Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

epydz (Because Wuchang is only the place of the Huaxia Dynasty, not the capital in the true sense, Zheng Kezang did not attempt to build a palace city in the city. The Changqing Palace, which was converted from the Qinghuguang Governor's Yamen, is actually just an office for handling internal and external political affairs. Welcome to read. It's just that the Phoenix Mountain Palace has not yet been built, so Zheng Kezang and his concubines can only temporarily live in Changqing Palace However, this environment does not feel too cramped for Zheng Kezang and Chen Xianqiao who are used to Anping Castle.

On this day, in the South Study Room at the southeast corner of Changqin Palace, Ji Bo, the minister in charge of the branch of the inner court, respectfully presented a thick bundle of texts to Zheng Kezang: "My lord, this is the list of rewards from the inner court during the New Year's Eve." , please take a look at the Holy One"""

The Minister of the Interior refers to the minister who can intervene or control the duties of the inner court. Although there is only one word difference from the cabinet minister who is the deputy prime minister, the status is very different. This is because the position of the Minister of the Interior can be different, part-time or part-time. Full-time, or simply the title of ministers and senior officials, so the position of inner minister itself has no so-called grade, and the key to distinguishing the status of inner ministers depends on their official rank

The reason for such an arrangement is mainly to suppress the possible situation of eunuchs and court female officials arbitrating power, and there are so many ministers, it is naturally impossible to collude to deceive the emperor. You can also easily use the hands of other ministers to lift it up

Of course, in addition to the position of Minister of Internal Affairs, the establishment of the internal court after Huaxia was established is also slightly different from that of Zheng Fan's era, that is, on the basis of the original internal court manager's office, internal servants, maids, maids, and internal warehouses, a department responsible for budgeting and auditing was added. The branch office is used to check and balance the manager office with too much power. In addition, the guard office, which was originally only in charge of the retinue, has also been expanded into five units including the first door guard and the second door guard.

Seeing that Zheng Kezang picked it up to read, Ji Bo explained softly: "The list of rewards includes officials of the fourth rank and above outside Beijing Liu, the ministers of the sub-provinces, the ministers of the Bute Academy, the senior officials, and the list of rewards for the hundreds of officials and women have been submitted. Give it to the empress"

"It's not easy to live in the capital," Zheng Kezang said while nodding.

It’s a matter of course to worry about it. The list of rewards is easy to make, but the rewards are very cumbersome. Different treatment should be given according to different grades. It’s not a one-size-fits-all solution

For example, for officials of the fifth rank and below, due to the low salary in ordinary times, the annual rewards are mainly raw meat, cotton cloth, coal, oil, salt, sugar and rice, etc.; High, so the New Year's Day rewards can be given to high-value items such as imperial kiln porcelain and silk for imperial offerings; outside the clan, the nobles and ministers of the Bute Academy, the ministers of the Bute Academy, and the veterans are given commemorative items such as gifts and characters.

As for Chen Xianqiao, it's another way to reward female relatives.

Fortunately, most of these things are operated or produced by the manager's office. It can be regarded as Zheng Kezang's own pocket to give to the officials. Otherwise, if it is counted in the imperial budget, I am afraid that the cabinet and Duzhi Yamen will not even have the mind to cry. This is why Zheng Kezang wanted to encircle the Huangzhuang property, otherwise he would not be able to get the money, but Zheng Kezang was not as good at money as the former Ming Dynasty and the Qing court in the north. He knew how Make money, and know how to spend money to appease officials

"Good job," Zheng Kezang praised after reviewing the entire list, and then asked with some doubts, "I remember asking the Zhidu Department to make a budget and give a set of cotton coats and a pair of cotton shoes to the students of Wuchang Taixue , why, didn’t you make a list?”

Ji Bo replied: "Returning to the emperor, I thought that if clothes and shoes were given to the students of Wuchang Taixue, would the Taixues in each province want to reward them? If Wuchang is only given to one place, but not to spread all over the world, I am afraid that I will favor one over another. Said, if there are sages and sages, if all the provinces are bestowed by the imperial schools, then should the prefectures and county schools be given? The Zhidu Office felt that this matter was important and did not dare to specialize in it, so it was not included in the details of the specific rewards. "

Zheng Kezang was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled: "So that's the case, Qing is trying to persuade me, but there may be some reason, it's because I'm too casual, that's right, the students of the third class are all prepared officials, so you can't treat one more favorably than another Forget it, anyway, Yi and others have not officially entered the official position, so let’s exclude them from the list of rewards for the time being.”

Bo Ji didn't care to wipe off the cold sweat from his head, leaned over and said: "Holy Majesty, Holy Ming!"

Zheng Kezang was about to wave his hand to make him stand up, when a servant said outside the study, "I would like to report to the emperor, the empress sent someone to say that it is getting late, please invite the emperor to have a meal."

Having dinner with the concubine is a rule set by Zheng Kezang himself. Being away all year round, he likes the feeling of family gathering together for dinner, so this time is no exception. When he heard that Chen Xianqiao sent someone to remind him Please, Dang even stood up from behind the case: "Ji Qing, kneel down if you have nothing to do."

Uncle Ji knew how to be interesting, so he kowtowed and retreated immediately, and was led out of the palace by his servants. After that, Zheng Kezang also left the South Study Room. As soon as the dining hall saw Zheng Kezang coming in, Chen Xianqiao, who had been waiting for a long time, brought all the girls to kneel down to meet him. Zheng Kezang ordered everyone to stand up, and then sat down one by one

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