eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 374 I'm Just Blind!

After Zhao Shen's memorials arrived in the capital,
The cabinet drafted the bill first, and they were also shocked when they saw how corrupt the Yunsi Yamen was.

"Mr. Li Ge, how do we show this to the emperor? What kind of opinion should we draw up for the cabinet draft?"

Li Dongyang was so old that his eyes were drooping, and he also had a serious face at this time.

He put down the writing brush in his hand, and put aside what he was thinking just now, read Zhao Shen's memorial twice and then said, "Let's just write it, and ask the Holy Majesty to judge it."

The cabinet does not know how to handle it, so it will write like this.

This matter is more important, the two elders thought about it, and felt that they should report it to the emperor as soon as possible.

Not only the corruption of Yunsi Yamen, but also the settlement of 10,000+ kitchen households.

On the way into the palace, the two elders met Dr. Tan who was out of the palace, and her pretty apprentice Miss Kui'er.

Since we already knew each other, we said hello.

After passing by,

Miss Kui'er said: "Your Majesty has not recovered yet, yet you have to meet with ministers so intensively."

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's health has gradually improved. The main reason is that his appetite has improved, and he keeps eating fish and chicken. In addition to some coughing ticks that have not fully recovered, his spirit has basically recovered.

And Doctor Tan let go,

He ordered the attendants to start calling for people.

All these happened under Tan Yunxian's nose, which made him a little unhappy after all.

Now hearing what his apprentice said, Dr. Tan also had a plan:
"In the future, we can also send a note to the attendant's room. We said that the illness will be checked again. Your majesty still has some coughs, which is what you should do. Slowly come once a month, and try your best to persuade your majesty to save money every time you come." Dr. Tan He was really worried, "Otherwise, with His Majesty's hard work, it is expected that he will fall ill next time."

Miss Kui'er pursed her lips and nodded,

The emperor is diligent in government and loves the people, he is affectionate and righteous, she has seen it.

"However, the few of us don't have to come every time. There are always people in the medical hall. You are separated from Xin Hui. Next time you are a teacher, bring Xin Hui into the palace."

"Oh." Miss Kui'er responded softly.

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Qianqing Palace.

The emperor blows hot tea,

He called Yang Tinghe over.

"...The salt administration has been corrupted so far, and the common people have suffered the most. Every time I think about this, I feel heartbroken. There were people who pleaded for mercy for the officials of the salt administration..."

Yang Ting and Qing paused a bit, but luckily the emperor didn't continue talking.

"... Forget it, let's not mention it in advance. The most important thing right now is the stove households. I know that it is difficult for the stove households to dry salt. Once they are not handled properly, there will be unbearable things. The saltworks in the village must be affected, and the court cannot ignore the hundreds of thousands of kitchen households. Yang Aiqing, I hope you can understand my intentions."

No one will object to this matter.

The civil servants themselves also supported the court to give more relief, which is the so-called kindness to the world.

Things in the palace made Liu Jin look like that, but the emperor still has people in his heart.

The money obtained was not squandered, but was spent on the common people in the end, and the emperor took the initiative to call him here. Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe felt that the familiar Majesty was still there.

"The imperial court also confiscated some silver in the case of the salt class. I have regular clothes for all seasons, and there is no shortage of food and drink. There are occasional dilapidated places in the palace, and it only needs a little repair. Therefore, it is not needed. These money. Besides, they have been exploited layer by layer, and the money that has been stripped is the money of the kitchen households. This money must be returned to them. Yang Aiqing, "

"Wei Chen is here."

"The Lianghuai Salt Field involves many kitchen households. If the imperial court does not send a minister in charge, it is estimated that this matter will not be possible. So, are you willing to go to help the kitchen households?"

Yang Tinghe had nothing to say, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has an order, but dare you not follow? I am willing to go!"

At this point, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian arrived.

Because it is said to be a memorial from Yangzhou,

The attendants did not obstruct too much. The emperor now cares about two places, one in Yangzhou and one in Datong.

Besides, Yang Tinghe himself was talking about the Lianghuai Saltworks.

"My minister Li Dongyang (Xie Qian) greets His Majesty!"

"Pingshen. The two lovers came just in time, and I was talking about helping the kitchen households with Jiefu. After the ban on private salt, the kitchen households lost the profit of the remaining salt. This must be noticed. You also talk about it. What opinion?"

Both Li Dongyang and Xie Qian paused in their hearts.
The emperor already knew what Zhao Shen said in the memorial.

But what could be faster than this eight-hundred-mile expedited memorial?
Or that is what the emperor himself thought of.

This is more powerful.

Li Dongyang took a step forward, "Your Majesty puts the people first, this is the virtue of my son of heaven. I have no opinion on this matter. However, the number of Lianghuai kitchen households is no less than [-]. After the imperial court banned private salt, We can provide relief this year, but what about next year? What about the next year and the year after that? Even if the imperial court provides relief to the victims, even though there is an official in charge, it still depends on officials, big and small, to allocate money, but..."

"But what?" The emperor frowned.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Li Dongyang took out the memorial very suddenly.

This surprised everyone in Qianqing Palace. Could it be that something important happened?

Zhu Houzhao coughed twice, he already had a bad feeling.In fact, he probably knew about those absurd things in the Ming Dynasty.

But he already has a sense of substitution as the emperor, from a bystander to a witness, sometimes he is very angry.Because he has poured his heart and soul into all kinds of government affairs nowadays, if things don't always go well, do you think you're irritated or not?
As a result, Zhao Shen's memorandum was really 'just right'.

As soon as he saw that the transfer of salt envoys in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River had been corrupted to the point where the entire army was almost wiped out, he became furious in an instant.

So I dropped the thing on the ground with a 'snap'.

Then he stood up abruptly and shouted angrily: "I am really blind, even if I have a dog, I know how to obey my master! This Zou Cheng dares to pretend to be crazy in the capital, even if he is not crazy, I will make him crazy!" Lianghuai Salt Industry is the leader of Daming Salt Industry! As a result, almost all the salt officials in the Department of Transport are corrupt! What’s the face of Daming? cough!"

The emperor suddenly became so angry that the supervisor of ceremonies, the attendant room and several civil servants were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and did not dare to move.

Liu Jin did not forget to care, "Your Majesty calm down, pay attention to the dragon's body!"

Zhu Houzhao ignored him, "Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Xie Ge! You say, can the imperial court manage the salt administration well with such officials and officials?! Can the salt class not be lost? For thousands of years, there is Which dynasty or generation was so greedy and corrupted at the time of Zhongxing?! Thousands of years later, wouldn’t I and Daming be the laughing stock of future generations?!”

"Listen! The case of the Yunsi Yamen must be thoroughly investigated. No one can intercede. You can be convicted of any crime. Just because more than 40 people are involved...cough cough, just ask me to give you a lighter sentence! Cough cough."

The emperor was so angry that he suddenly coughed a little bit uncontrollably.

Several officials leaned over, trying to support him.

"The emperor calm down! What is the specific situation, you have to check with Zhao Yansi again."

Zhu Houzhao took a few deep breaths, and slowly forced himself to calm down.

Then he suddenly thought of another thing, "... I thought that although it was not difficult to help the kitchen households, there is money after all. But now it seems that there are many greedy actions in the salt class. Even if I'm willing to give it, I don't know how much I can pay!"

Sometimes, part of the imperial court's silver has to be lost before it leaves the capital.

Especially during the Jiajing period, when the imperial court owed their salaries, the salaries of other officials were taken first.

As long as there are more people, who dares to say anything?Could it still be an enemy to everyone?

"Because of being greedy for ink everywhere, the Zao Hu will be exploited by the subordinates. Now that he is still greedy for ink, who of you can convince me that the money allocated by the court will really be used on Zao Hu?"

Who dares to answer this question?
In the era of advanced information, some officials pay less money, which is a greater risk.

But in ancient times, the superiors said that everyone would send three or two taels, and he would deduct a little. Who knew?
The people themselves don't know how much money the court will give them.

Therefore, in many cases of relief, the powerful and powerful people have to eat a little of it.

It's essentially a matter of execution.This is also the most challenging question. If every decree can be realized according to the ideal situation, then he only needs to move his mouth every day, why should he be so tired that he will get sick?

This is also the reason why he set up the attendant room to keep an eye on the ministers.As the emperor, he just grasped the cabinet and the six ministries.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, but he was still worried.

"This won't work! I'll still allocate at least the government's grain merchants for the relief of the stove households. The stove households are mainly struggling with food and clothing, and the clothes are okay. Food must not be sloppy. After the Shaofu takes the money, it will use a special grain delivery team." Send grain to the saltworks in the two Huaihe Rivers. Jiefu will bring more people and work hard every day, going to and from the saltworks, be sure to supervise and implement it!"

In this case, it is to bypass those subordinate officials!

Because salt officials are not trustworthy!

In fact, it should be like this. The money was collected from that system after a lot of trouble, and now it is distributed through this system. Isn't this going back to the original point?
So I would rather be a little troublesome and awkward.

Although corruption is inevitable in the newly established bureaucratic system of Shaofu, after all, it is new and there is not so much time for corruption to that extent.

Yang Tinghe said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I must have widened my eyes!"

"Ugh."

After Zhu Houzhao was furious, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Han Ziren said that being a county magistrate is to leave a way for the people to survive, but in fact it is the same for any official.The key is to work your way up and down, to obey the yang and the yin to contradict the yin.

It takes so many brains to send out a coin.

"When Emperor Taizu set up the Lianghuai Salt Envoy, did he ever think that there would be such absurd results today? It is unheard of that 53 people in a government office and 46 people are corrupt! The ancestors handed over the country to me, but Make it like this. I am really heartbroken."

"His Majesty!"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also have some sympathy, "People in the world are divided into virtuous and unfilial, Your Majesty must not hurt the body of the dragon for the sake of unfilial people."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said bit by bit: "I will ask people to verify the real situation of this memorial. Besides Lianghuai, the salt transport envoys in Liangzhe, Changlu, Shandong and other places are probably not doing well." Where are you going? If it is true after verification, I really don’t know what is the use of keeping this Yunsi Yamen.”

This is very unusual, what does the emperor mean?
(End of this chapter)