I am the king of the dead

Li Binyan swallowed his throat, his mouth felt parched, and Hu Shangshu's argument was too strong for Li Binyan to answer.

Hu Wei looked at Li Binyan's hesitation, and said with a smile, "Let me ask you again, have you ever seen Yu Shaobao pull a gang and stand on his own mountain?"

Li Binyan recalled and said: "It never happened that even Liu Sheng, who was from the same town and teacher, got a chance to come to Yu Shaobao's door, and Yu Shaobao did not lie."

Hu Wei looked at Li Binyan and said with a smile: "Isn't that right? Yu Shaobao is in charge of the court, but he has never formed a clique, because he always remembers his identity, and he is a subject of His Majesty."

"This is the greatest way to survive in the court, to be courteous and courteous."

Li Binyan bowed his head and said, "Thank you Hu Shangshu for your teaching."

Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, since this evergreen tree has been around for so long, it doesn't hurt to learn it.

Hu Wei waved his hands and said with a smile: "There is no teaching, it's just chatting."

"First, we are His Majesty's courtiers. Second, we must be useful, let's take Chen Xun as an example."

"Chen Xun couldn't argue with me and was dismissed, but he was actually useless."

"The biggest thing he did was to compile the Tongzhi of the Universe, and it was not irreplaceable. Shang Lu replaced him."

Hu Wei finished talking about the second point, the current court dog fighting skills are not on the stage, those methods are nothing more than framing, pouring dirty water, wearing high hats, and wearing small shoes.

But these are techniques, not Tao.

The way to be a minister is to pay attention to loyalty first, and to be a minister with courtesy.The second is to pay attention to work, what is the use of courtiers who can't do it?

"Can Hu Shangshu be replaced?" Li Binyan asked in a daze.

He thought of Xu Youzhen, this guy, according to everyone's estimation, why doesn't His Majesty give him some flair?

His Majesty really doesn't like Xu Youzhen, everyone in the whole court can tell that with open eyes.

But on the day Xu Youzhen entered Beijing, it was said that His Majesty wanted to buy Xu Youzhen's miracle card with 10 taels of silver, but Xu Youzhen did not agree.

In the end, His Majesty still gave Xu Youzhen a miracle card.

Jingtai's Anmin Canal's work to calm the people is a political victory achieved by Xu Youzhen, who worked hard in Jing'an for three years under the leadership of His Majesty.

As long as it works, it won't be replaced?

"I just read a few books in vain. What is irreplaceable?" Hu Wei shook his head and said, "Anyone who is full of knowledge, as long as he is willing to serve His Majesty, can replace him."

"Hu Shangshu is self-effacing." Li Binyan said hastily, it wasn't just a few books, it was a carload of books.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the world, there must be people who read more than Hu Wei, but in terms of the way of adapting etiquette and law, Hu Shangshu is invincible in this world.

Hu Mu and Li Binyan chatted for a long time, and finally at dusk, Li Binyan left Hu Mu's mansion. He really had a lot of feelings and the trip was worthwhile.

As soon as Li Binyan took two steps, he ran into a concierge of Jin Lian's mansion.

"May I ask if it's Li Binyan, Governor Li?" The concierge came up and said respectfully, "Jin Shangshu invited Governor Li to visit the residence."

All the concierges in the mansion were hired by the imperial court, so it was not taboo for Jin Lian to invite Li Binyan to the mansion as a guest, and His Majesty even knew about it earlier than Li Binyan.

"Okay." Li Binyan walked into Jin Lian's mansion.

Yu Qian lived in Jiuchongtang and His Majesty's Qingqingfang. The houses of Hu Wei, Wang Zhi, Jin Lian, Yu Shiyue and other high-ranking officials were several times more luxurious than Li Xian's house, and the two stone lions were not angry.

Your Majesty's official residences for bureaucratic officials were built in accordance with the precepts of Hongwu ancestors, without overstepping, let alone reducing materials.

Today, it is difficult to hear anyone say that the mansion law is bad.

Your Majesty is at ease, and the courtiers are also at ease. Not everyone wants to be an official on their knees, especially the Beijing officials who have been mixed into the Beijing Division of the Beiya, all of them are dragons and phoenixes.

"Come, come, you don't need to be too polite, you don't need to be too polite." After hearing the report, Jin Lian came to the door and welcomed Li Binyan in.

As soon as Li Binyan entered the main hall, he saw a table of good wine and food.

Jin Lian smiled and said, "Sit down, it's made by the cook at home, it's a common meal."

"Just came out from Hu Shangshu's side?" Jin Lian opened up the chatter box, Li Binyan hesitated for a while to talk about what he and Hu Wei were talking about, and chose what he could say.

Jin Lian poured Li Binyan a glass of wine and said, "I have stomach problems, so I won't drink."

"Hu Shangshu said this very clearly. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it or not. Listen to him. At least in this dragon's lake and tiger's lair, there is no problem if you get out of your body."

Li Binyan had a small drink, and put his chopsticks on the wine cup, expressing that he was too strong to drink and stopped drinking.

Three cups of wine, that is, moisten the throat, this feast is mainly about talking about things.

Jin Lian said with emotion: "Governor Li, you and Li Xian are doing very well in Nanya. The state money is getting more and more abundant, which has a great relationship with what you two are doing in Nanya. I thank you on behalf of the Ministry of Household Affairs. bit."

Jin Lian can't drink alcohol, this is the doctor's order of the imperial hospital, he can only replace alcohol with tea.

The organization has become huge, and the interests of all parties are like a hydra, which seems to be sweeping the door.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of Jin Lian's Consulate General. He is old and sick, and now every day he lives is a day he earns. What he wants most is to see the national treasury filled up.

Jin Lian recalled all the things back then, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, the Wala people were fierce, and His Majesty had not yet ascended the throne, and supervised the country from the Palace of Prince Yi to the Palace of Fengtian."

"After the court meeting, the court will discuss the strategy of retreating the enemy, or His Majesty the Supervisor of the Kingdom, so I asked a certain, Jin Shangshu, how much food do we have to defend the city?"

"I tell Your Majesty, there is less than a million shi of grain, the capital is expensive for rice, and four taels of silver is a shi, so the poor coolies can't sustain themselves. There is food in Tongzhou, but it can't be transported to the capital."

"Yu Shaobao needs to be lucky, I said it might as well be set on fire."

"If it wasn't for His Majesty's ruthless hand, Yu Shaobao would not hesitate to lead the [-] troops of the old battalion to break through the Tonghui River. It is not yet known who will win and who will lose in this battle of the capital."

At that time, rats who were poor in the country did not go, but now they are not only poor, but also in debt.

The main reason is that the dredging of official roads and post roads and the 20-mile waterway required too much money, but Jin Lian was not in a hurry.

It is a good thing to be able to owe.

"Jin Shangshu asked me to come, why?" Li Binyan asked in confusion.

Jin Lian didn't play charades, and said directly: "Do you want to return to Beijing to be the assistant of the household department? I ask His Majesty to ask you to return to Beijing to be the left servant of the household department and be in charge of the affairs of the department."

"Jin doesn't know when the destiny is, and Zhang Feng is famous, but he still doesn't know how to deal with the affairs of the department."

Chen Ruyan made Xian, Jiang Yuan took the post of minister of the Ministry of War, the position of the left servant of the household department was vacated, and Zhang Feng took over, but Zhang Feng's reputation was enough, but his ability was not enough.

Li Binyan went to the governor of Shandong to hang the seal ribbon of the right minister of the household department.

"This..." Li Binyan thought for a moment and said, "But it's up to His Majesty to decide."

Chapter 5 The most rare thing in this world is two words: Shame

The purpose of Zhu Qiyu asking Li Binyan to learn dog fighting is to enable Li Binyan to protect himself.

The main defense is Chen Yi.

Chen Yi has been looking for a replacement for Zuodu Censor. Of course, He Zhang is barely available, but when Chen Yi doesn't want to leave, he will leave a mess for His Majesty.

Li Binyan is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

To be able and capable, to be famous and famous, the key is to be trusted by His Majesty, and to be born in Jindu Yushi, the Jindu Yushi couldn't be more suitable.

But Li Binyan's dog fighting technique was used for the first time on Jin Lian.

Jin Lian was almost choked by Li Binyan's words, just now he said that he must abide by courtiers' etiquette, and Li Binyan used this trick.

Jin Lian's carefully prepared banquet and speech skills hit the cotton pile with a fist, but he couldn't use his strength.

Jin Lian said very seriously: "The appointment of Beijing officials, especially the six ministers, the chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the chief assistant of Wenyuan Pavilion are all determined by His Majesty. Shangshu's recommendation."

"If you intend to do so, I can recommend you to His Majesty."

The bureaucratic official system of the Central Plains Dynasty was so complicated that even many bureaucrats who specialized in official affairs were sometimes confused.

First of all, there is the top-level Shiqing system. The title of prince and marquis means being a prince for generations. Although the later generations are mediocre, their ancestors have made great achievements.This also includes hereditary thousand and hundred households.

The second is the military merit system. The head of the captives and slaves was rewarded with fifty silver coins. If they don't want the money, they will be promoted to military officials.

There will also be a procuratorial system, such as Zhu Chun, who is currently inspecting the Bianfang Military Division in the Xuanfu, is an example under the procuratorial system. He does not have any honors for juren and Jinshi, but he is still a Beijing official of the seventh rank Seal ribbon.

There is money to receive, money is money to choose, and money is donation.

This item has existed since the Qin Dynasty. For example, in the fourth year of Qin Wangzheng, the plague of locusts caused a great epidemic and famine.

Even under the system of conferring land on military merits, Daqin, whose military merits are beyond the heavens, had to resort to payment as a contingency.

For example, in the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Shizhi, a great merchant, used money as a rider; Sima Xiangru used money as a man.

In the Tang Dynasty, those with a thousand stones who had no official titles were awarded Jie Brown officials. In the Song Dynasty, seven hundred stones were used to make up for the deputy lieutenant of Yi, and up to four thousand stones could be made up for the rank of the military school lieutenant.

Daming did not pay money. To be precise, since the Jingtai period, there have been cases of students receiving millet and Nama prisons, which were abolished in the fifth year of Jingtai.

Expropriation system, for example, during the Hongwu period, there were two occasions when officials had to be expropriated due to insufficient selection of officials. The finger-breaking case of Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew happened under the expropriation system.

Renzi system, that is, Enyin, Hu Changning, the eldest son of Hu Wei, inherited Jin Yiwei's Zhenfu envoy.

The way of officials is that officials visit and investigate sages, or dry officials, like the imperial court recommendation. For example, Liu Sheng was recommended to Sun Zhong at the beginning. .

Of course, the most similar to the probation system is the imperial examination system. The probation system has policy tests, which are divided into pen policy and shooting policy.

The imperial examination system is very important to the Ming Dynasty, and this is also the most powerful part of the Ming Dynasty Juan, and it is also the main source of officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The mixed use of the Shiqing system, the military merit system, the investigation system, the payment system, the expropriation system, the appointment system, and the officials did not confuse the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, because there was a very clear bureaucracy system, so Nicholas That's why I envy Daming's bureaucracy so much.

Jin Lian's recommendation has important reference significance for the emperor's appointment of officials.

Chen Ruyan was recommended to the position of minister of the Ministry of War. Although Yu Qian looked down on Chen Ruyan's ability, but Yang Hong died, and Yu Qian made another military exploit, so he must die.

Li Binyan is not very interested in the position of Minister of the Household Department. He has been preparing for so long, and he really wants to go to the sky to see it.

"Thank you Jin Shangshu for your kindness, Beijing official, the six departments are in charge, since the matter is serious, don't dare to speak nonsense."

Li Binyan's disapproval does not mean that he disagrees, but that he does not express his opinion. This is what Li Binyan learned from Hu Wei.

Jin Lian was quite helpless, what did this Hu Yi teach!

Even a somewhat straightforward person like Li Binyan has learned to push four, five, six.

After Li Binyan stayed in Jin Lian's mansion until Liushaotou on the Moon, the main content of the chat had nothing to do with the seat in charge of the household department.

We are talking about the issue of Songjiang and Nanjing Baoyuan bureaus absorbing reserves.

They chatted for a long time, and exchanged ideas on the position, role, acceptance, money and other issues of the Baoyuan Bureau, and exchanged different thinking directions between the local government and the imperial court, which brought Li Binyan a lot of thinking.

For example, whether Baoyuan Bureau can carry out lending business is based on the interest of rice money.

The wine is not enough, the food is full, and the tea has been served.

Jin Lian said in a low voice: "During the Tang and Song dynasties, each state was in charge of the history of the government's money-grabbing orders, and was responsible for the business relationship of the company's undergraduates and miscellaneous materials. Those who can pay [-] yuan a month can be appointed after one year. Taixue Gaodi."

"By inheriting the laws of the Tang Dynasty, can we learn from this system of catching money and ordering officials?"

The Ming Dynasty's government-run business investment is excellent, but at present, there are nearly ten million silver deposits in the Ming Dynasty's national treasury. With such a large amount of money, it is necessary to pay a huge fee.

According to Daming's interest rate, this tens of millions of silver deposits will cost more than 50 yuan in interest and administrative expenses every year.

There is a lot of money, and the pressure is also great. Whether the court can use the money well, and whether it can pay interest on time, involves the Baoyuan Bureau system, and whether it can be implemented continuously and for a long time.

Li Binyan thought for a long time and said: "I don't know if Jin Shangshu has discovered it, but the tickets issued by the Baoyuan Bureau are actually a deformation of the banknote law, although they are fundamentally different, for example, the tickets are more like accounts than banknotes. "

"But it's also a kind of paper money."

"The Qingmiao Law and Qingmiao Qian in Wang Anshi's Changping New Law were formulated in order to enrich the people and strengthen the army, trying to find a means of financial management to realize the idea of ​​donating funds without sacrificing the interests of all parties."

"There is no doubt that this is wrong."

"So, I don't think it's appropriate for the Baoyuan Bureau to collect reserves and release money."

Jin Lian frowned, thinking about Li Binyan's words.

The new monetary policy and new economic policy of the Ming Dynasty are not similar to the money-catching officials in the Tang Dynasty and the young crop law in the Song Dynasty.

It's just that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty draws one count every two rounds, while the current Baoyuan Bureau only gives one count every two rounds.

What Li Bin said makes sense, the road needs to be walked step by step, and the meal needs to be eaten bite by bite.

Jin Lian frowned and said, "But if you only rely on the official camp, you will lose money one day."

"If the Baoyuan Bureau becomes the burden of the Ming court, there will be people who will shout loudly, shamelessly, and not allow it to take up the post."

Of course Li Binyan knew that if the Baoyuan Bureau became the burden of the court, the Baoyuan Bureau would definitely not be able to implement it.

He said very seriously: "At present, coal and iron are huge profits, and the money invested in government factories is guaranteed to make a profit. , can make a lot of money."

"At present, it is not yet time to put money to make a profit."

Speaker Li Bin was in the Shipping Department of Songjiang City, and he knew very well about the Nanya affairs. Right now, although the Songjiang Shipyard is still in the stage of burning money, it is possible to make money soon.

Because Songjiang Shipyard has no historical burden, the progress is much faster than that of Longjiang Shipyard's resumption of work. Once production starts, even if it does not go to sea, it can produce three-masted ships with [-] materials and six-masted ships with [-] materials. can be profitable.