Chapter 299: Employing People Without Doubt? Employing people must be suspicious

Although Zhu Yuanzhang left behind the ancestral teachings of the emperor, since Zhu Di was able to brazenly raise troops to sit on the throne, he was naturally not an emperor who adhered to the rules and ancestral teachings. He claimed to be imitating Taizu in everything, but when it was really time to do things, he tried his best to override public opinion, whether it was moving the capital or sending troops to fight each other, or the Northern Expedition or Zheng He's trip to the West, most of them were implemented in the wave of opposition. It's just that even if he has always been as arbitrary as he is, he is quite cautious in the matters mentioned by Zhang Yue.

For three days in a row, Zhu Di summoned Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, in Renshou Palace, and had to call Zhang Yue, the initiator. On the one hand, he is an old minister who has been in charge of the treasury for more than ten years, and he knows every penny of the imperial court's expenditure and every bit of savings in the treasury; On the other hand, do your homework in advance and give examples of the pros and cons one by one. The emperor summoned him for three days, and the old and the young almost quarreled for three days, although it was not yet-for-tat, but the red face and thick neck were naturally certain. However, in the face of the Son of Heaven's three-day warm pavilion meal, Xia Yuanji was still so excited that his face turned red, and Zhang Yue naturally could only look grateful.

These are all summons that are not open to the public, however, Zhang Yue has never been formally appointed since he returned from Qingzhou to kill people, and the official in charge of the selection of officials has asked several times, but the result is that he was beaten back at Shang Shu Jianyi, so he simply pretended not to do so. Since this is the case, when the officials saw Zhang Yue waiting for him at the noon gate again and again, they could not help but wonder and question, and the secret discussion never stopped.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for three days, and three days later, when some officials did not see Zhang Yuehou when they walked through the noon gate as usual, the tide of discussion gradually became smaller. It's just that no one knows that on this day in the Wenyuan Pavilion, Jian Yi Xia Yuanji plus Yang Rongjin Youzi and several other cabinet ministers were divided into two distinct factions and quarreled endlessly.

The minister did not agree to the ban on letting the common people go to the sea, but the minister was in favor of the surplus spices and medicines in the treasury for the common people to buy. With pepper and sumu as a folded color, many officials can't use this lot at all, and they are also sold to the common people, so why not be straightforward? Commoners will naturally praise the emperor's grace, and if there are tributary envoys coming again in the future, the treasury will also have a place to place the tributes they brought. Yang Rong, who has always been shrewd and wise, said.

Jin Youzi frowned, but he was the one who opposed it the most: "Emperor Taizu's ancestral training is still there, if the sea ban is easily opened, then the people of the world will definitely accuse the emperor of being disloyal and unfilial!" If everyone goes into business for profit, who will cultivate the fields? The main items of taxation are summer tax and autumn grain, if the ban is imposed because of the mere commercial tax, won't it lose its fundamentals? Let those profiteers go back and forth in the West, and let Fanbang laugh at me in vain! Besides, what is the result of the heavy maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, the treasury is not empty! ”

However, Xia Yuanji, who had been arguing with Zhang Yue for three whole days, had a great change in his attitude: "Compared with our dynasty, the agricultural tax in the Song Dynasty was lighter, the price of rice in the world was cheaper, and the annual income of more than 2 million yuan in the three cities was not false. As for the empty treasury, it was because they had too many border troubles, first the Khitan, then the Western Xia and Jin, and then the Mongols. Moreover, the redundant officials in the Song Dynasty were several times that of our dynasty, and they gave too much to the scholars, so they would exhaust the treasury. ”

Jian Yi's attitude is more modest: "If the things of the treasury make the commoners buy a lot, it is inappropriate, but before the tributary envoy pays tribute, except for the necessary tribute, the rest of the goods may as well be bought by the people, and the court will no longer exchange porcelain and silk." As for the sea ban, it can be done step by step, and now it is allowed to enter but not to go out, so you may wish to first select a reputable merchant in the three cities to issue a letter of citation, and then go to the sea to see the after-effect after a year of trial. The minister agreed with Zhang Yue's reasoning, rather than allowing the common people to secretly go to sea to evade taxes, it was better for the imperial court to come forward and make a charter for them to abide by. ”

If it weren't for Zhu Di's speech at the end, the quarrel between the ministers and monks in the Wenyuan Pavilion would probably not stop for three days and three nights. Looking at the two groups of people who were arguing, Zhu Di was not angry, but was very satisfied, but his tone was still grim: "Since you have different opinions, now I just need you to find out all the old precedents, not only this dynasty, but also the previous dynasty." I don't want to hear any discussion about today's affairs, so you should step back first. ”

Although both Jian Yi Xia Yuanji and Yang Rong Jin Youzi are people who read poetry and books, how easy is it to find out all the old examples in the past? If there is "Yongle Canon", it will be forgotten, but "Yongle Canon" is still in Nanjing Wenyuan Pavilion, this history is vast, where do they go to verify one by one? Having said that, after looking at each other for a while, everyone still agreed to retire in unison. As soon as he came out of Renshou Palace, seeing Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi leaving together, Jin Youzi glanced at Yang Rong with dissatisfaction.

"Mian Ren, the two Shangshu elders are confused, why are you confused together?"

Yang Rong and Jin Youzi are both known for their quick thinking, and even when Zhu Di went north, he often did not forget to bring their two civil officials. Jin Youzi was able to write a wonderful essay on the saddle, and Yang Rong was good at praising military planes, and he was a strong supporter of the Northern Expedition. At this time, hearing Jin Youzi say such a thing bluntly, Yang Rong suddenly raised his eyebrows - am I confused? I think you're confused, your whole family is confused!

"Youzi said that the two old Shangshu and I are confused, but don't forget, if the emperor thinks this is nonsense, how can he summon me and others to discuss it? Besides, the emperor summoned Zhang Yue and Xia Shangshu every day for three days ago, do you think that the emperor really didn't think about it carefully? What is the situation of the treasury, and who else knows better than Xia Shangshu? ”

Seeing that Yang Rong arched his hand and walked away after saying this, Jin Youzi's face suddenly became extremely gloomy. Standing in place for a moment, he saw Yuan Fang, who was wearing a big red satin embroidered gauze robe, coming in this direction, and immediately snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and turned around to leave from the steps on the other side, but he didn't notice that his actions all fell in the eyes of the other party.

At this time, the weather was getting colder, and the door of Renshou Palace was hung with a thick curtain of woven gold multicolored plates, dragon faces, cotton wool splints, and Zhu Di, who had always lived and seen people, also moved to the warm pavilion. There is a dragon warm kang in the warm pavilion, although it is warm in the middle of winter, and now this season is naturally not a problem. Seeing Yuan Fang come in with a curtain cage, after he finished the ceremony, Zhu Di ordered in a deep voice: "You go and check, the few books that Zhang Yue sent in before, Du Zhen has seen them." In addition, look at what people he has seen and done these days, and report everything in detail. ”

"Obey."

"Also, he hasn't found out about the previous attack in Shandong?"

"Emperor Qiqi, according to the judge, there is no news yet, but according to Jinyiwei's verification, the attacker is indeed a White Lotus Sect bandit, the firearms he holds are from the surrounding guards, and the thousands of households in the guards are negligent in management, and the two hundred households under him lie that the firecrackers are scrapped, but in fact, they secretly sell things at a high price, and they also eat empty salaries ......and rice, etc."

Yuan Fang reported in great detail, but the more Zhu Di listened, the more angry he became, and instinctively wanted to smash things to vent his anger, remembering Wang Guifei's persuasion before, so he put down his hand. So, he had to put all his anger in the knife-like words: "There is actually a collusion between the guard and the bandits? Okay, very good, send Jinyi Wei to send thousands of households to Beijing to torture them carefully, I want to know why they are doing such an unseemly thing! Let me ask you, is the King of Han related to this matter? ”

"As far as the current news is concerned, the evidence is unknown, and the minister does not dare to judge whether the King of Han is related."

This is a very clever answer, if Yuan Fang answers, Zhu Di will definitely not believe it, but if Yuan Fang answers no, he also doesn't believe it. So, staring at this Jinyi guard commander who had been pulled up by himself and proved to be extremely useful, Zhu Di chose to believe it as always, but he gave one more order before he went out.

"I have decided that Lu Feng, the young eunuch of the Imperial Prison, will supervise Dongchang and set up an office in the north of Dong'anmen after the year. You transfer the person who should be transferred over first, and listen to his dispatch in the future, but you can still go to Renshou Palace at any time to ask for a meeting if there is something. Don't let go of the detectives, don't let me live up to my expectations of you, do you understand? ”

This was already expected by Yuan Fang, so he was not the slightest surprised when he heard these words, but he also did not spend extra words to show his loyalty, but bowed to the ground extremely respectfully: "The emperor is humble and lowly, and he will definitely live up to expectations." ”

Talk less, do more, he hasn't been following Zhu Di for a long time, he has already touched this rule, and he knows that the emperor's suspicions can never be dispelled. Guarding against the crown prince, guarding against King Zhao of Han, guarding against concubines, guarding against princesses and horses, guarding against civil and military officials, and now even the brocade guards used to guard against everyone have to be guarded, how can Zhang Yue be an exception?

So, after returning to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, he immediately found Mu Ning, looked at the other party for a long time, and then said dryly: "The emperor has decided to build the East Factory after the year, and you, the hand-picked hand-picked punist, are ready to take office in the past." Although Zhang Yue secretly used means to catch him with some handles, it was not enough, there had to be a bigger handle to hold him firmly, do you understand? ”

"Yuan Tou rest assured, we came prepared, but he was unprepared, so he naturally grabbed one by one." Mu Ning showed a bit of murderous aura on his face, nodded heavily and said, "When he came, he either used me to make a move, or he enveloped me first, so I had to take refuge in him and let him know my usefulness." It's just that I'm afraid that it will be difficult to meet you in the future, and there is an old way to pass things through secret letters, after all, there is also a Dade Silk Village in Beijing. ”

Since he first joined Jinyiwei as a school captain, Yuan Fang and Mu Ning have been in the same position, and they have a very tacit understanding with each other, so Yuan Fang will naturally not be wordy at this time. Seeing that Mu Ning was about to go out, he suddenly stopped the person by opening his mouth again: "You take a hole and tell Hu Qi and them, and let them remind Zhang Yue to be careful in doing things." The emperor wants to use him, so it is inevitable to ensure that he is not friends or parties, and maybe he will install spies in the future, so that he can pay more attention to everything. ”