Chapter 197 Money? That's not a big deal

No matter how much you complain, since you have boarded Zhengde's ship, you have to make trouble.

Gu Dayong was eager to give back, so Xie Hong sent him back first. There was a group of craftsmen here, so it was not a big deal to just leave it alone. These are all precious human resources. If they are idle, they will be punished by God!

Xie Hong drew a sketch, roughly drew out the overall layout, and then asked everyone to discuss the improvement. In addition, it was the exploration site and arranged the preliminary preparations, so he left and entered the palace.

The craftsmen were all following his instructions. Lord Xie said that this is a very important thing, and everyone saw it. This is more important than entering the palace to see a carriage. Otherwise, how could Lord Xie arrange his itinerary like this?

Although she didn't take the matter of dealing with the Beizhen Fushi, Xie Hong remained vigilant enough. When he went out, he added more bodyguards, and dozens of people were covering the front and behind him.

When the group passed by the Beizhen Fushi, it really caused a riot. Whether it was injured or not, the fans had become frightened birds, fearing that the people from the Nanzhen Fushi came to the door.

Although Xie Hong only brought dozens of people and hundreds of people, these people were silent. Not to mention revenge, they didn't even dare to show their anger. Until they realized that Xie Hong and others were just passing by, the people were relieved.

But thinking about the desertedness of Admiral Mou when he went out today, and looking at Xie Hong's scenery, everyone was also filled with mixed feelings: the Jinyiwei, who was not favored, is similar to a child without a mother. Today, it seems that the status of both parties has changed. After waiting for a long time, it is hard to say whether the Jinyiwei's surname is Xie or Mou.

There were no other changes along the way. The matter had spread throughout the court and the civil servants. They were angry and were also a little afraid, and their views on Xie Hong were greatly changed: This was not an ordinary jester, it was even more unreasonable than the emperor, and there was no foreplay at all. They turned their backs on the scenes. It was too rough, too barbaric, and too unconventional!

Civil officials will fight each other, but everyone has identities. Even if there is a dispute, it is nothing more than just a quarrel on the surface and a stumbling behind the scenes. Such direct methods as Xie Hong are rarely used.

Even if you really have to do something, you have to be quarrel and lay the groundwork. If you don’t even say hello, just throw your arms and start doing it. Not to mention all the adults, even the people in the capital will be disdainful.

Therefore, without any discussion, everyone reached a consensus: this person is a lunatic, and when he is not sure, don't provoke him easily, so as not to be bitten by him.

The literati and officials are all civilized people and keep a distance from madmen. Anyway, the cabinet ministers have already had a complete way to deal with it, so why bother causing trouble?

He wanted to fight Qingming and was ready to move, but he didn't dare to stand up at this time. After understanding the combat power of the border army, no one would be so stupid as to rely on some servants. The yamen runners and others would rashly take action against Xie Hong, wanting to deal with those soldiers. Unless they use the large team of troops or the Imperial Horse Supervisor from the Beijing Camp, they wouldn't think about it.

However, without the emperor's will, it would be a complicity in mobilizing troops without authorization, and no one would be willing to take this risk to win the reputation of the Qing Dynasty.

Xie Hong was naturally unaware of the other people's ideas. He considered it very simply, and he was just using thunder means to directly shock those who wanted to make trouble. It was easy to destroy and difficult to build. He didn't want to worry about security and confidentiality issues every few days.

Since you have the card Jiang Bin on hand, use it and make full use of it. As for the low-key he originally planned, there is no need to worry at this moment. In today's capital, besides Zhengde, is there anyone more popular than Xie Hong?

Including that he had already entered the palace for three years this time, even though he did not come with Gu Dayong and stayed to lead the way, Xie Hong himself was familiar with the road and soon arrived at the Ganqing Palace.

"Sir Xie, you've come here. Long lively urged me many times. Please come in." From the first time, Xie Hong had no one to inform him when he entered the Ganqing Palace. This time, the same was true. Not only that, there were people waiting outside the hall gate. This person was very respectful. When he saw Xie Hong from afar, he bowed and bowed. Xie Hong looked up and saw that it was Liu Jin.

"Yes." Xie Hong made a nasal sound casually, as a response, but his feet kept coming into the house. After being looked down upon, Liu Jin still followed behind with a flattering smile, with no shame on his face.

The enemy who was unattainable in the past is now being trampled under his feet. Xie Hong couldn't help but feel a little drunk, but he was more wary.

Liu Jin, a dead eunuch, is not a good person, but he is very bachelor in his work. After being embarrassed yesterday, he really didn't make any trouble for himself, including his current attitude.

Liu Jin's attitude is just right now, and he will not be too respectful to cause gossip about right and wrong. No matter what, Liu Jin is also a high-ranking eunuch in the palace and is considered the number one figure in the Silijian. If Liu Jin really worships a big gift, Xie Hong will be suspected of being usurped. Xie Hong is also well aware of the truth.

At the same time, he also put his identity low enough that Xie Hong could not find any fault even if he wanted to find fault.

Therefore, Xie Hong's vigilance was getting higher and higher. Although this eunuch had never read any books, his strategy was not bad, and he could tolerate it. He could not relax at all when facing such an enemy.

When Xie Hong first entered the Ganqing Palace, Zhengde was anxious and walked back and forth in the hall, but this time he was calm and sat upright behind the long desk. Only the worry between his eyebrows showed his unhesitation.

"Brother, you're too much today." When you saw Xie Hong, Zhengde's first words seemed to be accusing or complaining.

This was beyond Xie Hong's expectations, and he thought to himself: Could it be that the matter was really too big? Or was the emperor's personal army really unable to fight? He was even dissatisfied with this master who had never been afraid of big things.

He hurriedly apologized and said, "It's me Meng Lang, but..."

"It's not Meng Lang, you are indifferent!" Zhengde directly interrupted Xie Hong's words, and then put a big hat on him.

Xie Hong was confused. Is this hat too abrupt?

Before Xie Hong answered, Zhengde immediately complained: "You didn't inform me about such a fun thing in advance, it really makes me sad. Fight! Even if you can't get out of the game, at least you have to let me see the fun. It's so regretful." Zhengde looked resentful and shook his head and sighed.

Xie Hongda Khan, after all, he is the emperor's personal army. You, the emperor, actually treat them as a fun event? It's fine to watch the fun, but you'll end up in person... This is too exaggerated.

"By the way, brother, Da Yong said that you are renovating the Nanzhen Fushi Office. What are you doing? Is it the amusement park you promised me?" Zhengde asked again and again, as if he was going to vent his depression by speaking.

Xie Hong coughed lightly and reminded: "It's not an amusement park, it's a workshop. Did you forget it? We just discussed it yesterday. Didn't I say it very clearly when I asked you for the imperial edict?"

"Hey, that's right?" Zhengde patted his head and said embarrassedly: "It was all because of someone who was quarreling at the court meeting today, so he forgot it for a moment. By the way, brother, I'm afraid I won't get the money I promised you. Today's court meeting..."

When Zhengde mentioned the court meeting, he lost his smile. He agreed to Xie Hong for money yesterday, and he was also somewhat confident. After half a year of taking power, he gradually got to know political affairs. After Xie Hong mentioned asking for money, he remembered Yan Yin.

In this era, salt and iron were important strategic materials. Salt is a license to buy and sell salt, which is similar to later securities, and the profit is very large.

According to the "salt salt system" in the Ming Dynasty, merchants holding salt citations were divided into ten citations by region, each citation was 200,000 citations, each citation was 300 kilograms of salt, or 6 cents of silver and four cents of silver, which was called "woben". There was another tax of 3 taels of silver, and the minister, that is, transporting 3 taels of silver. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a huge profit.

It is precisely because of this that Zhengde agreed to Xie Hong even though he knew that he could not get money from the Ministry of Revenue. His reliance was this salt turbulence. In previous years, there were 12,000 salt turbulences left. It was good to operate and he also had one or two million taels of silver.

But Zhengde, a newcomer in the political arena, cannot compare with a group of old bureaucrats.

At the beginning of the court discussion, before Zhengde mentioned the matter of salt quotation, Han Wen first hit him with a scoundrel. After the court officials were frustrated yesterday, they changed their strategies.

They first acknowledged the existence of the imperial village, and then used this as a reason to report that since the imperial village was there, the cost of the palace should be taken from the imperial village, rather than the national treasury.

Of course, Zhengde would not agree. The palace was very expensive, and there were nearly 10,000 eunuchs alone. Although he had not had a big marriage, there were also many palace maids in the palace. Moreover, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother were there, which consumed a lot. It would not be enough to rely on the little income of the imperial village alone.

But the court officials didn't care whether he agreed or not. Korean words made a big decision, and the others were naturally unwilling to fall behind.

This says: The emperor does not compete with the common people for profit, he should keep wealth from the people;

That said: The national treasury is full of people's fat and paste, so be cautious when using it;

In short, it is a common saying: If you want to keep the imperial village, the cost in the palace should not be taken directly from the national treasury, otherwise the imperial village should be cancelled. Only by choosing one of these two items is what the Holy Emperor does.

The reason is plausible, and it is not impossible to refute it. However, facing so many people, Zhengde can't argue.

It is useless to force the issuance of the edict. The Ministry of Revenue is no better than the Jinyiwei. Without the envoys from the cabinet, they may not accept the envoys. Moreover, if they reject the envoys, they can still make a name for themselves. The civil officials regard this matter as a beautiful person.

After a moment of helplessness, Zhengde had to put aside this matter first, wait until he talked about it in the future, and then mentioned the matter of Yan Yin.

The court officials came prepared, with the purpose of breaking the economic line of Zhengde. The first day of the lunar calendar was already in place, so Yan Yin could not relax here. Except for the imperial village, the other channels must be blocked.

The sage said: A gentleman does not speak of profit, but all gentlemen understand that even an emperor cannot do without money. As long as he is in trouble, an emperor who has no money will compromise sooner or later. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t compromise. Anyway, raising eunuchs and factory guards requires money. Without money, the emperor cannot rely solely on his identity to make people work hard.

Therefore, when it comes to the issue of salt induced, the court officials refused to give in. The two killing weapons were frequently used in the court. As mentioned earlier, the saints said, this time Korean language introduced the ancestral system. He emphasized that the ancestral system stipulates that the income of salt should be used for military pay and cannot be used for other purposes.

This principle is far-fetched, and the ancestral system said this. Although Zhengde had not been in contact with political affairs for a long time, he knew that this ancestral system had not been implemented at all, so he naturally refused to follow it and wanted to issue an order forcibly.

Since the emperor was like this, the court officials were not willing to be outdone. The cabinet minister simply explained the hidden rules. Li Dongyang told Zhengde with certainty: If he insisted on his opinion, the cabinet would refuse to write, then the emperor must take back the approval of the special salt edict, otherwise the issuance of the imperial edict would only damage the royal majesty.

Therefore, today the court discussion was stalemate again, and it ended up in disagreement. However, Zhengde's purpose was to ask for money, and the court officials' purpose was to prevent him from asking for money. In the final result, the court officials won.

Zhengde finally left Zhonghe Palace empty-handed. Not only did he not get any money, but he also made things worse. The cost of the palace was also reduced. After a while, let alone the workshops that support Xie Hong, I am afraid that the palace will have to lay off employees to survive.

After saying that, Zhengde sighed and his face wrinkled, feeling very worried.

He now understands a little, why Hongzhi tolerated court officials in the past, not because his father was cowardly, but because he really couldn't afford to offend him. It wasn't just a group of advice. Now the methods are even more poisonous and he is directly out of food. How should we deal with this?

While feeling worried, he felt sorry for Xie Hong and apologized: "Brother, I'm so sorry. You have spent so much effort, but here I am...ah."

Xie Hong was also shocked after hearing Zhengde's statement. The methods of these ministers were not surprising, and politics and economy were inseparable. But it was too much for them to use this method on the emperor, and it was beyond his expectations.

If you think about it carefully, this method is indeed effective. No wonder the ministers did not react after the fight. I believe they could think clearly: as long as there is no money, no matter how brave the border troops are, they will still have to get the money. If there is no money, these people will be dismissed sooner or later, so the court officials will naturally not be willing to go through a lot of trouble.

However, seeing the kind second brother frowning, Xie Hong was very angry. He said coldly: "Isn't it just money? That can be considered a matter? Second brother, you don't have to worry, I will solve the problem of money."
Chapter completed!