Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 64: The congratulatory message was delivered and the emperor’s grace was repaid!
After Liang Chu asked this question, Yang Tingyi was speechless on the spot.

"What kind of congratulatory note?"

Liang Chu stood up and walked out casually.

"Everyone must submit a congratulatory letter for the resettlement of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians!"

Ever since Zhu Houcong complained to the cabinet that only Luo Qinshun, Zhang Cong and Jiang Rubi submitted congratulatory messages, Liang Chu has remembered the matter of submitting congratulatory messages.

Because he has always been a person who is very willing to remember what others need, especially his monarch parents whom he needs to respect.

In addition, he knew that the king also needed affirmation before he would continue to actively do things that benefit the country and the people.

So, he would say at this time that everyone must submit a congratulatory message.

After returning, Yang Tingyi told Yang Tinghe about his meeting with Liang Chu.

"He refused to be promoted to Grand Chancellor, saying that the boiling resentment among officials was not a big deal, as long as the people were not angry."

"He still kept silent about the matter of protecting the gift and only asked me to submit a congratulatory letter."

Yang Tinghe laughed grimly: "Good Liang Shunde, he really cherishes his body!"

"Dad, we can't put up this congratulatory memorial. No one can put up one. If we want to put one up, we should wait until the grand gift is decided."

Yang Shen said at this time.

Yang Tinghe nodded and said, "Then we must let everyone know that Liang Shunde borrowed money from the imperial treasury."

After Yang Tinghe said this, he looked at Yang Tingyi and said, "Tingyi, you should also learn from the "Yumin Newspaper" and bring Tingxuan to publish a newspaper like this. Severely criticize Liang Shunde for not daring to offend the eunuchs and blindly asking the officials to flatter him. We cannot lose this contest of public opinion!"

Yang Ting has many younger brothers.

Six in total.

There are now two people living with him in the capital.

But only his fourth brother Yang Tingyi is an official in the court, and his fifth brother Yang Tingxuan has not yet passed the imperial examination, so he can only stay in Beijing and wait for next year's special examination.

"it is good!"

"I'll do it right away."

Yang Tingyi nodded in agreement.

However, after returning to his own courtyard, Yang Tingyi did not immediately arrange for someone to publish a newspaper, but instead started writing a congratulatory letter.

Yang Tingxuan, however, came to Yang Tingyi because he knew that Yang Tinghe wanted him and Yang Tingyi to start a newspaper together, and said, "Fourth brother, I came to ask you about the newspaper."

"Wait until I finish writing the congratulatory letter."

Yang Tingyi replied.

"Congratulations?"

"Didn't my elder brother say that I can't be included in the congratulatory list?"

Yang Tingxuan couldn't help but ask.

Yang Tingyi said to Yang Tingxuan earnestly: "The congratulatory letter must be written, and the emperor's grace must be repaid!"

Yang Tingxuan was even more confused.

Yang Tingyi stopped writing and explained to Yang Tingxuan: "You see, if we offend our brother, he can't destroy our nine clans, but it's different if we offend the emperor, that can really destroy our nine clans!"

Yang Tingxuan finally understood and nodded repeatedly: "Then how can we publish this newspaper without offending the emperor?"

"Then don't learn from this Yumin Newspaper. First, don't ask people below the Juren level to write straightforward articles. Second, only ask scholars to publish their opinions here. In this way, the court will naturally know that we are just reprinting scholars' opinions and have no other intentions."

Yang Tingyi said.

Yang Tingxuan said "hmm".

Not long after that, Yang Tingyi wrote a congratulatory message and submitted it.

At present, ministers have begun to send congratulatory messages to Zhu Houcong one after another.

The first were the cabinet ministers.

Next are the Nine Ministers.

Then there were officials from the Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, and Guanglu Temple.

Zhu Houcong received many congratulatory messages at one time.

For Zhu Houcong, this was a test of the bureaucrats' obedience.

Just like Yang Ting and these bureaucrats would test his obedience when he entered Beijing.

This kind of tactic cannot be used only by Yang Tinghe and others; he, the emperor, cannot use it.

After Wang Chunjing massaged him for a while, Zhu Houcong looked through some congratulatory letters. He was not in a hurry to see Empress Dowager Zhang, but waited for her to ask him for land on behalf of her two younger brothers.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister requests an audience!"

at that time.

When Zhu Houcong was enjoying the breeze from the artificial fan while reading the congratulatory letter, Qin Wen, the eunuch on duty in the Imperial Household Department, came to report.

"You really can't wait." Zhu Houcong knew why Liang Chu came, so he smiled:

"Xuan!"

Afterwards, Zhu Houcong took a look at the congratulatory messages on the table.

In view of these congratulatory messages, Zhu Houcong naturally had no intention of going back on his word.

What's more, he also hoped that Liang Chu and others could really improve the court's finances.

Liang Chu walked in at this time, paid great respects to Zhu Houcong, then sat on the armchair in front of Zhu Houcong, holding a book in both hands.

Zhu Houcong glanced at the book in his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Start your Majesty."

"Recently, I heard that Liu Xiang, the eunuch guarding Xuanfu, took advantage of his connections to steal border funds."

"Wang Xin, the eunuch who guarded Gansu, pretended to make contributions and severely trapped the border areas, thus attracting foreign barbarians to spy on China."

"The eunuch Li Zhenchui, who guards Huguang, insults the prefect Wu Hua."

"Li Rui, the eunuch guarding the Yanghe Heavenly Clan, reported the official grass and sent troops to collect and transport it. He occupied farmland and forced soldiers to cultivate it. He also formed a group of rebels including Huang Futian as his confidant."

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"Since the establishment of garrisons and eunuchs in various places, the increase in national treasury has been very little, but it has doubled the harm to the people. Moreover, because they come from the inner court and are the private property of the emperor, the law enforcement officials dare not question them, and the people also blame the emperor for not being able to strictly manage his slaves."

"In order to preserve His Majesty's virtue and calm the people's anger, the Cabinet requests that Your Majesty issue an imperial decree to withdraw the eunuchs who are stationed in various places and the eunuchs who are assigned to different places, and to replace the taxation and customs offices with officials from the court, so as to increase the national treasury and bring peace to the people."

Liang Chu knelt on the ground and began to read, and then raised the memorial.

Zhu Houcong waved his hand and said, "Approve it."

"Your Majesty is as benevolent as heaven!"

"Blessing to all people!"

Liang Chu hurriedly kowtowed and praised Zhu Houcong, and could not help but burst into tears.

Zhu Houcong just smiled slightly.

For Liang Chu, this was naturally a matter of gratitude.

But for Zhu Houcong, this was just a more advanced way to accumulate wealth for himself.

After recalling these eunuchs who were in charge of the garrison and the branch garrison, Zhu Houcong had no intention of letting them sit idle. He would still use them according to their virtues and abilities and let them go to further places to explore new sources of income.

Why should we employ people according to their virtue and ability?

That's because Zhu Houcong had to admit that some of the eunuchs in charge had indeed forgotten where their roots were.

For example, Liu Xiang, the eunuch guarding Xuanfu, and Wang Xin, the eunuch guarding Gansu, were undoubtedly sent to border towns by the inner court for nothing, and ended up colluding with local officials to commit evil.

I am afraid that they were also involved in the extortion of military pay this time. It is obvious that they have been corrupted by local corrupt officials after staying outside for too long. It is also possible that they themselves are not upright and have fallen before being sent there.

But in short, these servants need to be taught a lesson.

And some eunuchs, such as Li Zhen, the guard of Huguang.

Zhu Houcong knew that this man was simply too loyal and amassed too much wealth for the emperor, even directly punishing local civil servants. It was just that he amassed too much wealth, which made the local people very dissatisfied, so he needed to be recalled to quell the local resentment and restore their favorability.

It can be said.

Zhengde was able to leave him so much treasury, and eunuchs like Li Zhen made a significant contribution.

Therefore, although Liang Chu said that sending garrison eunuchs and deputy garrison eunuchs to the local areas would not help increase the national treasury and would cause great harm to the people, it was actually beneficial to the emperor personally.

Otherwise, because Zhu Houcong came from later generations and knew better ways to make money, and was well aware of how Jiajing in history made civil servants serve as loyal dogs to the emperor, he would have been unwilling to withdraw these garrison eunuchs and deputy garrison eunuchs.

"Prince, I have removed the eunuchs who guarded the city and returned the Maritime Customs Office to your outer court. The Ministry of Revenue should be able to repay the money it borrowed from the inner court, right?"

After Zhu Houcong asked Liang Chu to sit back, he asked him this question with a smile.

"Your Majesty trusts us so much, we will certainly return the favor."

"Even if I cannot repay it, I will be able to repay it after you return to the court."

"In short, as long as Your Majesty continues to use wise officials and trusts the wisdom of the Grand Tutor and the wise officials, the country will be rich and the people will prosper."

Liang Chu then started talking with a smile.

Zhu Houcong looked at Liang Chu and asked, "From what you said, are you planning to give up?"

"Your Majesty!"

Liang Chu stood up at this time: "As far as I know, the Grand Tutor has recovered greatly. I ask Your Majesty to follow the wishes of the people and let the Grand Tutor return to the cabinet."

"He can't come back."

"The person I just sent back said that the Grand Tutor's condition has worsened again. I have approved his permission to recuperate and rest."

As Zhu Houcong said this, he threw a memorial from Yang Tinghe on the table and asked Liang Chu to read it himself.

I beg everyone to follow up and read this book. The new book period is over, and now is the critical period for entering Sanjiang. The data of this book shows that there may be hope if you work hard, so I beg readers who like this book to follow up and read it first, and don’t wait for it. Thank you!
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