Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 244: Surprised

"Counsellor Fan, regarding the lawsuit between the Ministry of Revenue and the Shuntian Government Office, another memorial has been forwarded from the Supervisor of Rites."

In the south study room, Chen Mingyu took several memorials and came to Counselor Fan Jingwen. He raised his hands and bowed and said: "The few memorials submitted by the Ministry of Revenue are no different from the past. They still emphasize that the customs is under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. Chongwen Although the Customs and Excise Department has some powers and is subordinate to the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, the style of the Shuntian Prefecture Yin..."

"It seems that my previous trip to the Ministry of Finance was in vain."

Fan Jingwen, who was busy at his desk, put down the memorial in his hand and said with a wry smile: "Now that I hear about this lawsuit, I feel a headache."

As soon as these words came out, the counselors Dong Yingju, Shi Bangyao, and Han Yiliang who were in the official room all raised their heads and looked at Fan Jingwen who was smiling bitterly.

They are aware of this matter.

Although they are not responsible for this matter, the change of the Chongwenmen Customs Customs, well, to be more precise, is probably because of some things, which caused the ownership of the customs to be temporarily taken over by the Shuntian Prefecture Office according to a decree issued by the emperor. With rectification, there will be many changes, and even more taxes and money will be collected.

Just because of the rectification of the Chongwen Gate Customs, Shuntian Prefecture Yin Sun Chuanting offended a large number of people, including the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities, Wanping and Daxing and Guojing County, and inspected everywhere, even the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen...

After all, the customs office controls the import and export of all parts of the capital. The amount of oil and gas is surprisingly large, not to mention smuggled salt, tea, sugar and other items. This incidentally offended some people behind the scenes. Their identities and origins are different. It's clear, but it must be someone with a good reputation in the capital, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do such a thing.

The Shuntian government office took over the rectification of the Chongwenmen customs. The most damaging move was to set new rules for random inspections. If you don't check your return, you won't be checked. If you want to fool the customs declaration, you can do it, but don't do it during random inspections. If you are caught, you will be arrested, sorry, the goods will be confiscated, and you will have to pay a heavy fine.

When this new rule was first set, someone secretly scolded Sun Chuanting for being stupid. Just bribe the tax collectors and tax collectors in advance and have good dealings with them. By the time you wanted to do a random inspection, the news would have been leaked.

There are actually people who do this.

The results of it?
Not only were the people imprisoned in the Shuntian Mansion Prison, the goods were confiscated, and heavy fines had to be paid, as for the tax officials and tax collectors who had been bribed, they were all dismissed from their posts and arrested by the Jinyiwei people.

This made Sun Chuanting famous in one battle.

There are still many rectifications involving Chongwenmen Customs. Not only are they complicated, but the key is that there are many categories. This also makes Sun Chuanting busy every day. There are too many things to do in Shuntian Mansion, especially before the emperor's wedding. , Sun Chuanting slept less than three hours every day.

This is Zhu Youxiao's way of employing people.

Since I have put you in a key position and have no reservations about your trust, I will tell you all my thoughts. As for how to implement it, you have to rely on yourself. When it is time to support you, I will definitely give you support. You support me, but the errand must be done beautifully.

"Counsellor Fan, how should we deal with this matter?"

Feeling the gazes of other counselors, Chen Mingyu handed over the memorial he held and tentatively asked Fan Jingwen what he meant.

"Let's put it here first."

Fan Jingwen lifted up his robe sleeves, looked at Chen Mingyu and said, "I have my own opinion on this matter. By the way, I asked you to sort out all the banknote and work related matters. How is the progress now?"

"It's still being sorted out."

Chen Mingyu hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "The input, taxation, tax items, deportation, etc. of Chaoguan and Gongguan over the years are relatively complicated. I will go down to the official position..."

"Hold tight."

Fan Jingwen had a better attitude, "I know that this matter is complicated. There are many documents and memorials that need to be reviewed and dispatched. Each item must be approved, and your Majesty will read it in a few days."

"Your Majesty understands."

Chen Mingyu nodded in response.

The special design of the upper study room and the south study room allowed Zhu Youxiao, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to escape from the complicated documents. If he wanted to know something, just one sentence would have a group of people turning to it. This brought about The work efficiency is unimaginable by the civil servants in the outer court.

The characterization of the two study rooms is to act as a think tank. Powers such as final decision-making are firmly in Zhu Youxiao's hands.

This power cannot be delegated, otherwise as time goes by, the two study rooms will become a new party battleground, which is what Zhu Youxiao does not want to see.

It is precisely because of the clear positioning of the two studies that any previous disturbances or changes in the court did not have any impact on the two studies.

The people who work here are all doing their jobs carefully.

Because if you are involved in these situations, if you are caught or leak the secrets, once you are caught, you will not only be severely punished, but the key is never to be hired, and more seriously, your relatives will be harmed.

In such a high-pressure environment, it must be clear that all those who are released must take a big step forward in their career, otherwise who would do such hard work?
"Fan Jingwen!!"

The sound of a voice immediately changed the atmosphere in the peaceful Nan Study Room.

The emperor came to the south study in person.

"Sir wait..."

"Speak the truth!"

Arriving at the official rooms of the counselors and ministers in the South Study Room, Zhu Youxiao slammed the memorials he had taken onto the desk. This made Fan Jingwen, Dong Yingju, Shi Bangyao, and Han Yiliang, who were bowing in obeisance, all feel very nervous. The emperor was not the emperor before. I have never been to Nan Study Room in person, but it is rare to see someone behave like today.

"Look at the river troubles that Yang Lian rushed to Beijing."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe and sat down, stretched out his hand and said to Fan Jingwen and the others: "If it weren't for Yang Lian, I really wouldn't have known that there were so many tricks hidden in He Zheng!" Something happened.

After hearing what the emperor said, Fan Jingwen, Dong Yingju, Shi Bangyao, and Han Yiliang showed different expressions. Thinking of the current situation in the court, I am afraid that this matter is not a trivial matter.

Under Zhu Youxiao's gaze, Fan Jingwen lowered his head and stepped forward, holding the memorandum on the desk in his hands, while Dong Yingju and several others gathered around him. In and out, even if the imperial eunuch and Zhu Youxiao came to the two study rooms in person, they would all have to wait outside.

"This……"

Fan Jingwen and Dong Yingju were all surprised after reading the information about the river hazards delivered by Yang Lian, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"I didn't expect it."

Seeing the expressions of several people, Zhu Youxiao said with sharp eyes: "The river administration in Henan has become so corrupt. What Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and the others secretly investigated are completely different from what Yousi reported. Tell me, Who should I trust? The dams on the Yellow River have almost become a decoration! Who can tell me how much money the imperial grandfather spent on controlling floods in the Yellow River during his ascension to the throne?"

"Your Majesty."

Dong Yingju, who was responsible for sorting out all the river affairs, was sweating on his forehead at this moment. He raised his hands and bowed: "The specific amount has not been calculated yet, but based on the current sorting, I estimate that it is tens of millions taels..."

As he talked, Dong Yingju couldn't speak.

Needless to say, the Wanli Dynasty only spent a lot of money on the management of the Yellow River. In recent years, the court has also allocated money and food. Millions of taels cannot be pocketed, and tax exemptions and other matters are also involved. After all, Once floods in the Yellow River occur, the place will inevitably be unstable.

That's not even involving disaster relief.

If the river problems reported by Yang Lian were true, then Dong Yingju would have doubted whether the money and food allocated in the past were used to build river embankments to stabilize the river administration, or whether some people had embezzled them.

"Ten million taels?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and looked at the people in front of him, "Controlling the Yellow River has always been a priority for the imperial court. It can be said that it is repaired every year, but the result? The results are so unsatisfactory.

Major floods cannot be stopped, and people often say that they are rare in hundreds of years and rare in hundreds of years. Where is the court?Money and food are allocated again and again, but why is the river government still like this?
What I find even more ridiculous is that every time the autumn floods come, there are many sacrifices and prayers, pinning their hopes on illusory things. This magistrate of the Ming Dynasty must be too good to be! "

When Yang Lian and Zuo Guang fought against them, they caused a quarrel at the Meridian Gate, and were imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison. Zhu Youxiao deliberately spared their lives just to let them work and make swords. River politics is what Zhu Youxiao will inevitably do in the future. The areas of strict investigation must be gradually tightened even from the first year of Tianqi.

the reason is simple.

Natural disasters will occur frequently in the future, such as floods and droughts. If they cannot be effectively resolved, food production will be severely damaged, which will be a huge loss for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, river governance needs to be changed, and it needs to be greatly changed.

This field was poor in Ming Dynasty.

You don’t have to fish for it deliberately, you can get your hands on the oil and water.

If you fish for it deliberately, you can make a huge fortune.

Yang Lian and the others had gone to Henan before, but there had been no movement and no secret report had been submitted to the capital. Zhu Youxiao also wondered whether Yang Lian and the others were afraid.

Unexpectedly, when the civil servants in the outer court were staring at the vacant first and second ministers of the cabinet, and even causing ripples, Yang Lian's memorial came.

"Immediately gather people to copy this river disaster book. I will ask the officials in Beijing to get a copy!" Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone: "Everything that should be worried about should not be worried about. Things that should not be worried about , I am working harder than anyone else, and the Ming Dynasty’s official salary is not as good as this.”

"The ministers obey the order."

Everyone hurriedly bowed in response.

"Dong Yingju."

"Chen is here!"

Dong Yingju stepped forward.

"Take the people under your command and bring me the sorted memorials and documents to the cabinet." Zhu Youxiao lifted his robe and stood up, looked at Dong Yingju and said: "Tell those cabinet ministers to look at each one carefully and be serious. Look, when the cabinet is done, go to the Ministry of Industry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the Engineering Department, and just ask them where all the money and food went!"

"The minister leads the order."

Dong Yingju suppressed his surprise and hurriedly bowed his head in response.

Aren’t they all just looking for trouble?

OK!

Then go find it. Anyway, this mess is just there. If you are not in a hurry, I will be even less anxious. If Daming cannot save it, then none of you can escape.

Zhu Youxiao left the South Study Room with his head held high. He wanted to take a good look at how many hidden devastations the Ming Dynasty had...

(End of this chapter)