novelonline Chapter 369 I am very familiar with Mr. Xia
Chapter 369 I am very familiar with Mr. Xia
After hearing Zhu Di's words, Yi Shiha hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the number from the Governor's Mansion on the right should... be delivered soon."
"Didn't the household department receive his money and food book?" Zhu Di frowned slightly.
Yishiha said: "Not yet."
Compared with other money and food income, Zhu Di is most concerned about the situation in Zhili as a whole.
The situation in Zuo Dudu's Mansion is very good, but compared to Zuo Dudu's Mansion, Zhu Di's center of gravity is more inclined to Right Dudu's Mansion.
Therefore, the situation of the Youdu Dudu's Mansion has not yet been sent, which makes Zhu Di quite unwilling.
"Urge the household department."
"Yes."
As Zhu Di said, he looked down at the memorial again, and he was fascinated.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji on the side said: "Grandpa Huang, it seems that he doesn't like it."
"It's not that I don't like it." Zhu Di looked up at Zhu Zhanji slowly, and then said, "It's just that I have hope in my heart, and I'm a little anxious."
"Then again, except for Guizhou, Yunnan and other chief envoys whose money and food books have not yet arrived, this is the Governor's Mansion. Guizhou and Yunnan are justifiable, after all, these places are remote. But today It's strange that Suiyou's governor's mansion hasn't arrived yet. Have you visited your uncle in the past few days?"
Zhu Zhanji said honestly: "I have been there."
"How is he?"
"Very good, don't worry, Grandpa Huang, Uncle is Wang Baming."
"What the hell..."
"This... this is what my companions said, that the bastard can live for 1000 years..."
Zhu Di couldn't help laughing and said, "You guy, he looks good too, doesn't he?"
"Yes."
Zhu Di nodded and said, "This will make me feel more at ease. Did he say anything to you?"
"Uncle said, you can't be ashamed to be a human being."
Zhu Di: "..."
Zhu Zhanji continued: "But one must be filial."
Zhu Di coughed: "It's not that you don't want to be ashamed, you also need to be ashamed."
Zhu Zhanji snorted.
After a pause, Zhu Di asked curiously, "Why did he teach you not to be ashamed?"
Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said: "Uncle said that shame should not be talked about, and...it is said that everything should be viewed from the perspective of interests, such as reading. If you don't allow the people to benefit, how can they Are you willing to let your children study? Don’t look at the people with an attitude of charity, but treat them as human beings, and use yourself to replace their thinking to think about problems. The people are not as stupid as imagined. Yes, but after a long time, the account can still be settled."
"For example, reading books. Over time, they will naturally know the benefits of reading, and they can change the fate of their children by reading. Therefore... there is no need to educate them, and they are willing to tighten their belts and send their children to school. If they use the method of benevolence and righteousness to encourage The common people, on the contrary, are looking for fish from a tree."
After hearing this, Zhu Di was thoughtful, and then he laughed and said, "Same evil helps each other, likes stay with each other, sympathizes with each other, likes desires each other, and likes benefits each other dies. Do you know what it means to share benefits and die together?" ?”
Zhu Zhanji said: "When the interests are consistent, it is enough to make people die together."
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji with relief, and then asked, "Where did this come from?"
Zhu Zhanji thought about it seriously, and then said: "It seems to be Shiji... It is the biography of Wu Wang Liu Bi."
Zhu Di nodded: "What Zhang Qing's family said is exactly the truth."
Zhu Zhanji looked confused: "I originally thought that my uncle didn't read books, so he can also quote scriptures. But...the emperor's grandfather... since there are words like uncle's in the scriptures and history, why didn't my grandson listen to the masters carefully?" Have you read these words?"
Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "Since ancient times, there have been many great Confucian scholars. Since the pre-Qin period, the knowledge handed down is innumerable, but how much has it been taught to you and taught people to remember? In the final analysis, the foundation of imparting knowledge is It still depends on people. Books are dead things, and those who can impart knowledge can decide what knowledge to impart to you, or interpret the knowledge."
"Because of this, the knowledge taught by your masters lies in what they think in their hearts. And what your uncle taught you also depends on what your uncle thinks?"
Zhu Zhanji suddenly realized, and said, "Which one is correct, masters or uncle?"
Zhu Di said: "A fool would think about this problem."
"And what about smart people?"
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Smart people only think, whichever is beneficial to me, I will believe what anyone says. If you are a son of a senior official, of course you should learn from the former, because you can only flaunt your virtues if you teach people benevolence, justice, and shame with earnest words. It can also keep your own interests from being infringed. But if you are a farmer’s child, what’s the use of learning the former? Can you have enough to eat?”
Zhu Zhanji seemed to have a sense of authenticity: "Then it's better to teach me uncle. Uncle taught me how to solve the problem."
Zhu Di fondled Zhu Zhanji's head.He said happily: "My grandson is like me."
Zhu Zhanji said obediently: "Grandpa Huang is also very knowledgeable."
Zhu Di said: "Of course. The education I received back then is not inferior to yours. Those who teach me knowledge must be famous scholars in the world, or unparalleled generals. How can I be so rude?"
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji said hesitantly: "But...but..."
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji with a smile: "But what?"
"But Grandpa Huang looks a bit rough." Zhu Zhanji dared to say this.
Zhu Di laughed loudly when he heard this, and said: "This is temperament. Knowledge is different from human temperament. Some people, in order to show their talents and learning, put on a gentle appearance, but they are just a fool. If you are truly knowledgeable, you will have a heart." How can someone who is strategic and economical use a gentle appearance to show himself."
Zhu Zhanji understood: "Oh, I understand."
Zhu Di continued to look at him with a smile and said, "What do you know?"
Zhu Zhanji said solemnly: "Mother and concubine seems to be wrong, I will go back and tell mother and concubine what the emperor said."
Zhu Di: "..."
Zhu Zhanji said: "My concubine always taught me to be polite and not to speak vulgar words. I will tell my concubine in the future..."
"Come on, come on." Zhu Di had a feeling that he seemed to be tricked by Zhu Zhanji.
Immediately flicked his head lightly, and then said: "It's almost done, I was talking nonsense just now, go, go, I have serious business."
Zhu Zhanji drooped his head, so he had no choice but to say: "Yes, Sun Chen is leaving."
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Right Dudu Mansion.
The entire Governor's Mansion was busy and crackling, full of the sound of calculating money and food.
The clerks sent the latest numbers one by one, and the clerks here are in full swing.
Many people can only rest three hours a day.
The business was too busy and completely exceeded expectations.
But there is no way, the right governor is already furious, although he has been urged repeatedly, but up to now, the account has not been calculated.
Gao Xiang didn't expect this sudden situation either, he smiled wryly, he was busy to make amends.
"Captain, it's not that the people below are not good at doing things. I really didn't expect that this year's tax situation is so complicated. There are too many workshops involved, as well as various merchants. If I knew this, I should increase the manpower in advance. In addition, it is necessary to conduct research in advance.”
Gao Xiang had a bitter face, wanting to cry but no tears.
He really didn't expect such a big mistake this time.
In previous years, the summer tax was sorted out at the beginning of summer, and then it was collected and finally compiled into a book.
These are old customs.
But this year, I found that there are far from enough tax collectors and clerks for calculation.
Up to now, other places have already entered the money and food books, but the right Dudu Mansion has not written a word yet.
Zhang Anshi frowned and said: "I didn't expect it in advance, now it's just a temporary hug, but the efficiency of this hug is so slow, people who don't know may think that our right-hand governor's mansion is incompetent!"
"Yes, yes." Gao Xiang said: "It's not that the Right Governor's Mansion is incompetent, it's that the lower officials are incompetent. Especially Taiping Mansion... the lower officials must... must..."
"Forget it." Zhang Anshi sighed, and continued: "What's the use of scolding you now? Just do your best."
"Then the household department..." Gao Xiang looked at Zhang Anshi cautiously.
As far as he knows, the household department has already issued several official documents to urge them.
The money and food in various places have already been counted, but the Youdu Dufu's mansion has not yet had a horoscope.
According to Gao Xiang's estimate, it may not be completed even after ten days and a half months.
In this way, the pressure on his family's governor can be imagined.
Among them, the most procrastinating one belonged to his Taiping Mansion. The situation in Taiping Mansion was more complicated, and it far exceeded his expectations as the Governor.
Zhang Anshi sighed: "What else can I do? I can do whatever I want! I don't need to worry about the affairs of the household department, and they didn't put a knife on my neck."
Gao Xiang listened, wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded and said: "Then the officer will continue to use his life."
Zhang Anshi took his seat, picked up the teacup, but did not drink it immediately, but said: "Although the matter of the summer tax is important, other tasks must not be slackened, such as attracting business, building roads, and arresting thieves, etc., cannot be taken lightly."
"It's natural."
Gao Xiang heaved a long sigh of relief. He knew Zhang Anshi's temperament, sometimes he was irritable and easily angered, but the only good thing was that he might forget about it when he turned around after scolding his mother.
Gao Xiang leaned forward and sat down: "Your official has heard some gossip."
"Aren't there fewer rumors and gossips outside now?" Zhang Anshi took another sip of tea, and continued: "Don't worry about what the outside world thinks."
"Yes." Gao Xiang said: "However, the lower officials are worried that some people want to separate His Highness the King of Shu from the governor."
Zhang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said, "Divorce?"
Gao Xiang said: "Exactly, suddenly I don't know what to do now. Many people say that the new policy of the Left Governor's Mansion is better than that of our Right Governor's Mansion. The Governor and the lower officials are people who understand, so naturally they don't believe these words."
"However, many people below thought that the Zuo Dudu's Mansion disapproved of us, so they held their breath and complained quite a bit."
Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Fuck it, what kind of dog did this happen?"
Gao Xiang said awkwardly: "Over there at the household department...these days, they have repeatedly praised Zuo Dudu's mansion..."
"Come on, come on." Zhang Anshi felt annoyed, he was really fed up with all kinds of endless gossip.
"Yes, let's not talk about it. The next official will continue to supervise the summer tax. Dudu, leave."
With that said, he stood up, turned around and prepared to leave.
Zhang Anshi suddenly said: "Wait, come back."
Gao Xiang stopped, then turned around and saluted: "What else does the governor have to say?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Go and check the situation at the household department. That's all, you can check it out."
Zhang Anshi waved his hand and asked Gao Xiang to continue to work on his own affairs, but someone called Chen Lilai instead.
When Chen Li came to him, he gave some instructions, and Chen Li kept nodding his head: "Yes, yes!"
The weather in the capital is getting cooler, and the pace of time never stops. This midsummer is coming to an end, and early autumn seems to be coming.
More than half a month passed, and despite repeated urgings from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the money and food books from the Yoududu Mansion still hadn't been delivered.
This sudden news caught the attention of the court all of a sudden.
Up to Wenyuan Pavilion, down to the ministries, at this time also began to discuss this matter.
Because this is something that has never happened since Hongwu.
The operation of the imperial court comes from money and food.
Because of the collection of the summer tax, the imperial court had money and food to start the next dispatch.
In fact, there are delays in various chief ministers and prefectures and counties, but such delays and overdue deadlines are often at most a few days.
After all, if everyone delays, then the court will not be able to function.
But this time...the delay was too long.
More than half a month has passed, and the right capital governor's mansion at the foot of the emperor has not yet sent the accounts, not to mention the Ministry of Households, even the princes of Wenyuan Pavilion can't help but ask.
But asking has no effect?
Whether it is Wenyuan Pavilion or the Ministry of Household Affairs, the following is given to any state capital, and the other party knows that he is overdue, and he is afraid that he will be trembling, walking on thin ice, so he hastened to offer it.
But the Governor's Mansion is like an old fritter, no matter how you urge him, his response will always be, hurry up, hurry up.
This is a bit unacceptable, but at this time, the Ministry of Households has nothing to do with them, so they have to worry.
In fact, they were anxious, and Zhang Anshi was also anxious. All these situations were beyond his expectation.
Speaking of which, he was also to blame for this, because he hadn't considered that so many workshops and merchants had appeared in the past year.
As a result, the original plan and manpower were far from enough.
Even for tax collectors, the workload of a single person is several times that of before, but it is obviously too late to recruit new recruits immediately. Now the tax collection and bookkeeping are technical tasks, not relying on the previous few servants. Going to the countryside and drinking a few big drinks can solve the problem.
Of course, Zhang Anshi's mentality is different from others.
At first, Zhang Anshi was a little panicked, but gradually, he was more urged, and he was relieved instead.
Anyway, it's already overdue, and this time it must have been delayed. In this case, a day's delay is a delay, isn't a month's delay also a delay?
What happened to me, Zhang Anshi, who was delayed for a few days?Look down on who?
This dead pig's attitude of not being afraid of boiling water immediately made the household department dumbfounded.
You know, a few days ago, you, Zhang Anshi, apologized and apologized, sincerely saying that you must use your life well.
Why did you turn your head and scold your mother?
At the end of July, seeing the Mid-Autumn Festival of the 12th year of Yongle is approaching, finally... the accounts are sorted out.
The Chief Financial Officer of You Dudu's Mansion personally took the booklet and sent it to Zhang Anshi.
Looking at the piles of notebooks, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said, "Don't show me this, I want to see the form."
Seeing Zhang Anshi's impatient look, the chief official hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the household house has indeed listed the form, please have the governor look it over."
Zhang Anshi took the form, looked at the number, and then fell into a state of bewilderment.
"No mistake, right?" Zhang Anshi raised his head with straight eyes.
"No." The chief official said very firmly: "It has been calculated, and there is absolutely nothing wrong. The money and food... are all put into the warehouse, and there is no way to make mistakes."
Zhang Anshi nodded. In fact, he knew he was right, but he was too shocked.
So he sighed: "This railway is not built in vain!"
After finishing speaking, he said again: "Hurry up and prepare a carriage for me, I want to go to the household department to plead guilty, the household department has been urging me for so long, we are really sorry for him, and we should go to the household department to plead guilty. "
"Yes." The official still felt a little strange.
This chief official, although there is a character in his name, but in fact, he is an official, and he is ranked in the eighth rank.
It can be said that he is Zhang Anshi's pocketbook. Naturally, he still knows Zhang Anshi's temper. When did the governor become so polite?
Immediately, the chariots and horses were ready, and Zhang Anshi set off immediately.
To the household department.
Here in the household department, as soon as they saw the people from the Youdu Dufu's mansion coming, almost all the officials in the household department rushed to tell them.
"The money and food from the Right Governor's Mansion have arrived."
Immediately afterwards, when everyone learned that the right governor was coming in person, they immediately hid in their public houses like a god of avoiding plague.
Zeng Guang, the servant of the household department, could only bite the bullet and greet him.
He bowed to Zhang Anshi and said, "Why do you want the governor to come in person? Just send a few civil servants to contact him."
Zhang Anshi didn't respond to his greetings, but said directly: "Where's Mr. Xia?"
"Duke Xia has gone to the palace." Zeng Guang said with a smile.
Zhang Anshi said with regret on his face: "It's been a few days since I left. I haven't seen Duke Xia, and I miss him so much after listening to his teachings. Unexpectedly... I won't be able to see each other today..."
After listening to Zeng Guang, he thought to himself, Duke Xia also said that he has nothing to do with Zhang Anshi?
Zeng Guang laughed dryly and said, "Duke Xia has been talking about the governor as well."
Zhang Anshi said: "I'm afraid it's just talking about the money and food of my right governor's mansion."
"Ah... this..." Zeng Guang was very embarrassed, and he couldn't answer these words!
Zhang Anshi said: "I personally delivered the money and food books, so it's a good luck."
As he said that, Zhang Anshi winked at the people who came with him, and someone came with baskets of account books.
Zhang Anshi said: "Hurry up and check the household department. This money and food is a big deal, so we can't delay it."
Zeng Guang's eyes were straightened, and he couldn't speak for a moment.
But Zhang Anshi said again: "Oh, yes, I have forms here, which are more intuitive. But your household department is obviously unwilling to accept these things. But it's okay, you can use them as a reference."