Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 345

Li Jing waved his hands and smiled: "Brother, I know your ability. Although you don't have any great skills, you are serious and careful in doing things. Few of us old brothers can compare to you in this regard, and this is precisely what I value most about you." Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave you in Hongshanling to preside over government affairs, so don’t think that I just leave you in Hongshanling and leave you alone.”

Zhang Ao hurriedly said: "Brother understands that the life of being a brother is given by the elder brother, not to mention letting the brother be in charge, even if I let the brother be a soldier."

Li Jing waved his hand: "It's your strength that you are serious about things, but it's your shortcoming that you are serious about everything, especially the things I entrust, you want to do well no matter what, so you will inevitably compete with others.

Hongshanling is our hometown, and our folks will definitely listen to you. In the capital, with my backing, no one dares to oppose you, but I’m afraid it won’t work in the south. If I don’t send someone to protect you, it’s impossible. Well, you can't even save your life.

I let Du Hu and Er Leng serve as Liangjiang chief envoys to support you. Although these two people have little knowledge, they act domineeringly. With them, no one can touch your finger in the south. "

"But Lao Liu and I don't know how to be political envoys!" Chen Dahu said anxiously.

Li Jing glanced at Chen Dahu and said with a smile: "You couldn't even plant land well before, don't you have soldiers now?"

"Didn't elder brother teach these?" Chen Dahu continued.

Li Jing shook his head: "The time you have stayed in Pingyang Mansion is not too short. Have you seen how Pingyang Mansion does it? The decrees are all ready-made, you just need to copy them. If the people below fool you, you just need to be able to see through them." That's fine, is that okay?"

"That's no problem." Chen Dahu said with a smile.

Li Jing clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this the end? You just need to be able to see whether the officials are serious about their work. If officials break the law, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will help you. Just help Zhang Ao keep an eye on the tax collection, if you can't do it well, what else can you do?"

"It's that simple?" Chen Dahu asked suspiciously.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Others will definitely not be so simple, but it is so simple to you. And I also told you that you, the chief envoy, have the rank of general, and you and Er Leng are also generals of Liangjiang General's Mansion." You two have soldiers in your hands. If you make trouble, you will be arrested. If you are arrested, you will be fined. You just have to be brave and do it for me. Let me tell you, the tax officials under me who are in charge of collecting taxes, as long as they follow the regulations If you do something wrong, whoever hurts a finger, I will not let those who hurt them go."

"His grandma, I understand, if he can't do this well, is he still human?" Chen Dahu said happily.

Li Jingjing nodded, and suddenly said with a solemn face: "But I warn you two, if you want to drink, drink alone, at most drink with your own soldiers, if someone invites you to eat, please drink, I know you have gone, see how I deal with you two .”

"That's definitely not possible." Chen Dahu shook his head again and again when he heard the words, and suddenly said after a while: "By the way, there is one last thing. When the two of us are going to be political envoys, are we bringing our own soldiers?"

Li Jing was annoyed and funny when he heard this, looked at Chen Dahu coldly and said, "What do you think? If you don't bring your own soldiers, can you trust those soldiers in the south?"

Chen Dahu ignored Li Jing's sarcasm, and punched Liu Er in a daze, saying, "Lao Liu, this is a good job, his grandma, I can't kill those southern barbarians this time."

Liu Er was also overjoyed and said: "Brother, it's interesting to arrange this job this time. Brother, you can do it!"

Li Jingjing nodded, pondered for a while and continued: "Remember, this time our tax collection is mainly aimed at those big households, and we don't need to collect taxes from small households. Especially today, there are droughts in many places in the south. must take into account the specific local conditions.

How about this, the grain tax for farmers with less than [-] mu of land will not be collected this year, and the tax for those small shops will also not be collected.

Hey, I guess those rich and powerful families will definitely use this to evade taxes. It doesn't matter. Let them escape if they want to. You just need to keep an eye on it. If you want to divert the land, let them write the land deed clearly. This time let these people Stealing chickens is not enough to lose rice, and they will directly distribute their land to those tenants. I will let them find no place to reason. "

Zhang Ao stretched out his thumb and said in praise: "Brother, it's a good idea. Those people who rely on force to divide their land will definitely not do it. If we give such a preferential policy, there must be some people who want to take advantage of it. This time let them shoot their own feet with stones." .”

Li Jing smiled and said, "That's the reason."

Speaking of this, Li Jing suddenly sighed and said: "Brothers, you must remember that we are all from poor backgrounds, no matter what day we come, don't forget our roots. In the future, the power in your hands may become more and more powerful. But don’t forget your origin, you must treat those poor people kindly, I don’t want to kill my brother one day.”

"Follow elder brother's instruction!" Everyone responded in unison.

Li Jing waved his hands and said to everyone: "Okay, let's not talk about business today. Brothers Du Hu and Er Leng came from afar. Brothers, just drink to your heart's content."

Chen Dahu and others applauded in unison.

Generally speaking, when drinking with Li Jing, everyone will respect Li Jing first, but Li Jing is not in good health now, and everyone dare not let Li Jing drink more, so after drinking a few cups, everyone no longer pays attention to Li Jing. Started to make a fuss.

Seeing everyone yelling and drinking, fighting for wine, Li Jing smiled slightly and held up the wine glass to toast Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen.

In his life, Wang Chengen only occasionally drank alone with Zhu Youjian a few times. Everyone gathered together like this, but he had never sat with Zhu Youjian. Seeing that everyone did not regard him as an outsider, except for the first toast At that time, Zhu Youjian was toasted with a glass of wine, and then everyone was toasted to Li Jing, but in the end even Li Jing didn't respect him, so he couldn't help being both happy and uneasy.

Seeing that Wang Chengen was a little nervous, Li Jing smiled and said, "Eunuch Wang, as I said just now, today we don't care about rulers or ministers, or high and low, you just have to let go and drink yours."

Seeing Wang Chengen looking at him, Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Brother Li is right, Chengen, you have served me for many years, and we are all family members. You don't need to be formal, you can drink whatever you want!"

Hearing this, Wang Chengen smiled lightly and said: "This old slave can't drink enough, let's drink slowly with the emperor and the commander in chief."

Li Jing smiled and said nothing.

After a while, Li Jing said: "Your Majesty, you will go to Shanxi for inspection tomorrow. I have prepared everything that is needed in Shanxi, and the money from the household department has also been transferred. What do you think is missing?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head slightly: "I don't need anything. Zhen... I have never been out of the capital in my life. This time I can go out of the capital thanks to Brother Li's arrangement. Don't say that Brother Li is fully prepared, even if it is a little bit worse." It doesn't matter."

Li Jing nodded lightly: "Your Majesty, it is said that I should accompany you when you go out to Beijing for inspection, but there are too many things in Ming Dynasty right now, and the northern Mongolia and the eastern captives are not at peace. When these two places are settled, the country will be completely stable. In the future, I will definitely accompany you for a stroll, and then we will go to the south for a while."

"It's a deal!" Zhu Youjian said happily.

Li Jing stretched out his palm and clapped Zhu Youjian's palm: "It's a deal."

Then Li Jing turned his head to look at Wang Chengen and said, "Eunuch Wang, you don't have to worry about safety when the emperor is out of the palace this time, but there is one thing. The conditions for the emperor's trip this time are very simple, so you must take good care of the lives of the emperor and the queen." living."

"Marshal, don't worry, this old servant will take good care of the emperor." Wang Chengen said hastily.

Li Jingjing nodded, Wang Chengen's loyalty to Zhu Youjian is beyond doubt.

As soon as Li Jing finished explaining the tour to Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen, he saw Shen Zheng walking over gently with a wine glass.

Shen Zheng said hello to Zhu Youjian, and then said with a smile to Li Jing: "Jimin, you just said you didn't talk about business, why did you say it now? If those boys hear it, you will be punished." You can't drink."

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "Father-in-law, you are wrong. I really didn't talk about business matters just now, I just talked about private matters."

Shen Zheng shook his head, pointed at Li Jing and said with a smile: "You said I was wrong? I think you are wrong. How can anything involving the emperor be a private matter? Including you, your own affairs may seem to you It is a private matter, but it is also an official matter in everyone's eyes. Just like today's meal, no matter how you look at it, it should be a private matter, but it is an official matter. So, you have to drink as a fine, and you have to have a drink with me."

Li Jing was startled when he heard the words, carefully considered what Shen Zheng said, nodded silently, and then raised his glass to drink with Shen Zheng.

When Shen Zheng left, Li Jing held up his empty wine glass and began to think silently.What Shen Zheng said just now might just be gossip with drunkenness, and it might not have any meaning. It was just that he wanted Li Jing to accompany him to drink a glass of wine, but the meaning contained in Li Jing's ears was completely different.

This sentence actually expresses everyone's views on the superiors.

For example, the emperor has no personal affairs, but how could the emperor have no personal affairs?

Is it a private matter which concubine the emperor favors?Is it a personal matter which son the emperor likes?
These are definitely private matters, but the people below don't see it that way.

They can elevate the emperor's private affairs to the level of official affairs.

The simplest one is to engage in political speculation, to favor the emperor's favorite concubine and son, and then let the concubine blow the pillow wind and let the prince speak well of himself in front of the emperor.Once the emperor listens to him, he will rise to the top, get promoted and make a fortune. This is to turn a private matter into a public matter, and finally into a profit.

The other is political wrestling, talking about the emperor's private affairs, and then wrestling with the emperor, but it doesn't matter, the courtiers are all for the country, and the emperor will generally not do anything to them.If it's done, that's fine. From now on, if you have nothing to do, you can wrestle with the emperor until the emperor loses his temper, and then the courtiers can act according to their wishes.

This is also to turn a private matter into a public matter, and finally turn it into a profit.

Throughout history, there are countless such things, and there are countless such things in the Ming Dynasty alone.

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