Chapter 18: Winning the Title

The head of the household, Shangshu Lin Naiqi, was glaring viciously at Chen Zefang, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, without saying a word, while Chen Shilang had a bitter face and sighed repeatedly.

After a while, Chen Zefang cautiously spoke again: "Lord Lin, please think about it again no matter what!" Even if it's 50 percent, no, 3 percent! It's always dragged on like this, and the Ministry of Rites really can't explain it! Every day that drags on, there will be a hundred and ten people reported, all of them are clans, and several vassal kings are clamoring to enter the capital to sue the emperor, how ugly and ugly the scolding is! If it weren't for the fact that the king of the Zuxun domain was not allowed to leave the palace, let alone enter Beijing, the bones of the lower officials would have been eaten alive by them! ”

Lin Naiqi continued to stare at Chen Shilang without blinking, patting the thick account book and shouting: "Money for military expenses, money for rivers, money for city repairs, and money for disaster relief!" The income of the field is getting less and less every year, and the expenses are getting more and more day by day! Shengshang is separated by 510,000 acres of land to enjoy the farmland, can someone Lin conjure up mountains of gold and silver? You have the ability, or, tomorrow please play the saint, how about you come to the household department? If you are willing, the old man will sign with you! ”

Chen Zefang was a little annoyed: "Lord Lin, you know that the lower official is from Songjiang, and the great grandfather Ming Xun 'Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Susong people don't need to be in the official household department', don't you change the topic, okay?" ”

"King Jin is the Zuo Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, you go to him for the old man of the clan!"

Chen Zefang was really anxious: "Lord Lin, don't deliberately embarrass the official!" The grandfather set up the Zongren Mansion, and as soon as the grandfather changed hands, he only left the name of Zongzheng to the prince near the branch, and all the affairs were handed over to the Ministry of Rites. ”

"The household department has no money!" Lin Naiqi blew his beard again and glared at the stack of account books, "Grandpa Tai thought well, the prince will be demoted for the first time." The problem is that if you get down to the minimum, you will never be lowered again at the end of the rank of Lieutenant Bongguk! The clan 'the lord does not come to the people, and the food does not govern things', so he doesn't have to do anything, everyone has something to eat, so don't they desperately give birth to children and play? It's only been a few years, and it's already tens of thousands! Not to mention the prince's 10,000 stone annual salary, which is 200 stone rice from the lieutenant of Fengguo, even if the wind and rain are smooth, it will be enough for eighty peasant households to supply! Last year, there were 4 million stone of grain, 28,900 24 male members of the registered sect, and 8.5 million stone for example! Do you understand? You and I don't eat, the hundred officials drink the northwest wind, the border army of the Beijing camp goes to eat the soil, and the grain of the whole country is fed to the clan, and there is still half of it! What do you want Lin to do? The old man has calculated, every thirty years, the population of the clan doubles! If it goes on like this, in a few years, the clan will not be able to have hundreds of thousands? In another hundred years, not tens of millions? One by one, they eat with their mouths open, I see, it won't take many years for our Ming Dynasty to be eaten by the surnamed Zhu......"

"Ahem, ahem." Zhang Hongxiang, the left attendant of the household who was sitting next to him, hurriedly stopped Lin Naiqi's increasingly outrageous anger with a cough.

Chen Zefang smiled bitterly: "Master Zhang doesn't have to worry, we are all people in the same boat." Lord Lin is right, that's the reason! If it goes on like this, no matter how much rice there is, it will be a matter of time sooner or later. ”

Hearing Chen Zefang say this, Lin Naiqi's face finally relaxed, and he arched his hand: "Lord Chen, the old man is really powerless, you can bear with me if I offend." However, it is not always a way to continue like this, and the Ministry of Rites should think of a long-term plan. ”

Chen Zefang sighed: "Alas. Lord Lin, I can't hide it, I can think of a way to use it a long time ago: Prince Tianding of Jinzhi, we will try our best to find the saint to ask for Taicang to make up for it; The side branches of the kings of Changsha and Huainan were all boiled to death by the Ministry of Rites and were not knighted - if you don't give a name, you can lose a piece of money and food, right? A pair of Yuanzhi father and son who came out of the Zhou Wang's Mansion saw that they were about to starve to death, and remembered that the "Da Ming Law" stipulated that the clan was not allowed to enter the ban on admonition, and deliberately discussed the government in vain, the purpose of which was to go to prison and eat prison food! It's a sensation, and you won't be unaware of it. Can it be regarded as an ancient anecdote, right? You say, what else can we do in the Ministry of Rites? ”

A few wide-eyed sighs, Zhang Hongxiang saw Xie Anning, the Shaanxi Qing official who accompanied the last seat, squirmed a few times on the seat, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked: "Zhiyuan (Xie Anning's words), what do you think?" ”

The household department that "governs the world's money and grain" has thirteen Qing officials under its jurisdiction. In addition to being in charge of the money, grain and taxation of their respective provinces, some contents that should be directly managed by the central government are also handed over to individual government officials for unified planning. For example, the salt department is in charge of the Shandong Qing Officials Division, the Guizhou Division is responsible for the tariffs, and the Yunnan Division is responsible for the transportation of water. The Yu Lu of the Hundred Officials and Noble Clans is in charge of the Shaanxi Qing Officials Division.

Of course, Xie Anning knew in his heart that he was only called over to listen to the number because of his position, and the second and third rank Shangshu waiters and other big officials in the hall talked about official business, so naturally they didn't have the share of interjecting in the fifth rank of the five ranks, and they had been respectfully owing half of their butts to sit with their heads. However, when I heard this, I couldn't help but think of the news I got from my colleagues in the Sichuan Division last night. Fengyang Mansion is subordinate to Nanzhili, and the affairs of the Fuzhou Guard Office of Nanzhili are concurrently led by the Sichuan Division (the Northern Zhili is concurrently led by the Fujian Division) - so I had some ideas, and I was a little hesitant in my heart, and I was noticed by Zhang Shilang.

So he hurriedly left his seat and bowed to the bigwigs: "Humble and courageous, I hope you will forgive your sins." The humble position is thinking, the household department is in charge of the world's money and grain, and the general duty is to collect and support the two things. The so-called way to enrich the country and strengthen the people is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditure. The same is true of the family and the country. My Ming Dynasty has a solid territory, and the land is limited after all. Open source is difficult, can we find some way out of the word throttling? ”

The top three were all white old foxes, exchanged glances with each other, and Zhang Hongxiang encouraged: "It makes sense!" Zhiyuan, go on. ”

Xie Anning saluted again: "Thank you, my lords." Despicable capital offense! There may be some taboos if you are lowly and below......"

Lin Naiqi knew that it was time for him to express his position: "Zhiyuan is a public heart, but it doesn't hurt to say it." If there is really a good way, it is too late for the old man and Lord Chen to thank you! ”

Chen Zefang hurriedly made a gesture to get up: "Zhiyuan, don't sell Guanzi, please say it quickly!" Thank you, old man, ......"

Xie Anning hurriedly bowed down again to stop Chen Zefang's posture: "Lord Chen has killed his humble position!" I was thinking about it, if the clan violated the ban of the dynasty, would it be ...... Can you win the knighthood? ”

Chen Zefang thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Good way!" During the orthodox years of the dynasty, there was a precedent of King Yonghe of the Jin Dynasty 'bad people, bad morals, corruption and morals, sin in the ten evils, and abolished as a common man'! ”

Zhang Hongxiang's eyes lit up, and he asked meaningfully: "Zhiyuan, how did you think of this layer?" Could it be ...... What do you hear? ”

Xie Anning said: "Lord Qiqizhang." The humble post heard from Siqiu Bijiang in Sichuan last night that an official document was sent from Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili......"

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Daozong Emperor Zhu Yunji has not been in charge of politics for four or five years, and he only goes to court for two or three days every month, and the rest of the time he spends his time in Xiyuan playing the game of cultivating immortals.

The reason why this is the case, in addition to being born with lazy cancer, it is difficult to cope with the increasingly huge expenses of the sect is also one of the important reasons: I can't manage it, I don't want to take care of it, you can do it yourself, anyway, the sky can't fall - even if it collapses, it will hit you first, so it's better for you to think about it! On this day, I received a joint signature from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites, and when I saw it, I was immediately interested.

After dispersing the court, he deliberately called Lin Chen and the two to Yingtai, and when he heard Lin Naiqi say that "the grain of Jinyu is still not enough for half of the rice of the two provinces", he immediately made up his mind - soon, a vigorous action to seize the title began quietly and thunderously in the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

When the third aunt, who was lying on the bed and half dead, was carried to the door to receive the order, he thought that the Son of Heaven was angry with him, and he was gritting his teeth and being happy, but he didn't want to see the great enemy Yang Mingzhen also following the team of angel eunuchs in a big way, and he suddenly felt bad in his heart. When everyone fell to the ground to receive the order, a thunderbolt came down on a sunny day, and when they heard "despising the court, it is like a great rebellion, and the aunt misses the clan relatives of the side branches, and commits suicide by grace", and the third cousin who was lying on the side just straightened up and wanted to spill, and still held the eunuch Laifu who deliberately stretched out and did not close the holy decree in his hand and shouted: "Bold!" The angel proclaimed like the Son of Heaven himself! Great disrespect! Come on, show our family! ”

Laifu is a eunuch who knows the prison. The Duzhi Prison is one of the twelve eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty (initially the twenty-four eunuchs, which were later streamlined, and will be explained in detail later), and is responsible for the emperor's travel to show off his mighty façade. Each "eunuch" is managed by three leaders, and the "eunuch" at this time is an official position, which is four grades; The deputy is called "Young Eunuch", divided into left and right, all from the fourth grade. Calling all fathers-in-law eunuchs was a later term, and it was a long time before it became derogatory. Because the purpose of this trip was to seize the title of the clan rather than to supervise military discipline in the bitter cold, and the Holy Son of Heaven wanted to use this first case as a model, so he sent the boss of the capital governor, the eunuch, to go out in person.

has been mixed in the palace for decades, and he has been the head of a prison, observing words and watching people's dishes, making trips, and blessings. The inner eunuch is the emperor's domestic slave, and the clan is the emperor's relative, and no matter how distant the relatives are, their status is much higher than that of the domestic slave. Therefore, in normal times, theoretically, the blessed clan has to kowtow. There is one exception, though: when the Holy Purpose is in hand. The Holy Purpose is in hand, like the Son of Heaven coming! If the holy decree is put together and handed over to the party that receives the decree, Laifu will immediately return to his status as a domestic slave, and the third cousin and uncle will not be able to hide from beating him. However, it is not easy to clean up a few hillbillies who have never seen the world in Ouchi, who is handy in Ouchi who has not stopped for a moment in the turbulent dark tide? If the other party is not fooled, Laifu also prepared another hand: scolding the street. The people of the capital, the ability to scold the street is born to crown Kyushu, and the father-in-law in the palace is even more superb, and they are alone in the world! Anyway, the saint has already explained that he wants to "admonish", and there is no difference between scolding and scolding for a day! As long as you kneel and move your legs slightly, the charge of disrespect awaits you there......

Laifu received the decree, especially after receiving the hints of the Holy Son of Heaven and several elders, and the group had already prepared for such a situation. Two flying fish (Jinyiwei) stepped forward, one grabbed the arms of the third cousin from behind, and the other rounded his arms and crackled and slapped them down with a big mouth...... Jinyiwei is the Son of Heaven's personal soldiers, and the talents sent on this trip are carefully selected, and then after the command of the commander of the factory and the side knocks along the way, he has long known what he should do.

Seeing that the third cousin was also smoked and had half a breath left, Laifu coughed lightly to stop the flying fish, closed the holy decree, and restored the original identity of the eunuch, and said with a smile: "The emperor's order is here, Laifu asks my aunt and grandmother to forgive me." He shoved the decree into her arms: "Take it, don't drop it—that's even more disrespectful!" No matter how much the villain has a heart, he can't protect you anymore......" The third cousin, who was almost sucked to death, pondered with what little mind remained: This big mouth, is it really a heart? Is it really protecting me, why is something wrong...... The more I thought about it, the more confused I became, my head tilted, and I passed out.

The eunuch turned his head to the frightened third aunt and bared his teeth and said, "Laifu, let's help the third aunt choose a blessed land." Stretching out his hand and pointing to the main hall, "It's good for us to look here." As soon as he spoke, the two flying fish took out a pale yellow silk from their arms and threw it over the beam, quickly pulled the button, dragged a chair, and dragged the third aunt up with a pull, and put the skein around his neck.

The third aunt who had been lying on his stomach didn't know where he got the strength, but he actually stood firmly, and his toothless mouth muttered "spare his life" indistinctly, Laifu raised his eyes and sighed: "You guys are helping!" Without saying a word, a flying fish kicked over the chair. The group looked up with great interest as the third aunt gradually stopped kicking his legs and hung there leisurely.

At the same time, the officials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces all received the Holy Son of Heaven's "solemn ancestral teachings and shepherd the world with virtue...... The local government will do all the lawless deeds of the children of the clan, and those who deceive will be severely punished for their crimes".

On the official road, there is an endless stream of stagecoaches galloping from south to north. After receiving the order, the officials from all over the country invariably missed the elders of the master who were far away in Beijing, and sent greetings and blessings to their protégés and disciples. Of course, at the end, I will mention that I have encountered some confusion recently, and ask the elders to mention it. As for what exactly is confused, no one mentions it. The adults in the Beijing Division, while also replying to the letter, once again earnestly taught their protégés and nephews, no matter what confusion they encounter, they must keep in mind: care for the common people, not afraid of the powerful, share worries for the Holy Son of Heaven, and benefit the Daming Society!

Soon, snowflakes poured into the Kyoshi.

The Son of Heaven was "furious", well, it looked like the real thing.

"The gentleman of Huining County of Qinfu went out of the mansion and lived in Fengxiang place" - the county gentleman committed suicide! His father, the general of the auxiliary country, Gong Gong Ge, went to half of the rice!

"King Zhongling of Jianning Mansion indulges in chaos, bullies his concubines, does not admonish his father, and fornicates with the palace people" - seize the title and abolish the concubine!

"King Jing saw that he violated the ancestral teachings and exterminated the principles of heaven" - seize the title, abolish the concubine, and control the west!

"Zhong Jin, the king of Ninghua in the Jin Mansion, and Zhong Jin, the general of the younger brother Zhenguo, are incompatible, Zhong Jin is doing all the illegal things of Zhong Jin, and Zhong Jin is also scolding Zhong Jin for not being filial" - Zhong Ji Ge goes to the crown with Lu Mi, Zhong Ji Ge goes to Lu Mi two-third!

"Zhong Kai, the auxiliary general of the Ninghua Palace, often went to the prostitute house at night, or entered the mansion and lingered for several years" - two of the three of Ge Suilu!

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Yang Mingzhen, who is fledgling and not afraid of power, has become famous in the officialdom of Daming and has been personally praised by the Son of Heaven! Soon, he was transferred back to Beijing and joined the Inspectorate as the inspector of the imperial history.