As the New Year approached, the number of people in the prison increased wildly, including the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Inspectorate, and even the Honglu Temple, the Yuanma Temple, and the Hanlin Academy...... The devil knows that Hanlin, who has always been noble, also has a thief.

If it goes on like this, there are really few people left in the Ming Dynasty.

The heavenly prison will hold a big court meeting, just around the corner.

And on the day of the new year, there was a heavyweight in the prison - the official department Shangshu Jianyi.

That's right, this Tianguan-sama was imprisoned.

Seeing Jianyi coming in, everyone was stupid.

Completely stunned, jaw dropped......

He shouldn't have come in anyway!

Jian Yi, as a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, is the head of the civil ministers, in charge of the election, and when he is a person in the dynasty, even if he is as noble as Yao Guangxiao and tossed as Xu Jingchang, in terms of actual authority, he is not as good as Jian Yi.

There is no way, this is the horror of the officials.

It took more than 100 years for the cabinet to completely suppress the ministry, and now the cabinet has just begun to function, which is very different from the ministry.

A big guy of Jianyi's level was thrown into a prison, and the sky was going to fall apart.

Secondly, Jian Yi is cautious, his majesty is strict, and he is honest and self-controlled, otherwise Xu Zengshou would not have listed him as the first recommended candidate.

There are only two possibilities for such a person to be put in prison at this moment, one is that he is too good at pretending to be garlic, and everyone has been deceived. Besides, it's really crazy, no matter how good or bad, everyone is in prison!

If this is the case, this Ming Dynasty will not be good.

It's really going to be a river of blood.

"Tianguan, Tianguan, you have something to say!"

The courtiers held on to the railing and looked at Jian Yi with disbelief on their faces.

"What the hell is going on? Is it true that even you can't protect yourself when you're old? ”

Jian Yi didn't speak, just walked in silently and made his bed...... That's right, there is still preferential treatment for this official of the ministry, a small three-foot-wide bed, half-new bedding, and very clean. There is no shortage of fresh water toilets in the room.

There was even a coffee table, which was much better than the others.

But no matter what, it's also a big prison!

The left waiter of the Ministry of Works, Gu Pu, has been in the prison for almost ten days, and he was already anxious, but now he saw Jian Yi being imprisoned, and he completely broke the defense.

I couldn't help but cry and cry, tears raining down.

"Oh my God, what the hell is going on? Hundreds of officials were innocently implicated, and they were imprisoned one after another, and even the officials and scholars could not protect themselves, does this court still have a royal law? Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged! ”

As soon as he shouted, everyone else followed, "The ministers are wronged!" ”

After a while, the prison was like the market of Confucius Temple, competing and shouting, and the voices rose one after another, reaching into the sky...... Jian Yi had just made up the bed and wanted to rest for a while, when he saw this scene, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

I just want to take a break, why is it so hard?

"Don't be killed, the servant is to blame, I deserve it!"

Jian Yi's words stunned everyone.

What?

Jian Shangshu said that he was to blame?

So what did he do wrong?

Why was you caught?

"Lord Tianguan, you should talk about it carefully, otherwise the lower officials can't believe it, why did they even arrest you?" The quaint voice trembled and asked.

Jian Yi had no choice but to sigh and sigh, he didn't want to say it, but he was troubled by these people, and he couldn't stop saying it.

"The servant didn't calculate the expenses of the ministry well, and the money was spent too much."

Spending too much money?

Everyone heard it freshly, we committed the crime of tax evasion and greed because the accounts were not correct, why was the official department still arrested because the money was spent too much?

Could it be that he spent the money on his own family?

Jian Yi had no choice but to explain the matter in detail...... The root of the bad thing is still in Xu Jingchang!

The affairs of the Ming Dynasty are a total of one stone, and Xu Jingchang has eight buckets.

At the beginning of the commercial tax, Xu Jingchang proposed to increase the allowances of some officials, and handed over the authority to Jian Yi and let him handle it.

Jian Yi also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's salary was a bit low, and after four years of Jingjing, prices soared, and it was long since the beginning of the country, and the depreciation of treasure money was too fast, many officials' money was still treasured, and some poor Qingliu had to borrow money privately to survive, so it was not miserable.

Increasing a little allowance and letting the big guy live a decent life is also his duty as a celestial official.

You can't let the horses run and not give them grazing.

First of all, the allowance should be paid, mainly in view of the high prices and housing prices in the capital, and all officials in Beijing must have this amount of money in order to live and work in peace and contentment.

Secondly, the Beijing officials are generally from Jinshi, and there are many Hanlin people, who are highly respected in the local area, and when they arrive in the capital, they are not in the stream.

As for the officials who were born as prisoners, they are all relics from the Hongwu period and should be properly preserved, after all, if they are gone, there will be no more.

It's not the right way to Kejia, I still want to mix in the Beijing circle and dream of spring and autumn!

Therefore, it is also appropriate to pay an allowance for the academic qualifications of hundreds of officials, Hanlin officials are eighteen taels per year, fifteen taels from the second class, twelve taels from the third grade, and five taels are also given to the superintendents, which is considered to be the emperor's grace.

Both of these are universally given, and one more is considered a reward for dedication...... The rest of the carriage and horse allowances, servant allowances, pen, ink, paper and inkstone allowances, etc., were all cut by Jianyi, the country is not easy, we still have to save a little.

Before the end of the year, Jian Yi finally calculated the allowance of 100 officials and handed it to Zhu Di, and then he was angered by the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Di was so angry that his hair stood up, pointed to Jian Yi's nose, and scolded him bitterly.

"Jianyi, I handed over the officials to you, and trusted you in every way, so you did things for me? Look for yourself, the number of officials is twice as much as in previous years, and after deducting the reward after I ascended the throne, it is still forty percent more! Forty percent of the money, the officials have not increased, and the things have not been done much, but the money has been spent so much...... I tried my best to levy taxes and commercial taxes, and I don't know how many people scolded me in private, but as a result, you asked for an extra forty percent of your fluttering music, you said, you took so much money to buy hundreds of officials, what is your intention? ”

Jian Yi was scolded and sweated profusely, so he could only kneel on the ground.

But to be honest, Jian Yi is still interesting enough, this matter was instigated by Xu Jingchang, but Jian Yi, as a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials and the person who actually drafted it, did not shirk his responsibility at all, nor did he mention how Xu Jingchang was.

Zhu Di was angry, he was holding a rake with money, but there was a bottomless box around him...... With such a celestial official, no matter how much he earns, he can't spend enough.

In this way, Zhu Di was furious, and on the day of his childhood, he put Jian Yi in prison.

I was with the prisoners.

Although Jian Yi was not arrested for tax evasion and greed, but in the end, he was the biggest person involved in this round of storms, and in comparison, Wang Zhong, the Marquis of Jing'an, was nothing at all.

The officials and officials of the ministry have all been arrested, and it is really impossible to say that they don't come up with a charter.

Xu Jingchang's General Administration, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, the Rongguo Gong Yao Guangxiao, the household secretary Xia Yuanji, the military department secretary Liu Jun, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Luo Yan, and several important ministers gathered together.

"Xu Tongzheng, so far, it is useless to say more. Jian Tianguan has been thrown into prison, and we are going to meet His Majesty together and ask for forgiveness for his sins. Xia Yuanji said in a deep voice.

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes, "What?" You want to hold this official hostage? ”

Xia Yuanji sneered, "You're really right, it's up to now, our six yamens have all caught a lot of people, and my subordinates have been robbed of six Qing officials by you, and now Jian Shangshu has also been arrested, we can only fish and die, and the jade will be burned!" ”

"Pull it down! I took away the six Cleaning Divisions, and your household department is still doing a good job, which proves that you have too many redundant personnel, and now this is just right! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Xia Yuanji was anxious, broke the jar and said: "I originally proposed to levy a commercial tax, it was to enrich the treasury, but now it is good, everyone is in danger, hundreds of officials have been arrested and imprisoned, and the country is in chaos." I have no choice but to ask Your Majesty for guilt, stop collecting commercial taxes, and everything will return to business as before. ”

Xu Jingchang said politely: "If you are like this, Your Majesty will abolish you first and let you be responsible for the wrong policy!" ”

Xia Yuanji raised his head and said: "Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat!" ”

Xu Jingchang is really speechless, don't you spoil other people's Wen Chengxiang?

At this time, Yao Guangxiao suddenly coughed, "Xu Tongzheng, no matter what the original intention of the tax is, now the world is in chaos, if you have a way, you might as well take it out, otherwise, the old man will only write to His Majesty, asking for the abolition of the maladministration." ”

Xu Jingchang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the ministers again, and he could only sigh.

"If you want to solve the problem, come with me to the prison!"

Everyone was stunned for a long time, and Yao Guangxiao took the lead, "That's it, Lao Qu is the first." ”

With this leader, the ministers followed Xu Jingchang and went to the prison one after another.

Okay this time, the six Shangshu, the nine important ministers, the following Langzhong, the outer Lang, and the chief are all present.

Xu Jingchang looked at everyone, and suddenly said: "This is also the meeting of the General Political Secretary, it should have been presided over by Jian Shangshu, but I will do it on my behalf, Jian Shangshu has no opinion, right?" ”

Jian Yi didn't even look at him, just turned his face against the wall.

Xu Jingchang smiled helplessly, "Princess, we must reorganize the finance and taxation, and the bamboo and wood points of the Ministry of Industry must be taken out and collected together with the commercial tax." The market should also be taken out and incorporated into the market, collectively referred to as tariffs. As for the household department, in addition to the land tax, the rest of the miscellaneous taxes must also be handed over. In short, we must make the tax clear and clear, and we must not leak air everywhere and fill the ground with holes, otherwise we will not be able to pass the customs with Your Majesty. ”

The ministers looked at the people in the prison, looked at each other again, and looked at each other, and the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Luo Yan, took the lead and said: "I admit that I am unlucky, but I can make it clear that in the future, the court must give me a sufficient budget, otherwise I will delay the big event, and I will not be responsible." ”