Prince of Chaos

Chapter 366
Liu Pinru has been promoted from the Nanjing household department to the Beijing household department for almost a month.

Liu Pinru's work this month was nothing special, but what impressed him the most was that the work in the Beijing household department was really difficult.

The household department in Beijing hardly has any surplus food, and it has to deal with the salary demands of Beijing officials every day.

Now, Liu Pinru misses the days of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing a little bit.

Although the Nanjing household department is far away from the center, the taxes of the six southern provinces are all directly paid to the account of the Nanjing household department.

Moreover, since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the south has gradually become a place of prosperity in the world after being clothed in clothes and traveling south.

Although there will be a partial security regime every few hundred years, but all the partial security regimes there are rich and rich.

Take the Southern Song Dynasty as an example, relying on a corner of the southeast, it has supported Guozuo for more than 150 years.

He boiled his former enemy Liao Jinxia to death.

In the end, he was "strong" and died after the Battle of Yashan.It has left endless sighs for countless literati and poets.

Later, an island historian with ulterior motives conjured up a phrase: "There is no China after Yashan".

The reason why the people of the island country came up with this sentence is to endorse the war of aggression against China that they are about to launch.

They just want to use this argument to promote that they are the inheritors of Chinese culture, so as to gain an advantage in morality and "jurisprudence".

However, how can the thousands of years of Chinese civilization be concluded in just one or two sentences?

Obviously, this is impossible.

Back to the point.

To be honest, working in the Beijing household department for more than a month was extremely uncomfortable for Liu Pinru.

But, there is no way, who made him the general ordered by Master Zifu?

Therefore, facing the temptation of getting promoted and making a fortune, Liu Pinru felt pain and happiness.

And one of the most important reasons why Liu Pinru came here so happily was that one of his little fellows who couldn't beat him wrote him a sincere letter of friendship.

In this letter, he, a little fellow, expressed his sincere care and greetings to him, and recalled with him how deep affection and like-mindedness the elders of the two families had for several generations ago.

Finally, at the end of the letter, his little fellow told him a piece of news that made him unable to hold back the excitement and tears in his eyes.

His little fellow said in the letter: "There are many affairs in Beijing. However, although Da Situ is disabled and sick, he is still a country and follows the festival of death. Brother Shi Xian is the world's sage, and Yang Da Situ should be regarded as the leader. I am a role model, and I will devote myself to the imperial court and die."

By the way, I forgot to mention, Liu Pinru, whose name is Shixian.

At that time, after Liu Pinru saw this sentence, he was still a little confused. He didn't know why he, a little fellow who couldn't hit the pole, suddenly came with such a concerned letter.

As a result, within two days, an inspection appointment from Beijing came.

At this time, Liu Pinru suddenly came to his senses, it turned out that this little fellow from his hometown really had sincere affection for him.

The Hubu Shangshu in Beijing is a sick child, so he was quickly promoted from the Nanjing Hubu to the Beijing Hubu to serve as the servant. Doesn't this tell him that the sky will send a big job to the people?

Therefore, no matter how heavy the work of the Beijing household department is now, Liu Pinru still enjoys it.

"How is Liu Pinru doing now?"

Zhu Changluo sat in the Ciqing Palace and asked Dong Qichang who was coming to play.

After Dong Qichang heard the Crown Prince's question, he immediately said: "His Royal Highness, everything is fine with Liu Shilang. The affairs of the household department are also proceeding smoothly under the auspices of him and another servant."

Hearing this, Zhu Changluo continued to ask: "How is Yang Shangshu's body?"

Dong Qichang replied: "Yang Shangshu's body is still the same, but Yang Shangshu's public heart is commendable. Although he has been suffering from chronic illness, he still has to ask about the affairs of the household department one by one before he is willing to rest assured. .Now, Yang Shangshu’s main concern is the Korean War.”

Zhu Changluo couldn't help becoming interested when he heard that a Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs actually cared about the things that the Ministry of War should worry about.

Zhu Changluo asked: "Yang Shangshu, what do you care about the Korean War?"

Dong Qichang replied: "Yang Shangshu worried that if the war lasts too long, it will bring down the Ming Dynasty. Although most of the food and grass supply and demand for the troops entering the dynasty are supplied by His Royal Highness' Xishan Huangzhuang, the ordnance and other materials used by the large army are all provided by the household department. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry supervised the construction of the money. The money will inevitably be stretched for the Ministry of Households."

Zhu Changluo laughed, and then said: "How can these money make the household department stretched?"

Dong Qichang said: "Your Highness, these days I am also in charge of the anti-corruption bureau. During the time in Beijing, I have also received many reports of corruption and violation of the law. Among them, most of the corruption comes from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Armaments supervised the manufacture of this area. As a result, I also had a lot of dealings with the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. I also learned a lot about the Ministry of Households. The annual revenue of the Ministry of Households is not only to pay the officials in Beijing In addition to salary, various grand ceremonies of the imperial court and celebrations in the palace cost a lot of money. Take this year’s Princess Rongchang’s wedding as an example, the household department paid out as much as 50 taels of silver! This is still in the Princess Mansion When the project has not started. Once the Princess Mansion project starts, the household department will pay a lot of money. It can be seen how difficult the household department must be."

Speaking of this, Dong Qichang couldn't help feeling sorry for Yang Junmin.Yang Junmin has been the Secretary of the Household Department for almost eight years. It is really embarrassing how much pressure and hardship he has endured during these eight years.

In the past eight years, in order to maintain the operation of the household department, Yang Junmin has also lost weight day by day. Since the end of last year, his physical condition has been deteriorating, which makes people feel distressed.

For this reason, both Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo have expressed their care and praise to Yang Junmin, the dedicated Minister of the Household Department, many times.

This also enabled Yang Junmin to support his sick body and still fight on the front line of work.

When Zhu Changluo heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Originally, the Ministry of Household Affairs should be a department of the God of Wealth waiting to collect money.

However, under the current system of the Ming Dynasty, and when the two Beijing households are in charge of the north and the south, the life of the Beijing household department has really become Wang Xiaoer's New Year - every year is not as good as every year.

In addition to dealing with the salaries of Beijing officials, they also had to deal with the expenses of various ceremonial celebrations of the imperial court and the royal family.

And these silvers are simply cutting flesh for the Beijing Ministry of Household Affairs!

There are too few channels for the Beijing household department to receive money.

In addition to the serious land tax, there is almost no other income except for the Taicang silver that is escorted by water transport from the south every year.

Moreover, the land tax in the north has been decreasing year by year. The fundamental reason is not the reduction in food production caused by various weird weather and climate caused by the arrival of the Little Ice Age, but the increasing land annexation and clan support in the northern provinces.

The northern gentry and vassal kings and county kings controlled a large amount of land and a large number of cheap labor serfs. They relied on their official status and status advantages, and they did not give a grain of food to the court.

The remaining old farmers with only a few acres of Susukida not only have to pay all kinds of exorbitant taxes, but also support the family for food and drink.Expecting them to take care of this old empire is like lighting a lantern in a latrine—seeking shit (death)!
Therefore, in the face of such a predicament, Zhu Changluo is determined to change the embarrassing situation of the Beijing Ministry of Household Affairs and make it the most financially powerful department in the center of the empire.

Otherwise, if things go on like this, even if Zhu Changluo's Xishan Huangzhuang flourishes again, it will be rootless duckweed.When the foundation of Daming's building collapses, he will also be crushed to death.

　Another chapter~~~
　　Typos and others are corrected first. . .

　　There are more nights! ! !

　　
　
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