Chapter 468 467 Yan Song, I'm old

In the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, the court used the border service to the Yin Dynasty and ordered the world's students to take grain and get on horseback and be allowed to enter prison.

The examples selected above are the same as those of the year tribute.

This was the first time that the Ming Dynasty allowed to be imprisoned in the form of tribute, and the purpose of being imprisoned was naturally to enter the official career in the name of the Imperial College student. Although the grade was not high, he had an official position after all.

This routine was temporarily suspended after four years of practice, but in the second year of Chenghua, a great famine occurred in Nanjing. The guards suggested that the descendants of officials, soldiers and civilians be ordered to take grain to prison.

As a result, tribute became a common practice, and this example will be followed when the court lacks food, horses and even forage.

Although orthodox scholars criticized this, even the Minister of Rites Yao Kui wrote: "It is true that the Imperial College is a place for talent cultivation, and the imperial court has managed it. Recently, because of the 40-year-old student who was sent to the country, he was sent to the forty-year-old and was recruited to the horse. He was mobilized by tens of thousands of people, and he was unable to defeat his abuse. Now, he will do this again, and the world will be virtuous and the style of scholars will become increasingly ugly."

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty agreed and stopped taking examples from the student officials' documents. However, after that, whenever the court needed it, the Hongzhi, Zhengde and even the Jiajing Dynasty, they all used this to solve the problem of shortage of materials.

Now, Ge Jin once again applied to the Ministry of War to report this matter on the grounds that the Beijing camp was short of horses and it was difficult to raise Taipu Temple.

Yang Bo knew that Emperor Jiajing would definitely agree to this memorial. As for criticism from others, it would be up to them.

As the Ministry of War, solving military problems is the main task. As for criticism, when these people reach high positions and face this problem, paying tribute is still the last and only solution.

After carefully reading Zhang Shouzhi's statement, as usual, if a student from the Beijing Weiwu Army wishes to take silver and horses into the prison, he will take the martial arts teachers and students and the ward to protect the garrison. Those who have already received the custody and those who have not received the custody can receive 240 taels of silver, and those who have not received the custody can also handle this and come to Beijing to pay tribute.

In-service military generals can also pay tribute to get promotion. The tutoring requires 100 taels of silver, and the commander requires 140 taels of silver. The commander and above will receive 200 taels of silver. If they have made meritorious service for one year to four years, their duties will be reduced according to their years.

In the outer garrisons, there are those who are willing to receive the mission, the seal officials and servants. The governor of the governor of the seal and the governor of the seal and the horses were given four horses, and the silver was posted on the outside; the chief of the seal and the cloth were divided into eight taels of silver, three horses, and the silver was posted on the outside; the chief of the seal and the cloth were divided into eight taels of silver, and the horses were given on the outside; the chief of the seal and the cloth were divided into seventy taels of silver, and the horses were given on the outside; the chief of the chief of the seal and the cattle were given on the outside, and the chief of the capital was divided into sixty taels of silver, and the horses were given on the outside, and the chief of the capital and the chief of the capital and the provincial governments had 40 taels of silver, and the horses were given on the outside, and the 14 taels of silver were posted on the outside.

The leaders of each department and county government were 20 taels of silver and 15 taels of civil servants in the garrison, and the officials in the garrison were banned from the provincial government for their examinations and candidates.

It can be said that as long as you are willing to pay silver and pay tribute, you can buy almost all the middle and low-level officials, or even ordinary people pay tribute twenty taels of silver, you can be awarded a crown.

In fact, although the tribute paid by the crown is small, it is a large amount of income.

Local merchants and even small landlords will choose this as long as they have financial resources, because giving this money means that they can openly wear clothes made of materials that were not available before, just like scholars.

In feudal society, people's clothing was not only a reflection of beauty, but also a symbol of identity.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established a very strict clothing hierarchy system, and the clothing characteristics of different groups were significantly different.

For example, in the business group, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family and was used to profit-oriented businessmen since childhood, so he despised them very much. After ascending the throne, he also tried his best to crack down on the development of merchants, such as implementing a policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and not establishing a complete business tax system.

But the most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang distinguished merchants from other people in terms of clothing and did not allow good people to wear silk fabrics, in order to suppress the status of merchants.

To break this shackle, either the merchant family will have a background in the study seedlings, or the restrictions will be lifted by paying tribute.

In fact, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention, the tribute system should not be allowed, but the descendants of future generations cannot find a better way when facing difficulties that are really difficult to solve.

"I have nothing to say even if I follow the old rules."

Yang Bo has read the Tiaochen and knows that this idea should be the result of discussion between Zhang Shouzhi and Ge Jin, so he naturally cannot easily reject it, even if he actually doesn't want to use this method in his heart.

Looking at Ge Jin, Yang Bo said, "Mr. Ge, you have drafted this memorial. I will submit it to you at that time."

"Yes, sir."

Like Yang Bo, Ge Jin was both from the Jinshi list. It is impossible to say that it is impossible to have no idea about tribute, but sitting in this position, all he can think about is how to solve the problem.

He has already learned the reason for the lack of horses in Beijing through investigation, but what can it be?

I can only try my best to gather a batch of horses from Taipu Temple. Even if the horses are gone again in a few years, the successor will continue to find a way to get them together.

A dilapidated small temple outside Nanjing City has changed its usual desertedness. Outside the temple, several strong warriors stood around, monitoring every move around. More than a dozen horses were tied to the trees, and horses were neighing from time to time.

"I just said that old guy Yan Song was not kind-hearted. How much effort we have spent in recent years to open up the trade routes along the Yangtze River. They were like pinching Jiujiang and robbing our business."

A burly man cursed in a low voice.

"Okay, now what's the use of saying this? I'll think about how we should react after the capital is in the future."

Another fat man, rich, advised him.

"I said, Mr., this is robbing the territory of your former military governor's office. Don't you say a few words?"

The man smiled and said to a middle-aged man with a national face. When he saw that this person was very arrogant, he thought he was a person with a high status.

"Yes, your son-in-law sent the message. Don't you have any idea in your mind? You even called us to discuss. What should you discuss? Stop it directly, don't give the face to the man named Yan. Just step on the kid Hu Zongxian and ask the escorted money from the provinces below to send to Nanjing first, and we will help him take care of it."

The fat man seemed to be a bad person, and began to come up with bad ideas.

"They thought that pinching Jiujiang would cut off our financial path, so there would be no such good things."

The middle-aged man was naturally Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei. This time he sneered a little disdainfully.

"What if His Majesty really agrees to them? I can only ensure that the ship arrives in Anqing and is safe. When I arrive in Jiangxi, I will have nothing to do with the water surface of Huguang."

The person who spoke was the fat man Li Tingzhu. He was the founding hero of Li Wenzhong in the early Ming Dynasty. He was appointed as the Marquis of Linhuai and is currently the governor of the Left Army of Nanjing and the governor of Cao Jiang.

Admiral Caojiang was an official position set up by the Ming Dynasty. Admiral Caojiang was in Nanjing and led the defense of the upper and lower rivers. The Yangtze River waterway east of Anqing Prefecture was under his jurisdiction.

The title of Marquis of Linhuai was a descendant of Duke Cao Li Wenzhong. After Li Wenzhong's title of Duke of the Kingdom was passed to his son Li Jinglong's generation, it was abolished by Zhu Di. Later, in the Jiajing Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing found Li Wenzhong's descendants and gave him the title of Marquis of Linhuai.

Therefore, the Li family suffered huge losses in the army, which was not comparable to the family like Duke of Wei who had been active in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Even the sincerity Liu Shiyan was not as good as the one who was sincere. No matter what, the Liu family had already sank into the Jiangnan Guard Station early and controlled the real power of many Guard Stations.

"Actually, when I contacted Yan Maoqing, I was wondering why they gave us so much sea salt so kindly. I guess they wanted to use our relationship to transport private salt to Jiangxi, Huguang and other places. With the help of the Yangtze River waterway, it would be more profitable than those private salt dealers who carried on their shoulders and crossed mountains and ridges."

Liu Shiyan spoke at this time.

"Stop talking too far, I'm here to discuss this matter."

Xu Pengju spoke.

"You haven't told the people in the city yet?"

Liu Shiyan asked.

"I didn't say that, I'll notify you when I received the letter today. Those people, who are officials in Nanjing today, may not be the same tomorrow, but they are not as hereditary golden rice bowl as you and me."

Xu Pengju explained.

"Indeed, those people's hearts are even more greedy than us, but who told them that they have no life? Hehe?"

Liu Shiyan said with a smile.

"Mr. Is there any way to deal with the Yan family?"

At this time, Li Tingzhu suddenly asked.

"Something is a bit of an idea, but it's not mature."

Xu Pengju said, "Whether it is the Poyang Guard or the Jiujiang Guard, it is under the rule of our former army's governor's office, even the entire Jiangxi Metropolitan Command. This is the business of our former army. When will it be his turn to make trouble?

Since he wanted to interfere in the affairs of my former army, I could not agree. They wanted to integrate the entire Poyang Lake and the Jiujiang water surface. Just right, the Jiangxi Dushi is actually under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Sometimes the group of people under our command still have many constraints when doing things. Why not take this opportunity to remove the Poyang garrison position and incorporate the Nanhu Water Camp into the Thousand Houses of the Jiujiang Guard's Rear Army."

"That's not your in-laws' territory?"

Liu Shiyan frowned slightly and said.

"Will the Ministry of War agree?"

Li Tingzhu also said, "In fact, it is better to merge with the Anqing Water Camp under my command than to merge with my subordinate Anqing Water Camp. At that time, as long as I am still in the throne of the Admiral Caojiang, our ship can enter and exit Jiangxi at will."

"Admiral Caojiang was originally responsible for the river surface of Nanzhili, and it was difficult to expand the management waterway to Jiangxi."

Xu Pengju shook his head and said, "It's easier for His Majesty to agree to my proposal. At that time, the Nanhu Water Camp can be almost abolished, and only retain the strength and replenish the rear thousand-household offices, and reduce the military pay in Jiangxi."

"A Nanhu Water Camp may not object to the Ministry of War."

Liu Shiyan said after a moment of silence.

"Jiujiang Guard swallowed the Nanhu Water Camp, and our boat could walk horizontally in Poyang Lake. Before, we had to help cover up the situation in various places. Now we can transport private salt directly to Jiangxi prefectures through water.

Let your son-in-law walk around the capital and the people of the Ministry of War more, and also have activities at Mr. Xu and Mr. Yuan. In this way, you should be able to fight Mr. Yan in the cabinet."

Li Tingzhu's eyes rolled around at this time and she spoke.

There are actually not many government offices in the capital who can speak out on this issue, namely the Ministry of War and the Cabinet.

The Jiangxi Dushi is nominally the jurisdiction of the former military governor's office, but in fact the power has been taken away by the Ministry of War. The abolition of a Nanhu Water Battalion actually has little impact on the Ministry of War. The more important influence is the Jiangxi Dushi, which has lost a thousand taels of silver.

As long as the Ministry of War can support their opinions, only the cabinet will remain.

Originally, Yan Song should have the most say in the cabinet, but this matter was caused by the Yan family. They knew that it would be impossible to find the Yan family. It would be better to force Xu Jie and Yuan Wei to take over Ge Lao Yan.

Who has not had any ambitions for those who have entered the cabinet? No matter what, Yan Song is in his eighties, how long can he stay in the position of prime minister?

Not to mention before, even now, if the three people present see Yan Song, they should still be delighted and respond respectfully, but this does not mean that the three people respect Yan Song from the bottom of their hearts.

Unlike those of them who have hereditary titles, Yan Song is now able to hold the throne of the chief minister by Emperor Jiajing's favor, but he is so old that he still has to step down all his official positions when he can't do it. What's the difference between him and ordinary people at that time?

But they are different. Even if they don’t have real positions, they still have a title and still have a grade, which is incomparable.

"I mean the same thing. I will first divide the money I earned in the past two months by 100,000 taels and send it to the capital, so that Guangde can go to the event."

Xu Pengju spoke.

"A hundred thousand taels, isn't it too much?"

Liu Shiyan immediately said a little dissatisfied, "Twenty or thirty thousand taels should be enough."

"If you want to persuade Xu Jie and Yuan Wei to speak out, you won't get any more benefits, I'm afraid that people will not stand up."

Xu Pengju said, "Send the silver first, just look over there."

"I'm afraid that half of the profit will be dissatisfied with the people in the city and the boys below."
To be continued...