Wanli Youming

Chapter 512 Strangling Shi Xing, deflation problem

Chapter 512 Strangling Shi Xing, deflation problem

In a blink of an eye, it was March in the 15th year of Wanli, the spring was peaceful, the sun was shining brightly, and the warm wind made the capital of the Ming Dynasty completely lose its thick white cloak.

Everyone is also much more energetic, and there are many dignitaries and common people who go out for outings in the city.

Shi Xing also came to the other garden outside the city on this day, stole a day of floating life, and indulged a lot.

But on the second day, he returned to the city and went to the household department.

The reason why Shi Xing came to the household department was because this day was the day when the salary was paid.

After Wanli ascended the throne, for the bureaucrats, the most commendable thing in their hearts was that the emperor never lacked their salaries, nor did they use pepper sumac and precious banknotes to make up the number. Basically, they were converted into silver dollars, and their salaries increased. A lot, so that they always feel that they have not worked for the court for nothing, and they all live a relatively leisurely life.

"Why did you change your hair color this year?"

However, after Shi Xing received the silver from the household department, he found that his salary had become his true nature, that is, food.

Lu Kun, the left servant of the household department who was paid the salary, said at this time: "Isn't your true character not good?"

Shi Xing argued: "Who doesn't know that there is a shortage of silver in the world today, so silver is expensive and grain is cheap, so at the beginning, not long after the silver dollar came out, one or two silver dollars could be exchanged for two grains, and now one or two silver dollars can be exchanged for three grains, and there are still such The trend is that silver is getting more and more expensive, and grain is getting cheaper and cheaper. If you just show your true colors, isn’t it equivalent to deducting our salary?!”

When Shi Xing said this, Lu Kun retorted: "According to the usual practice, one should show one's true colors, and changing one's color is just a last resort for a short period of time. If you show your true colors, how can you say it is a deduction?"

Lu Kun asked again: "Besides, Kui Gong also knows that now silver is expensive and grain is cheap, and the people are short of silver dollars for trading, so they have to exchange more grain for silver dollars for barter, or because the grain is becoming less valuable, they are seriously abandoned. , I would rather go to the city to work and earn money, since the people are short of money, why do we bureaucrats compete with the people for profit, but fight for more silver dollars to go to our private houses, is this the way to love the people?"

Shi Xing pulled his face, and then sneered again: "Who knows if your household department recorded the discounted color in the account book, but actually issued the real color, and then embezzled the silver dollars saved after the real color?

Miao Chaoyang, who came along with him, also clamored at this time: "That's right! Did the Ministry of Households have an act of sham public welfare, using our salary to exchange food, and then just say it's true."

Dali Temple Prime Minister Wang Zhixiang also sneered and said: "No wonder the salary payment this spring is a month late, it must be for the convenience of personal gain!"

Shi Xing encouraged at this time: "We need to look at the account books of the Ministry of Accounting! Our salary is clear and the matter is small, but we can't let the officials of the Ministry of Accounting be filthy and dirty!"

"That's right, we need to look at the account books!"

During the incident, Miao Chaoyang and other civil officials echoed.

For a while, the officials were furious.

Seeing this, Lu Kun, the left servant of the household department, shouted: "What are you looking for? This year's salary is distributed in its true colors. It was decided by the household department after the cabinet ordered the ministry to discuss it, and it also invited the permission of the Holy One. What are you doing?!"

"Since it was approved by the Holy Spirit, we shouldn't make trouble anymore, but how can the Ministry of Households not ask the court to discuss this matter first, and then implement the cabinet's decree?"

"I really don't know whether the household department is the cabinet's household department, or my Daming's household department?!"

Shi Xing then questioned again.

The Ministry of Households issued real salaries, which is indeed a big loss for senior officials. After all, the purchasing power of silver dollars is indeed very high now, and the salaries of the second and third ranks plus the bonuses are not small sums.

Therefore, Shi Xing had to actively fight for it.

At the same time, Shi Xing is even more unacceptable now that the Ministry of Household Affairs only obeys the orders of the cabinet and wears a pair of trousers with the cabinet. One advantage of the court meeting is that it can effectively protect the interests of the bureaucratic group by relying on the large number of officials participating in the court meeting. There is no need to worry about the cabinet directly working with the six ministries to make the bureaucrats wronged for the benefit of the emperor or the country.

Therefore, Shi Xing questioned Lu Kun again.

Before Lu Kun had time to answer, Shi Xing was stopped by several Jin Yiwei who came over.

Shi Xing's face was startled, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What are you guys doing?"

Jinyi Guard Zhang Maoxiu walked back and forth at this time and said: "Zhao Nanxing, Gu Xiancheng and others have exposed that you ordered Ma Wenqing to arrange for people to poison An Xifan, Yue Yuansheng and other court officials. Now His Majesty has decreed that you will be dismissed from office and rank, sent to prison for questioning, and follow us. Let's go."

Shi Xing didn't speak for a while after hearing this.

"I, Mr. Su, were you killed by Shi Dongquan?"

At this moment, Miao Chaoyang came over and asked Shi Xing.

Other civil servants who came to receive their salaries also looked over.

Wang Zhixiang even rushed over and grabbed Shi Xing's skirt at this moment, staring and asking, "Why did you do that?"

Shi Xing only lowered his head.

After a while, Shi Xing looked up to the sky and shouted excitedly: "Uncle Gu! You villain, how could you betray me!"

After Shi Xing yelled, he didn't say anything, but let Jin Yiwei take him down.

Not long after, Zhang Jingxiu saw Shi Xing and said, "Shi Dongquan, I didn't expect you to be so reckless about other people's lives. Fortunately, His Majesty has always cared about killing An Xifan and the people behind the scenes, otherwise it would be really difficult for a while." Find it on your head."

Shi Xing also came to Jinyiwei's interrogation room and smiled helplessly: "Don't they make His Majesty very disgusted? It stands to reason that if they are gone, they will be gone. Why is Your Majesty still so concerned about it?"

"That means you don't know His Majesty well enough."

After Zhang Jingxiu said something, he continued to interrogate Shi Xing, and Shi Xing didn't make much excuses afterwards, and confessed to all the crimes he committed.

The Sanfa Division finally made a decision against Shi Xing.

Zhu Yijun agreed to this.

At the same time, Gu Xiancheng was also impeached by the imperial censor because he agreed with Shi Xing to assassinate Zhao Nanxing and was suspected of harming his colleagues. Never use it.

As a result, Shi Xing was strangled in the city not long after.

And Gu Xiancheng also lost his official title.

One month after Shi Xing was strangled, Gu Xiancheng learned about Shi Xing's strangulation from Gu Yuncheng.

"Don't mention him to me!"

"If he hadn't been so reckless, I wouldn't have ended up being reprimanded by scholars all over the world for harming my colleagues!"

"Now, instead, the Son of Heaven is favored by scholars. He first had the reputation of not killing his ministers such as Qian Qixin, and now he has the reputation of valuing the lives of his ministers, such as An Wosu. Even Jin Yiwei Zhang Siwen can't use torture. good name."

Gu Xiancheng sternly shouted, then complained to Gu Yuncheng with a sullen face.

Gu Yuncheng said: "What brother said is true, but luckily you had anticipated it in advance and knew that there would be villains who would take the initiative to expose him, so you took the initiative to expose him Shi Dongquan, otherwise you would just become a commoner."

Gu Xiancheng smiled helplessly, and said: "Now I just hope that the war against Japan will not be won, and there will be no such great good government as Shaanxi's eternal exemption from corvee. The upright ministers we support have not yet dominated the government. Good governance continues to make great contributions! So, in the future, when the people are in prosperity, how can you say that they are bringing order out of chaos?"

Gu Xiancheng was talking and giving instructions: "Notify me, from now on, the family will only accept silver dollars for rent!"

Gu Yuncheng asked, "Why?"

Gu Xiancheng said with a smile: "You should also pay attention to the actual situation. Silver dollars are more and more valuable than food. Therefore, the opportunity to manipulate the situation in the world is not to kill or harm people, but to use the current situation to fuel the flames."

As he said that, Gu Xiancheng said again: "Not only do renters need to collect silver dollars, but we also have to push up the price of silver dollars to prevent good governance from appearing by manipulating silver dollars and force Shenwu County to step down! Because as long as there are more and more silver dollars on the market The fewer people there are, the more people will be unable to survive, and the more people will be unable to survive, the reputation of the emperor will inevitably be damaged."

……

Zhu Yijun has also been paying attention to the issue of silver dollars, and after hearing about the sudden dissatisfaction with his true nature and making a fuss with the Ministry of Accounts, he specially came to the Department of Shiyu to discuss the issue of silver dollar deflation with Shen Shihang and others.

That's right.

Daming does still have a serious problem of silver dollar deflation.

Although Zhu Yijun has been ordering to increase the production of silver dollars, the industrial level is limited, and the production of silver dollars cannot keep up with the expansion of commodity trade.

In addition, Daming was originally a silver-deficient country. Basically, it had to earn a lot of silver from foreign trade first, and then increase the amount of silver dollars so that they could be more circulated in commodity transactions.

　Sorry for the delay today, I just update now

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