Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 45 Buying People's Hearts
Yang Chongtai, the head of money and grain of the household department, is still the same as before. After washing up, he is ready to go to court. Yang Chongtai didn't rest very well last night. Last night, Yang Chongtai scolded Zhao Yi countless times in his heart. This debt must be settled with Zhao Yi slowly. A small thousand households dare to climb on his head to do his best, and he will pay it off in the future. .

Just when Yang Chongtai was making up his mind and was about to leave the house, the butler Yang Liuzi ran over like a gust of wind, shouting while running: "Master...it's not good." or something like that.

Hearing Yang Liuzi's words, Yang Chongtai's unnamed karma rushed into his mind. Even a small housekeeper didn't let himself feel comfortable. He said these unlucky words in the early morning, and dared to curse the master. Last night, the trouble at Zhao Yi's place was unpleasant, and my heart was even more furious. I raised my hand and slapped Yang Liuzi. With a crisp sound, Yang Liuzi, who was already tired enough, was caught off guard. Before he could speak, he was knocked to the ground.

"Liuzi Yang, I think you have had enough of being a butler. You don't even have any rules. Your master is here well. Why are you shouting?" Yang Chongtai shouted angrily, still angry.

"Master, it's not good, no... It's not that the master is not good, it's that the master is not good." Yang Liuzi was slapped enough by Yang Chongtai that he couldn't even speak clearly, but when he saw Yang Chongtai's unkind With eyes in his eyes, he didn't dare to talk any more, and hurriedly said: "Master, the little eunuch we bought in the cabinet sent someone to send a message just now, and the people from the Yushifu collectively impeached you yesterday, and the cabinet can't suppress it anymore. Let...let you become an official." After Yang Liuzi finished speaking, he took a few steps back secretly, he didn't want to try the master's slap again.

"What, what did you say... what?" Yang Chongtai's heels suddenly became unsteady when he heard Liuzi Yang's words. Slowly getting it back, although he lost some money and some face, Yang Chongtai never expected it to happen so suddenly.

The matter has developed to this point, Yang Chongtai is now the wall toppled by the crowd, the drums are smashed, the drums are smashed by thousands of people, Yang Chongtai has stabilized his body, and he quickly sent someone to find some colleagues who are usually good friends to help.

But the flustered Yang Chongtai has forgotten the rules of the officialdom. It is not a serious crime for the court to order officials to do business. No matter how serious it is, the worst thing is to go to Nanjing to hide for a few years. As long as the relationship between the court and China continues, after three to five years, when things fade, he can still return to Beijing and continue to seek a job. This is Yang Chongtai's idea.

But Yang Chongtai's cleverness was misunderstood by his cleverness. It was just a little miscalculation. This officialdom pays attention to the protection of officials and officials, but once something happened to you Yang Chongtai, you changed hands and abandoned the people under you, which is a bit unethical.

In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, although everyone's virtue may not be very good, but the word virtue is very important in everyone's heart. If there is a disadvantage in virtue, who would dare to have anything to do with you?Everyone knows that there is a saying that is close to Mo Zhehei, and being with such a discredited person, isn't it self-conscious.

Yang Chongtai was sitting in the lobby, and there were exquisite snacks and tea on the table. These snacks were Yang Chongtai's favorite food on weekdays, but at this moment, Yang Chongtai didn't even have the heart to eat, his butt felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and his heart was even more chaotic like a ball of hemp .

At this moment, a servant quickly brought a note and said, "Master, there is a note from the cabinet."

Notes are regarded as an unofficial document among the six ministries of the cabinet. Sometimes some official affairs need to bypass complicated procedures. , Yang Chongtai's heart trembled, he quickly took it, tore it open, and then his face became even paler, and he sat slumped on the chair, as if his strength had been exhausted.

Decades of studying hard, decades of officialdom, going through untold hardships, how difficult and dangerous it is to walk step by step. He thought he had achieved success and could sit back and relax. No matter what, Yang Chongtai never thought of the money and grain of the dignified household department. The mastermind unexpectedly fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei Qianhu who he thought was a reckless man.

Please resign. .Zhishi.. .

This is the meaning of the cabinet. The note has clearly told me that now I can’t help but impeach myself from the Yushifu, and even my colleagues on weekdays are impeaching me. If I don’t obediently resign, then the cabinet will It is necessary to take action, directly mobilize the Ministry of Officials, and dismiss and investigate.

The house leak happened to be raining overnight, and at this time Liuzi Yang, who was sent out, also came back, bowed his head, and said in a low voice: "Master, as you said, I went to Mr. Liu's house. The door of Mr. Liu's house is closed. Some of them didn't even go in Mrs. Liu's house, and Mrs. Zhang said that he felt a cold last night and it was inconvenient to see guests, and "

Hearing this, Yang Chongtai didn't have the strength to get angry anymore, and waved his hands at Liuzi Yang and the servant below, and Liuzi Yang immediately winked at the servant, the two of them knew the master's temper well, and they didn't dare to delay, so they quickly saluted and left go down.

Yang Chongtai sighed faintly, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, without the brilliance of the past, he lifted the pen on the table, and the brush at this moment was like a thousand pounds
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The sky was drizzling with drizzle, and except for the left-behind captains and those on duty in each street, the captains of the Qianhu Office in Xicheng basically came out in full force, appearing one by one in front of the various merchants in the commercial street. On the commercial street, apart from ordinary businesses, there are also taverns, inns and brothels. It is one of the most prosperous areas in the entire capital. With a small amount of money, from now on, this commercial street will be protected by Jin Yiwei.

Membership money is almost the unspoken rule of the entire capital. It used to be taken by Dongchang. Although it has to pay a small amount of money, it is still a piece of cake for merchants, and they can do business safely. They are not afraid of people daring to make trouble. Both parties are satisfied, so why not do it.

When the school captains arrived at the shop, those shopkeepers who usually didn't even bother to look at Jin Yiwei changed their usual attitude and politely invited people into the shop, first served tea and then snacks, and told the accountant to be obedient Going to collect the share money, this kind of special treatment made the captains very uncomfortable.

This moment and that moment, the backstage of the commercial street is so tough, it is the head of the household department, and it has ruined its reputation. Come back again, the owner of this commercial street is not a well-informed owner, and now he doesn't know how powerful Jin Yiwei is, this commercial street is already in charge of Jin Yiwei.

In one morning, all the boxes of money were sent to Liu Sili, who was responsible for counting and making books, and recorded the accounts clearly, while Niu Yong and Li Jiajun grinned and laughed. , even the school captains who were weak in their work in the past worked with all their strength, and they were all in high spirits.

"My lord, we have developed a lot this trip. It's really unexpected that I, Li Jiajun, can see so much money today." Li Jiajun made no secret of his excitement. He has already thrown it out of the sky. He knows the benefits of occupying the commercial street. In the past, Dongchang can at least get a lot of silver from the commercial street every month. This silver is not a small amount. But it can make hundreds of people in this thousand households eat well and drink spicy food.

Looking at the white money, a captain flatteringly said to Zhao Yi: "My lord, brothers now say that you are wise and powerful. If you follow your lord, you will have nothing to worry about in your life."

Zhao Yi said sternly: "Don't flatter me. The brothers earned this money together with me. Without you, I wouldn't have achieved what I am today." Although he said this, he was happy to be flattered by this flatterer, and thought: This kid is very promising, not bad, not bad, the four characters of this wise man are very appropriate, hahahaha.

In fact, Zhao Yi was also extremely excited. There were tens of thousands of taels of silver every month, and 10,000+ a year. According to his own understanding, the annual income of the late Ming Dynasty was only a few million, and the miscellaneous things were only tens of millions of taels. Every year, the members of the street can have tens of thousands of taels of money. It seems that it is true that officials in the Ming Dynasty were corrupt.

The finance of the Ming Dynasty was dominated by agricultural tax before Wanli.However, Zhang Juzheng's reform focused on taxation, and the focus was shifted from collecting agricultural taxes to collecting industrial and commercial taxes. However, Zhang Juzheng was abolished as soon as Zhang Juzheng died. However, after years of wars, the imperial court had no choice but to increase agricultural taxes, so the people lived in dire straits. During the high school, the merchants still lived a life of big fish and big meat.

Liu Sili clattered his abacus beads, finally raised his head, and said, "I figured it out, the money handed over by the commercial street is a total of 340 three taels." Liu Sili trembled a little when he spoke, although he was a But when did the official see so much silver, he was so excited that he even trembled when he spoke.

Zhao Yi took a look at the account, nodded and said: "Go, let all the captains gather outside, and say that the adults have something to say."

Zhao Yi's meaning was very clear that money was going to be distributed, and the captains immediately cheered when they heard it, and they all went to call people to gather.

As soon as they heard that money was going to be distributed, the enthusiasm of the captains naturally rose. The captains, who are usually slow, rushed back from all directions in less than half an hour today. They all stood neatly outside the open space, with their heads raised. Looking forward to waiting.

Zhao Yi saw that everyone had arrived, so he came out and began to give lectures. First, he announced the accounts this time, and there was an uproar. (Wouldn’t it be better to write like a big fly? Hahaha)
Zhao Yi coughed lightly, and there was no sound immediately. Zhao Yi was very satisfied after seeing it, and then said: "This time, everyone's performance is very good. I am very satisfied. The money of the members in the commercial street is roughly two per month. 6000 taels of silver, so my lord has decided that there are more than 260 people in our thousand households, including two hundred and four captains, 30 taels per person per month, and 50 taels a month for the rest of the small flags. Niu Yong, Liu Sili and others Each of Li Bai's households has 100 taels, and I will take 300 taels a month, and send 5000 taels of silver to the Zhen Fusi. Besides, all the rest of the money will be sealed up. I am not stingy, I know You took the silver either to drink flower wine or to gamble badly, so my lord decided to seal up the rest of the silver as a pension for the brothers in Qianhusuo. There are silver pensions, which can be regarded as retirement money for the brothers.”

Originally, the captains were already very satisfied with the money they received, but after hearing Master Zhao said that they would leave some retirement money for the brothers, they were even more moved. Is it taking money to gamble and drink flower wine? There is an urgent need in the family and there is no money. Mr. Zhao is really thoughtful. Thinking of this, the school captains, Li Jiajun, Liu Sili and others are more determined to support Mr. Zhao , They all saluted and said: "Thank you, sir, I will wait for my honor to send you."

As soon as Zhao Yi saw the appearance of the crowd, he knew that he had achieved the desired effect, smiled slightly, pressed his hands and said: "Okay, I have to cheer up these few days, there will definitely be some action at the East Factory, Everyone can't slack off, Secretary Liu, when you are on duty these few days, send more people to the commercial street, Niu Yong, Li Jiajun, you are also watching in the commercial street."

Liu Sili and others said: "I understand."

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