Can you live forever

Chapter 70 The people's money is divided into three or seven accounts

Inside the Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall.

Yang Tinghe sits high on the first seat, which originally belonged to the emperor's dragon chair, but is now the speaker of the Nanjing Council.The layout of the hall has long since changed. Behind the heavy desks, the congressmen are like gods looking down on all living beings from the clouds.

A soldier of the Jinwu Guard walked quickly into the Fengtian Hall with his head down, finished the matter with a very standard reporting process, and then left.

In a corner of the hall, there is an official in charge of the secretary, who can provide information to the congressmen when they need it, and there will be a summary record for each official meeting.

Of course, these files are top-secret files, and only the previous speakers are eligible to view them.

The House of Representatives is the core of the Nanjing court, the core of the entire Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat group, they are obviously in this palace, in this Fengtian Hall, but the outside world does not even know that there is such a council.

The emperor in the north only knew that there was an interest group here, and never thought that there was such a close organization.

In fact, such an organization is inevitable.

There must be a clear charter on how to distribute the 6000-[-] million taels of regular tax each year, how to distribute the hundreds of millions of taels of salt and iron profits, and how to distribute the annual dividends of the three major business gangs of Huizhou merchants, Jiangsu merchants, and Zhejiang merchants. There is going to be trouble.

Among the 72 councilors in Fengtian Temple, the lowest-ranked members can get millions of taels of silver every year.

Although they made a lot of money, facing Zhang Zhixiang's petition, they didn't have the slightest idea of ​​giving money to help the disaster. Yang Tinghe seemed to be a little old, and he asked aloud after the Jinwu guard had retired for a while: "People It's all at the door, what should I do, get a charter."

Not all MPs are serving officials.

Many people went to the capital and returned after "fighting". For example, in the tenth year of Zhengde, Liang Chu, who replaced Yang Tinghe as the chief assistant during the mourning period, and Peng Ze, the former Minister of the Ministry of War who frantically abolished the factory guards in the first year of Jiajing.

These two were dismissed from office in the first year of Jiajing and the second year of Jiajing respectively.

In the rules of the game of the scholar-official class, the orthodox status of the capital cannot be shaken. After all, this Ming Dynasty is not only a place in the south of the Yangtze River, but also other scholar-bureaucrats.

Therefore, after the imperial court dismissed them, they were naturally demoted to "civilians".

It was also to deal with this situation that the core of the Nanjing court was gradually transformed into a parliament to ensure that those who fought for their interests would not lose their official positions and face.

At the same age, Yang Tinghe was as slow as a sloth, and Liang Chu was clearly coughing, but he was still in a hurry.

"Zhang Zhixiang and Wang Yangming's 'Returning Light' would have had a huge impact on Jiajing. We should have worked together with the Wang family to kill him from the very beginning."

"You sit on the Diaoyutai and wait for the Wang family to do the hard work, and you end up in trouble?"

"Can't wait any longer."

"Directly disperse the petitioners, arrest Zhang Zhixiang, and just find an excuse to kill him in the prison, and that's it."

This grumpy old man with two gray beards, probably because of his poor health, didn't have much work to do, and he became more and more crazy and arrogant.

This idea is too rough, no one agrees.

Zhang Zhixiang is not an unknown person, if Zhang Zhixiang is captured and sent to prison, he will be robbed that night, and even find an excuse to kill him.

No one in the Forbidden City can stop those high mountains on the rivers and lakes.

"If it's just about the trade union, I don't recommend taking action against Zhang Zhixiang." Wang Zhuo, the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of War, made a point, obviously he has seen the magic of the trade union.

Wu Wending was the Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of War who was airborne in Jiajing, and the one who actually held power was the Minister of the Ministry of War.

The imperial court of the Beijing Normal University often deliberately did not fill up Nanjing’s vacancies. For example, the Ministry of War had two servants on the left and right, but many times it deliberately only had one. Now he is in charge of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

It can be said that in this council, he is a pivotal figure.

"What Wang Shilang said is very true. The trade union is actually beneficial for us to control those businessmen. It stands to reason that we should let the trade union gain momentum in order to use this tool. But 1300 million taels, the court really can't come up with money."

Peng Ze was Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital. After "resigning from office and returning to his hometown", although he was still a member of parliament, he had no public position, and his ranking had fallen behind Wang Zhuo, the minister of the Ministry of War.

He is from Lanzhou, not a native of Jiangnan. He became a "Southern Party" only because he followed Yang Tinghe.

Because his roots are not in the south of the Yangtze River, Peng Ze is not strong in the Senate. He intends to make friends with others, and if he makes more good ties, he will leave more contacts for future generations.

After all, the Great Ming Dynasty Hall is still ruled by the Southern Party...

Liang Chu had no worries, nor was he afraid of offending anyone. He snorted coldly and said, "There is still 150 million taels of silver left in the treasury of the household department. It's hard to say whether it can last until the summer tax arrives in June, and it's still going to be exchanged for banknotes for disaster relief. It wasn't an option from the very beginning."

"Whether the trade union is useful or not, if there is no money for disaster relief, it can only nip the danger in the bud."

"Killing Zhang Zhixiang is the best way!"

The old guy has a bad temper, but it seems that what he said is also reasonable. The court has no money to pay, unless everyone comes up with money, otherwise there is no option for disaster relief.

"What...how does the speaker think?"

Some councilor kicked the ball to Yang Tinghe. After all, you are the boss, so you have to make up your mind, right?
Turning walnuts in his hand, Yang Tinghe said with a little lack of interest: "Sit-in and petition, the trade union has taken off, our embarrassment is just that the household department has no money, so there is no need to rush."

"The Nanjing imperial court also really wants to provide disaster relief, and really wants to exchange banknotes."

"But who can conjure silver?"

"It's better to wait for them to make a fuss again, and let the wealthy businessmen donate money to help the disaster."

As soon as Yang Tinghe said this, everyone's eyes lit up, yes, bad things can also turn into good things, after a few days of stalemate, the court sincerely compromised, told the truth, first paid a sum of money, and then let the people and wealthy businessmen They donate money.

Where do you need to pay 1300 million taels?

A limited batch of banknotes can be exchanged, and it is enough to make a false impression that they are doing disaster relief. Isn't the bulk of the donations still theirs?

As for the wealthy businessmen not donating?
The imperial court is very supportive of trade union rights...

Immediately, a congressman said: "Donations alone are not enough. Since we want to provide disaster relief and pay banknotes, we can first buy banknotes from the market at a low price, and then sell the banknotes when the Ministry of Finance pays them." , in this way, you can earn an extra 1000 million taels."

Wang Zhuo is not so concerned about money.

He thought for a while and said: "The case of Datong Bank was uncovered by Cui Wen. The deaths of Chen Tao, the censor of the patrol city, and Hou Jie, the commander of Xicheng soldiers and horses, will not be responsible for the death of the two of you. Which one of you took the money? I'm too lazy to care."

"but."

"Cui Wen has evidence in his hand, and Xu Pengju helped them investigate the case at Yingtianfu Yamen. The bigger the case, the more excuses the emperor will have to do it. When the time comes, he will be taken away by the guards of the factory. Don't blame me for not reminding you .”

Wang Zhuo's words suddenly turned cold.

Some people shouted "what to do", and many people looked at Yang Tinghe, hoping that he would come back for another idea.

Yang Tinghe Youyou said: "When I was eating alone, I didn't think of letting me make up my mind. Now it's all pointed at me, what can I do? It's just to divide the money evenly and work together."

"Eat in, take out the account book, how to divide, how to compensate, and make a charter."

"As for the factory guards coming to pick up people, there is no need to worry."

"They can enter Yingtian Mansion, but they can't get out. Is this the reason, Wang Shilang?"

Wang Zhuo was noncommittal.

In this way, the trouble seems to be solved, but someone asked again: "Zhang Zhixiang casually commanded Deng Wengu to kill the gate guard captain. If he is allowed to rise, will he be a threat to us?"

(PS: In history, Wang Zhuo lived from 1447 to 1521, and had a grandson named Wang Shizhen.)
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