Chapter 1016: Heart of the World (Revised)

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As long as there is a tacit agreement on this matter, even if the censors below yell, it will be harmless.

Liu Jian was the final word.

Among the hundreds of officials, he has enough prestige, so that everyone has reached a tacit understanding.

But at this time, Li Dongyang, who was sitting on the side, still frowned and pursed his lips, showing a bit of worry.

Liu Jian looked around, his eyes fell on him, and he couldn't help saying: "Binzhi, do you have a different opinion?"

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "No, Mr. Liu, what I am worried about is not these things...but..."

he said, sighing.

He also served as the Minister of the household department.

This responsibility is really important, and the whole court is asking him for money, and everyone is like a ghost.

He paused, and then said: "The amount of money and food in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been roughly reported."

"..."

All of a sudden, everyone fell silent and raised their ears.

Money and food are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it is a matter of the world.

This year's income is even more related to next year's expenditure. Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, is waiting for the Ministry of Households to distribute money and grain, and repay the arrears of Liaodong. Several projects of the Ministry of Industry are also owed wages, especially now that Xincheng is recruiting workers everywhere, and the craftsmen who are recruited have no intention of completing the projects of the Ministry of Industry, because the income of the two is too disparate.

It's a pity that this is a requisition, so they can't help but not go.

But the Ministry of Industry barely gave them two meals. Even if it was two meals, they were often owed.

There are also Zaozao Bureaus everywhere, which is even more bleak.

The yearly sacrifices and various sacrificial ceremonies required by the Ministry of Rites cost a lot of money.

The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment are not much better.

Even the Hanlin Academy has to revise books recently, which actually costs a lot of money.

When the Yongle Encyclopedia was compiled, it was the cabinet scholar who served as the editor-in-chief, regardless of the cost. Finally, the book was completed and became a grand event in the literary world of the country. However, the cost involved was not less than a conquest.

Although the books I am repairing now are not as good as the Yongle Dadian, they are still pointing to the money and food of the Ministry of Households.

As for the embankments in various places, the disasters that may occur next year, and there are countless other things, all of which are inseparable from money and food.

Liu Jian became more cautious about this.

A few days ago, he claimed to be sick for many days, but it was not ignorant of what happened in the court.

He knew that Li Dongyang didn't withdraw the money from the internal funds, and the treasury had to bear all the expenses, so he couldn't help but worry about it.

He asked Li Dongyang, "Where is the money and food in Jiangnan?"

Li Dongyang paused, and under the attention of everyone, he said slowly: "Hangzhou Prefecture, although not affected by the disaster, can only pay 43,000 taels of silver tax, which is 20% less than last year. 130,000 dan, and cloth... raw silk..."

Hangzhou is a big mansion, why is the money and food not increasing but decreasing?

"I heard that it's because of the increase in refugees." Li Dongyang said: "There is also Jiangxi Chief Envoy, because of King Ning's rebellion, the court sympathized with them being exploited by King Ning, and exempted them from some taxes a few years ago, but now... ..."

He shook his head and sighed: "This year's money and food... I'm afraid it's not optimistic, plus the deficit in the past two years..."

"What should we do about this?" Ma Wensheng couldn't help complaining, "I have owed Liaodong's military salary for two months, so why should I continue to owe it next year? If this continues, the towns in Liaodong will definitely mutiny. In the Chenghua year, the imperial court swept away the Jurchen tribes and made them obediently attached to them, but these years, the Jurchen tribes have shown a tendency to recover and grow... What should we do if this continues?"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry said with an aggrieved look on his face: "Now the artisans are perfunctory. In the final analysis, it is because in the Zaoza Bureau, a craftsman's money and food are already a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to support his family. But in other places Craftsmen, however, have no worries about food and clothing. Compared with the two, who is willing to put their lives at ease? Even if they are whipped, it will not help. Now they still owe them money and food. They have no rice to cook, and they will starve to death, Li Dude... this is not a joke."

Li Dongyang felt his head grow big, and couldn't help stroking his forehead.

Seeing that everyone was still making noise, he couldn't help but say: "I don't know your difficulties...it's just..."

"How about..." Wang Ao's eyes sank, and he said, "I still have to ask His Majesty to make the decision, and no matter what, I will take some money from my internal funds..."

Many people were in a hurry, and a bold idea seemed to flash in their eyes.

So everyone looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian felt that his heart was in a panic, and there was a wave of ups and downs, and there was no way to live through this day.

Liu Jian gritted his teeth and said, "What can we do now?"

Seeing Liu Jian agreeing, Li Dongyang also had hope in his heart: "It's all up to Mr. Liu to make the decision."

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Dingxing County.

After the calculation over and over again, plus the remaining tax and silver, all are put into the treasury.

This year, the tax collection in Dingxing County has completely come to an end.

Ouyang Zhi was completely relieved. Next, he would stamp his seal on the financial revenue and expenditure, and then send someone to the Ministry of Accounts to report.

In fact... the income and expenditure report of Dingxing County is still

It's easy, because it's all tax money, there are no other physical objects, the loss is minimal, and the reporting and accounting with the household department are also simple, and the accounts are clear at a glance.

For other counties, it is complicated.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a problem with the famous empty printing case. At that time, all localities had to send people to the Ministry of Accounts to report the financial revenue and expenditure accounts. All accounts must be completely consistent with the Ministry of Accounts before they can be settled. If there is any discrepancy among them, it must be rejected and re-booked, and the seal of the original local official must be stamped again to complete. Because the traffic was not developed at that time, and the distance between travels was long, it would take a lot of time to send it back for reconstruction. Therefore, officials who went to the Ministry of Households for audit had blank booklets stamped in advance for use. This was originally a customary practice since the Yuan Dynasty, and it has never been explicitly prohibited.

It’s just that the money and food will be lost during the transportation process, so the figures from the time of delivery to the receipt by the Ministry of Households will definitely not match. The officials can’t predict how much is lost on the road. Only when the Ministry of Households is about to declare Therefore, officials sent to Beijing are accustomed to filling in the actual amount in the capital with blank printed documents.

In the end, they were so desperate that they bumped into Emperor Taizu Gao. This uncle thought that you guys had the guts to cheat under my nose after eating my food. The purpose is to "kill the empty sealer", tens of thousands of officials, so the heads fell to the ground, which is spectacular.

So much so that up to now, no chief official dares to take a blank piece of paper and stamp it with a big seal before running to the household department, and wait for the real money and food to be escorted to the treasury before filling in the specific amount. It's a real report, but...often, when the money and food go out of the warehouse and go into the warehouse, there is always a discrepancy with the reported amount.

Ouyang Zhi is much less troublesome, he can report as much as he has, and the above amount can be checked, and the amount of silver that will be escorted into the warehouse will never be less.

At this time, Ouyang Zhi lowered his head and looked at the numbers on the top carefully. He was very relieved. After he stamped the seal, he sent the money and food book to the secretary of the household department, saying: "Hurry up and go to Beijing." .”

"yes."

The official took the money and food book excitedly, and also looked very excited.

This was almost the pinnacle moment of his life, so exciting. Thinking about it, this memorial was enough to make his waist straighter than a bamboo pole in front of the officials of the household department after he arrived in the capital.

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At this time, the capital is full of gossip.

I heard that the Academy of Sciences was really established, but some said it was a fiction and that there was no purpose in the palace.

As a result, people talked a lot, but Fang Jifan took this matter as the top priority.

Not only the yamen of the Academy of Sciences recruited a large number of craftsmen to start construction, but also all the official positions have drawn up a list of academic positions for selection.

This time, more people became excited.

The number of papers submitted has obviously begun to increase dramatically.

Only with a school position can one be qualified to be selected.

Fang Jifan was a little dazed when he saw the nearly doubled number of paper submissions.

How much do these guys want to be officials?

Although most of the papers in it are superfluous, there are also many essences.

The servants and lecturers selected from various subjects will be eligible to serve as retinues in the future, and may even go to the edict hall to wait for the edict.

Not only that, many people are focusing on the Science Museum, because Fang Jifan has revealed that once the Science Museum is completed, he will edit the encyclopedia.

This also allowed many elementary school students to play a leading role.

Nowadays, most of the students are studying the Four Books and Five Classics, but not many people start to accept new knowledge when they are young. This is because more people hope to gain fame through their studies. Only when the imperial examination was hopeless did everyone start to try to develop new subjects.

Now, the new Mengxue has also begun to build. In the future, it will continuously deliver the talents needed by Xishan.

Reading, you need to make the best use of the situation. Among these four words, the word Li occupies a huge part. If there is no benefit, there is not enough benefit, but you insist on making people stay poor and keep their inner feelings, except Fang Jifan I really care about my family and the country, and have the world in mind. Even if I have a brain disease, I will unremittingly sell the house to save the country, ten years as a day, rain or shine. There are few such people in the world.

Therefore, Fang Jifan never forced his disciples and grandchildren to have feelings and behave as human beings. They should have high standards for themselves and low standards for understanding others.

This is the quality that a gentleman must abide by.

That's right, Fang Jifan is such a person.

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third chapter.

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