Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 166 How can it be so simple

Wang Daoqiu proposed to sell the tens of millions of acres of unowned farmland in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jinan Prefecture to the tenant farmers who are currently cultivating those lands at a [-]% discount on the land price.And provide loans to tenant farmers who have no money at an interest rate that is much lower than this or that.

This is helping Emperor Jiajing win people's hearts!He naturally understood Emperor Jiajing.Moreover, [-]% of the land sales this time was from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the two systems of Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing only accounted for [-]%. According to the usual [-]-[-] ratio of Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing, then the land sales this time were [-]%. Emperor Jiajing only accounted for [-]%.

So anyway, Emperor Jiajing only took [-]% of the money from the land sale this time, so he didn't lose much if the land was sold cheaply.Besides, by selling it at a low price, not only does the reputation of loving the people like a son belong to him, but the interest money earned by the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty from lending also belongs to him.

So after Wang Daoqiu proposed, Emperor Jiajing issued an order to sell land to tenant farmers at [-]% off the land price and provide credit support in the name of the emperor's great kindness.Emperor Jiajing, who was well aware of the benefits of this, smiled at Wang Daoqiu with satisfaction and said: "Wang Qing, I can rest assured that you are doing this. You can just go ahead and do it. You can make your own decisions when encountering problems. You don't have to ask me again. Also, Wang Qing, those royal relatives and hereditary ministers in Beijing are used to asking for money in everything. So Wang Qing, for the sake of their peace of mind, you can do something difficult for them!"

What, instigate the Minister of Internal Affairs to accept bribes?This stupid gentleman is really likable.Well, since your emperor has asked my brothers to adapt to the habit of those powerful people "asking for money" when they encounter problems, then if my brothers don't make money, they will be struck by lightning.

With this in mind, Wang Daoqiu told Emperor Jiajing that he would definitely make those relatives of the emperor and hereditary ministers feel at ease about him.And this kind of peace of mind, I will definitely give it in place once and for all, and never let those noble people "promote money" a second time.

When it comes to accepting bribes, Wang Daoqiu can talk about it so seriously, thinking about others and doing it for your own good.This made Emperor Jiajing so amused that he raised his arms and started chasing Wang Daoqiu.

Everyone was a social person with no good character, which was quite harmonious, so now Emperor Jiajing felt even closer to Wang Daoqiu.

After chasing Wang Daoqiu for a while, Emperor Jiajing put his hands on his waist and panted. Wang Daoqiu, who was hiding away from him, said: "Okay, you little treacherous minister, I am too lazy to beat you again. I will Let me tell you, the Beijing inspection ended a few days ago, and after taking stock of it, we made a total of 7409 million taels of silver this time. As agreed before, you get 75%, which is [-] taels."

"If you don't have this money, Lu Bing doesn't dare to send it to your home, for fear that your stupid father will beat you to death. Therefore, Lu Bing helped you deposit the money into the Royal Bank and let you eat the interest. Wait for Lu Bing Bing came back from Liaodong to recruit Jurchen soldiers. You can ask him for the receipt yourself! By the way, Wang Qing, I heard that your father Wang Zhaowen is a very upright man, with very good personal conduct and conduct, and regards money as dirt. When he was in the provincial examination, he and Your current father-in-law was friends with Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang, and they were enemies. But your father never let anyone know in front of others that he was friends with Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang, and he never once visited Shen Yishi's door or took anything from Shen Yishi. One tael of silver per stone. Wang Qing, is this true?"

Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. The embarrassing things about his father all reached Emperor Jiajing, and Wang Daoqiu was helpless about this.

So Wang Daoqiu smiled and said to Emperor Jiajing: "Yes, Your Majesty, my father is just that kind of person. He is introverted and very thin-skinned. Your Majesty, you have never met my father. He failed the provincial examination seven times that year, and he was updated three times each time." He went home in the dark like a thief in the middle of the night, and when he got home, he locked himself in his home. As soon as he heard a villager talking at the door, he hurriedly hid."

"Hahahahaha, my dear, your father is really a wonderful man, I like him! Okay, okay, I have decided that I will appoint him as the examiner for the next scientific examination. Didn't he fail the provincial examination seven times? Then I asked him to supervise the exams for those who passed the provincial examination. Hahahaha, it’s so ridiculous to me. By the way, Wang Qing, your father’s talents should be used by the court. In this way, Wang Qing, doesn’t your father regard money as dirt? Then Arrange for him to go to Taicang of the Ministry of Households and give him a seventh-grade manager! Aiqing, you are also the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel. You can go to the Ministry of Personnel to handle this matter tomorrow."

After hearing Wang Daoqiu talk about Wang Zhaowen and the embarrassing things that happened back then, Emperor Jiajing was so happy that he immediately acted on the spot and arranged a prank plan on Wang Zhaowen.

Emperor Jiajing was a prank, but Wang Daoqiu knew that it was his father Wang Zhaowen's lifelong dream to enter the examination room and become an official.Since it is your father’s dream, let’s fulfill it!
So after listening to Emperor Jiajing's words, Wang Daoqiu, who wanted to fulfill his father's wish, thought for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, my father was born in the same Jinshi class, which your Majesty once rewarded. His own merit in the examination was just that of a scholar. Just a scholar." If a scholar has not made much contribution to the country, he will be directly awarded a seventh-grade official position. This is in line with the rules of the imperial court!"

"Hey, why is it against the rules? Our dynasty has always treated ministers leniently. The ancestral system means that the ancestral system is for important ministers in the dynasty. The court can favor one of his immediate relatives and become an official directly without passing the scientific examination. It is a favored official. For example, Yan Shifan, the favored official Isn't it his father Yan Song? By the way, Wang Aiqing, when it comes to that Yan Shifan, I get angry. Last month, Yan Shou asked me for help, saying that your minister Yu was targeting his son Yan Shifan. He not only greeted Xingrensi, but also asked Yan Shifan to send officials off The Ministry of Public Security and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, two departments that have a rift with his Yan family, want the official documents of Yan Shifan to die, so that Yan Shifan is ridiculed. They also plan to eliminate Yan Shifan in this Beijing inspection. Therefore, Chief Yan asked me for assistance. , and sent his son Yan Shifan to the border for training. Cough cough cough!"

Speaking of Yan Shifan, Emperor Jiajing was very angry. The smiling face when he was joking with Wang Daoqiu suddenly turned into a angry face, and he couldn't help but cough.

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing started to cough because of his shortness of breath, Lu Fang hurriedly ran up to rub Emperor Jiajing's back, while Wang Daoqiu hurriedly went to serve tea.

After Lu Fang professionally rubbed his back and drank the tea handed over by Wang Daoqiu, Emperor Jiajing became less angry.So he went on to say: "When Yan Song begged me, I felt that Yan Shifan was a piece of mud that couldn't stick to the wall, but Yan Song was nearly seventy years old, his beard and hair were all white, and he knelt in front of me and begged, and I couldn't bear it. , so I arranged for Yan Shifan to go to Datong for training. But as soon as Yan Shifan arrived in Datong, he relied on his father being the chief minister of the dynasty to win over a group of officers who wanted to get promoted and make a fortune, and fought against Zhou Shangwen, the commander-in-chief of Datong, with the intention of ousting Zhou Shangwen , he himself serves as the de facto commander-in-chief of Datong."

"Not counting power, Yan Shifan recruited a group of people in Datong and formed a small mountain. After establishing a foothold in Datong, he also made money wantonly. He was greedy for military pay, colluded with local businessmen in Shanxi, and smuggled salt and iron to the Tatars. , these were all done by him. Now the general of Datong, Zhou Shangwen, and the governor of Xuanda, Weng Wanda, have written to me, condemning Yan Shifan’s various evil deeds, and asking me to get Yan Shifan out quickly. And Yan Shifan and the censor of Xuanda, Hu Zongxian, Impeaching Zhou Shangwen and Weng Wanda for privately mining gold mines, supporting their own troops, and being suspected of wanting to become a vassal town. Hey, I still have the documents from both sides. One side is the stability of the Xuanda border, and the other side is Yan Shoufu. I Now you really don’t know what to do?”

After saying this, Emperor Jiajing became more and more angry as he thought about it. He took one sip of the tea that Wang Daoqiu had just handed him.

Emperor Jiajing was now very angry at Yan Shifan's unrepentance, and Wang Daoqiu was frightened by what Emperor Jiajing had just said about Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian impeaching Zhou Shangwen and Weng Wanda for privately mining gold mines.After all, those two gold mines were pointed out to Zhou Shangwen by Wang Daoqiu.

As the saying goes, paper cannot contain fire, let alone smart people like Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian. If they want to investigate, they will definitely be able to find out.In other words, they have already found out and reported it to Emperor Jiajing.Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu felt a chill in his back. As a time traveler with golden fingers, Wang Daoqiu knew it.Emperor Jiajing is a person who doesn't care about good or bad, right or wrong among his subordinates.According to Emperor Jiajing's own great opinion, the clear water of the Yangtze River irrigated tens of millions of acres of fertile fields on both sides of the river, but the turbid water of the Yellow River also irrigated tens of millions of acres of fertile fields on both sides of the river bank?

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing could allow his ministers to have bad character, but what he did not allow was for his ministers to be useless to him and disloyal to him.Especially infringing on his proud heart and treating him as a fool.

If you confess, you will be given leniency, and you will go to jail. If you resist, you will be given strict punishment, and you will go home for the New Year.This sentence is a wise saying in a big country, but not here in Emperor Jiajing.

Wanting to understand this, Wang Daoqiu knelt down in front of Emperor Jiajing.Seeing Wang Daoqiu knelt down inexplicably, Emperor Jiajing was a little confused, so he asked: "My beloved, what do you mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, what Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian impeached me for the death penalty is that the Datong border troops privately mined gold mines. It is true. Those two gold mines were found for them when I went to Datong to select troops last time."

"What, the gold mines privately mined by the Datong border army were found by you for them?"

"Is this the death penalty?"

After Wang Daoqiu confessed, he saw Emperor Jiajing asking questions for confirmation. He was busy and bachelor and knocked his head to the ground.

Seeing Wang Daoqiu's confession again, Emperor Jiajing was convinced that the last time Wang Daoqiu went to Datong, he really helped the border troops find gold mines.

Knowing this, Emperor Jiajing became very angry. He pointed at Wang Daoqiu and reprimanded: "Did you know that those border troops were stationed at the border, and the only thing the court controlled about them was food and salary. Precisely because only the court paid them Only with food and wages can they have enough food and clothing, so they can only listen to the court. Now you have found a gold mine for them. In the future, when they are short of food and drink, they can dig out the gold themselves and use the gold to buy food and drink. , there is no need to ask the court anymore. Do you think they will still listen to what the court says after this?"

"I will die!"

"You, you, you, hi! I don't even know how to say hello to you. Okay, blame me, blame me for not explaining the pros and cons to you clearly before. Wang Qing, listen carefully, no matter what happens in the future At that time, you were not allowed to look for minerals for the army. The army's food and salary could only be provided by the imperial court, and they could not raise their own food and salary. Wang Qing, do you understand what I am saying?"

"It's your Majesty. I won't dare to do it next time."

"Okay, okay, get out of here. Get out of here. I'm annoyed when I see you now, so get out of here."

"Well, well, I'll get out now."

Emperor Jiajing was really angry now that he knew that he had allowed the border troops to take care of their own military expenses, which infringed upon Emperor Jiajing's control over the border troops.Wang Daoqiu no longer cared about the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, pretended to be embarrassed, and hurriedly ran out of the Longevity Palace.

Facing Wang Daoqiu's fleeing figure and looking at the angry Emperor Jiajing, Lu Fang came up to comfort him and said: "Master, forget it, Wang Shizhong is still too young after all. He is not quite ready for the fatal things behind some things." Understand."

"Lu Fang, you don't have to intercede for that brat. If he hadn't been young and loyal to me, otherwise I wouldn't have let him walk out of Xiyuan alive today just because he was looking for gold mines for the border troops. .This bastard, what do you think he did?"

"Yes, yes, master, what Shizhong Wang did was indeed a little out of the ordinary. But his ability to prospect for minerals is really great! In less than a month when he went to Xuanda University last time, he I helped find two gold mines there. His eyes are so valuable!"

"It's valuable! Yes, as for that boy's ability to find minerals, he is considered second in the world, so there is no first place. No, no, no, I am so at a loss! Lu Fang, please send a message to that boy in private. When the weather gets warmer next spring, , if he doesn’t find two gold mines for me, then I will cleanse him and ask him to come to the palace to pour me a chamber pot. And you inform Xuanda that the border troops are secretly mining gold mines. Stop investigating, and immediately transfer Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian back to Beijing."

"Here"

(End of this chapter)