Chapter 706: Officialdom Scum
No matter what you do, you need a solid team, for example, Liu Bang has his fellow countrymen, Liu Xiu has Yuntai 28 generals, Li Shimin has the Long Group, and Lao Zhu has Huaixi Xungui...... Even those who sell straw shoes have to accept two younger brothers.
It can be seen that since ancient times, to achieve great things, it is not feasible to rely on oneself. Now the crown prince Zhu Gaochi has also formed his own team, but this team has made people frown a little from the beginning.
"Xie Jin only has literary talent, not a person. After several years of twists and turns, this person has become perverse and ferocious, greedy and extreme, let him assist His Highness, eighty percent will do bad things. β
"As for Jin Chun, a good literati is not appropriate, he practices archery on a horse in private, and his mind is also very clear, it is nothing more than seeing that His Majesty likes to fight and is willing to expand the territory, so he wants to follow His Majesty to the desert and make contributions. Now that he saw that the prince had obtained the military power, he felt that the country would belong to the prince sooner or later, so he did not hesitate to give up his official position and ran to support the prince's stinky feet. β
To sum up, one is a villain, the other is a smaller villain, and if these two can do good things, they will be haunted.
Xu Zengshou sighed, "I said Liu Chun, the prince is also my nephew, for my sake, you can't cheat him!" β
Liu Chuncai didn't listen to Xu Zengshou's complaints, "Dingguo Gong, everyone went to the grassland to divide the pastures and defend the border for the country, you picked the closest place to the Ming Dynasty, and often ran back to the capital, aren't you afraid of being impeached?" β
Xu Zengshou sank his face, he was not afraid!
Other heroes and generals, Zhu Neng begged for the land north of Hangai Mountain, Qiu Fu was assigned to Hetao, and Chen Heng was in Hanhai...... Only Xu Zengshou, his area is next to Daning, which is the original residence of Duoyan Sanwei.
It is a large number of kilometers of the country, the most relaxed and comfortable.
There is no such big wind and sand blizzard, and there is no barbarian attack, it is close to the capital, and from time to time you can run to Beiping chic. In and out of the restaurant, I drink all day long, and my life is like a fairy.
If he didn't see that he was a relative, Liu Chun would arrest him.
Xu Zengshou arched his hand at Liu Chun, "If you can arrest me, send me to the edict prison quickly, I still want to eat quietly in the cell for a few days!" β
It's funny, "What the hell are you going to do?" Liu Chun groaned.
"I don't have any plans." Xu Zengshou grinned and said, "Are you willing to run inside and outside without eating or drinking?" I am a grandfather of the country, and I want to go to ask my grandfather to tell my grandmother, hold those merchants, ask them for help, provide personnel and materials, and purchase cattle, sheep and horses...... For a few stinky money, I'm going to hold them! Liu Chun, do you say I'm unlucky? β
I see!
These generals also understood that if they wanted to gain a foothold in the grassland, the set of reclamation and garrisoning would not work, and crops could not grow in the cold grassland. They can only survive by relying on business contacts and mutual exchanges.
But the big guys are not good at these, except for one Xu Zengshou.
There was no way, Xu Zengshou was given the important task of attracting investment.
In the face of this result, what else can Liu Chun say.
"Make the best use of your talents, make the best use of your resources. It proves that they are still very discerning...... So, hurry up and go to the merchant! What's the use of coming to my house? β
Xu Zengshou snorted coldly: "Are you still pretending to be stupid with me?" You have the biggest merchant in the entire Ming Dynasty at home, where am I not going to go here? β
As she was talking, Xu Miaojin walked in from outside, holding a thick stack of appointment books in her hand, throwing them to Xu Zengshou very chicly, and said lightly: "This is the first batch of 20 million taels, and there will be more in the future!" β
20 million taels in Xu Miaojin's mouth, it is almost the same as two taels of silver.
To be honest, Liu Chun doesn't even know how much money this lady has!
"Sir. Where does my money come from and how should I use it, it's best not to ask, if I do, the concubine won't say anything. All in all, a concubine is entrusted by people and loyal to people. No other...... It's just a worry for the country! β
Xu Miaojin said that it was chic, Xu Zengshou was full of smiles, like a Satsuma, holding the appointment book in both hands, and kept nodding.
"Sister Gao Gu, my sister is really the goddess of wealth in the world, and my little brother is really a five-body cast!"
As soon as he turned around, he said viciously to Liu Chun: "I'm leaving, do you remember what you just said?" You must take care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and choose a few more talents, do you understand? β
Liu Chun became more and more annoyed, "Xu Zengshou, you look in the mirror yourself, and think about it carefully, why are those heroes and generals willing to let you do this?" β
Xu Zengshou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his brows twitched, and he seemed to have understood.
It turns out that it's not because I Xu Zengshou is wise and wise, so I can be outstanding and have unparalleled character? Simply because that's all I can do! As for the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, he doesn't have to rely on the talents of Xie Jin and Jin Chun, but just let them do something suitable!
Thinking about this time, Xu Zengshou ran directly with his tail between his legs.
Next time, don't come out and pretend to be big, it's too embarrassing.
Xu Zengshou ran away, and when he turned the sky, it was the early dynasty.
Liu Chun has not been going to the early dynasty for a long time, and as there are more and more government affairs, things are becoming more and more complicated, and the early dynasty has become out of touch with specific government affairs, and it has become more and more degraded to acting.
Anyone with a little experience knows that conferences tend to be mere formalities, and the real key is the small ones.
The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more slender in this regard, and the cabinet can handle ordinary affairs. The big policy is that Zhu Di convened the imperial meeting to make decisions, as for the early dynasty, it was often some ceremonial affairs, and Zhu Di struggled to get up in order to maintain the image of being diligent and loving the people.
Every time he gets up early, Zhu Di has to complain about his father Zhu Yuanzhang again.
You are an old man with a lot of energy and good health, don't you think about your children and grandchildren?
Not to mention anything else, you are sixty-seven or eighteen, and you can still have children, your son is only in his early forties, and there is no movement in the harem. Fortunately, three were born in the early years, otherwise there would be no one to inherit the throne, what a bitterness!
Zhu Di swayed and sat in the Fengtian Palace.
The civil and military ministers are on both sides.
The crown prince Zhu Gaochi stood next to Zhu Di, standing straight, Zhu Di looked at it, and was happy in his heart, this child is becoming more and more like a prince.
Look, burly and tall, mighty and extraordinary, he really deserves to be my Zhu Di's son!
Well, he had forgotten that not long ago he disliked the prince for being too fat!
"Ministers, if you have any important business, please show it as soon as possible."
As soon as Zhu Di's words fell, a dark and thin guy rushed out of the crowd.
"Your Majesty, the minister proposes to abolish the transportation as soon as possible and switch to sea transportation, so as to save at least three million stone of grain every year, and save people's manpower, save five hundred taels of water control expenses, and reduce more than 300,000 servitudes, so that it is beneficial to the country and the people, and the minister implores Your Majesty to implement it as soon as possible!"
After speaking, Xie Jin knelt on the ground and threw himself to the ground!
It's back!
When he spoke, many courtiers, especially several members of the cabinet, had such thoughts!
It's really a good person who doesn't live long, and the scourge lasts for a thousand years!
Xie Jin's stinky mouth, how many unspoken rules of civil officials have been exposed in recent years? What kind of teacher protΓ©gΓ©s, scientific examination articles, selection and employment, and even "drenching and kicking" have been exposed, and articles are written to ridicule.
Angered the civil officials.
You eat a mouthful of oil in Annan, and you reap the benefits of it.
As a result, the full man doesn't know that the hungry man is hungry, we can't catch any money, you have an enmity with us, right?
Okay!
Then look at our methods!
Although the officials of Beijing are hard, their authority is solid.
Dribbling, dribbling, passing, shooting...... This set of actions is 10,000 times stronger than the national football team, and Xie Jin is unfortunate that it is the ball that was kicked all over the field!
In a word, it's a story of hurting each other.
Now that Xie Jin has returned to the capital and found a backer, he is going to start taking revenge.
"Your Majesty, in addition to proposing to change the water transportation to sea transportation, the minister also wants to impeach the river yamen, who have been greedy for many years, lying and making false reports, and enriching their own pockets. Also, the yamen along the canal also took the opportunity to collect money and make a fortune. Every year, they collect more than 10 million stones of grain and grass, but less than 4 million stones are transported to Beiping, and the remaining 6 million stones are greedy for ink! β
Zhu Di frowned, and said angrily: "Xie Jin, what you said is true? β
"Of course, the minister does not dare to deceive His Majesty!"
At this time, on the cabinet side, Huang Huai hurriedly stood up, there was no way, Caoyun was a customized thing, and it happened that the cabinet followed it as usual, if there were such big drawbacks, several of them should be beheaded.
"Your Majesty, Xie Jin is nonsense, Cao transports grain, from the collection to the warehouse, it will consume two or three percent, and from the south to Beiping, it will cost two or three percent, in addition, a batch of grain must be retained in various places to supply military supplies and relief to the victims. The minister dared to use the head to guarantee that the use of the grain could stand the test. What's more, there is also the Jinyi Wei overseer, how can Cao Liang have Xie Jin's words, so much greed for ink? β
This one is quite powerful, and he actually pulled Liu Chun in.
Liu Chun's face was as usual, "There are drawbacks everywhere, although Jinyiwei has supervision, he can't guarantee anyone, and there will be no appeasement." As for the problem of Cao Yun, I can only say that the cost is indeed a bit large. β
This sentence made Xie Jin grasp it, and he hurriedly said: "What Fu Guogong said is extremely true, even if Cao Yun is not greedy for ink, it can't be used." Chen suggested setting up warehouses along the coast and rivers, hoarding grain, and then using sea ships to transport it, from south to north, and the loss along the way would not exceed 10%! β
When Zhu Di heard this, he suddenly stood up, he was not interested in anything else, but this loss of less than one percent made Zhu Di's heart pound.
"Xie Jin, what you said is true?"
"It's true!" He raised his head and said loudly: "The minister has sent grain to Jiangnan many times in Annan, and he has also communicated with Dongfan Island, and he has also been to Java. The waves along the way are turbulent, far more powerful than the coastal areas of Daming. The minister estimated that the real loss was only half of the sea. The minister said that it was already an overestimate. β
"The reason why the courtiers opposed shipping was because the rivers were repaired every year, the grain was requisitioned every year, and there was too much oil and water in between, and they used the transportation as a tool to make a fortune...... After the minister also went to Annam, he understood their thoughts, and the minister thanked the emperor for his kindness! β
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