Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 288 Unfair distribution, the crime is cooking fish?
The rain in April is like a hail of bullets, violently attacking the entire city of Beijing.

Several dyeing workshops in the southern suburbs were the first to bear the brunt. When they saw the sudden summer rain, they hurriedly put away all the cloth that was drying on the bamboo racks.

The same is true for the people in Beijing. When the experienced people saw the dark clouds rolling in the east, they ran home to put away their clothes, so as not to get the clothes to dry in the rain.

Although they look a bit embarrassed, if you walk into their hearts, they actually like this look very much.After all, compared with the bare four walls, now they have valuable clothes and other things after all.

Although the country has not seen a real prosperous age, the living conditions of the people in the capital have obviously improved.

Under Song Cheng's administration, the taxes paid by the people of the entire Shuntian Mansion did not increase but decreased.With many unfair taxes being curbed, although this kind of agricultural society cannot make everyone rich, many families can buy a meat bun for their children to satisfy their hunger.

In fact, the people in this era are not very demanding, and they don't necessarily yearn for the prosperous times described by literati. They only need to be able to eat and clothe themselves.

It is worth mentioning that the birth rate of children in Beijing is clearly on the rise.

Beijing City's textile industry has developed rapidly. Although the output of the Royal Weaving Factory has been increasing, cotton cloth is becoming more and more in short supply.

No one understands the reason for this, but there are always endless orders overseas, and now the cloth tickets in the capital are becoming more and more popular, so that more and more people in Beijing can dress decently.

Although many literati said that there was a tyrant in Ming Dynasty, especially a group of dignitaries who were about to be beheaded recently, but many ordinary people knew that their life was much better than in previous years.

As for the people who have just been rescued from the quagmire of usury by the court, although they are poor and white now, they have already seen the hope of life.

They used to hate the word country, but after experiencing this incident, their attitude has changed 180 degrees, and they are even more willing to die for the emperor in the Forbidden City.

Perhaps it is not yet the prosperous scene described by literati, but many people are satisfied and see the hope of life, and some people even start to take the initiative to raise more children.

East of the city, Dongsheng Inn.

In the evening, the summer rain finally cleared up, and a few people who received official uniforms from the official office walked into the front hall, making the place gradually warm.

Xu Hong and other Guangdong Xinke Scholars gathered together again, and everyone had bright smiles on their faces, because they finally got the "job assignment".

Ordinarily, after three days of training in Honglu Temple, they can start their posts as new Jinshi.

It's just that the imperial court suddenly decided to rectify the finances, but it decided to "catch the strong men" temporarily, and sent all their new subjects to the yamen of the Ministry of Households to assist in handling errands.

There are too many things derived from the imperial court's financial rectification. In addition to checking the books of a hundred financial stores, a large number of cases have to be traced, but almost all things are on their Xinke Jinshi.

Except for the first-class and third-ranking Jinshi who couldn't bear the hardship and applied for admission to the Imperial Academy early, the other 590 eight new division Jinshi worked day and night.

After a whole busy month, their Xinke Scholars were able to assist the three yamen to deal with all the matters.

However, their lives are very fulfilling. After this period of busyness, they are helping the wronged souls to recover, and at the same time bringing a large group of lawbreakers to justice.

Although they were very busy, no one complained.Because they all felt that they had been tempered and were doing the most meaningful things, so they all enjoyed it afterwards.

It's just that everything is over now, those criminal dignitaries and collectors will all be executed, and they will go their separate ways starting tomorrow.

"I got twenty tickets!"

"I got forty tickets, twice as much as you!"

"Haha... I got a hundred tickets to pay, so I don't have to worry about the travel expenses this time!"

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As soon as Xu Hong and the other five people took their seats, some people couldn't help showing their distribution tickets. Since all their new subjects received the distribution ticket subsidy from the Ministry of Households this time, it was equivalent to giving them two silver taels, so everyone seemed very happy to report themselves. the amount obtained.

In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, all officials were reimbursed by the court, but with more and more officials, the travel expenses of officials are now at their own expense, which is one of the reasons why many officials need Beijing debts.

It's just that the imperial court seems to be aware of this problem, and now through the method of ticket compensation, it is not only giving them a reward for the past month, but also providing travel expenses for officials sent abroad.

It is worth mentioning that the Royal Bank has already carried out the redemption business of cloth tickets and silver, that is, anyone can exchange the cloth tickets for silver.

"One hundred tickets? You are going to serve as magistrate in Jingshan County, and [-] of them are considered as travel expenses subsidies?" Gao Kui was slightly taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted.

Seeing that he only had twenty cloth tickets, Xu Hong said bitterly: "It should be like this! I stayed in the capital, but the household department only gave me twenty cloth tickets!"

"Hehe... I have ten more cloth tickets than you. The household department probably knows that you are married to a wealthy family, so I have to deduct ten more cloth tickets from you!" Gao Kui showed his thirty cloth tickets and said teasingly. laughed.

Now, the job assignments of the five of them have been officially announced: Yang Kuan is the county magistrate of Chun'an, Chen Shou is the magistrate of Jingshan County, Weng Peng is the promoted official of Huai'an Prefecture, Gao Kui has successfully entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Xu Hong is the magistrate of the People's Republic of China. The Ministry of War.

The one who got [-] tickets was Chen Shou who went to Jingshan County, Huguang, the one who got at least [-] tickets was Xu Hong who stayed in the Ministry of War in Beijing, and the others were in the middle.

"My lords, do you want to serve food?" Shopkeeper Zhang lit up the lamp and sent it over, and then asked flatteringly.

Xu Hong glanced outside the door, then shook his head lightly and said, "Wait a bit, Zhang Sui will serve the food after he arrives!"

The six of them were friends in adversity in Fusi's prison in Beizhen. Now they are officials in the same dynasty and they still maintain this friendship. This time they are here to have a farewell banquet together.

"Okay!" Shopkeeper Zhang said happily and authentically that the inn's business is now booming because of the six of them.

Hai Kuan looked up and looked outside, but he was full of confusion and said, "Why hasn't Zhang Sui come here yet?"

"Do you know where Zhang Sui is assigned?" Gao Kui suddenly asked mysteriously.

Chen Shou immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Is there any need to guess about this matter? Zhang Sui's achievements are there. The official department must arrange for him to enter the sixth department. I guess it is the official department!"

"Wrong!" Gao Kui shook his head with certainty.

Weng Peng joined in and said, "The household department?"

"No, Zhang Sui doesn't work in the capital!" Gao Kui shook his head seriously, looking serious.

Hai Kuan's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "He didn't assign him to stay in Beijing, how is this possible?"

"I'm afraid you can't guess that Zhang Sui was released as a supervisory censor, and he was assigned to Liaodong, the most unpopular place!" Gao Kui sighed and announced the answer.

Chen Shou frowned, looking very puzzled and said: "How could this happen? Hasn't he already participated in the small biography?"

"Speaking of this matter, where did Zhang Sui raise that grass carp that day?" Gao Kui also came to his senses and asked everyone seriously.

Everyone looked at each other, and Hai Kuan spoke first, "Huh? He didn't say anything about it!"

In order to find a place to raise fish, Xu Hong temporarily decided to marry Miss Qian. When he found that everyone suddenly looked at him, he shook his head slightly and said, "I asked Zhang Sui, but he didn't say anything!"

"Will not say? He doesn't even have a house in the capital, so where else can he raise that grass carp?" Gao Kui frowned, but he was very puzzled.

Weng Peng poured out his teacup and seriously guessed, "Did he grow up in the room?"

"I sleep with him every day. If I keep him in my room, how can I not know. What's more, the top three are all kept in my own room. If Zhang Suizhen does this, he will either be the number one or the best!" Gao Kui said helplessly. .

Weng Peng took a sip of tea, but said in confusion: "Where can we put the grass carp? None of us in the capital has a house, and we don't know anyone who has a house in the capital and has a pond!"

"I think... there is a possibility!" Gao Kui thought seriously, then suddenly looked at everyone and said.

Xu Hong and the others immediately became interested, and asked seriously, "What's possible?"

"He should have eaten the grass carp directly, otherwise the imperial court would not have released him to Liaodong as a supervisory censor!" Gao Kui met everyone's gaze and expressed his conjecture.

Xu Hongshen took it for granted, and nodded lightly: "It seems that this is the only explanation!"

"The grass carp given by His Majesty, how can you be so foolish!" Hai Kuan hated that iron could not become steel.

Chen Shou was the oldest, so he seriously warned: "Let's not bring up this matter again later! Since the matter has already happened, if anyone of us is promising in the future, we should try our best to support him. Zhang Sui is a military veteran. talented people!"

As soon as the words fell, there was movement at the door.

Zhang Sui is a taciturn young man, although his appearance is not good, but because he was born in Leizhou Wei, he has a kind of masculinity on his body, and his eyes are somewhat stern.

It was raining again just now, so I put away the oil-paper umbrella at the door, and then I came over and nodded slightly to the five people present, and said with warmth on my frosty face: "Brothers, please wait for a long time. Already!"

"We also just arrived not long ago!" Xu Hong said politely, and greeted shopkeeper Zhang to serve the dishes.

Since everyone was already hungry, they ate unceremoniously, and no one deliberately pretended to be gentle, perhaps this is the so-called congenial taste.

Gao Kui and Xu Hong were naturally very happy to be able to stay in Beijing, so they both had good appetites.

It is not bad for Yang Kuan and others to go out, especially the three of them were originally failed candidates, but now they are serving as county magistrates or promotion officials, and the places they go to are not bad, so they are also in a very happy mood.

It's just that when everyone looked up and saw Zhang Sui at the same table, they couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Obviously his grades are so good, and he performed excellently in cleaning up the books this time, but who would have thought that he would be sent out to Liaodong as a small supervisory censor.

If he didn't eat that grass carp, he would at least be in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice now, and he would be a Beijing official that everyone envies. It's a pity...

While Zhang Sui was eating tofu, he suddenly noticed that Gao Kui had been staring at him, mistakenly thinking that there were grains of rice on his face, so he reached out and touched his face.

It's just that after he touched it twice, he found that there was nothing on his face at all, so he couldn't help asking in confusion: "Gao Kui, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh? It's okay, I just lost my mind!" Gao Kui didn't want to do something to expose people's scars, so he lowered his head and continued to eat.

Zhang Sui continued to eat, but soon noticed that Xu Hong and Hai Kuan were looking at him strangely, so he raised his chopsticks and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Gao Kui exchanged glances with everyone, and seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, he said bluntly, "Zhang Sui, we already know that you have been appointed by the Ministry of Officials to serve as the supervisory censor of Liaodong!"

"Yes, I forgot to say, I was arranged by the Ministry of Officials to Liaodong, so I will leave for Liaodong tomorrow, and I would like to say goodbye to you brothers and sisters!" Zhang Sui reacted immediately, picked up the wine glass on the table and said .

This……

Gao Kui and the others couldn't help being slightly taken aback, but after exchanging glances, they raised their wine glasses one after another.

Now the Ministry of Officials has arranged official positions for them. In fact, Hai Kuan and the other three planned to leave tomorrow, but they didn't expect Zhang Sui to be the most free-spirited one.

After Gao Kui finished drinking, he finally couldn't help asking: "Zhang Sui, you...are you unwilling to accept this arrangement from the Ministry of Officials?"

"This arrangement is quite good, why should I be unwilling?" Zhang Sui put down his wine glass and asked in confusion.

Gao Kui saw that Zhang Sui really looked like a normal person, and thought that the other party was looking away, so he nodded lightly: "Okay! It's a good thing you can think so!"

"Yes, a man can bend and stretch, I believe that gold will always shine!"

"Brother Zhang, if you are greedy in the future, I promise to let you eat fish to your heart's content!"

"Zhang Shi, if you want to eat grass carp in the future, I will cook for you myself, but...you have to think twice before doing anything!"

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Xu Hong and the others saw that Zhang Sui had dismissed the matter and accepted the court's unfair arrangement, so they made promises one after another.

Seeing how weird these people were, Zhang Sui couldn't help but shook his head secretly, and raised his wine glass to persuade him: "Tomorrow we will go our separate ways. I wish you all to use your strengths and serve the country faithfully!"

"Serve the country with loyalty!" Xu Hong and others also raised their wine glasses in response.

Since Zhang Sui could afford to put it down, the drink was quite enjoyable, while Weng Peng sang Chaoshan ditties and Hai Kuan sang Qiongzhou folk songs.

When he was almost drunk, Xu Hong took out his twenty cloth tickets, took them in front of Zhang Sui, and said, "I don't have much money in the capital, so I give these twenty cloth tickets to you!"

"No need!" Zhang Sui shook his head slightly when he saw the cloth ticket being pushed over.

Knowing that Zhang Sui must be "specially taken care of" by the household department, Xu Hong deliberately said with a straight face, "It's too little for you to refuse!"

"No need, the Ministry of Households will give me five hundred cloth tickets this time!" Zhang Sui shook his head seriously, appearing to speak surprisingly authentically.

(End of this chapter)