Chapter 159: Money is a Problem
Although Zhang Juzheng said this, in fact, he was still very satisfied with the situation, and even had some unexpected surprises, he didn't expect that he really had a little talent for governing the army, and he actually started from scratch and made great achievements.
According to his previous idea, it was to select some elite soldiers from various armies to form a team, but he didn't expect that he would dare to recruit new troops, this kind of thing is not easy for Qi Jiguang to do.
As for opening the sea ban and rectifying the coast, Zhang Juzheng does not have any hope, if there is a possibility of success, he and Gao Gong have already started to do it, and the emperor does not have to worry about it.
The treasury was empty, and Yin's eating of grain also began very early, and it was already the case during the Jiajing period, so Hai Rui's sentence "Jiajing is a clean family" made Emperor Jiajing sit still angrily, and often paced back and forth in front of the bed, saying that he had to kill the thief, and muttering to himself that this was a loyal minister, and finally Emperor Jiajing died in this contradiction and guilt. Jiajing was also ashamed in his heart, he was determined to be the master of Zhongxing, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, but he made the country like this.
Although the ministers were scolding Jiajing in private, he was given a fair evaluation after his death, and his temple name was Sejong.
Generally, the emperor's temple number Renzong and Xuanzong are all good emperors, and those with Shizong are the masters of Zhongxing, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is a very high praise for opening a new atmosphere and new pattern.
In ancient times, not only were the names given to ministers very particular, and it was necessary to accurately describe a person's political achievements, but the same was true for the emperor, after all, between the handover of the old and new emperors, the power was temporarily taken over by the ministers, and the emperor and the imperial family could not interfere.
Zhang Juzheng was also very satisfied with the serious military discipline this time, he said that he had not done enough, but he hoped to do better.
He treats the situation as a nephew, so he is also strict, and there is no need to say few words of praise, but he wants to pass on his experience in politics and controlling his subordinates.
Besides, he said after a long time: "I thought that the Lord Hai asked Lord Hai to patrol Jiangnan to precursor to the strict implementation of a whip law. ”
Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and said: "It also has this meaning, but it is not the main intention." The difficulty of implementing a whip law now is not in the locality, but in the central government, Xu Xiang was the first to oppose it, but of course he would not say that that person belongs to the feminine type, and he will never open his mouth to do what he wants to do, let alone do it himself, anyway, some people will do it for him. ”
Besides, this is the first time I heard that Zhang Juzheng was dissatisfied with Xu Jie, didn't he say that the two had a teacher-student relationship?
He thought in his heart, he didn't know what the relationship between Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng was, Xu Jie tried his best to support Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng's appointment as a scholar and his entry into the cabinet were all nominated by Xu Jie, and he was working at full strength, it seemed that Zhang Juzheng did not appreciate it.
Zhang Juzheng also has enough confidence if he doesn't appreciate it, when Shangshu and enter the cabinet is inevitable in his opinion, without Xu Jie's nomination and operation, it is only a matter of a few days, Xu Jie's approach is like sending favors. Otherwise, it's the opposite.
This practice actually brought a lot of trouble, Gao Gong because Xu Jie blindly sold to Zhang Juzheng, and the relationship with Zhang Juzheng had a rift, and the tacit understanding of seamless cooperation in the past no longer exists.
When drafting the edict of Emperor Jiajing, Xu Jie should have cooperated with Gao Gong, after all, Gao Gong was the first celebrity under Emperor Longqing, but Xu Jie deliberately threw off Gao Gong and found Zhang Juzheng to draft Emperor Jiajing's edict with him.
This is of course a great honor, and it is also a symbol of status, but it provoked Gao Gong, and even Zhang Juzheng hated it, thinking that the two wanted to collude with each other and squeeze themselves.
Zhang Juzheng didn't have this intention, but he was introduced into the game by the cunning Xu Jie, and when he found out, it was too late, and Zhang Juzheng was lukewarm to Xu Jie later, just because of this incident.
Besides, he didn't know about it, so he could only vaguely guess a few points, and even he didn't dare to ask for confirmation of this kind of thing, so he could only doubt it.
He hasn't visited Xu Jie so far, and he feels guilty in his heart, after all, Xu Jie is Lian Daning's mentor, and Lian Daning is his teacher.
If this matter had been put on ordinary people, someone would have attacked it a long time ago, but it had already been determined as Zhang Dang, and no one would be surprised to keep a distance from Xu Jie, and it would be surprising if he got too close to Xu Jie.
Besides, he didn't think about it so much at all, he didn't visit anyone at the beginning, he thought he was the embodiment of the plague and his mother, for fear of implicating other people, so he closed his door and didn't visit anyone, only Zhang Juzheng was here He couldn't avoid it, after all, he was the identity of Zhang Juzheng's staff.
"Xu on the contrary to a whip?" And I was surprised.
"How could he not object, if a whip law is strictly enforced, how much tax will he have to pay if he owns so much property?"
"A question of money?" And it feels a little unbelievable.
He thought that at the level of a cabinet scholar, silver should not be a problem.
"Of course it's about money, it's all about money." Zhang Juzheng said with a wry smile. Although he himself did not have the trouble of money, he worked hard every day to raise funds for various places, and he was exhausted, but there was nothing he could do, after all, it was impossible for a few silver mines to fall from the sky, and the emptiness of the treasury could not be relieved.
Many people see him every day, partly for official positions, and more because they want to get the funds approved by the central government as soon as possible.
"I know you're rich, so don't spend money in the future. Don't throw money around unnecessarily, so as not to be unable to take it out when it is time to spend it. Zhang Juzheng said.
"Yes." Besides, bow your head in response.
He laughed secretly in his heart, what is his wealth, if he relies on Yulu alone, he will live a good life, plus the annuity given to him and Xiao Nier by the Marquis of Wucheng, that is, he is more comfortable, and he is still generous because Xiaojun copied the old bottom of the Zheng family in Fujian.
Thinking that he might have to go to Fujian in the future, the Zheng family in Fuzhou was a mortal enemy, and the situation would be difficult to play at that time. But he is not afraid, he is not alone, he is with an army of 20,000, even if the overlord is hard to bow down, he can level the Zheng family, but he is afraid that the Zheng family will be soft and play tricks.
"Do you need silver? If necessary, although opening. Besides, he laughed.
"You don't have to come with me like this." Zhang Juzheng scolded with a smile.
"I mean really." Besides, he laughed a little.
I thought that the time I met Gao Gong was to give 10,000 taels of silver, but after he came to Beijing, he really didn't give Zhang Juzheng any gifts, let alone silver, nothing more than writing some calligraphy works in the middle hall of banners during the New Year's holidays.
He also sent a few calligraphy and paintings of Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, and Shen Zhou in his hand. Zhang Juzheng liked it very much, and he didn't show too much. Although Zhang Juzheng is not a calligrapher or painter, his vision is very high, and he does not pay attention to his idle works.
Besides, I think that since I am a literati, I should be more elegant in giving gifts, it is too vulgar to give silver, and everyone has face in giving calligraphy and paintings.
"I really don't need to, you don't have to think about it." Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and smiled.
Besides, I didn't dare to say anything more, lest I be suspected of bribery.
"You are still young, the days are long, even if there is a mountain of gold, you will sit and eat the mountain, you still have to pay attention to the long stream." Zhang Juzheng admonished.
"I understand, so I'm going to do some business lately." Besides.
"Doing business? Can you still do business? Zhang Juzheng was a little surprised.
"Of course, I am still an imperial doctor, and I have some exclusive prescriptions in my hand, and it is also very profitable to make finished medicines." Besides, he laughed.
"Oh, I forgot who you are, and indeed, I've heard that you're doing pretty well in medicine. It's a real business. Zhang Juzheng smiled.
"You are playing calligraphy and painting, practicing medicine and selling medicine, so why did the emperor let you lead the troops. Don't say that you are not an authentic noble child, or a noble child, and no one can do what you have to do now. Zhang Juzheng's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and he thought of this question again.
He had almost guessed the emperor's intention to appoint him, but he still didn't understand why the emperor had to do it. Of course, it doesn't mean that others can do it, but it's difficult for anyone to do this kind of thing.
Besides, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, he couldn't say anything, he knew more about this matter than Zhang Juzheng, it must be related to his identity, the emperor wanted to borrow the power of his nominal overseas monarch organization.
He guessed so, and as for whether the emperor really knew his exact identity, there was no evidence to prove it.
The Qinwang faction has an inside line in the palace, and some high-level figures often accompany the emperor, but they can't inquire about these things at all.
Besides, I believe that those high-level bigwigs of the Qinwang faction will not know about it, but they say they don't know, after all, this matter is related to the rise and fall of the Qinwang faction, and it has a stake in these bigwigs.
"A whip law is still the same for the time being, Hai Gangfeng's patrol of Jiangnan this time is to strictly measure the land in Jiangnan and prepare for the next step of strictly implementing a whip law, which is my second intention to ask the emperor to appoint him to patrol Jiangnan." Zhang Juzheng explained.
Besides, nodding, people like Zhang Juzheng generally kill three birds with one stone, and killing two birds with one stone is too little, so there must be a third layer of intention.
He immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Xu Xiang has a large amount of real estate, and the land must be strictly measured, the first difficulty of Lord Hai is Xu Xiang here, Xu Xiang is also the life-saving benefactor of Lord Hai, and Lord Hai is afraid that it will be difficult." ”
Zhang Juzheng smiled and said nothing, he wouldn't admit it, this was obviously a power scheme, but besides, he immediately figured out this layer, which made him appreciate it very much.
Besides, he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: these old politicians, everyone is a cunning fox and a vicious tiger wolf, thanks to Zhang Juzheng's own protector, anyone who has such a political enemy is afraid that they will not be able to sleep.
Zhang Ju is like this, what about the high arch?
Gao Gong is not the kind of person who only knows how to be ruthless on the outside, and there is also a danger of mountains and rivers in his heart, and anyone who offends him will not have to wait long to be unlucky, but he can't see that it is Gao Gong's handiwork.
Birds flew in the sky, but they left no trace.