The list of officials that needed to be read out at the court was very long. Zhang Yuanji looked at Zhao Ran who was sitting in the wheelchair and seemed impatient. Zhao Ran responded with an apologetic smile and continued to sit quietly, listening to each name one by one.
Yingtianfu Yin Wang Zongyi was among them. Because of his firm stance in the great changes in the capital and his various support and cooperation in the restoration of the capital, Zhao Ran originally wanted him to serve as the chief envoy in another province.
As a political envoy, he embarked on the right path of taking charge of the six ministries. However, Wang Zongyi did not think so. He hoped that he could continue to serve as Yingtian Fuyin and continue to work for the people under the leadership of Abbot Zhao of Wenchang Guanzhao.
Of course, if Abbot Zhao is willing to commend him for some of his minor contributions in the past, he would not mind seeking an additional title from a minister of the East Palace to raise his rank first. Therefore, in today's imperial edict to grant hundreds of officials, Wang Zongyi got a prince as a guest
The title was upgraded from the third grade to the full third grade. This is a more critical upgrade.
Liang Yougao also made the same choice. He begged Zhao Ran to let him work in Shangyuan County for another two years, even if he was not promoted. Liang Yougao was busy in June, and he played a good role in connecting people.
Of course, Zhao Ran would not chill the hero's heart. While satisfying his wish, he also gave him a part-time job as the general judge of Tianfu, raising him from the sixth grade to the fifth grade.
In the long edict, Zhao Ran heard the name of Yang Shen, who was transferred to Beizhili from the fifth rank of the Hanlin Academy and served as the magistrate of Beiping Prefecture. From the third rank, there are no chief envoys in the various prefectures in Beizhili.
When there is a prince in charge of Beizhili, he is responsible to the prince; when there is no prince to guard him, he is directly responsible to the six ministries.
Beiping Prefecture has always been known as the first prefecture in the North. As the prefect of Beiping Prefecture, it has a leading demonstration effect on Beizhili and even all the prefectures in the North. It has a great influence. Let Yang Shen take up this position, not only
It is a matter of the Hanlin Academy's external promotion to the third level, and the intention of cultivating and reusing him.
Zhao Ran heard Shi Weiming's name again. Shi Weiming's promotion was at the back. He was directly promoted from the head of the Zhejiang Qingli Department of the sixth-rank household department to the treasure-chao department of the fifth-rank official. The official was promoted by two levels, but
However, the authority is much different. The Baochao Department is an agency directly under the Ministry of Revenue, similar to Guangying Treasury, Military Warehouse, etc. It is equivalent in level to the Thirteenth Clearance Department of the Ministry of Revenue, but it is certainly not comparable.
The Baochao Department still had some power when the dynasty was first established, but unfortunately it soon fell into a state of excessive distribution. It fell into decline in just a dozen years. Now, six hundred years later, there is almost only an empty shell left.
To accommodate redundant officials, it will be difficult to see the shadow of Bao Chao in the market.
Shi Weiming's level was not high enough. Standing outside Fengtian Hall, Zhao Ran couldn't see him, but he must have been muttering.
After Shi Weiming, Zhao Ran heard from another person, it was Zhang Juzheng, an old acquaintance, who was promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank by Jinyou Chunfang Youzhongyun, the chief secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion.
At the beginning of the new emperor's reign, there was no crown prince. For a foreseeable period of time, the subordinates of the East Palace had nothing to do. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng added a post after him, which was to serve as the Imperial College Supervisor.
The Secretary of the Imperial College is an official of the sixth rank. Although the rank is not high, the weight is not small. He is one of the deputies of the Imperial College. This is Zhao Ran's starting point to put the official school and the imperial examination back on the right track.
Whether he can't do it well depends on Zhang Juzheng's ability.
Among the civil servants' rewards, the last one was Zhang Cong, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy. He was promoted to the position of Hu Ke Shizhong. This was a low-ranking but very prominent position. Out of Zhao Ran's sight, he was ranked first in the Imperial Palace of Fengtian Palace.
The eighth-grade minister below him was so excited that he was shaking all over. He shouted long live the mountain in his mouth, but in his heart he was saying long live Abbot Zhao.
Zhao Ran despises Zhang Cong's character, but he will not stop him from rewarding according to his merits. Each code should be rewarded according to his merits. This is his principle of doing things. Zhang Cong jumped in the Fengtian Palace that day.
When he comes out to solve a problem for Zhao Ran, no matter what his intentions are, Zhao Ran must establish this concept: If you support me, I will give you meat to eat.
After that came the rewards for generals, and the first one in line was Zhang Lue...
Naturally, it is impossible to include all of the officials in the edict. For promotions below the seventh rank, "report to the cabinet through the Ministry of Personnel", and the edict will be completed.
In addition, the emperor also followed the rules and issued a general amnesty to the whole country, releasing prisoners with relatively minor crimes. The provincial prosecutors immediately drafted a list of pardoned persons and reported it to the Ministry of Punishment for approval.
After the emperor's coronation ceremony, Zhang Yuanji seemed to want to say something more to Zhao Ran, but in the end he didn't say anything more. Zhao Ran was relieved. Zhao Ran couldn't agree to the request Zhang Yuanji made, and it would be difficult to complete it if he agreed.
It's best not to mention it.
Zhang Yuanji left quickly, neatly and neatly, without any sloppiness, while Zhao Ran's farewell was procrastinated. After the emperor sent all the official gifts, he arrived outside Chengtian Gate and a large number of people gathered around to hand over name cards and send messages.
All invitations were declined by Zhao Ran.
He is in poor health now and is still in a wheelchair. He has no time to go to dinner parties and socialize.
Suchuan Yao pushed Zhao Ran onto the donkey cart, and Gu Tengjia also got on the carriage. The two carts went to Qixia Mountain in tandem. After arriving at Wenchang Temple, the official appointment document confirming that Zhao Ran was the abbot of Wenchang Temple finally arrived.
Holding this official document in his hand, Zhao Ran returned to the abbot's courtyard. With an excited heart and trembling hands, he absorbed the official document into the sea of qi. This time, he obtained Chapter 8 of the "Innate Merit Sutra" and entered the Void Refining Realm.
exercises.
After looking at it for a moment, Zhao Ran didn't understand much, so he didn't study further. He has not yet given birth to a baby in his spiritual consciousness, and he is not a refiner. What about cultivating the void? Just go step by step.
Gu Tengjia personally brought the squatter patrolman to deliver the meals, and accompanied Zhao Ran and Suchuan Yao to dinner. While eating, he answered Zhao Ran's questions. Especially on the issue of money and things, Gu Tengjia
Jiadu gave a detailed explanation.
In a prosperous place, Wenchangguan's annual net income is only two hundred thousand taels, which is far beyond Zhao Ran's expectation. After carefully checking the accounts for three years, Zhao Ran found that Wenchangguan's ability to make money is not weak.
, in addition to the annual incense money and the resource retention fees paid by the Taoist palaces in various states, there are also many Taoist properties that are continuously paying income.
In the past three years, the total annual income of Wenchangguan has been around three million taels in silver. According to the rules, 70% is turned over to the general temple, and the remaining 900,000 taels, 70% - that is, more than 600,000 taels are subsidized to Maoshan.
It is Yuanfu Wanning Pavilion, and the remaining 300,000 are used for evangelistic affairs and basic expenses.
With three hundred thousand taels of silver per year, Wenchang Temple is a very wealthy Taoist temple. As far as Zhao Ran knows, Xuanyuan Temple in Sichuan Province has only one hundred thousand taels of available funds per year. Wenchang Temple is three times that of Xuanyuan Temple. But the problem is
, Zhao Ran found an expenditure of "special preaching expenses" in the accounts. This expenditure was one hundred thousand taels every year for three consecutive years. The expenditure of this money reduced Wenchangguan's income to two hundred thousand, but it was
The room for maneuver is greatly reduced.
Regarding this issue, Gu Tengjia smiled bitterly and said: "It has always been like this for more than three years, but it has increased greatly in the past twenty years."
"Twenty years? One hundred thousand taels every year?"
"Before the ninth year of Jiajing, it was thirty thousand taels per year; since the thirteenth year of Jiajing, it has been fifty thousand taels per year; since the nineteenth year of Jiajing, it has been one hundred thousand taels per year."
Zhao Ran took a breath of air. After calculating this, the total amount of special preaching fees has reached 1.4 million taels!