My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 47 Du Branch

"The ministers respectfully invite Shengan."

"Slave, please wait to see your Majesty."

After receiving the news that the beheading had been completed, Zhu Youxiao threw Journey to the West aside and prepared for the next court meeting.

I mentioned a court meeting, but I didn’t say a big court meeting.

A small court meeting is also a court meeting.

Looking at the courtiers who were a little more reserved than usual, Zhu Youxiao showed a sneer on his lips.

Do you really think he is easy to bully?

What is the court discussion of the Ming Dynasty?

The court discussions in the Ming Dynasty were divided into two stages.

Before the Tumu Fort Incident, who dared to sit in the court and beep blindly?

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji didn't know how to kill people.

When the Tumubao Incident occurred, in the 14th year of Zhengtong, the Meridian Gate Massacre occurred. In front of Zhu Qiyu, the king of the country, the courtiers hammered to death Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and three other people including Wang Zhen and his party. Since then, the court discussion has It became the domain of courtiers.

Later, it is said that during the Hongzhi period, Li Mengyang took the golden melon hammer from the guard and beat Zhang Heling, Hongzhi's brother-in-law. (I don’t know if this is true or not)
But now, Zhu Youxiao killed two traitorous ministers by beheading them alive in front of the Wenhua Palace, just to tell these courtiers.

Look how many brains you have, enough to bully me when I'm young.

"Be flat."

He waved his hand and signaled everyone to get up.

Then, these people were divided into departments, inner and outer courts, and lined up in two lines in the venue.

"The first thing is, let's discuss the matter of allocating funds from the internal funds to the newly established accounting yamen."

Zhu Youxiao's opening sentence set the tone for this court discussion.

"Your Majesty, the Book of Songs says that the Jing River is turbid and the Wei River is turbid. This means that the Jing River is turbid when compared with the Wei River. Although the ministers in the outer court occasionally have bad deeds, they appear like Feng Shui. , Those who care about two people are in the minority after all."

"The eunuchs in the inner court have a lot of misdeeds. For example, the late emperor sent Gao Huai to mine and collect taxes in Liaodong. However, his minion Liao Guotai changed violently when he abused the people. He falsely accused and arrested dozens of people. He falsely accused Ma Lin, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and He deducted monthly rations from the sergeants, which caused the garrison troops in the former garrison, Jinzhou, Songshan and other places to make noises. He himself fled back to the capital and falsely accused Wang Bangcai, his colleague, and Li Huoyang, the general, and stirred up chaos in the Liao Dynasty."

"Based on the lessons learned from this experience, I believe that we should not send internal servants to the outer court. We should be more clear-cut."

The first one to stand up was Yuan Yingtai, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry.

He was the former governor of Liaodong, and he still had a lot of say in Liaodong affairs.

Of course, Yuan Yingtai is telling the truth.

But it offended all four big people present.

Can the Gaohuai rebellion against the Liao Dynasty be discussed in this kind of situation?
Sure enough, after hearing his words, Wang Yongguang, another servant of the Ministry of Works, turned his head and looked at him, with a look of amazement in his eyes.

You who came back from Liaodong are different, you are so panicked.

Don’t you know why you returned to Beijing?

How dare you offend the eunuchs of the inner court at this time?
Don't be afraid of people wearing small shoes for you.

"Shilang Yuan said this as if we are all like that traitor Gao Huai."

Sure enough, even Liu Shimin, who usually kept his expression to himself, was a little angry.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has specially ordered the inner court to build Yanggong Village to give disabled people like us a place to go when we grow old. Who would want to be greedy?"

"Your Majesty, I think it's time to settle the accounts of the outer court."

As soon as Liu Shimin finished speaking, the former eunuch who was in charge of internal finance was now the eunuch who was in charge of internal finance, Yang Chengxiu.

"Since the defeat of Saarhu, all parts of Liaodong have been asking for money and food. Before the death of Emperor Shenzu, he lamented the state affairs and specially allocated 1000 yuan of internal money to fund the state. However, Liaodong still submitted a letter saying that Liaodong was exhausted and asked the court to issue Food and salary, and what is more, the 1000 million taels of silver collected by Gaohuai must be repaid from internal funds to appease the people of Liaodong. Since Yuan Shilang said that we eunuchs have caused chaos in Liaodong, then please tell Yuan Shilang, we are How did you collect [-] million taels from Liaodong?"

Yuan Yingtai suddenly panicked when he was retorted by two eunuchs.

"His Majesty."

Just when Yuan Yingtai was panicking, Zhang Heming, the Minister of War, stepped forward to rescue him.

"If we set up another yamen for accounting, I'm worried that it will make the ministry's affairs more complicated, and it may delay the Liaodong war."

"Oh? I'm worried about delaying the war in Liaodong."

At this time, it was Wei Zhongxian who got Liu Shimin's signal and spoke out.

"How did I hear that the Ministry of War was robbed?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, everyone including Zhu Youxiao looked at him.

"A bunch of nonsense."

Hearing this, Zhang Heming shouted.

"My Ministry of War is in charge of the five-city Army and Horse Department. If the Ministry of War is robbed, there are still several places in the capital that are safe." "It is easy to guard against outside thieves, but it is difficult to guard against this thief."

After hearing Zhang Heming's words, Wei Zhongxian sneered.

"Your Ministry of War opened its office today, didn't you realize that there is a missing person in charge?"

As Wei Zhongxian spoke, he took out a ten-tael ingot of standard Jinhuaku silver from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

"Last night, after my inspection of Fusi, Beizhen, I passed by the Yamen of the Ministry of War and caught a suspicious-looking man with ten ingots of silver. Out of curiosity, he took him back to Dongchang for questioning. He actually said that he was here to return it. Reward with silver."

"you!"

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhang Heming and Han Xu suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

The missing head of the Ministry of War was from Donglin. After listening to Han Xu's words, he went to return the silver reward.

"Has it been verified?"

Hearing that Wei Zhongxian had caught a thief from the Ministry of War, Zhu Youxiao turned around and asked.

"Go back to the emperor."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately cupped his hands and said.

"He was caught at the back door of the Ministry of War's Yamen with treasury money in his possession. The servants didn't even use punishment, so he did it all."

"It seems that there is also a thief in the outer court."

After hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was almost done.

"Then the matter is settled."

"The Du Branch Department was re-established to be in charge of accounting, military affairs, and financial affairs, as well as warehouse management."

"Suppose there is one person who is the chief minister, and the second rank is the chief minister."

"There is one supervisor, from the third rank, who is appointed by the inner court."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.

This is not about cleaning up the accounts. It is directly removing half of the powers and responsibilities of the Account Department.

The emperor is really good at this skill.

Selling dog meat for sale.

"His Majesty."

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe had to stand up at this time.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of money and food. This has been the case since ancient times. The Duzhi Division has always been under the Ministry of Household Affairs and should not be split."

"Shouldn't they be separated? Do you think I can be bullied when I'm young?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned and asked in a deep voice.

"There are thieves in the Ministry of War, and there are probably more thieves in the Ministry of Household Affairs. If we don't separate the investigation, are we leaving moths to eat up my Ming Dynasty?"

"I am frightened."

Originally, he had been frightened a lot today. After being so frightened, Fang Congzhe was frightened on the spot and did not dare to speak anymore.

As the protagonist, Li Ruhua, the Minister of Household Affairs, said that it is none of my business.

He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli and had been an official for 40 years. He was too old to work anymore. Wanli forced him to stay, okay?

He has decided that he will write a letter to become an official when he returns home in the morning, and what happens next has nothing to do with him.

Seeing that no one was talking anymore, Zhu Youxiao looked at Bi Ziyan and said.

"Bi Aiqing, last time I asked you to calculate the salaries of officials in the capital, how was it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I and the three of you have completed the overall planning. Please take a look at it."

Knowing that the emperor was going to use this thing today, Bi Ziyan kept the memorial in his sleeve.

When the emperor mentioned it, Bi Ziyan took it out from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch who came down.

After taking the memorial, Zhu Youxiao did not read it in a hurry, but continued.

"Bi Aiqing is proficient in accounting, so you can be the Chief Minister of Duzhi."

"I thank Your Majesty for your great kindness."

Hearing this, Bi Ziyan quickly came out to express his gratitude.

"Give me all the accounts of Ming Dynasty's expenses as soon as possible."

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