Chapter 241 My money!
Lu Dayou sensed the danger, so he went to find his old boss Fang Dui overnight.
"Teacher! I'm afraid that guy Fang Wanghai noticed something and detained several Yuezhou fellows. You have to take action!"
Fang Rui was old and he could barely read the words on the newspaper clearly by holding the newspaper far away.
But to read the newspaper at night, the whole room needs to be lit up. The candles in this room are all sent by Lu Dayou on weekdays. The money for candles in this house every month is a lot of money.
But Fang Rui hasn't bought anything in person for a long time. Although he is the Minister of Household Affairs, he doesn't know how much a pound of grain or a candle costs on the market today.
In other words, when officials reach the level of Fang Pu, they have no contact with ordinary people. They are no longer the same species as ordinary people.
This is just like Emperor Jiajing who said that he "can only wear eight sets of clothes in four seasons." Fang Rui is not a greedy person, but he also doesn't know how much candle money his house uses every month. Ancient books sent by his disciples and former officials It is a rare book from the Song Dynasty. How much does one of these ancient books cost?
He also didn't know how much money he needed for his increasingly large property in his hometown in Yueyang and how much one acre of high-quality paddy field cost.
Fang Blun put down the newspaper. After the last time, he originally didn't want to talk to Lu Dayou anymore, but after so many years of teacher-student friendship, Fang Blun still softened his heart.
He hated the iron and said: "What can you do to me? That Fang Wanghai is the Minister of Household Affairs appointed by His Majesty. He was appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. I am not the cabinet minister. How can I refute him?" Appointment?"
Fang Blun continued: "Now you know you are afraid? You even dare to burn the imperial palace, what else do you dare not do?"
Lu Dayou said quickly: "Teacher! If things happen, in Nan The Yuezhou fellows from Zhili are all implicated, and Fang Wanghai is here for us Yuezhou people!"
When it came to his fellow villagers, Fang Bui's attitude became softer.
The older he gets, the more nostalgic he becomes. From the time he became an official, Fang Rui has missed the township party very much. When he first took up the post of Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, he met a Yuezhou businessman who had failed in business.
Fang Blun not only gave the businessman money to go back, but also asked him to mobilize his neighbors to pick a boatload of bitter oak trees from the mountains and bring them to Nanjing.
The businessman was confused about the solution, but Fang Rui always supported his fellow villagers, so he went back and did what he was told.
Not long after, a shipload of bitter trees arrived in Nanjing, and Fang Shangshu immediately wrote a notice for him.
He wrote: "Hunan transferred a boatload of oak trees to relieve one's anger and replenish one's deficiency. Buy one for two taels of silver, and you will never miss the opportunity." It was also stamped with the official seal of
Fang Shangshu. Now the officials and merchants in Nanjing were rushing to buy it. A boatload of bitter oak trees was completely sold.
This incident was also rumored to be "good talk". From then on, Yuezhou merchants flocked to Nanjing and built the "Yuezhou Guild Hall" in Nanjing. Every time it was time to take a rest, Fang Rui would go to the Yuezhou Guild Hall to listen to Listening to local operas, talking to fellow villagers in local accents, and eating local specialties shipped from Yuezhou at high speed, it feels like returning to my hometown.
Lu Dayou really knew his teacher very well. When Fang Blun's tone softened, he knew that he would definitely help him as before, even though they were from the same hometown.
Fang Blun put down the newspaper in his hand and asked: "Now that this is the case, what else can be done? Do you want me to go find Fang Wanghai to find people?"
Lu Dayou lowered his voice and said, "Teacher, we can strike first."
"You are Say? Impeach Fang Wanghai? He has just been commended by the court. In what name is he impeached?"
Lu Dayou continued: "Teacher, do you still remember Shen Kun, the former Imperial College student?"
Fang Blunt nodded and said: "Of course I know, Shen Kun He was the number one scholar of Xin Chou Branch in the 20th year of Jiajing, right? It was just that his official career was not smooth. It took him more than ten years to get to Nanjing Imperial College to offer wine. When I first arrived in Nanjing, he went home to Dingyou." Lu Dayou said:
" It is this Lord Shen. Did you know that this Shen Kun has been captured by the Jinyi Guards and escorted to the capital prison."
Fang Blun took a breath and said: "Then isn't Shen Kun in Dingyou, his hometown in Huai'an? Why? Will he go to jail?"
"Teacher, Master Shen is in Dingyou, his hometown in Huai'an. Aren't the Japanese pirates raging in Jiangbei recently? Shen Kun used his reputation to organize Xiangyong to fight against the Japanese in Huai'an. I heard a while ago that he organized Xiangyong to defeat them. Support the Japanese pirates and kill hundreds of Japanese people."
"In this case, why was he imprisoned?"
Lu Dayou said: "Shen Kun led his troops with military law, and all soldiers who made mistakes were punished with military law. Moreover, he forced local wealthy families and gentry to join the army. The gentry in Huai'an were dissatisfied. After the Japanese pirates temporarily retreated, they spread rumors that Shen Kun was "privately training local bravery and plotting to betray the imperial court." Officials in the imperial court who were from Huai'an also impeached him." Lu
Dayou He smiled evilly and said: "Your Majesty was furious when he heard that, and the guards in golden clothes captured Shen Kun and escorted him to the capital to be imprisoned."
Fang Blun immediately understood what his disciple meant, and he said: "You want me to write a letter to impeach Fang Wanghai? Are you also framed him? Privately training regiments and plotting to rebel?"
Lu Dayou said: "I have contacted the officials from Yuezhou to submit a letter together. That Fang Wanghai asked his disciple Su Ze to train in Shanghai in the name of resisting the Japanese. He was plotting something evil. I hope my mentor can do the same. Come and submit a letter with us."
Fang Blun hesitated.
When Lu Dayou saw that Fang Rui didn't refuse directly, he said with a cry: "Master, that Fang Wanghai wants to kill all of us Yuezhou people!" When
Fang Rui thought of his fellow villagers, he finally said: "I will also submit a letter!
" Fang Bu, who became an official, had no idea that he had done similar things to Yan Song, whom he despised the most. He was demoted from the capital to Nanjing because of his participation in Yan Song's "Party-aligned attack on dissidents and rejection of dissidents".
Today he did something similar to Yan Song for the sake of his Yuezhou compatriots.
Lu Dayou felt that he had taken a preemptive strike, so he spent a few days contacting his fellow villagers, and compiled a dozen petitions, ready to be sent to the capital.
But he didn't know that Su Ze was much faster than him.
On the day Fang Wanghai met with Fang Rui, Su Ze had already obtained the confessions of ten Yuezhou businessmen, confessing that they had moved the grain in the Changping warehouse to Jurong before the fire.
There was also a businessman who was a relative of Lu Dayou, the minister of Nanjing Hubu Cangchang. He confessed that Lu Dayou ordered him to do this, and most of the profit from it was donated to Lu Dayou.
In addition to Changpingcang, there were also several grains that had been loaded onto the water transport ships, which were also swallowed by Lu Dayou and taken directly to Jurong.
In addition to the open-mouthed offerings, these grain merchants also had buckets of dendrobium from Changpingcang and sacks containing grain from canals. These all have official marks and can be used as physical evidence.
Su Ze also attached detailed transportation records and a list of persons involved.
The most important thing is a detailed record of the amount involved. The grain embezzled by Lu Dayou and the merchants were sold for 60,000 taels of silver. All the money was divided between Lu Dayou and his party.
All these evidences were quickly sent to the capital through Fang Wanghai's secret channels.
In order to get this secret information to the emperor as soon as possible, Su Ze also sent a gift to Li Fang, the eunuch of the Department of Ceremonies, through his relationship with Eunuch Tao. This was a box of the highest-grade silk brocade fabric. .
Just when Fang Pu had finished writing the memorial and Lu Dayou had completed the connection, Fang Wanghai was already halfway through revealing the secret.
By the time Fang Blun's memorial was still on the way, Fang Wanghai's secret revelation had already been sent to the Chief of Ceremonies.
Li Fang, who had already obtained the Yun brocade in advance, specially extracted this secret and presented it to Emperor Jiajing in person.
The physical evidence is all behind it, and at the front of Fang Wanghai's secret revelation is an account. Lu Dayou and others made 60,000 taels of silver by using the grain in the official warehouse.
"This is my money!" Su Ze can be said to have grasped it. Compared with the personal evidence and physical evidence, these 60,000 taels are more shocking.
What is the concept of sixty thousand taels? Just after the fire in the three main halls, Emperor Jiajing asked his relatives and nobles to donate money to help the project. The richest royal family member, King Jin and King Chu, only donated five thousand taels.
The Ministry of Industry estimates that it will cost 300,000 taels to rebuild the three main halls, but the emperor has not yet collected 100,000 taels.
There is this group of people in mainland China. During the Japanese rebellion in South Zhili, they made 60,000 taels in one fell swoop!
Emperor Jiajing had already lost his temper. The other evidence in Fang Wanghai's memorial may not be considered conclusive, and there is no significant witness.
But the account book of "60,000 taels" of silver was enough to make the emperor murderous. Huang
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After receiving the secret from Fang Wanghai, he glanced at it quickly and said immediately: "I obey the order!" "
In addition, inform the cabinet that the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, Fang Blunt, is old and incompetent. He is allowed to take up an official position! The errands of the Department of Household Affairs in Nanjing will be given to him. Fang Wanghai, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, also wrote."
"According to the order!"
By the time the memorial from Lu Dayou and others was sent to the General Affairs Department, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were already on their way to Nanjing.
Fang Rui didn't belong to the Yan Party and Qingliu in the first place. Yan Song himself hated him very much, and Xu Jie and other Qingliu naturally didn't want to protect him.
The emperor's decree was quickly approved by the cabinet vote, and the imperial edict ordering Fang Du to take office was quickly drafted and sent to Nanjing.
Just after Fang Blun and others' papers for impeaching Fang Wanghai were sent to the General Affairs Department, Emperor Jiajing became even more furious when he saw these papers.
As an emperor, what I hate most is this kind of clique behavior.
If we talk about Yan Dang and Qingliu, they were originally factions that the Jiajing Emperor acquiesced in and provoked opposition among the courtiers and divided them.
Rural people like Fang Rui are the least allowed by the emperor, not to mention that they are greedy for the emperor's money!
Zhu Qi, a member of Qianhu, Jin Yiwei, went all the way south from the capital and rushed to Nanjing as fast as possible.
This month, Su Ze was on the one hand anti-smuggling and checking accounts, and on the other hand, he was hunting down Japanese pirates along the way.
By the time Su Ze's art of war skills reached level 8, the midsummer in Jiangnan had arrived, and his accounting skills had reached level 5.
Three blue cards appeared in front of Su Ze.
[Blue Passive - Audit Expert: When auditing accounts, accountant skills +2]
[Blue Passive - Fake Account Expert: When doing accounting, accountant skills +2]
[Blue Passive - Tax Expert: When formulating tax policies, Accounting Skill +2]
Su Ze chose the third one with his eyes closed.
Tax policy has always been very professional, because you not only have to consider the legal aspects, but also the accounting issues.
It is obvious that a country moving toward modernization must have a matching modernization tax policy.
Especially after the emergence of new industries, if tax policies lag behind for a long time, some people will inevitably be separated from the national tax system, resulting in greater unfairness.
Since he wanted to rebel, of course Su Ze chose this skill.
During this period, there were constant turmoils in the officialdom of Southern Zhili. Generally speaking, Fang Wanghai was at a disadvantage.
Fang Wanghai himself had a bad atmosphere in Shilin, South Zhili, and setting up a banknote checkpoint would offend people.
Now Fang Rui, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, publicly criticized Fang Wanghai and often opposed Fang Wanghai, making Fang Wanghai's work very difficult.
Fang Rui only suppressed Fang Wanghai, and Lu Da's methods could be called inferior.
Various rumors spread in southern Zhili, and Fang Wanghai's reputation was almost that of a guard eunuch.
At the same time, as Fang Wanghai's henchman, Su Ze's reputation in Shilin was not much better.
But outside the official system, Su Ze was praised by Jiangnan scholars.
"Nan Ke Meng" has been serialized for more than half. This bitter and satirical legendary drama is once again as popular in Jiangnan as "The Peony Pavilion". Theater troupes in Jiangnan have begun to rehearse the play, and the classic scenes are arranged into excerpts and are continuously performed.
Jiangnan originally had a prosperous literary style, and there were many people who could read, and Nanke Meng was also written in popular vernacular. The sales of "Warning Words" continued to increase, and the supply exceeded the demand for every issue.
The huge sales made all the readers in Jiangnan realize that as long as their articles can be published in "Warning Words", they will become famous throughout Jiangnan overnight.
As the editor-in-chief of "Jingshi Tongyan", Su Ze's status in Jiangnan has become increasingly subtle, and he has a vague sense of being the leader of the literary world.
In addition to "Nanke Meng", Su Ze also wrote an article in "Jingshi Tongyan" called "A Survey of Confucian Businessmen".
The style of this article is also very unique. It uses the simplest question and answer format. The questioner is pseudonymous "Yu Sou", and the answerer is the second wife of the Wang family in Taicang.
Most of the business of the Wang family in Taicang was managed by their second wife. When the foolish old man asked questions, the Wang family answered. The Wang family took the lead in paying customs duties. This was publicized as a Confucian businessman who shared the country's worries and took the initiative to subscribe to commercial taxes.
At the same time, the entire article puts forward the morality of "Confucian businessmen", and the most important thing is the saying "it is honorable to pay taxes."
Merchants made money by producing and transporting goods. Merchants who paid taxes legally and farmers who worked hard in farming were all contributing to the court.
"Valuing trust over profit", "feeding back to the countryside", and "caring for employees" were also mentioned as the morals of Confucian businessmen.
At the same time, "Jingshi Tongyan" also fixed the column "Confucian Businessmen". In the future, businessmen in Jiangnan who can meet the standards of Confucian businessmen will be interviewed regularly. The Confucian businessmen who have been interviewed are also listed on the header of the article as models of Confucian businessmen. .
"Business has business ethics", this sentence quickly aroused heated discussion among businessmen in Jiangnan.
Just when the weather was getting colder in July, Qianhu Zhu Qi, the Jin Yiwei, led Tiqi and broke into Nanjing City.
(End of chapter)