Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 379
The capital city in July is not extremely hot, but rather cool.

Footsteps sounded in Mingshifang, and finally stopped in front of a study in a house.

The officer in uniform bowed to the lounge chair under the vines, and said softly:
"Patriarch, there is news from the pavilion that Yanshan and some officials of the Qi Royal Party have begun to impeach Sun Chuanting..."

"Huh?" Hearing this, the man lying on the recliner slowly got up, revealing the face of Feng Quan in the incident.

After he got up, he first took a sip of the crispy mountain on the short table next to him, then felt the coolness in his mouth, and smiled after a while:
"I have said a long time ago that whoever takes power and takes power will think of profit."

"Guarding the world for disaster relief, this errand is not a good thing, it is something that offends people."

"He, Sun Chuanting, demanded more than 1000 million shimimai from the imperial court alone, and he still kept others from eating it."

"Even if he wasn't greedy, he was already greedy when the Mi Mai passed through his hands."

Feng Quan said, but the manager hesitated and said:
"But this disaster relief work was done by King Qi, he..."

"King Qi... No matter how old King Qi is, he is still alone, with a pair of eyes, how much can he see?" Feng Quan picked up Sushan, leaned on the recliner to taste it, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"However, if he can stay in that position for two years, then Sun Chuanting is quite a character."

Feng Quan rarely praised Zhu Youjian's people, then tidied up his beard and put Su Shan away:

"Let's continue to watch. They have to make a lot of troubles. No matter how strong the Zhejiang Party was at the beginning, how powerful they were, and how they fought among themselves."

"The Patriarch, you..." The manager wanted to ask Feng Quan whether he would go to court, but he didn't want Feng Quan to continue waving his hands and said:

"The [-]-day vacation I saved up last year is all for me. I want to watch how they fight at home."

"Yes..." Hearing the words, the manager had no choice but to bow and retreat.

On the contrary, everyone in the Mingshi Square was silent, but the Wenhua Hall was full of noise.

"Then Sun Chuanting is the governor of others, does he have no one himself?"

"More than 1000 million stones, rice and wheat have been handed over by him. There is no clause or certificate. He just said how much food and fodder was used for local disaster relief. Is this reasonable?"

"From last year to June of this year, more than 1000 million shimimai were transferred, and now they are applying for the transfer of more than 800 million shimimai. The court only had a balance of 4000 million shimimai last year, and he used half of it alone."

"It's true, if he withholds some, the intercepted rice and wheat will be hundreds of thousands..."

In the Wenhua Palace, when the cabinet sits in the same cabinet with the ministers of the six ministries and six departments, what they are arguing about is Sun Chuanting, who is running on the front line.

From the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Ministry of Industry to the Cabinet Scholars, from Han Yu to Yao Zongwen, Shi Feng to Zuo Guangdou, Bi Ziyan, in short, figures from all parties are commenting on it.

After all, when filth becomes the norm, innocence becomes original sin.

People who can reach this position, who would believe that there are real honest officials.

The rice wheat passed by Sun Chuanting's hands, if he moved a little more, the little rice wheat left behind would be enough to last for hundreds of generations.

Therefore, they doubt Sun Chuanting, in their own view, there is a reason...

Sitting in the main seat, Gu Bingqian, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, was also there, and he didn't help or stop him.

In his view, the King Qi Party, the Yanshan faction, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are also three parties. The difference is that all three of them are loyal to King Qi.

But the question arises, Sun Chuanting, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, are they the Qi Royal Party, the Yanshan faction, or the Five Armies Governor's Mansion?

It is said that they are the governor's office of the five armies, but the governor's office of the five armies is not allowed to interfere in politics.

It is said that they are Yanshan faction, but they have nothing to do with Yanshan.

Then finally say they are the Qi royal party?What is the King Qi Party?They are officials in the court who are attached to Zhu Youjian, but Sun Chuanting and the others do not belong to this category.

The reason why they didn't take action against Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Xiong Tingbi, and Hong Chengchou was firstly because it was unnecessary, and secondly because they were all in the army and were in command.

When it came to Sun Chuanting, he became the only one among the six ministers who did not command a soldier.

Hong Chengchou is different from Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou has his own loyalists, whether it is Wu Bikui, Mu Qiyuan, Mu Zeng, they are all loyalists under Hong Chengchou.

On the other hand, Sun Chuanting did not form a party for personal gain, so after he left the Northwest, he cut off contact with Cao Wenzhao, Guan Fumin, Li Rubai, Li Ruzhen and others.

A person who has no soldiers and is not loyal to his generals, who is still in a high position and has huge wealth flowing between his fingers, impeaching him is probably what many people want to do.

"Why don't you transfer Sun Chuanting back to Beijing for the time being to be investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment?"

The one who spoke was a member of the Yanshan faction, Shizhong, and when he saw the other party speak, Gu Bingqian thought about coughing and responding...

"Old man..."

"King Qi has an order!"

Before Gu Bingqian finished speaking, Lu Wenzhao walked into the cabinet of Wenhua Palace with Zhu Youjian's decree.

"King Qi is a thousand years old..."

Hearing that it was Zhu Youjian's decree, everyone's hearts tightened. Obviously they all knew that the matter could not be done, so they all stood up and sang.

Lu Wenzhao glanced at everyone, his eyes especially stayed on Gu Bingqian and Yao Zongwen, and then continued:

"Qi Wang's decree, Sun Chuanting's matter is handed over to the Qi Wangfu, and the cabinet, six ministries, and six departments have no right to interfere."

After all, he stepped forward and placed the decree on the table in front of Gu Bingqian:

"Old Gu Ge, do you accept the order?"

"Accept the order, I will naturally accept the order..." Gu Bingqian was mature and quick to respond, but it is unclear how voluntary the words were.

"Since accepting the order, let's discuss other state affairs." Lu Wenzhao glanced at the crowd, then restrained his eyes and said:
"Don't forget, there are no more gossips in the country. Unless someone has hard evidence that Sun Chuanting and Governor Sun are corrupt, then just do your duty honestly!"

After Lu Wenzhao finished speaking, he turned around and left with the Jinyi guards, leaving behind many important officials who looked at each other in blank dismay.

After returning to Prince Qi's mansion with a temper, Lu Wenzhao told Zhu Youjian the news, and Zhu Youjian, who was looking at the water pavilion in Prince Qi's mansion, nodded slightly after hearing it.

He stood in the gazebo looking at the lake view, looking at the lake view water pavilion in the distance, turned around after a while, sat back on the bamboo chair, and asked Lu Wenzhao at the same time:

"Those who participated in the impeachment this time, in your opinion, how many of them followed their hearts, and how many of them conspired against the law?"

The lake water is running water, so the sound of water always rings in the ears, which makes people feel chills.

Faced with the questioning, Lu Wenzhao also frowned tightly. He sat down with Zhu Youjian and responded with a frown:
"It's hard to judge at the moment when it's a lowly position. This time, all the officials made trouble very suddenly. It's hard to guess whether it's due to Sun Chuanting's jealousy or whether Sun Chuanting is really corrupt..."

"Sun Chuanting will not be corrupt!" Zhu Youjian frowned, he did not believe that Sun Chuanting would be corrupt.

As long as Sun Chuanting is corrupt, he will not die in Tongguan in history, but chooses to make peace with Li Zicheng and then separatize the Northwest.

In the 16-year situation of Chongzhen, as long as he did not send troops, Ming Dynasty would not have a single army in the north. Even if Li Zicheng did not believe Sun Chuanting's words, both sides could temporarily rest for a period of time.

With Sun Chuanting's ability, this kind of rest can give him greater confidence in defeating Li Zicheng, but he did not choose this way.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Youjian to believe that Sun Chuanting is corrupt. To say that Sun Chuanting is corrupt is better to say that Sun Chuanting wants to rebel.

Just thinking of this, Zhu Youjian had a headache again.

He just wanted to be simple, to get rid of corruption easily, to replace a group of people, and to make peace for a few years.

It's just that his simple idea has someone jumping out and singing against him.

Fortunately, the Qi Royal Party is a group of speculators who came to follow suit, and if it doesn't work, just clean it up, but the Yanshan faction also joined in, which is somewhat difficult to deal with.

Of course, Zhu Youjian doesn't have to deal with this matter, that is, he doesn't care whether the officials are corrupt or not, as long as they do or don't do things.

If he plays badly like this, then Daming will definitely be able to "peace" for a few years.

But the problem is that this kind of "drumming and passing on flowers" operation, in the final analysis, has to be passed on later, and he has to stand up to solve it, because in this period of Ming Dynasty, there are no political experts to help him take over the mess.

Others are "passing flowers by beating drums", but he is laying mines in advance.

So he not only has to deal with it, but also has to deal with it early.

"The interior of Jinyiwei is not clean, have you thought about it?"

Zhu Youjian asked Lu Wenzhao, but when faced with this question, Lu Wenzhao hesitated to speak.

Apparently, he himself didn't know whether Jin Yiwei was clean or not.

Although Jinyiwei joined a group of Yanshan students two years ago, compared to its scale, the number of Yanshan students is completely negligible.

What's more, who would dare to say that Yanshan students must be clean?Zhu Youjian didn't dare to say it himself.

Zhu Youjian had long noticed that Yanshan students formed too much power in the officialdom, so he planned to implement education for all.

At present, there is no sign of universal education, but the Yanshan faction first started to attack the capable ministers and officials of the Ming Dynasty.

"This year is the first batch of students from Shuntian Academy and Yingtian Academy to graduate, right?"

Zhu Youjian drank tea silently, and his words made Lu Wenzhao nod his head slightly:
"This year is the first batch of graduates, a total of 230 people. In addition, Yanshan University will graduate more than 14 people."

"What happened to the colleges in Beizhili built by the Ministry of Industry?" Zhu Youjian asked back, and Lu Wenzhao also responded subconsciously:

"The construction has been completed. There are a total of 130 four counties and 40 colleges. Each college can accommodate 2000 students, and a total of [-] people can be accommodated."

"How much teaching do you need?" He continued to ask, and Lu Wenzhao also continued to respond:
"According to the five beginner subjects formulated by His Highness, there are no more than 30 students in each classroom, and at least [-] lessons are required."

"Of course, this is only the teaching of the five-year beginners, and only the children of the county."

Now Lu Wenzhao and Zhu Youjian are getting closer and closer. I don't know if it's because they have worked together for too long.

But this made it easy for Zhu Youjian to understand, so after hearing what the other party said, Zhu Youjian immediately said:

"How many market towns are there in Beizhili?"

"It's... estimated to be more than [-]..." Lu Wenzhao didn't say it precisely, but just said a rough number.

"Let the Ministry of Industry build small colleges that can accommodate 300 people in these more than [-] market towns. I want to see all of them completed before the Zhengdan Festival next year."

As soon as Zhu Youjian's words came out, Lu Wenzhao immediately understood what the other party meant, so he immediately said:

"Your Highness, these more than 400 market town colleges are equivalent to more than 2 county colleges. If they are built again, they will need to spend more than [-] yuan for teaching..."

"I know." Zhu Youjian replied firmly:
"I know that if there are more than 4 teachings, the court will spend 60 million taels more. I also know that if there are more than 4 teachings, there will be more than [-] students who can study in government schools for free."

"Yanshan is no longer usable, and local education must be promoted."

"Starting from this year's recruitment, the recruitment amount of Yanshan has been reduced, and the remaining Yanshan schools that have not yet been built have canceled their plans. It is enough for Yanshan schools to maintain the current [-] schools."

"Northern Zhili will take the lead in promoting government education next year, and prepare for the construction of colleges in six northern provinces including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hexi, Shandong, Henan, and Liaodong."

"If I remember correctly, the number of university graduates next year is 16, right?"

"Yes..." Lu Wenzhao lowered his head, and Zhu Youjian ordered when he saw this:
"Starting next year, Enke's score line will be raised to 450 points. Those who meet the score line can be awarded officials, and those who can't reach it will be assigned to teach."

"The officials of Ming Dynasty are enough for now, there is no need for more people, not only enough internally, but also survival of the fittest in the future."

Zhu Youjian probably understood that the previous system of conferring officials on every exam was outdated, and now there was a shortage of official positions in Ming Dynasty, which made all the officials want to fight for power and profit.

Since they have nothing to do, find something for them to do.

Don't they like tired people, weak people?Then he can also be weak and weak.

What needs to be done right now is to change the system. The original system of selecting tens of thousands of officials from 10,000+ students per year is no longer feasible. The ratio must be reduced to one in a thousand.

Millions of subordinate officials will be abolished one after another this year, and four 10,000+ Yanshan and Enke officials are enough to run the Ming Dynasty.

Adding more people is the icing on the cake, and what he wants to do is to get rid of millions of subordinates, and then create an employment crisis to make hundreds of officials involuntarily.

The era of being an official who can be done once and for all without making mistakes must pass, and those who fail to achieve political performance, or whose political performance gets worse as they get better, get out as soon as possible.

Taking the gold and silver input from Iwami Silver Mine and Levia Gold Mine as an example, basic free education is not a problem in Ming Dynasty.

The annual input of tens of millions of taels of silver is just barely relieving the crisis of the silver crunch for Da Ming. Greater investment and flocking to a larger market are the current operating methods to continuously alleviate the crisis of silver crunch in Da Ming.

Someone has to release the water, and someone has to consume it.

The same is true for subsequent currency reforms, which all require the support of a group of people who stand on the side of the court.

The imperial store can be consumed, so Zhu Youjian only needs to create people who consume.

Among the 14 graduates, Zhu Youjian only needs less than a third of them to become teachers, while the rest, he needs to continue to invest in officialdom, mining department, and banks.

"Go and pass on Li Changgeng."

After Zhu Youjian checked the number of Yanshan students graduating this year, he asked Lu Wenzhao to pass on Dong Li Changgeng.

If there is anyone in Ming Dynasty who can understand Zhu Youjian's financial management methods best, then Dong Yingju, Shen Tingyang, Bi Ziyan, and Li Changgeng should be the four people who know best.

It's just that among these four people, Bi Ziyan needs to take care of too much, Dong Yingju is too old, and Shen Tingyang is temporarily unable to escape from Jiugang, so the only person Zhu Youjian can use is Li Changgeng.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Changgeng does not form a party in private, even though he needs to be with Gu Bingqian and Bi Ziyan because of the discussion on the surface, but in private he still knows the truth of thanking guests behind closed doors.

Li Changgeng had to do the bank affairs.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian picked up his teacup and took a sip silently, while Lu Wenzhao stepped back and asked someone to pass on Li Changgeng.

Li Changgeng was in charge of the salt department, and things were relatively busy, so Zhu Youjian waited for half an hour before seeing him belatedly.

Although Li Changgeng is younger than Dong Yingju and Bi Ziyan, Li Changgeng is actually in his fifties.

Walking in front of the gazebo, Zhu Youjian could clearly see the hot sweat on his forehead when he bowed.

"sit down……"

Zhu Youjian raised his hand to signal Li Changgeng to take a seat, and made him a cup of tea.

Li Changgeng came really in a hurry, so after kowtowing his fingers to express his thanks, he picked up his teacup and took a shallow sip.

If the tea wasn't too hot, I'm afraid he could finish a cup in one go.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Youjian didn't rush to talk about things, but talked with him about the past, and then talked about the bank.

He fully stated his understanding of the bank. Of course, his understanding is based on basic savings, loans, and borrowing behaviors, and he does not mention national debt, stocks, etc.

So Li Changgeng stroked his beard after hearing this, and then said:

"Your Highness wants to create a bank to replace Huohua?"

"This is an idea, and there are other ideas, which are used to issue new coins." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he kept looking at Li Changgeng's expression.

As for the new coin, Li Changgeng, as an official of the household department, must have participated in the design and observation, so it is impossible not to know.

In fact, in their view, it is very simple for Zhu Youjian to issue new currency. The difficult part is how to eliminate all other currencies in the market after issuing currency.

You should know that although the currency of the Central Plains Dynasty has been issued in successive dynasties, even every few emperors, it is actually an increase, not a shrinkage.

Right now, there are all kinds of copper coins on the market in Daming, from the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty to the Wanli Tongbao of the Ming Dynasty, and counterfeit coins are rampant.

The Huangdian of the Guangyu Majian collects tens of millions of fake money every year, causing the Huangdian to lose tens of thousands of taels of income.

Therefore, exchanging old currency for new currency is actually a loss-making business.

Jiajing also played it back then, but he lost it and cost the court a lot of money, so Li Changgeng still remembers it fresh.

Although the current Ming Dynasty has a high tax, if you really want to exchange the old currency for the new currency, you may have to bear the price of paying 10,000+ taels of silver every year.

Even if the imperial court eliminated many counterfeit currency dealers, the counterfeit currency on the market is enough to lose tens of millions of Ming Dynasty.

Just to promote the bank, Zhu Youjian didn't care about the loss of millions of taels, so he confessed to Li Changgeng:

"The existence of the bank, the imperial court did not think that it could be profitable in the early stage. As long as it does not lose several 10 taels a year, the imperial court can accept it."

"I summoned you here, I want you to be in charge of the bank, what do you mean?"

"If His Highness asks the subordinate to manage the bank, the subordinate will naturally agree." Li Changgeng first expressed his attitude, and then said the difficulty:
"But if the bank wants to be established, and if it wants to issue new currency after its establishment, it needs to be available in every county."

"According to the configuration of private banks, a county with 10 people needs at least ten banks, and each bank has a treasurer and six assistants."

"In addition to the relatively large amount of the imperial court, all banks must have yamen servants or soldiers and horses stationed permanently."

"There are more than 4000 counties in my Ming Dynasty, and there are more than [-] million people in the counties on paper, but the actual population may exceed [-] million."

"Based on the configuration of the bank, the 4000 million people need at least 8000 people, and the army must be stationed beside the bank."

Li Changgeng's idea is actually to increase income and reduce expenditure, but Zhu Youjian is not going to save the money from the bank.

Although he agrees with Li Changgeng's idea of ​​increasing income and reducing expenditure, he does not support it:

"A bank is different from a bank. I plan to build 12 banks in counties across the country and recruit [-] workers. I will send you a copy of the distribution and salaries of the employees afterwards."

"The reason why the bank is not moving to the market town for the time being is that the imperial court is not strong enough, but the county must be controlled."

"As long as you can promote the bank, the nearly 500 million people who receive wages and salaries directly from the imperial court will be your depositors."

"Whoever and how many people you need, as long as you need these, you can choose from the imperial court, from Enke, and from the imperial examination."

"The only thing I want to know is, can this bank be established within three years?"

Zhu Youjian looked at Li Changgeng, and Li Changgeng also felt a lot of pressure.

Looking at Zhu Youjian, he had to bow and say:
"Your Highness, I don't dare to trust you, and I don't know if it will be possible in three years."

Li Changgeng confessed very honestly, after all, it was his first contact with this so-called bank, and he really couldn't guarantee whether it would be successful in three years.

But Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief because he didn't dare to promise, and he was afraid that Li Changgeng was also someone who likes to take credit.

Now it seems that it is this lack of confidence, which makes him closer to the candidate Zhu Youjian wants.

"It doesn't matter. It will take time for the imperial court to raise gold and silver from overseas. You first hand over the burden of the salt department to Bi Ziyan. The Ministry of Households will establish a financial department from today, and the bank is under the financial department."

"After the Lantern Festival, if you have an idea, come to me then."

"Yes... I will resign..." Sitting in front of Zhu Youjian made Li Changgeng feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Given the chance to leave, he also got up and bowed, and then slowly exited the gazebo.

Looking at his leaving back, Zhu Youjian frowned.

He found that as Daming became stronger and stronger, even he himself was gradually unable to cope with the people below.

At this time, he finally understood why the founding leaders of all dynasties had to cleanse themselves internally.

It's not that they are cruel, but that the people below are getting more and more aggressive.

The actions of the Qi Royal Party and the Yanshan faction in the past few days, especially the impeachment of Sun Chuanting, gradually made him feel noisy, and he even wanted to hold a strong bow that he hadn't held tightly for a long time.

Although he knew it was impossible, he still wanted to try.

I hope that his series of actions will make the officials of Yanshan faction and Qi royal party aware of his attitude.

If they still can't wake up after going through this series of things, Zhu Youjian can only do some things he doesn't want to do...

(End of this chapter)