Chapter 711: Sitting on the Beijing Material Silver
The old story between Emperor Jiajing and Xu Jie reminded Zhu Ping'an of a modern joke. It said that if you scream, your big boss will write "xxx villain, never use it" on his desk.
Under the transparent glass, the big boss can see these words every day when he sits down. You can also see these words when you come to the big boss's office to report work every day.
By the way, what would you do?
As long as you insist on not resigning, I will obey you.
However, as for Xu Jie, not only did Xu Jie not resign, he also worked his way up to a senior executive and joined the board of directors.
When Zhu Ping'an recovered from his distraction, the discussion in the hall had already made progress.
Watching the big bosses compete with each other, Zhu Pingan, a little Si Zhilang, could only listen and watch, not qualified to speak, and quietly waited for the outcome of the court meeting.
The arm cannot twist the thigh. This truth is unbreakable. In the end, the cost of performing the ritual of calming the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain came from the national treasury.
Of course, Emperor Jiajing also approved several proposals from the court ministers.
The first proposal that was approved was to send capital to the capital. This was based on the suggestion of Sun Yingkui, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was revised by Yan Song and others. This was the first comprehensive and practical technique.
Because of the urgent border defense situation, the number of soldiers and horses recruited by each town is increasing day by day, and the cost is too high. Therefore, the capital is sent to the capital. In addition to Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Fengzhou
Outside the prefectures and counties of Yang, Pizhou, and Xuzhou provinces, if there is no recruitment of troops or large-scale projects such as building city walls, then the capital must be sent to the capital.
Zhu Ping'an and Li Chunfang found the records of recruiting soldiers and building border walls archived by the cabinet. Those state capitals that did not recruit soldiers, build border walls, or recruit soldiers had to send money from Beijing.
Yan Song and other big officials held a court meeting and roughly determined the amount of money that each state government would send to Beijing: Yingtian Prefecture would send 30,000 taels of Beijing money, and Huizhou Prefecture would send 35,000 taels of Beijing money.
Ningguo Prefecture was assigned 25,000 taels of capital silver, Chizhou Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, Taiping Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, Anqing Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, and Suzhou Prefecture was assigned 25,000 taels of capital silver.
Eighty-five thousand taels. Guangde, Hezhou, and Chuzhou sent a total of 9,000 taels of Beijing silver. Zhejiang sent the most, with a total of 156,000 taels of Beijing silver. Jiangxi sent 120,000 taels.
, Huguang sent 140,000 taels, Sichuan sent 150,000 taels, Fujian sent 140,000 taels, Guangdong sent 150,000 taels, and Yunnan sent 57,340 taels.
The total of more than one million taels of Beijing silver distributed by various places must be handed over to the Taicang warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue before October this year. Violators will be prosecuted by the superior.
The amount of money collected from Beijing is close to half of the amount collected in Taicang each year.
Emperor Jiajing, Hubu and others were all very happy.
It's just that I feel sorry for the people all over the world.
After Zhu Ping'an heard this, he sighed in his heart. The wool still comes from the sheep. The Beijing materials and silver distributed by various places cannot be borne by local officials. In the end, it has to be paid by the common people.
Why
The second item approved by the court was the cost-saving measures proposed by Xu Jie. Xu Jie proposed that Emperor Jiajing order all ministries and government offices to inspect their own officials, cooks, government officials, school guards and other personnel, and eliminate redundant officials and personnel.
Request the Ministry of Household Affairs to publish a comprehensive outline of revenue, expenditure, and surplus items in the Di Bao, so that everyone in the court will understand the plight of our country and cherish the national property.
Emperor Jiajing nodded and approved Xu Jie's proposal on the spot, and then made arrangements.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ping'an felt a little weird. He didn't know that Emperor Jiajing still remembered the eight words "Xu Jie, a villain, will never be used" that he carved on the pillars of the main hall.
The third thing was directly arranged by Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing thought that the expenses for military pay, border repairs, relief and other expenses were too much. Before and after this year, it was almost 10 million taels of silver. The expenses were too huge.
If he suspects that there is any false intrusion in the matter, he will hand it over to the censor, who will ask him to go to various places to investigate the relevant expenses, and impeach the officials who are falsely intrusive.
The fourth thing was that Emperor Jiajing issued an edict: "The central treasury in Taicang is for emergency needs. From now on, no one, two cents or one millimeter of silver from Taicang can be taken from Taicang unless there is an imperial edict." He sealed the silver in the Taicang treasury, and then proceeded to sell it on the spot.
An imperial edict was made to collect two hundred thousand taels of silver and use it to perform the ritual of calming the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain.
After the court meeting, Emperor Jiajing kept Yan Song, Xu Jie and Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Household Affairs, to make other arrangements, and the other officials left in an orderly manner.
Zhu Ping'an also followed everyone out of the hall.
Of course, I just left the main hall. I have to work overtime tonight. The matters discussed in the court today have to be written up overnight and distributed to various places.
Zhu Ping'an had no appetite because of the court's proposal to send money from Beijing. He felt that today's imperial meal, which was full of color, fragrance and taste, was tasteless and tasted like wax. He took two bites of the imperial meal in a hurry and was full, so he put down his chopsticks.
Soon, Zhu Ping'an and others were organized by Mr. Lu Ben and Lu Ge to draft official documents.
Zhu Ping'an was assigned to draft documents for the three places of Anqing Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Prefecture Prefecture.
Lifting the brush, Zhu Pingan paused on the spot. He felt that the brush in his hand weighed a thousand kilograms. It was difficult to bear the weight and he couldn't write a single stroke.
Just a thought.
The additional taxes for the common people were all official documents drafted and issued by himself and others. Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but shudder, and there were fine stains of sweat on his forehead.
Although he had no say in such national affairs, and even though he was just a person who was ordered to draft documents, Zhu Pingan also felt that
"Hey, so and so, why don't you write it?"
Everyone is racing against time for military and national affairs, but you, a young man, are actually distracted. When Lu Ben and Lu Ge saw Zhu Pingan wandering around in vain with a brush in hand, his face was unhappy and he scolded with a bit of dissatisfaction, but he is getting older.
I couldn't remember Zhu Pingan's name for a while. I pointed at Zhu Pingan with my finger and used "which one" to represent it.
Zhu Ping'an was startled for a moment before he realized that Mr. Lu Ge was talking about him. He quickly stood up and apologized to Mr. Lu Ge. He first admitted his mistake and apologized, and then said sincerely that it was his first time drafting documents and he had no experience. He couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Something went wrong, so it was a little late to start writing.
Seeing that Zhu Pingan sincerely admitted his mistake, and for Xu Jie's sake, Lu Ben's displeasure subsided a bit, and he waved his hand for Zhu Pingan to sit down. If he did not do this next time, he ordered the official on the side to give Zhu Pingan a sample document.
Zhu Ping'an was ordered to read the book.
Why
The major affairs of the imperial court are not something that I, the sixth grade, can control, and it is not my turn to dictate.
The imperial court is like a big stage, where one play after another is staged, but I am not the protagonist, and I don't even get to play a minor role. I am just a member of the crowd under the stage, and at best I can stand at the front and eat.
Melon masses.
Zhu Ping'an silently accused the people of Anqing, Suzhou, and Hezhou in his heart, then dipped his pen in ink and drafted the official document as required.
However, a certain melon-eater who writes official documents did not expect that soon there would be a drama without a leading role.