In the blink of an eye, it was March of the fifteenth year of Wanli, spring and Jingming, the sun was shining, and the warm wind made the Daming Jingshi completely fade the thick white.

Everyone is also in good spirits, and there are many dignitaries and people in the city, and there are even more people who go out of the city for outings.

Shi Xing also came to the villa outside the city on this day, stole a day of floating life, and indulged in indulgence.

However, on the second day, he returned to the city and went to the household.

The reason why Shi Xing came to the household department was because this day was the day of fortune.

After Wanli ascended the throne, for the bureaucrats, the most commendable thing in their hearts was that the emperor had not been short of their money, nor did he use pepper and wood and treasure money to fill the number, basically converted into silver dollars, and the number of money has increased a lot, so that they have always felt that they have not worked for the court in vain, and their lives are more leisurely.

"Why did you change your colors this year?"

But after Shi Xing received the silver in the household department, he found that his Yulu had become his true color, that is, grain.

Lu Kun, the left waiter of the household department, said at this time: "Isn't your true color good? ”

Shi Xing argued: "Who doesn't know that if there is a shortage of silver money today, so silver is expensive and valley is cheap, so not long after the silver dollar came out, one or two silver dollars can be converted into two stones of grain, and now one or two silver dollars can be converted into three stones of grain, and now there is still this trend, silver is getting more and more expensive, and the valley is becoming more and more cheap. ”

As soon as Shi Xing said this, Lu Kun retorted: "According to the convention, it should be the true color, and the folding color is just a temporary short-term food and a last resort. ”

Lu Kun said and asked: "Besides, the loss of the public also knows that now the silver is expensive and the grain is cheap, and the people are short of silver dollars for trading, so that they have to exchange more grain for silver dollars to barter, or because the grain is becoming more and more worthless, and the famine is serious, it is better to go to the city to work to earn silver, since the people are short of silver, why do we bureaucrats want to compete with the people for profit, but strive for more silver dollars to enter their own private houses, so is it the way to love the people?" ”

Shi Xing pulled his face, and then sneered again: "Who knows if it is that what you recorded in the account book is the folded color, but what is actually issued is the true color, and then the silver dollar saved after the hair is secretly swallowed?"

Miao Chaoyang who came with him also clamoured at this time: "That's right! Is there a fake public and private act in the household department, taking our money to exchange for food, and then saying that it is true. ”

Wang Zhixiang of Dali Temple also sneered and said: "No wonder this spring's hair is a month late, presumably for personal gain!" ”

Shi Xing encouraged at this time: "We want to see the account books of the household department!" We are very short-lived, but we can't let the official collection of the household department be dirty! ”

"That's right, we're going to look at the books!"

In the matter, Miao Chaoyang and other civil officials echoed.

For a while, the officials were in a state of flux.

Seeing this, Lu Kun, the left attendant of the household department, shouted: "What to check, this year's Yulu is distributed in its true colors, and it was decided by the household department after the cabinet order, and the Holy Lord's permission was also requested, what are you still making trouble?!" ”

"Since the Holy Lord's permission has been granted, we shouldn't make any more trouble, but how can the household department not ask the matter to be discussed by the court first, and then carry out the cabinet order?"

"I really don't know if the household department is the household department of the cabinet, or the household department of my Ming Dynasty?!"

Shi Xing then questioned again.

After all, the purchasing power of silver dollars is indeed very high at present, and the income of the second and third rank officials plus the reward is not a small amount.

Therefore, Shi Xing had to actively fight.

At the same time, what Shi Xing is even more unacceptable now is that the household department only obeys the orders of the cabinet and wears a pair of pants with the cabinet, which is undoubtedly convenient for the cabinet to exercise power and seize the power of the court council, so many things cannot be decided by the court council, and the court council has the advantage that it can rely on the large number of officials participating in the court council, and can effectively protect the interests of the bureaucracy, and there is no need to worry about the cabinet for the sake of the emperor or the country, directly with the six ministries to make the bureaucrats wronged.

Therefore, Shi Xing also questioned Lu Kun again.

Before Lu Kun could answer, Shi Xing was stopped by several brocade guards who came over.

Shi Xing's face suddenly turned startled, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhang Maoxiu, the official of the Jinyi guard, walked over and replied at this time: "Zhao Nanxing, Gu Xiancheng and others have exposed, you instructed Ma Wenqing to arrange people to poison An Xifan, Yue Yuansheng and other court officials, and now Your Majesty has issued an order to remove your official and go to prison for questioning, come with us." ”

Shi Xing didn't speak for a long time.

"I, Mr. Su, were they killed by you Shi Dongquan?"

Miao Chaoyang came over and asked Shi Xing at this time.

Other civil servants who came to receive the money also looked at it.

Wang Zhixiang even rushed over directly at this time and grabbed Shi Xing's clothes, glared and asked, "Why did you do this?" ”

Shi Xing's whole person only hung his head.

After a while, Shi Xingcai looked up to the sky and shouted excitedly, "Uncle Gu! You villain, how can you sell me! ”

Shi Xing didn't say anything after shouting, but just let the Jinyi guard take him down.

Not long after, Zhang Jingxiu saw Shi Xing and said: "Shi Dongquan, I didn't expect you to be so careless about other people's lives, fortunately, Your Majesty has been caring about killing An Xifan and other people behind the scenes, otherwise it will be really difficult to find out about you for a while." ”

Shi Xing also smiled helplessly after coming to the Jinyiwei interrogation room: "Aren't they very disgusting to Your Majesty, it stands to reason that if they are gone, they will be gone, why is Your Majesty still so concerned." ”

"That is, you don't know Your Majesty well enough."

Zhang Jingxiu said a word, and continued to interrogate Shi Xing, and Shi Xing did not defend himself next, and confessed to the crimes he had committed.

The three law divisions also finally made a hanging-up decision on Shi Xing.

Zhu Yijun agreed.

At the same time, Gu Xiancheng was also impeached by the imperial history because he agreed with Shi Xing to assassinate Zhao Nanxing and was suspected of having bad intentions and harming his colleagues, but because of his meritorious exposure, Zhu Yijun was also invited by the quasi-cabinet to only reduce his status, reform him to the common people, and never use it.

As a result, Shi Xing was strangled in the city not long after.

And Gu Xiancheng also lost his official fame.

A month after Shi Xing was hanged, Gu Xiancheng learned about Shi Xing's strangulation from Gu Yuncheng.

"Don't mention him to me!"

"If he hadn't messed up like this, I wouldn't have the reputation of being denounced by the world's criminals as harming my colleagues!"

"Now it is the hope of the Son of Heaven to win Shilin, first there is a good name for not killing the direct minister Qian Qixin and others, and now there is a good name for valuing the lives of the courtiers An I su and others, and even Zhang Siwen, the Jinyi guard, has a good reputation for not using torture."

Gu Xiancheng shouted loudly, and complained to Gu Yuncheng with a calm face.

Gu Yuncheng said: "What my brother said is true, but fortunately, you expected it in advance, and knew that there would be villains who would take the initiative to expose him, so you took the initiative to expose him Shi Dongquan, otherwise it would just be a common man." ”

Gu Xiancheng smiled helplessly, and said: "I only hope that I don't win the war against the Japanese now, and there will be no more great good governance such as Shaanxi's eternal exemption from forced labor, the upright ministers we support have not yet dominated the government, how can the imperial court have already started to make great achievements in good governance!" In this way, when the people are in the future and the dynasty is prosperous, how can they say that they are putting things right? ”

Gu Xiancheng was saying and instructed: "Notify me to go down, and in the future, the family will only collect silver dollars for rent!" ”

Gu Yuncheng asked, "Why is this?" ”

Gu Xiancheng said with a smile: "You should also pay attention to practice, silver dollars are becoming more and more valuable than food, and therefore, the opportunity to manipulate the situation in the world is not to kill people, but to use the current situation to add fuel to the fire." ”

Saying that, Gu Xiancheng said again: "Not only do we have to collect silver dollars for rent, but we also have to push the price of silver dollars up, and prevent the emergence of good governance by manipulating silver dollars, forcing Shenwu County to step down!" Because as long as there are fewer and fewer silver dollars on the market, there will be more and more people who can't survive, and as many people can't live, the hope of the Son of Heaven will inevitably be damaged. ”

……

Zhu Yijun has also been paying attention to the issue of silver dollars, and after hearing about the dissatisfaction with the sudden hair and making a big fuss about the household department, he also specially came to the imperial secretary to discuss the deflation of silver dollars with Shen Shixing and others.

That's right.

Daming still has a serious problem of silver dollar deflation.

Although Zhu Yijun has always ordered to increase the production of silver dollars, the industrial level is limited, and the production of silver dollars still cannot keep up with the expansion of commodity trade.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty was a silver-deficient country, and basically relied on earning back a lot of silver from foreign trade first, and then it could increase the number of silver dollars and make it more circulated in commodity transactions.

Sorry for the delay today, only updated now

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