amaotonovel Chapter 549
Chapter 549
Chapter 549
Hu Guangsudden felt that he was bored, so his mood dropped a lot.
But immediately, he cheered up again. The reaction of the princes showed that they were jealous of him. It can be seen that Hu Mu's title was really very proud.
He sighed in his heart, and his mood went up and down!
Seeing that Zhang Anshi was still on the spot, he said with a dry smile, "Is His Highness King Song alright?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, but not many, I think... we can expand and talk about the station."
Hu Guang originally only asked politely, but he didn't expect Zhang Anshi to talk about this again.
"What?" Hu Guang was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Didn't His Highness just say that... this station..."
Zhang Anshidao: "Fang is just now. Those are high-sounding words to others, but there are no outsiders here, only Hu Gong and this king, so I have to tell the truth."
Hu Guang did not expect that Zhang Anshi was really interested in this station, and the interest seemed to be very strong.
So he said: "Actually, this post station... is really getting more and more lazy. Hey... in order to support the post station, the money and food allocated by the Ministry of Households every year are not a small amount. Wei, 140 Jiusuo. Post stations are set up everywhere, post officials are set up, and tens of thousands of postmen are supported, not to mention, every post station needs to domesticate horses and supply fodder."
Hu Guang was obviously very clear about the situation of the post station, and it could be said that he did it casually, so he went on to say: "But the effect...well...you can also see that so much expense is just for passing news and receiving contacts. Officials, this cost is huge, and it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss. You know the amount of money and food in the household department now... hey..."
Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "What Hu Gong said is true."
Hu Guang looked at Zhang Anshi in amazement, and said, "What happened to Your Highness today?"
He always felt that something was wrong with Zhang Anshi today.
Zhang Anshi said: "It's nothing."
Hu Guang felt that something was wrong with Zhang Anshi's reaction, so he said, "It's rare that His Highness agrees with this old man?"
Zhang Anshidao: "Actually, I agree with many of Mr. Hu's ideas, but I don't talk about them on weekdays. Today, I have benefited a lot from Mr. Hu's high opinion."
This remark made Hu Guang happy, so Hu Guang said: "Lu Yao knows that Ma Li will see people's hearts for a long time, and His Highness is the real one."
At this time, Hu Guang felt a lot. Compared with other princes, he suddenly found that Zhang Anshi was indeed more real than others.
Zhang Anshi said: "Where is it, but..."
Hu Guang paused, and couldn't help answering: "But what?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Since Hu Gong knows the disadvantages, why didn't he report to His Majesty?"
"Ah... this..." Hu Guang was taken aback again, and then his old face turned slightly red.
Isn't this nonsense?He, Hu Guang, knows a lot of ills, so why should he report something?What if everyone paid attention?
Some things cannot be said.
But Zhang Anshi said: "Every year, the Ministry of Households wastes so much public money. Could it be that Mr. Hu just watched them disappear like this? If it is this king, he must report it with righteous words, and insist on the court to come up with a practical report." Come up with a feasible solution, Hu Gong is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the world pays attention to it, Hu Gong's words and deeds can change many things."
Hu Guang was thoughtful, then looked up at Zhang Anshi and said, "Will it cause any trouble? Your Highness, this station... is not completely useless, is it?"
When Zhang Anshi suddenly proposed to lift the roof, Hu Guang was a little timid.
Zhang Anshi said: "One yard counts for one yard. In my opinion, we still have to think of a better way to cut off the disadvantages. If not, wouldn't it appear that we are vegetarians?"
Hu Guang became more and more unconfident, and hesitantly said: "How about I find the Minister of the Household Department Xia Gong to discuss it first?"
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Of course, but I said something that shouldn't be said. Princess Xia is in charge of the household department, and has always been disgusted with the New Deal. In this household department, I am afraid that there are many people... benefiting from various post stations. , these things... Hu Gong has heard of it?"
Hu Guang stroked his beard, he naturally understood Zhang Anshi's meaning, so much money and grain allocated by the household department, to put it mildly, is too much to pluck, as for how many people were involved in it, it is really uncertain.
Hu Guangdao: "Don't worry, the old man will understand if he listens."
Zhang Anshi said again: "If Duke Xia is also heartbroken over this... what is Mr. Hu's plan?"
Hu Guang seemed to be forced into a corner by Zhang Anshi, and he had to say: "How about... just present a memorial?"
Zhang Anshi smiled, and said: "Mr. Hu really deserves to be tough."
Hu Guang shuddered when he heard the words "iron bone clank", and suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness.
He murmured for a long time, then suddenly said: "It won't be that time, the Holy Majesty has been offended, Your Majesty will deprive the Hu family of their title, right?"
Zhang Anshi couldn't help smiling, and comforted him, "Your Majesty is not such a small-hearted person."
"Oh." Hu Guang nodded, and he began to think about it, silently deducing the consequences of this incident once it happened.
In fact, Hu Guang is not a person who is not responsible for the consequences, but... the matter of this post station, in his opinion, is actually not so urgent.
It has been like this in all dynasties, hasn't it always been like this?
What's more, where in the world can we leave the post station?Without this, how to deliver urgently, how to meet and see?
But now that Zhang Anshi was instigating, Hu Guang thought about it, and found that there were a lot of disadvantages, so he thought why not make a fuss about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure?
In the value room on the other side.
Xie Jin was sitting in front of the table, holding a pen in his hand, concentrating on drawing up the ticket.
At this moment, a servant knocked lightly on the door, and then tiptoed in.
"Mr. Xie... Mr. Hu... met Mr. Xia, Minister of the Household Department."
"Oh?" Xie Jin looked up at Sheren, nodded, showing some meaningful color.Then he put down his pen, appearing to be serious, but said in an understatement tone: "What are you talking about?"
"It seems to be a station."
"The station..." Xie Jin murmured, then frowned, looking thoughtful.
He had already noticed that Zhang Anshi's expression was a little unnatural when talking about the station.
Afterwards, Zhang Anshi chatted with Hu Guang for a while, then turned his head, and Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, came.
This can't help but make people think...that His Royal Highness King Song must have something...in Zhang Luo.
Strong curiosity arose in Xie Jin's heart, and he smiled and said: "Our Royal Highness, King Song, has always been unprofitable. Of course, this is not derogatory. The world is bustling, isn't it all for profit? This is understandable .”
He paused, thought about it seriously, and said, "I see, you can go."
Sheren nodded, and tiptoed out again.
Xie Jin continued to sit upright. He closed his eyes lightly, as if the old monk had entered into a trance. Immediately, he remembered something, opened his eyes suddenly, glanced at the table, and then took a piece of paper from the side. A blank paper came over, picked up a pen on the white paper, and quickly wrote down a few words.
"railway."
"Station."
"Zhang Anshi."
These three words came into Xie Jin's eyes. At this moment, Xie Jin opened his eyes slightly. It seemed that at this moment, he had expected something, and immediately cheered up, but he seemed to have found some connection again, so he was serious. He picked up his pen, and after this word, he wrote two more words: "cruise ship".
Everything in the world is connected, and now, everything has suddenly become clear.
The reason why Xie Jin thought of cruise ships was that as far as he knew, cruise ships overseas... were profitable.
It's just that in Daming, there is no need for mail ships, but if there is a railway...then...the railway...isn't it a ship?
Thinking about it this way... Xie Jin knew everything in his chest, and immediately smiled, and he began to fall into the next thought.
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In fact, Hubu was not very enthusiastic about the post station.
This actually coincides with Hu Guang's idea.
However, Xia Yuanji, who is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, was fascinated by this.
As we all know, Duke Xia has never been very interested in the New Deal, but only because...the New Deal can indeed bring a lot of money and food income, so he holds his nose and admits it.
Xia Gong is like a woman who eats east and sleeps in the west, daydreaming about sleeping at the handsome young man in the west of the village at night, and hoping to eat at the rich man's house in the east of the village during the day.
Most likely, he took the essence of the New Deal's ability to generate profits, but he was not very interested in the background of the New Deal, and even quite repelled it.
However, as an orthodox scholar, what Xia Yuanji believes in has always been to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Mr. Hu came to talk, and Xia Yuanji felt that if he didn't take this opportunity to greatly reduce the expenditure of the national treasury, he would naturally feel sorry for himself.
Therefore, Xia Yuanji agreed with Hu Guang's words very much.
It is even more distressing to think that a large number of post stations cost a lot, and it is necessary to support so many postmen, donkeys and horses every year.
Then we should make a fuss about open source. Anyway, let the national treasury spend less money, or even no money. This is the best.
Xia Yuanji began to instigate.
After careful consideration, Hu Guang made a memorial.
Who knew that this melody could be said to stir up a thousand waves with one stone, but the response was not small.
Among them, Di Bao was published on the front page.
Not only that, but the scholars who were panicked because of the Jiangxi incident also reacted strongly.
As a scholar, hearing that the court spends money is more uncomfortable than him spending his own money.
What's more, exposing ills is what scholars are best at.
Furthermore, at this time, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, supported him.
At the same time, many gossips also spread out, most of which are about how much money a post station spends on food every year to raise horses, but in fact, these horses... are not seen at all.
Even the horses are eating empty pay.
Or, in the three years of Yi Cheng, he actually saved a fortune of ten thousand Guan.
There are many news, both true and false, Shihlin talked about it with great interest.
All of a sudden, the momentum rose suddenly, and not long after, they went to Datian to listen.
Zhu Di looked at the memorials in front of him strangely. There were quite a few memorials. After Hu Guang played, Xia Yuanji followed, and then Baiguan.
Looking at the mountains of memorials, Zhu Di was a little confused, and couldn't help but ask: "Why...they still want to cut the post?"
Yi Shiha was beside him, with a mournful face, and said: "I don't know how to behave so well...just..."
Zhu Di couldn't help saying: "The leader, Hu Guang, I missed him a few days ago, but today I want to teach me a lesson and teach me a lesson."
Yi Shiha: "..."
It's impossible to answer these words.
Of course, Zhu Di didn't want any answer from Yishiha. He snorted and said, "If the court is going to run, can it still leave the post station? It's ridiculous..."
On the contrary, Yi Shiha thought for a while and said, "Could it be that someone is behind the scenes... plotting something wrong, using this... to make a fuss..."
Those words were like a stone being dropped on a calm lake.After hearing this, Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and suddenly became vigilant.
In connection with the previous... In Raozhou, Zhu Di severely dealt with a group of officials. It is hard to guarantee that someone would take this opportunity to vent their anger on purpose, so as to give Zhu Di a blow.
Zhu Di's eyes were dark. For the emperor, they have always had difficulty grasping one issue, that is, motivation.
There are so many things happening in the world every day, many of them must be promoted by people with good intentions, and the motives of the people who promote these things are really things that need to be vigilant for the emperor deep in the palace.
It was as if Zhu Di was in a fog at this time. He was surrounded by many people in the dark, and these people made voices one after another. These voices either made sense or had no other intentions.
What Zhu Di has to do is to identify them and use them as a basis for judgment.
But in the final analysis, it was so easy. Even with factory guards, it might not be able to completely dispel the fog. What can be done is to grasp more clues.
Zhu Di closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and wanted to find clues from the memorials.
At this moment, a eunuch hurried over and saluted, "Your Majesty."
Zhu Di was obviously feeling a little irritable at this moment, so he couldn't help but say with a livid face, "Say."
Seeing that His Majesty was in a bad mood, the eunuch was also a little scared, but he still tremblingly said: "His Royal Highness Song...a secret report..."
After Zhu Di heard this, he became suspicious, and said in his mouth: "Bring it."
A memorial was delivered to Zhu Di, Zhu Di opened it, and after a closer look, he revealed a deeper suspicion.
But after all, he still remained silent, closed the memorial, but turned his eyes to the mountains of memorials on the copybook, and immediately said: "Let's have a court discussion tomorrow."
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At dawn the next day, the sky was only getting brighter.
Ministers of rank five or above entered the palace, and court discussions began as usual.
What is being discussed today is precisely the most fashionable topic at the moment, involving Hu Guang and Hubu, which is a post station matter that has attracted the attention of scholars.
In fact, many ministers were clear in their hearts before they came to discuss.
There can be no post station, isn't it a joke to abolish it?
But from another angle, this matter is so big now, so many scholars pay attention to it, and there is a lot of discussion about it in the market. At this moment... although I know that it is impossible to abolish it, if anyone does, I am afraid that it will be the first one in the palace to disobey. promise.
It's easy to know the bottom line in the palace.
Anyway, the emperor would not agree, so I simply... just put on a show and showed the scholars that I have a strong character.
To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to being proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, you also need to know how to use both sides, and at the same time, you must also have the cultivation of a performing artist.
After all, no one wants to be infamous forever, and the pen is in the hands of scholars.
After this kind of opening, there will be no result of court discussion, in fact, it is a stage!
Since this matter will not affect the real national policy, then simply... it will be no problem to make a fuss by yourself.
Ever since, the officials taught Zhang Anshi a vivid lesson.
As a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Anshi sat beside Hu Guang.
Immediately, the atmosphere suddenly began to heat up.
The first one to stand up was the censor of the capital, who beat his chest and stumbled, and then began to yell at the public money that the post station spent every year, and then came up with the situation of the Fujian post station last year.
"A mere Pingtan station, the yearly payment is 700 taels, the grain is 37 shi, and besides that, there are extravagances such as fodder, how many postmen and postmen can be kept? Four people... all the lords... ...only four people, on the roster, there are clearly [-] people, but the extra people...not a single one..."
Du Yushi spoke so passionately that he cried as he spoke.
Someone said: "This Pingtan station is not bad, but the Wendeng station in Shandong is even more ridiculous..."
Everyone chattered, one by one loudly denounced.
Seeing this, Hu Guang was very relieved, and said to Zhang Anshi in a low voice: "Your Highness...you don't know if you don't check, but if you check...it's really...fortunately, you guys still care about the country. Look at them, one by one outraged..."
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "A person who scolds others for corruption may not necessarily mean that he is clean, but it is very likely that he scolds others to appear clean."
Hu Guang was in a hurry, and wanted to say something, but at this moment, the atmosphere was at this point, and it was not easy for him to argue with Zhang Anshi, so he simply took a deep breath and sat upright.
This scolding continued until noon.
Everyone started to get hungry.
Just when everyone was thinking, hurry up and finish the court meeting and go back to cook.
Suddenly, a eunuch sang: "Your Majesty is here."
Everyone cheered up and hurriedly picked up the driver.
Zhu Dixin stepped into the hall, then ascended his seat, looked around, and said, "How did the discussion go?"
Hu Guang hurriedly got up, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, all the officials are dissatisfied with the post station, and they all think that they should..."
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "What should I do?"
"Should be abolished..."
Zhu Di looked around and said lightly, "Really?"
None of the officials objected, although everyone said angry words, it didn't matter, anyway, the position was taken, and everyone was condemned to crime, but the question was, would the court dare to abolish it?
Zhu Di sighed: "I never thought that in just a few years, the bureaucracy would be corrupted to such an extent. It seems that...there is no need for heavy codes. If this is the case, then according to what the ministers said, let's abolish it!"
"..."
In an instant, the hall became audible.
People panicked and started looking at each other, looking at each other.
Isn't this... a joke?
Your Majesty took the wrong medicine?
This result is different from what they imagined before!
(End of this chapter)