Chapter 555.
Natsubara Yoshi was also a bit hexed.
It even included the many Hanlin in this hall.
They originally stood on the high ground and attacked the harm done by the Railway Division to the Jiangxi Prefecture.
But who would have thought that here, but suddenly revealed a question that Xia Yuanji and the Hanlin were unable to answer, and even dared not answer.
Xia Yuanji opened his mouth, seems to be unable to find words for a moment, pause for a while, before he hardened his head and said, “Your Majesty, this matter …… Ministry of the household …… will be cleared, perhaps this involves… . when Jiangxi filled in Hubei and Guangdong, as well as ……”
Zhu Di is obviously to this answer, extremely dissatisfied, even at this time with extraordinarily angry.
He snapped, “Then tell me, how many households are there in Jiangxi?”
Yoshi Natsubara: “……”
Zhu Di said: “You are the Secretary of the Ministry of the household, usually daily lamented the lack of money and food in the treasury, where does this money and food come from? Is derived from the yellow book of the military and civilian people, you howl in front of me every day, you both so much love money, but why the people of Jiangxi in the register, but only a district of more than 700,000, and alone defected to the railroad division of the military and civilian people, there are one million two hundred thousand households? This extra half a million households, is it out of thin air?”
Zhu Di laughed coldly, and said: “And this is still the people who have defected to the Division of Railroads, those who have not defected to the Division of Railroads? Moreover, the railroad division has not yet deep into Gannan, Gannan people, has not yet moved in large numbers, how many households? District one year time, migrate to the railroad division of the people of the stations, but far beyond the local register of people in Jiangxi,”
Probably because of the exasperation, Zhu Di’s face became more and more tense, said, “I would like to ask you, this up and down, in the end, how much hidden population, the district a Jiangxi is so, then the whole world, and how many such hidden households?”
Zhu himself was terrified.
Because it’s just too scary.
In fact, Zhu Di is not unaware of the problem of hidden households. He is not a fool, so he naturally knows clearly that there have been hidden households in Daming since the time when Emperor Tai Zu Gao was around.
Just …… after all, clear up, it is really time consuming and laborious, so Zhu Di, although informed, but only think that the hidden households may be just a few, the vast majority of the people, should still be in the register.
However, this report of the Railway Division has at once uncovered the fact that the group of hidden households is much more numerous than Zhu Di had imagined.
The program was corrupted to such an extent that Xia Yuanji, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, did not care or even pretended not to know anything about it.
On the contrary, for the railroad division caused by the Jiangxi Buzhengzhi Division of taxes greatly reduced and eloquent.
The anger in Zhu Di’s heart became more and more intense, he stared at Xia Yuan Ji with a deadly stare, and seeing that he lowered his head and was silent, he stepped forward and pressed, “I’m asking for your words!”
Natsuhara Yoshi is busy is bowed down, fearful, said, “I will do my best to clear …….”
Zhu Di’s eyes seemed to burst into flames, he coldly looked at Xia Yuanji and said, “The situation, you can’t be unclear, I don’t want a specific number. I want you to answer, roughly geometric?”
Natsuhara Yoshi let out a bitter smile and shook his head, “I don’t know.”
Zhu Di became even more irritated and said, “If you don’t know, then do you know how much tax is lost in this?”
Natsubara Ji said fearfully, “I …… am guilty of negligence.”
“What refers to the failure to pay attention?” Zhu Di asked rhetorically, and then slowly continued, “If I remember correctly, Xia Qing’s ancestry is from Dexing Province in Jiangxi, right?”
When these words came out, Natsuyahara Yoshi’s body trembled slightly, and his face became more and more unsightly.
Zhu Di with his hands behind his back, his head slightly lowered, seems to be pondering something, after a while, only slowly continued: “Before you enter the dynasty as an official, you should know, the situation of the state capitals, what people are on the books, what people are hidden households, you will not know?”
Yoshi Natsubara: “……”
Zhu Di look at him still do not say, it seems that patience is about to run out, at this time hooked lips cold smile, but more than the party laughed even colder, said: “You are known, can enter the dynasty since, do not listen to not ask, until become the Ministry of households, still also blind to this, usually worry about the country is worried about the people, the phenomenon of many of the wrong comments, but in this case on the head of the blind, deaf it! ”
Zhu’s words can be described as unforgiving!
Words to this point, for the Secretary of the Ministry of the household, such a severe reprimand, has been considered to be the words of the heart.
His body involuntarily trembled, and then so kowtowed, “I …… have ten thousand deaths.”
Zhu Di continued slowly: “Ten thousand deaths? Yes, the crime of ten thousand deaths, I have much reliance on Qing, even if Xia Qing to me many times, I also endure, this is because, I thought you are loyal people. For so many years, I have been teaching you to take charge of the Ministry of households, the world’s money bags are given to you, can not be said to not believe in the weight, but now I know, you actually have such a cunning side.”
Natsubara Yoshi was already as good as dead.
To the emperor, it was tolerable for ministers to make mistakes, and even incompetence was not actually intolerable.
Only this word cunning, once it is defined as such, then it becomes purely a matter of trust.
When a person becomes untrustworthy, then how …… can they still be appointed?
“I …… have a capital offense, I implore Your Majesty, remembering that I still have hard work, to allow me to resign from my post ……” Xia Yuanji kowtowed, his head crouched on the ground, his tone has been extraordinarily bleak up.
At such a point, it would actually be considered a very good ending if he could pay his respects.
Zhu Di, however, laughed coldly and said, “This is why you want to leave?”
Natsubara Yoshi shivered and looked dead, but he didn’t dare to utter a breath and silently bowed his head, just waiting for the final verdict.
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and paced back and forth for a few steps before saying, “Who may take your place?”
Xia Yuanji froze, he never thought that Zhu Di would actually approve of his salutation, and even asked him about the candidate for the minister of households.
Xia Yuanji said, “Zuo Jin, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is loyal and familiar with the affairs of the ministry ……”
Zhu, however, said lightly, “This person, has he ever talked about the problem of hidden households?”
Natsubara Yoshi panicked, “No …… not ever ……”
Zhu Di sneered, “Isn’t this another Xia Qing?”
Yoshi Natsubara: “……”
Zhu Di face with a sneer, then said, “The Ministry of households in charge of the world’s money and food, such a person, I would not dare to use …….”
Saying that, Zhu Di’s eyebrows were one, saying, “There is a man named Gao Xiang in Zhili, what position does he hold now?”
The Hanlin’s looked at me, I looked at you, the name, it sounded a little familiar and a little strange.
Zhang Anshi said at this time, “Your Majesty, Gao Xiang is currently serving in the Henan Prefecture.”
Zhu Di said faintly: “This person is good at business, recalled to the capital, edited for the Ministry of household secretary, Xia Qing separate discussion of the crime, to be disposed of later.”
Zhang Anshi himself did not expect that Zhu Di still remembered this Gaoxiang.
This high Xiang is Zhang Anshi’s diehard party, followed Zhang Anshi in Zhili to implement the new policy for many years, and now serves as Henan Buzhengji, also in Henan vigorously implement the new policy.
As a matter of fact, he almost has no chance to enter the dynasty, after all, the world so many Buzhengzhi, can become a ministry of the Church, can be said to be rare.
Nowadays, the ministries of the Ming Dynasty, from the traditional six ministries, have since added the Ministry of Railroads and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, totaling eight ministries.
The eight ministries, Zhang Anshi in charge of the Ministry of Railways, Yang Pu in charge of the Ministry of the sea, if you add a high Xiang in charge of the Ministry of the household, this is almost, all the world is involved in the three ministries of money and food, all fall into the hands of Zhang Anshi, Yang Pu, Gaoxiang, such a new political hardcore.
Hanlin was shocked, apparently also realized that this potential problem, once there is always a Ministry of the household, and now the Ministry of the household are tainted, if also engaged in the New Deal this set, this is almost ……
In all the people are anxious, who knows Zhu Di is sweeping them a glance, then said: “I have listened to so many times of the spindle speak, all the Secretary on weekdays also believe in the mouth, more advice to me, but why no one mentioned this hidden household thing, is the Secretary do not know it, or know and do not play it?”
Zhu Di’s tone at this time is calm, Hanlin heard, the face immediately swept through the uneasiness, have bowed down.
It’s something they wouldn’t dare play.
To be honest, no one is a fool. Don’t look at them all on weekdays as if they were loyal ministers, ranting and raving about the affairs of the world!
But this is a hidden household, but it is really interest-related, even if there is no interest-related, once played out, I am afraid that the world of readers as a national thief, completely broken, everyone is not a fool, but do not dare to make any article on this.
No one in the crowd dared to speak.
A look of great disappointment passed through Zhu Di’s gaze.
If a group of people, one by one on weekdays, for the people, for the court, worried about the country, always around you to influence you.
And they also one by one, elegant, speak with courtesy, every day will be the world and the living beings hanging in the mouth, and so you find, but they are only in their favor of the daily slamming endless, and their own unfavorable things, but to cover up, such a person …… you go to look at them again, will be really like jumping clowns did not separate.
Zhu only felt cold teeth.
Now, however, he did not count for the time being, but looked at Zhang Anshi and said, “Zhang Qing, continue to play on.”
Zhang Anshi only then gathered his mind and said, “It is …… the Division of Railways account increased by one million one hundred and thirty thousand households, the taxes levied this year, for silver three million two hundred and seventy seven thousand taels, of which the commercial tax is the most, followed by tea and salt tax.”
Listening to a number, Zhu Di sighed heartily: “A Jiangxi Railway Division, but just a short time of work, the tax levied, has far exceeded several years of Jiangxi Buzhengji Division taxes together ……”
Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “The taxes levied by the Division of Railways are all done according to the imperial court, especially the commercial tax, this year, a large number of commercial goods flow in Jiangxi, naturally …… there are many. Waiting for the future, Jiangxi provinces and counties of the railroad are connected, then, only more amazing.”
Zhu Di Fang’s gloomy mood, finally dissipated a lot, at this time has revealed a very pleased look, said, “Junji really hard work.”
In fact, Zhang Anshi reported this number of times, just now was still shocked by the problem of hidden households of the university professors, but now one by one can not help but for the jaws of the mouth.
The income of the railroad, plus taxes, together, has been worth the entire Ming in the whole world before the New Deal income, the district one year, dry to this point, really teach people feel scalp.
Of course, with Zhang Anshi’s governance in Zhili in the beginning, so the light of the royal grandson, may not be conspicuous, but this is also enough to make people look sideways.
A year more than five million taels ah, this is only the results of a year it, even continue to implement, obviously will be a massive increase, ghosts know what it will be like in the end.
In addition, also added more than one million households of people, this more than one million households of military and civilian people, to be honest, I am afraid that the vast majority of them, are not in the population, which is brought to the court directly to the population, it is very amazing.
Zhang Anshi said, “Some days ago, the court had some rumors that because of the Railway Division, and led to the Jiangxi Buzhengji this year’s money and food cuts, which lost tax revenue, on the folding silver hundreds of thousands of taels up and down!”
“But your majesty …… lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver of Jiangxi Buzhengji tax, but got the railroad division before and after the sum of more than five million taels of revenue. I arithmetic is not good, but also can be this account, calculated clearly, clear! But these days, precisely some people take this to denounce the royal grandson, I …… thought …… that behind this, may not be no plot.”
Crowd of Johns: “……”
Zhu Di coldly said: “Yes, now it seems that this hidden household problem, so serious, must be these people who have taken in a hidden household, trample on my Daming law. My grandson in Jiangxi, the placement of hidden households, so that these people …… damage is not small, this must be up and down, some people are complicit in the results, the Jin Yiwei …… to be thoroughly investigated, I would like to see, is what people, such boldness! ”
Zhu Di’s face took on a frosty look all of a sudden, and his gaze coldly swept across the faces of the crowd.
Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, said, “I obey the decree.”
Only then did Zhu Di say to the Hanlin, “What do the ministers think?”
After saying that, he continued to stare at them coldly. The Hanlin’s were all trembling and just hung their heads low, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
You are against it, then it must be collusion with those who trampled on the Daming Law and secretly sheltered the hidden households, and in the Daming Law, the concealment of the population is very strict, and this is less than a major crime.
You support, this is tantamount to losing your reputation, in the many readers, you belong to meet the emperor, to cut off the seeds of the world’s reading.
Zhu Di see all the Hanlin one by one lowered his head silent, but laughed, said: “all do not speak, Zhang Qing such a good advice, the Secretary even no one response? So it seems …… that you do not agree? Since the Secretary of the House are not answer, then …… Chen Zhi, you usually, the most good at speech, but also the most worried about the gods of the earth and grain, you say.”
Chen Zhi is a Hanlin editorial, people are very young, of course, weekdays are not immune to blood, righteousness has played a lot of things.
He is clearly different from the former time when the clever tongue, this Chen Zhi iron face, mumbling, actually do not know how to say.
Zhu was furious: “Dumb?”
Chen Zhi’s face gray, miserable with kowtowed: “Your Majesty …… Majesty ……鑷� ……鑷� …… I have no knowledge of the hidden household, I …… Before joining the civil service …… I only read the books of the sages …… with all my heart.”
Zhu Di laughed even colder, mockingly looked at him and said: “A heart only read the book of sages, two ears do not hear things outside the window? This is not right, some time ago, the Secretary also on a book of 10,000 words, talking about the local prefectures and counties to persuade the problem, how to turn the corner, but has become uninformed? Could it be that ……”
Not waiting for Zhu Di to say further, Chen Zhi will be shocked face white, panicked kowtow: “I ……鑷�…… have the crime of ten thousand deaths, the corpse, the so-called food of the king’s salary, loyal to the king’s things, but I did not expect, but even to the hidden household things, so out of the way, the minister …… I implore …… I implore Your Majesty, to allow the minister …… minister ……”
He was expectant, obviously knowing that this time it was a knife to stretch his head and a knife to shrink his head, and he couldn’t avoid it no matter what.
At that moment, he took a deep breath, as if he had summoned up enough courage, and said, “I implore your majesty, to allow me to go out to sea, and move to the foreign feudal governor’s residence for training ……”
At these words, the hall was instantly plunged into extreme silence.
Many Hanlin, all looked at Chen Zhi in surprise.
They have to admire Chen Zhi’s wisdom in a hurry, when Xie Jin proposed the young scholar to go overseas to practice the matter, the matter Zhu Di also approved.
As a result, there are quite a number of Hanlin and the royal historian to go to sea, which is held for the future prospects of the intention.
But there are some people, this is not thought, on the one hand, they can not let go of the identity of the noble, they do not go, who can not help, big deal, do not expect to be feudal lords worship is.
On the other hand, there are also people who have a lucky break, the capital is, after all, the core, and once out to sea, it is really far away, compared to in the capital, or can be rewarded, and in the overseas it, once out of the center of power, ghosts know that when they come back, whether there is still their own position.
People like Chen Zhi are obviously not happy to go.
But now, he actually invited himself to the sea.
Zhu Di deeply looked at Chen Zhi, obviously, Zhu Di is also clear, this guy said to this point, is also considered to be a fluke, so only nodded: “Chen Qing both have this heart, but also gratifying. Both so, then I will give Chen Qing some convenience, Chen Qing want to go to which one of the long history of the House, I am approved.”
Chen Zhi listened, finally secretly relieved, although it was not his will to go out to sea, but he took the initiative to ask for help, but it is not bad, at least there is a little bit of welfare.
At once, he said without hesitation, “I invite myself to Java.”
Zhu atmospherically and immediately said, “Granted.”
Standing aside Xie Jin, face with a smile, even in the eyes, can not help but bring a smile.
Zhu Di, however, did not intend to let the others off easy, so he said, “How about the ministers? Come on, one by one, just say something about the hidden households …… still need me to sing the name?”
Hanlin were shocked, they never thought, this day this day is to spindle lecture, give the emperor old man a good lesson, who knows, this place has become their burial place.
This is no less than inner torment for all, and horizontally and vertically, no matter how they choose, they will inevitably suffer.
At that moment, someone said, “The minister …… also invited himself to Java.”
Another person said, “I ask to go to Java ……”
When it came to the ninth, Zhu Di’s face visibly pulled down and impatiently said, “Is everyone going to Java? From now on, the latter shall not go to Java.”
This after the Hanlin, one by one screamed bitter, who would have thought, when this is tantamount to exile to the sea, and now is also tantamount to thousands of horses across the one-tree bridge?