Chapter 783 Tingtui (II)

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As soon as the silent argument was made, Wen Yi was sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which was considered to have entered the review stage. In the afternoon of the same day, the Cabinet sent a message to all ministries and government offices that the court was scheduled to be postponed the next day, and the specific time was to be notified separately. Zhang Juzheng had already known the news in advance, but he didn't care about the joints in it, and he was worried about the level in front of him......

Since the military quartermaster case, Gao Yao, the secretary of the household department, has been waiting for the crime at home, and Zhang Juzheng is temporarily in charge of the ministry affairs as a squire, it is said that at this time, he, a cousin with an unjustified name, should be in the heart of spying on the direction of the wind and running for his personal fate, and the ministry affairs should almost be paralyzed. But he is not, this is the first time he has been able to display his talents as a court official in more than 20 years, Zhang Juzheng has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and he must not miss it.

So he began to straighten out the affairs of the ministry, first introducing the 'examination method', which registered the work to be done by each department according to the account books and checked it regularly. For the affairs undertaken by the subordinate officials, each completed must be registered, otherwise it must be truthfully declared, otherwise it will be punished as a violation. Zhang Shilang is a person who is not smiling, deep and majestic, and everyone in the household department is very afraid of him, and it is rumored that he is about to enter the cabinet, anyway, the patience will pass, so no one stands up to speak against him.

As a result, the clearing of accounts, the inventory of the inventory, and the collection of the collection of the various departments of the household department were several times busier than in the past, and instead of being paralyzed, they were full of shining vitality and impressive. But this can't change the fact that Taicang is empty, the debts are high, and all expenses are not covered.

No, Xu Yangzheng, the right attendant of the household department, complained in Zhang Juzheng's duty room: "All the accounts have been verified and verified, and the last silver in the treasury has also been forcibly withdrawn by the Ministry of War. It's just that the official fortune was bumpy, and in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, he impeached Yan Shifan for stealing paternal power and accepting bribes, and as a result, he was relegated to the history of Tonghai County, Yunnan by Yan Song. Although Yan's father and son were very jealous of him, Xu Yangzheng was already famous all over the world at this time, and he couldn't do any harm. In the next 20 years, he successively served as the governor of Zhaoqing Prefecture in Guangdong Province and the secretary of Guizhou University, and has been pressed in a remote and wild place.

It wasn't until after the fall of Yan Shifan that he became the secretary of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing, and then transferred to the left squire of the household department in Nanjing, but he was implicated in the Zhenwu camp mutiny, and almost got into trouble again. Fortunately, his master Xu Jie, was in power at this time, and moved him to the left to the right servant of the household department...... Although it seems to have been lowered by half a level, you can go from Nanjing to Beijing, enter the temple, and act in the hall, and everyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a bright descent and a dark ascension.

After coming to Beijing, Xu Jie talked to him, Yin Yin expected that he would be 'a good student and a good guide to help Zhang Juzheng, so he was not polite to Xiao Zhang.

"Didn't you say that you should press the money of the military department?" Zhang Juzheng frowned.

"Can I hold it down?" Xu Yangzheng's wrinkled face was full of indignation and said: "Who knows what kind of madness Yang Bo's bull nose is, it was supposed to be good, pay half of it first, and the second half of the two million taels of two million taels were deferred, but he personally led troops to Taicang to rob the money, I went to question him, why did he say that he was going to change the hexagram, but he turned his face and refused to admit it, let me come up with evidence" He looked at Zhang Juzheng with some complaint and said: "You should have made a note with him in the first place, what's the matter if you say that there is no evidence?" ”

Zhang Juzheng can only smile bitterly, what is Yang Bo's status, what is his status, and can he still suspect that other people's verbal promises are not counted, and then ask for a written note, it is too bad to know what to do, right? Of course, it is impossible for Xu Yangzheng not to know this, so he is just angry with him.

"The people have all the formalities and ask for a withdrawal now. I said that when you came back, he threatened me that if I didn't give the money, he would go to beat the drum, so that the household could not eat and walked around. I had to give him the last copper plate in the library, but I was not satisfied, and said that I had to pay off the 500,000 taels I owed before the year. He sighed and said: "Although the household department has always been in debt, but there is not a single tael of silver in Taicang, this is the first time in the past two hundred years."

Zhang Juzheng's heart was sour when he heard this, and he could only persuade: "Reluctantly, survive this winter, and the spring will be better." ”

"I'm afraid the winter is too long...... The death of the first emperor and the ascension of the new emperor are all unexpected large expenses, and I don't know when they will be digested. Xu Yangzheng shook his head, looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Don't talk about those who are disappointed, what do you gain from going down to inspect this time?" "Zhang Juzheng has just come back from inspecting the various passes and warehouses inside and outside the Beijing Division, and he came directly to the yamen before he returned home. However, looking at his middle single snow-white, his robe was neat, with clear creases like new, and he also exuded a faint smoke. Where is it like a hard-working official who has just run more than 100 miles, but looks like a scholar who sits in a quiet court.

Whenever he sees him like this, the unkempt Xu Yangzheng has to sigh secretly, this Zhang Taiyue lives too exquisitely, it turns out that every time Zhang Juzheng goes out, he must have a suitcase behind the sedan chair. Everywhere you go, you have to take a bath and change your clothes before you are willing to see people; After shaking hands with someone, you must also wash your hands, and pay attention to your appearance so that people suspect that you have a habit of cleanliness.

However, the gentleman likes to be clean, and there is nothing wrong with that.

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Hearing Xu Yangzheng's question, Zhang Juzheng subconsciously straightened his sleeves and said slowly: "There are some, there are more than 20 treasury inside and outside the capital, except for the empty banknote vault, there are still some things in the remaining treasury, but they are all silk cloth mattress, bamboo, wood and rattan lacquer and other items, it can be said that there are everything, all of them are counted, there are about five hundred kinds, and the number is amazing, but there is no silver." ”

Xu Yangzheng nodded, this is also normal. This year's expenses are too great, and the silver in the more than a dozen warehouses in Tongzhou and various customs has already been dimmed. As for why there are so many items, it is because although the 'One Whip Law' has been noisy for decades, it has been unfavorably implemented, and the vast majority of provinces still pay taxes in kind. These various kinds of items were originally for the daily use of the imperial court, but the amount of money was too large to be used up, so they could only be consumed there...... Of course, it's not just mildew and deterioration that can't be used; Most of them were transferred out and sold, filling their pockets.

The tax system of the Ming Dynasty has really reached the point where it cannot be changed. The two sighed for a while, and Zhang Juzheng said again: "This time I went down and found a lot of problems, the management of various warehouses and customs is very chaotic, and the loss of materials is serious Daming's disease. On the way back, I have been thinking about how to reform the old and how to turn the situation around. Because the train of thought has not been straightened out, I am afraid that you will listen to the ......"

"It's a big deal," Xu Yangzheng said with a lack of interest, "but forget it today...... In two days, the Beijing official will send Lu, the Beijing camp will pay the silver, and the prince of Beijing will send the rice, and the prepared silver will be emptied by Yang Bo, what will we give to them?"

"How much do you get?" Although Zhang Juzheng knew what he knew, he still asked, so that he could sort out his thoughts.

"Speaking of silver alone, there are more than 20,000 officials in Beijing who receive salaries, and the amount of silver that should be distributed this month is 200,000 taels. The number of soldiers in the Beijing camp who received salaries was 100,000, and the true color of this month's payment was 200,000 taels; There are more than 40,000 people in the capital who are old princes and nobles of the clan, and 600,000 taels should be issued...... The total is one million taels. And that's not even counting the money and grain. Xu Yangzheng mentioned this number, his mouth was bitter, his heart was blocked, and he said: "I can't make up this money by smashing the pot and selling iron......

"There's no way around it?" Zhang Juzheng asked unwillingly.

"......" Xu Yangzheng spread his hands with a bitter expression.

Zhang Juzheng had actually been thinking about this money for a long time, so he went to inspect the customs and warehouses to which the household belonged to to see if there was a way. It's just a hard trip, but I was disappointed and returned, and I couldn't help but feel depressed in my chest, and secretly sighed that everything has not gone well recently...... There was just a military case in front of him, and now Yang Bo was asked to draw his salary, and he couldn't pay the salary

Exhaling a breath of turbidity, he asked, "Can you call in some emergency from the neighboring state capital first?" ”

"Don't even think about it." Xu Yangzheng has been immersed in the local government for many years, and he is much more experienced than Zhang Juzheng, and when he proposed to borrow from the local government, he vetoed it: "In recent years, there have been major droughts in the north for many years, and there are frequent military disasters, and most of them can't make ends meet, and they send people to us all day long to cry poor, what else can they expect from them?" ”

"It's not going to be like this for everyone." Zhang Juzheng frowned and said: "Living in the world, there are still rich and poor, there is always that more generous." ”

"Hey, Taiyue, you have always been noble in the capital, and you don't understand the following situation...... Xu Yangzheng shook his head and said: "Our ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty is very fucked, and the silver taels of the local provincial capitals are all from their respective banknotes. If you transfer his money, you will take away the money of his officials, and even if the governor agrees, the officials below will not agree. People don't have to resist, they just prevaricate with you, pull back and forth, and pull you so that you don't have any temper at all. ”

"Alas, sooner or later, this set of rules will have to be changed" Zhang Juzheng said hatefully, but he also knew that it was all for nothing now, and that would not work, and he felt that his throat began to smoke, and only then did he remember that he had come back from Tongzhou, and he had not touched a drop of water for most of the day. He picked up the teacup, sipped the tea gently, and began to calculate it carefully in his heart.

Xu Yangzheng was also thinking about it, he took off the cloisonné enamel cigarette pouch pot from the purse on his waist, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Take two puffs to refresh yourself?" ”

Zhang Juzheng hated the smell of tobacco, but the other party was a senior, and he couldn't say anything, so he smiled and said, "I won't, you are free." ”

Xu Yangzheng skillfully loaded the tobacco, lit it, and swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog. Soon after tobacco was introduced to the capital, only a high-ranking official like him could get a little tobacco that was more expensive than gold...... It's not in front of people, there are no important occasions, and it won't be taken out and smoked.

Smelling the smell of smoke and fire, Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly, but fortunately, he was very well cultivated, and soon his expression was as usual, and he continued to think about his problems.

In the smoke, Xu Yangzheng said loudly: "Or...... Let's send the real thing. Didn't you just say that there are a lot of things? Simply, choose a few valuable ones, and distribute them as silver at a discount. ”

"It's a good idea, it not only reduces inventory, but also solves the problem of money, so it's the best of both worlds." Zhang Juzheng didn't feel choked on the cigarette either, and said with a smile, "Brother Mengquan had an idea, and Fang was selling Guanzi." ”

"Just pay attention......" Xu Yangzheng shook his head and said: "As a last resort, you can't use this hand, it will make people scold to death." ”

Zhang Juzheng thought about it calmly, too, there will definitely be resistance to the implementation of this matter. How many officials should be dissatisfied with turning money into a pile of inedible and unsuitable things for others? Besides, no matter how valuable things are, if they are sent out on a large scale, they will become worthless, and the unsalable is certain, and if they can't be realized, the household will definitely be scolded to death.

The more I learned, the more I felt that this was a cotton sleeve to dry sesame seeds, and I was asking for trouble. Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but have other ideas, and said softly: "What about finding a ticket number to borrow temporarily?" ”

"Absolutely not." Xu Yangzheng shook his head and said: "Don't look at those officials who usually ask for money and shamelessness, but if you tell them that this month's silver is borrowed from a merchant, public opinion will immediately boil." Uncle Boyi, who has become a shameful eater of Zhou Su, feels as if he has suffered some great shame, and the scolding makes us even more ugly."

"Just don't let them know?" Zhang Juzheng said with some disapproval.

"Is there an impermeable wall in the world?" Xu Yangzheng shook his head and said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case." ”

"Then arrears first" This can't be that, Zhang Juzheng was a little annoyed.

"You have just taken charge of the household department, and you owe the officials money, what do people think of you?" Xu Yangzheng still shook his head and said.

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Xu Yangzheng finished smoking the last bag of cigarettes, knocked the cigarette pot clean, took back his purse, got up and said: "My lord, think about it again, I will prepare it first, and if it doesn't work, I will switch to the real thing." After a pause, he said: "Give more benefits to the officials, and there will be less scolding." "He's ready to be scolded.

Zhang Juzheng nodded, got up and sent him out, and when he was far away, You Qi came over and said, "Master, the bath water has been boiled." "He knows his master's cleanliness, how can he tolerate the smell of smoke on his body?

"Open the window of the duty room and replace the carpet," Zhang Juzheng nodded and ordered: "I won't go in today, open the window to let in the air all night, and light incense tomorrow morning." "He's a detail-oriented person, especially when it comes to everything.

"Yes......" You Qi responded and ordered people to do so quickly.

After bathing, changing clothes and incense, Zhang Juzheng felt much more comfortable, and seeing that the sedan chair had been prepared, he instructed You Qidao: "Go and inform Boss Wang, and say that I will invite him to dinner in Houhai." "The so-called Boss Wang is none other than Wang Chongyi of Sunrise, and the run on the capital has not passed, and he has been sitting in the capital.

When he was taking a bath, Zhang Juzheng thought about it, and felt that it was easiest to find the silver number to borrow, as long as he did a good job of secrecy, there would be no sequelae, why did he have to go through all the trouble to implement the 'real discount' that was destined to be scolded?

Besides, Ri Shenglong has been dealing with him for a long time, and he is at ease to do things. Last time Lao Jun, he was thinking that Rishenglong was suffering from a debt crisis, so he was in charge of the money borrowed by Huilian, but Huilian's rules were too rigid, not only the review was troublesome, but also had to take the property pledge, even if there was a silent greeting, it took a lot of twists and turns, and finally bet on next year's tariff to get the money. If it weren't for the silent face first, he would have wanted to turn around and find Sunrise.

In the private club in Houhai at night, Zhang Juzheng waited for Wang Chongyi. Wang Chongyi had already heard that he was borrowing money from Guan Huilian, and he was unhappy, patting his chest and saying, no matter how poor we are, we can still get one or two million taels of silver, and next time we don't take care of our business, I won't recognize you as a friend.

This is a bit Meng Lang, with Zhang Juzheng's temper, he would usually be displeased, but now he feels that it is so pleasing to the ear, so he said the purpose of this trip, and said: "I don't lose you either, the same two dividends, and the same tariff of the city company next year as collateral." This is the safest way to lend, Wang Chongyi is naturally happy, and readily agrees.

"However, this account is to be kept secret." Zhang Juzheng said in a low voice: "You can't leak the news." ”

"Medium." Wang Chongyi didn't ask the purpose, nodded and said: "If you don't go through the accounts, no one will be able to find out." ”

"That's very good." Zhang Juzheng picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Respect you" Boss Wang is still very relieved to do things.

After Zhang Juzheng's business was finished, in fact, Wang Chongyi still wanted to talk to him about the issue of banknotes on behalf of the imperial court. But he is a general, knowing that when this matter is mentioned, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of coercion, so he simply does not mention anything, and recruits the singer who is raised in the museum, sings and accompanies the wine, and the two push the glass and change the lamp, drink and listen to the music, until it is very late, and they each take the woman who accompanies the wine to the room to rest.

Zhang Juzheng is short of people, and the children are also following his parents in his hometown, so there are only a few concubines in the house, but he doesn't have to go home to answer the mao, and he doesn't go back for eight out of ten days...... Of course, most of the time, I sleep in the duty room, and it is not too often to relax like this.

He felt that his husband should work hard and enjoy himself. Like Shen Mo, he is pure at a young age and has few desires, looks like a Taoist, and is blind to a good green * time-

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