Chapter 98: The Son of Heaven Loves Furniture
Chapter 98 �
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and has a lot of trouble. Many things have not been decided. Yellow River Bank is also an exception now. There may not be any recurrence in the future. I think Your Majesty should wait." Zhou Mengchen said: "You must always be foolproof to let Your Majesty end. After all, the money from the inner treasury is not easy."
Jiajing understood as soon as he heard this, although Zhou Mengchen said every word about eunuchs, this kind of emotion was actually for eunuchs.
Jiajing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He actually knew that although many people whitewashed the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the eunuchs have always been a group that did not succeed or do anything. Perhaps there are a few eunuchs who are generally capable of genetic mutations, but that is a very small number of them.
It’s like in the Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao used a simple method to judge who is capable. He probably has the ability.
Jiajing also had the same feeling, that is, the more capable the better the ministers are, the more difficult it is to control. The better the ministers are, the more useful they are, and they are not capable of controlling.
This is also a fact.
Anyone with ability has some of his own temper and his own ideas. Senior talents are not marionettes. This is why Jiajing has been using Yan Song. He doesn't know that Yan Song's ability is actually not very good?
In Jiajing's view, Yan Song's greatest competitiveness lies in that although he is not very capable, he is above the level. He is definitely not a kind of minister who is useless. However, Yan Song is 100% obedient, which makes Jiajing very satisfied, satisfying Jiajing in the harem, and using the least strength to control the major affairs of the world.
The same is true for eunuchs. If you really have the ability, you will have status. For example, eunuchs Zheng He. Even Renzong Xuanzong was relatively polite to Zheng He. Many times, they regarded Zheng He as a minister rather than eunuchs.
This is also a respect for Zheng He's ability and influence.
Now Jiajing's opinion is that only three or five eunuchs in the palace can be used. He is not relieved if he really wants to release them to take care of the money.
Jiajing thought for a while and said, "You are right, right? Isn't Zhang Siwei capable? Let Zhang Siwei be responsible for establishing a bank."
Zhou Mengchen said: "Then the bank's Treasury Debt Department?"
Jiajing said, "Please share it together. Anyway, there should be nothing at the beginning. When there is too much in the future, just ask Zhang Siwei to remove his part-time job. By the way, you can pass on the message to Duke Feng and ask him to select the noble children who are good at playing things with Zhang Siwei and learn well."
Zhou Mengchen knew that after Jiajing did not choose eunuchs as the bank supervisor, he decided to choose from the nobles. After all, the nobles were no longer good, but they were still with the country. There would be no problem with their loyalty to Jiajing.
Let Duke Feng, that is, Li Ru, choose people. In fact, it is also a compensation for the death of Fengcheng Hou. The same reality is revealed, that is, Jiajing would rather deal with the death of Fengcheng Hou.
Although Jiajing was angry with such despicable means to murder the ministers of the country, Jiajing did not want to stir up this matter, which caused a lot of controversy and lost face. After all, the dignity of the nobles is sometimes the dignity of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Li Ru needed to shut up.
Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "Zhang Siwei will be in the emperor's heart in the future."
If Zhou Mengchen had not had a clear feeling about this matter before, it was very clear at this moment. There was no other way, but there were not many professional talents who could manage bank affairs, even if there were many gaps on the Yellow River Bank. Zhang Siwei would be in charge of this bank for a long time in the future.
If done well, it can bring Jiajing a steady stream of money. How could Jiajing not pay attention to it?
Perhaps, Jiajingxin, a favorite minister, is about to be released.
This is how the emperor was, with generations of favorite ministers. If Zhou Mengchen had not jumped out of the role of favorite ministers and became one of the important ministers, from the 23rd Jiajing to the present, more than ten years have reached the point where the sex was declining but the love was slow.
Jiajing has come to this point. Is there any other way Zhou Mengchen can do?
Of course there is nothing.
Zhou Mengchen and Fang Dun looked at each other and agreed.
Then Jiajing said, "After you go down, go and see Zhang Siwei, and then let him come to see me."
Jiajing didn't care much about important officials related to the court. However, Jiajing cared about Jiajing's own private money. The reason why Zhou Mengchen first saw Zhang Siwei was that he didn't want Zhang Siwei to ask questions and not know anything. Only after he could he understand the situation could he explain the matter clearly when summoned.
In this way, Zhou Mengchen and Fang Dun retreated.
Walking in the palace, Fang Dun sighed and said, "There is nothing to do in the ninth level, and the emperor loves his family."
After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen immediately said, "Sir, be careful, this is in the palace."
Fang Dun shook his head and said, "I understand." But in this way, Fang Dun no longer had the desire to speak.
It can be seen from Jiajing's use of Fang Du, that Jiajing was not confused. At least in the professional field of finance, he chose a professional talent. Fang Du spent his whole life in the Ministry of Revenue. Maybe he could not increase revenue, but he did a very good job of reducing expenses.
Fang Dun actually adheres to a mentality of serving the king and is doing things. But what Jiajing does today is so disappointing.
How big the financial gap was in the court that the disaster relief funds were not enough. I don’t know how many hands there were in various places, so I asked the Ministry of Revenue for money. Fang Dun was just a talent after all, and a qualified Minister of Revenue, not a god. Where did he turn stones into gold?
As a result, there is money in the palace, so that's fine. After all, there has always been money in the Jiajing palace, and Fang Dun knew about it.
Even Fang Du was happy to see this matter. Because he felt that although the financial situation of the court was so difficult, this was not the most difficult situation, so there was a certain amount of savings in the inner treasury, which was right as the ballast stone of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Fang Dun did not speak to Jiajing easily in many things even if he was short of money. Even if he spoke, he would compress the quantity as much as possible.
Fang Dun did this because he meant to add the money in the palace and within his own coordination scope. It was the reserve fund for the entire court when it was the most dangerous.
Then, Emperor Jiajing would rather take out the money and lend it to him.
Once Jiajing does this, if something big happens in the world, it will require a urgent payment. Where will Fang Du go to do it? You must know that it will take time to make money.
This disappointed Fang Du.
Zhou Mengchen was afraid that Fang Dun would say something wrong again, so he could only walk out of the palace gate with Fang Dun dumbly.
Zhou Mengchen said, "I'm going to see Zhang Siwei and Uncle Fang together now?"
Fang Dun was a little excited and said, "I won't look at your people."
Zhou Mengchen said: "It is because it is my person that Uncle Fang wants to take a look. Don't let me take preconceptions and mislead the major affairs of the court. After all, this bank treasury bond is the top priority. In the future, most of the money used by the court may have to be released from here."
Fang Dun moved slightly and said, "What does nephew mean?"
Zhou Mengchen said: "The reason why Your Majesty is unwilling to allocate funds to the Ministry of Revenue is actually because once he is given to the Ministry of Revenue, he doesn't want to come back at all. It's a bottomless pit that cannot be filled. But if the money is not in the palace, there are many things to say, such as national debt."
Fang Dun said, "Why don't you want interest?"
Zhou Mengchen said: "It's only interest."
Fang Dun said, "Where can you do it? Only interest-----" and he was stunned. He quickly turned a corner in his mind. The money was the money of the inner treasury, and the money of the inner treasury was the money of the imperial court. The Ministry of Revenue used the money of the imperial court and did not need to pay it back. It was just that the money was just a reputation as a national debt. Moreover, he was not going to be the Minister of Revenue for a lifetime. He had been in the Ministry of Revenue for several years. At most two or three years, he would have to go down or change his position. There was no intention of letting a person be the Minister of Revenue forever.
These things can be thrown to the future Minister of Revenue. As for how the Minister of Revenue will handle these debts in the future and what matters are related to someone else. You should know that when someone else took office as the Ministry of Revenue, he was also ordered to take over a big mess for his ex. How can the ministers behind him be safe?
Chapter completed!