"Disaster relief? What disaster relief?"
In the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, Prefect Wang Tingmei looked at the people in front of him with a look of surprise.
first.
There has been basically no disaster in Shuntian Prefecture this year, so why is disaster relief still needed?
Secondly...these people are too powerful!
Who are standing in front of him?
The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhang Chenji, the Doctor of the Ministry of Punishments Ying Chengwen, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel Gao Heng, the Director of the Ministry of Works Tian Jingyi, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate Cheng Wendong, and the Governor of the Eastern Depot Wang Zhixin.
Especially after seeing Wang Zhixin, Wang Tingmei subconsciously wanted to give her seat to him.
This person is a favorite of the emperor!
Cruel and dark!
Wang Zhixin was too lazy to pay attention to him. He just found a chair and sat down on it, looking at Zhang Chenji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
This "disaster relief" was led by the Ministry of Revenue, with cooperation from other departments.
What is the essence of serving as an official in the court?
Be careful with your words and actions!
Don’t say anything you shouldn’t say, and don’t do anything you shouldn’t do!
Especially in terms of behavior!
Do more, make more mistakes; do less, make fewer mistakes; do nothing, no mistakes!
He was the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot and knew all about these things very well.
He won't say a word that he shouldn't say!
Zhang Chenji gently brushed the dust off his sleeves with his right hand, and said calmly: "Wang Fuyin, if you say there is no disaster, then there is no disaster? Whether there is a disaster or not is not up to you, the court needs to investigate."
Wang Tingmei was so experienced that he understood the meaning of this sentence in an instant: "Yes, Minister Zhang is right. I am the governor of Shuntian Prefecture and I am in charge of a piece of land. If you need anything, please speak up as soon as possible. I will definitely cooperate!"
Zhang Chenji looked back at the others, and finally set his eyes on Wang Zhixin: "The current situation is that Dorgon was defeated and disappeared, Duoduo retreated from Dushikou and his whereabouts are unknown, but it is very likely that he broke through the Great Wall again in other places."
"Admiral Wang, where do you think we should go first to provide disaster relief?"
Wang Zhixin asked back, "Where do you think it would be more appropriate to start, Minister Zhang?"
Seeing that Wang Zhixin's answer was flawless, Zhang Chenji stopped keeping him in suspense and said, "I think we should start with the relief work near the capital."
"Your Majesty and the court have brought us together to provide disaster relief in order to resolve any problems that may arise during the relief process."
"Among these places, Shuntian Prefecture has the most troublesome problems! Only when Shuntian Prefecture's problems are solved can other places follow suit."
"Admiral Wang, colleagues, what do you think?"
"Minister Zhang is absolutely right. We have no objection." Everyone echoed.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhang Chenji turned to look at Wang Tingmei and said, "Please ask Wang Fuyin to bring the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book of each state in Shuntian Prefecture. I need to check them."
The Yellow Book was created during the Ming Dynasty to verify household registration and levy taxes and labor service, and it was also a book that recorded taxes and labor service.
Four copies of the Yellow Book were made, one was kept in the county, and the other three were sent to the prefecture, the provincial government and the Ministry of Revenue. Because the book sent to the Ministry of Revenue was made of yellow paper, it was also called the "Yellow Book".
The fish scale book is also called the land registration book. It records the name, type, area, etc. of the plot, as well as the native place, name, and shape of the land of the landowner. Since the shape of the land is mostly irregular, its pattern resembles fish scales, so it is also called the fish scale book.
The fish scale book was drawn up by the county, summarized at each level and reported to the Ministry of Households. The Ministry of Households collected land tax based on the amount of land reported by various places.
Wang Tingmei did not dare to delay and ordered people to bring out the two volumes of each county in Shuntian Prefecture and compare them with the volumes kept by the Ministry of Revenue.
Naturally, it was not the turn of these officials to do such complicated and tedious work. The runners from various departments came in one after another and checked one book after another.
Two days later, the two volumes of Shuntian Prefecture were checked.
After confirming that Duoduo had not entered the country, the group packed their bags and headed for Tongzhou.
Tongzhou is less than fifty miles away from the capital. If there is an emergency, it takes only half a day to get back to the capital.
Tongzhou Governor Wang Aoyong had received the news long ago and lined up outside Tongzhou City before dawn.
Wang Aoyong was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi, and served as the magistrate of Yicheng County, Hubei. He was first dismissed for some reason, and then appointed as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and then the Chief Censor, and the Governor of Tongzhou, supervising the military affairs of Tongzhou.
In other words, Wang Aoyong served as both the governor of Tongzhou and the general.
Take an overview of the military and political power of Tongzhou!
"I am Wang Aoyong, the Governor of Tongzhou, and I am here to pay my respects to you all." Wang Aoyong bowed his head humbly.
In the Ming Dynasty, the governor was of the second rank, and with the title of vice minister of the Ministry of War, he was promoted to the second rank.
Although Wang Aoyong did not hold the title of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, he was also in charge of military affairs in Tongzhou, and his rank was no different from that of a second-rank official.
On the other hand, among Zhang Chenji's group, the highest-ranking official is Zhang Chenji himself.
The third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue!
The rest were either fourth, fifth or sixth rank.
As for the East Factory Admiral Wang Zhixin...
Sorry, legally speaking, he has no rank, but he is one level higher than the official he meets.
The superior bowed to the subordinate and called him "Sir", which shows how humble Wang Aoyong was.
Before Zhang Chenji could reply, Right Censor-in-Chief Cheng Wendong stepped forward and said, "Governor Wang, you are a second-rank official in the court, and our official positions are lower than yours. It is not in accordance with etiquette to call us 'sir', right?"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
Wang Aoyong originally wanted to use humility to win the favor of this group of people, but he didn't expect that the people from the Censorate would not give him any chance at all and started finding fault with him right away.
But he didn't panic.
Anyone who can serve as a governor near the capital is no ordinary person!
Wang Aoyong smiled slightly: "You are wrong, Censor Cheng. You are all imperial envoys sent by the court. You are superior envoys! When I meet superior envoys, I naturally have to address you as adults. Is this explanation reasonable?"
Cheng Wendong also smiled: "Governor Wang is wrong! It is true that we are imperial envoys, but don't forget that you are also an imperial envoy! We are all imperial envoys, whoever has a higher position is the boss."
Wang Aoyong was stunned by what he said.
He was thinking: When did I become an imperial envoy? Who gave me the title? How come I didn't know?
Zhang Chenji, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was also stunned for a moment, but soon understood what Cheng Wendong meant.
After the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, imperial envoys were divided into temporary imperial envoys and fixed imperial envoys.
A temporary imperial envoy is someone who holds the imperial sword and does things on behalf of the emperor.
Fixed imperial envoys include governors, governors-general, governors-general of grain transport, and even the governor-general of the East Factory.
Because these official positions are not for local officials, but for Beijing officials!
In particular, the Governor of the East Factory, his title was: Imperial Commissioner-General of the East Factory, eunuch working in the official school of the East Factory, abbreviated as Governor-General of the East Factory, Governor of the East Factory or Governor of the East Factory.
A true imperial envoy!
This is also the legal basis for the East Factory to arrest people at will.
After all, this world belongs to the emperor, and the emperor's envoys can arrest anyone they want!
After Zhang Chenji's reminder, Wang Aoyong finally realized the reason.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry! I am not well-informed, please forgive me."
"It's okay! This is the first time we've heard of such a thing."
"you do not say."
“I’ve learned something new!”
While the others were laughing and trying to smooth things over, Cheng Wendong said calmly, "You are uneducated and ignorant of etiquette! Governor Wang, rest assured, I have kept this in mind and will file a complaint against you later."
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