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Chapter 900: A new official takes office (Part 2)

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    Next, the Ministry of Rituals has two important things to do, one is to reopen the scriptures, and the other is the canonization ceremony for the crown prince.

    These two errands are not difficult to say. The Ministry of Rites has a full set of regulations, and it is guaranteed that they will not go wrong.  But at this juncture, it was really difficult.  There is no other reason, the court has no money, and the cabinet has long told the ministries that they must practice strict frugality and reduce expenditures These two errands will cost a lot of money.

    Let me first talk about the establishment of the Sutra Banquet. The original intention was to order the educated ministers to teach the emperor the knowledge of scriptures and the way of governing the country.  .  According to literature records, when Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he spent a total of nearly 400,000 taels of silver when he opened the scriptures for the first time In addition to purchasing priceless accessories, the rewards for the ministers and officials also accounted for a large part.  Afterwards, twice a year in Spring and Autumn, because there is no need to purchase any more, it was reduced to about 200,000 taels, and the reward remained the same.  Emperor Jiajing later stopped running rice mills. Although he mainly concentrated on cultivating Taoism and had no time to care about others, it was also to save this expense.  Now to resume the economic lectures that have been interrupted for 30 years, a large initial cost will definitely be incurred, and the cabinet is definitely unwilling.

    As for the canonization ceremony of the crown prince, Emperor Longqing simply issued an edict, asking to compare it with the ceremony for the canonization of the crown prince during Jiajing. The Ministry of Rites checked the records thirty years ago, good guy, it cost one million taels!  Let people take a breath of cold air.

    "Considering the factors of falling silver prices and rising prices in the past 30 years. If these two items are all drawn up in accordance with the regulations," Yin Shizhan frowned and said, "It will cost at least 1.5 million taels, and the cabinet will definitely not  Approved." In order to prove his point, he said again: "You know, after the court meeting on the day of Ting Tui, the emperor called Gao Butang in public, what is the reason?"

    "What's the matter?" Although Shen Mo knew it, he still said calmly: "The emperor and Gao Butang didn't say anything clearly at that time, and I didn't ask any further."

    "It turned out that the emperor wrote a note to the Ministry of Households to allocate funds from Taicang to buy some jewelry for the harem. In fact, it didn't cost much, and it was only tens of thousands of taels of silver." Yin Shizhan explained to Lord Shangshu: "  But Gao Butang¡¯s answer, you have also heard, he actually said: ¡°The emperor can buy it, but the Ministry of Households can¡¯t pay.¡± It made the emperor lose face.¡±

    Nodding silently, he understood what he meant The reason why Gao Yao dared not to buy the emperor's account was not because he had the guts of a bear, but because of the country's financial system - the money of the household department belonged to the court, and the emperor had nothing to do with it.  The right can be used arbitrarily, even if it is used, it must be approved by the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, and it must be explained in detail how the money will be used and the date of return.

    Therefore, it is absolutely legal for Gao Yao not to grant money to the emperor.  As for why he dared to do this, obviously he is not alone

    Therefore, most of the expenses of the emperors of the past dynasties used internal funds, that is, the income of the royal family.

    Although Long Qing was a bit mediocre, his mind was absolutely fine. There was only one reason why he asked the household department for money, and that was that Nekuli really had no money left¡ªthe royal family¡¯s income mainly came from exclusive patents such as mines, salt and iron, etc., but  With the vigorous development of private businesses in the Ming Dynasty, these palaces were squeezed and gradually sluggish. In addition, after layers of skinning, the silver taels that could enter the internal funds were not as good as before.

    Originally, there were still some savings in the internal treasury, but his father Jiajing was a master who could spend money, seeking longevity, raising Taoists, building temples These expensive livelihoods have long since spent all the money in the treasury, and returned  I have to reach out to the Ministry of Finance from time to time.  Of course, with the authority of Emperor Jiajing, most of the time, the imperial court obediently gave money, but it also made the already stretched Ming's finances more and more unsustainable, seriously affecting the country's financial arrangements.

    Now, as soon as the new emperor ascends to the throne, he asks the Ministry of Households for money. Gao Yao and Xu Jie together cannot set a precedent for this, and must resolutely push back, lest the emperor develop the habit of asking the court.

    Long Qing was also very depressed. When he was in the residence, his life was very tight, and in order to portray the image of a hard-working and simple good prince, his wives hardly had any decent jewelry.  Now that he finally became the emperor, he felt that he had to make good compensation to the concubines, but when he asked the eunuchs, the inner treasury had no money, so he had to ask the outer court to ask for it, but he hit a wall again.

    Now everyone in the harem knows that the emperor wants a reward. If the emperor can't get it out, wouldn't it be too disrespectful?  So Long Qing issued another decree, in a pleading tone, asking the Lord of the Ministry to discuss it and save face.

    "Seeing that the emperor is like this, Gao Butang has to loosen his hands and approve the money." Yin Shizhan said, "Who knows that something bad happened at this time-let the officials know!" He shook his head and smiled wryly.  : "The onlybsp; "That's great" The two children jumped up for joy, and finally they were willing to read books obediently, although they didn't know how long it would last.

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    "It's really brine and tofu, one thing is one thing, this Mr. Li can really subdue them." Ruohan was half relieved and half worried: "But I'm worried, the children will learn from him and fail."

    "Haha" Shen Mo said with a dry laugh: "Don't you have the heart to give away, don't you have anything to worry about."

    "It's true, but" The mother is just talking about it, how can she take it seriously.

    "Ma'am, don't worry." Shen Mo comforted her: "They are our children, and they can't be too bad. The key is to find a gentleman who can subdue them and teach them the rules."

    "Then, well" Ruohan had nothing to say.

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    At breakfast the next day, Shen Mo didn't see the two children again, Rou Niang said that she was taken out of the house by her husband.  He also asked worriedly: "Then Mr. Li is a good person, he won't abduct the child, right?"

    "What nonsense are you talking about?" Shen Mo laughed and said, "Unless he doesn't want to hang out in Daming anymore." He stopped worrying about it, simply finished his meal, and went to the Yamen.

    Speaking of Emperor Longqing, because he didn¡¯t buy jewelry, he lost face with his concubine, and he was always unhappy. Although he didn¡¯t get angry with the ministers, he didn¡¯t go to court for a few days, let alone read the memorials, so that the ministers wanted to persuade them.  There is no way out, there is no way at all.

    We could only wait for him to calm down first, so the cabinet told the six ministries to perform their duties, step by step, and check every day, so that no slack would be allowed.

    Now it is October, the night is already very long, Mo Mo went out two quarters of an hour earlier, and the stars can still be seen in the sky.  When he arrived at the yamen, the gate had just opened.  Shen Shen sat in the lobby and began to process official documents. After approving two documents, the Western clock next to him rang five times, indicating that it was time.

    At this time, officials came in one after another, and saw that Master Shangshu had already sat in the hall, and everyone was shocked. They wanted to go up to greet him, but seeing that he didn't look up at all, they had to tiptoe out of the hall and wait for others  arrival.

    ?The feeling of waiting is really uncomfortable, especially when the atmosphere is not daring to breathe, everyone is looking forward to getting together quickly, so that they can go back to their houses and breathe a sigh of relief.

    When everyone who could come came, the clock struck six more times, and it was already mid-morning, half an hour had passed.

    Only then did Shen Mo close the paper, raised his head, looked at all the officials in the hall and said, "Today is the first time, so we won't call Mao. From tomorrow, we will roll rolls as soon as Mao comes. We are late three times without reason, or absent once.  Yes, the end-of-year assessment will be downgraded."

    As the basis for promoting Beijing officials, the assessment at the end of each year is the most valued by the officials. If it is not 'excellent', there is no chance of promotion. Now Shen Mo uses this to get them, who dares to play tricks?¡ª¡ª

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