Jingming

Chapter 42 His Majesty's Talents and Miracles
"...Yes." Zhu Qingping sighed, "Your Majesty is filial, and he brought not many people, but most of them stayed with the concubine. The six palaces and one department also had to arrange someone to go there, and the slaves stayed in the Qianqing Palace, but they couldn't." Everything is thoughtful, and I can't explain all of His Majesty's rules to them in a short time."

As the emperor's bedroom, Qianqing Palace was sometimes the place where foreign ministers were summoned, and the people used included eunuchs and maids.

The eunuchs are currently headed by Gao Zhong, with Huang Jin serving personally.

As for the court ladies, there are no rank-free court ladies in Qianqing Palace.Under Zhu Qingping, there were more than 50 maids in the Qianqing Palace.

Of course, not all court ladies are serving Zhu Houcong at the same time. Generally speaking, they have to work in different shifts, and someone has to be on duty at night.

Naturally, most of these people were maids from the original palace.

Zhu Houcong thought of the little court lady who was at a loss holding a teacup when he was about to brush his teeth in the morning and then cried in fright.

After asking, I found out that she was in charge of "washing the dragon ditch" for the emperor.It sounds weird, but it is actually gargling with tea.

After seeing that the emperor wanted to brush her teeth with his own toothbrush, she was at a loss as if she had lost the value of existence, and thought that the emperor was dissatisfied with her.

The toothbrush already existed at this time, and it is said that it was Zhu Youtang's thoughtful invention of Queen Mother Zhang.This is actually a bit of a boast, and it is true that he has improved a bit.

Zhu Houcong is more used to toothbrushes, he said with a smile: "In the future, it is natural for everyone to accommodate to my habits. You can arrange it so that they don't have to be so frightened. They will take a bath after eating, and they can go earlier in the future. When you come back from running, you can have some meals and arrange a shower."

With his behavior, he wouldn't be afraid of being tortured after serving as a maid in the Qianqing Palace, and he wouldn't be strangled with white silk in the middle of the night, would he?
"Slave remembered."

Zhu Qingping smiled sweetly, and Zhu Houcong's eyes brightened slightly.

Is it because of her unique status in the palace that her mood has improved and her smile is moving, or is her heart agitated after ascending to the throne?

Zhu Houcong could understand the eyes of some court ladies in Qianqing Palace now.

But it can't...it really can't.

It's not that he is physically weak, but that he has to go through the funeral and help Zhu Houzhao with the funeral.

Before clarifying the right to speak with Yang Ting and them in state affairs, they can't find excuses because of their private life.

Run more laps tomorrow!
Zhu Houcong turned his head and told Huang Jin: "It's getting dark, let them all disperse, and come back early tomorrow."

Even if they designed the watch header by themselves and taught Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin to watch it here, the eunuchs couldn't finish it in just one day.

Then you have to read and find the information you need from the huge amount of text, and then fill in and record it according to the header.

But Zhu Houcong gave an incentive there: whoever has done the most and best in this matter will be promoted to Zhangwen Study Room.

Zhang Zuo is also working very hard, and now he is more eagerly looking forward to who will be promoted to be in charge of the study, so that he can continue to be rapidly promoted to be the supervisor of ceremonies and Bingbi.

All of this requires this audit to achieve His Majesty's purpose, although Zhang Zuo doesn't know what His Majesty's purpose is.

Amidst the busy noise outside, Zhu Houcong finished his dinner first, took a shower and changed into light casual clothes, then sat down to check the work they had completed today.

Because there are not all excerpts and fillings in, it is impossible to analyze more.

The main thing is to see if they are doing it right.Although I did a preliminary inspection before noon, who knows if there is any deviation in the future?

After a closer look, Zhu Houcong gave some revisions based on what they made today.

The content to fill in is still getting more and more complicated, and it is not enough to fill in the key information that he needs.For example, a certain person insists on writing a long list of official names, or adding words with the first and last names.

As for the numbers, some people still habitually copy them down to their original appearance.

Zhu Houcong hopes that at least in this work, they will convert it into Arabic numerals, so that it will be more convenient for them to count later.

It seems that this can only be hoped that after they are divided into several groups, the several results formed can be unified and checked to form a final version.

This job seems to be handed over to Huang Jin.

So Zhu Houcong called him over, explained the matter, and at the same time asked him to make the request again tomorrow.

Huang Jin had a bitter face: "Your Majesty is pedantic about heaven and man, but the way you said, the servants are dull, and they can barely understand a little bit."

He didn't know where His Majesty learned these methods, but it didn't prevent him from flattering him sincerely.

Zhu Houcong didn't blame him: "That's why I taught you, listen carefully!"

He doesn't need to listen to Lao Qin about professional matters.Now take it out and let them do it. As the emperor, there is no need to explain to anyone.

Asking is a way I figured out by myself.

Although it is impossible to verify clearly, the "limp account" in which the earliest single-entry bookkeeping method in China transitioned to the double-entry bookkeeping method appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

However, the accounting records adopted by the government at this time were still single-entry bookkeeping, with only the two accounting symbols of income and expenditure.Then, at the end of the month, use the four-column settlement method of "old management, new income, expulsion, and present" to make statistics, that is, the opening balance, current period increase, current period decrease, and ending balance.

Of course, Zhu Houcong is not going to put all these into the framework of double-entry bookkeeping now.

He is just doing the first step now: to collect the old accounts of the past ten years, try to count them in his own way as quickly as possible, and then compare them with the key figures in the memorials of various places, and find some clues to the problems. .

To clarify the status quo and discover problems, Zhu Houcong has special auditing skills.

The double-entry bookkeeping method can more comprehensively and systematically reflect the ins and outs of capital increases and decreases, and is helpful for checking and ensuring the correctness of account book records.To promote this thing, there is no foundation yet.

Look at Huang Jin's tangled appearance now: Does Daming have so many professional accounting talents now?
Think again about the various warehouse fire cases Lao Qin mentioned: How many people in Ming Dynasty are willing to support double-entry bookkeeping?
……

On the day of enthronement, the emperor brought great mental stimulation to the cabinet ministers.

The day after he ascended the throne, the emperor began to check the accounts, and the scope of stimulation was extended to more officials.

The time and etiquette for the first viewing of the court have been fixed: on the 27th, it will be held at the Xijiao Gate next to Fengtian Gate.The emperor will release the clothes after May [-]th, and the officials will not release the clothes until the emperor Daxing "goes out of the funeral".Until then, all face at the west corner gate.

Now because Zhu Houzhao's funeral has not been completed, it is a past practice to put him in Xijiaomen to listen to the government temporarily.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites also asked Emperor Daxing who should be sent to pay homage to the Xuan Palace.These things have been delayed until now because the emperor's funeral needs someone to preside over it, and only the successor is qualified to do so.

Zhu Houcong, who had made plans long ago, made arrangements: the mausoleum project and sacrificial matters related to Emperor Daxing were naturally undertaken by the Zhang family brothers, and Gu Dayong supervised them at the same time.

I hope that the Zhang brothers will continue to play their style and be greedy for something.

On the 24th, 25th, and 26th, in addition to the backlog of memorials that were sent to the palace the day after he ascended the throne, many new memorials were presented to the palace in these three days.

Zhu Houcong had many memorials in front of him, and he not only read them, but also recorded them in his own way.

Now that he was in power, Huang Jin was able to witness the emperor's special way of recording.

He couldn't understand it, just like he couldn't understand His Majesty's way of checking accounts.

He is the closest person to Zhu Houcong, but in his mind, His Majesty is increasingly shrouded in mystery and sacredness. It seems that he is really the son of destiny, and his talent comes with magic.

Zhu Houcong concentrated his attention.

The first memorial was jointly submitted by several officials in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, saying that the northern captives were under surveillance, the border was under martial law, and the Xuanfu officials and soldiers had been short of salaries for a long time.They mentioned: Before the Emperor Daxing "conquered to the north", he collected and stored a lot of money and food in the Xuanfu, just for the border payment.Now, should I let the other side get 20 taels first?

The corners of Zhu Houcong's mouth curled up.

Judging from the accounts checked in the past four days, the money is managed by the eunuch forces, which is equivalent to Zhu Houzhao's former "small treasury".

The most important thing is the number 20.

Zhu Houcong has now found out that the sum of the salaries of all parties is only more than 40 taels a year.Now that he wants to allocate 20 taels from here in one breath, Zhu Houcong approved it after thinking about it for a while.

The Weisuo system has basically rotted to the root, and the food in the farmland is no longer the same as it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, except for the supply of the guards and soldiers.The recruitment of soldiers has been tried as early as the Xuande period, and the proportion is not low now, all of which need to be paid.

Zhu Houcong remembered what Lao Qin said in the late Jiajing period that the annual military salary exceeded 200 million taels. He knew that the solution of this matter did not know how many people's interests would be affected.

First lay a foreshadowing here.

The following memorial was even better, Zhu Houcong raised his head and shouted with a half-smile: "Wei Bin?"

"The servant is..."

Wei Bin sent over the solution he discussed with Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong early this morning, but Zhu Houcong hadn't had time to read it yet.

After he knelt down, he heard Zhu Houcong pick up a memorial and start to read: "The minister supervises the censor Wang Jun impeachment: Wei Bin, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and Jiang Bin, the vice-evil, are both in-laws, and they are divided inside and outside. Zhang Zhong, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and Yu Jing, Su Jin, or fight for meritorious deeds, fight against Zhongliang, or open the first imperial shop, make enemies with Li Shu, or guide patrols, and spread poison all over the world..."

(End of this chapter)