I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 161: There is a traitor in the court (please subscribe)
After the matter was done, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief. He used every trick he could think of to deal with Jianlu.

Chasing and intercepting them everywhere, uniting with surrounding forces to encircle and suppress them, and poaching from within.

He just made up his mind to fight Nurhaci, just to see who could outsmart the other.He vaguely remembered that the weather in Liaodong this year was not good either, so it would depend on how Nurhachi would endure it.

Thinking of this, his mood improved a lot. He felt that a big worry had been settled, and he immediately relaxed a lot. He followed Zhang Chang and He Ning out of Qianqing Palace to play with his younger brothers and sisters.

The days passed quickly, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival gradually dissipated, and the people returned to the peaceful life of the past from the excitement of the festival.

By the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the court officials had already accepted the leave, and the company in Ming Dynasty officially opened for business.

In the side room of the cabinet, since Zhu Youxiao came last time, he has asked people to open the skylight and repair the house. This has also made the office environment of Wenyuan Pavilion much better. There is no need to light a lamp to read the question book during the day.

The officials began to formally clock in and work, and the first thing they were busy with was the cabinet. The first thing they were busy with was to assign credits and rewards to Shen Yang and others.

This matter is easy to handle. When giving rewards to generals who have made meritorious service, the court will usually follow the opinions of Xiong Tingbi, Yang Lian and others, and there is usually no problem.

But what caused a headache for the cabinet was that Yang Lian poked a big hole in the court.

It was when he was guarding Shenyang that he lightly promised rewards. He first gave 30 taels of Liao pay from the court to the soldiers guarding the city, and also promised a higher reward for killing the enemy.In this great victory, more than [-] enemies were killed, and the rewards were astronomical.

"Haha, Wen Ru also said that he has already reduced a lot of money, and only needs a mere 70 taels. He really thinks that the imperial court is a gold mine, and he can dig it as he pleases."

Liu Yishen was very angry when he saw this. He spent more than 70 taels, but Yang Lian really didn't feel bad at all for spending it. But after finally winning a big victory, the court had to reward him.

"Jinqing (Ye Xianggao's word), how much money does the Ministry of Revenue have now?"

"Not much anymore. There are a lot of places to spend money during this period. Previously, internal funds funded 200 million yuan, and 6107 million taels of stolen money were received, for a total of 8107 million taels.

But I don’t know how many people are thinking about this money. First, Jiubian owes 150 million taels in salary, and the Beijing official owes 15 taels in salary for three months. Xu Guangqi also said that he would build a new firearms workshop in Tongzhou and gave him 30 taels.

Tianjin and Denglai newly built the navy each with 15 taels. Erzhan (Zou Yuanbiao) allocated another 10 taels for farming in the capital. Plus some other miscellaneous expenses, the Ministry of Household Affairs still had 5203 million taels. "

After hearing this, Ye Xianggao thought for a while and began to count the expenses of the household department in detail.

"It's just that these more than 500 million taels cannot be touched easily."

"The tax money from various places has not yet been escorted, and the military pay from Jiubian is about to be distributed soon. The same is true for Liao's pay. Guangdong has just submitted a memorial saying that it needs to buy cannons. Hiring gunners requires court funding. Enke will be opened next month. The palace The letter said that preparations for the draft are almost complete, and I need money to prepare for the wedding. Nothing is important. I think the money is just flowing like water."

Shen Guan was drinking tea while listening to Ye Xiangqingqing click on the ledger, and then he couldn't help but complain.

"Oh, there is no other way. These people don't have much ability to save money, but they have a lot of ability to spend money. This is money that Your Majesty managed to acquire with great difficulty. We'd better save some money. If we spend it all, we'll have a headache. It’s still us.”

Everyone looked at each other, this was what they were most satisfied with about the new emperor.

The emperor has a bad temper and loves to train soldiers, but one thing is very clear. He is very thrifty and has good money-making skills. The main thing is to share the money with the court [-]%. This means that when his son gets married, he has to ask for money from the court. Compared with Shenzong, it is completely different.

Not only did he save money, but he also worried about state affairs. Many officials in the three main palaces in the palace wrote letters saying that they wanted to repair it. This was related to the face of the court. However, Zhu Youxiao refused to repair it because he was afraid of spending money. However, he allocated funds to Liaodong without blinking an eye. Based on this, the ministers in the cabinet had to say "Sage King".

"Since His Majesty has already said that he will reward the Liaodong soldiers well, I think the money should be allocated."

Liu Yishen thought for a moment and decided to give it. The emperor was not short of hungry soldiers.

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this, and gave it to him while he had money, otherwise he would not know where the money would be spent.

"The encore will be launched at the end of next month. How are the preparations for the official department?"

Compared with granting a reward to Liaodong, Liu Yishen was more concerned about Kai Enke's recruitment of scholars.

After all, they are all people who have experienced the imperial examination, so they naturally know the importance of this opportunity.

After all, the triennial imperial examination is still too slow. There are only three years in life. Now there is an opportunity without waiting for three years. The emperor directly presides over the examination. The difficulty is still low. Naturally, many people are flocking to it.

"Since Shenzong, the imperial court has not held an examination. Now we finally have such an opportunity. The Ministry of Revenue has also started preparations early. The date set for the examination is February 25th.

It's just that this time Enke meets once in 50 years, and there are more people participating. I'm afraid the Gongyuan venue is not enough, so many temporary examination booths have been built to satisfy it. "

Shen Guan and Sun Ruyou, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, both belonged to the Zhejiang Party, so they knew more about this matter. Now when Liu Yishen asked, he patiently answered the question. No one should neglect this matter of the imperial examination.

"That's very good. This is your Majesty's first official appointment since he ascended the throne. It is of great significance. You must not be careless and make any mistakes." Liu Yishen had always been very concerned about this matter and immediately asked Shen Guan a lot. After learning about the details, Sun Ruyou was indeed prepared, and then he let go of his worries.

"That's very good. Let's arrange it like this. Don't be lazy. In a few days, we can put it on the list and let Your Majesty confirm the examiner and co-examiner."

Liu Yishen was still giving instructions to Shen Guan and the others about the imperial examination, but suddenly he saw the Cabinet Clerk running in from outside the door.

"Fellow elders, please go out and have a look. The censors and officials heard that yesterday your Majesty issued an edict to punish Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, Wei Yingjia and others.

I don’t know who instigated them together. Now more than 20 people are kneeling outside the Meridian Gate. They say that Your Majesty listened to the slanders of traitorous ministers, belittled officials, blocked the way of speech, and now has caused loyal ministers to be imprisoned. They demand to see the Holy One, otherwise they will not be able to kneel for a long time. rise. "

"what?"

Liu Yishen stood up suddenly from his seat. He had never seen this Yan Guan kneeling outside the Meridian Gate to ask for orders many years ago. The most recent time was in the Jiajing Dynasty. The emperor had not been on the throne for half a year, and this Yan Guan was here. Doing this would be a slap in the emperor's face.

Moreover, they said that Your Majesty listened to the slanderous words of the traitor, so who is the traitor but himself?

Thinking of this, Liu Yishen didn't care about the imperial examination, so he immediately led Han Xu, Ye Xianggao and others out of Wenyuan Pavilion and headed towards the Meridian Gate.

"Does the Supervisor of Ceremonies know?"

"I understand. Eunuch Wei has already sent someone to report to His Majesty. He also arranged for people from the East Factory to wait outside the Meridian Gate. Apparently they want to arrest someone."

Everyone secretly complained that it was not good. His Majesty also said yesterday that there must be someone behind these people who are inciting the officials. Not even a while later, so many people were making trouble outside the Meridian Gate. Isn’t this obvious and obvious to people? Just something.

But who is this person, who is behind the scenes, and what is his intention? This idea lingers in everyone's mind.

The Meridian Gate is the main entrance of the Forbidden City. It is in the shape of a "concave" and is located on the north-south axis of the Forbidden City. It is also a place where ministers must pass through when going to court.

Every year on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, a "Shuo" ceremony is held at the Meridian Gate to promulgate the calendar for the following year.In the event of a major war, when the army returns home in triumph, a "prisoner presentation ceremony" to present prisoners of war to the emperor will be held at the Meridian Gate.The "court stick" used by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to punish ministers was also held at the Meridian Gate.

Everyone present was thinking that the imperial staff system since Emperor Shizong (Jiajing) was probably about to happen again.

Liu Yishen and others came out of the side door one after another, and saw more than 20 people including Wei Dazhong from the household department, Hui Shiyang from the engineering department, and Gu Zhen, the censor of Shandong Province, all kneeling in the square in front of the Meridian Gate. He was still shouting while kneeling.

"The treacherous ministers are in power. Please ask His Majesty to judge you. Don't harm the loyal ones!"

"Since the dynasty of Taizu, Yanguan has never been punished like this for his words and deeds. Your Majesty, your majesty is a wise king. Please take a closer look."

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Seeing that many of them are members of the Donglin Party, they are also shouting that traitors are in power and loyal people are harmed.Liu Yishen frowned. It was obvious who the traitor was. It must be him, the chief minister of the cabinet.

What surprised him was how Hui Shiyang and Wei Dazhong, the backbone of Donglin, got involved and targeted him everywhere.He looked at Han Xu and Ye Xianggao without revealing anything. It was obvious that someone was behind them.

"Kong Shi (the name of Wei Dazhong), Yiwo (the name of Hui Shiyang), what are you doing here? Why don't you get up and go back quickly? If you have anything to do, report to the court. The cabinet has its own decision. Why do you do this?"

Wei Dazhong and others are strong-willed people. Naturally, they will not be fine just because of his words. Moreover, they have long been dissatisfied with Liu Yishen, the first assistant. Now that they saw Liu Yishen's dissuasion, they immediately refuted it.

"Why are the officials guilty of writing a letter? What's the benefit to the court if they block the way to speak out? As the chief minister of the cabinet, you did not dissuade His Majesty, but instead framed Zhongliang. It is really a shame for us."

"Be brave, the chief assistant is here. How can you change your words to slander me? I know what you are thinking."

A Dongchang eunuch nearby saw that Wei Dazhong dared to slander the chief minister like this, and immediately became furious and wanted to scold him angrily.

Unexpectedly, this had the opposite effect. This group of officials had a strong mouth and the hardest bones.

Seeing the eunuch helping Liu Yishuo speak, he immediately glared at him, and his heart became more convinced that Liu Yishui was a traitor.

"Kong Shi, you have indeed passed. You keep saying that the first assistant is blocking the way of speech. This is completely nonsense.

Feng Sanyuan and others casually fabricated facts and framed important officials of the imperial court. The evidence is conclusive, so why should they block the way of speech? "

"Besides, His Majesty did not say that he would not be allowed to report, but that he could not be impeached based on his words or falsely accused without reason. What is wrong with this?

Now you are slandering the Chief Minister, attacking the Holy One, and kneeling down to express your grievances based on this alone. Where do you put His Majesty and where do you put the court? "

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