General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 128 Xiaozong is true filial piety
Ning Jue stood in front of the desk and wrote vigorously.

"The county king Lumi spends two thousand stones every year..."

Zhang Juzheng who was standing not far away said blankly, "Brother Ning."

"Wanfang is guilty, I am guilty, I am guilty, there is no way, if the reform does not start from the clan, how can the people of the world be convinced? Is it necessary to let this chaos in the capital come one by one in all the prefectures and counties of Daming?" Did it happen?"

Zhang Juzheng swallowed his saliva and said: "No, Brother Ning."

"In the 14th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong issued an imperial edict. Below the king of the county, Lumi is half of the middle and branched. Below the king of the county, the true color is four points, and the banknotes are six points."

Ning Jue's mouth twitched slightly.

"You mean, during Emperor Xiaozong's reign, most of the Lumi was folded?"

"Of course."

Ning Jue gasped, casually rolled up the rice paper in front of him and threw it into the wastebasket.

"Emperor Xiaozong knew how to use waste."

Everyone in the world knows what the purchasing power of Daming Treasure Banknotes is now, and it is something that is not even used in graves.

In other words, Xiaozong cut off half of the Lumi of the clan below the county king, and the princess cut off [-]%.

"Emperor Xiaozong didn't dare to attack scholars, but he was very cruel to his own relatives, really filial piety."

But Ning Jue soon realized something was wrong.

"Uncle, this account is still not right!" Ning Jue fiddled with the abacus, and after a while he came up with a figure: "According to the records on the jade plate of the clan, my Ming Dynasty still has nearly 800 clans, of which Dingkou has more than [-] people. , there is still an expenditure of nearly [-] million shi every year!"

Looking at the abacus in Ning Jue's hands, Zhang Juzheng's expression gradually became serious.

"Shanxi and Henan save only 230 shi per year, and the patriarch Lumi spends 500 million shi every year."

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were the most enshrined in Huguang, with nineteen kings before and after. Only the Lu Mansion was abolished. As for the vassal kings in the Northwest, their living conditions may be too harsh. Even King Qin's lineage almost lost their incense several times. In the Jiajing Dynasty, the Qin Mansion's incense gradually flourished. The rest of the kings didn't get up until the end of Ming Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were indeed all over the place, and gradually the burden of supporting the vassal kings was all carried on the heads of Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Because although there are four left in Huguang, two of them were relocated from Jiubian, so the salary of King Min was only 2.5 shi, and that of King Liao was only 1.5 shi. The king is paid enough, but Zhu Gaochi's genes are not good enough, and the Prince Xiang's mansion can't be born. In Huguang province, in fact, only [-] king's mansions are provided, and the Chu mansion tops [-].

As for the princes of Shanxi and Henan provinces, they are all heavyweights.

Zhang Juzheng's brows gradually tightened.

Ning Jue's expression became increasingly strange.

"Even if there is no disaster, injury or injury, the annual loss is not enough to provide half of Lumi. Year after year, it will multiply more and more, and the situation will be extremely poor and harmful. How will it be supported!"

"The reform doesn't change the clan, who in the world can obey?!"

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth, but he was speechless, because the clan was indeed a big problem, and he could only watch Ning Jue stand in front of the case and write quickly.

While Ning Jue was writing hard at home, the final work of the capital had already begun.

All singing and newspaper offices were closed, and the streets and alleys of the capital were filled with discarded red scarves and jade pendants scattered on the ground.

These once proud tokens are destined to become hot potatoes after regaining their sanity.

"Zhan Han, the left servant of the Criminal Ministry, and Fu Jiong, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, have been resigned and await trial."

"Tu Qiao..." Zhu Zaiyu frowned: "I am an official, don't you want to give me a gift?"

Zhu Zaishun's face was gloomy and frightening.

"There's such a big mess in the capital, did this group of people get away with it just because they lost their jobs?"

Zhu Zaiyi originally thought that this time at least a few people should be killed to calm people's minds.

Unexpectedly, what the various ministries reported was such an ending.

Yuan Wei smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness, Zhan Han and Fu Jiong are indeed hateful, but their defenses have reached all ministries, and they are just an expedient action under the chaos, and there are precedents to follow...It can only be decided by a judge."

"As for Tu Zongxian, Tu Zongxian really didn't do anything."

"Then Mr. Yuan means that he has been wronged by Tu Qiao alone, and he should be posthumously awarded the title of Jiuqing?"

Yuan Wei bowed his head and repeatedly said "I dare not".

Zhu Zaiyu had nowhere to vent his pent-up anger.

And Gao Gong also bowed his head and remained silent.

The capital was in turmoil, and it was obvious that someone was ready to reap the benefits, but they were just waiting and did nothing.

Zhu Zaixun, who was out of breath, got up suddenly and added directly to the playbook.

"Shun Tian Mansion Yin Ma Kun, dereliction of duty, three months' salary."

"The commanders of the soldiers and horses of the five cities will also be fined for three months."

After adding these few sentences, Zhu Zaiyu also froze in place, and that's all he could pursue.

After all, in essence, this matter still happened among the people, and it really cannot be held accountable by the Six Departments and Jiuqing.

Seeing that Zhu Zaixun's anger gradually dissipated, Gao Gong who was sitting beside him spoke.

"Your Highness, there is a dilemma in this matter."

"Mr. Gao made it clear."

After Gao Gong hesitated for a moment, he said, "The first is how to depose Tao Dalin." Before Gao Gong finished speaking, Zhu Zaishun said directly: "How can I depose directly, and pass on the first nine sides, Tao Dalin?" House raids..."

Zhu Zaiyu's voice did not finish.

Yuan Wei fell to his knees with a "plop".

"I hope that your highness will learn from you that the son of a man is guilty of filial piety, which is unheard of in ancient times. Tao Nianzhai certainly made a big mistake, but it was also the rioters who destroyed his father's body first, and then this happened. It is really understandable. .”

"Bang!" Zhu Zaiyu slapped the table.

"Even Tao Dalin can't be killed?! Does his Tao family have a gold medal for avoiding death?!"

Yuan Wei kowtowed in the tunnel and said: "The Tao family has no iron certificate, but Tao Nianzhai is determined not to be convicted of filial piety. There is a new law in the market that wants to abolish my loyalty and filial piety for thousands of years. Loyalty and filial piety are the foundation of the country. If Tao Nianzhai does this If you are convicted, the foundation of the country will be shaken!"

Yuan Wei really wanted to say good things for Tao Dalin, but what he said was indeed true.

If Tao Dalin was convicted of filial piety, it would actually confirm the rumors in the market.

"If you don't kill because of something, then kill because of something else..." Before he finished speaking, Zhu Zaixun closed his mouth.

Aside.

Aside from the hammer, Tao Dalin has been studying at home for the first half of his life.

It was the first thing he did in his life.

Just say that if you can't kill it, it's over.

Gao Gong also said bluntly: "His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, so there is indeed something wrong with the leader of the Tao family. How Tao Dalin deposes him needs to be investigated in detail in the case of Tao Shixian. If it is verified, the Tao family is indeed conspiracy. In fact, even Tao Nianzhai can't escape!"

"As for this case, the Tao family should pay for the loss of the capital's shops. In addition, the emperor's disobedience and disloyalty for the sake of filial piety should be a denial of fame."

"I would like to announce that Tao Dalin, Zhu Dashou, and Wu Shilai will be dismissed from their merits and will never be used again."

"The rest of the scholars involved in the case should all be dismissed and banned from the exam for five to ten years, so as to make an example of others."

Yuan Wei's mouth opened and Zhang Gang wanted to continue speaking.

Sensing Zhu Zaishun's expression, he closed it again.

"A thorough investigation, Tao Shixian couldn't even buckle it through the cracks in the bricks, a thorough investigation... What is the other thing Mr. Gao said?"

When Gao Gong heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, the merchants in the city have been printing leaflets and dyeing shops in the past few days. I am afraid that this meeting will stop."

"Stop, stop! If it weren't for their interference, the capital would be far from being in such a mess! When you make a lot of money, you don't have the slightest eye on the court. If you lose money, don't come and howl in front of you!"

Mentioning this group of merchants, Zhu Zaiyu felt another fire in his heart.

I wish they could find a place to hang it on their own.

Unexpectedly, Gao Gong bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, I think that this matter must be investigated. These days, the major dyeing workshops and book workshops have recruited more than ten thousand craftsmen... A few merchants died when they died, but these are not tolerable. The craftsmen of the rice bowl suddenly lost their jobs, if it is not easy to be dismissed, there will be another chaos in the blink of an eye."

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, workers are worse than farmers but better than merchants. In Gao Gong's eyes, these craftsmen are actually far more important than merchants.

Compared with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Gao Gong is more like a heresy.

Gao Gong praised Wang Tingxiang's "Xin Xue" and "Confucianism", but he looked down on Wang Tingxiang's "qi monism."

From a conclusive point of view, Gao Gong is trying to establish an intermediate school between "Xin Xue" and "Confucianism", but he does not have enough ability to form a system of his own, making Gao Gong more like a fundamentalist reckless man.

Zhu Zaishun's brows gradually furrowed.

"More than ten thousand people, how does Mr. Gao plan to depose him?"

Only then did Gao Gong lower his head and said, "I'm planning to ask Xia Butang of the Ministry of Accounting to lend them some money, and the Ministry of Accounting will come forward to help them get through this test. As for whether they live or die later, that's up to them."

"Besides, the minister also made a statement. It seems that the court should mint another batch of money, so I just took this opportunity to disperse it."

If it was in the past, Gao Gong would never have dared to mention this matter.

Later generations can only see a pile of money from the Five Emperors of the Qing Dynasty, but it is difficult to see copper coins from the Ming Dynasty.

Because before Jiajing, only the three emperors Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji actually cast money. Jiajing really had no money to spend, so he cast a little with the ancestor's year name, and even all Jianwen Tongbao were actually Jiajing. cast.

Zhu Zaiyu was silent for a long time.

"Approved, waiting for Mr. Xia from the household department to comment with Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge."

"Here."
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Xiyuan Abode.

Jiajing, who was sitting on the futon, looked at the account in his hand, but even the creases in the corners of his eyes burst out laughing.

"Wen Fu, I really didn't see that you, Jin Yiwei, have such abilities."

Lu Bing lowered his head and said, "This...is all His Majesty's holy opinion."

What Jiajing held in his hand was the account books of Wang Shaofu and Tang Sheng's family, which were copied overnight by Jin Yiwei.

For Jin Yiwei, this can only be regarded as a laborious job of copying.

Lu Bing really didn't know how to humble himself.

You, a merchant, can hide your account books better than a scholar can hide dirty money?

"Looking at this incident, if this method continues to change, these merchants in Ming Dynasty may not be able to suppress it."

"I will capture these merchants here." Lu Bing immediately wanted to get up.

Jiajing casually threw the ledger in his hand on the ground and said with a smile: "Even if these people are covered in iron, how many nails can they drive?"

"The errands of the Jinyiwei are about to change. Someone needs to keep an eye on the merchants in this world for me. They have to pay the taxes that should be paid honestly. Jinyiwei is better than the Ministry of Households at this matter. Is it too much?"

"How many people are missing, please report directly to me, and I will personally approve."

The corner of Jiajing's mouth raised, and there were only three words in his eyes.

- My money!

A few merchants made such a big commotion from the capital, which naturally attracted Jiajing's attention.

Just when Jiajing wanted to say a few more words to Lu Bing.

Huang Jin also walked into the Abode slowly.

"Your Majesty, Ningke is finally playing."

Hearing Ning Jue's name, the smile on Jiajing's face was fleeting.

"Has he made nonsense again?"

Huang Jin said cautiously: "Ning Kezhong, please seize the affection of the clan and give up Lumi."

(End of this chapter)