In order to file a complaint, it was difficult for the widows of the three widows who ran all over the eight prefectures and government offices at all levels in the south of the Yangtze River and the people who squatted in the newspaper hall to listen to the newspaper singing, knowing what was really hidden behind the case.

This has nothing to do with whether the people's wisdom is open or not, but the poor information.

However, there is some information that cannot be made public objectively, and if the real inside story of this case is revealed to the envoys at home and abroad, and I am still discussing paying tribute yesterday, I will have to turn around and go back to sharpen my knife today.

"Brother Ning, although this matter is small, it is not a matter of money, but in fact, it affects the whole body."

Zhang Juzheng got up and took out some of the account books.

"Although the internal treasury is the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven, the civil and military ministers, the clan and even the Lu rice of the nine-sided generals are all out of this, if they are assigned to the household department, these Lu rice are sent by the internal treasury or by the household department?"

"If it is still spent on internal funds, will the internal funds still be sufficient? If it is issued by the household...... To put it mildly, it's disrespectful. When Zhang Juzheng said this, he paused, and then continued: "If these items of internal money are really assigned to the household department, is my Ming Emperor's Majesty or is he Yan Song?" ”

"Brother Ning's performance, what is the difference between putting a yellow robe on Yan Song's body directly, if Yan Song is not in good health, I am afraid that he will be scared to death directly."

The income of officials under the Ming system was divided into two parts, one part was the regular income, which was directly spent by the household department, and the other part was Lu rice, which was issued as a reward by the internal money, and the two were collectively called Yu Lu.

Since Qin Shi Huang swept away Liuhe, the emperor and the court have been rigidly bound together, and the monarch is the country, which is achieved by mutual penetration of power and power.

After staring at the accounts in front of him for a long time, Ning Jue spoke.

"But if it doesn't change, I'm afraid this law will not change, the timber of the Ming Dynasty has risen by at least seventy percent, from the north to the southeast of Liaoning to Lingnan, shipbuilding is everywhere, and it is impossible for such a wharf to fit."

"Not only the wharf, but also the river transportation, the repair of the city, the expansion of the city, even if it is barely usable now, it can last for a few years."

Daming just has a solid family foundation, Jiangnan is already a rich county, and a lot of infrastructure is overbuilt, so it can barely be used, but sooner or later these family foundations will be insufficient.

It may not even be long before Jiangnan will start to be in chaos in another two or three years.

"All authority is given to the cabinet, if the cabinet has a minister, who will control it?"

As soon as Zhu Zaili's words fell, Feng Bao fell to his knees with a "poof".

"Your Highness, this, this tax silver, the ministers can also collect it......"

It's just that Feng Bao himself has no confidence in saying this, the eunuchs will not all be literate, even if they are all literate, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to emasculate tens of thousands of people to collect commercial taxes for the sake of commercial taxes.

Zhang Juzheng also stood behind him and kept silent.

Ning Jue closed the account with a "bang".

"Let's play."

"Shrink your head and be the eighth king, nothing will be missing what should happen."

"The dock has become like this, and in Jinling alone, there are tens of thousands of people who have no fixed residence." Ning Jue took a deep breath, then looked at Zhu Zaili and said, "Does Your Highness really think that Da Ming has a way back?" ”

"Since the new law, there have been 100,000 new weavers, laborers, boat masters, and craftsmen in various cities and towns in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River alone."

"If the new law card stops here and smashes these people's jobs, can those soldiers and horses on the nine sides really stop it?"

When the wind of borrowing in Jiangnan was booming, these old foxes who were forcibly suppressed by Jiajing with power had already expected that there would be great changes in the world.

It's just that as the silting of the docks in various places becomes more severe, the situation is becoming clearer.

They know better than anyone that at such times, whoever rushes to the front will die the worst.

Ning Jue's sense of smell may not be as sharp as these elves.

But Ning Jue knew the general trend.

Now that the monarch and the country are confused, and the powers and responsibilities are not clear, such a stiffness is nothing more than a stalemate of brewing a civil uprising for a decade or two, and after millions of people have died, the meridians are re-clarified.

"Jun, is Jun, country, is country, this account must be settled sooner or later."

Gao Gong said with a big grin: "Your Highness, the minister seconded the proposal." ”

Zhang Juzheng shook his head.

"Su Qing, Brother Ning, not to mention how the Son of Heaven thinks about this sparseness, even if he takes a step back, the Son of Heaven will allow it...... Is it really good for the people? ”

Zhang Juzheng can be said to be the person who knows Jiajing best in this group.

The monarchy is one, and the strong one is not only the imperial power, but also the corresponding responsibility of the imperial power, Jiajing no matter what, he wants more silver in his heart, and he has to say two sentences about the world.

If this account is really clear, Jun, it is Jun, and the country is the country, then Jiajing is afraid that he will directly liberate his nature and concentrate on making money.

"No, I'm not talking to you, I'm just informing you."

"The General Administration Department will not accept my notebook, so I will go back to Beijing and put it on the imperial case of the Son of Heaven with my own hands."

"You guys, I'll write a recital."

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth to persuade him, but Ning Jue had already gone away.

Seeing that Zhu Zaili was still stunned.

"Uncle is still very entangled, what is the difference between this and eating because of choking? Wharves must be repaired, waterways must be expanded, and the people of the city must have shelter from the wind and rain. Gao Gong also said: "Your Highness, the ministers are thin, I only know that such a major event, the more it drags on, the worse it gets, and it is a hidden danger if I did it earlier." ”

It doesn't matter whether the Ming monarch is a faint monarch, a powerful minister or a virtuous minister.

The important thing is that after the businessman raised his head, this big drama of the Ming monarch and virtuous ministers had not much drama left to sing before the end of the newspaper.

It's just that the major revolution on this timeline is not implanted from the outside after being affected by external forces, but by the Ming Dynasty.

——

Jinling Hui Guowen Ancestral Hall

On the night of the day when Hu Shan was taken away by the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

A group of merchants in Jinling didn't care whether they were from Hui merchants, so they gathered in the Wengong Ancestral Hall, and then directly sent someone to "invite" Hu Er over.

Hu Er looked at the people in front of him with a flattering face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is how my lord was taken away by Ning Yanxian."

Ruan Bi, who was the leader, looked at Hu Er with some displeasure.

"Before Xue Ling was taken away, didn't you try to rescue him with his post?"

Hu Er's expression stiffened.

"The little one is about to come here, but I didn't expect you to be a little one step ahead, my lord can have all of you like this, it is really a virtue ...... in the previous life"

Without waiting for Hu Er to finish speaking, Ruan Bi impatiently waved his hand to signal Hu Er to retreat.

"The little one quits."

Hu Er left the ancestral hall at this time.

"Liangchen, what do you think?"

"I just got the news, that Ning Ke has finally entered the palace, Xue Ling is acting like this, why doesn't anyone know how to stop it?"

The merchant sitting next to Ruan Bi sighed and said: "Xue Ling has placed a heavy bet on the water weaving cotton, but this Jiangnan water weaving cotton is cheap day by day, and the snow is now only counting on being sold to Japan and North Korea after the sea is opened." ”

"But the imperial court has not expanded the wharf for a long time, and the wharf is less, so the freight will not come down, and the later the wharf is delivered, the more he Hu Xueling will lose, so he can not be in a hurry."

The interest rate on Jiangnan borrowing is down.

However, many merchants have taken out large loans because of this, trying to become a fat man in one bite, and no matter how low the interest rate is, it can't help but have a large base.

The sooner the freight is lowered, the sooner these merchants can breathe a sigh of relief.

Ruan Bi couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this.

"Nonsense."

Hu Shan didn't know why this wharf was "a big matter", but Ruan Bi followed Zou Wang in the imperial court, and he guessed a little bit about it.

"The stakes are high...... Has Liujiagang settled the account? When will the imperial court be able to start construction at the latest? ”

"Within four months, if the wharf does not start construction, it will not be able to catch up with the first batch of sea ships to be launched, although it will not be ruined, but the anchor is queuing up at sea to enter the port, and every day is throwing silver in vain!"

Ruan Bi casually put the teapot in his hand on the table and sneered: "What kind of silver to throw? If open source can't be opened, can we still not throttle? ”

Everyone in the ancestral hall was stunned.

"Section...... Throttling? What does Liangchen mean by this? The price of this water-woven cotton and the freight of crossing the sea are there, how to save ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the merchant stopped.

"What does Liangchen mean is to save on the laborers?"

Ruan Bi looked up and smiled: "Otherwise? ”

"If the wharf doesn't expand for a day, we won't need so much labor, drive some people back, give the rest some wages, and ask them to do more work to finish the work, one person is cheaper than two, right?"

Ruan Bi took a deep breath and said leisurely: "The imperial court doesn't care about us, and the monarch's father may not care about the gentlemen in the court, but they always have to care about the people who have no livelihood in Jinling, right?" ”

There was a dead silence in the Huiguo Wengong Ancestral Hall.

All the merchants looked at Ruan Bi quietly.

"But if the court blames ......," the merchant swallowed back before he could finish speaking.

Ruan Bi also smiled and said: "The court is to blame, and it can't blame us, what crime did we commit?" If you don't make money in trading, you can't close the business, and you can't raise two people less? Even if you want to work for relief, that's a matter for the imperial court, and besides, if you want to work for relief, you have to have a job to do, right? ”

"Xue Rong is younger after all, and he is making a fuss about the murder, and he is not unjustly beaten this time."

These businessmen are not what they used to be.

They were just one of them, and they supported thousands of laborers.

They don't need to charge ahead, and they will never charge ahead, since the court does not cooperate, it is a big deal that they will find a way to transfer the problem to the laborers and weavers.

After all, when the rent was collected in the early years, this is how the big guys dealt with the imperial court.

It's still a familiar recipe, it's still a familiar taste.

——

West Garden.

The manuscripts sent back by Mai Fu, Zhu Zaili, and Lu Bing in Nanjing were stacked on Jiajing's imperial case as before.

Jiajing got up and flipped through a few books casually, and soon saw the familiar name.

When he saw these two words, Jiajing's heart couldn't help but have a little ominous premonition.

"How did this Ning Ke Zhong's recital come in again? Didn't I ask the prince to approve it? ”

Huang Jin was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly prepared to persuade Jiajing to calm his anger.

"Emperor, why don't you look at it first, and let the minister watch it after you finish reading?"

Jiajing waved his hand and said: "It's nothing more than a few rotten Confucians who have arranged me again, or Wang Zhi's going to sea, he Ning Ke can't stand it anymore, it's nothing more than such a thing, and it's like this when he sees more." ”

Saying this, Jiajing also casually opened Ning Jue's notebook.

After only a few glances, Jiajing's expression froze.

Huang Jin on the side hurriedly stepped forward to be relieved.

"Emperor, which corrupt Confucian slandered the saint, you must not go to your heart, it really can't be done, the minister will send someone to arrest those corrupt Confucians."

"Call Yan Song! Call Xu Jie! ”

Huang Jin was stunned and said, "Elder Yan Ge also arranged the monarch's father?" ”

Jiajing pushed Huang Jin away and glanced down at the notebook in his hand.

Then he slammed Ning Jue's notebook on the bookcase.

"Choreography? You're underestimating them! What he would rather mean in the end was to let me abdicate and let Yan Song and Xu Jie go to this emperor! ”

(End of chapter)