Zhang Ying, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, has been quiet like a virgin for a while recently, in fact, his character is not like this, as long as others don't provoke him.

How do you mess with him? Ground black, commonly known as regional black.

For example, the description of the 'version of the intestine' is the Heihenan, which means the donkey thief, which comes from 'kicking the donkey to break the purple silk reins, but going to the south of the city to take advantage of the pasture; I can't find it all over Luoyang, and the west wind has a version of the sausage'.

The four of them were busy all morning, and their stomachs had long run out of oil and water, even though they felt hungry, but it was not yet lunch time, so they had to endure it a little longer.

Scholar Ye suddenly didn't know what to think of, and said, "Recently, Xu Buzhi has changed the chef in charge of meals?" The cooking skills have improved a lot compared to the past, and the old man thinks that there is a braised version of the sausage that is extremely delicious. ”

When Zhang Ying heard this, her face turned cold for a moment, and she snorted: "I have really improved a lot, and it is not bad to have a cured chicken, and it is good at the taste of Jiangnan!" ”

"Really? I haven't seen this ...... Zhang Zihou, what do you mean! Only then did Scholar Ye react.

He is from Jiangxi, and when he heard about the chicken, he was also hairy, but in fact, he had no intention of blackening Zhang Ying, a native of Henan.

Shoufu Li Ju looked at the two of them a little speechless, outsiders may not be able to understand that this belongs to the bad taste of the cabinet: regional black.

"Two, the official duties are heavy, how about discussing the cook when you are done?"

Liu Yikun also played a round in time: "Yes, yes, there are so many official documents today, or ...... Let's start with the yellowing. ”

"Yes, all the princesses, divide these official documents, paste them in yellow first, and then vote for them," Li Ju also said.

Only then did the sausage and the preserved chicken stop blackening each other.

In fact, the official document has been attached to the yellow, but the cabinet should be cautious when dealing with the inscription of the chapter. The official documents of the Ming Dynasty have strict regulations, including the format of writing, paper used for documents, calligraphy words, etc., if there is a mistake, a board can not run.

To do such strict regulations, in order to improve the efficiency of processing, but also for the convenience of archiving, first binding, then archiving, the central to local yamen at all levels are equipped with a pavilion library, higher specifications of the main hall, the imperial palace, Wenyuan Pavilion.

There are copies of all official documents, and according to different archiving institutions, the copies are also different, including the classics, for example, the original copy of the "Yongle Grand Canon" is stored in the Huangshi Palace, and the copy is kept in the Wenyuan Pavilion Library.

Therefore, no matter what level of officials, they are very strict with official documents to avoid mistakes and omissions.

Liu Yikun got one of them, Shaanxi Buzheng Division, this book is two feet high, the paper is three feet long, and the content is read again before pasting yellow, and then the synopsis is written one by one, which is to the effect that:

The annual expenses of the Shaanxi Provincial Government Department for border towns are almost all of the taxes, and the local government has not left a penny, so it is time to change;

The Shaanxi Provincial Government requires that at least 3 to 50 percent of the annual tax should be retained in the province;

The Shaanxi Provincial Government Department requires that the silver discount rate be compared with the gold and silver discount rate;

The Shaanxi Provincial Government Department asked for the post road to be upgraded as soon as possible;

Shaanxi Political Secretary......

Liu Yikun shook his head as he wrote, knowing that Shaanxi's problems were a bit thorny, and there were too many problems left over from history.

"Princes, what is the total amount of Shaanxi Buzheng Division's last year?" Liu Yikun asked the other three.

"Tian Fu is not low, in fact, there is no need to remember how much Shaanxi has, no matter how much, it will be shipped to the border town. Other provinces can have some survival, but it has not survived in Shaanxi," Ye Ge said.

"Yes!" Liu Yikun sighed again: "In the past, there was a border town where trade could have some income, but now that trade has also shrunk, what income is there?" ”

"That's the problem, if the local yamen has no money, don't they look for money from the people?" Li Ju also sighed.

Liu Yikun put down his pen and thought for a while, always puzzled: "In the past, all the annual quotas in Shaanxi were used for the expenses of the four feudal domains and five towns, and the people were sleepy, but now the feudal kings have been withdrawn, the garrisons have been reduced, and the taxes and fortunes have not changed, which is really a bit incomprehensible." ”

"Although the garrison has decreased, the structure has not changed, and I am afraid that there are many corruptions. In addition, the area around the lake in the West Sea is still complex and severe, and if it does not change, I am afraid that this is the consideration. Especially the current king of Heshuote, Luo Buzang Danjin, this son should not be underestimated. ”

Liu Yikun was slightly surprised: "Does Your Majesty want to use soldiers?" ”

Li Ju shook his head: "I can't see it, and this is also from the old man." ”

"Let's not talk about this, there were originally many fields of local officials along the border, and they were originally raised with the army, so they were exempted from starting the department. But over time, there were many deceitful people, and the amount was lost to 100,000 stones. Over the years, the annual reports have been exempted, but in fact, there is no way to check. From this point of view, Shaanxi Qingzhang land is also a top priority. ”

"What Mr. said is very true," Liu Yikun nodded yes, and then said: "But how to write this poster?" It doesn't seem too much for the local officials to demand a reduction in the amount of freight and a part of the tax to be paid, right? ”

"It's not too much, but it's difficult, the imperial court can't make ends meet every year, although the financial deficit is decreasing year by year, but the revenue and expenditure are still not smoothed, how dare you reduce the amount of transportation in the provinces? Fortunately, the past few years have been smooth, and there are no major disasters, otherwise it would be even more difficult. ”

"Even if there is no deficit, we dare not reduce it, and the court has no surplus. Even if there is no balance, you must know that the expenses of the border towns still account for fifty percent of the expenses per year, and the border towns are the majority," Ye Ge continued.

"You have to let Shaanxi have room to turn around, right?"

"It is better to follow what Xiangguo said, Shaanxi first asked for the order to clear the land, find out the amount of the field, the beginning of the department, the amount of grain can be restored, and then all those who send and conceal will be held accountable, so that not only there is room for turnaround, even if it is required to save more, the start of the shipment is less, it is said in the past."

"That's okay," Li Ju weighed it for a while, and said: "You can also set the starting point of the deposit first, and after the amount of land in Qingzhang has reached, you can keep the tax in the province according to this rate." ”

"I think it's okay to have a three-percent rate, and seventy percent of it will be lucky."

Liu Yikun thought for a while, and said: "It's better to treat other provinces like this, if you want to keep more taxes in this province, then clear the land first, clear out the encroached and hidden land, and then restore the previous amount of grain...... What about the public opinion? ”

"In my opinion," Ye Ge Lao agreed.

"Then it's better to start with Guantian first," Zhang Ying said.

"Feasible ......"

"That being the case, it is written like this: Investigate the hidden and treacherous places such as Tuguan, Tuda, Tufan, and Guoshi in Gansu, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and other places where they are connected to the state of Jianzhou, so that the amount of land can be clear, the amount of grain can be restored, the barren ones will be rebuilt, and the hidden ones will be corrected...... Every year you can save three Narita endowments to the province......," Li Ju said.

Everyone replied: "Yes," Liu Yikun then wrote a small ticket and pasted it on the piece together with the yellow sticker.

"Then the next is Shanxi's inscription, what do you think?"

Zhang Ying said: "The original amount of Shanxi Sifu is one stone per grain, two bundles of grass, although two bundles of grass are levied, but for a long time, Shanxi has nearly seventy fields per year, and now it is required to reduce two bundles of grass per stone of grain, some too much, right?" ”

Liu Yikun thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this has something to do with Taifu Temple." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Ju was puzzled.

"You forgot? Niu Mao once mentioned in front of His Majesty that he would try to plant oats and alfalfa grass mixed cultivation in Taiyuan, Datong Prefecture, Lanzhou, Shuozhou, Xinzhou and other places. ”

"Oh, the old man remembers that...... But what does it have to do with this tax? ”

"It is a good way to mix oats with alfalfa grass, and when the soil moisture was good in the summer and autumn of last year, it has been tried in some state and county pastures......

"Summer and autumn only start planting? Can you survive the winter? ”

"I heard that it is possible, of course, it is best to be in spring, because the oats have strong soil strength, which is conducive to alfalfa seedlings, and then cultivate after cutting a few stubbles, as long as it is drought resistant and moisture preservation, it is basically safe to overwinter. Moreover, the alfalfa after mowing is dried in time, which can be silage and hay ......"

"Last year, summer and autumn...... That is to say, the trial has been successful? ”

"It should be a good harvest."

I see, the old man understood...... No wonder they wanted to abolish the levy, and to use silver in lieu of the levy, and if they had sown in this way, the yield per mu would have been much higher, and the remaining oats and forage would have been sold to that ...... That one...... The forage market, isn't there more silver! ”

Li Ju smiled angrily after understanding, none of the local officials in these thirteen provinces are fuel-efficient lamps, they all play their own small abacus, and they are considered thieves! I just don't want to think that the imperial court is already tightening its belt, and it is still thinking about the place every day to avoid this, less that!

"No, even if it is already the rate, it will not be changed!" Li Ju immediately rejected Shanxi's inscription, thought about it, and added: "No matter what kind of agreement and contract the officials of the Shanxi Third Division have reached with the Taifu Temple, the tax rate will not be changed." ”

"If all the grasslands in Shanxi promote this method, then the annual harvest can increase a lot, and there are many grasslands in Shaanxi, and it can also be ...... like this."

When it came to the grassland, Liu Yikun remembered something again, and said: "By the way, you still remember an inscription book in Yuanma Temple, saying that it was hoped that the mill that had been set up when Yongle was restored was rejected because of the dispute between Mongolia and Tibet......

This dispute has a long history, and if you want to trace it back to 200 years ago, it was Yuanma Temple, Tusi and even the vassal kings at that time who directly occupied the pastures of the herdsmen, and recruited fugitives to farm, and they did not know how to save them, and the dispute began. Later, the Mongolian and Tibetan tribes migrated and occupied the pasture, and until now, there has been constant disturbance due to the pasture problem......

"Yuanma Temple is the title book of the previous years, and I want to revisit it when I look at Liu Gelao?"

"I don't mean to repeat it, but I mean that the dispute does not affect the land clearance, and I remember that since His Majesty ascended the throne, the land under the world has never been inventoried...... Why don't you ask for this request to re-clear the world's horse pastures? ”

"But," Li Ju replied.

"That's what the vote is going to be?" Zhang Ying asked.

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After a long time, the official documents of the four people were also 7788, and they were all voted on one by one, and then the sorted out official documents were returned to the study in the master of ceremonies, so that the work of the cabinet was temporarily over. Usually, if the proposed vote does not agree with His Majesty, the vote will be returned for change, and even the vote may be changed repeatedly.

But it's better not to be so,

The next morning, it was still as usual, and everything seemed to be normal......

Soon after the early dynasty, Emperor Yongming summoned all the ministers to discuss matters in the Maoqin Palace.

The ministers who received the command came out of the duty room and hurried to the Maoqin Palace, and as soon as they entered the hall, they saw that someone was already there, it was none other than Gu Dehai.

After everyone entered the hall, they saluted, and after the salute, they got up and stood on both sides, during which there were still people who kept peeking at Gu Dehai, Liu Yikun was like this, he guessed in his heart, Qi Ye, what is Your Majesty summoning?

It was Emperor Yongming who opened his mouth first and said, "Gu Aiqing gave me advice and said...... Uh......"