Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 43 A secret confrontation!

The dinner table.

Today is Su Guiyuan's first day at the Yamen, but there is no joy or laughter.

After a simple meal.

Su Guiyuan slowly told what happened today.

Although Su Xian thought that his father would probably be in trouble if he went to the Baochao Lifting Office, he didn't expect that the trouble would be so big?
  "Five million strings? The Ming Dynasty prints and issues twice a year. Father, the first time you go there, you have to print the first time?"

Su Guiyuan nodded, "That's right. Fortunately, you reminded me before, so my father suppressed Cui Jin and did not print it."

"Otherwise, if the Holy Spirit tracks it down, I'm afraid the catastrophe we just suffered will come again..."

Su Xian nodded.

Su Guiyuan was hesitant to speak, because he only said half of what he said.

He didn't tell the story about going to Guo Hanwen's house, not because he wanted to hide it, but because he didn't know how to tell it.

"Was it also issued at this time in previous years?"

Su Guiyuan nodded, "Before and after the two taxes every year, it is basically at this time. Five million banknotes are very much. Once the work starts, it will take at least half a month, or even a month."

Su Xian nodded.

Now is not the future, five million photos will be a matter of a few minutes.

Today's manpower needs to be printed one by one, and it must also be inspected, and some vague and unqualified ones must be eliminated.

just.

What Su Xian is more concerned about is not this matter.

But... He looked at Su Guiyuan strangely, and suddenly asked: "Is that what I really told you about the promotion? The approval document from the Ministry of Education has been up for a long time, waiting for His Majesty's seal to be stamped. So you guys Doesn’t it violate the charter to start work early?”

Su Guiyuan said: "That's what he said, but my father would not believe what he said. The water in this officialdom is too deep. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. Your father and I have so many years of experience in officialdom, even if we rely on Instinctively, I also know that I can never put this seal on myself.”

"Not to mention……"

Speaking of it.

Su Guiyuan seemed to have thought of something and had a solemn expression on his face. This was an expression that Su Xian had never seen before.

"In the past two years as a father, I have paid attention to the Baochao Lifting and Certification Department, and I am very clear about the purpose of setting it up during the pilgrimage."

"The treasure banknote lifting department is imitated by the various treasure banknote departments established in the previous dynasty."

"Printing and issuing banknotes, the officialdom will directly issue the banknotes to the people to replace gold, silver, and copper coins. Once successful, the government will seem to have inexhaustible money in the future."

While talking.

Su Guiyuan suddenly sighed: "But is there really inexhaustible money in the world?"

"Although your father and I have been in the Ministry of Accounts for many years, we have a deep understanding of the truth that the common people of this world know. When the Treasure Bank Note Raising Department was first established, the rules established were actually enough to alleviate the shortage of copper materials in various money bureaus. The problem."

"And be afraid of greed in everything!"

"In today's day alone, many people have said that the regulations are in vain. The treasure bank collection department is just our emperor's purse, and it is missing a replacement seal."

"The excess issuance in one year has already exceeded the previous limit of 10 million yuan!"

"Although I am not aware of the more detailed disadvantages, my intuition tells me that this matter is definitely not as simple as they say. There is no such thing in the world... that you can take advantage of everything."

"Printing and distributing money will have to be repaid!"

"Don't you understand, Your Majesty? I definitely do. It's just that the current situation forces us to do this."

"But as a father, I don't care, for myself, for you... I won't make the same mistake as Kongyin!"

When he said this, he showed a hint of surprise and a hint of ridiculousness, "Including the ambition to serve the country and the people that seemed ridiculous when I was studying for the first time, but was praised by the country gentleman... I will try it." Give it a try!”

“Incomplete procedures for all parties!”

"Then this case...can never be done by me!"

Uh……

Su Xian didn't expect that his father still had this idea.

but.

My father was a serious scholar. Although he was only a scholar, the enlightenment education of this era was "the principles of family and country, loyalty and filial piety" from an early age.

Being able to be that little ninth grader for five years is partly because he is unsophisticated, but also partly because he is not polluted by all kinds of officialdom...

Su Xian was thinking in his mind.

He is still thinking about asking his father to quickly sit down and see if his idea about the "new entry" is right.

and so.

He went through what his father said just now in his mind again.

Suddenly reminded: "What if... I mean what if... what if what Xiang Hu sent someone to tell you is true! The seal with the approval from the Ministry of Education will come out tomorrow?"

"Huh?" Su Guiyuan was stunned. He looked at Su Xian blankly, but before he could react, "What do you mean?"

"What else could it mean?"

Su Xian stroked his forehead and said helplessly: "Although the current court says that Prime Minister Hu is powerful..."

"But the Ming Dynasty has only one heaven, and that is the Holy One!"

"There is only one person in the Ming Dynasty who can really decide the public sealing of five million yuan, and that is the Holy One!"

"So..." Su Xian waved his hand, "This matter should be true!"

"what?"

A "clang" sound!
  Su Guiyuan stood up suddenly, the table shook, and the bowls fell to the ground.

He stood there in a daze, his whole mind confused at this moment.

It's been a long time.

He seemed to have just reacted and looked at Su Xian.

"Son, you...you mean, there is no danger here? Is it true what they said...then I...then I..."

Su Guiyuan asked several times, but he didn't know what to ask. In the end, he could only say something vague.

"Then why does Hu Xiang do this?"

now.

The mother looked at the broken bowl, sighed helplessly, stood up quickly, picked it up, and left.

Su Xian also took this opportunity to get up.

"There is definitely danger."

"As I said before, the seal is opened without complete procedures. This is the handle... Whether it is the approval document from the Ministry of Education or the Holy Seal, whether it comes tomorrow or immediately after you seal it... There’s no difference!”

"Stamping in advance means stamping in advance. If you really want to punish someone, you can be arrested and executed without any explanation, just like this case of empty seals!"

Su Guiyuan shuddered, and couldn't help asking again: "Then why did Hu Xiang do this?" "Why else?"

"If it were you, who had been running Zhongshu Province for so many years, and suddenly a minister was sent to you by imperial decree, what would you do?"

Su Guiyuan suddenly raised his head, "Testing?"

"Wrong! It's surrender!"

Su Xian shook his mind, thinking that it was now Hongwu's tenth year.

Perhaps some people in the entire court thought that Hu Weiyong had too much power, and sooner or later the Holy Father would have to free his hands to deal with it.

but.

No one would have thought that in the eyes of that emperor, what did the prime minister mean?
  What he wants to challenge... is the power of the prime minister that has been spread since the Spring and Autumn Period!
  As for the prophet of Chunjiang Plumbing Duck, Hu Weiyong is not a lamb to be slaughtered. After all these years, he has inherited the position of the founding hero Li Shanchang. How many nobles in Huaixi have an inseparable relationship with him?
  Also, since the abolition of the imperial examination, many officials in the officialdom today were promoted by him through some means.

With the staff in hand, officials can be promoted and transferred.

With the Yushitai in hand, you can impeach and supervise...

When did Zhu Yuanzhang come up with the idea of ​​abolishing Zhongshu Province? Su Xian didn't know.

But Su Xian knew that the last crazy idea was forced out step by step.

At least at the beginning.

The first left and right prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty were Xu Da and Li Shanchang.

It's just that Xu Da, to a certain extent, is on that stage. He is the leader of the military, and the balance is civil and military.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the country, to serve as Yushi Zhongcheng and Taishi Ling. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not make him the prime minister, ministers from the southern faction headed by him also balanced these Huaixi nobles among the hundreds of officials in the court.

However, under the power of Hu Weiyong, Liu Bowen was no match at all.

Hongwu died mysteriously in the eighth year of his reign.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Wang Guangyang, who was also the founding hero of the country.

It's just that Wang Guangyang also disappointed him. He entered the Zhongshu Province and did not check or balance Hu Weiyong. He also gave all the rights of the Right Prime Minister to the latter...

It was probably at this time that the crazy idea took root in his heart...

History books have written about how tragic the Hu Weiyong case was.

However, ordinary people don't know how many overt and covert conflicts there are.

But now it is obvious that with the conclusion of the Kongyin case, his father was placed in Zhongshu Province, but it was invisible and became a "test" between the imperial power and the prime minister.

Su Xian thought like this...

And Su Guiyuan has obviously reacted.

"Surrender? You mean, Hu Xiang wants to subdue me? Use me to deal with the Holy One?"

"Well, you're not that important yet."

Su Xian guessed: "But... Judging from His Majesty's fanatical desire to monopolize all power, including the power of money and food, it is very important who directly controls the Baochao Lifting Department."

"And now..."

Su Xian looked at his father. When he came back in despair, there were some things that he no longer needed to guess.

"If you don't put that seal, the only person you'll offend is the Prime Minister!"

"But if you listen to them and don't follow the procedures and stamp the big seal in advance, you will offend the Holy One!"

"Because he was the one who put you in the Treasure Bank Lifting Division. You don't have to listen to anyone in the world, but you must listen to His Majesty."

Hear this.

Su Guiyuan's body completely collapsed and he sat on the chair.

He never imagined that this was just his first day in office, so why were there so many twists and turns waiting for him?

He gasped for air, feeling wet with cold sweat all over his body.

now.

The moon was like water, and Su Guiyuan looked at the star-studded night sky, but his voice was low and hoarse.

"Son, you must have guessed, right? Today, my father went to Dr. Guo Hanwen's house again."

Su Xian also followed his father's gaze and said, "Yeah, I guessed it."

Su Guiyuan: "Huh?"

"Yesterday you made such a vow that you would let me go to study at Guozi. I reminded you before, and the rules you adhere to mean that one's nature is hard to change. After the Kongyin case, how could you possibly take any risks? ?”

Su Guiyuan lowered his head and sighed bitterly: "Xian'er, it's because your father is incompetent that you can't go to Guozi to study."

Su Xian turned around and smiled.

"Father underestimates me!"

"Without Guozixue, the situation in this capital and even the entire Ming Dynasty would still have changed because of me!"

Su Guiyuan seemed to be shocked by Su Xian's words.

He looked at Su Xian for a long time.

What flashed through my mind was the scene at Guo Hanwen's home.

"Brother Guo! If I get this seal today, if another murder occurs, do you think I can still live? I can still distinguish between my future and my life!"

"If my son really can't achieve success in the future, then he can stay at home and I will raise him!"

"It would be better if the whole family were to meet each other in the underworld after being frightened all day long!"

When he walked out with a wave of his sleeves, he also waved away his son's future.

From today on, if Mr. Hu is around, I am afraid that the Su family will not be able to live a good life in the Ming Dynasty.

"It's because my father... delayed my son!"

Listening to Su Guiyuan's self-blame.

Su Xian blinked and smiled, "Don't worry, they say there is gain only after loss."

"You rejected Hu Xiang! You threw away my future in school..."

"What's the matter, someone has to pick it up, right?"

Su Guiyuan looked at Su Xian blankly.

He couldn't react again.

"what?"

　Let’s try one chapter first.

　　It seems that the two chapters cannot be published together, otherwise the new book list will go crazy.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)