"Taiyue, do you know that this incident makes the old man very passive?"

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a while and said: "Teacher, in fact, we can't touch this matter, the reason why the student didn't tell the teacher at the beginning is that he thinks that it's best for the teacher not to know, even if he knows, he will treat it as if he doesn't know." ”

Xu Jie pondered for a moment and understood Zhang Juzheng's thoughts. If you don't know about this matter, those officials will go directly to your majesty, although the concert will come to you, but at that time, you will hand the concert up and let your majesty solve it. However, now these people do not write the cantata, but consult directly with themselves, which is to take the lead themselves. Thinking of this, he didn't blame Zhang Juzheng in his heart, and sighed and said:

"But now the teacher already knows!"

There was silence in the room, and Gao Gong looked at Wang Xijue and said, "Do you know about this?" ”

Wang Xijue nodded and said: "The lower officials know, and they think the same as Lord Zhang, and they think that it is better for adults to not know, so they didn't tell your lordship." ”

"You guys!"

Gao Gong sighed, but he didn't blame Wang Xijue, and the two pavilion elders fell silent. At this time, Xu Jie didn't speak, and Gao Gong definitely couldn't speak. And Xu Jie also knew this reason, and finally waved his hand, let Zhang Juzheng and Wang Xijue go out, and looked at Gao Gongdao:

"Suqing, what is your opinion?"

"Everything is subject to the advice of adults." Gao Gong said respectfully.

Xu Jie's expression did not change, and he knew in his heart that Gao Gong would be this sentence, so he condensed and said:

"Drag!"

Gao Gong's eyes showed admiration, and he nodded slightly.

This matter must not be played by the two of them. This is not a trivial matter for the officials of the entire Ming Dynasty. It is not for one or two, but for all officials, and the money and food consumed is not a small amount. Daming's finances have just survived the crisis, but in recent years, natural disasters have continued, and Daming's finances are not good enough to raise the salaries of all officials.

And who doesn't know, once this money rises, it will be impossible to come down.

And Emperor Jiajing, another person who can't wait to put all the money in his arms, and asks him to give all the officials a raise, so Emperor Jiajing is not angry?

Therefore, the two of them only dragged it, and dragged it until the hundred officials had no patience, so they had to play it jointly, anyway, the two of them would not join the name, and when the time came, Emperor Jiajing would hand it over, no matter what.

The emperor couldn't afford to offend, but he offended all the Ming officials at once, even the Xu family and Gao Gong didn't dare.

Luo Xin came home from the Ministry of Rites, and he also knew that now all the officials were talking about the increase in income, and the Ministry of Rites was also talking about it, and everyone's eyes were shining, discussing how much it should rise, and some people asked Luo Xin's opinion, Luo Xin just smiled and said nothing. There is no participation.

Luo Xin knew that this was because now that the Ming Dynasty's finances were improving, those officials wanted to seek some benefits for themselves. And to be honest, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are too low. A special Beijing official, if he just points to that little bit of money, he really can't support himself, let alone a family.

I think that at the beginning, when Luo Xin first arrived at the James Mansion, he couldn't find anyone in the James Mansion, didn't those people all go out to do private work?

Otherwise, you won't survive!

However, today's Luo Xin is mainly low-key, so if you can not participate, try not to participate.

Soon after returning to Fuzhong, Yun Zhiqiu and Tao Xingyan came together. Luo Xin asked his subordinates to cook, and the three of them roasted and drank tea in the house.

"Hey, no, have you heard?"

"What did you hear?" Luo Xin said with a smile.

"The current officials are all making trouble, and they have all made trouble with the elders." Speaking of this, Tao Xingyan raised his finger and pointed upward.

"Hehe......" Luo Xin laughed twice and said, "I heard." ”

"Alas......" Yun Zhiqiu sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, Da Ming's salary is too low. Those powerful yamen are easy to say, but like the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and the Inspectorate, etc., these Qingliu yamen, just point to that little bit of money, and it is impossible to raise a large family. Every year is the most painful time for these officials. Complained by their children, abused by their wives, and looked down upon by their mothers' families, many of these Qingliu officials borrowed money for the New Year.

It's good to be able to borrow, but many people can't even borrow. I'll tell you a joke, it's a Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, before the Chinese New Year, the little money that was opened, the person who was asked for the debt was leaving, and the person who lent him money for the New Year couldn't live last year. And Hanlin was originally thin-skinned, so he returned the money. However, there is no money left for the New Year. asked his wife to go back to her parents' house to borrow some money, and then talk about the New Year's Pass first.

However, he asked his wife to borrow money from her parents' house every year, but her mother's family was impatient for a long time, so she didn't borrow it. But don't talk about meat dishes at home, not even rice. He bought a pot of sweet potatoes with only a dozen copper plates left, and the Chinese New Year's Eve rice was boiled sweet potatoes in white water on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The relationship between the husband and wife is very good, and the Hanlin will be happy in the bitterness. Pick up a sweet potato and hand it to his wife and say, "Lady, this chicken leg is for you to eat."

His lady picked up a sweet potato, handed it to him, and said, Xianggong, you can eat this duck leg.

The two of you come and go, eating sweet potatoes, but what they say is chicken, duck and fish.

After all, his wife's mother's family felt sorry for their daughter, so they asked her brother to pack a box of Chinese New Year's Eve rice when they were Chinese New Year's Eve for dinner. But I heard outside in the room, Hanlin and his wife laughing and laughing, letting each other chicken, duck and fish. Deng Shi was furious in his heart, kicked open the door, and broke in, but only saw a pot of sweet potatoes on the table, and Han Lin was so ashamed that he grabbed the door and hid his face. ”

The room was silent, and the atmosphere became solemn. The three of them suddenly lost their mood. Half a ring, Yun Zhiqiu said:

"Now it's not just those clear streams, but even the yamen with real power, and they are also strapped for money, otherwise, they wouldn't be united this time, and they want to raise their fortunes."

"How so?" Luo Xin said: "Aren't those powerful yamen rich in oil? ”

"That was before!" Yun Zhiqiu glanced at Luo Xin and said, "In the past two years, you have frequently taken action to rectify corruption and kill many officials. The current officials of the powerful yamen do not dare to be corrupt, so they are no different from Qingliu.

No!

You don't know how many people scold you in their hearts, maybe there are still people who stab the villain! ”

"This ...... I didn't expect that. Luo Xin's expression was a little embarrassed.

"Alas!" Tao Xingyan sighed and said: "To be honest, the two of us don't have any background, let alone financial resources, so we just point to this." If it weren't for the nearly a year, I followed you in the south, and you took care of food and housing, and I really didn't know how to spend this year.

I've been with you for nearly a year, eating you, drinking yours, the two of us have saved up our own money, and we can have a fat year this year, I haven't had such a fat year for a long time, I'm really happy! ”

"You're happy, I'm not happy!"

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