Chapter 370 – Heavenly Merit and Ten Thousand Deadly Sins

Zhang Anshi said, directly snapping the form and slapping it directly onto the coffee table to the side.

Squire Zeng Guang was dumbfounded for a moment, always feeling that Zhang Anshi was not very polite.

But politeness was not polite, and he could not say anything more than to go forward, take the form, and look at it carefully.

It was a good look, but it only made me feel dizzy.

Zeng Guang’s eyes narrowed, and for a moment, he was actually a bit jaw-dropped.

The table is actually quite clear, one might even say, at a glance.

Even those who were previously unfamiliar with this can see everything at a glance.

However, the number in it made Zeng Guang look at it several times over.

Tax silver, nine million seven hundred and fifty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-three taels.

Grain, 3,210,000 stones.

Grain and not to mention, although it is also considered a big increase, but still belongs to the scope of Zeng Guang can understand.

But this tax silver ……

Zeng Guang eyed the number with fascination.

A few years ago, the Ministry of Revenue’s annual revenue from taxes and silver, is two and a half million taels up and down, which is actually understandable, the tax of the Daming mainly comes from the physical tax.

And now, the Right Metropolitan Government, in one year, its tax and silver, directly four times the national tax and silver of the Ministry of Revenue a few years ago.

Zeng Guang long in the Ministry of households, where do not know the power here?

Compared to last year, the commercial tax has directly skyrocketed and, one might even say, is constantly doubling.

Zeng Guang took a deep breath and looked up, only to see Zhang Anshi鏂芥柦缈樿吙, smilingly looking at him.

Zeng Guang pondered for a long time before saying, “This …… this …… number is not wrong, right?”

“What do you say?” Zhang Anshi looked at him with a smirk.

Zeng Guang smiled bitterly, by this time, he had nothing more to say.

Zhang Anshi said, ”This time, I have come here specially, not for any other reason, but just to apologize. The Ministry of Revenue these days, has been urging, and the money and grain of the Right Governor’s Office, only now accounted for a clear. Hey, really all death, all death ah! Now this right governor’s office up and down the officials, one by one are all anxious, are saying that this time to miss the state affairs.”

“But what is to be done? Counting with them, I am all ministers awaiting punishment. Duke Zeng, if the Ministry of Revenue side wants to punish, we have nothing to say.”

When Zeng Guang heard this, his old face turned red and he was busy waving his hands, “This …… this …… is not necessary, not necessary ……”

Joking, a right governor’s office, even now, is worth three of the world’s silver tax revenue, if the chastisement of the right governor’s office, that is not a big joke?

“What? No chastisement?”

“Of course you can not, this time …… this time …… “Although Zeng Guang is still upset, but now have to admit, this Zhang Anshi other skills are not, cradle money skills, really a set and a set of The

To this day, he still can’t imagine where so much tax money came from.

Zhang Anshi heard, with a solemn face, said: “This can not be, how can you not recognize the punishment for a mistake? Even if you don’t, I have thought about it, from today onwards, the right governor’s office up and down the officials, all punished for a month, as a punishment, in the future, if you dare to commit such a thing, then the deposed deposed, the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out of the rolled out. How can there be no rules at court? Don’t you think so, Squire Zeng?”

“Ah ……” Zeng Guang lost his concentration for a moment and was even more shocked when he heard this.

Zhang Anshi said, “Squire Zeng doesn’t seem to want to talk?”

“No, no, no.” Zeng Guang was busy saying, “My humble servant, my humble servant ……”

Zhang Anshi at this time is a little impatient, disdainfully said: “and you talk really hard, but unfortunately, Xia Gong is not here, if Xia Gong is here, I am now more than half and he talked and laughed. I and Xia Gong, is forgetting years of friendship! Forget it, there is no point in talking to you about this, goodbye.”

Zhang Anshi said, and without stopping any longer, he directly walked away in faith.

Out of the Household.

The guards outside had been waiting for a long time.

Chen Li reached Zhang Anshi’s side silently.

Zhang Anshi asked in a low voice, “You’re sure it’s this Zeng Guang, right?”

Chen Li said, “Yes, there is another one, it’s Liu Zhennan, the Du Gouzhi Zhong.”

Zhang Anshi nodded his head and said softly, “Good enough, I know.”

Chen Li looked at Zhang Anshi doubtfully and said, “The Governor intends to ……”

Zhang Anshi hummed: “Offended me Zhang Anshi, still want to go? But right now don’t be in a hurry, you go …… to the top and bottom of this, let Gao Xiang to take this head, all give me obediently to go on a plea for sin.”

“After writing, all give me all stand in their own Yamen face to face, made such a big mistake, there is no reason not to chastise? This time do not eat this lesson, next time I see them dare to rebel. ”

Chen Li’s face twitched, and he was about to say that the Duke’s words were a bit overstated.

But after thinking about it, he put it away.

The Governor can say whatever he wants, he’ll be right if he does what he’s told.

With that, Zhang Anshi led the people and left.

…………

Zeng Guang was already in a hurry at this point, and he first verified the accounts with some disbelief.

And these accounts are, indeed, not far from the table.

And then, Zeng Guang hurriedly went to the duty room of the Du Gaozhong.

“Capital Minister Liu, Capital Minister Liu.”

Liu Zhennan is sitting in the duty room at this time, lifting the pen, practicing running script.

Hearing the voice, he looked up but saw Zeng Guanglai and smiled, “Squire Zeng ……”

After the two of them had met and saluted, only then did Zeng Guang say in a heartfelt manner, “Look at this ……”

Liu Zhennan took the form, and then his face changed drastically.

He looked at Zeng Guang incredulously and said, “Throughout the dynasties, has there been such a thing?”

“Where will there be?” Zeng Guang said, “After reading for so many years, in the Ministry of the household for so many years, I have never seen such a situation, ten million taels of grain silver ah ……”

Liu Zhennan put aside his pen and smiled bitterly, “Could it be that heaven’s destiny is with him and not with us?”

Zeng Guang looked on in puzzlement, “What is this talk of Consul Liu?”

Liu Zhennan sighed and said, “In this way, it seems that this Zhang Anshi, afraid to be even more clamor, really unimaginable.”

Zeng Guang then said, “Not only that, Zhang Anshi came in person this time, saying that he came to apologize for the brambles, but also said that he wanted to ruthlessly chastise the upper and lower officials, to ……”

When Liu Zhennan heard this, his face became even more miserable.

Zeng Guang frowned softly, “I don’t think this is right.”

“More than just wrong ……,” Liu Zhennan’s brow has wrinkled into a Chuan character, said, “This is to force everyone to the death ah.”

Zeng Guang’s heart skipped a beat and he raised his eyebrows, “How so?”

“You long in the ministry, weekdays on the internal dynasty is not clear, I this all give the matter, but the experience to be in and out of the Wen Yuan Pavilion liaison.” Liu Zhennan said, “Think about it, with so much silver, paid such a high tax, unprecedented, and still have to chastise, to be guilty, then others? Other those …… taxes collected each year compared to him, as if the firefly and the sun and the moon to compete with the brightness of the various Buzhengji Division and the government and the county? If there is a great work of the people, and still have to ask for a sin, then the other not force inch merit, what face …… not ask for a sin?”

“What do you mean?”

Liu Zhennan eyes swept a hint of stern color: “This is to let people laugh at the world’s officials ah, and this Ministry of households …… will only be afraid to take the blame.”

Zeng Guang took a deep breath and tensed his face, “This son is too arrogant.”

Liu Zhennan laughed bitterly, nodded at the form on the case, then said, “Madness has mad capital.”

“It is better to wait for Lord Xia’s return before consulting with him on this matter.”

“Lord Xia?” Liu Zhennan smiled bitterly again.

Zeng Guang said, “Rather square, Zhang Anshi left mouth Xia Gong, right mouth Xia Gong ……”

Liu Zhennan face is even more iron green, finally sighed and said, “Hey …… wait and see, see what attitude the palace will be.”

These two were full of heartbreak at this time.

They were preoccupied with trying to stir up trouble, not realizing that, as far as Zhang Anshi was concerned, he didn’t have the heart to stir up anything at all.

But now, Zhang Anshi casually said Xia Gong, but instead directly silenced the duo dry.

It’s the people who have a heart of gold that think others have that same heart of gold.

The deeper the mind, the more people will think that others must be as uncomplicated as they are.

Because of this, hearing Zhang Anshi mention Xia Gong always gave people like Zeng Guang a physical discomfort and aversion.

Zeng Guang said, “It seems that this is the only way.”

He was about to leave.

However, he saw Liu Zhennan’s eyes slightly red, and busily covered his eyes with his long sleeves.

Zeng Guang was surprised and said, “Why is Minister Liu doing this?”

Liu Zhennan said ruefully, “I mourn the people’s livelihood is difficult, sigh certain people, for the sake of political achievements, tyrannical levy, take by force, just for the sake of …… hey ……”

Zeng Guang opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing more.

…………

Natsuhara Yoshi was standing awkwardly in the Bunraku at the moment.

Zhu Di clearly showed his displeasure.

Yang Rong and the others also stood quietly one by one.

Only then did Zhu Di slowly say, “Secretary Xia, the money and food for the Right Governor’s Office, has it not yet been presented?”

“Not so far.” Natsuhara Yoshi said awkwardly, “I have urged it a few times ……”

Zhu Di frowned and said, “It’s already not early, the expenses for the coming year should be taken care of before the year. The household department side …… should be stepped up.”

Xia Yuanji was very difficult to say, “Just the right governor’s money and food has not yet arrived, the Ministry of the household side of the many revenues and expenditures, it is not good …… ”

Zhu Di coldly glanced at Xia Yuanji and said in a deep voice, “You are the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, do you not understand the reasoning behind the urgency of the matter?”

Natsubara Yoshi could only say helplessly, “Yes, I’ll die by all means.”

Zhu Di added: “Before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass first, the military is so, so is the country, money and food is the basis of the country, but this time the right governor’s office has some strange.”

Speaking here, Zhu Di’s gaze turned and landed on the other two, saying, “Secretary Yang and Secretary Hu, what do you think?”

Hu Guang said, “On the side of the Right Governor’s Office, some punishment is needed. You know, the world’s states and counties, have been submitted. And the right governor’s office at the foot of the emperor, but so far has not been sent, this is what reasoning? If there is an example to follow, all the prefectural government departments and state capitals are like this, then how can the court still govern?”

“I thought that, in any case, some punishment was necessary in order to make an example of the people.”

Zhu Di listened without making a sound.

Hu Guang, on the other hand, glanced at Yang Rong, meaning to let Yang Rong persuade him as well.

This matter is indeed not small, visible Yang Rong is still pondering, Hu Guang added: “The time of Emperor Taizu Gao, there are state capitals if they dare to be so negligent, Emperor Taizu Gao is going to kill people.”

After a pause, he then said, “Your Majesty, I have no grievances or enmity with Zhang Anshi, but I just feel that some punishment is always necessary, otherwise ……”

Yang Rong at this time but calmly said, “What Duke Hu said, is not without reason. But …… I am thinking about one thing.”

The crowd looked at Yang Rong unanimously.

But see Yang Rong continue to good naturedly said: “Right Governor’s Office is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, easy to go back and forth, and the Ministry of households is only an hour away, and the previous two years, there has not been such a thing, and this year, but it is enough to delay the majority of the month, and so far have not sent money and food books to.”

“This is, no matter how you look at it, a very strange matter. Instead of shouting and killing them at this time, it would be better to, instead, ask for a detailed explanation of what happened.”

Natsuhara Yoshi smiled bitterly at this time, “Asked a few times, all said it’s almost done, it’s not that I don’t want to ask …… it’s just that ……”

Yang Rong smiled faintly, said:” Zhang Dudu acted although sometimes confused, but such a thing …… Your Majesty, I have not seen Zhang Dudu slacking off on serious matters, so I feel that there is something wrong …… according to the minister, it is better to find out. ”

Zhu Di listened and nodded, “Yes ……”

Zhu said, stood up and said, “Also lost ha ……”

“Your Majesty ……”

This also lost Ha has not yet answered, the General Secretary side, but has been anxious to come a eunuch, this eunuch outside the temple called out.

Zhu said, “Come in.”

The eunuch came in with broken steps and saluted, “Your Majesty, someone from the Ministry of Revenue said that the money and grain from the Right Governor’s Office was presented.”

“Hm?” Zhu Di froze and looked at the eunuch, “Fetch the accounts for me to see.”

So an account was soon delivered to Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di read it, he directly sucked in a mouthful of cool air.

And then there was actually a long silence.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……,” Hu Guang looked at this strange reaction of Zhu Di and couldn’t help but exchange reminders in a low voice.

Only then did Zhu come back to his senses as he stared at Hu Guang without saying a word.

Hu Guang said, “Your Majesty …… this ……”

Zhu Di suddenly yelled, “Into his mother, this account …… has been accounted for?”

Hu Guang gave a sharp start.

But this was an inquiry apparently addressed to that General Secretary.

The eunuch from the General Secretary was busy kowtowing and said, “The Ministry of Revenue should have accounted for it, and there should be no mistake.”

Zhu could not help but say, “Terrible, too terrible.”

Seeing the ministers confused.

Zhu Di turned to say: “This year …… right governor’s office silver tax will be nine million seven hundred and fifty five thousand, grain tax three million stones …… This is not only the top of the world, is full of the world’s money and grain combined, but also not as good as he this right governor’s office! ”

When these words came out, the crowd was so stunned that they couldn’t even say anything.

What kind of concept is that?

This should be since the Ming, for the first time since a right governor’s office, in the shape of the administrative unit of the Buzhengji Division, the tax silver alone, far more than the whole world in the past years of silver tax several times.

It’s hard to know what to say about this record anymore.

And the court is bound to be greatly enriched, enriched to what extent?

According to the previous half of the situation of the national treasury, a right governor’s office, directly to the increase of five million taels of grain silver.

It is double the silver tax of previous years.

It can be said that Xia Yuanji has never been so rich after so many years of being the Minister of the Household.

“How could there be so many?” Natsuhara Yoshi was truly given a shock, and for a moment, his eyes widened in astonishment.

Zhu Di said: “You ask me, I also want to ask you this Ministry of households, you this Ministry of households still can not understand the truth, but to ask me?”

Yoshi Natsubara: “……”

Zhu Di said, “Then again, this year also exceeded too much, this number, really unimaginable …… come to people …… come to people …… hurry to call Zhang Anshi to come to have an audience.”

“Yes.”

That eunuch of the General Secretary, hearing this, bowed down, busily retired and went away.

Zhu Di then looked at the ministers and said, “This time, you can really rest on your laurels. Zhang Anshi …… Ha, this guy, he is not a juggler? Jin Qingjia, you this juggling can be far inferior to Zhang Qing.”

Kim Chung: “……”

Jin Zhong was dried silent for a moment, finally still hardened his head and stood out and said, “Your Majesty, I am not a juggler, I did know some small arts before, but this road is metaphysics ……”

“Alright, alright, I know.” Zhu Di waved his hand, and then said, “I have no intention of looking down on me, I’m just making an analogy.”

Zhu Di said on the one hand, and on the other hand, “Things are abnormal that is a demon ah, I …… I really did not expect …… the ministers of …… you are usually not for the A little money and food and daily wail? Come, all to say, this right governor’s office, why can have today?”

Actually, people can’t tell.

Zhu Di’s gaze then went to Xia Yuanji.

Natsubara Yoshi had to smile bitterly, “Your Majesty, this is the result of the New Deal.”

Instead, Zhu asked, “Then why is this the result of the New Deal?”

“This ……” Natsubara Yoshi opened his mouth halfway, but it was like he had nothing to say.

Zhu Di then glared at him, with some annoyance: “Learn well, do not bury their heads in the sand, if not, I want the Ministry of households for what purpose?”

More than an hour had passed, but Zhang Anshi was still missing for a long time.

Just when the monarchs and ministers were impatient, they saw that eunuch come in quickly again and said, “Your Majesty, has already gone to invite Governor Zhang, who is on his way here, just …… just ……”

This eunuch had a hesitant look on his face and seemed to be torn between saying it or not.

Zhu impatiently said, “Just what?”

Seeing that His Majesty looked like he was unhappy, this eunuch was busy saying, “When the slave girl passed His Majesty’s oracle, Governor Zhang was chastising the officials up and down the line, and …… letting the slave girl bring these zhang shi to him first, and Governor Zhang said that …… if the zhang shi does not come, he is ashamed to see His Majesty.”

Zhu Di raised an eyebrow and said, “Sonnets? So many sangs?”

Zhu Di looked at this eunuch, hands do hold a stack of zhengzhi, can not help but be curious, then said: “This guy …… even know how to get on the 10,000 words of the book? It seems that recently the ability to earn money has grown a lot, the book also read a lot.”

Zhu Di stroked his long sleeves and then said, “Fetch it for me to see.”

A copy of the zhangshi, piled up like a mountain, then placed on Zhu Di’s desk.

Zhu Di casually took one of the copies, only to take a closer look, the face suddenly, it pulled down.

“Inviting sin?” Zhu Di suddenly shouted in a stern voice, “What kind of offense are they asking for?”

Many people were confused by this statement.

However, Yang Rong, who had a fine mind, seemed to have guessed something at once, his eyes narrowed and he secretly shook his head in his heart.

Sure enough, ah …… is going to start counting!