Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 208 Biting dog?

A hundred-footed worm is dead but not stiff.

Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng, the three cadres of Yuwang Party, now truly understand the profound meaning of this old saying.

Yan Shifan fled to Leizhou.Yan Song returned to his hometown to retire.It seems that Yan Dang, a centipede, has been decapitated and will not live for a few days.

However, Xu Jie had been working as chief assistant for half a month, and suddenly found that the current government order issued by the cabinet could not be said to be in Shuntian Mansion.

Closed in recent years.As usual, the cabinet has to settle the accounts of the six ministries last year.Draw up the budget for next year's court.Xu, Gao, and Zhang worked all night to calculate money and food, and set a budget.In the end, they discovered that next year the six ministries will maintain normal operations, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces will have to levy [-]% more taxes.

The cabinet drafted the ticket, and the Licensor approved it. The ticket for levying [-]% more taxes in the coming year was planned to be distributed to the two capitals and the thirteen provinces.In the end, he was pushed back abruptly by the local governors.

Tax more?That is exploiting the people!Your cabinet wants to exploit the people, but our local government will not be an accomplice!

In fact, being sympathetic to the people is just an excuse for the local governors to fight against the cabinet.When Yan Song was the first assistant, it was commonplace to raise taxes.In the 38th year of Jiajing, the extra tax was even as high as [-]%.At that time, I did not see the local governor working against the cabinet.

But now, Xu Jie's new cabinet imposed a [-]% tax increase, and was scolded bloody by the local governors impassionedly.

In the capital, strict party officials also cursed at the cabinet.

Strict party cadre, Yan Maoqing, the right servant of the Ministry of Justice, even said in Zhezi that "the cabinet has no way, and tyranny will lose the hearts of the people. If the people lose the hearts of the people, the country will be unstable. If the country is unstable, changes will inevitably occur."

That means that if the cabinet raises taxes by [-]% next year, it will cause people everywhere to rise up, turn trees into soldiers, and rebel and kill the capital.

Not just about taxes.Everything the cabinet does now is constrained by strict party officials everywhere.

The huge machine of the Ming court seems to be in danger of shutting down.

Today, He Liu was on duty looking at the case files.Gao Gong suddenly walked in aggressively.

He Liugong cupped his hands: "Gaobutang is here, what can you do?"

In fact, He Liu didn't have any good feelings for Gao Gong.When He Liu found out the truth of the Datong Collaboration Case, he was quite disdainful of Gao Gong's sacrifice of the lives of tens of thousands of Datong guards in order to overthrow Yan Yan.

Gao Gong picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp: "Lao Liu, you Jinyiwei has the duty to monitor the illegal activities of officials. Let me ask you, did Qin Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, have any illegal activities in your hands? If so, can you use the power of Beizhen Fusi to kill him?"

Qin Sheng is a strict party leader.When Yan Shifan was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he took control of the Ministry of Industry as the Minister of Industry.Qin Sheng, the minister, actually only got the second place in the Ministry of Industry.Now that Yan Shifan is in exile, he has truly grasped the real power of the Ministry of Industry.

He Liu smiled: "Did Qin Sheng offend Gao Butang?"

Gao Gong said angrily: "I am the official of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is a matter of reviewing the general account of the Ministry of Industry's expenditures last year. Qin Sheng is a good guy. He has always used the excuse that the accounts of the Ministry of Industry are still being compiled, and he is not alive. Let us transfer the accounts of the Ministry of Accounting last year! Seeing that it is about to enter the twelfth lunar month, the accounts of the six departments have not been written off by the Ministry of Industry. If one department has not written off the accounts, what is the use of the other five departments? I want to procrastinate, after the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, the new chief assistant, Mr. Xu Ge, will be disgraced!"

He Liudao: "Qin Sheng has always been an official of the Six Departments. To investigate him, the emperor needs to give us Jinyiwei's order."

Gao Gong's eyes were as big as a gong: "The emperor's clear decree? Sixth, don't pretend to be confused! The emperor is now strict but not against the strict party! Although Yan Song and his son have been dealt with, the officials of the strict party But one does not investigate, one is inevitable, one does not arrest, and one does not kill! I know your Jin Yiwei's methods. If you really want to punish someone, you have ten thousand ways to deal with him! Just say, help me Right! I am the companion of Prince Yu. If you help me, you are helping Prince Yu."

He Liu smiled wryly: "Gaobutang. For this sake, I don't need to be bureaucratic with you. Even if there is no clear order from the emperor, Lord Yu should at least give me a royal order, right? You come to me early in the morning This Beisi is on duty, with a red mouth and white teeth, he asked me to be a minister of the Ministry of Industry. Isn't this a bit of a joke?"

Hearing this, Gao Gong waved his sleeves and left angrily.

As soon as Gao Gong left, Zhang Juzheng came!
He Liu cupped his hands: "This subordinate has seen Zhang Butang."

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "You and I are a family now, so there is no need to be so polite."

He Liu knew that Zhang Juzheng was good at tea ceremony.He asked his wrestlers to brew a new cup of Biluochun for Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip and said, "Good tea!"

He Liu said with a smile: "Zhang Butang came to Beisi to check the house, presumably there is something urgent?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Yes. Li Hu, the general of the Datong Guard, does this person have a relationship with you?"

He Liu nodded: "There is a relationship. In the summer of the 40th year of Jiajing, the Datong Guard suffered a disastrous defeat. The governor of Datong, Zhao Jianzhi, colluded with the enemy and blamed the general soldier Li Hu. It was I who cleared up Li Hu's grievances."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Well, that time, you were on business. But you have to know that Li Hu's godfather is Yan Song! Alas, the Ministry of War manages the soldiers and horses of the world for the emperor. The Tatars have been harassing Daming Jiu all these years. Side. This year, the direction of Tatar raids has changed from the west to the east. Jizhou Town has repeatedly been in a hurry. The Ministry of War submitted a report to the cabinet, and the cabinet drew up a vote. To strengthen the defense of Jizhou Town..."

Before Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, He Liu said, "In the end, Li Hu refused to follow orders, right?"

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "That's right."

He Liudao: "Li Hu doesn't follow the order of the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War can jointly issue a military order with the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to remove him from his post."

Zhang Juzheng smiled wryly: "There is a reasonable reason for Li Hu's refusal to deploy troops. There have been many Tatar scout cavalry near Datong Guard recently. He said he was afraid that the Tatars would attack Datong aggressively, so he did not dispatch reinforcements to Jizhou Town."

He Liu took a sip of tea and said, "Zhang Butang. Regarding matters in the military, it seems that you should consult with the commanders-in-chief of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion..."

Zhang Juzheng said: "There is nothing to come out of the discussion. Sixth, your Beizhen Fusi has the duty to monitor the illegal affairs of all officials. Can you check Li Hu carefully. Here is a secret book for the emperor, Li Tiger will be fired immediately."

He Liu thought to himself: Everyone came to me to check this and do that.Don't you think I'm a biting dog?
He Liudao: "Zhang Butang. There is an unwritten rule in Jinyiwei. That is to avoid suspicion when investigating cases. You just said that I have a relationship with Li Hu. We are acquaintances. If you really want to investigate him, you can't." I shot."

Zhang Juzheng smiled meaningfully at He Liu: "Yes, to avoid suspicion. But right now the court is in troubled times. In an extraordinary time, it is necessary to use extraordinary means, isn't it?"

He Liu was thinking about how to get rid of Zhang Butang in front of him.Huang Jin, the director of ceremonies, suddenly came to Beisi to be on duty, and relieved He Liu.

"The emperor has a decree to announce his congratulations on entering the palace for the sixth time."

(End of this chapter)