Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Chapter 769 The Carpenter Emperor 24

Is it better to be stingy or waste a little bit in the enthronement ceremony?

Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought.

Since Wang An was injured, Liu Shimin was ordered by the emperor to serve him.He is now doing the work of three people alone, his own share of the eunuch who holds the pen, Mr. Tianzi Qimeng's share, and the share of the factory supervisor of Wang Andong Factory.

He sat on the small table next to the imperial case, immersing himself in processing the bills sent by the cabinet, holding his breath so as not to disturb the emperor who was in deep thought.Unknowingly, Liu Shimin made a red batch of the thick stacks of bills sent by the cabinet, and placed them in different file boxes according to the requirements of the emperor.Then it came time for his routine to worry.He sighed in his heart, how should he explain to the "illiterate" emperor from time to time those memorials that he didn't want to read.

Looking up, he found that the Son of Heaven was still in the same posture. Could it be that he sat motionless for a long time?

On the imperial case was the plan for the enthronement ceremony that had been sent by the Ministry of Rites for a day, and it was only used by Guangzong when he enthroned a month ago.From the time it was sent to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao sat there and stared at it, as if he could read the flowers from the words.

Liu Shimin stood up and shook his sleeves, making some small noises, trying to attract the emperor's attention without alarming the emperor.Then he found that his emperor was meditating, and he didn't even read the enthronement ceremony sent by the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is still waiting to use the seal.

This is really worrying people to death.

The cabinet made a special trip to send this copy from the Ministry of Rites early on.What is considered is that the emperor may read it, because this is a "useful" book.

Holding the file boxes, Liu Shimin tiptoed to the imperial case, and arranged the file boxes one by one in the order the emperor liked to read.After finishing the pose, he looked up and found that the emperor was staring at him.

"My lord, I have approved all the documents that the cabinet transferred today. Do you want to read them now?"

"No, you send someone to invite Sun Ruyou."

"Yes."

Liu Shimin bowed his arms and saluted, and after taking a few steps back slowly, he turned around and told the little eunuch to go to the Ministry of Rites to invite someone.

Sun Ruyou has been waiting for the cabinet's reply, and the enthronement ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow.He belatedly realized that this new king was not as easy-talking as his father, and he could do whatever the Ministry of Rites said.

He didn't know how many times he looked at God and prayed, hoping that the little emperor would obediently follow the procedure.

When he saw the little eunuch coming to invite him from Qianqing Palace, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.Look, Xinjun still has objections after all.

After listening to the little emperor's request, Sun Ruyou was so blocked that he didn't know what to say.I had to be patient and persuade: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance is short of money again. They dare not lose money for your majesty's enthronement ceremony, and they have to prepare for your majesty's wedding. You have to sacrifice to heaven and go through all the procedures before you can say yes Li inherited the throne."

Zhu Youxiao nodded while listening, as if he agreed with Sun Shangshu's explanation, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Ruyou knew that this matter was difficult.

"Sun Shangshu, this process is too cumbersome. If I don't follow this, will anyone dare to say that my emperor is a fake?"

Sun Ruyou is about to scratch the wall. The new monarch is like Shenzong, who specializes in singing opposite operas.

"I think so, cross all these out, and write the sacrificial text like this: Zhu Youxiao becomes the new emperor of Ming Dynasty, and will work hard to protect the people and territory of Ming Dynasty."

Sun Ruyou shook his head and rubbed his hands anxiously, "Your Majesty, there is a fixed format for this sacrificial oration. It is to thank heaven and earth. It has always been written like this. When □□ ascended the throne, it was even more modest."

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and refused.

"According to what you say, if there is an earthquake next year, and the drought and locusts and floods the year after, it is God warning that the emperor is unqualified. This is not fair to me. No way."

Sun Ruyou wanted to reach out to cover Xinjun's mouth, how could he speak like this? !Thinking of the time when my little grandson talked unpleasantly, I wanted to pooh but didn't dare.

"Your Majesty, you can't say that. It would be great if it came true."

"I'm telling you quietly, there will really be an earthquake next year. The cost of ascending the throne and offering sacrifices to heaven is too high, why don't you use it to help the disaster victims in Huaibei."

"Your Majesty, if there will be an earthquake next year," Sun Ruyou wanted to slap himself, so why did he get off topic for Xinjun. "We have to worship the heavens even more. Otherwise, next year it will be said that it was caused by His Majesty's ungodliness in worshiping the heavens."

"That's better than saying that I shouldn't inherit the throne. Sun Qing, Taicang is really out of money, and the internal funds are almost paid out. I want to release most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace before the end of the year." , there are too many people in the palace, I really can't afford it."

Sun Ruyou speculated that it was because the mine supervisor was withdrawn, the tax collection was stopped, and the internal treasury had less income.He didn't believe that the internal money was gone, and it was likely that the new king was making excuses for the re-opening of taxation.

It's still the fault of silver.

The expenses of the emperor and his ministers for worshiping heaven involved letting the women out of the palace, sending part of the eunuchs to the Jingjun or the imperial tomb, and replacing the leader's soldiers back to Liaodong.Sun Ruyou knew that he disagreed with Xinjun's proposition, and he was afraid that there would be more things.

He said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Prince Fu's Mansion was raided, not to mention the money for offering sacrifices to heaven, even the money for your big wedding next year is enough."

Zhu Youxiao's face immediately froze.

"The family wealth that King Fu shouldn't have, was stolen and used as military resources for the Nine Frontiers. But Huaibei's disaster relief is urgent, so the money prepared for the enthronement ceremony was used for disaster relief."

Sun Ruyou was so angry that his beard cocked up, "Your Majesty, when you salute the day after tomorrow, the money that should have been spent by the Ministry of Rites has already been spent. The disaster relief is paid by the Ministry of Households."

The financial management of the Ming Dynasty was really full of pitfalls.Each of the six departments has its own bank.There is also a set of six teams in Nanjing, each with its own bank.The wealth of the world cannot be coordinated and arranged, and the Minister of the Household Department of the capital is a big housekeeper who has been decentralized.

Zhu Youxiao was worried about how to merge the six departments of Nanjing into the capital, and how much he could save.

"Sun Qing, don't worry, I'm forced by money. Alas, this autumn's tax has not been paid yet. I don't know how much money will be spent on Jiubian. Liu Shimin, the tax evasion table accumulated by Yintian that you calculated bring here."

Liu Shimin responded and handed over the form.

"Sun Qing, you see, these people's family property has increased several times since they were acquired by Qiu Wei. This is the number of hidden fields and households they have taken refuge in. I haven't asked Dongchang to check it yet. How much is this? People, the accumulated silver corvee is almost enough to relieve Huaibei. There are even more people who have not been elected in the middle school."

Sun Ruyou pinched the form and read it again and again, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty wants these people to donate the money to help Huaibei?"

Zhu Youxiao immediately smiled, "That's a good idea! Sun Qing really cares about the people of Li. That's how it is done."

Sun Ruyou stared at Zhu Youxiao and asked, "What about the enthronement ceremony the day after tomorrow?"

"According to Sun Qing's arrangement."

Sun Ruyou held the form to say goodbye, and turned to find Zhou Jiamo in the Ministry of Officials.

"Brother Mingqing, look at the hidden fields and hidden households of these people, but you reported to Qianqing Palace here?"

Although Zhou Jiamo was only three years older than Sun Ruyou, he was Sun Ruyou's senior.He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, 24 years earlier than Sun Ruyou, and there are not many people at his age in the court today.Those who dare to question him with things like Sun Ruyou are really rare.

Zhou Jiamo took the form and looked at it: "The Ministry of Officials is doing statistics here. It was sent by the Ministry of Households. What are you going to do with this?"

Sun Ruyou told Zhou Jiamo about what he was doing in the Qing Palace.

"If I don't agree with the new king and ask these people to pay for disaster relief, His Majesty will not follow the procedure of offering sacrifices to heaven in the enthronement ceremony the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Jia laughed indifferently, the new king acted like a naughty boy.

"Jingwen, don't be upset. The emperor is young, and although he acts a little naughty, he still does it for the good of the common people. He has no one available in the court, so we have to let us old men stand out and deal with these difficult things. Things. Let’s talk about the matter of Yintian, Zhang Taiyue dealt with a large number of people back then and restored the treasury. If they did like this, wouldn’t the tax be getting less and less.”

Zhou Jiamo shook a big brass bell placed on the case, and the servants guarding outside his door came in immediately.

"Go and call the head of the Department of Examination and Purification of Officials."

After listening to Zhou Jiamo's persuasion, Sun Ruyou also understood the embarrassment of the new king, and he wanted to use his own hands to let the officials deal with the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi.

He took a deep breath and said, "Brother Mingqing, you said that if Guangzong had the new king's scheming, even [-]% scheming. Sigh, he wouldn't die young."

How much did the two of them worry about Guangzong these years.Not just the two of them, anyone who upholds the rules set by the emperor/ancestor who "has a direct line but no direct line" will study for Guangzong's departure from the cabinet, staffing Zhan Shifu, maintaining Guangzong's position in front of Shenzong, and Concubine Zheng, mother and son battled wits and courage, racking their brains.

It's a pity that more than [-] years of painstaking efforts were in vain.

Zhou Jiamo patted Sun Ruyou on the shoulder, comforting him: "Xin Jun is young and has ideas, and I will rely on you to teach him in the future."

Sun Ruyou was about to roll his eyes, "Should I teach him? Sooner or later he would be pissed off. If it weren't for the people on this form, none of them would be good. You see, I don't care about him!"

Zhou Jiamo smiled, "Jing Wen, you are over seventy, so don't be so angry. You must know that being angry will hurt your body, and you still have to take care of your useful body for the court."

Sun Ruyou rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you go and teach Xin Jun to read? By the way, I heard that His Majesty still intends to ask Fang Congzhe to be the emperor's teacher. I will recommend you on the booklet when I get back."

Zhou Jiamo also likes the honor of being an imperial teacher.

But he saluted Sun Ruyou reservedly, "I don't dare to ask for my wish. I'm afraid that your Majesty will not look down on the old man's talent and learning."

Sun Ruyou sneered, "Both of you are my predecessors. You are weak and well-ranked, and Fang Zhonghan's wonderful pen is brilliant. When he was an editor at the Imperial Academy, many articles were included in Wang Xijue's anthology as a model. He also gave lectures to Guangzong, To be the emperor's teacher again is just the title of Taifu that the new king rewards him. And with your 50 years of official experience, the new king has benefited from your teaching, which is still more than Fang Zhonghan."

Zhou Jiamo sighed: "Jing Wen, don't underestimate yourself. We know that the latecomers are ahead. You are also a minister now. What I admire most about you is your lack of jealousy. You are more suitable than me for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. "

Sun Ruyou waved his hand: "Know people and make good use of them, and only take charge of their talents. It is most suitable for you, the princes of the dynasty, to be the secretary of the official department."

The author has something to say: Zhou Jiamo (1546-1629), Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing (1571) of Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty

Sun Ruyou (1549~1625) of the Ministry of Rites, Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli (1595) of Ming Shenzong

Fang Congzhe (?-1628), the chief assistant of the cabinet.Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli (1583) should be about the same age as Zhou and Sun