Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 161 0156 [I was fined and confiscated before I received my salary]

Seeing Zhu Ming using coal dust and mud, his family members came to watch.

Zhu Ming made three piles, each with a different mix, and carefully weighed and recorded each mix.

The cook is called Pan Qiaoniang, she is a widow in her 30s.Bought from Lu Zai, there are still six and a half years left in the contract, and it only cost [-] yuan.

Seeing that Zhu Ming made briquettes with wooden molds, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are there holes in the charcoal balls made by Mr. Xianggong?"

Zhu Ming was stunned: "There are already charcoal balls on the market?"

Pan Qiaoniang said: "Yes, there are not only charcoal balls, but also charcoal cakes, which are made of charcoal dust and mud."

"Uh……"

Ju Ming froze in place, suffering a huge blow to his heart, and asked again: "Why don't you use charcoal balls and charcoal cakes at home?"

Pan Qiaoniang said: "The charcoal balls and charcoal cakes are made very large, which are suitable for the large stoves in restaurants and blacksmith shops. The brick kilns and lime kilns outside the city also use this."

Zhu Ming understands that there are only so many coal chips. After being made into briquettes and briquettes, they are mainly sold to handicraftsmen and smelters.

As for the lumps of coal, it is naturally impossible to smash them into briquettes.

Smashing coal requires labor, and making balls also requires labor. It is better to sell coal blocks directly.

Zhu Ming turned his head and asked Bai Sheng: "Did you pay for the charcoal you brought back that day?"

Bai Sheng said, "I've given you the money."

"Why didn't you say it?" Zhu Ming blamed.

Bai Sheng explained: "My husband said that it was useless and could be picked up for free. I asked the store to give it for free, but he refused. I thought about it, and it was not expensive, so I paid for it myself and bought some back."

Ju Ming: "..."

Forget it, there is nothing to say.

Zhu Ming ordered: "Go and buy two charcoal cakes and two charcoal balls immediately! Go ride!"

The cornucopia has not resisted Bai Sheng for a long time, because Bai Sheng is mainly feeding the night grass at night.

After a while of galloping back and forth, Bai Sheng bought things.

This thing is really quite big, with a diameter of nearly [-] centimeters, suitable for smelting furnaces and large stoves in restaurants.

Moreover, they are all pressed by molds, not rubbed out by hands.

"Oh!" Zhu Ming sighed secretly.

In the early days, it was impossible to pick up charcoal scraps as raw materials for nothing, and once honeycomb briquettes became popular, competitors could follow suit in minutes.

Business strategy must be changed!

First, start the brand and establish word of mouth, you can use the signboard of "Tanhua Coal". (The character for coal in the Song Dynasty did not specifically refer to coal. Charcoal can also be called coal.)
Second, it is also engaged in the business of coal stoves, and the "Tanhua Stove" is matched with "Tanhua Coal".

Third, explore and improve the ratio of raw materials, so that their own "Tanhua coal" can be burned longer than other products.

Fourth, find a long-term coal supplier as soon as possible. The current Tokyo coal market is in short supply.If there is no stable supplier of raw materials, you can only go to the official market to get goods at high prices.

For the remaining two days of vacation, Zhu Ming was doing comparative experiments, and would buy coal chips if he didn't have enough raw materials.

The three-day holiday passed by in a flash.

Zhu Ming rode to work again, and handed over the impeachment memorial by the way.

In the Song Dynasty, there were Jinzuoyuan, Yintaisi, Dengwen Drum Institute and Dengwen Inspection Institute.

The memorials and official documents from all over the country must first be sent to the Jinzuo Academy, and then transferred to the Yintai Division.Officials in Beijing can directly hand over to the Yintai Division.

The entry forms rejected by the Jinzhao Academy and the Yintai Division can be submitted to the Dengwen Drum Academy.If the Dengwen Drum Institute also refuses to accept it, it can be submitted to the Dengwen Procuratorate.If the Procuratorate also refuses to accept it, the officials and the people have the right to "invite a driver", that is, stop the car on the street and file a complaint. (The operation in this paragraph also applies to ordinary people.)
Zhu Ming came to Yintai Division on horseback, and he was only allowed to submit in the outer hall, and no officials were allowed to enter.

"Tanhualang?"

The person in charge of receiving the memorial was a civil official who reminded: "If it's not about the Taixue, it will cost eighty sticks to enter the memorial indiscriminately."

Zhu Ming said: "For the sake of the people, I wish eighty sticks."

For things that are not within the scope of one's own authority, it is okay to forcibly report, but according to the law, there must be [-] boards.

This ban was generally not implemented in the Song Dynasty, but instead was demoted and dismissed.

Therefore, in history, when Wang Ge was serving as Minister of Dali Temple, he did not go to Shushu to impeach the Carboniferous Secretary, which was not within his jurisdiction.After being transferred to Kaifeng Governor, he immediately went to the shuffle, because the price increase of coal was related to the people's livelihood in Tokyo, and the Kaifeng Governor had the right to act.

The day after Zhu Ming handed out the memorial, he was seen by Wu Shi in the incident.

Wu Shi immediately handed it to Zhai Ruwen: "Gong Xun, half of your disciples have just entered the school for a few days."

Zhai Ruwen is the deputy examiner of the provincial examination. He appreciates Ju Ming's provincial examination strategy very much, and tries his best to ensure that Zhu Ming's paper does not fail the ranking.After reading Ju Ming's memorial, he nodded and smiled: "Sure enough, he is a member of my generation, who is dedicated to serving the people and not afraid of traitors!"

Wu Shi said: "He is an imperial scholar, but he has impeached the Carboniferous Secretary. He has exceeded his duties. I am afraid that he will be demoted because of this."

Wu Shi is also not afraid of things. When he was the magistrate of Zheng County, he dared to offend the transshipment envoy and resolutely refused to give the [-] hu grains collected in violation of regulations.

He also served as the envoy of Yongxing Army Lu Tixue, and the principal of Lu School reported that the local scholars criticized the emperor, and the courtiers couldn't bear to listen.Wu Shi directly burned the report letter, and went back and said: "I can't bear to listen to it as a courtier, so why do you still let the gentleman listen to it?"

Later, Cai You and Wang Fu suggested to conquer Liao, but Wu Shi resolutely opposed it, so he was thrown to manage Taoist temples.

This person belonged to Zhang Shangying's henchmen, and was implicated in the dismissal incident. He was demoted first to the prefect and then to the general judge.Wu Shi was so old, he didn't want to die of exhaustion on the road, so he just stayed in the capital.

When Song Huizong learned of the situation, instead of punishing him, he promoted him to Changping, Hedong.As soon as he went there, he encountered a famine. Because of his effective relief, he is now called back to the court to do things for him.

Wu Shi discussed with Zhai Ruwen, took Zhu Ming's memorial, and went to find Fang Hui to sign.

There are only three people in the current job, and Fang Hui is the oldest.

Fang Hui has completely laid down, and no one wants to offend. After signing according to the regulations, he will no longer be contaminated by this memorial.

Wu Shi and Zhai Ruwen each contacted their old buddies and asked those who had the right to impeach to go to court together.

In a few days, eight copies were collected, and they were handed over to the emperor through the provincial process.

Song Huizong took time out of his busy schedule to read the eight memorials carefully.

It is related to the people's livelihood in Kaifeng, Song Huizong was very surprised to learn about the situation.No matter how stupid he is, he still understands what it means that the price of charcoal is higher than the price of rice.What if hundreds of thousands of Tokyo citizens rebel because they have no money to buy charcoal for cooking?

Immediately commented: "There is an order to investigate and deal with it. If there is a repeat offender, it will be judged as violating the imperial pen."

Repeat offenders are equivalent to resisting the order, and the wording is extremely severe.

As for Zhu Ming's violation of the rules, Song Huizong just pretended not to see it.

The Carbon Coal Department was involved, which was related to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Song Huizong was a little upset and asked, "Wang Fu and Ding You have resigned. Who do you think is qualified to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Households?"

Xue Daoguang replied: "The poor Taoist only knows how to practice, but does not pay attention to the affairs of the court."

Song Huizong didn't know how to appoint him for a while, so he simply put it off. The responsibility of the Minister of the Household Department was temporarily assigned to the Minister of the Household Department.

But this is the critical time to fight against Xixia, and the military pay and rations are a mess.The Minister of the Household Department also went to observe the filial piety for his relatives, and the Minister of the Household Department was overwhelmed, and the distribution of money and food was even more chaotic. Even Tong Guan, who was leading the army, could not see the follow-up food and grass.

In this case, either attack in one go and make a quick decision.

Either postpone it until next year, as long as the army does not move, it can save food and grass to survive.

Tong Guan chose to make a quick decision, first unplug the key cities of Xixia, and then...

The Yintai Secretary not only has things to do, but also other officials.

The details of the impeachment of the Carboniferous Secretary by the eight people were soon known to Cai Jing.He had nothing to do with the other seven people, but he seized on Zhu Ming's violation of the rules.

"This guy is too deceitful!"

Cai You said angrily: "A little Tai Xuezheng, who dared to refuse the marriage first, and then came to impeach him, really thinks that my Cai family is a piece of paper?"

Cai Jing shook his head: "Xue Daoguang's family is upright, and Zhu Ming is also favored by the officials. If he is impeached for making false statements, he will be fined three months' salary at most. It is impossible to really demote him from the capital."

"It's just that he has to be impeached for the fine!" Cai You couldn't swallow the anger.

Cai Jing said: "We have to start from other places. Chen Yuan didn't give lectures anymore, but he stayed in the capital. He will definitely make moves in the future. If you stare at this person, you will fail if you talk too much. He will give lectures and violate the rules one day. Time to arrest them under the name of Yuanyou's party members! Once Chen Yuan is arrested, Zhu Ming can be arrested, and they will be labeled as Yuanyou's traitor party."

"Father is wise!" Cai You flattered him.

It's not as exciting as in the movies and TV dramas, what are they spitting at each other in the hall.

Song Huizong was too lazy to go to court, and the struggle between ministers could only be in the form of memorials.

The trolls supported by Cai Jing all want to impeach Zhu Ming for violating the rules.

The evidence is conclusive and must be punished.

Zhu Ming was fined two months' wages.

After receiving the punishment from the court, Zhu Ming wanted to cry, but his two-month salary was more than 70 guan. How much briquette he had to sell to earn back.

Moreover, the first month's salary has not been paid yet!

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, he was the first Jinshi in a new department to be fined before receiving his salary.

It's like a new employee reporting corruption to the leader of the financial department.Is this something you should manage?

Penalizing only your wages is considered a favor, and you should be fired directly!
When the Tai students heard the news, they came to the office to pay a visit to express their admiration for Ju Ming.

Chen Dong made a bow and said: "Xue Zhengzhen is a model for ministers, and he is not afraid of the powerful but pleads for the people. I admire you so much!"

Ju Ming looked at the students and sighed: "The price of charcoal is higher than the price of rice. Since ancient times, there has never been such a ridiculous thing. Mr. Hengqu said that we should live for the people, and we should practice it."

Zhang Zai belongs to Guan Xue, has not been banned, and can be quoted.

Zhu Ming is only 17 years old this year, and he came to Taixue to be a teacher. Many students are not convinced.

When this incident happened, it immediately won the respect of everyone, and no longer entangled in Ju Ming's age.

The students couldn't control their mouths and spread the matter more and more widely.

Because it is related to the lives of the public, it soon spread throughout Tokyo. It is known that Tanhualang used coal for the people and was fined for impeaching corrupt officials.

That month, the chief officer of the Carboniferous Division was demoted from the capital, and several subordinate officials were arrested.

The director of the tax charcoal plant was arrested and imprisoned. Dozens of government-run charcoal plants were ordered to sell coal at a par price. The price of charcoal plummeted from 10 fen to 5 fen.

Private coal shops were also ordered to sell coal at a low price, but they bought at a high price, because of this order they suffered heavy losses.

This was intentional by Cai Jing's party, who took the opportunity to dump the market at a low price, and then raised the price after the limelight passed.

In any case, the common people have benefited at this time, and the price of coal has dropped by half.They remembered Tanhualang well, because of those impeachers, only Zhu Ming was punished.

The reputation of Xiaozhu Tanhua is even louder inside and outside of Tokyo.

(End of this chapter)