Rise From the Humble

The news that Zhu Ping'an had checked the three-year account books of Taicang Bank in three days spread quickly as people from the East Factory escorted the Taicang account books to Xiyuan. This is not a secret matter. The account books have been escorted to Xiyuan. They have obviously been checked. Anyone with a discerning eye will know it at a glance.

"It took him Zhu Ping'an three days to check the account books of Taicang Bank for three years? Could it be that he just looked at things and dealt with them in a hurry like a dragonfly?"

"Don't say that he is the only inspector left in Taicang. Even if all five inspectors are here, it will take at least half a month to complete the investigation."

"Why do I find it so funny? Are you telling me a joke? Even the children in the neighboring village won't believe it. How could it be possible to check Taicang's account books for three years in three days?"

"Haha, I think it's possible. If you look at me like this, Mr. Zhang, think about it. If it's a sampling, if Zhu Ping'an selects dozens or hundreds of account books for inspection, even if it's a partial generalization, then it won't be complete. It makes sense.”

"Sampling, hahaha, my Lord Wang, you can still say it. You think this is a master asking a student, and you are still sampling. How can you use sampling to inspect the Taicang Bank? Isn't this a problem? ?!”

When the Blood-Drying Sword of Dongchang went to report to Huang Jin, the director of Dongchang, the ministers on duty at Xiyuan Wuyiyi already knew the news. Since there was nothing important that day, they were all in groups. They gathered together, using the excuse of discussing articles and memorials, to gather together and discuss in a low voice.

Most people's words are full of sourness and criticism.

The article they submitted the day before yesterday, they worked hard one by one and spent a whole day to submit the article, but it is not as good as the article written by Zhu Ping'an while drinking tea. Especially since Emperor Jiajing also gave Zhu Ping'an a banquet. Such a favor, even if he has more than ten years of nourishing qi. Years and decades later, they couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

Moreover, this time Zhu Ping'an only spent three days checking Taicang Bank's three-year account books, which was originally a controversial matter.

The three-year account books of Taicang that were escorted by Dongchang's Dripping Sword and others were sealed in a palace not far from Wuyiyi. At that time, everyone in Wuyiyi saw it, and more than ten people were escorted away. The box was filled with account books. How could Zhu Pingan, alone, check so many account books in just three days? !

While Minister Wu Yichen was talking a lot, Huang Jin also reported to Emperor Jiajing the news that Zhu Pingan had inspected the account books of Taicang Bank. At the same time, he also presented the song "Seven Ancients: Ode to the Frog" written by Zhu Pingan to Emperor Jiajing. on the case.

Emperor Jiajing was surprised at first when he heard that Zhu Ping'an had checked the account books, thinking he had heard wrongly.

Huang Jin recounted to Emperor Jiajing how serious Zhu Ping'an was in checking accounts, how he got up early and came home late, how hard he worked, etc., as reported by the Blood Drop Sword.

Emperor Jiajing was not particularly clear about the number of Taicang bank account books. After hearing that Zhu Ping'an got up early and came back late so hard to check the accounts, the surprise on his face immediately faded a lot. While listening to Huang Jin's report, he picked up the "Seven" on the case. "Ancient Frog Song", I read it with great interest.

"Uh-huh, it's rare that Mr. Zhu wrote about a toad in such a vivid and interesting way. A little toad is so heroic in Mr. Zhu's writing. It seems that Mr. Zhu suffered a lot of contempt in Taicang..." Emperor Jiajing finished reading Zhu Ping'an. After writing "Seven Ancients? Ode to Frogs", I couldn't help stroking my beard and smiling slightly, then turned to look at Huang Jin.

"This old slave doesn't know, but I heard that when Mr. Xiao Zhu first started checking the account books, he only wrote the first two sentences, and also drew a toad squatting on a lotus leaf. I heard that the painting was very vivid. The last two sentences were added by Master Xiao Zhu after checking the account books." Huang Jin bowed and reported back.

"Oh, then I want to see what this tiger-like toad looks like." Emperor Jiajing said with great interest.

"The old slave will order someone to fetch it now." Huang Jin said with a bow.

"No hurry, what's the result of Mr. Zhu's accounting?" Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, put down the poem in his hand, and asked softly.

"Master Xiao Zhu hasn't reported the audit results yet, but I heard from the people below that after doing the audit, Master Xiao Zhu said in anger several times, 'Shuo Shuo Shuo Shuo, I swear I will leave you.'" Huang Jin lowered his head and reported back. road.

"Haha, it seems that the toad has seen the worms. Good, very good. It seems that there are a lot of worms in my granary."

Emperor Jiajing sneered, waved his sleeves vigorously, put his right hand on the back of the dragon chair, and threw the wide sleeves of his Taoist robe in the air, then hung down again.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Huang Jin hurriedly knelt down to persuade him.

"Huang Ban, get up. It's not you who should kneel down, but the rats and bugs in the barn." Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, signaling Huang Jin to get up and speak.

"It doesn't matter if I kneel down, I hope your Majesty doesn't make the dragon body angry." Huang Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, said with a concerned look on his face.

He is worthy of being the most popular person around Emperor Jiajing. Anyone who hears these words will feel tight in their hearts.

"It doesn't matter, you can bring me the memorial that was presented to me today." Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and ordered Huang Jin to get the memorial that was presented to him by the cabinet today.

Huang Jin then stood up, carefully held the memorial sent by the cabinet and placed it on the cases in front of Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing flipped through a book and started to read it. After reading it for a few times, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but frowned and scolded displeasedly, "This enemy chief of Beilu is jumping around endlessly. Today, he will invade my Xuanfu. Tomorrow, You are violating our Datong! We have drafted a document in the cabinet to ban the horse market in Datong first as a warning. If the northern barbarians are still shameless and continue to invade our borders, we will order all the horse markets on all sides to be banned!"

"My servant has taken note of it." Huang Jin bowed and nodded.

After reviewing the first memorial, Emperor Jiajing opened the following memorials in succession. He read three of them in a row. He was quite satisfied with the handling opinions drafted by the cabinet and basically passed them. When he opened the fifth and sixth volumes, When speaking, Emperor Jiajing squinted his eyes slightly and thought for a moment. He seemed to be talking to himself or talking to Huang Jin, "Reducing rent is not as good as exempting rent. Although I am not Yao, Shun, and Yu, I also know the people's livelihood. Back then, When I was in Chengtian Mansion, Huang Kao also took me to see the various aspects of people's livelihood."

The Chengtian Mansion mentioned by Emperor Jiajing refers to Anluzhou, Huguang, which was the vassal territory when Emperor Jiajing did not inherit the throne. In the tenth year of Jiajing's reign, in order to honor Emperor Jiajing's Longfei territory, which was his birthplace, Anlu Prefecture, he followed the example of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and changed his birthplace of Haozhou into a prefecture. He also changed Anlu Prefecture into a prefecture. However, Emperor Jiajing went a step further and named the mansion "Chengtian", which was compared with the capital Shuntian and Nanjing Yingtian. The jurisdiction was also expanded to five counties and two states, forming Chengtian Mansion.

After talking to himself for a while, Emperor Jiajing sternly ordered Huang Jindao, "Order the cabinet to draft a document to exempt the prefectures of Nanchang, Linjiang, Ji'an, Ruizhou, Yuanzhou, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, and Nan'an in Jiangxi from drought land rent. In addition, , together with the prefectures of Daming, Baoding, Hejian, Shunde and Guangping in Northern Zhili, they will also be exempted from paddy field rent."

"Heaven has no relatives and always associates with good people. Your Majesty has a kind heart and loves the people like a son. He always thinks about the people and cares for them. All the people in the world are really lucky to have such a king and father as their Majesty."

Huang Jin was so excited that he knelt down and thanked Emperor Jiajing on behalf of all the people in the world. He sincerely and sincerely praised Emperor Jiajing's feat of exempting land rent from droughts and floods. He had a good sense of proportion and his expression was real. And natural.

Shooting without doing anything.

This was very useful to Emperor Jiajing.