Lin Jue thought for a while and decided not to tell Lin Bonian what happened yesterday. Although he seemed to be honest with Lin Bonian, for some reason, Lin Jue's distrust of Lin Bonian became stronger and stronger. Especially when he came to
After arriving in the capital, I always felt that Lin Bonian had deceived the Lin family. He did not try his best to manage his network in the capital, and seemed to use all the family money for personal enjoyment. He also did not pay sincere attention to himself and Lin Youde's college entrance examination.
.Compared with Lin Boyong, Lin Bonian, the head of the family, is obviously much more incompetent.
"Second uncle, we have to wait until the results are released for the big exam. It's useless for me to say whether I did well or not. In short, I have tried my best. It would be best if I can pass the exam. If I don't, I will go into business. I am here
A business has also opened in the capital, and I won’t starve to death anyway.”
"How can you have such an idea? If you don't pass the exam, you will continue to take the exam. I am optimistic about you. I don't like the theater you opened and other things making a fuss. I heard that you have some differences with the woman from Wangyue Tower.
Whether you are innocent or not, this is not good. If you are not married yet and you are confused with a good actor, doesn't it mean that you don't cherish your own reputation? Young people should not indulge in women's sex, but should be proactive."
Lin Bonian said some high-sounding words with a straight face. For some reason, when Lin Jue listened to his sanctimonious words, he remembered Lin Bonian whom he met when he first visited the mansion that day.
Bonian's several young concubines. Lin Bonian was also over fifty, and he had done a lot of things like pear blossoms overwhelming begonias, but when he talked about these admonishing words, his face did not turn red, and his heart did not beat.
Of course.
"That's what the second uncle warned. But Miss Xie is a good girl with impeccable conduct and conduct. She is not the kind of person the second uncle thought." Lin Jue said.
"That's all, you have some sense of self-discipline in your own mind. You are also an adult, and my second uncle doesn't want to make you unhappy. Hmm... I will go to inquire about you and Youde's exam in a few days, and maybe I can get some news in advance.
But in fact, your teacher should worry about these things for you, but as far as I know, he doesn’t seem to care much. You are a teacher, hey! I don’t even know what to say." Lin Bonian frowned and said.
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Lin Jue asked tentatively in a low voice: "Did the second uncle have any dispute with my teacher? It sounds to me like the second uncle is a little dissatisfied with Mr. Fang."
"Am I dissatisfied with Fang Dunru? I want to have a good relationship with him, but his nose is turned up high and he ignores me at all. He is your teacher, and now he is the censor Zhongcheng. How can I not want to get along with him?
Is it a good relationship? But you, the teacher, simply don't recognize your emotions. Hey! I really don't know what to say. I will get angry when I say it." Lin Bonian drummed his fingers on the table, becoming excited.
Lin Jue was finally able to confirm that there was indeed a dispute between Lin Bonian and Mr. Fang.
"Second uncle, what's going on? Tell your nephew."
"Of course I want to tell you. I just said I would come to you if I have something to do, and this is the matter. I'm afraid I need you to come forward and talk to Fang Dunru on my behalf. We are both from Hangzhou.
It can be regarded as some friendship, but how come you don't recognize each of your relatives once you arrive in the capital? That's all, but you still care about me and flirt with me. What is this? After all, I am also your second uncle, and he is still your teacher.
, How can people do things like this? It is really unreasonable." Lin Bonian's mood became more and more angry.
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Second uncle, tell me what's going on. I'm confused and don't know what happened."
Lin Bonian glared at Lin Jue and said: "What's going on? Do you know that this morning, your good and upright teacher actually joined me in court and tried to kill me? Tell me, should I?"
Should you be angry?"
Lin Jue was stunned and said in astonishment: "What's going on? Why did the teacher participate in the Erbo Institute?"
Lin Bonian frowned and shouted: "It's not about the expenditure of money and food in the Sansi Yamen. Yan Zhengsu has been eyeing our Sansi Yamen since he came to the capital and became deputy prime minister. In the past few months, he has done nothing.
One thing he did was to check the accounts of our three divisions every day. He checked in the morning and at night. He also sent letters to the local and state capitals to check. This made us restless. Zhang Ji was so angry that he cursed all day long.
Our three deputy envoys were also annoyed by him. That's all. The key point is that he is very fussy and picky when checking the accounts. How can such an investigation fail to find out something? No, he is checking in front, you
The teacher was colluding with him, and after he made the mistake, he came to join us. Today, we have Mr. Zhang Jun, the envoy of the Third Division, Mr. Ren Daoyuan, the deputy envoy of Yantie, Mr. Huang Qianyuan, the deputy envoy of Duzhi, and myself, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
, no one was spared, and they were all impeached by your teacher. They said that we were derelict in our duties, that we were ineffective in management, that the government's finances are tight now, and that it is our fault that there is a shortage of money and food everywhere. Do you think I should do it?
Should you be angry?"
Lin Jue suddenly realized. It turned out that it was really because of this incident. Lin Jue had already gone through a round in his mind just now and speculated that it was related to this incident. That night at his husband's house, Yan Zhengshen and Fang Dunru talked about many things after drinking.
, one of them was about the imperial government's fiscal deficit and expenditure chaos. At that time, Yan Zhengsheng also named Lin Bonian, and Lin Jue was present and listened to everything.
From Lin Jue's point of view, he didn't know much about the matter, so naturally he couldn't say anything more. At that time, he thought that the matter might not be a big deal. After all, there were many reasons for the tight financial and taxation of the imperial court, and the Sansi Yamen could not bear the full responsibility.
As for Er Bolin Bonian, he was actually just a household envoy in the Sansi Yamen, the fourth-ranked official, and his responsibilities were not too great, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But now it seems that Yan Zhengsheng should be targeted.
He refused to let go, and the teacher got involved, and he has already begun to investigate the responsibility. This matter is a bit tricky, no wonder Lin Bonian is unhappy.
"Second uncle, is there any fault in the third division of the Yamen? Is the impeachment groundless?" Lin Jue asked in a deep voice.
"...What are you talking about? Are you deliberately causing trouble for you, and are you afraid that you won't be found out? Which yamen in the capital has no problems? They are deliberately looking for trouble." Lin Bonian said angrily.
"Second uncle, don't be angry. Why do they want to find trouble with you, the third minister? There is no grievance or enmity. There is always a reason." Lin Jue frowned.
Lin Bonian waved his hand and said: "Ask me, who should I ask? I'm afraid you don't know that your teacher has been biting people like a mad dog since he entered the Yushitai. It's only been a few months.
Time, it bit seven or eight officials and made everyone avoid it. Why don't you ask your teacher why?"
Lin Jue frowned and said: "Second uncle, Mr. Fang is my teacher, how can you insult him like this in front of me? How will this make my nephew deal with himself?"
Lin Bonian also realized that his words were too extreme, so he softened his tone and said: "I tell you, Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru came to Beijing this time to cause trouble. It is said that they are brewing some kind of reform. The emperor was confused by them and believed it.
In their words, if they want to establish their authority and seize power, they will naturally have to make a lot of troubles. Our Sansi Yamen is a soft persimmon, so they will naturally start from us."
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "Second uncle, please calm down and don't speak out of anger. What are the mistakes of the three of you? If it is to find fault, the emperor will not be indiscriminate. Justice is in the heart of the people, and all officials in the imperial court will speak.
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Lin Bonian opened his mouth, but did not say anything. Of course, the matter was not as simple as he said. Yan Zhengshen did find out many problems in the Sansi Yamen, and these were naturally not nitpicks. The imperial court's finances and taxes have been continuously reduced in recent years.
, the Sansi Yamen is to blame. It does not do enough to collect taxes, does not research and judge countermeasures well, and fails to fulfill its responsibilities. That's fine. The biggest problem is actually the use of allocated funds. Because of the reduction in money and grain income, what was originally extravagant and wasteful
Various expenditures should have been warned by the Sansi Yamen and reduced according to the plan, but the Sansi Yamen failed to do so. There were too many monks and too little food. Taxes were reduced year by year, but expenditures increased drastically, creating a bad situation where people were struggling to make ends meet.
The response made by the Sansi Yamen is also very problematic. In order to control the deficit as much as possible, they certainly have to make choices. According to general principles, in the allocation of funds, some non-urgent and necessary allocations will be reduced, while those related to the national economy and people's livelihood will be reduced.
However, things must not be reduced or shaken, because it will shake the foundation of the great Zhou Dynasty. For example, the allocation of money and food for the army, such as the money and food for disaster relief, such as dredging rivers and building dams for farming, such as the money for closing warehouses and purchasing grain that are of stable relationship.
etc.
But the response made by the Sansi Yamen was not based on the principles of priority and importance. Instead, under Zhang Jun's instructions, several officials agreed to form a safe method of not offending the superiors but only taking advantage of the subordinates. For example, for
The money for the Gen Garden built by the Queen Mother for her retirement would cost millions of taels of silver. When money and food were so tight, it was entirely possible to suggest suspending the disbursement of this money. But they did not. They allocated the money in full and then
It was to make the Queen Mother and the Emperor happy. They knew that they could offend those below, but they could never offend those above, so their status would not be shaken.
There are many things like this. Such a shrewd person as Yan Zhengshen, no matter how well they concealed it, they were still found out one by one. This is the reason why they were impeached in the court today.
"Lin Jue, you still don't know that officialdom is difficult, and many things are not as you imagine. Take my Sansi Yamen as an example. Although I am in charge of the money, grain and taxation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it seems to be a very powerful and extremely rich Yamen.
However, the real situation is that the Sansi Yamen is actually the most criticized Yamen. Everyone thinks that if you are rich, you can do anything. The annual tax revenue of the imperial court is only more than 60 million taels of silver, which seems to be a big number.
, but think about it, how much money do we have to spend in Zhou Dynasty? If we spread it out in every place, we are already stretched. The so-called clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. If you don’t give money to those who want it, they will hate you and stab you in the back.
Once you offend someone you can't offend, you'll be left with nothing to eat. Tell me, can you blame us?" Lin Bonian sighed.
