I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"It's the Jiangnan camp set up by the emperor himself!" Mr. Qian, who entered the door later, smiled coldly, and walked past him, bringing a gust of wind.

More footsteps sounded, and the sergeants filed in one after another. Such a movement soon alarmed the entire Wu Mansion.

The Wu Mansion occupies an area no less than that of a county prince's mansion. The lights from the outer houses where the servants live all the way to the inner mansion. Wu Mingyi suddenly sat up.

Beside him, Mrs. Li is also full of fear.

Wu Guoyi looked at the housekeeper who was kneeling in front of him, weeping, and said in disbelief, "Jiangnan Daying came to raid the house? Why didn't we get any news before?"

The butler cried: "Master, don't you understand? If the imperial court has no order, they won't get any news from the government. Naturally, they won't tell us."

"Then Huang Degong said that the evidence was solid, but he didn't show it. Jiangnan Daying wants to kill it first and then play it! Master, let's go!"

Wu Guoyi quickly rolled over and got up, about to get dressed and slip out of the back door, but he didn't want to, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a general kicked the door open with a "clang" sound, with a sneer on his face:

"Leave now, is it too much?"

"Take it!"

With an order, several personal soldiers stepped forward, the housekeeper was too frightened to move rashly, Madam Li shrank back into the bed, wrapped in quilt, and kept yelling.

Wu Guoyi was arrested, but he still felt dissatisfied.

He kept struggling, but the hands of the sergeants on both sides were like pincers, pinching him tightly, the more he struggled, the more painful he was.

After a while, he became a little desperate and reprimanded loudly: "What evidence do you have to show me, what crime have I committed!"

The general sneered again and again, saying:

"Of course there is evidence, but it's useless to show you. Your Tian, ​​Zhao, and Wu families have harmed the country and the people, embezzled the army, and the new policy of the court. People like you are the first to be punished!"

Afterwards, his eyes changed, and his sword eyebrows were flying: "Wu Guoyi resisted arrest, attacked officers and soldiers, let me kill you on the spot, everyone in the Wu family, kill them together!"

Wu Guoyi was taken aback for a moment, then he understood.

I have never attacked officers and soldiers. Most of the people in the Wu Mansion have just woken up, and there will be no one who will not open their eyes to fight against the Jiangnan camp.

The other party was holding a chicken feather as an arrow, and the purpose was not to raid the house, but to wipe out the power of the local guards. If he wanted to kill someone, he could just make a pretext.

The knife is in the opponent's hand, no matter how rich it is.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse!" He became a little crazy, and then laughed a few times, "Don't bother the general to do it, I will do it myself!"

As the words fell, Wu Guoyi ran towards a sergeant beside him.

The sergeant reflexively raised his hand and slashed the knife, splashing blood all over his face, and stepped back a few steps, his face full of shock.

The general sneered, looked at the woman Li Shi who was lying limp on the bed, turned around and said: "The Wu family attacked the officers and soldiers, ransacked the house according to the law, and wiped out the family!"

……

The Zhaoqing mutiny not only shocked Guangdong and Guangxi, but also affected the capital.

The rebels mutinied on the pretext of not paying their salaries. Zhao Bingzhong, the Minister of the Household Department, panicked, but the reason for his panic was not the mutiny of the officers and soldiers, but Zhu Youxiao beheaded Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

There was no reason for Zhu Youxiao's action this time, it was to name and kill people, whether it was Zhou Jiamo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, or He Shijin, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Competitor's Office can't put it on the bright side, and the results they found cannot be used as evidence, but Zhu Youxiao knows.

In the past, Zhu Youxiao would wait until there was sufficient evidence before taking action, but this time he did not. The day he received the exact news from the Jiaoshifu, the imperial decree went down.

There is no need to investigate the case, and there is no need to take into account the influence of the DPRK and China. This just shows that this incident has touched Zhu Youxiao's bottom line.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is known as the official of heaven, and the authority among the six departments is second only to the Ministry of War. If you say cut it, you will be cut, let alone yourself as the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

It's not that Zhao Bingzhong doesn't have money in his hands. Now the finances of the Tianqi Dynasty are no longer what they were eight years ago. Only recently, the Ministry of Households received a salt tax of 20 taels from the Lianghuai Salt Farm in early August.

After Shaanxi was restructured, a large number of officers and troops were newly recruited, and many former guard troops were abolished, and more than [-] million taels of salary were paid.

There was a big gap in military pay in Shaanxi, but it wasn't critical. After careful consideration, Zhao Bingzhong embezzled the new pay specially distributed to Jiangnan and temporarily sent it to Shaanxi to plug the hole.

On August 40th, the Ministry of Households newly arrived at a tariff of [-] taels.

Of the 40 taels, 20 taels were sent to the emperor's internal funds. On the 23rd, the Ministry of Household Affairs was freed up and distributed 9 taels of salary to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to comfort them.

It's a pity that it didn't help the matter. Before the money was out of Jifu, there was a mutiny in Zhaoqing on the 25th.

After hearing the news of the mutiny, there was a lot of civil and military discussions in the Manchu Dynasty. The emperor chopped off the officials of the Ministry of officials as soon as he made a move. Zhao Bingzhong also panicked and sent another 24 taels of special silver to Guangdong and Guangxi.

But this is already an afterthought, and what has happened in Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be saved. Zhao Bingzhong's fate has also been brought to the forefront.

To tell the truth, Zhao Bingzhong's handling was not a big problem. He used the new salary from Jiangnan to plug the gap in Shaanxi's payment.

The cabinet, the Forbidden City signing room.

"Zhao Bingzhong, you moved Jiangnan's new salary without authorization, which caused a mutiny in Zhaoqing Mansion. What should you do?"

Zhao Bingzhong also had troubles and couldn't tell, but after all, it was wrong to move the salary, so he could only say:

"Shaanxi pays 260 million taels, and there is not enough silver in the household department. If you don't make up for the gap from other places, where can you get the money to pay Shaanxi?"

Chapter 892 Supplementary Cabinet

"Since the second year of Tianqi, the imperial court has provided 1000 million taels of border salaries, 1000 million taels of military weapons department, and has increased to 500 million taels this year, and 10 taels of southern salaries. This is a fixed number."

"There is a big gap in the restructuring of the Shaanxi Guards. As the secretary of the household department, you should discuss it with your majesty, or bring it to the cabinet to discuss it and formulate a charter, instead of making your own decisions and moving public funds from other places."

Wen Tiren, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, said indifferently: "Don't you think that now is the time for the Ministry of Households to use the silver as they want?"

"Every entry and exit of the imperial court's money must be regulated by strict regulations. It's not what you think, just distribute it."

Zhao Bingzhong remained silent, and had no choice but to look for help to Wei Guangwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Wei Party. The latter coughed twice and said:

"This year, the guards were restructured, and a large amount of money was used. The money from the household department treasury was used. It is understandable that it was stretched for a while. Now what we want to think about is not how to shirk responsibility, but how to make up for the gap in the southern salary as soon as possible. The guards from all over the country followed suit and started trouble again."

The face of the chief minister of the cabinet still has to be given, everyone snorted coldly, but they stopped talking.

Zhao Bingzhong said: "My household department has urgently issued 24 taels of payment to Guangdong and Guangxi the day before yesterday, which will surely calm the incident. As for the current shortage of southern payment, the household department really has no money."

"The Ministry of Households has no money?" At this time, it was Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites who spoke, and he sneered: "Since the imperial court imposed salt tax, the salt tax revenue in Lianghuai and Shandong alone has exceeded 1000 million taels, and it has increased over the years."

"In addition to the salt tax, Jifu mining tax, and canal tariffs, there are also tens of millions of taels in the account. Isn't it enough for your household department?"

Zhao Bingzhong knew that Cui Chengxiu wanted to join the cabinet. If he made such a mistake, he would definitely chase and bite him. What a mad dog.

Not to be outdone, he said:

"Then let's do the math. Excluding the frontier salary and the Armament Department, how much money has been paid for disaster relief over the years. This year, the guards have been restructured, and Shaanxi has paid 260 million taels so far."

"Currently, the household department's money is spent on earning and spending, so it can reach a balance of expenditure. If this continues, the household department will have no money to send."

Cui Chengxiu chuckled, "You are the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and you are in charge of these matters. The Ministry of Accounting has no money, so it's your business, so it has nothing to do with me."

Seeing the civil strife in the eunuch party, the civil servants around were secretly delighted.

It was a dog-eat-dog show!

In recent years, with Wen Tiren's entry into the cabinet, the Zhejiang Party has gradually gained momentum, and has the momentum to compete with the Eunuch Party. The Eunuch Party is fighting among themselves, and they are naturally happy to watch the show.

The cabinet quarreled all day, but no one came up with any good opinions in the end, so we had to let it go and discuss it tomorrow, and the news was quickly brought to Wei Zhongxian's ears.

Wei Zhongxian was sitting on a chair drinking tea. Hearing this, he glanced at Zhao Bingzhong who had come to pass on the message, and said indifferently: "The matter between you and Cui Chengxiu is because you want to join the cabinet. Why do you all come to me?"

"I'm just an old eunuch, and I haven't lived for a few years. I don't want to take care of those who are in the cabinet or not."

In other words, you should fuck off.

Zhao Bingzhong could hear the meaning behind Wei Zhongxian's words, Cui Chengxiu must have been here too, this old eunuch must have sensed danger and didn't want to take care of things anymore.

Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the civil strife in the Wei Party, did not care about it. It could only be that he was afraid of a person, the Emperor Tianqi sitting in the Xinuang Pavilion.

It is impossible for the Wei Party to dominate for a long time. Three years after the Donglin imperial examination case in the fifth year of Tianqi, no one in the court can compete with the Wei Party. The emperor will definitely improve this situation.

Obviously, the emperor made up his mind this time.

After Zhao Bingzhong left, Wei Zhongxian asked, "Look where he went, did he go home, or went to find someone else?"

The leader on the side nodded and left, and came back shortly after, respectfully saying: "Mr. Chang, Zhao Shangshu came out of our place, wandered around in the alley like a headless chicken, and then went straight to the Forbidden City."

"Went to His Majesty?" Wei Zhongxian turned his head, and immediately smiled, "It seems that our family didn't trust him in vain before. This kid is better than Cui Chengxiu who can only talk about it."

The boss didn't understand, and tentatively said: "What does the factory owner mean, that Zhao Shangshu won this time?"

"Hmph..." Wei Zhongxian put on a hold, and said after drinking tea slowly, "Our family is getting old and I don't want to take care of it anymore, I just want to take care of it."

"Both Zhao Bingzhong and Cui Chengxiu want to join the cabinet, and there is chaos in the court, but that one is very clear in his heart, and he is waiting for whoever will go to him first."

"Master Chang Mingjian." The head of the stall heard half-knowledge, so he didn't continue to ask.

……

"What has Wei Zhongxian been doing lately?" Zhu Youxiao asked after reviewing the affairs below.

Na Qushi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian has been staying behind closed doors, but Cui Chengxiu and Zhao Bingzhong went to look for him, and he also met them."

"This old thing is quite honest." Zhu Youxiao murmured, and waved him to go down, because there was a sound of footsteps coming.

Wang Chaofu walked to the door, and just happened to go out.

For such a long time, paper can't hold fire, and many close people have guessed that apart from the factory guards, Emperor Tianqi still has a secret that is unknown, but no one dared to ask more.

Wang Chaofu said in a low voice, "My lord, the Secretary of the Household Department is asking to see you."

"Zhao Bingzhong came first?" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, "I thought neither he nor Cui Chengxiu would come, let him come in."

Zhao Bingzhong was in a very disturbed mood. He had just left the Wei mansion, and he had been thinking about what Wei Zhongxian said, when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and rushed to Xinuang Pavilion.

In fact, Cui Chengxiu also guessed that Wei Zhongxian might be hinting that he was going to meet the emperor, but he just guessed it and didn't think much about it.

Zhao Bingzhong was different, as soon as he guessed it, he came directly.

"The sinner sees Your Majesty, long live long live."

"Get up, why are you here?" Zhu Youxiao asked faintly while flipping through the "University Yanyi Bu" in his hand.

"The guilty officials embezzled [-] yuan in southern tax without authorization to make up for the shortage in Shaanxi, so that the officers and soldiers in Zhaoqing mutinied to ask for payment. I came here to plead guilty and resign."

After finishing speaking, he handed over the memorial that he had drafted overnight to Wang Chaofu.

Wang Chaofu was sent to the side of the imperial case, and Zhu Youxiao read two more pages, then put down the book in his hand, picked up the memorial, glanced at it, but smiled.

This smile made Zhao Bingzhong even more nervous, appearing cramped.

"Just for this?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Nanwei has been paying for many years, and he didn't ask for it before. It's not at this time. It's clear what his heart is."

"The Mutiny in Zhaoqing was not the Qing's fault. It was someone with a heart who instigated the guard camp and clamored for a rebellion. The Shaanxi guard was restructured, and a lot of money was spent. I am also aware of it. As for this resignation..."

Zhu Youxiao threw the memorial to the ground, "In the future, don't resign at any time. If I really agree, wouldn't you become Yang Lian?"

Zhao Bingzhong was stunned when he heard it, and then felt dizzy, knelt down on the ground, weeping uncontrollably: "Your Majesty trusts me so much, I can't repay you!"

"You go back now, I will pay 100 million taels of internal funds for the Nanwei to pay."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao put on a cold face again, picked up the "University Yanyi Bu", and began to read it by himself.

After Zhao Bingzhong left, on the second day, an imperial decree was issued from the Qianqing Palace, quelling the dispute over joining the cabinet that had lasted for a month.

"Zhao Bingzhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, entered the cabinet to assist the government. He resigned and still received the title of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He received three salaries and was still in charge of the internal system."

Chapter 893 Crown Prince Zhu Ciran

At night, the evening fragrance of Kunning Palace is faint.

Zhu Youxiao rested his hands on his pillow, opened his eyes wide open, looked at the full moon outside the palace, and said, "Pearl, what do you think the folks are doing at this time?"

Zhang Yan tilted her head and thought for a while, "At this time, the common people should be asleep."

Zhu Youxiao leaned over with his pillow on his side, and met Zhang Yan's eyes:

"Hey, when you and Zhang Guoli were in Xiangfu before, is there anyone outside at this time? It's only now, so it's probably the same as in the palace, no one around, lonely and desolate?"

They are old husbands and wives, Zhang Yan naturally no longer needs to look like a shy girl like she was at the beginning, she also lay down and said:

"Your Majesty is used to life in the palace, so you don't know the sufferings of the people."

"Yeah..." Zhu Youxiao said, looking outside the palace, and said: "Ran'er will be seven years old during the Chinese New Year, and it's time for me to consider the appointment of the crown prince."

"It's better sooner than later."

"Only when the crown prince is registered can the East Palace be used, and I can arrange civil and military companions for him. The sooner he succeeds, the more prestige he will have in succession."

Zhang Yan was not in a hurry to think about this matter, and persuaded:

"Your Majesty, Ran'er will only be seven years old after the new year. Isn't it too early to be a crown prince at this age? Let him stay in the palaces for a while longer."