Emperor Jiajing liked to build palaces. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chen Di didn't expect that last year, the Ministry of Industry expanded Yongshou Palace, and it cost a full four million taels of silver to repair Shangchun Garden and Taihe Garden! You must know that four million taels of silver is worth a year's salary of the Flying Tiger Army!

Chen Di said to Zhao Kewang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry: "This year, the four million taels of silver that the Ministry of Industry repaired for the emperor will be sold first. From now on, without the approval of the cabinet and the governor, the Ministry of Industry is not allowed to spend an extra tael of silver on the emperor to repair the palace! Since ancient times, prosperity has been caused by diligence and thrift, and the emperor understands this truth better than anyone else! ”

Zhao Kewang asked Chen Di: "Dare to ask the Metropolitan Governor, Shangchun Garden and Taihe Garden are only half repaired now, and the rest of the projects will be stopped?" ”

Chen Di thought for a while and replied, "In this way, sell Shangchun Garden and Taihe Garden to the rich merchants in the capital!" ”

All the officials were shocked! Selling the royal gardens to a wealthy merchant? There is no precedent in the history books!

Chen Di said: "Shangchun Garden and Taihe Garden are priced at one million taels each. Living in the garden built by the emperor will naturally be stained with the emperor's blessings, and I think someone will definitely be willing to pay this money! ”

Zhao Kewang said in his heart, selling the emperor's garden, this unheard of thing was also done by this resolute Chen Dadudu. Zhao Kewang was Yan Song's student, and he glanced at Yan Song.

Yan Song closed his eyes, and seemed to have acquiesced to Chen Di's request.

Zhao Kewang arched his hand and said: "The lower officials will obey the decree of the Metropolitan Governor. ”

Chen Di asked Zhao Kewang again: "What's the matter with the other four million taels of silver for the repair silver of the various yamen?" ”

Zhao Kewang replied: "Yu Dadu, the two capitals and thirteen provinces start with the governor's yamen, and the following political envoys yamen, according to the inspection yamen, the prefectures, provinces, prefectures, and counties do not know how many thousand!" Some yamen have been in disrepair for a long time, so naturally they need to be repaired and repaired. Although the amount of silver consumed by each yamen is not much, it is a huge amount of money to accumulate. The four million taels of repair silver for each yamen have decreased compared with the previous years! ”

Chen Di said: "From now on, up to the six ministries, down to the provinces, governments, prefectures, and counties of the yamen for repair, no silver taels are allowed from the Ministry of Industry!" I don't believe that those officials can still fall if they don't repair it for a year? Du Fu has a poem that says: There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, sheltering the poor people in the world. Now the official office of the Ming Dynasty, down to the county government and up to the six government offices, which one is not majestic and gorgeous, magnificent? The yamen of the Ming Dynasty is for the common people! If you don't do things for the people, what's the use of the yamen repairing well? The common people still poke you in the backbone! ”

Yan Song finally spoke: "Well, Governor Chen." The official office must have the solemn style of the official office. If it is dilapidated and has lost its prestige, it seems to be 。。。。。 ”

Chen Di waved his hand: "The so-called majesty does not lie in how big the stone lion at the entrance of the yamen is, and how loud the drums are!" If the yamen handles everything properly and is praised by the people, then even if a few thatched huts are used as yamen, it will be majestic! Yan Shoufu, are you right? ”

Chen Di was reasonable, Yan Song was not easy to refute, he had to say to Zhao Kewang: "Since Governor Chen said so, you can do what he wants." ”

Zhang Juzheng asked Chen Di: "Governor, what about the accounts of the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Chen Di said: "This year's accounts will be written off first. If there is an unreasonable amount next year, it will be rejected and the household department will not be reimbursed! Let the Ministry of Industry raise its own money to gamble on the hole! ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he put the deposit account of the Ministry of Industry into a wooden box. The accounts of the Ministry of Industry have been cancelled.

Liang Siyun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, said: "The expenses of the Ministry of Rites last year totaled four million taels of silver. One million taels of them were needed for the temple. The remaining three million taels were given to the foreign envoys。。。。。 ”

Chen Di exclaimed: "What? Rewarding a foreign envoy with three million taels of silver? What are the Gentiles you are talking about? ”

Liang Siyun said: "Annam, Korea, the Nanyang countries, and the Western Regions countries have to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty every year to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven. Our Ming Dynasty is a great country in the Celestial Empire, and it is a great state. Since the great grandfather, the rule has been set, and the Ming Dynasty will give them ten times the reward for how many tributes those foreign countries send. This can show the great power of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Chen Di said: "Nonsense! How holy is Grandpa? How could such an unreasonable rule be set? Liang Shangshu, you have said that those foreign envoys came to the Ming Dynasty as tribute. They have filial piety to honor our Ming emperor, but we are disrespectful! If those foreign nations take millions and 10 million taels of silver to pay tribute, is it possible that your Ministry of Rites will give back tens of millions, tens of thousands of taels? From today onwards, all foreign envoys who come to pay tribute are only allowed to give back a small amount of tea, silk and other special products, and not gold and silver! ”

Zhang Juzheng asked: "Metropolitan Governor, can the accounts of the Ministry of Rites be cancelled?" ”

Chen Di replied: "The Tribute Repair Academy is a necessary silver tael, and this million taels can be written off!" The remaining three million taels of silver will only be written off! The other half will not be written off! The Ministry of Rites will raise its own funds, and the 1.5 million taels will be paid to the Ministry of Household Affairs and then written off by itself! ”

Liang Siyun looked frightened when he heard this, he knelt down and said, "Governor Dadu, where can I get 1.5 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Rites to supply the household department?" Do you want the officials of the Ministry of Rites to pay out of their own pockets? Our Ministry of Rites is the Qingshui Yamen, which is not as good as those。。。。。。 ”

Liang Siyun knew that he was speechless, and said that he was the Qingshui Yamen, didn't he mean that the other five departments had oil and water? His words came to an abrupt end when he said "those."

Chen Di smiled: "Qingshui Yamen, not necessarily!" Taoist temples and temples all over the world can receive a huge amount of incense money from believers every year. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's Taoist temples and temples, and the incense tax has always been collected by the Ministry of Rites. We have rules in the Ming Dynasty, and the incense tax silver can be subsidized to the Ministry of Rites for its own use without going through the hands of the Ministry of Households.

When the great grandfather set this rule, the world was initially decided, and there were very few Taoist temples and temples compared to now. In the 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the number of Taoist temples and temples in the world has increased dozens of times, and the incense tax and silver have also increased dozens of times. This is the living water money of your Ministry of Rites! I heard that the Ministry of Rites even has a small treasury? The weddings and funerals of the officials of the Ministry of Rites are all paid from this small treasury? Okay, let your Ministry of Rites give 1.5 million taels is already the Governor of the Metropolis. From now on, after the incense tax is collected by the Ministry of Rites, it must be handed over to the Ministry of Households! ”

Chen Di spoke, and Liang Siyun was speechless. Liang Siyun arched his hand like a refreshing eggplant and said: "The lower officials strictly obey the decree of the Metropolitan Governor. ”

The accounts of the Ministry of Rites were written off, and the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment wrote off their own accounts.

This write-off, Chen Di vigorously eliminated the shortcomings of the expenses of the six ministries, and acted like the head of the cabinet. Yan Song sat on the side with some taste. Is this cabinet chief assistant you or me? Although you are in charge of the military power in the world, the Metropolitan Governor should only ask about military affairs. How do you manage government affairs?

Yan Song and Chen Di were originally father and son. But now there seems to be an invisible estrangement between the two.