Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

The salaries of officials across the country were used to support the war in the southwest, build the city walls in the capital, allocate funds for drought in the north, and allocate funds for floods in the Yellow River, one by one.

There are also those seemingly insignificant little amounts of money. Even though they are not much, they can still be a headache when added up, after all, they are based on the country.

If Zeng Tai hadn't lived frugally every day, cutting back a little here and there, he wouldn't know how he could have made ends meet!

He dreamed about money for many days and nights, and even had the same dream several times every night.

A figure shining with yellow light brought him to a big wall, took his hand and told him that there was a small hole in the wall.

As long as he dug with his fingers, he could dig out gold, so he stretched out his fingers and dug hard on the wall.

The yellow light and shadow did not deceive him. Gold could really be dug out from the hole in the wall, but it was liquid gold that had been melted by fire.

Unfortunately, it was just a dream after all. When he woke up, he only felt unbearable pain in his wrists and fingers, and did not see any gold at all.

On the contrary, his wife seemed to be in a good mood those days and looked a lot younger.

In addition, every day when he woke up from bed and opened his eyes, he hoped that that day would be the day to pay taxes!

This situation started when he took the position of Minister of Revenue and lasted as long as he held the position.

Now that he finally had some hope and saw the possibility of turning things around, he was thrown back into the abyss by this censor. How could he accept this?

So, when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that most of the harvest would be put into the treasury, he became anxious!

"Your Majesty, I impeach the Censor Niu He for the crime of usurping power. As a Censor, he recklessly discussed military and political matters. He is short-sighted and does not understand the importance of the overall situation. He also has no intention of seeking benefits for the country. He is unforgivable!"

After saying that, Zeng Tai turned his head sharply and looked at the Imperial Censor Niu He, pointing at his nose and cursing:

"Your crime is unforgivable!"

After scolding Niu He, Zeng Tai turned around and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang again and said:

"Your Majesty, please reconsider. Conquering another country is a matter of national importance and should be paid for from the national treasury. How can you use your Majesty's private treasury? This is against etiquette!"

Looking at Zeng Tai's anxious look, Zhu Yuanzhang felt ridiculous. He knew that Zeng Tai would definitely stand up as soon as he said that.

In fact, he never thought of taking all the spoils from the Japanese pirates for himself. After all, he knew very well which was more important, the national treasury or the internal treasury, and the national treasury was the key to supporting the development of the Ming Dynasty.

But if he didn't say that, how could he force Zeng Tai to point his finger at Niu He and say those words!

In fact, it was not just Zeng Tai. Other officials also stood up. Some criticized and some impeached Niu He. Anyway, they were all targeting Niu He.

Even the Minister of War Tang Duo attacked Niu He on the grounds that the censor had exceeded his authority and interfered in the affairs of his Ministry of War.

In the end, Niu He was sentenced to 20 strokes of the cane and dragged out of the hall by the guards of Fengxian Hall. The other imperial censors looked at each other but did not dare to speak out to plead for him.

Afterwards, a heated discussion was held in the hall again on the theme of the Eastern Expedition against Japanese pirates.

The civil officials in the hall responded positively, racking their brains to offer suggestions, and the military generals also volunteered, hoping to lead the troops to attack the Japanese pirates.

However, the tone of the campaign against the Japanese pirates had been set long ago. There was no humanity at all. Their entire race would be exterminated if their value was squeezed out.

But this matter was definitely not tolerated by the world, and someone had to take the blame, and that person was decided to be Lan Yu very early on.

So even though the generals in Fengxian Hall tried their best to recommend themselves or their friends, Zhu Yuanzhang finally decided that Lan Yu would lead the troops.

Then, because King Qin Mao Sui recommended himself, he was appointed as deputy general to assist Lan Yu in attacking the Japanese pirates.

At this point, the matter of suppressing the Japanese pirates was completely settled, and the ministers who had been waiting for a long time finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Since the founding of the Hongwu Dynasty, there have been few court sessions that lasted so long. For many officials, this was their first time and they were already dizzy with hunger.

At this moment, a voice like the sound of nature was heard.

"Retreat!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and left, the ministers also left, and the hall instantly became deserted.

In the following period, several major events that were welcomed by the public happened in the Ming Dynasty.

First, in Shandong, after half a month of crackdown, Lan Yu finally completely eradicated the White Lotus Sect that was causing chaos in Shandong.

It’s just a pity that even though Lan Yu had tried his best to wipe out the White Lotus Sect, they still caused indelible damage to Shandong.

The six great families that had been passed down here for many years all followed in the footsteps of the Kong family and were slaughtered by the evildoers of the White Lotus Sect.

When Lan Yu's support arrived, these villains disappeared early as if they knew he was coming.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. Although he failed five times, the villains were finally wiped out by Lan Yu.

Logically speaking, after dealing with the White Lotus Sect, Lan Yu should have returned the military power to the local garrison, but this was not the case.

Not only did he not send his soldiers back, but he brought his soldiers directly back to the capital, which frightened the imperial censors so much that they submitted a memorial to impeach him overnight.

Fortunately, Lan Yu had no intention of rebelling. He simply arranged the soldiers in the military camp outside the city, and then rushed to the palace to see the emperor overnight.

No one knows what was said exactly, but there are rumors that after the curfew that night, the capital was very busy, as if something was being moved.

Then the next day, when the emperor went to court, he looked at everyone with a fatherly expression, which made people feel like spring breeze.

In addition to this incident, another major event that shocked the world was the court's public bidding for the construction of cement roads in Nanzhili.

However, this bidding is different from the previous city wall bidding. The court will not pay for it this time, and it will all depend on the bidders to pay for it themselves.

As a result, most businessmen or chamber of commerce representatives participating in the bidding conference did not participate in the bidding, but just sat in the venue and watched.

But what no one expected was that at the critical moment, the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, which was not very famous, actually took over the entire road construction project.

The Chamber of Commerce, which originally had no interest in this bidding, immediately realized that something was wrong.

Many people even began to wonder if there were any benefits that they had overlooked.