Rise From the Humble

The old story between Emperor Jiajing and Xu Jie made Zhu Ping'an think of a modern joke. It said that if your name is XXX, your big boss wrote "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?

I will obey you if you insist on not resigning.

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 court discussion in the hall had already made progress.

Watching the big bosses compete with each other, Zhu Ping'an, a little Si Zhilang, could only listen and watch, not qualified to speak, and quietly waited for the results of the court meeting.

The arm cannot twist the thigh. This principle is an unbreakable truth. 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 passed was to send Beijing Material Bank. This is the first effective technique that was synthesized based on the suggestions of Sun Yingkui, the Minister of Household Affairs, and revised by Yan Song and others.

Due to the urgent border defense situation, the number of soldiers and horses recruited by each town was increasing day by day, and the expenses were high, so the capital was sent to the capital. Except for the prefectures and counties in Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Fengyang, Pizhou, and Xuzhou provinces, if there is no recruitment of troops and no large-scale projects such as building city walls, Then you have to take Paijing Lianyin.

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 senior officials held a court meeting and roughly determined the amount of money 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. The Ningguo Prefecture was assigned 25,000 taels of capital silver, the Chizhou Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, the Taiping Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, the Anqing Prefecture was assigned 20,000 taels of capital silver, and the 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 has to be handed over to the Taichou 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 and Hu Bu 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 people.

Why.

The second item passed by the court was the cost-saving measures proposed by Xu Jie. Xu Jie proposed that Emperor Jiajing should order all ministries and government agencies 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 Di Bao, so that everyone in the court will understand the plight of Ming Dynasty and cherish the national property.

Emperor Jiajing nodded and approved Xu Jie's proposal on the spot, and then made arrangements.

Seeing the harmonious scene between the emperor and his ministers, Zhu Ping'an felt a little strange. 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 believed that the expenses for military pay, border repairs, relief and so on were too much. Before and after this year, it was almost 10 million taels of silver. The expenses were too huge. If there is any suspicion that there are false accusations of intrusion, the officials will be handed over to Shizhong and Yushi, who will be asked to investigate the relevant expenses in various places and impeach the officials who are falsely intrusive.

The fourth thing is that Emperor Jiajing issued an edict: "The Taicang central treasury 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 decree." He sealed the Taicang treasury's silver, and then proceeded to sell it on the spot One way, two hundred thousand taels of silver were taken for the imperial edict 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.

Because the court was discussing the matter of sending money from Beijing, Zhu Ping'an had no appetite. 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 the documents for the three places of Anqing, Suzhou and Hezhou.

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 only 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 Ping'an 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, so I pointed at Zhu Pingan with "which one".

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. An error occurred, and 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 follow the script.

Why

The important affairs of the imperial court are not something that I, the sixth grade, can control, and it is not my turn to dictate.

The court is like a big stage, where dramas are staged one after another, but I am not the protagonist, and I don't even get to play a supporting role. I am just a crowd-pleaser under the stage. At best, I am a crowd-pleaser standing closer to the stage.

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 wrote official documents did not expect that a play not long after was missing the protagonist.