Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 387 I am afraid that Ouyang Lun’s family fortune will be ruined! (Please subscribe!!)

After hearing Guo Zi's words, Wang Yan understood something instantly and stopped asking any more questions.

"Master Wang, the consort has given you these three million. This is a sign of his trust in you. This money does need to be repaid, but it must be repaid in thirty years. There is no other company in the world. Looking at more than ten industries in the Ming Dynasty, Province, only your Sichuan Province has approved so many."

"In addition... the most delaying thing for my prince-in-law is to take money and not do things for the people. The prince-son-in-law will never let go of such a person. And if Mr. Wang manages the matter well, he might continue to go to the capital to do errands in the future. For The people of the entire Ming Dynasty are doing things!"

Guo Zi emphasized again.

Hearing this, Wang Yan naturally understood the meaning of Guo Zi's words. It seemed like it was just an exhortation, but in fact it was also a solicitation.

Although he has always lived in a corner, working in Sichuan Province, he knows a little about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Ming Dynasty has long gone from being dominated by one party, the Huaixi Party, to multiple forces intersecting, among which Ouyang Lun's Prince Consort Party shines the brightest.

In just a few years, it developed into a political force that could compete head-on with the Huaixi Party.

This is absolutely inseparable from Ouyang Lun's ability and political reputation.

Moreover, Wang Yan also heard that Ouyang Lun personally rescued Guo Zi from being imprisoned in a prison.

"Heaven and earth? I heard that the consumption inside is not cheap!" Wang Yan said a little cautiously.

And after talking to Ouyang Lun today, he could also feel that Ouyang Lun was quite good. He was relatively casual, without any pretensions, and it was easy to communicate with him. With such a backer, he would be quite good at doing things in the future.

"Then thank you Lord Guo and the Prince Consort!" Wang Yan cupped his hands and said.

Wang Yan said extremely seriously: "These are what I should do!"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Guo, I will definitely not disappoint the prince-in-law this time. I will definitely achieve results and use all the money for the people of Sichuan Province!"

"Haha." After hearing Wang Yan's words, Guo Zi laughed directly.

"Isn't this good... I just came to the capital and went to heaven and earth. If the censor of the Imperial Court knows about it, I will not be impeached. My reputation will be ruined." Although Guo Zi said very seductively, But Wang Yan was still a little worried.

"Okay...Okay, Lao Guo." Wang Yan didn't like it, but he wasn't disgusted at all. He even felt a little relaxed.

In addition, Ouyang Lun is the son-in-law of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He is highly regarded and is in charge of the household department. It is difficult to evaluate his future future. But what is certain is that as long as Ouyang Lun himself does not commit suicide, Ouyang Lun will definitely become the most dazzling figure in the Ming Dynasty in the future. politicians.

"Hahaha, Mr. Wang... I will call you Lao Wang from now on... It makes you more friendly! Now we are a family!" Guo Zi said with a smile: "If you have anything to do in the future, just come to me directly. I can Whatever can be solved will be solved by you, and if I can’t solve it, my consort can also solve it for you!”

This incident is enough to show that Ouyang Lun is very popular.

A normal person would definitely be quite unhappy when encountering such a thing, but on the other hand, Guo Zi not only did not complain at all, but also actively worked for Ouyang Lun, did not take this matter to heart at all, and was even more loyal to Ouyang Lun.

"Old Guo, why are you laughing? Did I say something wrong?" Wang Yan asked in confusion.

"Let's go, now we can directly get a huge sum of three million yuan. You don't need to go to other yamen to ask for help. You have been insisting for a long time and other yamen will give you tens of thousands of taels at most, or even not. We are not short of money now." !" Guo Zi said with a smile: "The Tianshangrenjian branch in Beijing has newly opened, I will take you to relax, this is the repertoire of our Prince Consort Party!"

It has to be said that Wang Yan is moved. He is already in his early sixties, but he still has his own political ambitions. He is now the chief envoy of Sichuan Province, and is only one step away from becoming a general, prime minister, and the center of power in the Ming Dynasty. If he can With Ouyang Lun's help, we took the most critical step...

"It is indeed very expensive, but you are now the Prince Consort and you can enjoy membership discounts. Besides, if I ask you to go, it is my treat. The Prince Consort said that there are three strongest relationships in the world, one is a classmate, and the other We fought guns together, and the last one is we washed our feet together!”

"Everything that should be done should be done." Guo Zi directly put his arm around Wang Yan's shoulders and said with a smile: "Old Wang, don't call me Mr. Guo. Call me Lao Guo to make me appear closer. Ouyang Prince Consort hates all kinds of rules. Etiquette, since we are on the same boat, let’s be more casual!”

Hearing Wang Yan's words, Guo Zi also laughed, because Wang Yan could say this, which represented Wang Yan's attitude.

In addition, Wang Yan also observed that Guo Zi was originally the Minister of Household Affairs. Although he was demoted to the position of Minister of Household Affairs because of the Guo Huan case, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was clearly to give Ouyang Lun a position.

Guo Zi said excitedly.

"Old Wang! You haven't been to the capital for a long time. It seems that you don't know that the atmosphere in the capital has changed. In the past, many people did equate heaven and earth with brothels, but now they don't. They regard them as A high-end wiring club, many dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and celebrities go to heaven and earth, but many people are not qualified to go there!"

"Then let's go give it a try?"

"Of course I'm going to give it a try, let's go!"

News is flying all over the capital.

The news that Sichuan Chief Envoy Wang Yan received a huge sum of three million taels from the Ministry of Household Affairs quickly spread to the ears of other Chief Envoys.

For a time, the chief envoys of Shaanxi, Huguang, and Shanxi provinces were immediately ready to take action. Some of them wrote plans overnight and wanted to apply for funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

That's three million taels, not tens of thousands of taels.

Today's Ming Dynasty is in an era of great development. There are North Zhili in the front and four southern provinces in the back. Everyone understands one truth, that is, development is the last word. As long as you dare to develop, even the most remote areas can The development is very good, even if it falls, it can still return to the top!
However, there is also a rather thorny problem here. If you want to develop, you must have starting capital and money to invest in the early stage.

Both Northern Zhili and the four southern provinces had a large amount of financial support. Later, they established a stock exchange and raised funds through the issuance of bonds. However, other provinces were different. Their leader was not Ouyang Lun or Li Shanchang, but An ordinary chief envoy cannot mobilize a large amount of resources, let alone a large amount of funds in the early stage.

Therefore, even if they want to learn from the model of Beizhili and the four southern provinces, they have no way to start. They can only work hard to build roads first. Although road construction is indeed helpful to the development of the province, but with large amounts of money, the effect is far less than that of Beizhili. The four provinces of Li and South are good, and some provinces even have no money to build roads, so they can only stare.

But now the province of Sichuan can receive three million in funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs. This three million is a huge sum of money for provinces except Beizhili, which is enough to change the status quo of various provinces and drive action. Provincial development! Go north to Zhili Ouyang Lun model!

In this way, no one among the chief envoys of various provinces was unmoved.

Beizhili was built successfully. It is a lie that other provinces are not jealous. But Ouyang Lun, who built Beizhili, has now been promoted to the capital and controls the two major departments of the Clan House and the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, due to his powers, Speaking from a technical perspective, Ouyang Lun has become the most powerful official in the Ming Dynasty!

If the Ming Dynasty still has the position of prime minister, then Ouyang Lun is undoubtedly the person closest to the position of prime minister!
Who doesn't want to be like Ouyang Lun, who rises to the top with his outstanding political achievements?
The broad road that Ouyang Lun is taking is right in front of him. Whoever can make the province under his jurisdiction similar to that of Beizhili will definitely stand out among the envoys.

The three million from the household department became an opportunity for them to start. Obtaining this three million is equivalent to having a ticket to participate in the competition.

So after Wang Yan, the other provincial chief envoys came to the Ministry of Revenue in person!
The chief envoys from Shandong, Shaanxi, Huguang and Shanxi provinces came to the Ministry of Household Affairs together. "What a coincidence! You are here too!"

"It's a good thing I'm here, otherwise I would be so angry if you guys got there first!"

"When it comes to poverty, apart from Sichuan Province, it belongs to my Shanxi Province. Can all brothers give in?"

"Give me up? Are you kidding me? It involves the development plans of each province in the next five years rather than ten years. If I give in, will I not be scolded to death by the people when I go back?"

"That's right! You, Shanxi, have benefited a lot from Beizhili in recent years, and your development has long been better than ours. We, Shanxi, are the worst."

"Everyone, the Ministry of Finance has not said that only one province, Sichuan, can receive the money. There is no need for us to fight among ourselves. We might as well go to Ouyang Prince Consort together and ask him to approve money for each of our provinces. That's okay. Is it done?"

"good idea!"

"Since that old guy Wang Yan can get it, why can't we?"

The four chief envoys quickly reached an agreement.

The position of chief envoy began during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang established the left and right chief envoys in each province based on the Yuan Dynasty's Xing Zhongshu and left and right Pingzhang political affairs positions, and the left and right chief envoys jointly managed the government affairs of a province. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's original definition of chief envoy, he was to manage local areas on behalf of the emperor, carry out the emperor's policies, and be the emperor's agent in local provinces.

The chief envoy means the top leader of each provincial vassal town. In the Ming Dynasty, three divisions were established in each province, namely, the chief envoy was in charge of money, food and civil affairs, and the apostolic envoy was in charge. Judiciary and transportation are under the command of the capital and are in charge of the military affairs of a province. That is to say, the three bureaus perform their own duties and are responsible for government affairs, justice, and military affairs. This is the Ming Dynasty's way of dividing local power. It does not allow the three major powers of government affairs, justice, and military affairs. Concentrate on one person.

Although during the Ming Dynasty, each province was divided into three divisions, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the chief envoy should be the leader when submitting memorials to local officials in each province. This means that the chief envoy is actually the top leader in each province, which has the meaning of an ancient vassal town. Therefore, The chief envoy is also respectfully called Fantai, and the ancient word "謬" means law and regulations, so the inspector is respectfully called Zengtai.

The chief responsibilities of the chief envoy are: to administer the administration of a province, to be in charge of the province's cashier, to promulgate government orders, and to assess the states and counties to which they belong.

This means that the chief envoy is mainly responsible for the administrative affairs of the province, in charge of the province's money and grain cashiers, and is also responsible for passing down the court's decrees and evaluating provincial officials.

Specifically, the chief envoy of the DPRK is mainly responsible for four major aspects, namely, carrying out government decrees, assessing and managing subordinate officials, managing the province's finances and taxation, and participating in major affairs of the province.

The Chengxuan government decree is easier to understand, that is, the policies formulated by the imperial court are accurately implemented in various prefectures and counties. From this point of view, the chief envoy is almost the same as a modern high-ranking official.

Managing the province's finances and taxes means that the income and expenditure of each province in the Qing Dynasty had fixed quotas. All finances and taxes of a province had to be handed over to the vassal treasury of the chief envoy, who made unified planning and finally reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Participating in major affairs of the province means that the chief envoy has the right to secretly report to the emperor on major affairs of the province.

Therefore, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty is roughly equivalent to a modern high-ranking official, and the inspector-general is roughly equivalent to a modern high-ranking official in charge of justice and the head of the provincial judicial system, the Discipline Inspection Commission, and the Supervisory Committee. As for the capital commander, he is the head of the military region.

This is why the important task of developing the provincial economy falls on the chief envoy, which is an important assessment for their promotion. The reason why Ouyang Lun was promoted from the chief envoy of Beizhili to the Zongren Order of the Zongren Mansion, among which Beizhili His governance achievements accounted for a huge proportion, and defeating the 300,000-strong Northern Yuan army was just an extra bonus. This was also the reason why no one opposed Zhu Yuanzhang when he was promoted to Ouyang Lun. Even the Huaixi Party members did not doubt it. Instead, think about how to deal with Ouyang Lun after he enters the capital.

The four chief envoys reached an agreement and walked into the Ministry of Household Affairs with neat steps.
at the same time.

This news was also compiled into a news booklet by Jin Yiwei and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked deeply after reading the news booklet, "Ouyang Lun really granted Sichuan Province three million taels!!"

"Yes!"

Ji Gang stood in front of the Long case and continued: "The fact that Wang Yan, the chief envoy of Sichuan Province, took away three million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs has spread throughout the capital. We have just received news that Shandong, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Shanxi After arriving in the capital, the provincial chief envoy went straight to the Ministry of Household Affairs and seemed to want to get money from the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

"The chief envoys from Shandong, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Shanxi provinces are also here?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment.

These chief envoys came to the capital to report their duties. Normally, after arriving in the capital, they should first visit him as the emperor, and then go to various departments after the report was completed. As a result, these four plus Wang Yan, there are five!

Accounted for half of the Ming Dynasty's chief envoy.

Instead of coming to see him as the emperor first, he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to find Ouyang Lun.

what?

If you have milk, you are a mother?
Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also thought that Ouyang Lun was taking money from his treasury and spreading it around. How long had it been?

Less than half a month.

The treasury is already half empty.

If Ouyang Lun continues like this, all the wealth he has managed to save may be wiped out by Ouyang Lun!
Zhu Yuanzhang was anxious and even more distressed.

"No, we can't let Ouyang Lun continue to mess around like this, otherwise we won't even have the chance to regret it by then!"

"Ji Gang!"

"The end will be here."

"You first keep an eye on those four envoys. I want to know what they and Ouyang Lun said!"

"Yes!"

"Wang Zhong."

"The minister is here."

"You go to the clan mansion later and tell Ouyang Lun that you must come to him tomorrow morning. I have something important to ask about."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)