Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 206 Riding a mule to Rome

The master of Yushitai brought the pavilion chief and Zhang Gu to serve breakfast.

Because the officials complained about the monotony of the diet, the master took people to learn such tricks as Shiao cake, locust leaves and Lengtao, so as to appease the officials' mouths and hearts.

Whoever asked the master book not only to manage the official seal of Yushitai, but also to register the acceptance of affairs, the date of departure, inspect (sentence inspection) whether there is any delay, record the yellow papers (polysemous words) of officials' faults, and manage the yamen of Yushitai. Where is the official chef?
Greed is not necessarily greedy, but if you pass pork with your hands, shouldn't you get some oil on your hands?

The meals of court officials are graded.

The chefs of the ministers are called the hall cooks, which are exclusively provided by the Zhengshitang. In addition to the official officials of the three princes and the three provinces, there are also officials, ministers, ministers, and supervisors who are under Tongping Zhangshi and Tongzhongshu.

Oh, and the Zhongshu Sheren who are in charge of Zhizhigao can also enjoy this treatment.

The supply of the kitchen is plentiful, not only benefiting Zaifu, but occasionally even their family members.

The second stage is food under the veranda. In December of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the chief officials of each department (counselors of the court) can eat under the corridor outside the Taiji Hall on the day of the court meeting. Those who are above the fifth rank can eat in the hall. Fan Zheng because Nobility, to avoid the embarrassment of eating in the corridor.

For food, for drinks, fruits and vegetables, winter soup cakes, summer cold pan, a hundred plates of food three-headed sheep, the rest is given to Zhongshu for worship, supervisory censor and Taichang (doctor).

The Ministry of Civil Affairs took out the bags, the Honglu Temple hosted the banquet, and the Yushitai audited. The cooperation was perfect. Fan Zheng would not believe it if it was said that there were no interests of the various departments.

It's just that there are a lot of dirty things in the world, and this kind of cooperation between departments is quite regular.

Well, between black and white, there is another color called gray.

The most uncomfortable thing about eating in the hallway is that you are not allowed to sit or sit down, and you are not allowed to speak loudly. Those who lose their manners will be impeached by the imperial censor in the palace and fined by the court. If you are not careful, the free meal will become a high-priced meal.

Each yamen independently arranges official cooks for regular meals, snacks, and porridge for lunch.

Fan Zheng took a portion of locust locust leaf cold tea and a portion of gourd head steamed buns from the small cart pushed by the masters, and sat down at a table in the courtyard to eat.

The censor, Ma Zhou, came over, took a portion of Shi Ao cake and ate it, and took a sip of the green ant wine in the gourd, his face turned redder.

It's not that Ma Zhou's salary can't afford good wine, even if he really can't afford it, the emperor can afford it, the problem is that his health can't bear it.

Diabetes is a problem that even the Imperial Medical Office and Shangyao Bureau are helpless. Sanqi servant Xu Yinzong and Taoist priest Sun Simiao have both diagnosed it, but they can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Therefore, Ma Zhou needs to drink from time to time, but his capacity for alcohol is not particularly good. Only a weak wine like green ant wine can make him work normally.

Ma Zhou took a big mouthful of Shi Ao cake and swallowed it, took a sip of Green Ant Wine, his madness reappeared: "Fan Taiduan, do you know where the money for this official chef comes from?"

Fan Zheng drank the soup from the gourd head steamed bun, wiped his mouth with a sweat towel: "Go back to Shangguan, I don't know."

Ma Zhou clicked and bit the crispy Shi Ao cake, and blurted out three words: "Public money."

The public money system was implemented in December of the first year of Wude, and the capital of each government was set up, and it was presided over by the history of each government, which was called the history of Zhuqian Ling.

Each division and prefecture has nine Qianglingshi, who are registered as candidates for officials in the Ministry of Officials. The original capital on hand is [-] Wen, that is, [-] Guan. Through the name of official trade, they have to earn back [-] Wen per month. , Earn enough for a year to make up for an official position.

Of course, most of them are foreign officials.

However, the insignificant exile official is a great figure to the common people.

In the first year of Zhenguan, the capital and the prefectures and counties used the public land for the expenses of the various divisions.

Later, due to insufficient expenses, officials in the capital had only salaries and rewards.

As a result, the public office money was restarted to earn money by trading with foreign countries, and monthly materials were collected according to the number of people in the government office.

It makes sense, how about the trade between the Tang Dynasty and various foreign countries, just look at the merchants who frequent the West Market, with different skin colors, eyes, nose bridges, and languages.

Don't say anything about Wanbang coming to court, it is still very reliable for Wanbang to come to business.

Fan Zheng thought for a while: "I'm afraid there is a problem. In Chang'an, Luoyang, Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, Shazhou, Liangzhou and other places, it is not difficult to realize this one."

However, many states and counties living in the hinterland have never even seen what Fanbang people look like in their entire lives. How can they trade with Fanbang?
Riding a mule to Rome?

"So, in 11 years, let's forget about the capital of the public house, and take [-] households in the world as the servants."

According to Fan Zheng's understanding, the straightforward translation is: under the banner of Xu Shi, you seven thousand households can slightly exceed the law and earn money for me!

As for households, they are either tyrants or merchants, so they can't afford it.

But who is not pursuing profit?

It is human nature to hand over one penny to the department, and it is bound to take advantage of the convenience to earn back ten pennies.

I dare not say that there are absolutely no people who honestly use their own family property to fill this hole, at least they are rare.

It's better to have foreign trade, and you can easily get it back.

But in those places where there is no foreign exchange, will Xu Shi bear the loss?

Of course not, it’s just a transfer. The smaller merchants and farmers are the actual payers of the public money and interest.

"In 12 years, the capital of the company was restored. There were more than [-] divisions in the capital, and more than [-] people were arrested by Qian Lingshi."

Ma Zhou was very sad.

This proposition is a bit big, especially if it touches the welfare of the various departments. If Fan Zheng dares to intervene rashly, is he afraid that he will be tricked everywhere?
This poor government, which had been left since the reign of Wu De, finally stopped in the fourth year of Tang Wenzong's Kaicheng, but the government began to be stretched.

As a result, in the first month of the fifth year of Kaicheng, Tang Wenzong was seriously ill, and the power eunuchs Qiu Shiliang and Yu Hongzhi made his younger brother Tang Wuzong the emperor's younger brother.

Tang Wenzong was actually a very tragic emperor. Although he had some ambitions, his luck was not good.

The national strength is declining, so I want to cheer up. The courtiers' cattle and Li factions have made the eunuchs more powerful.

He wanted to kill the eunuch to seize power, but the change of manna was killed by the eunuch, and the courtiers were almost killed.

If you want to establish a prince, it's like a curse, whoever you establish will die.

Eunuch Qiu Shiliang said: Don't rely on me!
One is that you died young, and the other is that you listened to the slander and were imprisoned and died in depression.

Eunuchs are only interested in power, not who is the emperor!
Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty confiscated feudal towns, destroyed the Uighurs, cleared up the administration of officials, and revitalized the economy. Of course, he was well aware of the gap in the waste of various departments.

The extermination of Buddhism in Huichang, apart from factors such as Tang Wuzong's own faith and the huge influence of Buddhism, may not have nothing to do with the lack of money for the public.

All in all, this is a chronic disease that has almost spread to the Tang Dynasty. Fan Zheng, a small character who most often uses acne needles to pick up abscesses, should not touch this matter.

Maybe, this question could burn Fan Zheng to the ground.

Fan Zheng crossed his hands: "Shangguan should spare the subordinate, Fan Zheng can't afford to wear this hat. Advising doctor Chu Suiliang, his words and deeds are strong, or should Shangguan look for him?"

In "Tang Hui Yao", it was Chu Suiliang who really raised the objection, but it was useless, and it was banned and revived from time to time.

(End of this chapter)