Chapter 384 383 Seeking an official position, and becoming a vassal

"Mr. Huang, let's give you a cup."

At this moment, Wei Guangde and several young censors from the Censorate stood behind an old man in his fifties and wearing a red official robe toast.

This is a restaurant near the Yamen of the Censorate. It was noon and the entire second floor was booked down. Although most of the officials present were green robes, they were Beijing officials, and even all the officials in the world were unwilling to offend.

And at this time they gather here, naturally celebrating people with wine.

"I dare not take it as a colleague, and we all drink this cup together."

The old man smiled and raised his glass to get up, clinked glasses with Wei Guangde and others, and then drank it all in one go.

"Mr. Huang has worked hard and made great contributions, and the Miao rebellion in Sichuan is capricious. But only when he is in office as governor of Sichuan, there will be no rebellion after he is quelled. This is the only one."

Behind Wei Guangde, a censor who flattered the Tao loudly.

"Yes, the court promoted the Lord to the Right Assistant Censor, and was responsible for the rebellion of Miao in the three provinces of Hu, Guizhou and Sichuan. I think the rebellion of the three provinces will be completely quelled soon. Knowing people and responsibilities are good. This time the cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel have chosen the right person."

"That's not the result of Lord Huang working hard and placing people on his merits."

At this time, Wei Guangde stood quietly aside, watching Huang Guangsheng's conversation with those people, but his mind was recalling Huang Guangsheng's resume and another thing he planned.

Huang Guangsheng was the right envoy of the Sichuan Provincial Governor of the Jin Dynasty in the 30th year of Jiajing. He later served as the left envoy of the Sichuan Provincial Governor.

After nine years in Sichuan, the people were clear about their people's conditions and diseases. They re-compile Yao's documents in the province and adjust the dosage, but the officials were unable to understand the quality of the autumn grain and the remaining rice were used as the powerful and hidden people to exempt them from the genocide of grain and materials, so they always ordered them to take orders.

These practices gradually stabilized the entire Sichuan society.

In fact, ethnic minority rebellion is not only due to the disobedience of some people, but also the exploitation of local officials.

Huang Guangsheng was working hard to resolve this contradiction, so that all ethnic groups in Sichuan gradually stabilized.

His practices were naturally seen by the court, so after the ninth year of Sichuan, he returned to Beijing to report his duties under the order. He also made contributions to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the right assistant censor of the Censorate, and the military affairs of Huguang, Sichuan and Guizhou.

In ancient times, ethnic minority areas were always appointed by the central government and were in a state of autonomy. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the "restrained states" system of the Tang Dynasty was changed to the chieftain system. Chieftains were also called local officials, which were used to stabilize the border.

In the Ming Dynasty, the court tried to stabilize the situation in the southwest by using the method of combining kindness and power and ethnic minorities checks and balances, but large and small rebellions often occurred, and the turmoil in the southwest could not be pacified in the Ming Dynasty.

Since the pacification of the southwest during the Hongwu period, wars have always occurred in the southwest ethnic minority settlement areas. Therefore, the degree of turmoil in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty was no less than that in the northern borders. There were often large-scale social conflicts, and sometimes even worse. It is not an exaggeration to say that "a small rebellion is reversed every five years and a large rebellion is reversed every ten years" is not an exaggeration.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emergence of the Governor's position was closely related to the continuous outbreak of ethnic conflicts in the southwest region.

Speaking of which, the position of governor of Huguichuan was naturally established because of frequent rebellions in the jurisdiction. The first governor of Huguichuan was established in the 27th year of Jiajing, and the then governor was Zhang Yue.

During the twelve years after the establishment of the Governor, five governors had been frequently replaced. Huang Guangsheng was the sixth term accepted by the court. His purpose was naturally to allow him to use the practices he used in Sichuan to promote to Huguang and Guizhou, and to quell the rebellion of local ethnic minorities.

In fact, Huang Guangsheng, the right censor, was appointed as the censor, but since he was in the capital, he had to go to the Censorate to recognize the sect.

Now, when I came to the Censorate today, my colleagues naturally took him to the restaurant to celebrate his promotion from the right deputy chief envoy to the right assistant chief censor.

Huang Guangsheng has been promoted from governor to governor now, and he will definitely be a big shot in the head of the department in the future. Although the censors are not afraid of these high-ranking officials, they are unwilling to give up this connection easily.

Although the Censorate has great power, after all, the rank is there, and only a very small number of people can be promoted in the court. The final way out for the Censor is to serve as a sixth ministry or a local official, so he could not have been to this person.

After the toast gradually dispersed, Wei Guangde thought about it and finally made up his mind to take advantage of the fact that he went forward to talk to Huang Guangsheng while everyone was drunk.

"Mr. Huang, this time the governor of Hu Guichuan, I wonder how the Lord is planning to quell the rebellion of the three provinces, and is it promoting the reorganization of corvee labor in Sichuan?"

Wei Guangde felt that one of the important reasons why he could quell ethnic rebellion in Sichuan was that he restricted local officials from exploiting ethnic minority villages.

In the past, one province did this, but now three provinces will naturally do this.

However, this is very costly and is very easy to offend local gentry and chieftains, because the people who exploit the common people are not only the local officials who accept their destiny, but also the chieftains.

Wei Guangde personally thinks that Huang Guangsheng's trick is good, but it is very difficult to implement, and requires strong force to rely on it to intimidate the villain.

Huang Guangsheng opened his drunken eyes and looked at Wei Guangde, and replied with a smile: "In fact, most of the Miao people are not the barbarians in our eyes. What they want is nothing more than food and clothing. As for those with ulterior motives, they still need to suppress them by force."

"Give me the same kindness?"

"Yes, let the Miao people bathe in the court's kindness, force to shock the little ones, and the world is peaceful, haha."

Huang Guangsheng replied with a smile.

"Is a sir from Quanzhou, Fujian?"

Wei Guangde also echoed and smiled.

"Yes, I am from Linzhang, Panhu, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, and so are Lord Wei?"

Huang Guangsheng asked with a smile.

"I am from Pengze, Jiujiang Prefecture."

Wei Guangde smiled and said, "I wonder if you have heard of Yu Dayou."

"You said Zhifu, he is also from Jinjiang County, and I am a fellow villager, but he is a military householder of Quanzhou Guards."

When Huang Guangsheng heard Wei Guangde mention Yu Dayou, he narrowed his eyes slightly and thought in his mind what Wei Guangde mentioned Yu Dayou.

Speaking of which, Huang Guangsheng knew Yu Dayou. Yu Dayou was three years older than Huang Guangsheng, and Yu Dayou's books were not for nothing. He was considered a celebrity in Jinjiang County at the time. After all, he became a scholar in his teenage years.

Jinjiang County is so big that Huang Guangsheng naturally knew Yu Dayou, but later Yu Dayou took over his father's position as an army, and he passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, and his civil and military career was different. He said that he had not seen it for many years.

He naturally knew before that Yu Dayou had committed a crime in Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese, but now he has just won a battle in Datong. Although the imperial court's reward is a little short of it, after all, he has restored his hereditary military post, which is not a pity to his ancestors.

Huang Guangsheng didn't know why Wei Guangde mentioned Yu Dayou, so he began to be cautious, but soon he felt relieved.

"My father and General Yu were in Zhejiang to suppress the Japanese, and he admired him very much."

Wei Guangde first briefly talked about the relationship between Huang Guangsheng and Yu Dayou, and then began to introduce Yu Dayou's achievements in moving from Fujian to Guangdong and Guangxi, then to Zhejiang, and finally to Shanxi.

Huang Guangsheng nodded slightly while listening. He naturally knew a lot about this old classmate. Although he had never met after becoming an official, his name was often heard in Di Bao and in the officialdom.

Speaking of which, Yu Dayou has fought countless wars of all sizes, but he has returned to work as a hundred households until now, which is really sad.

". With General Yu's ability, he is absolutely more than enough to be the general of a province."

At this time, Wei Guangde had almost finished speaking, and then he looked at Huang Guangsheng to see his reaction.

At this time, if Huang Guangsheng didn't understand Wei Guangde's meaning, his official position would be in vain. This was to help Yu Dayou recommend himself.

Huang Guangsheng naturally didn't know Wei Guangde before. If he hadn't met him at the Censorate this time, he would have heard of his name and didn't know him.

"After the table is over, we will find a place to talk about this."

Huang Guangsheng understood Wei Guangde's meaning, nodded slightly and responded in a low voice.

After all, it is now at the banquet of the Censorate. They stood aside and whispered for so long, which has attracted the attention of some people.

"good."

Wei Guangde nodded with a smile and replied in a low voice.

Just as everyone in the Censorate was drinking in the restaurant and contacting each other, the atmosphere in the main hall of Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan was very depressing.

In theory, Datong won the war and completely resolved the crisis in the northern border. Altan's army had withdrawn from the Great Wall Pass. At this time, the government and the country should have a festive and peaceful atmosphere. However, a memorial from the Ministry of Revenue yesterday broke the cheerful atmosphere.

"I'll ask you guys to come here, you guys should have guessed the reason."

At this time, under the imperial throne, the cabinet ministers Yan Song and Xu Jie stood on the left, while the current Minister of Revenue Gao Yao stood on the right.

After Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, the three of them bowed slightly.

"This time, I thought the situation would be very bad, so the Ministry of Revenue raised silver from multiple sources, which was very good. It had raised as much as 300,000 taels, and there were still hundreds of thousands of taels later.

In theory, if this battle is won, the extra money will naturally be useless. It should be handed over to Taicang, and it can also supplement the court's expenses in the future. But why are so many yamen now trying to pull them away?

Now I will be lifted away. What should I do if the court wants to use the money in the future? Will you continue to write an IOU?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned and looked at the three people below, with an expression very unhappy.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Revenue submitted a memorial, which collected money from many provinces for the war, and raised nearly one million taels in the first batch, all of which threatened officials to force local governments to recover the taxes that had been owed over the years.

As a result, if you win this battle at once, you will naturally not have such a big expense.

The Ministry of Revenue has the money in its accounts, and although it has not been transported to the capital, many government offices have made up their minds.

The original purpose of this batch of silver was to be prepared to deal with the southern invasion of Altan. The various yamen wanted to take it away, but the Ministry of Revenue did not dare to agree easily. After all, it was reported to the emperor.

In order to deal with this battle, Emperor Jiajing sent his servants to the Ministry of Revenue to watch the process of collecting wages every day, and had to personally check the transfer of the money.

But they came to the Ministry of Revenue with notes, and the Ministry of Revenue could not drag it all the time. Seeing that the pressure gradually hit the Ministry of Revenue, they had to choose to hand over the conflict and let Emperor Jiajing decide. Should we use this batch of silver to make up for the deficits of the past years first, or what should we do?

At this time, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, walked two steps forward, bowed and saluted before saying, "Your Majesty, I know that the notes taken out by the major yamen are the expenses of the previous ones, and they should have been paid long ago, but I wrote an IOU because the Ministry of Revenue did not have any money.

The Tartars have retreated now, and there should be no major moves in the short term. The government offices may also think that the accounts have been owed a lot of time, and they just happened to have such a sum of money, so they will pay some first."

Yan Song stepped forward to answer, but Xu Jie, who was standing behind him, looked at Gao Yao secretly.

It must be said that he also sent someone to look for Gao Yao two days ago, because some related households wanted to withdraw money from the Ministry of Revenue. However, he did not expect that Gao Yao would actually go directly to the emperor in the end.

When Xu Jie thought that if the money arrived, he would pay some of it first. Even if the emperor knew about it, the money had been given, and it was all legitimate expenses, and there was nothing to say.

"If you give it, you can get rid of the accounts? The treasury will not be deficit this year, and there will be next year and the year after."

Emperor Jiajing said this, and everyone in the hall already knew that the emperor was interested in this batch of silver, so he planned to continue to pay back the accounts.

Although I don’t know what Emperor Jiajing is going to do with this money, I think that the expenses he spends every year are not only Yan Song and Xu Jie, but even Gao Yao feels a toothache and feels like he has done something stupid.

Emperor Jiajing did not notice the thoughts of the three.

Because he was really concerned about this batch of silver. After knowing that Datong might have defeated the Tartars and knew that the north could usher in a short period of peace, he was planning the use of this batch of silver.
To be continued...