Emperor Jiajing was an emperor with a natural appearance. Although he was delayed by cultivating immortals and refining elixirs, and although he had not been in court for more than ten years, not going to court does not mean that he did not manage politics. Emperor Jiajing firmly controlled the affairs of the court and the court.
No disturbance in the world can escape his eyes and ears.uuk.la
Since he came to the throne, there has not been a day when he has not lost power. He has mastered political power to the point of perfection. Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, Yan Song... seem to have unlimited glory, but they are just pawns in the hands of Emperor Jiajing.
That's all.
Geniuses are not to be feared, only diligent geniuses are to be feared.
It is true that Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with cultivating immortals and refining elixirs, but Emperor Jiajing was also famous for his diligence, often reviewing memorials until late at night.
I guess in modern times, most people can only play games until late at night.
Emperor Jiajing, the king of a country, is so diligent, shouldn't we also be diligent from time to time on a whim?
Emperor Jiajing was vigorous and resolute.
When he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Emperor Jiajing lost his temper in the cabinet. After losing his temper, he ordered a court meeting to discuss the empty treasury.
Tingyi is a gathering of court officials, which is a deliberation system started in the Ming Dynasty.
Because the incident occurred suddenly, Zhu Ping'an and other cabinet officials were sent out to urgently notify relevant personnel to discuss the matter.
Zhu Pingan was responsible for notifying Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Household Affairs.
When Zhu Pingan came to the Ministry of Revenue, many officials in the Ministry of Revenue had already gone home from get off work, but Sun Yingkui was still at work.
Sun Yingkui is an old man with a white beard in his sixties, with neat official uniform and meticulously combed white hair. After hearing that Zhu Pingan came to discuss the matter with the court, Sun Yingkui looked up at Zhu Pingan and said with a formulaic smile.
, "Master Zhuangyuan, please wait for a moment until I have sorted out the income and expenditure of the warehouse before leaving. Liu Er serves tea to Master Zhuangyuan."
"Thank you very much, Sun Shangshu, but please hurry up, Sun Shangshu."
After Zhu Pingan thanked Sun Yingkui, he reminded Sun Yingkui to tidy up quickly, and then sat down to wait for Sun Yingkui.
The clerk named Liu Er in the room poured Zhu Pingan a cup of tea, and Zhu Pingan handed over his hand and thanked him again.
While checking the books, Sun Yingkui sorted out Taicang's income and expenditure.
Zhu Ping'an silently glanced at the pile of books and several organized income and expenditure records on Sun Yingkui's desk. He knew in his heart that Sun Yingkui had already sorted out most of them before he came, and now he just needed to finish the work.
It seems that Sun Yingkui had already anticipated today when he submitted the letter, so he did not get off work but was sorting out Taicang's income and expenditure situation.
Sun Yingkui was not a famous figure in history, and Zhu Pingan did not pay much attention to Sun Yingkui in modern times.
However, after Zhu Pingan came to the capital, he heard about Sun Yingkui.
In other people's words, Sun Yingkui was an admonishing official when he was young, and he offended powerful people many times. He was an official with high integrity. However, since Sun Yingkui got older, especially after he took charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, his reputation has not been as good as before. Everyone
One idiom can be used to describe Sun Yingkui's evaluation: he is content with his life.
No matter what everyone thinks, from today's short contact, Zhu Ping'an dare not underestimate Sun Yingkui.
This was an experienced official in the officialdom who could predict Emperor Jiajing's thoughts. There were not many officials in the entire Ming Dynasty who could do this.
No matter if he is just trying to keep his peace or not
With his political acumen, Zhu Pingan did not dare to underestimate him.
Sun Yingkui said "cup of tea" is "cup of tea". When Zhu Pingan's cup of tea was almost finished, Sun Yingkui had already sorted it out.
The Ministry of Hubu was just outside Xiyuan. Zhu Ping'an and Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Hubu, arrived at Xiyuan quickly.
This court meeting was held in Wuyi Clan.
There are three ministers in the cabinet: Yan Song, Lu Ben, Xu Jie, Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Hubu, He Ao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of General Administration, the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and more than ten The dignitaries entered the Wuyi Hall in two rows on the left and right, faced the dragon throne in the middle, knelt on the ground and waited for Emperor Jiajing to arrive.
Zhu Ping'an, Li Chunfang and other four people, as cabinet ministers, also had the honor to participate in this court meeting. They also knelt on the ground further away in the hall.
I knelt down like this for about ten minutes.
Zhu Ping'an was kneeling behind him, and he was sure that Emperor Jiajing was still angry and deliberately arrived late to show off these ministers.
He himself was implicated.
After kneeling for ten minutes, I heard the sound of the whip three times. Then two teams of eunuchs came in one after another holding golden furnaces, Bagua mats and other utensils. They burned ambergris in an orderly manner and arranged the utensils. Then, It was a group of palace maids holding palace fans who came in surrounded by Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing, as before, wore a blue cloth Bagua Taoist robe, and Shi Shiran sat on the dragon chair, showing extraordinary majesty.
After Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon throne, the officials who were kneeling on the ground, under the leadership of Yan Song, shouted "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor" and then lowered their heads to the ground after shouting "Long live the emperor". Everyone was extremely respectful to Emperor Jiajing.
"All the ministers, please live in peace, Huang Ban, give Wei Zhong a seat." Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair and glanced at everyone, waving his hand.
"Long live thanks." All the officials shouted their thanks and then stood up one after another.
Huang Jin led a young eunuch and brought Yan Song a mat embroidered with Bagua patterns, and asked Yan Song to sit down to discuss matters. Yan Song was so old that he still insisted on kneeling down to thank Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, and Yan Song dared to sit down. .
This is Yan Song's unique benefit, and other officials have to stand to discuss matters.
The sound of a chime signified the official start of the court meeting.
The little eunuchs in the main hall walked quickly out of Wuyi Cang with their heads lowered and closed the door of the hall.
"I think you all know why I called you here today. You are all my loyal ministers. You can speak freely today. I will not sin by speaking. I will listen to what you have to say to me today."
Emperor Jiajing glanced at each minister one by one with burning eyes, then waved the sleeves of his large Taoist robe and leaned on the dragon chair.
The hall was quiet for a second, and then Yan Song spoke. As the chief minister of the cabinet, he should be the first to speak at this time.
"In recent years, our dynasty has been troubled by many things, including Japanese invaders from the north and Japanese invaders from the north, and natural disasters... But as the saying goes, a country thrives on adversities. Fortunately, our sage has been wise, and our country has gone through many hardships and become more stable, and the country is picturesque.
...Your Majesty has given you great grace and blessed the people. We should bathe in the Emperor's grace and think of serving the country. If we can't share the burden of the Holy Emperor, how can we have the face to bathe in the Emperor's grace? It's better to resign..." Yan Song said slowly.
"What Mr. Yan Ge said is true." Xu Jie was the first to nod.
"Master Xu, where do you think we should start?" Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and asked.
"Just now, Master Yan said that our government has been in many troubles in recent years. I foolishly thought that the national treasury is the key. If the national treasury is full, then there will be sufficient border wages and there will be no fear of Japanese invaders from the north and south. If there will be food relief funds, there will be no fear of natural disasters. And the national treasury will be sufficient.
Whether it is or not is nothing more than a matter of revenue and expenditure. If you collect too much and spend too little, the treasury will be sufficient; if you collect too little and spend too much, the treasury will be empty. No one knows the state of the treasury better than Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue.
Now that it’s clear, let’s ask Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue to explain to us the items of Taicang’s revenue and expenditure, so that we can have a clear target.” Xu Jie cupped his hands and said slowly...