In the morning, after attending the imperial court hearing, Yuzhu planned to return to the Hubu Yamen.
Alas, there are really too many things in the household department.
As long as Yuzhu is lazy for one day, he will accumulate a lot of official documents to be done.
Not long after he sat down in the official hall, the Minister of Jiangxi of the Ministry of Finance was shot and came to see Yuzhu.
The Jiangxi Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in addition to being responsible for Jiangxi's financial affairs, also has control over the payment situation of each province.
Since the fiscal revenue and expenditure situation of each province is very different, some provinces have a huge surplus, and some provinces have a huge deficit. The Jiangxi Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for allocating money and food from rich provinces to support provinces with a deficit. This is called a rate increase.
Sound familiar? Yes, this is transfer payment.
In order to maintain territorial stability, a unified empire would adopt the strategy of killing the rich and giving to the poor, causing the rich provinces in the east and south to bleed more to subsidize the poor provinces.
Yuzhu heard that Tanshou was coming and knew that trouble was coming, so he ordered someone to call him in.
"I am humbled by Tan Shou, please be in peace at the Yuzhong Hall!" Tan Shou is the Manchurian man with a yellow flag. After he entered the door, he greeted him politely.
"That's all." Yuzhu, who never showed any airs to his subordinates, said kindly, "See where you sit and serve tea."
After Tan Shou sat down sideways, Yuzhu picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked him: "Brother Tan, don't be anxious. If something happens, it's okay to talk."
Tan Shou quickly stood up, cupped his hands and said: "I'd like to report to Zhongtang that Jiangsu's payment to Shaanxi has not been paid for a long time. I have urged you many times. They have been delaying the payment on the pretext of floods and droughts this year."
Yuzhu's eyes flashed slightly, Jiangsu was indeed hit by a disaster this year, but Jiangsu is a wealthy province, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
If Jiangsu Province does not provide money and food to support Shaanxi, I am afraid it will delay the old emperor's great cause of the Western Expedition.
In this era, in order to facilitate contact with the central ministers and ministers in the imperial court, the governors and governors of various provinces all had official residences in the capital.
When Yuzhu served as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel, he often received "Bing Jing", "Tan Jing" and "Yi Jing" from the official residences of various provinces in Beijing.
Objectively speaking, each province does not send much, only a few dozen taels of silver at most. However, as long as Yuzhu is in this position, he can keep collecting this money.
Accumulated, it is a considerable amount of income.
This is a bad rule that all the old emperors knew, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
All kinds of "reverence" are not available to the ministers of the six ministries. For example, the ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War do not have this extra income.
Because the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War have no means to strangle the throats of each province.
These days, everyone is very realistic. Only if you have the ability to control the financial or personnel affairs of each province will the governors of each province respect you. Otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything, and everyone will take care of business.
Yuzhu is a knowledgeable Zhongtang.
Since Tan Shou brought the problem to Yuzhu, it means that either the people in Jiangsu Province have offended Dan Shou, or the finances in Jiangsu are really tight and they really cannot afford the huge salary.
Yuzhu already had an idea in his mind, but he deliberately asked Tan Shou: "Brother Tan, what do you have in mind?"
Tan Shou cupped his hands and said: "Back in the middle hall, I think I should ask for an order to severely reprimand the Chief Secretary of Jiangsu."
Yuzhu understood instantly. It seemed that the governor of Jiangsu Province did not do his best in private and offended Tan Shou.
It's no wonder that all the ministers in the Ministry of Revenue have real power. After all, the governor of a province is not easy to offend.
The chief envoys of each province are different. Their status is far less important than that of the governor. All matters related to money and food must go through many checkpoints at the Ministry of Revenue, and it is easy to get stuck.
"Oh, I got it." Yuzhu took the move like a ball of cotton, but there was no movement at all.
Tan Shou was greatly disappointed and wanted to persuade him again, "Zhongtang..."
Yuzhu deliberately lowered his face and said coldly: "Huh, do I still need you to teach me how to do things in the palace?"
Tan Shou was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy.
Yuzhu picked up the tea cup and deliberately refused to drink it. Wu Jiang then loudly said: "Send off the guests!"
After Tanshou was sent away, Yuzhu asked Wendena: "Xingye, what do you think?"
Wendner thought for a while and said, "From my perspective, I'm afraid Tan Shou wants too much, right?"
Yuzhu nodded. He was a doctor in the household department. His position was not high, but he had great power.
Objectively speaking, almost all of the powerful men in the Ministry of Revenue are very rich.
It is said that if you serve as an honest magistrate for three years, you can earn a hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. If you use it to the ministers of the Ministry of Finance, you may collect this much in half a year.
I think back then, after Zeng Guofan annihilated Changmao, military expenses were stuck in the Ministry of Household Affairs and could not be reimbursed smoothly.
Later, he still spent a huge sum of money to secretly deal with the doctors and subordinates in the household department, and finally the settlement was clear.
Even Zeng Shao, who was at the height of his power, dared to get stuck. What else could the unscrupulous officials and subordinates in the Ministry of Revenue not dare to do?
Yuzhu is no longer a young man, but an old man in the officialdom!
To be honest, Yuzhu never planned to set off an anti-corruption storm in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Because, under Kangxi's false benevolence, officials from top to bottom were almost in a state of corruption without officialdom.
According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, if the amount of corruption or bribery exceeds one hundred taels, you can be beheaded.
However, the old emperor often just dismissed him from office, which was regarded as punishment.
There were tens of thousands of officials in the entire Qing Dynasty. The court's anti-corruption measures were like throwing bricks across a wall, hitting only a handful.
Moreover, the price paid by corrupt officials is extremely small, but the gains are extremely huge.
One can imagine how many good people there are in Hongdong County?
Yuzhu can pretend to be stupid, but he cannot be deceived like a fool.
To be honest, Danshou's approach has violated a big taboo.
"Xingye, send someone to the official residence of Jiangsu's chief envoy in Beijing to ask carefully what is going on?" Yuzhu became suspicious and naturally wanted to investigate.
"Hey." Wendner agreed with understanding.
In the afternoon, as soon as Yuzhu finished reviewing the official documents at hand, Lao San sent someone to invite him over.
The third child is the elder brother in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he is also a prince. Naturally, Yuzhu would not dare to neglect his etiquette.
This time, as soon as Yuzhu entered the courtyard gate, he saw Lao San standing on the steps, greeting him with a smile.
As a prince, he is polite and courteous to all officials.
Logically speaking, even if the third child doesn't go out, it's not considered rude.
However, Yuzhu blocked all the funding channels for the third son to repair books. Even if the third son went to the old emperor to complain, it would be of no use.
Yuzhu told the old emperor directly that he no longer wanted to be the Minister of Household Affairs. Whoever liked to do it would do it. He simply went home to enjoy his life.
As we all know, when a cannon goes off, a thousand taels of gold come!
In the final analysis, war is about weapons, money and food.
When the United States expanded westward, it almost slaughtered the Indians to annihilation through the use of weapons.
The Qing Dynasty had a confrontation with the Junggar Khanate for more than seventy years, during which they suffered many defeats.
However, the Qing Dynasty had the last laugh, mainly because it relied on its strong national power to wipe out the Junggar people.
Once the war started in the northwest, money flowed like an endless stream, and the Qing Dynasty's treasury became empty. The old emperor still counted on Yuzhu to get money to spend it.
Under the power of two evils, the old emperor simply pretended to be deaf and mute and refused to say anything anymore.
"Greetings to the third brother." Yuzhu walked up to the third brother, cupped his fists and cupped his hands, which was considered polite.
That year, when the old emperor recognized Yuzhu as his adopted son, Yuzhu and all the princes came together.
Called Third Brother, Yuzhu was confident and did not blush.
The third child felt extremely awkward and disgusted, but he couldn't do anything with the jade pillar.
"Jingqing, if you don't come here, I won't be able to open the pot." The third child couldn't help but stab Yuzhu.
Yuzhu really wants to do big things, so what's the point of just using sour words?
"Third brother, I heard Khan Amma say that I just rewarded you with ten thousand taels of silver, right?" Yuzhu is the God of Wealth who manages money. He has real power and is extremely well-informed about money-related matters.
After all, the third child was not the crazy guy like the fourteenth child. He also had a deep understanding of the city, so he laughed, changed the subject and said, "Please, please, come into the room and talk more about it."
After the host and guest sat down, the third child didn't mention the funds and took Yuzhu to talk about Fenghua and Xueyue.
Yuzhu had already taken care of the business at hand anyway, so he had nothing to do, so he just kept chatting with his old man all over the world.
"Jingqing, I heard that Sanlang of Wu Jun's family is a teacher in your house?" Lao San asked Yuzhu coldly.
Yuzhu has always been aboveboard in doing things, and Wu Jun has been dead for many years, so he has no taboos.
"Yes, when Mr. Master was still alive, he was always worried that I would raise a prodigal son, so he specially ordered the third brother of the Wu family to discipline the scoundrels for me." Yuzhu said it perfectly.
But the third child said: "My Hong Siam also looks like a prodigal. How about I ask San Lang of the Wu family to discipline him well for me?"
This statement seemed extremely abrupt.
Yuzhuxin said, "Lao San, Lao Zi is not related to you, but you want to send your son to me. What kind of worries are you doing?"
However, since the third child took the initiative to show his kindness, Yuzhu still had to deal with it to save face.
"To tell you the truth, Third Brother, because the dogs are so naughty, Sanlang of the Wu family couldn't bear their harassment, and he has long wanted to return home. Alas, it was me who forced him to stay, and that's why it's been delayed until today." Yuzhu
Let's just show our cards, the third child and we are not familiar with each other, so let's not get close, right?
The third child became anxious and stammered, "I, I, I, I..." I waited for a long time, but still couldn't say a single word.
Yuzhu also knew what Lao San was thinking, so he held up his hands and said, "Since Third Brother is so generous, the money for repairing the book will be allocated soon."
After coming out of Laosan's place, Yuzhu kept his promise and immediately gave the order, all the money for repairing the book was allocated.
To be honest, the third child is actually a little confused. Since he wants to ascend to a high position, he should learn from the fourth child's methods, do more practical things, and do more errands.
However, for so many years, Lao San has been leading a group of literati to write books behind closed doors.
Come on, do you really think that there is a dragon chair in the book?
Have a dream!
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