uproar. followed the prestige, but saw Fang Zheng sweating profusely in a hurry, stumbling out of the class, kneeling in the middle of the golden hall, looking quite sad and angry.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Fang Zheng hurriedly calmed down and said loudly, "Your Majesty." Wechen has been too old recently, his physical strength is not good, and he is riddled with diseases, all in all, Wechen is about to hang up, so Wechen asked the emperor to take back his life and allow Wechen to resign from the old man

This nonsense immediately attracted the contempt of the Manchu ministers of civil and military affairs.

You can make up nonsense, right? You're not yet twenty years old, and you're "too old." "Also" riddled with all kinds of diseases. "Still "old"? The nonsense is so shameless, how can you sit in the position of an official in the ministry?

The hearts of the ministers became more and more determined to resist and obstruct. However, seeing that Fang Zheng was quite self-aware and took the initiative to stand up and resign, they were happy not to be that wicked person, and let Fang Zheng mess around.

The fat man sitting on the dragon chair heard Fang Zheng's nonsense, but he snorted and drooled with a "poof", and then suddenly remembered that the occasion was wrong, and hurriedly stopped his face, his face twitched and said in a deep voice: "Oh? Sick and still talking so angry, I, "Cough, I think Fang Aiqing can continue to do her best for the country."

When Fang Zheng heard this, he was about to continue to resign, but at this time, Cheng Zhengru of the Imperial History Taichung stood up from class, first turned around and glared at Fang Zheng, and then knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister agrees with Lord Fang's complaint, that" resignation. The position of the secretary of the ministry is the position of interest in the court, Fang Zheng is impetuous and frivolous, and there are many deficiencies in virtue, and he has always had a bad reputation, and the old minister thinks. Lord Fang is really not suitable for this position, please ask the emperor to retract his order

When Zheng Ru impeached the former prince in the court, Fang Zheng jumped out against him, and the old man was a little grudgeful.

The fat man frowned when he heard this, and then his brows furrowed, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face.

Fang Zheng and he are classmates, and they are friends in trouble, the two are friends, and they are closer to each other, Fang Zheng refutes his face, which is nothing, but what kind of coaxing do you have when an old man jumps out and is blind? I'm playing the official of Feng Fang Zheng, what's your business? Could it be that you rely on your qualifications as an old minister and want to deliberately give the new emperor a dismount?

Before the fat man could speak, someone was upset.

"Hey, Master Zheng, what are you talking about? When you're old, can you speak human language? Who says I don't have a good reputation? Where is there a fault in my virtue? Why can't I be a secretary of the ministry? The emperor is wise and appoints me as the secretary of the ministry, it is the emperor's insight that shows that I am indeed a capable person, why do you say that I can't be the secretary of the ministry? 1510 Make it clear, otherwise I will sue you for slandering the minister in front of the emperor, "Ahem, raid your home!" ”