Chapter 149 My Timely Rain (Subscription Request)
The inner hall of Wanshou Palace.

There was a moment of silence between the king and his ministers.

Countless question marks popped up in everyone's heads.

Yan Shaoting wrote the memorial himself and approved it himself?

Gao Gong's face turned darker.

What the hell is this logic!
Gao Gong was originally prepared to shout and question, but suddenly he thought of the various outcomes he had faced Yan Shaoting in the past.

He suddenly stopped the words that were about to come out of his teeth.

Gao Gong calmed down a little and asked in a deep voice, "What is the memorial? What is it about?"

On the other side, Lu Fang had already delivered the memorial taken out by Yan Shaoting to Jiajing.

When Gao Gong asked.

On the platform.

Jiajing just burst out laughing.

Gao Gong's face was full of confusion, his brows were furrowed, and he turned to look at Jiajing who suddenly laughed.

Jiajing pointed at Yan Shaoting and nodded several times.

"Good boy!"

"Slippery!"

The emperor's reaction made Gao Gong even more confused and bewildered.

Yan Shaoting had already bowed to Lao Gao and the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao.

"I didn't report this to the Minister and Lord Gao in time because I didn't have time to do so. It's my fault."

"Today, as Gao Ge Lao said, countless unknown people in the capital who taught and educated people donated money and grain to Changping Academy."

"It's just that it's not less than 400,000 taels of silver, but a full 485,000 taels of silver."

Nearly five hundred thousand taels of silver!

Even though Gao Gong already knew about this, he was still shocked when Yan Shaoting told him the exact number.

Gao Gong, who knew the whole story, felt even more depressed.

This time, the vacancy in the military supply department actually attracted the attention of nearly a hundred officials in Beijing!

Gao Gong gritted his teeth secretly and glanced around.

But I never found the person I wanted to see.

What he hated most in his life was official corruption, such as the corruption among officials who went to the capital to buy positions when the quartermaster was vacant.

I had made up my mind long ago.

If one day I could sit in the top seat in Wenyuan Pavilion.

We must first take action against the civil service of this dynasty.

However, Yan Shaoting continued to explain, "I think if we just keep these 485,000 taels of silver in Changping Academy, even if the students use them for decades, they probably won't be able to use them all.

So today I called the manager of the academy and asked them to transport 400,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue as a donation of the academy to the court for military supplies.

Therefore, this memorial was written by me and approved by me.

I think by now, the 400,000 taels of silver have been delivered to the Taicang Silver Vault of the Ministry of Revenue, and the seal indicates that it is for military supplies.

It is only because the ministers and the chancellor were discussing matters in the classroom today that I was unable to report this matter. I hope that the ministers and the chancellor will forgive me."

After saying this, Yan Shaoting blinked at Old Gao, who had a dazed look on his face, and then looked at the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao.

I, Xiao Yan, am loyal and patriotic!
Four hundred thousand taels of silver were donated as soon as they were due, and Changping Academy only kept eighty-five thousand taels of silver for daily use.

I, Xiao Yan, am in charge of military supplies.

My donation of 400,000 taels was naturally approved by myself.

No problem!
Gao Gong took a few deep breaths before he calmed down.

He couldn't help but feel relieved.

Fortunately, I had foresight and did not attack Yan Shaoting for this matter.

Otherwise, you will end up slapping yourself in the face.

Gao Yao remained silent. He just glanced at Yan Shaoting, then turned around to look at the gold bricks on the floor of Wanshou Palace.

Instead, Yuan Wei stood behind Old Yan and gave Yan Shaoting a thumbs up.

The smile on Jiajing's face has never faded until now.

He looked at Gao Gong and said with a smile, "Lord Gao? Do you have any questions about what this kid did?"

It felt like a fly was stuffed in Gao Gong's mouth.

Buzz Buzz said: "I have no doubt that Yan Shidu is righteous, just as your majesty said, he has the court at heart, I admire him!"

Gao Gong really admires him.

The nearly 500,000 taels of silver in the academy were obtained by those who wanted to get a job and buy a title but failed, and were forced by Yan Shaoting to spend money to avoid disaster.

The reason why he asked this question today.

In fact, it was because Yan Shaoting had never been in cahoots with that group of bastards that this matter was brought up in front of everyone.

As long as this kid can explain it, I won't ask any more questions.

After all, Yin Zi did go to the academy.

Based on my understanding of this kid.

Millions of taels of silver can be taken out at will.

Would he care about just a few hundred thousand taels of silver?
Gao Gong never thought that Yan Shaoting would actually donate a full 400,000 taels of silver to the court.

When I say I admire you, I mean it with all my heart.

suddenly.

Gao Gong frowned.

Why am I suddenly convinced by this boy?

But before Lao Gao could think about it carefully.

Yan Shaoting continued, "Your Majesty, I just listened to the elders' discussion on the border defense of Datong and Xuanfu.

I think it would be better to allocate a portion of the 400,000 taels of silver in the Taicang Treasury to the two towns, so that the court will not have to use salt permits to find those merchants to split up and raise military supplies.

If it always is like this, where is the dignity of the court?
As for the military supplies such as cotton uniforms, we have also handed this matter over to the silk and cotton textile factory run by the disaster victims in Changping. They will surely be able to weave them before winter comes, and by then we can deliver all the supplies before the snow falls in the two towns."

Whether considering reality or personal emotions.

Yan Shaoting had no good feelings towards those businessmen who had become rich by opening up the business system since the Hongwu Dynasty.

This is one of them.

In addition, these words also show that he is not responsible for military supplies, but does not work all day.

Jiajing nodded: "Oh? The cotton uniforms needed for military supplies can now be produced in the silk and cotton textile factory run by the disaster victims in Changping?"

Gao Gong glanced at Gao Yao, and only felt relieved when he saw him nod. It seemed that the Ministry of Revenue knew about this matter.

Then I shouldn't interfere anymore.

But think about it.

Gao Gong continued, "Mr. Yan is in charge of all military supplies. How much will the cotton uniform weaving be done in Changping? Can it be delivered on time?"

He asked this question out of consideration for Yan Shaoting.

We can't let those outside who don't know the truth say that Yan Shaoting is abusing his power for personal gain.

He worked in the court as a military supply officer and all the benefits were transferred to his own hands.

Yan Shaoting nodded and said, "The textile factories in Changping were actually built by the people of Changping, so they naturally belong to the people of Changping. The price is also based on the cost plus labor, with a 10% increase."

He had no intention of making money by taking projects from the court.

Yan Shaoting had always been planning to make a promise to the many disaster victims in Changping that he would let them live a better life than the people in Beijing.

The 10% profit was what Yan Shaoting calculated the people of Changping would have to spend to take the order, and it was also the profit percentage that he could disclose to the court.

really.

Arch openings of varying heights.

Jiajing clapped his hands and said, "Are the textile factories in Changping really used by the people?"

After saying this, Jiajing looked at Yan Shaoting with a scrutinizing look.

No one knows why the imperial court and Xiyuan have yet to explicitly remove Yan Shaoting from his task of providing relief to Changping.

It seems that both sides have forgotten about this matter.

Then, Changping now belongs to Yan Shaoting.

Even the Changping Zhou Yamen had no right to interfere in these matters.

In this way, the ownership of the textile factory that Yan Shaoting mentioned building in Changping must be clarified.

Yan Shaoting nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the court can send officials to supervise and review, and can also send factory guards to question the people of Changping. If I have lied about this matter, I am willing to accept the punishment!"

Without waiting for the Taoist priest to ask again.

Yan Shaoting continued, "Not only the textile factory, but also the brick factory, wood furniture factory, smelting plant, iron foundry, chicken farm, duck farm, goose farm, pig farm... large meat farm, etc. built in Changping are all owned by the people of Changping. Neither I nor the Yan family has taken any profit from them! All of the above can be checked by the officials."

His remarks were about this factory and that place.

For a moment, everyone in the hall was stunned.

When Yan Shaoting boasted at the beginning, in fact, not many people present paid attention to it.

But now when I look at it, I realize that Yan Shaoting actually did so many things in Changping quietly.

Jiajing quickly turned his head and looked at Lu Fang.

Lu Fang nodded, bowed and apologized, "Master Yan did indeed lead the people in Changping to do these things. I am guilty. I knew about these things, but I saw that most of them were just producing, so I did not report it to the master in time."

Jiajing waved his hand, looked at Yan Shaoting again, and nodded.

"You have done a good job. Since it is all for the people..."

Jiajing turned his eyes and scanned the people present.

"Just continue to work on the Changping matter from now on."

Everyone's expression changed slightly.

Gao Gong originally had something to say.

But after thinking about it, I chose to remain silent.

But with the emperor's words, it was really confirmed. From now on, Yan Shaoting would have the final say on what happened in Changping.

Gao Gong smiled and said, "In that case, we will just have to wait patiently for the day when the people of Changping can live better than the people in the capital."

Jiajing also said: "I am also waiting for that day."

Yan Shaoting bowed his head and accepted the order.

Then, Jiajing said, "Since we have 400,000 taels for military supplies, and Changping can also rush to make cotton military uniforms and send them to the two towns before winter, let's do what Yan Shaoting wants with the cabinet's decision today."

Everyone bowed and accepted the order.

Jiajing glanced at each of them.

A smile appeared on his face and he looked at Yan Shaoting.

This kid is truly a timely help to me.

Xiyuan has not been controlled by any party for a long time.

He suddenly said, "Now that all these matters have been settled, the only thing left in the court is the supply officer..."

Thinking of this, Jiajing recalled the incident today when he asked Lu Fang to investigate that Changping Academy had suddenly received donations of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Jiajing snorted in his heart.

"Although Lord Xu was stripped of his position as Minister of Personnel due to an incident, he still holds the post of Minister of Personnel in the Cabinet."

"Since you are all here today, please ask Elder Gao to take Yan Shaoting to Elder Xu's home to see how Elder Xu is doing."

"Can you still come back to the pavilion and work for me?"

Gao Gong naturally bowed again to accept the order.

Yan Shaoting suddenly smiled in his heart.

He thought of Old Xu, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

Old Xu has been lying at home for so many days and didn't even take the initiative to go back to the cabinet to do his work.

Are you throwing a tantrum?

How old a person is.

Now the Taoist priest wants to go there with Lao Gao.

He seemed to have seen Old Xu right in front of him, acting pretentiously and throwing a tantrum.

Old Xu, you don’t really want to retire, do you?
Yan Shaoting lowered his head with a smile on his face.

"My lord, take your orders!"

"I will make sure to check whether Lord Xu is in good health!"

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