45. Reorganize the Cabinet
"Your Majesty, I only have one thousand taels of silver, and... I will take it back to my hometown. I can donate my salary for the next year!"
Yuan Chonghuan was so blushed that he had no money at all.
Although I had saved some money before, I basically subsidized it in the military camp.
The 1,000 taels of silver I brought back home was the one I brought back when I resigned from my office in the Tianqi Dynasty.
Although he is also a second-rank official, he is much shabby compared to these officials in the court.
"Do your best!" Zhu Youjian was quite satisfied with Yuan Chonghuan's attitude.
Yuan Chonghuan's hometown is in Guangdong. If he is serious about giving the money, it will probably take a few months...
"My grandfather's birthday only has five hundred taels of silver. I hope the emperor will forgive me..."
The generals outside actually don’t have much money.
If you have some money, you can drink with your subordinates to win people's hearts. How can you get extra money?
Furthermore, the court's military pay has been owed for years, and these generals have no chance to make money.
"My memory, He Kegang, only... only two hundred taels of silver..."
He Kegang is just a deputy general, and his salary is not as high as that of the general. In addition, he wants to welcome and send off, please please superiors and comfort subordinates.
After a year, I can't save a lot of money.
Next, the other deputy generals and generals took out even less money.
Military generals of the same level are far less wealthy than civil officials.
Zhu Youjian also knew about this, so he nodded.
After about half an hour, the fundraising finally came to an end.
The civil and military officials of the dynasty jointly raised 500,000 taels of silver.
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly.
He knew very well that this was actually just the money that some of the six masters could afford.
However, you can take it slowly and not rush for a moment.
At present, it is always enough to comfort the king-supporting troops coming to various towns.
The rest can also be paid some long-awaited border military pay.
If you meet Zhu Youjian, they will be unlucky.
"My dear friends, the results of the fundraising today are quite good. I thank you for yourselves on behalf of the people of the world!"
"Next, I want to discuss with you all my dear friends, the candidates for the cabinet!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited.
Han Du has been taken down, although the crime of colluding with the enemy has not been proven.
However, even if Han Yu is mediocre, he will not be able to be responsible for the responsibility of the chief minister of the cabinet without colluding with the enemy.
The cabinet must be reselected to supplement the lack.
"My dear friends, Han Yu is imprisoned. Cabinet candidates need to be re-voted. Today, officials of third rank or above can vote for new cabinet candidates!"
Zhu Youjian said calmly, "Everyone can write the cabinet staff and the cabinet capital in their hearts on paper and hand it over to partner Gao!"
A high companion is actually a high rise and fall.
Under the Ming Dynasty system, eunuchs called themselves slaves to the emperor, and the emperors called eunuchs by their companions.
"I obey the order!" Everyone agreed.
But my mind was still quite confused, and everything that happened in the court exceeded their expectations.
It completely disrupted their usual rhythm of court attendance.
"Sir, please!"
Gao Qi lurked in his hand with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, starting with Sun Chengzong.
Sun Chengzong took the lead in writing down his name, Gao Qiqian entered the sleeve, and then continued to the next one.
In this way, the court officials wrote down their own candidates.
Then, the number of votes is counted from Gaoqian, and then the votes are sang.
The final result came out, and Zhu Youjian laughed at it.
As Zhu Youjian expected, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren had the same high votes.
Although the others have votes, they are not enough to fight against these two people.
"My dear friends, the vote has been achieved. Master Zhou Yanru and Lord Zhou and Lord Wen Tiren and Wen were selected with higher votes."
"So, I decided to add two more cabinet candidates this time."
Zhu Youjian said with a smile.
"Congratulations to Lord Zhou, congratulations to Lord Wen Ti!"
Suddenly, there was a congratulation in the warm pavilion, and the ministers in the court seemed to be happier than if they were selected.
Zhou Yanru was very proud at this time and re-recommended the candidates for the cabinet. He was originally confident.
Although Wen Tiren did not show any signs of his face, he was secretly upset in his heart.
He has been managing his connections in the court over the years.
If someone hadn't deliberately made trouble during the voting election in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he would have already entered the cabinet.
Zhu Youjian smiled lightly and took all this into consideration.
Just now, the cabinet is just a bunch of incompetent people. Whether they are actually the same?
Yuan Chonghuan and others were secretly unhappy. They wanted to push Sun Chengzong to the cabinet, but they had too few people and did not work.
But they can't control the court.
"The cabinet chief minister is not vacant, so I decided that Zhou Yanru and Lord Zhou will serve as the cabinet chief minister!"
Zhu Youjian looked at the different expressions on everyone's faces and spoke slowly.
"Congratulations to Lord Zhou, congratulations to Lord Zhou!"
Suddenly, everyone in the warm cabinet gave Zhou Yanru and Taoist joy.
Zhou Yanru was naturally happy and couldn't stop talking.
"Thank you for your trust, long live your life!"
"Thank you all my colleagues, thank you again!"
This is really a joy for Zhou Yanru.
Although the Minister of Rites is one of the six ministers, there is still a gap with the Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet.
Although he has coveted this position for a long time, he never thought it would be so easy to win.
"This is indeed worth congratulating, but now all the soldiers who serve the king are about to arrive in the capital."
"The money for raising troops needs to be solved by the new cabinet. I believe Lord Zhou will not disappoint you!"
Zhou Yanru was secretly happy, and Zhu Youjian suddenly said.
"This... the emperor, haven't you raised enough silver to scoop the troops just now?"
"I think that this time, the military pay for the king's soldiers is enough. You can use the silver you received just now to ease the king's soldiers. The rest can also be used for disaster relief, or to pay the military pay that has been owed for a long time..."
"Bold, when will such a military and national event become the prime minister of the cabinet be arbitrary?"
"How dare you make the decision for me?"
When Zhou Yanru thought he was very good at speaking, he didn't want to be interrupted by Zhu Youjian's cold shout.
"I... I am guilty. I should mobilize the cabinet and do my best to support the king's troops!"
Zhou Yanru then woke up.
The cabinet elected this time has no rights at all.
It's just a small treasury used by the emperor to foster soldiers...
Wen Tiren, who had just been selected into the cabinet, also changed his face. How could he not see the emperor's thoughts?
I originally thought that this was a step towards the core of power.
But now it seems that it is the first step to be slaughtered by the emperor...
"Do you guys in the cabinet have any opinions?"
Zhu Youjian convinced people with reason and did not want to impose them on these people.
Chapter completed!