Brocade legend

Chapter 392
Then, on the eighth day of March in the 37th year of Jiajing, under the secret instruction of Yang Lin, Wu Shilai from the Criminal Division impeached Xuanfu, Governor of Datong Yang Shun, Xunyan Yushi Lu Kai, and Minister of the Ministry of War Xu Lun.

The above statement: "Since Yang Shun guarded Xuanda, he has asked for more than 7000 taels of treasury silver. However, the town's soldiers and supplies are becoming more and more empty, the bandits are rampant, and the castle is completely destroyed. , lost his body and prestige, and was willing to be insulted by the enemy. Lu Kai accepted 3000 taels of bribes, a secret. In the past, the winter bandits entered Yingzhou, Tubao [-], and [-] men and women were killed. And according to the order of investigation, Lu Kai They all blame the town, patrol, government, road, prefecture, and county, and pass off the border people they killed as Yang Shun's military exploits. Xu Lun agrees with the same, and there is no picture. This three-person party is the same, why do you think your majesty Share worries? Please dismiss these three people urgently, and don’t choose loyal ministers as them, so that the sidelines can be rescued.”

Yang Shun and others are all members of Yan Song's party. This report was sent to Emperor Jiajing. When Emperor Jiajing asked Yan Song, Yan Song was speechless, saying that he could not help him.

The evidence was solid, and the officials were outraged. Emperor Jiajing then ordered the Jinyiwei Official School to arrest Yang Shun and Lu Kai to the capital, and Xu Lun demoted his post to the people.

But then, Emperor Jiajing ordered Jiang Dong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to temporarily act as Governor Xuanda.And Jiang Dong was one of the officials who joined Zhu Liufang.

On March 37, the [-]th year of Jiajing, Yang Lin attacked again, and Fujian Governor Ruan E was arrested and sent to Beijing.

Ruan E, courtesy name Yingjian and nickname Hanfeng, was born in Tongcheng County, Nanzhili.In the 23rd year of Jiajing, he was a Jinshi, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Tixue.

When Japanese pirates besieged Hangzhou, Yousi refused to allow the villagers to take refuge in the city. Ruan E opened the city gate with his own hands and rescued tens of thousands of residents.

Later, because of his attachment to Yan Song's cronies Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian, he was exceptionally promoted to be the censor of Youqian capital and governor of Zhejiang.In the first month of the 36th year of Jiajing, it was changed to an ad hoc governor of Fujian.

At first, Ruan E advocated resisting the Japanese.Since Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province was besieged by Japanese pirates, Ruan E was overwhelmed by the Japanese pirates and turned to make peace.

When Japanese pirates invaded Fuzhou, instead of fighting, Ruan E bribed the Japanese pirates with tens of thousands of taels of silver and various kinds of cloth, and sent the Japanese pirates to sea with six giant ships.

At the same time, it is extravagant and corrupt, extremely greedy, and has amassed tens of millions of wealth from the people.

Therefore, Song Yiwang, the censor of Yang Lin, and others went to Shushu to impeach Ruan E.

Later, Ruan E was arrested and entered Beijing, but Emperor Jiajing didn't like it because he bribed Yan Song in advance to intercede, but at this critical moment, he didn't want to hurt his own wings, so he didn't give him a serious punishment, but dismissed him as a civilian.

However, more of the salary that Ruan E robbed was given to Hu Zongxian, and it was always returned to the government.

Yang Lin suddenly turned his gun and attacked from the capital to the southeast coast.

His move caught Zhu Liu and Emperor Jiajing by surprise. It not only damaged Hu Zongxian's general in the southeast, but also relieved the pressure on Wang Fu and others.

As a result, Zhu Liu and others were not to be outdone, and launched a blow to the officials on Yang Lin's side.

Therefore, Wu Jiahui will be imprisoned.

Wu Jiahui, courtesy name Weili and nickname Nanye, was born in Xiangyin County, Huguang.In the 14th year of Jiajing, Jinshi was awarded to pedestrians.The deputy capital of Liyou, the censor, and the governor of Jizhou Town.Minister of the Ministry of War.

On March 37th in the [-]th year of Jiajing, he was ordered to discuss the twelve matters of war and defense, and urgently discussed how to deploy troops to rescue the right guard of Datong and how to manage Datong in the future.If it is submitted sparsely, the decree will be granted.

On March [-], when Yushi Wan Minying visited Jizhen and returned to Beijing, Shangshu impeached Wu Jiahui, the governor of Jizhen, for embezzling public funds and cutting corners.

Emperor Jiajing then ordered Zhu Liu's Jin Yiwei to first arrest Wu Jiahui and put him in prison, and then sent officials to strictly check the amount of money and food missing, and then punish him after finding out.

But when the final conclusion was not yet clear, Wu Jiahui was dismissed from his post as a civilian on the third day of July of the same year.

Just when Yang Lin couldn't stand it anymore, the border was in an emergency again, but it gave Yang Lin a chance to breathe.

As early as September of the 36th year of Jiajing, the Mongolian Alta tribe mobilized troops to besiege Datong Youwei. The Ming army guard Wang De died in battle.

At that time, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, planned to abandon the right guard, but Emperor Jiajing refused.

At that time, Shang Biao, the general in charge, was ordered to transfer his salary into the city and resisted with all his might.When the food was exhausted, they ate cattle and horses, and demolished houses for firewood.The soldiers are tenacious and always have the same ambition.

When Shangbiao sent out a sudden battle, he captured my grandson, his son-in-law and one of his subordinates.

So Governor Jiang Dong, Governor Yang Xuan, Chief Soldier Zhang Chengxun and other strict governors attacked one after another.

The Alda soldiers found out that the defense in the city was getting stronger, so they broke the siege on April 37th in the [-]th year of Jiajing.

The campaign lasted for six months, and hundreds of thousands of Taicang silver were used before and after, all for the defenders to invade and bribe those in power.

Emperor Jiajing was troubled by the border shortage and lack of funds, so he asked Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Yan Song said: "The current treasury is empty, mainly because people who manage money are helpless and don't know how to plan. As long as the waste of leather is cut and the local public money and grain are collected, millions of dollars can be obtained immediately, and the national use should be sufficient. Please. His Majesty ordered the courtiers to discuss financial management strategies."

Emperor Jiajing thought so.

On March 37th in the 25th year of Jiajing, Wu Peng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and others responded to the imperial edict on financial management matters.

The Ministry of Households resumed 29 matters, all of which were trivial matters, rather than major matters of the national system and the foundation of the country.

However, please pursue the collection of old money and food owed, and increase the amount of taxation, which will greatly embarrass the people.

At that time, only Bingke gave advice to Liu Tigan in the matter, and opposed the practice of pursuing the old money and food owed and increasing the amount of taxation.

He said: "Su Shi said that 'the only way to get rich is to get rid of those who harm money.' The biggest harm today is the two items of redundant officials and redundant expenses.

There were [-] officials in the Han Dynasty, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, and [-] in the Song Dynasty.

In the five years since the establishment of the dynasty, the number of military personnel has exceeded [-], and the number of civil servants has reached more than [-].

Today, meritorious service is promoted, feudal titles are granted, institutions are added, ministers are favored, factory guards, supervisory bureaus, warriors, craftsmen, etc. are added, and the years are getting better and better.

One more official will cost one more official.Please strictly order all the ministries, and please change the redundancy, which will reduce the salary countless times.

It is also heard that the silver in the Guanglu Temple treasury has accumulated to 15 taels from the first year of Jiajing to the 80th year.Since the 21st year of Jiajing, the supply has increased day by day, and the remaining possessions have been exhausted.In other yamen, there are especially many intrusions and robbers.

It should be expressly stipulated: "At the end of the year, the department and the Taoist officials will check clearly to clear the redundant expenses."The two redundancies are eliminated, and the national economy is self-sufficient.Abandoning this to pursue old debts and increase the amount of grants is nothing more than stopping the boiling water. '"

So the Ministry of Households discussed, please eliminate the craftsmen of the supervisory bureaus.

Jiajing agreed and gradually relieved the urgent need.

However, at this time, the treasury was exhausted, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry owed more than 60 million taels of silver for various purchases.

As soon as the common people serve as merchants, even if their families have tens of thousands of gold, there is no one who does not immediately lose their families.

(End of this chapter)