Chapter 77 Ambergris

After Zhou Mengchen returned, he informed that he had not yet come to his money and would not even have any funds from the Ministry of Revenue in the future.

However, Yin Zhengmao and the others didn't care.

Instead, I care more about whether the military weapon surveillance can be accomplished.

In fact, military weapon surveillance was a very important department in the Song Dynasty. It was just suppressed in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, there are precedents for strengthening the military weapons and supervision offices. In many cases, this is the case. Anything with precedents is easier to deal with. In their opinion, although this is difficult, if a minister of the Ministry of Revenue strongly advocates it.

This may really happen.

After all, most civil servants know Zhou Mengchen's identity. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will probably not block Zhou Mengchen's way.

If one person attains enlightenment, the chicken and the dog will ascend to heaven.

The Military Arts Supervision Office was established, Zhou Mengchen was promoted, and the newly established Military Arts Supervision Office was established. Even if the original team was created, there would be many new vacancies. Some of these vacancies need to be transferred from outside, and some of them need to be filled in by the people below.

That is, Yin Zhengmao and Ling Yunyi have too little experience. If they have a seventh-rank resume for one or two years, they can be promoted to a sixth-rank official this time.

Of course, even if you have shallow qualifications, there is no way to do so. You can exercise your rights, that is, an agent. Although you do not have enough qualifications, you can take up the position first.

Therefore, this is of great benefit to them. Although the Ministry of Revenue allocation is important, aren’t difficulties in the face of such benefits?

However, Zhou Mengchen did not expect the sudden change in the situation.

Almost two days later, the cabinet made a statement that Wang Gao, the Minister of Revenue, was dismissed from office on the spot because he did not buy ambergris and was exiled to Leizhou. Liu Chuxiu, the Minister of War, replaced him.

This incident not only scared Zhou Mengchen, but also scared all the civil and military officials of the court.

It was really a thunder exploding, too fast and too fast.

No one could react. The day before, the most important minister of the Ministry of Revenue was among the six ministries, and the day after that, he was a prisoner who was exiled for three thousand miles. Suddenly, the court and the country lost voices.

I don't know how to deal with this.

Zhou Mengchen immediately couldn't sit still, and he went to find Teng Xiang without saying that.

To be honest, Zhou Mengchen didn't care who was the Minister of Revenue before, it was not his business. But now it's different. Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue just drew a cake for him, and the smell had not smelled, and Wang Shangshu fell down himself. He didn't understand what was going on, and he couldn't even sleep.

As Huang Jin's adopted son, Tengxiang is also the successor of Huang Jin's robe and bowl, and has the most well-informed news in the palace.

Zhou Mengchen invited Tengxiang out, and Tengxiang was also prepared. The two of them prepared two or three side dishes. Before they could eat a few bites, they heard Zhou Mengchen ask. Tengxiang said, "This is not what the emperor means. To be honest, in the palace, there is still some ambergris in stock. Most of them are purchased in the big house. The households have a small number of responsibilities. This is also the great work of the palace rituals in the past few years. Ambergris consumed a huge amount of money, so they felt that they were unable to make ends meet. Moreover, after Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue took the initiative, he never bought ambergris for the palace from beginning to end. That is, people below picked it up by the sea, handed over to the court, prefectures and counties, and submitted it to the Ministry of Revenue."

"To be honest, even if the emperor wants to deal with Wang Shangshu, he will not use this excuse. The emperor is still shameless."

Many people don’t know why Jiajing’s cultivation of immortals and practices can exhaust the national treasury, so that he can’t afford to pay now.

Not to mention anything else, just take the spice of ambergris for example. It can be said that two inches of gold are worthless, but in the rituals, they are burned in pieces, pearls are mud, gold is powder, dragons are smoke, and jade is burning.

In short, the emperor's expenses on this are definitely something that many people cannot imagine. Just look at the bills, and it can be hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels. It is just that poverty limits your imagination.

But Jiajing still has a sense of responsibility.

He was still very clear about the division between the inner treasury and the Ministry of Revenue. He knew that some things would be done by civil servants, and it would be a lot of things. It would be better to let the eunuch do it.

In addition, after the Mercury Incident, the number of ambergris purchased by Da'ei was very small. It was nothing more. It was only a few masters to use it. In fact, it was not much to use it for 24 hours a day. It was mainly various rituals, and Jiajing no longer carried out large-scale methods.

Therefore, it is normal for the Minister of Revenue to buy ambergris in the palace.

After all, Wang Shangshu even cut the funds from the Ministry of Works, so he could not care about the ambergris, which had nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood.

Zhou Mengchen said, "What's going on with Wang Shangshu?"

Tengxiang lowered his voice and said, "I have inquired, but it was unanimous for the cabinet. The three great scholars signed the letter, and even the emperor wanted to give him a slight slight. Besides, many people in the palace were also very dissatisfied with Shangshu Wang, and His Majesty actually disliked him for being too rigid. Then he went with the flow."

It is said that if you are in charge of your family for three years, you will be disgusted with it.

Wang Shangshu was the entire Ming Dynasty family, and his family was not enough money, so he naturally searched everyone. He was selfless in many things and said that he would not give money, so he would not give money. This invisibly offended many people.

These people will not understand the difficulty of the country, but will only feel that Wang Shangshu is not giving face.

As for the emptiness of the treasury, does it have anything to do with me?

Zhou Mengchen said: "Isn't Master Xia incompatible with Master Yan? How could it be?"

Tengxiang said: "I don't know the specific situation, but I heard that Wang Shangshu wrote a letter to oppose this reconciliation. This memorial was drowned in the cabinet, and no sound came from it. Moreover, the new Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Liu Chuxiu was also an old minister. He was a Jinshi during the Zhengde period. Now he is 65 years old. He was once the governor of Liaodong and has achieved great success. However, he was only two or three years ago. He has been reinstated for office for two or three years. It seems that he has a very distant relationship with both sides. The palace says that Mr. Xia Ge was a hero who cut off his arm and would rather give up the power of the Ministry of Revenue than tolerate Wang Shangshu."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a moment. The Minister of Revenue fell into the hands of a neutral faction, which was not a good thing for Xia Yan, which greatly reduced Xia Yan's real power. Moreover, the Minister of Revenue came from the Ministry of War. If he was right, the Ministry of War was Yan Song's territory.

He estimated that Xia Yan made a major concession for this thunder method.

Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but feel bitter. He said, "The gods above fight. I am a commoner, I don't want to participate, nor dare to participate. It's just that Wang Shangshu promised me something before, but now I don't know what to do." Then Zhou Mengchen told Teng Xiang the whole story.

Tengxiang pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't you ask Mr. Wang?"

Zhou Mengchen said, "Ask Wang Shangshu?"

Tengxiang said: "Although people say that the tea is cold, today Xia Yan's actions are very heartbroken. The ancestors said that His Majesty is not happy. Xia Yan's actions were made, and he agreed to take action first and then report. If he couldn't say that, he was forcing the palace. Wang Shangshu was in charge of the national treasury for many years, without any contribution, and had worked hard. When he was old, he ended up like this? Among the scholars, he was very disappointed with Xia Yan. Xia Yan was destroying his foundation."

"Although Wang Shangshu was exiled to Leizhou, he received sympathy from all over the world. Moreover, Wang Shangshu is a human being, and he has a beginning and an end. If you ask him, even if he has no choice, he will give you some advice."

In fact, what is Xia Yan’s biggest capital?

Is his disciples and old officials all over the world? Is his talent in governing the country? Is his noble character?

No, it’s not, it’s because he was the hope of a scholar. Many civil servants were willing to cooperate with Xia Yan instead of Yan Song when they reached a high position. This gave Xia Yan the greatest capital. Today, Xia Yan did such a thing, which seemed to be thunderous and terrifying to the world. But the world’s hearts were only scared and no longer admired.

It is hard to say whether Xia Yan’s gains are not worth the loss.

The relationship network in the Shilin is extremely complicated, unless it is difficult for outsiders to explain clearly. What is going on? Wang Shangshu was dismissed for this reason and ended up like this. Although others left, the relationship network has not been broken. It may not be possible to operate some major events, but it is easy to match Zhou Mengchen and point out a clear path.

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen suddenly realized and said, "I understand. Thank you Brother Teng for your advice. Without further ado, I will go to visit Mr. Wang."
Chapter completed!