Xu Shoufu's voice sounded like thunder, and everyone in the hall was stunned.
The reason for being stunned is because the voice is abrupt, and it is also a matter of paying for the Liaodong army, and of course Xu Shoufu's performance is rare. Who knows that the first assistant is old, usually speaking slowly and walking slowly, more often like a decoration, such a look is really rare.
But if he mentioned the matter of military pay, he could understand why he was so excited. Recently, the court has been a little bit overwhelmed by the fact that the border troops cannot pay their wages. Emperor Jiacheng has been angry a few times. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Household has no money, and no money can be transferred elsewhere. The atmosphere in the court is sluggish, and the ministers Keep your head down.
If Dingyuan County can really come up with three million taels of silver, it can solve the urgent need.
But the problem is, that was the money Xue Tingxiang made by covering up the smuggling!
In fact, by this time, it was already obvious that Zhu Bingtong was the governor of Zhejiang, and he must have secretly received bribes to cover up the smuggling, but Xue Tingxiang's arrival took the meat from his mouth.
That's why Zhu Bingtong tried his best to deal with a small county magistrate, even at the expense of his colleagues.
Why did Zhu Bingtong not use direct means to deal with it, but turned around.
I am afraid that this matter should be on Emperor Jiacheng.
At this point, who can't see that this is a play performed by Sheng Shang and Xu Shoufu and others, for the purpose of opening the sea ban. And that Xue Tingxiang must have been granted privately by the sage, so he was so bold.
If the money from Dinghai County is used, Xu Shoufu and others will take advantage of the situation and propose to open the sea ban. But if not, where will the money be used to support the military salaries at the border
At the beginning, Taizu expelled the Tartars and pacified the world, but he only drove those Jinmen out of Shanhaiguan. Over the years, the other party has not given up harassment, and the court naturally treats it with caution. The military salaries spent on the borders alone each year accounted for more than half of the court’s annual expenditures. The key can be saved anywhere, but this is not the case.
The sage is really a good means. Several sides attacked at the same time, making people helpless and in a dilemma.
Other ministers were still thinking about how to solve this matter, but Xu Shoufu had already said it, and what he said was nothing more than smearing gold on the face of Xue Tingyan, the magistrate of Dinghai County.
From being well-intentioned, to being brave and loyal, to the saint, you can make your subjects suffer, but you must never let a loyal subject shed tears. Anyway, Guangtang said a lot, nothing more than to exonerate Xue Tingxiang.
Obviously, hiding from the court, taking the lead and covering up businessmen for smuggling, in Xu Shoufu's mouth, he became the country and the people.
The key point is that no one dares to say anything. As long as the court wants to use the money, it must be covered with a beautiful veil. Otherwise, while scolding people for corrupt officials to deal with each other, while still using the money they got, what happened to the imperial court
The court goes from top to bottom, who is shameless? Since he wanted face, Xue Tingxiang had to be a good official and a loyal minister.
"Xu Aiqing's words are very reasonable. In fact, I can't blame him." Emperor Jiacheng's face was full of melancholy, and he seemed to sigh: "Although this son is young and vigorous, he is a man of righteousness and an official who knows how to care for the people. Even if he did something wrong, he was still a good official. What's more, what he said was not without reason, it's better to block it, and it forced the common people to be unable to live, how can my country be stable."
"Your Majesty, Shengming!"
Xu Shoufu trembled and was about to kneel on the ground, but was supported by Zheng Ancheng, who was motioned by Emperor Jiacheng.
"Those who can do practical things and are willing to do things for the court are better than those officials who sit in the position given by me and are greedy for my money."
Speaking of these, Emperor Jiacheng had a slight anger on his face, and said: "Zheng Ancheng, let the men of Jinyiwei go back quickly, and bring Zhu Bingtong back to Beijing as quickly as possible. I would like to take a good look at the water in Zhejiang. How deep is it, why is it that a small magistrate who has just arrived in the county knows how to solve problems for the court, and those who have been officials for so many years are blind in their eyes and deaf in their ears?!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will be given orders."
These words have also been successfully dispelled, and some people below have the urge to raise some objections. The general trend is that it is good not to be implicated, and I dare not mention anything else for the time being.
Emperor Jiacheng said again: "Shoufu brought other discussions to discuss. We need to discuss the salaries of the border troops and the details of the opening of the sea ban. As for the rest, we will wait for Zhu Bingtong to enter the capital."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Okay, you all step back, do what you need to do."
Xu Shoufu and others quickly withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and went their separate ways. Xu Shoufu took Chen Jian, accompanied by old Tan Ge, and old Wu followed by Feng Chengbao and Fei Qian. As for the others, such as Yang Chonghua, they all left separately.
No one greeted anyone, they were all in a hurry.
When Wu Ge and others returned to the cabinet, they went to the room that was reserved for Wu Ge to rest.
In this cabinet, only Xu Shoufu and Wu Ge have a place to rest. The room is not big, just one room, but it is divided into an outer room and an inner room.
Fei Qian followed behind and entered the door, so he hurriedly closed the door, and there were people outside, so he was looking out for the wind so as not to be overheard.
"Elder Ge, you are really confused. Why did you let such a person go to Zhejiang." Feng Chengbao said in a rage, completely forgetting that he usually followed Wu Ge Lao as the leader.
Wu Ge was not angry, but his face was scary.
"I said I didn't know, including you, I thought I was a liar. At first I only said to throw him out, but I didn't specify a place, it was done by the people below. Since His Majesty was in trouble, we have It seems that I don’t know which immortal I have offended, usually I press the gourd and float the scoop, how can I care about a hairy boy!”
Feng Chengbao still didn't believe it: "I don't believe it, so Zhu Bingtong didn't tell you?"
Old Wu Ge exhaled heavily and sat down on the chair next to him.
"He didn't really say it, but He Wei reported it, and I learned about it. I immediately told him to deal with this kid, but I didn't expect such a mess."
Feng Chengbao didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He sat on the armchair beside him and said, "Then tell me, what should I do now?"
When Wu Ge didn't speak, Fei Qian walked up and said, "According to the current situation, it is obvious that for the time being, His Majesty will not be able to stop His Majesty from opening the sea ban. We are not clean in Zhejiang.
Feng Chengbao glanced at him: "It's not just us who are not clean, who of them are clean?"
"But at least they didn't block the muzzle." Wu Ge said.
"Then tell me what to do? Let the court open this matter or not? After it opens, what will we eat and drink?"
Wu Ge was very angry at his words, and scolded: "You know how to eat and drink. The money you made is not enough for you to eat and drink for a few lifetimes? You will die here one day sooner or later!"
Feng Chengbao's face was full of bad luck, but he didn't talk back.
Fei Qian pondered for a while, and said: "For today's plan, we can only protect ourselves first, and then plan for other things. Elder Ge, you have to hurry up on this matter, at least before Zhu Bingtong enters the capital, you have to give him a message, no Don't say what should be said."
"When I leave the palace, I will let someone do it." Wu Ge rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly.
"Also, as I said before, the opening of the sea ban by the Holy Master this time is obviously unstoppable. Where and how to open it remains to be discussed."
"what do you mean-"
Old Wu Ge looked over.
"It's not just us that lost the sea ban. Don't look at them all calm, and the designated person has long since become ants on the hot pot. We can't do this alone, we have to pull them together. Open one, let’s open one first.”
Hearing this, several people looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Just when the capital was in chaos, the Zhejiang side was no different from the past.
Only Zhu Bingtong, because Li Qianhu never appeared, was inexplicably worried.
He had ordered someone to see it, but Li Qianhu never came back, and even the people he took out this time didn't come back.
It's really weird!
After waiting for two more days, he couldn't bear it any longer and sent someone to Dinghai County.
It's a pity that this time, before his people came back to report, the people who came from Beijing to take him to Beijing came.
It's Jin Yiwei.
When he saw Jinyiwei, Zhu Bingtong was shocked, but no matter how he asked, the other party was unwilling to reveal the slightest tone. He was still passing through an inn, and someone handed him a message that he was bitten to death because he had a personal grudge with Dou Zhun, so he would be framed and framed, and he didn't know anything about it.
After just a few words, the guards came.
The man left in a hurry and didn't appear again, but Zhu Bingtong's heart was full of storms.
As for the other end, don't look at Xue Tingxiang's letter written with blood and tears, in fact, it is for the people above you to see, and he doesn't take it seriously at all.
Even in Dinghai County, no matter what it was before, it is still the same.
Dou Zhun sent a letter to Xue Tingxiang, saying that Zhu Bingtong was taken away by people in Beijing, and Xue Tingxiang, who had been hanging on for a long time, finally let it go.
He estimated that at the speed of the court's affairs, it would take at least a month or two before the matter came to a conclusion, so he wanted to bring his son back, and also bring Zhao'er back along the way. Here comes the decree.
It is the decree brought by Shunxi.
We haven't seen each other for more than two years. Not only Shunxi has changed a lot, but Xue Tingxiang is also more mature. Shunxi didn't even announce the imperial decree, so he exchanged some old things with Xue Tingxiang.
Seeing the smile on his face, Xue Tingxiang knew that there must be a good thing in the imperial decree. Sure enough, after recounting the old love, Shunxi got up and read the imperial edict in a pretentious manner.
The content of the imperial decree was naturally something that Xue Tingxiang had been thinking about for a long time. The imperial court planned to rebuild the Shibo Division. For the time being, only one would be built, and the location was located in Ningbo, and Xue Tingxiang was appointed as the leader to be responsible for rebuilding the Shibo Division.
In other words, Xue Tingxiang has been promoted. Although this official is not big, the promotion of Shibo Division is also a qualitative leap from the rank of fifth grade.
The whole Dachang opened such a market ship division, you can imagine how popular this official is.
When Xue Tingxiang received the imperial decree, Shunxi smiled again, and while walking in with him, he said, "This time, Your Majesty has defied all opinions. Xue Tiju must be worthy of His Majesty's painstaking efforts."
"Naturally, the lower official must live up to His Majesty's expectations."
After the two of them entered the hall and everyone else had left, Xue Tingxiang asked, "Why did you open this place?"
Shunxi immediately sighed and said, "It's not those people who are blocking it."
After he told Emperor Jiacheng that he wanted to rebuild the Shibo Division, the following officials made a fuss and said it again. Anyway, when it is complicated, how much Tai Chi have you come and I have practiced, or Jiacheng Emperor is afraid of the trouble, and immediately decided to open one first to see the situation, and then talk about the other in the future.
"So Mr. Xue, our family said before that His Majesty's painstaking efforts are really not your fault. Your Majesty's position, including your promotion, was also decided by His Majesty, saying that you have experience and are familiar with the place, if you still do it If you can't do it, other people can't do it. Now this place is in full view, and many people are staring at it. Although you have been promoted, the burden will be heavier in the future."
"Xiaguan will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations and will do his best."
"But don't be afraid, our family will not go back this time. His Majesty said that the people in the palace are here, and others are afraid, so you can do things easily. In the future, please take care of Mr. Xue. This is the first time our family is out. The palace is bad, but I can't do it."
Xue Tingxiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Congratulations, father-in-law, you are the first since the reconstruction of the Slijian."
Shunxi waved his hand with a smile: "It wasn't because my godfather was willing to show me his face that he recommended me to His Majesty. Speaking of this, I still entrusted Master Xue's Hongfu, because we have known each other for a long time, so we are more than others. A chance."
"I don't dare to do it. It's because Eunuch Xi is doing things safely every day, and His Majesty and Eunuch Zheng will be entrusted with important tasks."
The two chatted, and they had a good time, and then they went to eat and drink, so there was no need to elaborate.
Not only did Shun Xi come this time, but also the people from Jin Yiwei.
With the emergence of Supervisor Si Li, although Jin Yiwei is still unknown, he has appeared in front of people a lot more than before.
They came this time for the silver in Dinghai County's silver treasury. There were more than 100 people in total, and Emperor Jiacheng didn't seem to intend to fake it.
After counting the silver in the silver vault one by one, Jin Yiwei's people took the silver and left. After sending them away, Xue Tingxiang began to prepare for the establishment of the Shibo Division and other matters non-stop.
The first is to choose a place.
Although Dinghai County is good, in the end, Xue Tingxiang is elected by the entire Ningbo, and he can't help but move the minds of other places. But looking left and right with the map, the entire Ningbo seems to have the best location in Dinghai County, and even Guo Ju's side is inferior.
It is worth mentioning that after the incident, all the generals of Guo Juwei from top to bottom were replaced. As for how these people were dealt with, Xue Tingxiang did not care about it.
After looking at it for two days, including discussing with Shunxi, Xue Tingxiang decided to locate Shibo in Dinghai. However, he planned to make a big move to expand Dinghai County to Guo Ju.
With Shuangyu Island as the transit station, Zhoushan Island as the main island, and the expanded Dinghai County as the base, both offensive and defensive.
This is destined to be a big project. Xue Tingxiang even drew several sketches on Yu Yu, so he extended many ideas. He planned to establish business towns in Shuangyu and Zhoushan, and qualified businessmen could come here to do business and open shops.
This inspiration came from the dream of Xue Tingxiang. In his dream, he knew that there was a place called Moruo Island on the Liuli Islands. There were a lot of goods and everything there. Businessmen from all over the world gathered together. .
I just don't know if there is a place like Moro Island. After all, when he knows this place, he will be in his sixties.