Practical Life in the Red Mansion

On this day, Jia She, the hereditary first-class general, was riding a tall horse, behind was a red lacquered box with a seal on it, and there were soldiers from the five city soldiers and horses clearing the way in front and protecting on both sides. On the way to the Ministry of Households through the main gate, countless ordinary people became officials on the way.The servants who followed did not hide anything, and when they saw someone asking, they proudly said that they would pay the money owed to the treasury to the Ministry of Households.

Jia Amnesty posed in the lobby of the household department, a row of boxes were opened in unison, and the white money dazzled people's eyes.Not only the people from the household department, but also people from the other departments all gathered around to watch. Lin Hai let the onlookers disperse, and asked people to check the amount of income from the treasury.Jia She approached Lin Hai mysteriously and asked in a low voice, "I'm not flamboyant enough."

Lin Hai nodded helplessly, it is estimated that the news has spread all over the capital.Jia She patted his chest, Lin Hai couldn't bear to turn his face away seeing Jia She's action that didn't match him at all, but Jia She continued: "I haven't done such a publicity thing for a long time, the last time I got married Time." Lin Hai didn't want to listen to him muttering: "Brother-in-law, let's go home first and wait for the news."

Jia Amnesty narrowed his eyes when he heard the smile, rubbed his hands together and said, "I don't know what grace the emperor will give me."

The news of Jia She's repayment of the money quickly spread to the emperor's ears, and the emperor raised his eyebrows and lightly ordered after hearing Jia She's words and deeds: "I will give him another grace." Soon the imperial decree came from the palace, The first one is for Jia Amnesty.

"Following Heaven's orders, the emperor said. Today there is a first-class general, Jia She, who respects and is loyal to the state... He is a model of nobles and nobles, and he is specially regarded as a third-class man." Jia She took over from the eunuch. He was dizzy when receiving the imperial decree, he didn't expect that he would also be hit by the pie, the emperor actually raised his title, and the second decree was to make Jia Lian an official.

The people of Jia's mansion were all beaming after hearing these two decrees, and Jia's mother was also very happy and hurriedly called people from the East mansion over, discussing how to invite guests to a banquet to celebrate.It was Jia Lian who leaned over to Jia She's side and said, "Father, I'm going to my aunt's house." Jia She said aloud, then woke up and said loudly, "Isn't it, thanks to your uncle and your cousin Lin It is." Jia She looked happily at the imperial decree in his hand and said, "Immediately ask your daughter-in-law to prepare generous gifts and choose more elegant things."

Jia Lian said yes, but Jia She stopped him and said, "Forget it, let me prepare it. What elegant things can a person like your wife choose?" Jia She wanted to choose something by himself. Taking a good look at him can also show his sincerity, but before that, he has to lead Jia Lian to the ancestral hall to enshrine the imperial decree and show it to the ancestors.

Lin Yang moved his nest again and became known as "the leader of the world's speech officials". He is busy handing over the work at hand to others. He feels a little regretful that he is checking the salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River. Give him some time, and he will be able to find out, and now he can only hand it over to others unwillingly.

As soon as Lin Yang went to the official department, he was called to him by the emperor. "I still remember your palace examination article, the rise and fall of a country, the first priority is the administration of officials. If the administration of officials is not clear, the system of the government will be destroyed, which will affect the people's livelihood. The method of supervision you wrote is very good. You can write a booklet for me when you go back, and explain it carefully. Write down the law of supervision." The emperor ordered.Lin Yang already had a general framework in mind, and it wasn't too difficult to write.

After deliberating for a few days, he handed over the paperwork.Because the full test system has been perfected, Lin Yang mainly put it on the inspection.The Jingcha has changed from a period of six years to a period of three years. The cabinet, the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly preside over the Jingcha, which is measured by four rules and eight methods.Officials in the capital city need to describe their situation in the past three years, whether they are upholding their duties, whether their actions and words are beneficial to the community, what achievements they have made, and what mistakes they have made.Officials of the fourth rank and above were transferred to the cabinet, those of the third rank and above were transferred to the imperial court, and those of the fourth rank and lower were jointly inspected by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Those who pass are retained, and those who fail are eliminated.If there are those who conceal and fail to report, they will be supervised during the incident and dealt with severely, so as to serve as a warning to others.

Lin Yang thought about it for a while, and added that all those who were dismissed from office in the Jingchao will never be employed.

This is one of them, and the other is to establish a complete document handling system.The official documents of each yamen's account book must be in triplicate, one copy is kept for oneself, one copy is sent to the six departments, and one copy is sent to the cabinet.The prefectures and counties in other places should also establish a complete registration system. Official documents and the like must be registered for the record.

After the emperor read it, he quickly approved it and asked Lin Yang to be responsible for the preparation and draft a rough charter.Lin Yang couldn't help complaining, what a huge workload, not only to be familiar with the operation of a yamen in Beijing, but also to know how the local superiors and subordinates cooperate, and also to see how the court decrees were implemented in the past, and what are the disadvantages .

Lin Yang only focused on this matter, and he didn't have time to care about the dynamics of the nobles in Beijing. He only knew after hearing Lin Hai's talk. The clever people saw Jia Amnesty and returned the money to be promoted to the title, and followed the activities When they got up, the emperor gave these people some things to display gold and silver, and praised them verbally.However, there are still some who rely on the authority of their ancestors, thinking that the Supreme Emperor is still there, and refuse to pay back the money.The emperor didn't reprimand him on the face, he turned his head and asked Shen Lv to come to the door privately with Jin Yiwei, threatening them with the excuses of those people.Under the combination of grace and power, the treasury owed [-]% of the silver, and the remaining [-]% or [-]% belonged to the clan.Among them, King Zhongshun owed the most.

Lin Yang didn't care about etiquette, so he ate some snacks and asked, "Then King Zhongshun really sold his property on the street?" Jia Min on the side said angrily: "Eat slowly, don't choke .” He poured tea again.

Lin Hai replied: "Isn't it? They sold it on Gulou Street." Lin Yang complained in his heart, this King Zhongshun is really... self-willed, and he is obviously against the emperor.

But as soon as he came, people in the clan ran to the Supreme Emperor and cried poorly.The Taishanghuang called the emperor over and scolded him again.The emperor was very aggrieved and said: "My ministers didn't order them to pay back the money, but they were dedicated to serving the country and the people, and when they saw the treasury was empty, they took the initiative to make up the shortfall. I thought I wouldn't chill their hearts, so I rewarded them more."

The Supreme Emperor was dumb. It is true that the emperor did not make a clear order. He said impatiently: "You settle this matter, I don't want to hear the clan come to me to complain again."

After the emperor went back, he issued an edict, saying that he took out the money from his private treasury to make up for the shortfall of the clan.

Lin Yang's first reaction when he heard it was that the emperor's private treasury was finally not poor and empty. He presumably made a lot of money by building gardens and courtyards in Beijing. Unfortunately, it was about to be put into the treasury before it was warmed up. The second reaction was The emperor really knows how to buy people's hearts. In this way, no matter whether it is from the clan to the common people, no one would praise the emperor for his heart for the world.The third idea is that the clan is going to be unlucky. They used money from the treasury and asked the emperor to help pay back the money.

Lin Yang also heard the follow-up news that the emperor's younger brothers all helped to pay back the money, and the leader was the twelfth younger brother, Prince Ke.This Lord Ke, Lin Yang has never had any dealings with him, but has only met him a few times from a distance. When Lin Yang saw Lord Ke for the first time, he thought it was a woman disguised as a man, so he was very concerned about his appearance. He was quite impressed by him, but he was not impressed by the rest. He was a very low-key person, and he handled all the errands entrusted to him by the emperor honestly, without going overboard.Seeing this, the emperor thought that Twelve had grown up behind him and was still honest when he seized the throne, so he slowly gave him more things.

Lin Yang felt strange, acting according to this prince Ke should not be showing off, under normal circumstances, shouldn't he be acting with other people, is he really loyal to the emperor, patriotic and considerate of the emperor?Dedicated to solving problems for the emperor?He is really a "ke" prince.

However, from this move, Prince Ke got a lot of benefits. The emperor waved his salary and asked him to assist King Heng in managing the clan mansion. For a while, this prince who wanted to keep a low profile became popular, and the Supreme Emperor also praised him a lot. Frequently show him to enter the palace.

The emperor didn't bother to care about who his father met today and who he would meet tomorrow. He carefully read the memorial presented by Lin Yang, and asked after a long time: "I remember that you said in your article that you want to promote officials. Salary, why is there no detail here?"

Lin Yang said: "If you want to increase the salary, the expenditure of the national treasury will increase. The national treasury is already empty, and all places have to spend money. Moreover," Lin Yang paused and said: "Beijing officials will receive gifts from all over the country. Respect the ice, respect the charcoal, respect the year, respect the festival, and there are also fire consumption subsidies in various provinces, prefectures and counties. I think that when the revenue of the treasury increases, I will increase the salaries of officials."

The emperor thought for a while and said: "Add the fire consumption into it, draw up the upper limit, especially the governors and political envoys of the provinces, and refer to the wealth situation under the rule. The fat and the idle are not filled, and the thin and thin are filled. Instead of letting them greedy ink in private, search People, it's better to bring it to light." Lin Yang wrote it down silently, thinking about how to draw up the regulations.

The emperor tapped the table with his fingers and said to Lin Yang: "There is also a post station. The post station was originally for the transmission of military information. Officials have a place to rest when they come to Beijing, take office, and work. Nowadays, no matter whether they are officials and their relatives or servants and servants, they are received by the post station. , and most of them are not for business. You go back and think about how to deal with it.” Lin Yang complained in his heart that he needed a certificate issued by the Ministry of War to check into the station, and the cost of verification was audited by the Ministry of Households. to do it.

Lin Yang was about to leave, but the emperor said: "Leave this matter to others. You have been busy for a long time, and it's time to take a break. I will show your paper to the cabinet." Lin Yang hurriedly thanked him, but the emperor said He smiled and said, "I heard that you are going to be a father?" Lin Yang smiled when he heard this, and his tone was full of excitement: "Yes."

Lin Yang just found out yesterday that he was going to be a father, and finally there is someone in this world who wants to continue his blood. Every time he thinks about it, Lin Yang can't help laughing.

Seeing that he had lost his former composure, the emperor couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You were married late, and you became a father only after a year of marriage, no wonder you are so happy, but don't smile so stupidly in front of others. .To be a father is to look like a father. You have always been down-to-earth. I am not worried, but I am afraid that you will spoil your children in the future. You must know that the son does not teach the father."

The emperor was rambling, and Lin Yang knew that the emperor really regarded him as his nephew, so he gave such detailed instructions.But the rest of the people all looked sideways. This Lin Yang is too pampered. The emperor even taught Lin Yang how to be a father, and even discussed the childhood of several of his princes.