Jinyi champion

Chapter 494
May eleventh.

After Zhu Si went to Yang Tinghe twice to discuss independently, and after arguing with reason, the cabinet proposed to increase the number of candidates for the Cabinet University Scholars, and Yuan Zonggao was promoted. Cabinet, temporarily ranked fourth among the cabinet bachelors.

For Yuan Zonggao, this was something that he never dared to dream of before. After entering the cabinet, it would mean that he had won himself a reputation before and after his retirement.

But at the court meeting on May [-]th, Yang Ting and Qin Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of household affairs, made a performance against the new emperor.

The content of the attack is related to the dispatch of grain and grass on the nine sides, and the supply of grain and grass on the three sides is the main one. On the grounds that the little Tatar prince violated the side, he asked the Ministry of Households to allocate a large amount of money and grain to the three sides to actively prepare for the war. Alleviate the huge pressure faced by Northwest consumption.

Of course Zhu Si knew that this was what Yang Tinghe meant. Although Qin Jin was the left servant of the household department, he had little influence in the court, so he dared not confront the emperor with such a problem.

Zhu Sihao said in a leisurely manner: "Didn't you mention in the last year's memorial that the expenses in the Northwest are enough now? Besides, hasn't the little Tatar prince not violated the border for many years? Why did he make such preparations this year when the foreigners did not arrive?" ?”

Qin Jin said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is a little unstable now. When Your Majesty ascends the throne, Fanbang may take advantage of it."

Zhu Si asked with a stern face: "Does that mean that I am a soft persimmon, and they want to squeeze it?"

These words were too blunt, and the ministers present couldn't bear it. The emperor actually described himself as a soft persimmon... But the words are not rude, if you are not a soft persimmon, who is?

"Yesterday, I saw the performance of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but I had people adjust the accounts of the past few years, and found no large deficits. Instead, Xuanfu and Datong were due to the long-term stay of the late emperor, and the deployment of troops and horses to the Beijing camp for training. , making ends meet..."

Zhu Sidang even said in public the rhetoric that Zhu Hao had prepared for him.

There was no reason for Qin Jin, the Minister of the Household Department, to go to the court for a reason. When discussing matters in the court, you can’t just talk about it. Instead, you have to go to the court first and then discuss it in public. When Zhu Hao saw Qin Jin’s performance, he knew that Yang Tinghe was going to make a move.

Emperor, aren't you stingy with the little money from the inner government?I'm going to try my best to dig it out for you. This is also a matter of asking the account department to check the account before punishing you.

At this time, because of the vacancy of the Minister of the Household Department, although Sun Jiao has been appointed as the Minister of the Household Department, he has not yet taken up the post. At present, Qin Jin is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Finance. Let the new emperor get his wish.

Qin Jin was questioned and didn't know how to answer. At this time, Jiang Mian, a cabinet scholar, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, since Xuanfu and Datong are not making ends meet, we should transfer money from the capital's warehouse for relief!"

Zhu Sidao: "Does Mr. Jiang Ge want to tell me in the next step that the capital can't transfer money and ask me to find another way?"

Yang Tinghe finally came out and said: "In the last years of Zhengde, the Holy Spirit drove frequently to the Xuan Mansion. Famines continued. The salaries of the officers and soldiers have not been paid for many years, and hunger is everywhere. If Your Majesty is sympathetic to the border people, you should allocate them for disaster relief."

Qin Jin, Jiang Mian, and Yang Tinghe came out one after another to fight for money and food for the Northwest. The ministers present all saw that this was blatant pressure on the emperor.

Yuan Zonggao, who had previously been immersed in the joy of being promoted from the Minister of Rites to the cabinet scholar, suddenly felt invisible pressure rushing towards his face.

At this time, the emperor was besieged by three important officials in the court. It is reasonable to say that he should come out to speak for Zhu Si. In this way, before arriving in the capital, ordinary civil servants dare not come out to speak out when the civil servants are jointly exerting pressure. As the emperor's former teacher, he needs to stand up and fight the Confucianism with his tongue, so as to open his eyes for the emperor.

But at this moment, Yuan Zonggao didn't know what to say.

The scene froze there for a moment.

Zhu Siqiang suppressed the anger in his heart, shook his head and sighed softly: "I also know that the Northwest has suffered natural and man-made disasters in the past few years. I have had people check the amount of silver in the inner treasury, and it is less than [-] taels. .

"Last night, the Xuanfu reported the disaster situation in the above table. I have approved the transfer of [-] taels of treasury silver to Xuanfu and [-] taels to Datong, and promised that there will be confiscated official silver, family property, farmland, and land. Ju Lingfu, according to the estimate of the food management officer, sold it, and kept it in the town for relief. There is only so much I can do."

As soon as the emperor's words came out, the ministers who were gearing up to attach themselves to Yang Tinghe and came out to argue with the new emperor instantly lost their temper.

Even Yang Tinghe was unexpected.

The emperor actually prepared to transfer the silver from the inner treasury in advance?
A total of [-] taels, you are going to transfer [-] taels out of it?If you are so generous, why did you ask the Ministry of Households to check the expenses of the elephant house and leopard house at the beginning of the year?

There is a conspiracy!
But then Zhu Siyi waved his hand, and the eunuch Zhang Zuo, who was in charge of the official seal, opened a memorial that had been reviewed and not yet issued for execution, and was circulated to Yang Tinghe and other ministers.

Yang Tinghe's scalp felt numb when he saw the content of Zhu's criticism. He raised the issue earlier and hardly gave the new emperor any time to prepare. The draft of the ticket is different, which shows that the emperor has thought about this issue carefully and made a reply based on his subjective will.

This made Yang Tinghe feel that his moves seemed to be within Xinhuang's expectations.

"I hope that the little money and food will be used in useful places. I am still young, and I still don't understand how to run a family and govern the country. If your family is useful in the future, please help mediate. After all, the internal treasury I took over , it’s really empty, I’m trying my best but I can only do my best.”

Zhu Si said another beautiful word.

It means, aren't you just staring at the little money in Neiku?
But the internal treasury I took over is not as full as the one left by the Xiaozong Dynasty. My cousin was so profligate that he squandered all the money and food. You ministers don’t know how empty the internal treasury is?If you still stare at such a small amount of money every day, then I won’t hide it, and just give it to you!

The next time you are short of money, please raise your own money and don't play with my ideas.

Yang Tinghe even felt that he was being calculated. In this way, the moral high ground was completely occupied by the new emperor, which was different from what he expected the new emperor to find various reasons to allocate money and food from other places. At that time, Yang Tinghe had something to say, you The emperor has property but doesn't pay for it, so he is not worthy of being a wise king...

What now?
Yang Tinghe lost his temper for a while, and couldn't answer the conversation.

Zhu Sidao: "By the way, before I asked the Ministry of Households to thoroughly investigate the matter of the river construction. Is there any clue? In order to speed up the progress, I want to send someone to supervise it. Why don't you go to the Ministry of Households as the representative of Yuan Ge? how?"

Yuan Zonggao originally thought that the emperor had grown up, and he found the place back by himself before I could help.

As a result, the emperor immediately targeted himself.

Yuan Zonggao instantly became the target of public criticism.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Yuan Zonggao, and naturally knew that this was the emperor's absolute direct descendant, but thinking of the emperor's steady and ruthless actions, he wondered in his heart, did he underestimate this smiling old fox before?Otherwise, who instructed the emperor to respond calmly?

"Since you have no objections, then the matter will be settled like this. The Ministry of Industry will transcribe the Hegong account and hand it over to Mr. Yuan Ge for careful investigation..."

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A court meeting.

Originally it was Yang Tinghe who had deliberately planned to pose a problem to the emperor, but the new emperor easily dismissed it and made him lose face.

In the end, the emperor even wanted to check the accounts of the river project, clearly using this as an opportunity to "find money" from the accounts of the past few years.

Didn't you say you have no money?Then I will check to the end, and if there is any place where the accounts do not match, I will take down a group of officials, ransack their homes and question them, and the money will come out?

Some of your ministers are corrupt and violate the law, and their wealth may be richer than that of the Ministry of Households. Do you think I don’t know?

You plan to attack my internal treasury, but don't blame me for taking those corrupt officials who are corrupt and pervert the law among you!

Afterwards.

Yang Tinghe was thinking as he walked, Qin Jin, the servant of the household department, trotted to catch up, leaned over his head and said in a low voice: "Mr. Ge, His Majesty wants to check the accounts this time, but in the past few years, the court has been in chaos, and the treasury is mostly controlled by prostitutes. Now that the chaos has just been rectified, it is difficult to settle the big account."

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Whoever makes a deficit will be held accountable! Your Majesty said that the accounts will be audited, so is this old man going to object?"

The emperor should have a copy of the accounts of the imperial court, but now the emperor says that the accounts are not clear and needs to be checked thoroughly.
Now the six departments are prevaricating and saying that the deficit was all pulled down by Wang Qiong, Wang Xian and others before. Whoever believes it is a fool, so they can only tell the truth.

Qin Jin was bored by the boss.

But everyone can see that Yang Tinghe is really annoyed, and it's also because the new emperor's performance is too unexpected, making Yang Tinghe, an old official in the officialdom, very passive, which is very frustrating.

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After the court meeting, Yuan Zonggao was called to Qianqing Palace alone.

This is also from Zhu Hao's advice.

In fact, it was for the purpose of defrauding Lao Yuan, making people feel that the recent abnormal behavior of the new emperor was all due to Yuan Zonggao's suggestion behind the scenes.

"...Your Majesty, is this account...is it going to be investigated by others?"

When Yuan Zonggao was in the Xingwang Mansion, he was still full of confidence as a long history, but now he is in the center of the court, and now he is in the cabinet as a scholar, but he feels powerless.

Although Yuan Zonggao didn't ask Zhu Si whether Tang Yin's suggestions came from those countermeasures, but he already instinctively felt that it was impossible for Zhu Si to learn the tricks of the court overnight, and there must be an expert behind him, not Tang Yin ... Then it can only be Zhu Hao.

Could it be Zhang Zuo who is more mediocre than himself?Even the ignorant Jiang Lun?

Zhu Sidao: "Don't bother others, I asked you to investigate, and you will investigate to the end. If there are not enough manpower, just transfer a few heads of the household department, plus some officials from the palace. Don't be too deliberate."

"Then His Majesty...what exactly do you want to investigate?"

Yuan Zonggao didn't understand.

Zhu Siming pretended that he wanted to beat the officials of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry with the matter of auditing the accounts. How did he make it seem like he was just dealing with superficial matters?
(End of this chapter)