The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The Ministry of Etiquette is on duty.

When Mao Ji returned from the Qianqing Palace, Li Han, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, handed over a memorial.

Outside the palace, there were strong men from the palace, a total of more than 3,500 people, who served as sea gates and waited for the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to receive rice. Each person was paid three dou per month.

Mao Ji raised his eyebrows: "The Supreme Emperor and the princes are troubling Xu Jiuling, so don't report it yet."

"But Lord Mao, this is the same thing.

Most of these sea households come from Xinchang. "Li Han shook his head, the Supreme Emperor would know sooner or later.

Sea households are different from fisher households.

They are not fishermen, but slaves kept by the royal family in Nanhaizi. They need to be purified just like the eunuchs.

They feed rare birds and prune flowers and plants in Nanhaizi, just like the eunuchs in the palace.

The Supreme Emperor and the new Emperor would not go on a hunting trip to Nanhaizi for ten thousand years, so why would there be such a need for so many sea gates?

But everyone has already purified themselves, is it still a human being to resign at this juncture?

Mao Ji's face moved slightly and he said loudly: "Cha Cha is a recruiter from the Ministry of Rites of Nanzhili."

A word library,

Zhu Houzhao dusted off the redwood, and a hamster walked past the corner. The walls were so bare that there was nowhere to hide.

This was Zhu Houzhao's small internal money, but it was emptied out.

He had always been on good terms with Yan Chengjin, so he brought him over.

"Lao Gao, you have also seen my situation. Is it time to make good on it?"

As he said that, he pulled out a booklet from his sleeve with three blank sheets of paper inside.

Each one is worth more than 10,000 taels, and the largest denomination is worth 500,000 taels.

Yan Chengjin was silent, "Has the new emperor ever heard of the saying that greed for money hurts feelings? Does the new emperor really want to negotiate money with his ministers?"

"I feel like brothers with you, so naturally I don't want to hurt my feelings."

"That's good……"

"But if it's money, it's going to hurt your feelings."

Yan Chengjin felt a little pain in his heart and couldn't help but secretly spit at Zhu Houzhao. When it comes to money, it's hard to fool this guy.

"I also know that you have to pay extravagant expenses to the Tang and Song Dynasties, and you have no money."

"What does the new emperor mean?"

"Sell 10% of your property." Zhu Houzhao blinked.

Lao Gao, this dog official, if there was a list of wealthy gentry in the capital, this dog official would definitely be on the list.

Yan Chengjin suspected that when this guy was poor, his brain would automatically switch gears.

After all, poverty makes people move up, comfort makes people fall, that's the nature.

"I am not a prodigal son. How can I sell my land? I will be stabbed in the back by Fang in the future."

"You're right, but I think that boy Fang Lai is a loser. If you don't sell it, he will sell it in the future."

"..." Yan Chengjin.

It is impossible to sell property, and it is impossible to sell property in this life.

After a long silence, Yan Chengjin looked at the IOU with a serious face.

"What the new emperor said is true. It is natural to pay back debts. You first give me the IOU."

"No."

"Have you ever heard of the new emperor?"

"What?"

"It's your uncle who owes money."

…

Fengtian Temple.

After lunch, the little eunuchs were a little sleepy, but they tried hard to keep their eyes open.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi looked a little haggard. Although Xu Jiubu's uprising was put down, it reflected the fact that the court was unpopular with the people.

It made him quite sad.

The more I read the Xindi newspaper in Nanzhili, the more I feel that it is beyond our reach.

"The imperial court ordered the people to pay an extra tax, but the order was not implemented in Southern Zhili?"

The cabinet ministers were stunned for a moment.

Liu Jian's face moved slightly, and he bowed and said, "I checked the acres of land in Huang's book. The common people are allocated very few acres. These fishermen have no land."

If you don’t have land, you won’t get the benefits of the previous policy.

Xiao Jing whispered: "Just now, 3,547 people from the Rites Yamen were sent to Haihu, but Mr. Mao did not report it to the Supreme Emperor."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang exchanged a look.

The Supreme Emperor has always been thrifty, so there are so many sea gates needed there.

"It's better to send them all away. Qianqing Palace has just been renovated and the cost of the palace will no longer increase." Jiang Mian said.

Haihu works as a slave in the royal garden, and the extravagance should be attributed to the palace.

Xiao Jing hesitated and said: "But they have already purified themselves."

The faces of the princes gradually became tense and solemn.

Not long after, Wang Qiong was called to the palace and heard that the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi wanted to use the interest on the extra tax money.

He hurriedly said: "I'm afraid there will be heavy snow this year. If the money cannot be allocated, wouldn't it be a breach of trust? How can we collect it from the people next year?"

The first year is the most critical. People are waiting and watching to see if the court will actually allocate funds.

There is no return, only a fool pays it forward in the second year.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi's expression gradually became wrong, and it was reasonable to say that the hen could not be killed before the eggs were laid.

…

Yanfu,

Yan Chengjin returned to the mansion, and Li Qing'e came over with a refreshing fish maw soup and said worriedly: "Husband, Mr. Xie's family is settling the silver in the treasury, but something happened at home?"

Although I don’t know how much money I have in my family’s warehouse.

But Xie Yu is from the dental shop, and the people from the dental shop come to clean up the money, just to pay off the debt.

The fat maid Fengjiao said: "Uncle, can you borrow the master's money... By the way, uncle, how much money do you owe?"

"Fifty thousand taels."

The fat maid was shocked: "...it's better to be the seller."

Just now, one hundred thousand taels of cash flow was in the house, which was Yan Chengjin's bottom line.

Xie Yu quickly settled the matter and was able to give Zhu Houzhao 20,000 taels first.

After packing, Gu Dayong asked the young eunuch to put it into the night incense bucket and move it to Jiaziku.

Zhu Houzhao blinked and said happily: "Lao Gao is about integrity. When did he say the rest would be delivered?"

"Lord Yan said that he would pay it back when his salary increases."

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Old Gao is right, he has no money, I won't make it difficult for him."

Gu Dayong wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.

The next day,

Yan Chengjin wore a bullfighting robe, took the plaque and walked into the Fengtian Hall, and stood aside after saluting.

The merits on both sides of the Huanghuali wooden board were almost the same.

The retired emperor Hongzhi bowed his head and thought hard, thinking about the people's livelihood in Northern Zhili and how to settle these fishermen.

Mao Ji also had a dark face, nervous and a little uneasy.

Yan Chengjin could guess the reason. Yesterday, more than 3,000 people cleaned themselves and went to the Ministry of Rites to apply for jobs, but the court didn't want them.

"It's difficult for sea households without land. If they move to the south, it will cause the decline of Jiangnan."

"That's exactly what I mean."

Jiang Mian and others discussed this matter yesterday, and they were a little frowning. Today they are about to discuss it.

Yan Chengjin's eyes narrowed. It was all because the Ming Dynasty divided the household registration too finely, and it was difficult for a good policy to cover everyone.

Take the previous use of interest as relief silver.

The silk households, fishermen and yin-yang households who did not farm would be dissatisfied, and over time, some people started an uprising.

"Have the emperor and the ministers ever heard of fish maw?"

The faces of Liu Jian and other ministers moved slightly.

Fish maw, which is fish white, is taken from a part of the fish, also known as fish paste.

It has a fishy smell when boiled, but why did Yan Chengjin mention this?

Yan Chengjin said to himself: "When I was in the mansion, I cooked fish maw from time to time and it tasted sweet and delicious."

This kid's words are always not so simple.

The emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin and was suspicious: "Is fish maw related to the matter being discussed?"

The ministers turned their eyes and were slightly curious.

However, they were responded by a long silence, and they knew that this kid was here again.