Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 40
As soon as Zhu Youxiao ordered, Wang An immediately sent the eunuch who was in charge of rituals to copy the memorial and sent it to the East Palace and Wenhua Palace.

At the East Palace, Zhu Youjian went to eat, and the memorial was placed in the Xuqin Palace, but the cabinet could not hide it. Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was still in a meeting with several cabinet ministers, so he got the memorial.

The little eunuch who delivered the message handed the memorial to Fang Congzhe, and then said:
"Long live, after reading Wang Yushi's memoir, he knew that Guanglu Temple was in short supply, so he passed on more than [-] taels of soup and rice for free from Yangxin and other halls. In addition, I hope that Mr. Fang Ge and all the adults can think of a way to let the Guanglu Temple's money be released. Shipped on time every year."

"..." The twenty or so ministers who were in the meeting felt blushing when they heard this.

Where is the frugality in Zhu Youxiao exempting the soup, rice and silver from the Hall of Mental Cultivation?It's just slapping them in the face...

The emperor can't afford to eat anymore, but you ministers and workers are enjoying the food in the big chefs in the outer court.

There was no way, and when the eunuch was sent to leave, Fang Congzhe could only let the cabinet ministers, the six ministers, the six subjects give Shizhong, and the capital censor all read the memorial.

When everyone had finished watching, Fang Congzhe said in an old-fashioned way:
"Have you read it all? The meaning of Wansui couldn't be simpler. It is to deliver the foreign solution silver from Guanglu Temple to the place on time."

As soon as Fang Congzhe opened his mouth, Li Ruhua, Minister of the Household Department, frowned and said:
"The silver of Guanglu Temple is firstly used to supply the meals for the inner court, secondly for the outer court, and lastly for festival feasts and banquets for foreign envoys."

"It's just that the money for the external solution is borne by the ministers of each government. Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong are close, but far away are Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It's hard to say."

"Especially Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. These five provinces have high mountains and far roads, unlike Huguang, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, where water transport can be used."

Li Ruhua is a fine person, he explained the problem clearly before handing it over to others.

In such a meeting, everyone must speak. If he speaks first, he will naturally make fewer mistakes.

After he spoke, Zhou Jiamo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also sat in his seat and said calmly:

"Two capitals and thirteen provinces, on average, the Guanglu Temple does not have a lot of foreign money, but as Li Shangshu said, five provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian have high mountains and long roads, so it is really not easy to escort them."

"Old fox..." Hearing Zhou Jiamo's words, all the officials cursed inwardly, just because it was as if he hadn't said what he said.

"The matter is simple, the foreign exchange of silver, Yunnan and Guizhou can be paid in advance by Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou can be handed over to Sichuan to make up for it, and Sichuan can take the Yangtze River to Yangzhou to transfer water transport to the north, which is faster than Shaanxi."

Suddenly, a person stood up and spoke, and everyone looked at him. It was Yang Lian who was responsible for the matter from the Ministry of War.

"Guangdong and Fujian are easier, just go directly by sea!"

Yang Lian speaks uprightly because in his opinion, this kind of thing is very simple.

But after he opened his mouth, even Zou Yuanbiao, who is also a member of the Donglin Party, kept silent and did not support him.

The only one who nodded in agreement with him was Zuo Guangdou, the imperial censor of Zuoqian, who was also part of the Donglin Party.

It can be seen from this that, compared with the interest organizations composed of township parties, the Donglin Party is not united.

"Maritime transportation has the problem of sinking into the sea, it's not right..."

Sun Ruyou, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and concurrently a scholar of Dongge University, suddenly spoke, which chilled the atmosphere in Wenhua Hall.

If other people had spoken, the scene might not have been so deserted, but Sun Ruyou's opening basically rejected Yang Lian's thoughts.

There is no other, only because Sun Ruyou has another identity, that is, the nominal leader of the largest party at the moment, the Zhejiang Party.

The Zhejiang Party and this party rose up during the Wanli period, and what contributed to its emergence was formed and developed in the process of Shen Yiguan being under the yoke, repelling dissidents, and allocating private individuals.

The gradual formation of the Zhejiang Party, the expansion of its power and the rise of Shen Yiguan's status in the court are closely related to the state affairs of the Wanli Dynasty, and the influence of the Zhejiang Party on the political situation in the middle and late Wanli period is far-reaching.

It was the earliest party formed among crony parties in the late Ming Dynasty. The Zhejiang Party maintained a strong power in the court when Shen Yiguan was the chief assistant of the cabinet. Right and wrong.

Even after Shen Yiguan died of illness, the Zhejiang Party was still very powerful. Even in the [-]th year of Wanli, when the Zhejiang Party officials were in charge of Jingcha, they attacked and framed the Donglin Party members, and many Donglin Party members were persecuted to death.

Although Sun Ruyou's power skills are not as good as Shen's, but because of Zhu Youjian's appearance, the Donglin Party did not have the support in the palace transfer case, so he is not afraid of Yang Lian and other Donglin Party members.

As for why he opposes shipping, this is actually because he is afraid that the Donglin Party members will continue to ship or reintroduce the business tax.

Of course, this is not the only reason. The second reason is that once the sea transportation is cleared, Caoyin in the south of the Yangtze River will inevitably go north by sea in the future.

If this is the case, then the big and small officials in the south of the Yangtze River who rely on water transportation for food every year will inevitably rise up and attack them.

Those gentry who can pay taxes a few months later will also scold Sun Ruyou to death.

Therefore, sitting in his position, sea transportation is absolutely not allowed!
At present, it is different from the Chongzhen period. During the Chongzhen period, various Wanli, and Longqing years, the strategists left behind died of illness and died of illness.

Therefore, during the reign of Chongzhen, some people dared to mention shipping, and dared to do it.

But at present, Sun Ruyou and other Zhejiang Party figures are still alive, and their strength is huge, which is not something that the Donglin Party can contend with.

It would be fine if the Donglin Party won the support in the case of moving the palace, but now that credit has been picked by Zhu Youjian, the prestige of the Donglin Party is naturally not as good as in history.

But Sun Ruyou dismissed Yang Lian's method, so he naturally thought of a new method to make up for it, so he said:

"Waijie silver taels from Guanglu Temple, silver taels from Nanzhili and Zhejiang Fujian are easy to say."

"Fujian's mountains are high and the roads are far away, so Zhejiang and Nanzhili will pay for it, and then Fujian will return the money on the mat."

"As for Yunnan-Guizhou and Guangdong and Guangxi, Sichuan and Huguang will help to make up for it. The method is the same."

"In this way, the foreign solution silver from Guanglu Temple will naturally arrive every year."

Sun Ruyou wanted to use the tens of thousands of taels of silver from Guanglu Temple to ruin the idea of ​​Yang Lian and others going by sea, but Yang Lian was not so easy to fool after all.

Seeing what Sun Ruyou said, he also responded:
"It's easy to talk about the silver released from Guanglu Temple, but it is said that the Zhejiang autumn tax escort silver has not arrived yet. I don't know about it. Does the scholar know?"

"There are floods in Zhejiang this year, so it's not surprising that the autumn tax for shipping has been postponed." Sun Ruyou answered Yang Lian calmly.

"Then when will the shipment arrive in Beijing?" Yang Lian suppressed his anger, but Sun Ruyou said flatly:
"This matter is under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the Ministry of War."

"Okay, okay..." Fang Congzhe, who saw that Sun Ruyou was about to persist with Yang Lian and had a grudge with Donglin, stood up and smoothed things over:
"Since the issue of the foreign settlement of silver in Guanglu Temple has been resolved, let's stop here today, everyone, go back to the yamen of the ministries first."

Seeing that Fang Congzhe opened his mouth, some officials from the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Xuan Party, and the Kun Party left the venue first. In the end, only three members from the Zhejiang Party and three from the Donglin Party were left.

Yang Lian and Sun Ruyou were full of gunpowder, and they left Wenhua Palace only after Zuo Guangdou and Yao Zongwen persuaded them.

This is the situation of party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is not a chaos that can be summed up by the Donglin Party...

(End of this chapter)