Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 663: The new minister is humane and worldly, and all the important ministers of the former dynasty have come to an end.
Wang Ao and Luo Hengxin came to the Nanjing Household Department, and the officials in the Household Department were busy and busy.

At this point, Wang Ao has no nostalgia anymore and just wants to finish the handover and go home early.

However, the two of them walked around for a long time, but could not find another Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so Wang Ao grabbed the doctor Wang Hu and asked: "Qingfu, where is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Where is the seal of the Ministry of Revenue?"

Wang Hu replied: "Yu Shangshu suffered from phlegm disease. He took leave yesterday and did not come. The seal of the Ministry of Revenue rests with Shangshu."

The two of them had no choice but to come to Yu Qian's house again.

Yu Qian managed to get up and walked into the main hall.

The guests and hosts sat down, and Wang Ao asked curiously: "Tingyi, I haven't seen you for a month, why are you so sick?"

Yu Qian smiled bitterly and said: "They are all old illnesses, but they get worse every year. In two years, I will be sixty."

Wang Ao smiled and said: "I am over 70 years old. This time I went to the capital to report on my work. With the grace of the Holy Spirit, I was allowed to serve as an official and return to my hometown to take care of myself.

Brother Yongshi is the new Minister of Household Affairs of Nanjing appointed by His Majesty. Tingyi, please give the seal to Brother Yongshi and have a good rest. "

Yu Qian was a little surprised when he heard this. Luo Hengxin was older than Wang Ao, so why was he suddenly sent to Nanjing to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Just when Yu Qian was about to ask, Yu Mian's wives and concubines came in to serve tea.

His wife Zhang served tea to Wang Ao, and his concubine Xiao served tea to Luo Hengxin.

Luo Hengxin stood up quickly, took the tea politely, sat down again, took a sip, and then took the initiative to explain: "Recently, the Holy Spirit is thoroughly investigating the case of Shanxi's treasury deficit.

Yu Shangshu, you also know that it is difficult to be an official in Shanxi. When you were appointed as the governor of Shanxi, you filled the treasury of Shanxi management, the soldiers and armor were in order, and they were as solid as gold, and were praised by all the people.

When you were imprisoned by the orthodox emperor, thousands of people in Shanxi and Henan, from the vassal kings, officials and gentry to ordinary people, petitioned the court to stay in office.

I can't do it. I really can't continue to be the governor of Datong. The treasury is in short supply and the civil engineering has changed.In the past few years, I have repeatedly impeached local officials and made up for the deficit in the treasury.

This offended people, and Shanxi people from top to bottom already hate me.

The Holy Spirit saw that I was really old and pitiful, so he ordered me to be appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing.After two years, it can be regarded as the utmost benevolence and righteousness to move from the original official position to the official position and retain preferential treatment and dignity. "

At Luo Hengxin's seniority, he has matured into a mature man. He is tactful and flexible in his words and deeds without revealing anything.

Yu Qian coughed a few times, then made the handover, and took out the large seal of the Ministry of Revenue and handed it to Luo Hengxin.

Finally, Yu Qian gave another instruction: "Now that the war against Japan has reached a critical moment, the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for providing food and grass. If the tax revenue is too high, the people can't bear it. If the tax revenue is too low, there will be a shortage of military supplies. How to control the balance? In the future, Mr. Luo It's up to you to decide.

With my body, I have to submit a letter to ask for a job. "

Wang Ao and Luo Hengxin said a few more words of relief, then said goodbye and left.

After leaving the Yu Mansion, Luo Hengxin held the big seal and sighed: "I have been an official for decades, and at the end of the day, I am still a minister. It is really a blessing from God.

It's just that the political situation is turbulent. If I work for two or three more years to repay the emperor's favor, it's time for me to go home and enjoy the blessings of two years. "

Wang Ao shook his head: "We, the older generation, are all leaving the court. There are talents from generation to generation, and soon it will be the era of the people who are 50 or [-] years old."

The two of them sighed about life while completing the official handover with the household department.

From then on, Wang Ao returned to his hometown as an official and completely withdrew from the court.The first thing Luo Xiangxin did after taking office was to strengthen military supplies for the Japanese and Ming forces.

……

On May [-], Zhu Qiyu was bedridden again.

Yesterday, when I took Jinshi Enke to visit the Shangshengxian Palace, Zhu Qiyu somehow got into the mood and told everyone about useful information for two whole hours.

The original lecture turned into an impromptu speech. After eating the pie drawn by the emperor, Enke's Jinshi were so inspired that they wanted to show off their skills and talents.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the couch and patted his left and right shoulders: "My beloved, come and give me a shoulder squeeze. I was very tired yesterday. I spent more than two hours riding back and forth in a chariot. I spent another two hours meeting Enke Jinshi. It’s been a long time. I haven’t worked so hard for a long time.”

Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang waited on each other: "Why was my husband so happy yesterday? In your own words, the more we chatted, the happier we became. Zhu Wenfang was stunned for a moment."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Who knows, before I knew it, I entered a mysterious and mysterious state. Let Zhu Wenfang learn from it. I teach by words and deeds. In the future, when he becomes the emperor, he will also have to receive Jinshi in this way.

Although Jinshi are all disciples of your emperor, you still have to maintain the relationship and win over your feelings.

Forget it, you, a mother-in-law, are better at winning over people than I am. You can teach me slowly later, while I only spend three days fishing and two days drying nets. "

Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband is really good at exploiting people. Every slave is put to the best use in your hands, and the arrangements are clear."

Zhu Qiyu was dissatisfied when he heard this: "This is a big fallacy. Please tell me first who is exploiting whom. You were the only one who asked for it three times last night, otherwise you would just have to brag to Enke Jinshi." Bragging, am I as sore as I am now?"

Lin Xiangyu blushed and replied: "I have to squeeze you clean, so that my husband will not think about choosing a concubine every day."

Zhu Qiyu asked helplessly: "Do you have anything to do today and tomorrow? I want to sleep at home and recharge my batteries."

Qianxue replied: "The day after tomorrow is the Queen Mother's birthday, and the Ministry of Rites routinely inquires about the etiquette of congratulations to the officials and the married woman."

"Then let's go together tomorrow to ask the Queen Mother for instructions. The Ministry of Etiquette goes through this set of hypocritical procedures every year.

They are tired, and so are we.Everyone really hates each other, but no one can kill the other. "

Qianxue said with a smile: "No one can kill anyone. My husband has forgotten that when Emperor Gongrang rebelled in the capital, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were almost killed."

Zhu Qiyu smiled sheepishly: "People change. I am much kinder now and not as cruel as I used to be. Now I don't want to kill them if I can. At most, I can persuade them to become officials with good words. Only those who are really unwilling Only if they are decent, I will make an exception and give them a ride."

Hearing this, Qianxue took out a memorial and handed it over: "Husband, look, this is from Nanjing. Yu Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue has a phlegm disease and requests to be appointed to the official position."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Okay, let Yu Shangshu go home to recuperate for two years, and then come back after he recovers."

Qianxue asked again: "The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Nian Fu, wrote to ask for instructions. Fujian and Zhejiang provinces have made preparations. Should we open Yuegang as a pilot first, or should Quanzhou and other ports also be opened? How will commercial taxes be collected?"

"Let's open up everything. We won't collect business taxes for now. Let's trade freely."

"free trade?"

Zhu Qiyu confirmed: "Yes, it is free trade. Collecting those useless taxes is tiring and annoying. I have other ways to plunder wealth, so I don't have to compete with commercial taxes.

Anyway, once the maritime ban is lifted, Ming Dynasty will definitely become a country where silver and various materials flow into the country. Just think of it as fattening pigs and slaughter them when future emperors have no money. "

(End of this chapter)