Idle courtiers

Chapter 316 Gong Qing who stepped on a landmine

Xu Gelaizhen was sent to the book by the imperial envoy, and at most he was reprimanded by the court for abusing public tools and letting his disciples pretend to be worthy of digging into the corners of Jiajingism.

Old Xu has nothing to do, he will probably go to the court to plead guilty and defend himself, and he will be ashamed of an adult.

As the second assistant, others might not treat him like that.But old Xu Yuan, Wang Ruoxu was clearly responsible for this matter, so if he blamed himself, he might not be angry with Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan was included in the last book, which is equivalent to a major administrative demerit, which will affect the future.Moreover, what to do with the dozen or so ships of copper coins?While regretting in his heart, he wanted to scold his mother.

Seeing Zhou Nan and his party looking at each other in dismay, one of Gong Qing's attendants shouted again: "What are you waiting for, you have to report to the official position, where is the job, can't you tell?"

Zhou Nan's heart turned quickly, and he suddenly remembered who this Gong Qing was?
A while ago, when I was researching below, I heard an official say it by chance.

This Gong Qing was a celebrity in the political arena in the capital two years ago, and she became famous once.

The thing is like this, Gong Yushi was a Jinshi in the early years of Jiajing, and after becoming an official of science and Taoism, he had a bright future.But for some unknown reason, he stayed in the Metropolitan Procuratorate all the time and did not move.Seeing that his colleagues are either the governor of a province, the chief envoy, or the officials of the ministry, he is also anxious/
In the 38th year of Jiajing, Mr. Gong felt that it was not an option to go on like this, and he had to make trouble, so he asked to inspect the Taicang Bank.

The so-called Taicang is the place where the central government deposits silver, which is the national treasury.Kedao sends people to audit and supervise every year. When others go, they just go through the motions and check the books without any major mistakes.

This Gong Qing wanted to make trouble, and he also knew that Taicang's accounts had always been problematic, so he wanted to use Taicang to gain fame.

After checking, the problem was found.According to the booklet, the minister was ordered to inspect the Taicang Bank in the first month of this year, and it was strange that the silver stored in the warehouse was 74 million.It has been less than half a year so far, and there are only more than [-] taels of silver in the treasury.

The annual regulations on each side, the prices of goods in shops, silk cloth for discounted salaries, and grass beans, salt and rice in military camps have not been paid.So far, the national reserve can be chilling.Please ask the emperor to order the admiral of the warehouse to report the number of in and out of the treasury monthly, so that it is simple and clear, and the profit and contraction can be seen at a glance.

Shushang, the Ministry of Households please order the servant of the storehouse to submit a report to the emperor every two months.

When Jiajing saw this booklet, he was shocked that my treasury only had 8000 taels of silver deposits.This amount of money is not even enough to pay the ministers' salaries. If there is an emergency, such as the Mongol invasion, and the military expenses cannot be paid, I am afraid that I will become the second Emperor Yingzong.

So Gong Qing's memorial was approved, and an order was issued to reprimand the Ministry of Household Affairs to make up for what they owed to the treasury.

On the surface, this incident seemed to be the fault of the Ministry of Finance, but in the end Yan Song was involved.

It turned out that Yan Song often borrowed from the treasury of the Ministry of Households in order to raise funds for Jiajing's feudal superstition.When Gong Qing made such a fuss, he asked the household department to report the income and expenditure situation once a month, which cut off the way for Mr. Yan Ge to temporarily borrow a large amount of funds.

It is tolerable and unbearable.

After Lao Yan came down, he explained the matter clearly to Jiajing.

The emperor reached an understanding with his chief CEO.He was also very dissatisfied with what Gong Qing had done.

In the next two years, Gong Qing's life was very difficult, and when it was time for a promotion, she was pressured by her superiors as usual.

Mr. Gong suffered from this blow and was very depressed for two years.

Last time he accidentally stepped on a landmine in Jiajing, he deserved it.I have been thinking about getting some political achievements, and then go up.

Met Zhou Nan today, right in his arms.I can't afford to offend Yan Song, but it's not a big problem to offend a cabinet minister.

"This is someone who is ambitious and wants to climb up, and it is not so easy to handle." Zhou Nan immediately knew that Mr. Gong was the same kind of person as himself.In the face of future and political achievements, everything such as money and beauty should be put aside, and I don't even bother to look at it.

Then what should be done?

Our Master Zhou just felt helpless for a while.

Gong Qing saw that everyone was so dawdling, she became more and more sure that there was something wrong with these matches, and said: "Master Zhou, don't delay any longer, please go to the post station with me and everyone on the ship, and accept the investigation by the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

This is to lock us directly into the Shuanggui in the post station, and everyone is even more panicked.

At this critical moment, there was sudden chaos on the river, all the boats were leaning on both sides, and someone shouted: "The silver boats from the mainland have entered the dock, get out of the way!"

All the boats hurriedly moved to both sides to make it easier for the big ship to dock.Otherwise, if you offend the people in the palace, you will have nothing to reason with if you get beaten.Furthermore, these gods of plague unloaded and left earlier, and everyone set sail earlier, the delay at this pier was too long, and it was too late.

It was already night, and the ships collided with each other for a while, and the chaos couldn't be more chaotic.

The boat that Zhou Nan and the others were on was also hit.

For a while, everyone fell into a ball.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Zhou Nan grabbed the side of the boat to stabilize his figure, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

Looking intently, in the darkness of night, a sailboat approached slowly under the escort of two smaller ships.

Red lanterns were hung on the three boats, illuminating the decks with snow.

Sailors and soldiers stood on board, looking heavily guarded.Needless to say, what was loaded on the big ship was the money that Emperor Jiajing got from the local area.As for the other two ships, they were guard ships.

Standing on the leading boat was an official with his chest outstretched. Coincidentally, this person was Lao Feng, the deputy commander of Dongcheng Army and Horse Division.

The boat docked, right next to Zhou Nan and the others.

Deputy Commander Feng ordered his soldiers loudly: "Put down the gangplank, protect the big ship, and don't let idlers approach."

Seeing him, Zhou Nan was overjoyed, it was a coincidence that he was out of trouble today, and he was really going to fall on this old Feng.

Not knowing where the strength came from, he shouted, and put the fifty-jin gangplank onto Commander Feng's side, connecting the two boats together.

Hearing the bang, the soldiers of Dongcheng Bingma Division were shocked, and they all drew out their weapons and shouted: "Who is it, are you going to rebel?"

It was too late, but soon enough, Zhou Nan had rushed to Deputy Commander Feng's boat, and laughed loudly: "Commander Feng, do you still remember Zhou Nan?"

Gong Qing didn't expect Zhou Nan to leave as soon as he said it, it was like running away!In the past, when his censor checked the officials' questions, others would behave well when they saw them, and they didn't dare to take a breath, and just sat and waited for death.If you want to run, it is actually useless. The so-called monk can't run away from the temple.Absconding in fear of crime, confronting the central government, the crime will be aggravated.

Master Zhou made such a move, what face?
It was simply unheard of and unseen, which stunned them.

When Deputy Commander Feng saw Zhou Nan, he was also stunned, and then shouted: "Get out of the way, don't startle Zhou Xingren."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen pedestrians, which gust of wind brought you here?"

Zhou Nan supported him, and said in a low voice at the fastest speed: "Brother Feng helps me, and there will be good rewards in the future. Am I being blamed?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Gong Qing over there.

(End of this chapter)