Idle courtiers

Chapter 407

"The emperor's inner money... how is it possible?" Zhou Nan took a breath and calmed down.There are still doubts in my heart: "Isn't the money in the Taoist temples in the capital all donated by His Majesty, and all of them are used from his own money. The Taoist temples get the money, how to use it is their own business, how can it change?" It's the money of Lord Long Live. Wan Hua, you have confused me."

Chen Ju: "That's right, the money is all the property of the temple, and no one else has the right to intervene. But every time you donate, your Majesty does not pay for it himself. Some of the money is allocated by the treasury and must be returned."

Seeing Zhou Nan getting more and more confused, Chen Ju explained carefully.

It turned out that this matter involved the official sacrifice and religious policies of the Ming Dynasty.The so-called: the major affairs of the country, only worship and Rong.Sacrifice and religious beliefs have always risen to the height of ideology in ancient times.In order to strengthen the control of people's hearts and maintain its own rule, the country not only respected Buddhism and Taoism, but also enshrined gods in the early years of the founding of the country.Any famous historical figure will be designated as the object of sacrifice.For example, Jiang Ziya, Bigan, Yue Fei, Guan Zhong, and even names like Li Cunxiao and Pei Xingjian that ordinary people have never heard of.

When Zhou Nan was an official in Huai'an, there were more than a dozen officially recognized gods in the area, such as Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin in the Han Dynasty, and the land father-in-law.

And those temple priests, god sticks, and sorceresses don't do production, but live by coaxing the sesame oil money from the villagers and foolish women.Some people are eloquent and live a happy life, while some people are not good at business, so it is a bit miserable.So what to do, it is impossible to watch them starve to death, right?
Therefore, the imperial court took out a sum of money from the finances to pay them salaries and repair various religious facilities, which can be regarded as the maintenance of stability with the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

How much this appropriation will be depends on.

The Taoist temples in the capital are all first-class temples in the world, and the annual maintenance costs are a lot of money.Therefore, Comrade Jiajing raised a few percentage points on the basis of the original figure.

These increased expenditures do not have the right to use them, so they are kept for the emperor. When Long Live God needs money, he will send eunuchs to secretly take it back.

In this way, the money from the treasury was handed over to the royal family after such a change of hands.

A Taoist temple may not have much money, but if there are not a hundred temples in the capital, there are eighty, and it cannot stand to win by quantity.

Lu Zudian kept tens of thousands of taels of silver for Jiajing. Thinking about it this way, there are still several 10 taels of Taoist temples in the entire capital.

Jiajing's treasured wealth in his hands is played very beautifully by Taoist friends.

"How do you know about this..." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhou Nan felt that he was asking this question naively.In the real history, this Chen Ju will be the admiral of the East Factory in the future, and the eunuch in charge of the ceremony supervisor, and he is naturally gifted for this kind of work of spying on news.When the whole world was buying fake exam questions, he actually got real ones, which shows this person's ability to handle affairs.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Nan immediately realized the seriousness of this problem.

Yes, this is Jiajing's internal money, and no one knows more about how obsessed the emperor is with money than Zhou Nan.The reason why Yan Song fell from power at the beginning was the direct fuse of the military expenditure collected by Yandao, which was privately divided by the strict party, and finally fell to Jiajing with a mere 20 taels.

Just imagine, if the strict party consecrates all the silver to the emperor, and the emperor is happy, then the matter may not be resolved.

Now that the 1 taels of money is gone, if Jiajing finds out, he doesn't know how much trouble it will cause, and how many people will be unlucky.

Zhou Nan quickly weighed his own pros and cons in his mind. He is the Daolu Secretary Youzheng, in charge of the Taoist temples in the world.Now that something happened to Lu Zudian, of course Kong Ming will lose his head. Shouldn't he, the only management department, also be held accountable, and the Daolu Department, the higher authority, the Ministry of Rites?

In the etiquette department, the doctors and directors of the recording department will be fined for one year's salary.Zhou Nan's salary for the next four years has already been withheld, and it is estimated that he will be "administratively demerited" or even downgraded.

Heartbroken, he couldn't help but said, "King Yu is too. Didn't the Dao Lu Division raise military expenses for him last time? Why do you want to reach out to the Taoist temple?"

Chen Ju: "Master, the frontline war in Fujian is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money is enough to fill it. In wars, there is a way of fighting with less money and less money, and a way of fighting with more money and more money. If you have less money, you fight piecemeal. More often than not, there will be a big battle. It is estimated that Tan Lun is also impatient and wants to raise more military expenses."

Zhou Nan wondered: "Is Tan Erhua in a hurry to fight?"

Chen Ju: "This is what happened in the past half a month. My teacher has not entered Xiyuan to serve in the provincial examination room, but I don't know that there is a wave in Fujian, and there are signs of a large-scale invasion of Japanese pirates. Tan Lun wants to lure the enemy into deep Fight a war of annihilation."

The thing is, since the Japanese pirates invaded China, it has been more than [-] years, and the coast of Fujian has been dilapidated, and it can be said that there is nothing to snatch.

As a result, the tentacles of Japanese pirates gradually penetrated into the interior.

It's a pity that they met the outstanding national heroes Hu Zongxian and Tang Shunzhi in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and they suffered successive defeats in Zhejiang.

It's a pity that later Tang Shunzhi was relieved of his military power and was transferred to Nanjing for the elderly.Moreover, his body is still weak, it is said that he can no longer see things, and it is impossible to fight on the front line of national defense.However, Hu Zongxian is still in prison because of being implicated by Yan Song, and he will have to wait a few years before he will be released and go home to take care of himself.

Tan Lun, who is now in charge of the southeast military, is a newcomer, and the Japanese pirates can't help but despise him. Recently, he has frequently landed and harassed him.

After Governor Tan went to Fujian, he used Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, two great military strategists, to give up the dilapidated and uninhabited Yanping, Jianning, and Tingzhou areas, lure the enemy deep, guard Haikou, and fight a war of annihilation.

This kind of big battle is too expensive, and there is no way to raise funds in the southeast region. Governor Tan can only ask the imperial court and the palace to help him figure out a way.

Zhou Nan was invigorated when he heard the words, and said: "You two generals, Qi and Yu, I'm afraid that Tan Erhua will win an inspiring victory this time."

Chen Ju also showed joy on his face: "Yes, it should be possible. As long as the main force of Japanese pirates in the inland is wiped out, it will be no problem to regain the occupied counties in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian. Tan Lun is to the palace just like Hu Ruzhen was to Yan Song. It is the face of the Wangfu, so the Wangfu will try its best to raise the military salary for him, and there are also people from the Wangfu who are lobbying in the court. Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with the teacher."

Zhou Nan: "What does it have to do with being a teacher?"

Chen Ju: "Gu Shangshi is the teacher of my mentor. He is a doctor of the household department and a good financial manager. According to rumors, after presiding over this rural examination, he will be transferred to Guangdong."

Zhou Nan: "What are you doing in Guangdong?"

Chen Ju: "As the right servant of the Ministry of War, he supervised the military affairs of Guangmin and patrolled Guangxi."

Zhou Nan was taken aback, this is Gao Sheng!

Chen Ju: "Actually, it's not considered a big official in frontiers, it's just a temporary dispatch. With the war in the southeast, in order to unify the power, the imperial court has long intentionally abolished the post of Governor of Guangmin. After all, there are still governors of Guangdong and Fujian. Gu Shangshi passed away. The main responsibility of Guangdong is to investigate and urge the Tuntian Bank of Guangdong, and use one-third of the Ministry of Defense as Fujian's military expenses."

It turned out that they were going to ask for an account, Zhou Nan thought in his heart, how could it be so easy to ask someone for money: "Guangdong is an important source of military salary for the front line of Fujian, so I naturally know."

Chen Ju: "My mentor is a master of financial management. It should not be so easy for Mr. Gu to go to Guangdong this time to check and urge the farmland silver. With the talent of a mentor, I am sure he will be able to advise the old man and make contributions to the country."

Zhou Nan smiled wryly in his heart, and thought to himself: How do you know about the quarrel between my mentor Wang Shizhen and Gu Yan, I have already been put down by Mr. Gu, and I am afraid that my cold face will not be able to stick to his hot ass.Things in Guangdong are in a mess. The person surnamed Gu is responsible for raising military expenses for the front line. If he doesn't do it, he will be disgraced, which is a happy thing.

But this matter...maybe it's an opportunity for me to build a good relationship with him, let's give it a try.

Zhou Nan suddenly had an idea, and felt relieved.

Thinking back to this case, he sighed: "The emperor vowed never to establish a prince. If he does not establish a crown prince for a day, people's hearts will not be stable. In fact, a mere 1 taels of silver will not help the front line much. It’s not that I don’t know why it’s so unwise to make such a bad move.”

Chen Ju: "That's right, this is the reason why this matter is so strange, and the students can't figure out the reason for it. However, when this person is always confused, the mentor should be more careful."

He continued to remind: "If Your Majesty gets angry because of this, the palace will definitely be implicated. This is no longer a mere matter of 1 taels of silver. It is a matter of the nature of the prince's misappropriation of the emperor's internal funds. It is disobedience and unfilial piety in Dali. The students heard that the teacher and the Li family have a joint stock to sell official salt. If something happens to the palace, you will be labeled as the Yuwang party. Don’t forget, there is also a King Jing in Anlu, and the battle for the heir is always life and death. !"

Zhou Nan's complexion changed drastically. He is Xu Jie's protégé, grandson-in-law, and apparently he is the backbone of Xu's party.But because of his relationship with Concubine Li, he can also be regarded as the periphery of King Yu's party.Strictly speaking, it is the queen party of the future.

If the palace fails in the fight for the future throne, King Jing will not be polite to him, Mr. Zhou.

Chen Ju: "May I ask what your mentor is planning now?"

Zhou Nan: "The most important thing now is to find the money as soon as possible. It seems that I have to go to the palace and have a good talk with King Yu, and ask him to return the money."

Chen Ju: "My teacher is right."

The world said that King Yu was a virtuous king, but after this incident, Zhou Nan's evaluation of him was a bit lower: a dignified prince, a quasi-heir, the future emperor, even a mere 1 taels of silver.Is it worth taking such a big risk?It seems that his IQ is worrying!
The rumors in the market cannot be taken seriously.

(End of this chapter)