My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 61

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xia Yuanji came to Jian Yi's house. The two Shangshu adults sat opposite each other in the study room. You looked at me and I looked at you. They were all full of anger. Even in the Hongwu period, there was never such a wicked New Year. .

"What do you think Xu Jingchang is planning? Do you want to make trouble with us?" Xia Yuanji sighed.

Jian Yi frowned, "I can't tell, maybe he followed the meaning of the above?"

"No." Xia Yuanji shook his head, "If His Majesty liked him to toss about, he wouldn't have locked him in... In my opinion, this kid's bastard didn't have any plans, he was simply bad, coming out of his bones He is so evil, inherently sinister and vicious, unforgivably treacherous and cunning... Tell me, how can such a good person as Marquis Wuyang have such a thing?"

Jian Yi rolled his eyes, "How do I know? Why don't you go down and ask yourself?"

Xia Yuanji shuddered and shook his head quickly, "Forget it, I still want to live a few more years...I said Brother Yi, His Majesty asked us to go all out, draw up detailed regulations, and assist the Secretary of General Administration to increase the annual income. What are you going to do?"

Jian Yi murmured, "What else can the Ministry of Officials do? It's nothing more than monitoring the officials, rectifying the administration of officials, and adding some more manpower to the Department of General Affairs."

Xia Yuanji also said: "There is no better way from the Ministry of Finance. I have been thinking about it for several days, but I am still at a loss. I don't know where to start."

Jian Yi pondered for a while, "There's no way, why don't we go to the prison!"

That's right, Xu Jingchang is still in the dungeon.

The bastard never came out!

Even though Zhu Di went, he didn't come out.

The two Shangshu adults were forced by him to revisit their old places and came to the prison again.

When they arrived, five days later, the situation inside was quite different. Outside the cell, there were unexpectedly many flowers and potted plants. Xu Jingchang was tending a Podocarpus pine.

Seeing this scene, Xia Yuanji couldn't bear it anymore.

"Xu Tongzheng, are you quite at ease?"

Xu Jingchang turned his head, looked at the two, and immediately smiled and said, "Happy Chinese New Year, I'm just having fun while suffering. Unlike you guys, I feel that the burden on my shoulders is too heavy, and I will definitely not be able to finish it." , so going to prison in advance can be regarded as familiar with prison life.”

"Shut up!" Xia Yuanji gritted his teeth and said angrily, "I'm just confused. I shouldn't have gone out that day. I'll lock you in with me."

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, "Xia Shangshu, your aunt is also the queen?"

Xia Yuanji was startled, and then he understood Xu Jingchang's meaning, without a queen who is an aunt, how dare you learn from me?Are you afraid of losing your head?
Lao Xia was really going to die of anger, but there was nothing he could do.

This thing is really annoying.

"Stop talking nonsense, Xu Tongzheng, what do you want us to do?"

Xu Jingchang was startled, shook his head and said, "It's not what I want you to do, but how you plan to assist His Majesty. It's been several days since I asked you to write a detailed charter. I'm still waiting for your Majesty to approve it. I can leave the prison, go home and sleep comfortably! Do you think I am willing to stay in there?"

With a sullen face, Jian Yi simply said, "We can't write it."

This time it was Xu Jingchang's turn to be stunned. These two ministers are recognized as masters in government affairs. Could it be that they don't even know this?
Needless to say, the two of them have never done this kind of overall planning.

Moreover, according to Xu Jingchang's vision, it is similar to an annual development plan, with goals, work priorities, and supporting measures... This is a systematic project, and it is a bit difficult for scholar-bureaucrats like Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji who have read the Four Books and Five Classics.Of course, if they were given another three to five years, they might be able to do it.

After all, Yong Le Chao's big handwriting was all created by them, but the time is short now.

"Jian Shangshu, Xia Shangshu, what your Majesty wants is to enrich the national treasury and improve people's livelihood. What we want to do is to increase the annual revenue and facilitate merchants. This is the core of everything. On the side of the Ministry of Officials, all officials, especially local officials, must be required to You can't bully merchants, you can't set up cards in private, and you can't ask for bribes at will to affect business exchanges. In a word, merchants are the source of wealth for the court, not their leeks!"

Jian Yi thought for a while, "I understand what you mean, I will add these things to the Beijing inspection this year."

When Xu Jingchang heard about Jingcha, he immediately said, "Jian Shangshu, this is a good opportunity. How is Jian Shangshu planning to inspect the officials?"

Jian Yi thought about it: "According to the usual practice, unqualified officials are divided into eight categories, namely greed, cruelty, inaction, imprudence, old age, illness, impetuousness, and weak talents... Either dismissed, or demoted, or There is an order to resign."

Xu Jingchang thought for a while, and immediately said: "You can add people's livelihood projects to this... such as people's livelihood, business prosperity, among which tax collection is especially important. If you can't pay the money or complete the task, you can still be regarded as a good official, right? "

Jian Yi's old face darkened, and he coughed lightly: "Sometimes, officials love the people and plead for their lives. If they are true, they will be praised by scholars, and the court will also be lenient as appropriate."

Xu Jingchang's face turned dark all of a sudden. Although some places were hit by disasters, they really couldn't collect taxes, and they needed relief, which was a matter of course.

But in some places, such as Jiangxi and other places, the essence of existence is that there are too many literati and bureaucrats, all of whom can evade taxes. Master Qingtian!

What kind of reason is this?
"Jian Shangshu, I can tell you clearly that the main task this year is to enrich the finances, and everything must revolve around this center. Whoever dares to ignore the overall situation is going against the national policy!"

Jian Yi frowned, and nodded vigorously, "I understand."

When it was Xia Yuanji's turn, Xu Jingchang also said: "Xia Shangshu, although your household department only focuses on the land tax, land tax and salt tax, how much money is saved in the local government, how to spend the saved money, and what have you done... You can't let the local government In order to be the master, the imperial household must be liquidated. If there are too many debts and the imperial court fails to ship them, they will be charged with crimes. If the place is kept, there must be legitimate expenses, such as building bridges and paving roads, and taking care of people's livelihood. If they are all pocketed by the officials below, You must be punished severely!"

Xia Yuanji was shocked, "I also understand, but these matters need the cooperation of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Inspectorate. I think the thirteen censors can be allowed to monitor the localities, handle several major cases severely, and beat local officials. We are suffering in the court, and they are free in the local area, there is no such reason! Isn't it, Brother Yi?"

Jian Yi also became energetic. After all, he very much agrees with this kind of thing that can greatly expand the power of the six ministries of the imperial court.

As for power, those who should have it don't, and those who shouldn't have it... After all, power hates a vacuum.

If the local officials, the inner court eunuchs, and the warrior Jin Yiwei are allowed to take power, the world will be in chaos.

"Xu Tongzheng, I think you are a talent from the sky. You are suitable to be an official from birth. In the future, we will work together to assist His Majesty, achieve great things, and leave your name in history!" Xia Yuanji said excitedly.

Facing Lao Xia's flattery, Xu Jingchang was very calm, "I'm serious, I really don't care about officialdom... I'm so tossing, just wanting someone to impeach me, let me go home and be a prince, quiet and comfortable, that's the truth. Fairy day."

It turns out that the reason you toss all the officials is to become the Marquis of Taiping?

You are a liar!

"It's done, Xu Tongzheng, let's go back and draft a strategy...Are you going home or staying here?"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "Keep it. After all, if I stay inside, the big guy will still think of me, so I'm not sure when I go back to the house."

The two looked at each other and gritted their teeth secretly, this kid is really tough.

Xu Jingchang, the envoy of the administration, was afraid that he would not be able to complete the tasks assigned by the emperor, so he was willing to stay in the prison after the Chinese New Year... Now the palace is in chaos.

The queen was saddened by what happened to her nephew, and several highnesses complained for her cousin, and the majesty was full of resentment and cursed every day... All the pressure fell on the officials.

Hurry up to draw up a strategy and invite Xu Tongzheng out, otherwise, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when he officially goes to court, Xu Tongzheng will not be seen, Your Majesty is furious, we will go in!
During the good annual leave, the ministers even put aside the important matter of inheriting the family, and they were busier than the last court... Every ministry, every government office, was drawing up plans one after another.

The courtiers went to the prison to show Xu Jingchang like a revolving lantern.

This kid suddenly turned the prison into the Secretary of General Administration.

And unknowingly, Xu Jingchang really gave the Tongzheng envoy the power of the prime minister by formulating plans and strategies through the various officials.

Working until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the plan of the Sixth Ministry and the Inspectorate was finally completed.

At dusk, the big lock of the sky prison was opened, and the chains were removed... Although people came and went through the corner gate, how could Xu Datongzheng go through the small gate?
And in order to welcome Xu Jingchang out, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Zhanji, and Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng, who participated in Wushan, had been waiting for a long time.

May I ask who can have this card face?
But it seemed that this was not enough. The waiting crowd first saw a burly man coming out of the prison leading a white horse. The saddle of the white horse was covered with a leopard skin cushion.

On the horseback, sat a young man in a unicorn suit, with a dignified appearance and a majestic appearance.

Isn't this Xu Jingchang?
Everyone looked again, and it turned out that the one leading the horse was Jing'an Hou Wangzhong!
Master Hou leads the horse!

You are going too far!

"Wang, you are shameless!" Zhu Neng blushed, he had lost all his dignity!

When Wang Zhong heard this, he raised his head even higher, "Leading the horse and kicking the horse for a good man, I still feel honored!"

(End of this chapter)