Chapter 97: Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet (4)
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Which one is this living treasure singing?
Everyone subconsciously looked at Jian Ning, although Jian Ning was expressionless, but she was crying out in her heart.
This is ......
She didn't come up with it!
It was just that in the midst of small talk, she inadvertently said that if the newspaper was for the world's use, it would not be able to deceive the holy words.
She didn't intend to say it, but she didn't expect Zhengde to listen to it. Everyone was looking at her at this time, and it was really too stressful.
She had a bad feeling in her heart. Tang Yin came to the capital and has been living in Changzhou Hall, because of Liu Jin's matter, she has not met Tang Yin so far. It's just that she heard Hu Yanshu say that Zhu Houzhao summoned Tang Yin once, felt that he was quite upright, and said that he would be entrusted with an important task.
Isn't the important task he said to be running a newspaper?
Li Dongyang saw Jian Ning's expression in his eyes, and saw that she was expressionless, and chuckled in his heart.
In the end, he is still young. The expressionlessness at the moment is content, and it seems that this matter is also related to her.
"I don't know what Your Majesty wants to do?"
Li Dongyang asked: "This newspaper has always only been in the public gate, but what is the newspaper that Your Majesty said?" ”
"The Ming Dynasty emphasizes education, and the people who read do not know how many. The so-called education is classless, and I feel that this newspaper can also face the people, so that they can know the meaning of the saint and the trend of the court. ”
Zhengde obviously came prepared, "Folk books are quite expensive, and the carving of the Di newspaper is brief, and there are several contents that can be obtained, one is the trend and policy of the imperial court; the second is a rural anecdote; The third is to educate the saints...... And so on, but the semi-monthly issue, first released in the capital, and then to Jiangnan and other places. ”
Awesome!
Janine was a little surprised. Is it your words and deeds that affect Zhengde? This is exactly the prototype of the modern newspaper!
"When Taizu was in power, the corrupt officials didn't know how many they had killed, but the corruption was not completely eliminated, and the officials followed one after another. Second, the income received by my Ming officials is too low, take a county as an example. The dignified Qipin Zhixian Yueyu is only seven stones and five buckets, and it is often folded with things, resulting in the actual value of the money in hand is less than seven stones and five buckets.
Except for a few officials, the yamen has no money, and it all depends on the county yamen to allocate it. If the number is uncertain, there will be loopholes to exploit. Even though the officials have good conduct, they are also overstretched. The local government has no money, and the annual payment of the central fixed amount is immutable, so it can only exploit the people, and if this continues, this Ming will no longer be my Ming......"
Awesome!
Jian Ning's eyes are about to have little stars!
Zhu Houzhao: Is this Zhu Di's possession? The purpose is to run a newspaper, but in order to get the ministers to agree, they will draw another pie: a salary increase.
Who can refuse such a good thing? Whoever dares to refuse is the enemy of the officials in the world!
"Listen to Your Majesty......"
Yang Tinghe stood up, "Even the miscellaneous servants of the Yamen are also waiting to be included in the register to enjoy the Yulu?" ”
"It's nature."
Zhengde said: "Although it is a miscellaneous servant, it is also for the imperial court, and the rice and grain salary should also be given, and this account will not be made on the local accounts from now on." ”
The words made everyone's ears buzz. They never imagined that Zhengde would come to such a show today, it seems that they have been planning for a long time.
At this moment, the eyes of several old ministers were a little moist.
Your Majesty has finally grown up, and knows how to plot against them.
But if the local accounts are not done, the gray income will be reduced, which is also quite unhappy for many people. But who would dare to speak out against it? The emperor is a naked conspiracy, and whoever dares to oppose it is an enemy of the officials of the world and the soap officials of the world!
"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how much is this to add? Now the treasury is ......"
Zhengde smiled and said: "The affairs of the court are important matters, I just have this idea, and I have to ask the ministers to discuss how to implement it." According to me, the north is poor, the south is prosperous, and the prices are different, so how to add this money, you Aiqing still have to discuss it carefully, you have to take a middle number, and all the officials can't lose, so as not to embarrass the people.
As for the money? Zhang Yong recently went to sea again, this time I organized thirteen big ships to go to Japan, Korea and other countries to trade, what is the profit Zhu Aiqing don't need to say it, right? It's strange to say, I organized people to go to the sea trade, but those Japanese wouldn't come, is it really as the folk rumors that these Japanese people can't trade with us before they go to the sea to fight us? ”
The words made several old ministers red-faced. Zhang Yong became a big celebrity in Beijing after he came back that time, and the interests of sea trade made these old ministers also frightened.
Now the maritime merchants who go to the sea privately cannot be compared with the Jiajing Dynasty, and there is less collusion between officials and businessmen, and these old ministers who still stay in the court are still quite well-behaved, so it is not clear that the interests of maritime trade can be so large.
Now that Daming is so poor, Li Dongyang, who is also the head of the household, even has the heart to cook himself. When you meet such a tossed master, no amount of money can withstand the toss!
So seeing that Zhu Houzhao wanted to do his own maritime trade, there was also this reason for his support. It is really that the treasury cannot withstand the toss of this lord, and it is better to fend for itself.
At this moment, when I heard Zhu Houzhao mention this matter again, I couldn't help but move in my heart, does Your Majesty want to use the inner treasury to subsidize the national treasury?
was thinking about it, but he heard the man on the dragon chair: "Okay, today is a family banquet, so I won't mention these things." Ladies and gentlemen, eat and drink to your heart's content, and some things will be discussed in the court. ”
This buffer is also done wonderfully, not to mention that it is a courtier, even Jian Ning, who gets along with Zhu Houzhao every day, is a little suspicious, does this bear child have some expert guidance? How did you get the hang of it all at once?
The courtiers also knew in their hearts, so they no longer dwelled on this matter. As for the matter of the newspaper, His Majesty has given them a salary increase, and this little request is not satisfied, is this really going to force the emperor to death?
The singing and dancing banquet is lively and lively, and there are many undercurrents surging under the seemingly prosperous surface. Being an emperor is really not a human job......
Jian Ning, who walked out of the Qianqing Palace to breathe, looked back at the golden palace and couldn't help but shake his head slightly. If I wanted to be in it, I would have been suffocated to death a long time ago, and thanks to the bear child, I can survive until now, and I am also determined!
"What happened to Mr. Jane?"
Just as he was thinking, a warm voice came into his ears. Jian Ning turned around and saw that the person who came was about forty years old, with a delicate face and elegant demeanor, and when he was dressed up, he was a blessing, "The folk girl has seen Lord Yang." ”
"Oh?"
Yang Tinghe became interested and said, "You and I have never met, how do you know who I am?" ”
"The world says that Mr. Yang in the cabinet is personable and elegant, and today's family banquet in the Qianqing Palace, those who can be included in the list are not idle, and in terms of age, there is only Mr."
Yang Tinghe laughed, "It is said that Mr. Jin Ling is very intelligent, and he is a vain man under his fame." ”
Lord Yang praised it falsely. Compared with adults, the folk girl is just a firefly. ”
Jian Ning replied quietly. She didn't believe that Yang Tinghe also came out to breathe, she must have something to say.
Sure enough, after the politeness, Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty has grown up now, and I and other ministers are very comforted, I don't know how Your Majesty came up with this Di Bao, and does it have any impact on the world?" ”
"Lord Yang should ask Your Majesty this. How can a folk girl understand the affairs of the world? ”
Okay, you little fox, you really don't leak when you talk.
Yang Tinghe smiled on his face, but scolded Jian Ning in his heart. The image of Zhengde's nonsense is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so much so that today's wisdom also makes this group of courtiers feel that they are on demand behind the scenes, and this person is Jian Yunshu.
"Sir, that's modest."
Yang Tinghe smiled, "Although you and I are meeting for the first time, we can be regarded as old friends." If you are a friend, you should be honest with each other, after all, our enemies are all alone. ”
"Huh."
Jian Ning also laughed, "How can a people's daughter, how can she be friends with the adults of the cabinet?" What the women asked for was just a few days of comfort. ”
"But someone can't comfort you, if you don't resist, you're just like a fish."
After that, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't forget, there are not many upright people in the court. ”
"It's too rigid and easy to break, and some people will clean it up in the future."
"Too rigid and easy to break? Hehe, Mr. seems to have forgotten that there is a saying in this sentence. ”
Yang Tinghe stared at Jian Ning's eyes and said word by word: "If you are too soft, you will be beautiful." ”
Jian Ning lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Are the two gentlemen trying to push my little woman to the front line?" ”
Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when he heard the woman say, "But what benefits can the two gentlemen give me?" ”
Yang Tinghe was stunned again, he really couldn't keep up with this person's brain thinking, could it be that His Majesty liked her because of this?
Both are jumping people? Want to be a play?
"Dare to ask Lord Yang, how is the current state of my Ming Dynasty?"
"It's like the sun is in the sky."
"In the middle of the day?"
Jian Ning sneered, "Do you believe this?" ”
She squinted, "The defeat of the dynasties is fundamentally due to the annexation of land, the world is so big, there is so much land, I don't value business, I don't do maritime trade, my lord, how much land do you think can be distributed to the gentry in this world?" What about the peasants who don't have enough to eat? ”
Yang Tinghe frowned, "This is not something you should care about. ”
"That's right. Therefore, to kill the traitors, the affairs of the Qing monarch should also be handed over to you men. ”
Jian Ning Fushen, "My lord, the folk girl retires." ”
"Wait!"
"What else do you have to say?"
Jian Ning turned sideways and looked at Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe looked at Jian Ning, the feminine temperament in front of her was as cold and arrogant as ice, and her eyes were so deep that people couldn't see any of her thoughts. is obviously an indifferent person, but he sees a fire in her, a woman all over the world, no, even men dare not think about it.
"What are you going to do? What benefits do you want? ”
"Xing, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer. ”
Jian Ning suddenly said: "In the past, when Zhang Yanghao was in Taichung, Shaanxi, he passed by Tongguan, which was a battleground for soldiers in previous dynasties, and wrote this poem while looking at the scenery of Tongguan. My lord, you have read the books of the sages, but now you have to do it but have forgotten your original ambitions? ”
This question made Yang Tinghe's body shocked, his eyes showed surprise, as if someone had knocked it suddenly, and the memories of that year came flooding back, which actually made him trance......