Idle courtiers

Chapter 196
After Xu Jie made such a calculation, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help taking a breath.

It was originally thought that the imperial court would distribute salaries to the clan every year and let them eat iron stalk crops, which would surely make the Zhu family prosperous and prosperous for a lifetime.But the current situation is that the clan members can't talk about prosperity and wealth, and they are even so poor that they go to the streets to beg, and the royal family loses all face.

As the head of the Zhu family, Jiajing also lost an adult.

He was originally a narrow-minded and good-faced person.Otherwise, he wouldn't have quarreled with his sons and daughters over the title of his father and the great etiquette, and set a bad example of brutal political struggles and physical destruction in the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, he was completely shocked.I also thought about asking the Ministry of Households to make up the money, and I would pay for it myself, so as to increase the salary of the clansmen and become a lenient and wise king.

Listening to what Xu Jie said now, it was as if someone had poured cold water on his head, cooling his heart.

That's a million people. If they are all raised, and they need to live decently, each person will have at least one hundred shi salary per year.

The country only pays so much tax a year, and throwing it all in is not enough.

This is a bottomless pit that cannot be done.

However, there are more than 30 clans outside who are making trouble. If they don't give an explanation, how can they get off the stage.

Jiajing was short of breath for a while, and stood there with a livid face, only feeling that today's wind was blowing on his body so cold that he couldn't bear it.

Xu Jie was waiting for this opportunity. He straightened his waist and said, "Your Majesty cleared the property of the imperial family in Gyeonggi at the beginning, but he was only sympathetic to the hardships of the clan, but out of benevolence. It is clarified that if there are clans whose lives are difficult, the imperial court will have its own decree." However, Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong misunderstood His Majesty's benevolent heart, and wantonly plundered the clan's property, so that a large number of clans had no food and clothing, and the Tian family lost face."

"Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong are not good at their business affairs. They failed the grace of God, and aroused the public anger of the clan. Your majesty loses face. You should be dismissed from office and handed over to the judiciary."

Huang Jin, who was standing beside him, gave him an appreciative look.

The meaning of Xu Jie's words is already very explicit. The emperor, you want to give the clan a supplementary salary, or even a salary increase. That is impossible. Do you have so much money?
However, there are still so many people kneeling outside, and if they are not satisfied, it will be embarrassing.

Then what should be done?

It's simple, let's just sort it out.

In today's matter, at the beginning it was Zhu Congzhu who wanted to divorce his wife and ask other clansmen for help.Then, everyone began to point their firepower at Shen and Zhang, and at Huangzhuang, where the emperor Qingzhang Jingji was hidden.In the end, Zhu Congchi's love letter involved the hardships of life in the clan.

When Jiajing heard that his clan members were living in hardship, the first thing he thought of was to increase the welfare of the royal family and gain a good reputation for himself.

The emperor is now in his fifties, which is considered a long life among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, so he has to consider his own afterlife.In fact, there is nothing to consider.Although Yu Wang does not have the name of the crown prince, he has the reality of the crown prince.After my own generations, I will succeed step by step.

The only thing Jiajing cares about is the evaluation of his name in the historical records. It is absolutely unacceptable to be infamous by a brutal clan.

Now, after being reminded by Xu Jie, Jiajing suddenly realized: Yes, the royal family outside made troubles to impeach Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong in order to vent their anger at being betrayed by Qingzhang. This is what they want to achieve.As for their calling life difficult, it is just to win sympathy. These people have titles and property in their families, so they will not be reduced to beggars.As long as Shen and Zhang are dealt with, the anger in their hearts can be calmed down.Now I am thinking about increasing their salaries, isn't that reverse of cause and effect?
Moreover, I don't need to spend a penny to deal with them, so why not do it?
However, if this is the case, isn't I too careless, how should people in the world look at me?
That's right, it took the two of them half a year to clear up more than [-] hectares of land. How much is it worth?For this reason, I also angered the clan and ruined my reputation, which is absolutely impossible to forgive.

Thinking of this, Jiajing was furious, but he hated them: "Decree, Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong killed my family members, and I deeply hope that they will be arrested and imprisoned immediately. The fact that the Qingzhang's clan has concealed the property of the Gyeonggi emperor is suspended."

Xu Jie was overjoyed, and at the same time, a thought flashed in his mind: On the surface, the emperor is moody and unpredictable.But as long as you grasp a little bit, you can probably figure out his mind. This is the word "money."

Your Majesty loves money, as long as you can get him money, no matter what you did wrong, you can forgive him.On the contrary, to put it vulgarly, it is "shit."

The biggest problem for Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong is that there are very few achievements in Qingzhang's imperial property. It took more than half a year to find more than 60 hectares of farmland, which is less than [-] mu of land.Based on the current land price in the capital, it is only five or six million taels of silver.This little money is not enough for the emperor to build a Taoist temple.

Just imagine, if the two Qingzhang's land was tens of thousands of hectares, even if the more than 30 clans outside knelt to death in the snow today, Emperor Jiajing would probably not pay attention.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie was like an eminent monk who suddenly realized Taoism, his vision suddenly became clear, and his political wisdom went up to a new level.

Soon, Chen Hong took people down to preach the decree.

In a short while, there were loud cheers from the clans outside.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

"Heaven's grace is mighty!"

……

The Zhenguo General of the King De family was so excited that he burst into tears, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty still hasn't forgotten us. Your Majesty has a kind heart and is the greatest enlightened monarch of all time!"

These words are not meant to be eulogized, but from the heart.

The reason is very simple. The feudal land of Dewang's family is in Jinan, Shandong.Shandong is notoriously crowded and narrow, and the nobles of the De Wang family are quite capable of giving birth like the rest of the old Zhu family.After several generations of inheritance and division of the family property, not much fell into the hands of everyone.

There are many children in this family, and the salary is not enough.The only thing that can be counted on is the Zhuangtian in the capital. If Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong deprive them of it, they will immediately be in danger of class decline.

Now the emperor announced the decree to deal with those two officials and stop the Qingzhang Gyeonggi imperial property, which is considered to have saved his life.

Jiajing was quite pleased to hear the cheers outside, and smiled on his face.

Huang Jin said at the right time: "Show me, Your Majesty has returned to Xiyuan."

At this time, Xu Jie pondered in his mind: what happened today is obviously someone who wants to use the clan clan to cause trouble to lead the fire to the Ministry of Rites and the old man.So, who is this person?Could it be Yan Song... Si, but I have to be careful... Xiao Yan is not in good health recently, and has been recuperating at home for half a month.

In the past half month, Yan Song has no new works of Qing Ci, but the old man's few poems and essays have made His Majesty very happy, but I have violated his taboo.

(End of this chapter)