Jinyi champion

Chapter 1051
Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Si was fiddling with some small objects, and he had no intention of taking care of the affairs of the court at all, while several eunuchs in charge of ceremonies beside him were writing vigorously. Zhang Zuo got up from time to time to use the seal, and then returned to Zhu Si to bring some relatively important memorials. Ask Zhu Si to review it, but Zhu Si basically waved his hand, which means you watch and deal with it.

"By the way, is Jingdao gone?"

Zhu Si finally had enough fun, stood up, stretched his waist and asked.

Zhang Zuo said: "Not leaving."

"Still in Xishan? He saved Lu Song and took him to the south. What would Lu Song do for him? Are you going to fight pirates and Japanese pirates together?"

Zhu Si thought for a while and asked, his tone calm.

Zhang Zuo said hastily, "I don't know."

Zhu Si sighed: "Before Jingdao leaves, let someone give him some things, and then let him come back earlier. You want to take it easy, don't you?"

Zhu Si looked at a group of eunuchs who were busy, and suddenly thought that on those nights in Sixianju, with Zhu Hao around, one person could solve the problem, unlike what is happening now, a group of people have to rely on the cabinet's votes to get things done Completed, although judging from the results, the stability of the court has not changed, after all, it is not the time when Yang Tinghe was the chief assistant.

But Zhu Si still felt that it was better to have Zhu Hao around.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty may be able to retain..."

"I can't keep it. His heart to go south is very urgent. Since he wants to find the elixir of life, let him go. I won't stop him!" Zhu Si yawned, "I'm tired, go to sleep first, tomorrow morning if I If you can't get up, tell the minister that I'm sick, and this daily court meeting is really boring!"

"Yes."

Zhang Zuo was also in a difficult situation.

Without Zhu Hao's supervision, Zhu Si's heart became more and more slack as the emperor. Now he doesn't look like a wise king at all, except that he is not as nonsense as Zhu Houzhao, but he is more and more like him in other aspects.

All of them have no interest in court affairs and only think about how to have fun.

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Not surprisingly, Zhu Si did not go to court the next morning.

The ministers were slipped around again, and now they are basically used to it. After three visits to the palace, perhaps twice the emperor would not appear in the court hall. very full.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, there have been no major disasters, and it does not involve the audit at the end of the year or the budget for the coming year. If I have to deal with everything, why do you need ministers?

With this kind of reason as a shield, the ministers could do nothing but sigh, and maybe there was a hint of joy... The emperor was too tight in court affairs before, and the tasks were layered down, forcing everyone to turn around. Now the emperor is relaxing the affairs of the court, allowing them to relax and at the same time relieve most of the pressure on their shoulders.

However, courtiers can only keep this kind of thinking in their hearts, and they still have to express some emotion about the emperor's neglect of government, so as to show the appearance of loyal ministers.

"Old Fei Ge, Your Majesty has not been in court for the past three days. This is not a good sign." Xi Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, followed Fei Hong and Liu Chun for a few steps, and asked the chief assistant's opinion in a low voice.

Fei Hong looked at Xi Shu with his head sideways, probably saying, you are a member of the Yili sect and you are close to the emperor, you think the emperor has done something inappropriate recently, why didn't you personally go to the memorial to persuade me, and come to tell me?
Liu Chun saw that Fei Hong didn't want to answer Xi's letter, so he took the initiative to take over: "Why don't you join us and ask your Majesty to be diligent in government affairs and go to court every day? The spring festival is about to start, should we also ask for instructions, especially if the Ministry of Rites needs to be in advance?" Planning to see if His Majesty will bow down to go?"

Xi Shu said: "Mr. Liu Ge, I heard that there have been troubles in the northwest recently. Some things seem to be suppressed by the local government. This matter has not been taken seriously by the court."

At this time, the mutiny had not yet occurred in Datong, but there were signs of it. Small deserters and deserters occurred frequently, and the number of bandits in the northwest increased significantly, and the Tatars also violated the border several times. Although they did not achieve any decent results , but it also made the northwest wind jittery.

Liu Chundao: "Hasn't Zang Feng already set off for the northwest? Don't worry about such things."

Fei Hong finally couldn't help but said: "The Minister of the Ministry of Rites takes care of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. It is not appropriate to interfere with the Ministry of War or military-related matters. You might as well ask others."

While speaking, Fei Hong deliberately glanced at Yang Yiqing who was not far behind him.

Compared with him here who only had Xi Shu chattering, Yang Yiqing was surrounded by more people. It seemed that Yang Yiqing was the one who could make decisions for the courtiers. The six ministers seemed to have no scruples about their contacts with Yang Yiqing. They were all moving closer to Yang Yiqing.

Xi Shu couldn't help but look back, probably feeling the crisis Fei Hong was going through, but held back what he wanted to say.

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Ministry of Accounts.

As soon as Huang Zan came back, Zhang Zuo came to see him from the palace to discuss the rebuilding of Taiqing Temple.

In fact, the emperor reached out to ask for money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now it is different from when Yang Tinghe was at the helm. At that time, the emperor always figured out a way for the emperor to raise money by relying on Zhu Hao. But now Zhu Si feels that the whole world is mine. Yes, why use your own purse to spend money?

The Minister of the Household Department is still one of my people, so of course he can take whatever he wants.

"Why does Your Majesty want to cultivate Taiqing Temple? Didn't you say that Zhu Shangshu has already gone to Nanjing?"

Huang Zan was surprised.

The only thing he had heard about Taiqing Temple recently was that Zhu Hao had been a Taoist priest there for nearly a month. Other than that, he had no idea that Taiqing Temple could have any connection with the imperial palace or even the emperor.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "Your Majesty intends to recruit Taoist priests from all over the world, especially those with profound Taoism, who can measure the sky and see the future. For resettlement, Taiqing Temple is a grand temple in the south of the city, with outstanding people, it is perfect to repair and resettle them."

Although Huang Zan has always been good at flattering, he is doing practical things after all. Any person at the helm of the household department who is good at living will feel that the reasons given by the emperor are too nonsense.

"Taoist? I'm afraid I don't have much ability..."

Huang Zan almost wanted to say that those Taoist priests are all tricksters, and whoever believes in them is an idiot.

Zhang Zuo said: "Huang Butang, our family is not here to discuss with you whether this matter is feasible, but to tell His Majesty the oral order. Even if someone has objections, you must implement it exactly, right?"

"This……"

Huang Zan was speechless.

"Our family just wants to ask Huang Butang, if the Taiqing temple is rebuilt, can the household department come up with 5 taels of silver?" Zhang Zuo said the number directly.

Huang Zan was taken aback by this.

What kind of Taoist temple needs 5 taels of silver to repair it?

Why not just grab it?
5 taels can repair several palaces. Didn't the imperial court calculate the cost before repairing the Taoist temple?

But just when he was about to put forward his opinion, Zhang Zuo suddenly saw that his expression was not right, and he immediately understood... Rebuilding the Taiqing Temple would not cost so much money, the emperor was just looking for an excuse to allocate money and food from the Ministry of Households, or use it for other things The place may even be embezzled by Zhang Zuo and other specific handlers for private use.

"5 taels is too much."

Huang Zan said bluntly, "At the beginning of the year, the Xuanfu's money was only 12 taels, which is the most in recent years. If you want to add the transfers to the three sides, the total amount of money and food will not exceed 30 taels of silver. The imperial court is now saving food and clothing, and the palaces of the princes have not distributed Lumi for half a year."

Huang Zan indicated the difficulties now facing the imperial treasury.

Now the imperial court is not progressing smoothly in terms of open source. The imperial court still needs to repair railways, build trains, and build ships... Although Zhu Hao financed most of the expenses, the emperor has repeatedly asked the imperial court for money after he took charge of the government. The name is to build railways, but in fact, no one knows what the money was used for after it was transferred by the palace.

Recently, the palace has purchased a lot of things, and there is still a big expenditure, which is to rebuild the Xingwang Mansion in Anlu Prefecture. It has been nearly half a year since Jiang reincarnated in Anlu, and he has been staying there recently to carry out large-scale construction projects.

Zhang Zuo's face was a little displeased: "5 taels of silver is too much? Your Majesty hasn't said that you want 8 taels or 10 taels! Huang Butang, you are a capable person. If you can't get this little silver, Your Majesty will be very disappointed, look... do you want to find a way to solve it? Within ten days, can you?"

Huang Zan pondered for a while, is the emperor asking for money from me personally?
Could it be that you want me to buy an official?
Zhang Zuodao: "I heard that Huang Butang has always wanted to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials, look..."

Huang Zan didn't understand it at first, but after hearing this, no matter how stupid he was, he understood that the emperor just asked him to pay for it, so that he would be given the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so that he could have a good time.

In order to make room for Yang Yiqing, Shi Juan retired from the cabinet to become Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Almost everyone in the court knew that he would not last long, and they all wondered who the next Minister of the Ministry of Officials would be. Huang Zan had fought for it before, but when he was active It didn't cost any money, mainly because of Yang Yiqing's relationship.

Probably because of this, the emperor was annoyed, and the emperor now wants to give him a difficult problem.

Huang Zan said: "The imperial court can transfer 3 taels... In addition... you can get 2 taels from other places..."

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "There is always money to be squeezed. If it involves the official position of the Ministry of Officials, 5 taels is a little less. Why do you need 6 taels? What do you think?"

Plus code?
Huang Zan thought for a while, if he asked himself to pay 6 taels of silver, he would definitely not be able to get it out. He didn't know how much money Su Xigui could give him now, but if it was 3 taels, then there would be no problem at all. If Su Xigui makes a move, he can take it out by himself.

"I am willing to try it," Huang Zan said.

"Okay, just ten days, 6 taels of silver, good quality official silver, 3 taels are nominally used to repair Taiqing Temple, and you don't need to report the remaining 3 taels to the court, our family will send People from the inner government will contact you, if you have any doubts, please directly raise it with Huang Jin, Eunuch Huang of the East Factory."

What Zhang Zuo means is that this is a "private transaction".

Don't let the courtiers know, otherwise the courtiers will suspect that you, Huang Zan, took out 3 taels of silver from your personal pocket.

"Yes."

Huang Zan was overjoyed.

Anyway, I have the opportunity to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but I don't know if it is reliable.

Is the emperor selling his official titles publicly?
(End of this chapter)