Yan Song fell, and Xu Jie took over as the first assistant.
After three years of governance by the Xu Jie cabinet, the situation of the Ming Dynasty not only did not get better, but also became worse and worse than the period of the Yan Party, the northern Tatars and the southeast were constantly disturbed, coupled with natural disasters, officials owed money, the people were even more miserable, the state affairs were unbearable, and the treasury of the Ming Dynasty bottomed out again.
After Xu Jie's continuous impeachment, Jiajing angrily beheaded Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and others, and raided their homes to fill the treasury and tide the Ming Dynasty through this difficulty.
The more than 10 million taels of silver obtained from the raid were all distributed before they could afford to make careful calculations: the household department, the military department, the official department, and more importantly, the Ministry of Engineering for Jiajing to repair the palace......
Xu Jie, who originally planned to play Chen this afternoon, immediately came to Yuxi Palace with Song Shu after learning about the inscription incident of Hai Rui's Liubiju who had just entered Beijing, just because he was worried that Hai Rui's operation would make Jiajing think wildly and involve King Yu.
After Jiajing listened to Xu Jie's distribution plan for this 10 million taels of silver, he was silent for a long time, because it was only allocated 1.5 million taels to the Ministry of Works, which was responsible for repairing the palace, which was not enough......
Jiajing
It's nothing more than a fire in the east and a wind in the west, and the sky can't fall yet. As long as it's annoying, I like to hear it.
What does it mean to "catch fire in the east"? What does it mean to "blow the wind in the west"? Wars are continuous, people are paying more taxes and are displaced, and what officials are still in arrears? Jiajing's "nothing more" shows that these are not things, the sky of the Ming Dynasty has not fallen, and the Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen.
"I like to hear about troubles...... As a leader, do you like to worry about things, like troubles? But Jiajing is in front of Xu Jie, who likes to worry about things? If Yan Song was here, I wouldn't have heard these "troubles", can you Xu Jie? Can you shelter me from the wind and rain?
Then, as if he couldn't hear Jiajing's yin and yang weirdness, Xu Jie continued to report the distribution plan drawn up by the cabinet to Jiajing.
Xu Jie
More than 10 million taels of silver, 6.3 million taels were directly distributed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, and I don't know how much silver was returned to the people by the Ministry of Households.
Jiajing became a demon again, and said in a yin and yang voice:
Divide it. There are also provinces that owe Yulu, all of them have spoken out, and all this money has been divided.
Xu Jie, you continue to divide it, I don't care, hurry up and finish these things......
But when Lu Fang took over the ticket of the ministry and was about to write a red review, Jiajing's voice sounded again:
Lu Fang, change to an ice towel.
Note: At this time, Lu Fang had not yet given the ticket to approve the red, but was interrupted by Jiajing, as a eunuch with Jiajing's palm print for forty years, could he still not understand Jiajing's careful thinking? This is obviously dissatisfied with Xu Jie's distribution.
It means to tell Xu Jie: Wait for the allocation to the Ministry of Industry, I hope you will do it yourself!
After the vote of the ministry is approved, the vote of the household department is drafted, can Xu Jie handle it?
Xu Jieba said a lot, first of all, Jiangxi was plagued by disasters, and then Shun was seriously taxed, in order to show Jiajing that it was not easy for the people?
No, no, but to draw out the number of silver taels that were allocated to the households and returned to the people: two million taels!
The household department asked for 2 million silver to be repaid to the people who had added taxes, of which 600,000 taels were allocated to Shuntianfu.
The household part goes to two million taels......
A total of more than 10 million taels, after the distribution of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Households, 8.3 million taels were used, how much can be left for Jiajing to repair the palace?
Jiajing now has only one thought: You Xu Jie's is too unattainable, can I still cultivate my palace view?
Now Jiajing was angry, and when he ran out of money, he directly ordered to raid his house:
Wanping Daxing has not taken the two county orders!
First raided their homes and returned the people's money!
It's this trick again: Plundering the official! Do you feel that this trick is very familiar?
Jiajing's purpose in doing this was to let Xu Jie's give less points to the household department and more points to the Ministry of Industry.
But it is obvious that Xu Jie does not want to be the second Yan Song, and he does not want to offend the officials and the people of the world in order to please Jiajing. Facing Jiajing, he continued:
It's not enough to just raid their homes. In fact, these two million are not enough to refund the overpaid taxes and calm people's hearts.
It's not enough to copy the house, Your Majesty, these two million taels are also not enough for the household, for the people of the world, for the sake of appeasing the people, and for the stability of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to be wronged?
The emperor's household department still approved the red vote.
Up to now, Lu Fang, who is Jiajing's personal eunuch, is only a tool for criticizing red and holding ice towels in the dialogue between Jiajing and Xu Jie, and he hasn't said a word today, why?
Lu Fang relied on "thinking twice for officials", because he didn't want to and didn't want to oppose Xu Jie's support for various ministries, once he said his opposition, how could he still retreat in the situation of the imperial court?
In addition, because of Feng Bao's tandem in it, Lu Fang and Yuwang have basically reached a consensus, and Xu Jie's performance this time needs Lu Fang's cooperation to successfully survive Jiajing's difficulties.
With the current emperor on one side, the cabinet chief assistant and the future emperor on the other, what can Lu Fang do?
Facing Xu Jie's approach at this time, Jiajing focused on Lu Fang:
I'm willing to do it, what else are you pretending?
Dial it, dial it. It's nothing more than a broken place where I live, and everyone in the palace is wearing old clothes and going to the street to beg for food!
Lu Fang, it's time for you to come forward, in the past, when facing Yan Song, you could keep up with any look, why didn't you say a word today?
Lv Fang
At this point, Lu Fang had to stand up and speak for Jiajing, he couldn't bitter the monarch and the emperor, Xu Ge Lao.
Elder Xu Ge, half of the emperor's longevity palace has been repaired, and the 100,000 mouths in the palace are waiting to eat.
The Cabinet did not count this money?
Originally, Lu Fang could still maintain the same front as himself, and let Jiajing sign this vote, but now because of Jiajing's words, Lu Fang has to think about Jiajing, Xu Jie's side is the only one left, how can he withstand it?
The ministers and others have all agreed, and the remaining more than 2 million yuan will be submitted to the palace, 1.5 million yuan will be repaired to the Wanshou Palace, and the rest will be used for various expenses in the palace.
No matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter about your father.
In the face of this Jiajing Emperor, who has played checks and balances perfectly, this is what Xu Jie and Yan Song have in common: cautious, cautious!
But is Jiajing satisfied? More than 10 million taels of silver, only 1.5 million for himself? After such a long time, why didn't this Xu Jie?
With his eyes closed, not to mention letting Lu Fang criticize him, Yuxi Palace immediately became silent! After a long time, Jiajing broke this situation:
Destroy wealth and eliminate disasters. I have divided all this money, and Heaven should make me healed.
Lu Fang, it's all red.
Is it important to give a vote to be red, or is the emperor's dragon body important?
As an emperor, I need to say the words to destroy wealth and eliminate disasters to comfort myself, I don't want to cultivate this Wanshou Palace, I will destroy wealth and eliminate disasters......