Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 256

In the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful person was undoubtedly Zhu Youjian, because he was the emperor, and he held personnel and financial power in his hands.

It's a pity that because the country has no money, the financial power that can give full play to the right to speak has not allowed Zhu Youjian to play a big role, which makes Zhu Youjian often not so rigid when speaking.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian firmly held the power of personnel in his hands, which prevented him from losing the power of the emperor.

However, for the emperor who wanted to revitalize Daming, Zhu Youjian did not use his personnel power well.

Knowing people is not clear, Zhu Youjian can't see who is a capable person, and those who are reused are often mediocre.

Employers are suspicious, and when subordinates do things, they can only act cautiously, and dare not have any flexible ideas at all.

In fact, when Zhu Youjian used his personnel power, he was mostly playing political tricks. The transfer of Governor Wu to Beijing this time was actually a trick played by Zhu Youjian.

Hubu Zuo Shilang is not higher than the governor in terms of rank. Although Hubu Zuo Shilang (deputy minister) is a Beijing official and sounds famous, his actual power cannot be compared with the feudal official who is in charge of one party's affairs.

In particular, a provincial-level governor like the governor of Henan, who is in charge of the military and administration of a province, has much more actual power in his hands than the left minister of the household department.

Of course, the Zuo Shilang of the household department is by no means a display. When it comes to matters related to the household department, the governor must also obey the orders of the left servant.In addition, the left servant of the household department has the opportunity to enter the cabinet, but it is impossible for the governor to enter the cabinet.

But the current situation in the cabinet is very complicated. Wen Tiren is trying every means to suppress Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Yanru's position as chief assistant is not stable.

If Zhou Yanru stepped down, the position of chief assistant would be taken over by Wen Tiren, the second assistant. Governor Wu was promoted by Zhou Yanru. With Wen Tiren's character, Governor Wu would never be allowed to enter the cabinet, nor would he be reused.

Therefore, Governor Wu's entry into Beijing, although it can't be said that he will rise up and fall down secretly, but it is obvious that he will not have any future.

Zhu Youjian's mind is all about politics, how can he not be clear about the power struggle in the court?

There is only one purpose for governor Wu to go to Beijing, to stay away from Li Jing.

Li Jing stayed in Henan for disaster relief for several months, and had a close relationship with Governor Wu. The disaster relief received the full cooperation of officials from all over Henan, which was unimaginable to Zhu Youjian.

When did the officials of the Ming Dynasty be able to do things like this?Cooperating with Li Jing in this way, if you say that you didn't take advantage of Li Jing, you wouldn't believe it if you killed Zhu Youjian.

However, these officials for disaster relief this time are all meritorious persons, and it is unjustifiable not to reward them. Naturally, these people cannot be demoted because of suspicion.

So Zhu Youjian thought of a way to transfer some officials away, change a group of Henan officials, and replace some people who have no intersection with Li Jing as local officials.

The method Zhu Youjian adopted was indeed a clever move for Li Jing, but it was obviously not very clever for Daming.

Governor Wu has accumulated a very high reputation in Henan during the disaster relief process. It can be said that the people in Henan obeyed Governor Wu's order. This is the critical time for the reconstruction of the disaster area. Transferring away is basically the same as self-destructing the Great Wall.

The actual situation is indeed the same. The new governor Yuan Mo almost completely abandoned the practice of Governor Wu, only knowing to force the victims to do things.

Some of the victims were overwhelmed and fled one after another, and many people gathered in the mountains and forests to rebel. The good situation of Henan's reconstruction was basically destroyed.

In fact, such a result has something to do with Li Jing.

After Governor Wu was transferred away, Li Jing would naturally not allocate money and food for officials in Henan. Yuan Mo could not do anything without money, so he could only resort to high-pressure methods.

Zhu Youjian was not ignorant of the situation in Henan. He knew very well that it was because Li Jing was angry that he had transferred many officials from Henan, so he cut off Henan's financial resources and gave himself a wink.

Naturally, Zhu Youjian would not see Henan getting more and more chaotic, so he had to order money and food to be shipped to Henan, but the treasury was empty, and there was no money left to help the victims. Take out 50 taels of money to go to Henan.

But at this moment, the rogue bandits in Hebei rampantly rebelled, and the officers and soldiers suffered repeated defeats. Zhu Youjian ordered to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits, but he had no money to pay, so he had to take out the rest of his internal funds and appease the soldiers first.

With no money in hand, the position of the emperor is really difficult to do, so I had to ask Li Jing for help, and asked Li Jing to find a way to hand over the salt class for the second half of the year to him.

Considering that sending an ordinary eunuch would be ineffective, Wang Chengen just wanted to see how Li Jing handled the salt administration in Pingyang Mansion, so he sent Wang Chengen over.

To be honest, Wang Chengen was not very comfortable that Zhu Youjian sent him such an errand.

In Wang Chengen's view, Zhu Youjian really shouldn't treat Li Jing like this. What does he take Li Jing for?Chamber pot?When I was in a hurry to urinate, I grabbed the chamber pot, and it was very convenient. After urinating, I felt comfortable and kicked the person away.

Now I'm panicked again, and I think of others again?Even if you are the emperor, you can't do this, right?

But there is nothing to say about Wang Chengen's loyalty to Zhu Youjian. Even if he doesn't want to, he has to bite the bullet and come here. Besides, Wang Chengen really wants to meet Li Jing and see what kind of person Li Jing is.

Wang Chengen was well aware of Li Jing's temptation, so no matter how unreasonable the place Li Jing received, he could only pretend that he didn't know.

But Li Jing explained to him personally, he naturally had to say a few words to comfort him, and at the same time he had to say a few good words for Zhu Youjian.

But Wang Chengen could tell that Li Jing didn't care whether he was promoted or not.

It's no wonder that although Zhu Youjian regards Li Jing as a chamber pot, it actually depends on Li Jing's attitude. Zhu Youjian has nothing to do with Li Jing.

In addition, there is nothing wrong with Zhu Youjian's defense against Li Jingyuan, and these methods did not hurt Li Jing, but made the country's situation even more chaotic.

Listening to Wang Chengen's explanation for the emperor, Li Jing smiled and said: "My lord, the emperor's difficulties will never be known, and the last time I didn't deal with the general, the general is already very grateful."

Hearing Li Jingyan's insincere words, Wang Chengen smiled and said: "General Li is dedicated to the country, our family knows it, and the emperor also knows it. Our family does not play around with General Li. This time, the emperor asked our family to come to Pingyang Mansion to do it." Two things, one is to hope that General Li can hand over the 50 taels of salt to the emperor in the second half of the year, and the other is to hope that General Li can cooperate with Cao Zongbing to quickly dispatch troops to wipe out the bandits in Zezhou, and then send troops eastward. Pacify the rogue bandits in Hebei. If General Li can do the latter, our family will recommend General Li as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi in front of the emperor."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Grandpa Wang, to be honest, the emperor will do these two things if he says it is easy to do, and if he says it is difficult to do, it is also difficult to do."

Wang Chengen thought to himself, this is a condition.

Smiling, Wang Cheng'en said, "I would like to hear the details."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Let me first talk about why the salt class is difficult. Wang Gonggong, last summer, it rained for months in Pingyang Prefecture, and the salt factory stopped working for a long time, resulting in a serious shortage of salt. Now I still owe a lot of salt to the salt merchants." It has not been delivered. The general cannot ask the salt merchant to hand over the money now, can he? Merchants must be honest in doing business, and the government must be honest with the merchant. Therefore, the final will not do such a dishonest thing .”

Wang Chengen nodded slightly upon hearing this.

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "It's easy to do, someone from Li can give the money to the emperor first, but I want to ask the prince, if I personally advance the money, there must be something to say?"

Seeing Wang Chengen nodded and said nothing, Li Jing smiled and said: "Eunuch Wang should be very clear that there are tens of thousands of soldiers under Li, and the emperor has always been suspicious of Li because of these soldiers. Therefore, the emperor wanted to take these soldiers away from Li, but he did not The reason why you want to leave. The prince should understand the reason. I would like to ask the prince to ask the emperor. If these soldiers are considered to be Li’s private soldiers, then it is only natural for Li to pay for them. If they are not counted as Li’s private soldiers, Then please ask the emperor to allocate the military salary as soon as possible."

Wang Chengen was startled. Li Jing knew that the emperor had no money, so he asked the emperor to pay the military salary. This was forcing the emperor to admit that these soldiers belonged to Li Jing. If the emperor did not want to pay, he had to admit that these soldiers were Li Jing's private soldiers. I can no longer talk about Li Jing's private soldiers.

With a smile, Li Jing continued: "Li knows that the emperor can't afford so much money, and Li can help the emperor bear part of it. How about this, please tell the emperor that Li will bear half of the military salaries of these soldiers, and the other half." The emperor will come out. Let me do the math. For 15 soldiers, the military salary per person is three taels a month, which is 180 taels of silver a month, and 360 million taels a year. So far, these soldiers have been raised by Mr. Li for two years. It is 180 million taels, half of which is paid by the emperor, which is 20 million taels of silver. In addition, Li is responsible for the food and clothing of these soldiers in the past two years, and Li doesn't want much. It's good to count 200 taels of silver every year. As long as the emperor Give Li [-] million taels of silver, and then these soldiers will be given to the emperor."

Wang Chengen smiled wryly when he heard this, and thought: Don't say 200 million taels of silver, even if 20 is now the emperor can't get it out.

However, Wang Cheng'en would not make any decisions on this matter, he smiled and said: "General Li, I will report this matter to the emperor, and the specific way to deal with it is up to the emperor to decide."

Li Jingjing nodded with a smile and said, "As for the salt lesson, let's wait for the emperor's reply. Now Li has to raise soldiers for the time being. If he takes out 50 taels of silver, he may be in arrears with the army's salary."

Wang Chengen was silent for a while, knowing that Li Jing was refusing, but he couldn't refute it.

With a smile, Li Jing continued: "Now let me talk about the matter of sending troops. Why can't the bandits be wiped out repeatedly? Because the bandits are not together, but scattered everywhere. If the officers and troops are also scattered, then the strength will not be as good as The rogues are powerful, so in the hands of the rogues, the officers and soldiers are repeatedly defeated. In addition, even if the officers and soldiers gather together, they are often defeated. I wonder if the emperor has thought about the reason for this."

Wang Chengen shook his head. If Zhu Youjian could understand the reason, he wouldn't have fought for so many years and still hasn't put down the bandits.

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