My Daming New Empire

If it weren't for the Ministry of Criminal Justice, they wouldn't even have the money to buy the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for handling the case.

In the end, this matter is still nothing...

In fact, the imperial court also has an account of the approximate expenses of each ministry and army.

The role of the household department is to meet the operational needs of each department. For example, they also know how much money each department needs to consume each year.

After meeting the basic operating conditions, the excess money needs to be protected against natural and man-made disasters, which is still a big hole every year.

That is to say, in the past few years, the imperial court's finances have gradually improved, and there will no longer be a situation where there is no office funds.

There is rice in the pot, and the bowl is full. When there is no rice in the pot, there will be nothing in the bowl.

It is also difficult for the household department, because they have a lot of money in their hands, and there are too many people asking for money.

Xia Yuanji is still a relatively capable person. Although he is capable as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he often encounters things that are difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Among them, the biggest responsible person is Zhu Di.

After the battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di had been honest for a few years. After Daming recuperated, he fought toe-toe this year and Mobei next year, making the country's finances miserable.

But no matter how difficult it is, it cannot cover up the greater chaos caused by the backward system.

Xia Yuanji, who had gained a chance to breathe, stood up at this time, clasped the wat with both hands and bowed in obeisance: "Your Majesty, I feel that I am getting old recently, and often have dizzy eyes and tinnitus. I am afraid I can't let it go, so I would like to report to Your Majesty."

Zhu Zhanji sternly covered his face with the floor, but Zhu Di snorted and laughed. "Xia Aiqing is seven years younger than me, and she is only fifty-three this year. She is in her prime, how can she be called old?"

Of course Xia Yuanji didn't want to resign, as the Minister of the Household Department, this was Daming's second-ranked official, although he would occasionally worry about money, more people begged him.

In such a good time, he said he was going to resign, but he wanted to complain to Zhu Di about his "grievances".Now I am being criticized by the ministers for Daming, if you are the emperor, if you don't help me relieve some pressure, it would be too dishonest!

Of course Zhu Di understood what he was thinking, so he paused and said: "A few days ago, the courtiers were all agitated over the matter of Nanzhou, and there was a quarrel in the court. Today, you are like this again because of the money that the grandson got back!

These gold and silver are still in the internal prison treasury, and have not yet been turned into gold coins and silver coins. Are you so anxious?Xia Shangshu has been honored as the Minister of the Household Department since I ascended the Great Treasure, and has worked hard and made great achievements in these years.

Just for a little money, you treat a loyal veteran like this?Is the affairs of the General Administration Department important to you?Then the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are not important?The affairs of the Ministry of Rites are important, so the affairs of the Ministry of Punishment are not important?

The grandson told me the day before yesterday that an imperial court is like the machines in the factory of the Ministry of Industry, and each department is a component.Some accessories are on the outside, which makes people feel very important at a glance, but without the cooperation of those accessories on the back, can the machine work? "

Many people's eyes are fixed on Zhu Zhanji.This great-grandson used to be inconspicuous in the court, even though he earned millions of taels of silver through the trade with Japan, which relieved the pressure of the Great Ming's Northern Expedition.The Beiming Mountain Copper Mine was also discovered, which added a lot of income to Daming, and directly caused the resistance forces in the grassland to confuse themselves, and most of them took refuge in Daming.

But these only show that he is lucky, because he is a businessman and has a mediocre literary talent. Many ministers still look down on him, thinking that he is much worse than the "model literati" prince.

Moreover, he not only likes merchants, but also those strange skills and ingenuity, which makes many ministers look down on him.

It was not until the Eastern Expedition to Dongying and Zhu Zhanji mastered the Ming Navy that he really took the lead in the political arena, and then won a big victory against Dongying, which made his reputation suddenly rise.

Especially the establishment of the bank, let the ministers see the benefits.The ministries do not need to prepare a bank, nor do they need to worry about managing the money, they just need to get the gold ticket from the household department, and they can get the money.

They don't need to worry about losing their salaries, as they will be directly transferred to their accounts every month.

At the beginning, some people were worried that they would not be able to get it out in the future, but they would get it out by the end of the month.

But after getting it out, you have to worry about keeping it, so it's better to put it in the bank for peace of mind.After a few years, most people don't need money for life, so they don't take it at all.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji has become a young and promising heir in the hearts of the ministers.

But in the next three years, the grandson disappeared all of a sudden.He stayed in the palace dishonestly, and even went to the West to "make money", which made many ministers feel that he was not doing his job properly.

Then, he came back with more than 2000 million taels of silver in one fell swoop, which was equivalent to the tax of the Ming Dynasty for a year, and the court would never be short of silver again.

The current ministers have very contradictory feelings towards Zhu Zhanji. He is still capable, but in the past he behaved like a warrior and a businessman. People dare not expect his political ability at all.

On the high platform, Zhu Di was still making excuses. "This is my imperial court in the Ming Dynasty, but these days the daily noise and noise have made me very annoyed. You call the gentleman to talk about righteousness and the villain to talk about profit every day. Why are you talking about profit just for these money? ?”

Wu Zhong, who moved from the Minister of Industry to the Minister of Punishment, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I think that a gentleman speaks righteousness, and a villain speaks profit. This sentence should not be interpreted in this way. This benefit is for self-interest, not for the court..."

Zhu Di sneered and said: "I don't want to hear you explain the scriptures, but I'm just stating the facts. For the sake of money, my Shangshu is forced to sue. Is this the way to solve the problem? Not to mention the distribution of money, you actually question Xia Shangshu's people If you criticize him for marrying a young concubine, it is a bad character, are you all saints?"

Wu Zhong couldn't help but smile wryly. He moved from one of the two Ministers of the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Punishment, which was still above the Ministry of Industry, which was considered a promotion.

But compared to the current rich and oily Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, the chief official of the Qingshui Yamen, is hard to be.Without money, how could he appease so many subordinates?How to carry out the work?

However, he still has a bit of backbone. As a minister, although he encouraged his subordinates to come forward to make trouble, he did not directly attack him personally just because he wanted to ask for more money.

Seeing that Wu Zhong was silent, Zhu Di said: "From today onwards, I will change the rules of the court meeting. Wang Yan..."

The ministers below did not know what happened, and looked at Wang Yan one by one.I saw him directing a row of young eunuchs to come out, each with a stack of booklets in their hands.

They have a clear division of labor, starting with Jian Yi at the front, one person is responsible for distributing brochures to several ministers, so soon hundreds of civil and military ministers in the hall got a brochure.

And Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair and said: "In view of the fact that there will be disputes over the government every time in the court meeting, I have decided that from now on we will implement a new debate system, discussing the matter as it stands, and no one shall violate it."

Except for the cabinet members on the back side of the second floor who got the news early this morning and were not surprised, the other ministers were a little surprised.

Every time Zhu Di wants to implement some policies vigorously and resolutely, or insist on implementing some events, he always makes people feel caught off guard.

For example, the Western Expedition to the Timur Kingdom, except for the military generals, almost none of the civil servants agreed, but Zhu Di still strongly pushed it forward.

Jian Yi, who was first on the left on the third floor, was the first to get the brochure. When he saw the title "Rules of Procedure of the Ming Dynasty", he still felt a little disapproving. This court procedure has been like this since ancient times. How can it be changed?Is it better to modify it?He doesn't think so.

But when I turned to the first page, I saw the first sentence. "In order to have rules to follow in the court's discussions in the future, purify the order of the court's discussions, and reduce personal conflicts caused by official conflicts, the following regulations are hereby stipulated."

Immediately, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Zhanji who also took a booklet to read, because only this grandson could write a memorial in such simple and clear vernacular.

Civil servants looked down on Zhu Zhanji mainly because of this.Let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, he did not read books when he was a child, and Zhu Di also went to the battlefield at a very young age, relying on fighting the country immediately.

When it came to Zhu Gaochi, he finally had a bit of a royal look, and his literary talent was so good that even a great Confucian might not be better than him.

But when it comes to this great-grandson, Xie Jin, a great Confucianist like Hu Guang taught him since he was a child, he doesn't even use oil and salt, and what he writes is the same as the vernacular spoken by the old farmer.

Although illiterate soldiers can understand what is written in this way, and can easily explain one thing clearly, but it is too lacking in style.

Also because of this reason, although Xie Jin has been released now, Zhu Di has no prejudice against him, but he wanted to enter the cabinet, but was opposed by several ministers.

They feel that Xie Jin is too soft, and he has not "taught" his grandson well since he was a child, so it is hard to blame him.

But Xie Jin doesn't care anymore now. He is very satisfied with studying ancient books every day, and then learning the new culture that Taisun is interested in.

He knew that Zhu Zhanji valued people who could do things. Although his literary talents were good, his temperament was not suitable for being an official, and he didn't have much pursuit of the future.

He now puts his hopes on his nephew Xie Zhenqi and his son Xie Zhenliang, especially his nephew Xie Zhenqi, who is not only talented in writing, but also good at handling interpersonal relationships, so he can be of great use in the future.

Zhu Zhanji glanced at the "Rules of Procedure of the Ming Dynasty" that had been polished by the cabinet, and some explanations of various regulations were added to it, but the framework is still the one written by Zhu Zhanji, which may be Zhu Di's instructions, and there is no Perform archaic transformation.

This is better, because these will be developed in the villages in the future. Although most of the villagers have some reputation in the local area and can participate in the discussion of politics, most of them are illiterate.

I want them to understand and understand, and the simpler the writing, the better.