Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Annan? Are you really going?"

Zhu Gaoxu jumped three feet high.

"Keep your voice down, are you afraid that others won't know!!!"

Zhu Gaochi was furious. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have been so straightforward.

They are all born of the same mother, but the difference between them is so huge. One is so noisy and not steady at all.

"I want to go—I want to go—"

Zhu Gaosui was also very excited.

"How many boats? How many people? When will they set off?"

Zhu Gaoxu calmed down after being scolded by his elder brother and asked.

"More than ten, I don't know the number. I'm not sure about the exact number, we have to wait for the monsoon."

Prince Ning is still making arrangements, and Zhu Gaochi only has a rough idea at the moment.

"With so little, what's the point!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately expressed no interest.

"It's a treasure ship, two thousand tons."

Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes at Zhu Gaoxu.

"Oh my god, is this true? It can't even be hidden. Is Uncle Prince Ning so bold?"

Zhu Gaoxu was not surprised, but Zhu Gaosui was shocked.

"In this day and age, do you think that the emperor's grandfather is really all-powerful? The people below are very cunning."

Zhu Gaochi often felt that his two younger brothers were naive.

I also think that Zhang Xin is simply whimsical.

What can such a stupid brother do if he is let out? It is better to keep him in the palace.

"That's a treasure ship. You can see it from a long distance. Besides, where did they get the money to build it?"

When Zhu Gaoxu came to his senses, he also found it unbelievable. Let alone ten treasure ships, even one would be very eye-catching.

"If our father wanted to eat sheep, would he have to go to the forest to hunt them, and then skin and cut them into pieces himself? Besides, do you think King Ning only looked for us?"

Zhu Gaochi suppressed his impatience and asked back.

"Brother, this is boring. I know you are smarter than me and my third brother, but we are also better fighters than you. Your tone is so impatient!"

Zhu Gaoxu was quite interested in going to sea, but he was very dissatisfied with Zhu Gaochi's attitude.

"Oh, well, I was wrong. How about I tell you about a case I know of?"

Zhu Gaochi was slightly touched by Zhu Gaoxu's words and asked after a moment of hesitation.

"The kind that is like this?"

Zhu Gaosui looked polite and declined.

"Hahaha, I get it. I won't talk about it anymore. Your sister-in-law said I like to teach others. I tell you stories and you listen to them. If you understand them, you will understand the treasure ship."

"Well, okay."

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui responded in unison reluctantly.

"It was your sister-in-law who told me this. It's a true story from our Ming Dynasty."

Even Zhu Gaochi found it unbelievable after hearing about this, but it happened.

By the way, this incident happened in a small county town next to Zhang Xin’s hometown, Yongcheng.

A group of petty clerks created a not-so-small case, and almost everyone in the government office was either thrown into jail or rebelled and exiled.

The reason why Zhang Xin knew this was because his father was originally a minor official.

The Zhang family has been working as minor officials in Yongcheng, and this family has been passed down from generation to generation for many years.

If Zhang Xin had not been chosen as the Crown Prince's Consort, Zhang Xin's brothers would have continued to work in this business, which would have been almost an inherited business from their ancestors.

As someone who has been doing this for generations, Old Man Zhang knows a lot of things and a lot of tricks.

Sometimes I am shocked by what others do, and when I get home I tell them as stories to my children.

It was when Zhang Xin told Zhu Gaochi this story that Zhu Gaochi finally understood why he always felt that Zhang Xin did not have much respect for the imperial power.

This is all the fault of the entire Ming Dynasty system.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were all temporary officials. After taking office for two or three years, if their performance was not good, they had to leave; even if their performance was good, they had to leave.

In every small county town, there are always permanent clerks but changing officials.

Officials are replaced one by one, just like the emperor above is replaced.

It is enough to maintain superficial respect, because it is these petty officials who actually have the power to decide the lives of ordinary people.

The job of a petty clerk is not the same as being an official, but it is more comfortable than being an official.

In the yamen, there is normally a county magistrate, followed by a chief clerk and a county magistrate. These three are all officials of the imperial court.

In addition, there are three shifts and six rooms, which are minor officials.

If the court did not send a suitable county magistrate at the moment, the chief clerk and the county magistrate would lead the clerks to manage the entire county.

This case happened in a county town where there was no county magistrate or county magistrate, only a chief clerk.

Let’s start with a clerk named Lai.

A clerk is a person from the Lifang (office room) among the six rooms, and his main job is to transfer personnel in the county.

The population registration of the entire county and the promotions and appointments of the government office had to go through the hands of this lazy clerk.

"Promotions and appointments are also handled by the clerks, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu reacted.

"We can't control it, but he can choose not to control it. He can also do bad things by adding or subtracting from the household registration."

Zhu Gaochi was happy to explain this, as he had asked Zhang Xin the same stupid question at first.

"Fuck. This grandson is really bold," the eldest brother continued.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized.

Zhu Gaochi now found some fun in teaching his younger brother, and continued to talk with great interest.

Lai Shuli relied on this seemingly insignificant power to get along well in the yamen and amassed a lot of money.

Lai Shuli's appetite grew bigger and bigger, and his expenses also increased. The money he could demand with the little power he had was not enough for him to use.

Just at this time, a new clerk came to the yamen.

The household clerk belongs to the household department and is in charge of the money and grain of a county.

This is not an easy task either.

Two people who are not easy to deal with, one in charge of money and grain and the other in charge of household registration, get together, and their channels for making money become even bigger and wider.

The case involved a job where the county government recruited civilians to do the work.

The government office recruited people to do work. Some of them were corvée labor and they were not paid, but only provided with food and accommodation. Some of them were paid and provided with food and accommodation, and someone also needed to look after the recruited people.

It just so happens that the Household Department and the Personnel Department are responsible for this.

The types of work are different, the importance of the work is different, and the income is different.

As for how to allocate work among everyone, Lai Shuli and the new Baihu clerk both made some money first.

"The chief clerk doesn't care?"

Zhu Gaosui listened very carefully, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong. The people below were making money in this way, but the officials above didn't care? The emperor's grandfather had been killing corrupt officials, so weren't these people afraid?

"Is he still smart? Do you think he can manage it?"

Zhu Gaochi was a little overjoyed.

"Idiot, didn't I tell you before that a corrupt official will be gone in three years at most? He still relies on his subordinates to work for him. They earn a little money and don't cause any complaints. He just turns a blind eye to it! Who knows, he will take the lion's share of the embezzled money."

Zhu Gaoxu knocked his brother's head disdainfully.

"Ah, yes, as Big Brother said earlier, almost everyone is either in jail or exiled."

Zhu Gaosui also remembered it.

"That's right, do you still need me to continue?"

Zhu Gaochi was happy.

My brothers aren't that stupid.

"Tell me, there's no such thing as listening to a story halfway!!!"

Zhu Gaosui glared angrily.

Hearing the complete story is one thing, but hearing what this story has to do with Prince Ning’s treasure ship is another.

[Small science: Zheng He's first treasure ship weighed "2,000 tons". According to their deduction, it was about 15 to 20 zhang long and 6 to 8 zhang wide. Its carrying capacity was about 5,000 tons.]

Gua said: This book's debut is just as pathetic as the last one. My dears, please urge me to update. There will be another chapter later.