In late May, this is a season of passion.

As the minister of the Ministry of Personnel became vacant, rumors continued about the new minister of the Ministry of Personnel. At one time, the rumor was that the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lin Yueran, and at the same time, he swore that it was Gao Gong, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and at the same time, he became Huang Guangsheng, the minister of the Ministry of Justice.

These speculations are actually quite reliable, but some people have whimsical thoughts that Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty, also served as the Minister of Personnel.

Although it is not uncommon for the cabinet ministers to serve as the Minister of the Six Ministry of Affairs, the chief minister of the dynasty also serves as the Minister of Personnel. This is something that has not happened since the Ming Dynasty, and some people with a brain will not associate it in this regard.

But this is true for the people in the capital. If you listen to the wind, you will be rainy. You will talk about this with great interest. You believe that the Minister of Personnel should be Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the current dynasty.

Even if the people in the capital pay so much attention to this matter, the officialdom will naturally be even more uneasy.

In addition to the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen located in the north of the city, the central government offices in the capital are concentrated in Dongjiang Mi Lane and Xijiang Mi Lane. There are always close relationships among officials, and some idle officials are frequently interacting, but they are constantly inquiring.

Movements from all parties.

In the Ministry of Revenue, the official hall signing room, the ice cubes in the corner are slowly melting.

Lin Weiran, wearing first-rate official uniform, sat in front of the case and handled affairs. Although he was in the turmoil of the court, he was a very responsible person. He was not vague at all about the affairs at his hands and seriously

Manage the finances of this dynasty.

The crux of this decadent dynasty is not who serves as the Minister of Personnel, but how to solve the bad financial problems of the Ming Dynasty and how to solve the social phenomenon of more and more people being displaced.

Even though he had tried to open source many places, facing the three mountains of military expenditure, the vassal of the country and the project expenses, he also felt a sense of powerlessness that was insatiable.

Nowadays, the deposits of Taipu Temple and Guanglu Temple have been emptied, and the Ming Dynasty has experienced tax increases with "all taxes are allocated to the whole country" several times, but the finances are still not enough to make ends meet.

Summer grain and autumn grain can be said to be the Yangtze River and Yellow River of the Ming Dynasty's finances. In theory, such a large amount of income is enough to make Taicang of the Ministry of Revenue instantly fill, but now it can only fill a few holes.

People at that time summarized it quite reasonable: the private sector is becoming richer, the office is becoming poorer, the country is scarce, the people are poor, and the illness is actually here.

Lin Qingran looked at the summary of summer grain across the country, and compared with previous years, summer grain continued to decline. Even though he had already practiced to show his emotions, he couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Although there are problems with this expenditure, especially when an emperor likes to cultivate the Emperor Palace and Taoist architecture, the bigger problem is that the income from grain tax continues to decline.

Compared with the later dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's grain tax revenue was much worse. Although there were population and factors of development, it was more directly reflected in the number of land. Many local gentry chose to hide the land and evade taxes and openly resist taxes.

Counties that can pay 80% of the grain tax are already good.

Although there have been many refugees who have abandoned their land and fled in recent years, more local gentry are able to hide their land and resist taxes, and these people are already big maggots in the financial income of the Ming Dynasty.

The unlucky book could have solved this problem more effectively, but the landlord class led by Xu Jie no longer wanted this. On the one hand, they continued to worry about the country and the people, but on the other hand, they lived a prosperous life.

Faced with these crux of problems and injustice, he felt more and more that this decadent dynasty was still far from enough to rely on the bad guys alone, but it needed a fire to burn it.

"Senior brother, I just got the news: Huang Guang, the Minister of Justice, has been promoted to the cabinet!" Yang Futian hurried in from outside, and said with a serious expression.

Lin Weiran's face returned to normal, but he continued to handle the document without raising his head and said, "Has the Yunnan Department's affairs been settled?"

"Hi... I'll handle the food tax in Yunnan Province long ago!" Yang Futian and Lin Weiran had a deep friendship and responded disapprovingly.

Lin Weiran smiled bitterly, knowing that the income of the grain taxes in these thirteen provinces was indeed as different as the world's largest, no wonder the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to give up Jiaozhi and Jeju Island. For financial considerations, the court should not be too obsessed with the territory.

"Senior brother, Gao Gong did not attend your appointment last night. Did he intend to compete for the Minister of Personnel?" Yang Futian sat down on the chair and asked curiously.

When faced with this problem, Lin Xuran responded calmly: "In this court, not everyone is as humble as our teacher Yin Tai. Who has the chance to not want to be promoted? The position of the Minister of Rites was intercepted by Gao Yi.

Hu, now there is a chance to attack the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, you have to rush to that position!”

He said it easily and naturally, but he was still a little disappointed. Gao Gong was too self-centered after all, so it was no wonder that he was defeated by Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng one after another.

"Senior brother, although this dynasty has broken the tradition of the Left Minister of the Ministry of Personnel not taking over as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Gao Gong is not as favored as Guo Pu. I am afraid there is little chance of competing for Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, right?" Yang Futian's eyebrows

He frowned slightly, but put forward another plan and said: "Instead of fighting for this unreachable Minister of Personnel, he might as well help you fight for the Minister of Personnel, and then he will take over as Minister of Revenue!"

Lin Qingran put down the pen in his hand, but smiled faintly: "If I really became the Minister of Personnel, then Gao Gong would be even less likely to take over as Minister of Revenue. How could Xu Jie not get any benefits!"

After a pause, he added: "Now the emperor is not as obsessed with power as he was back then. The choice of the Minister of Personnel is actually more about Xu Jie. None of the benefits can be obtained by us marginal people.

Take it!"

Although he also wanted to fight for the Minister of Personnel who could compete with Xu Jie, he clearly saw that Xu Jie was the one with the most say in the Minister of Personnel.

"In this way, is the new Minister of Personnel Huang Guangsheng?" Yang Futian frowned slightly and inferred in disappointment.

Lin Weiran picked up the cold teacup and took a sip, but shook his head gently and said, "It's hard to say! Although Huang Guangsheng is very suitable, at least Gao Gong will not agree!"

"Xu Jie doesn't need to look at his face, right?" Yang Futian asked in confusion.

Lin Qingran gently put down the teacup, but analyzed bitterly: "Xu Jie is a versatile person, Gao Gong is the most trusted teacher of King Yu, so Xu Jie may change his position because of this. After all, if he will do it this time

Gao Gong was promoted to the position of Minister of Personnel, not only selling Gao Gong a huge favor, but also directly kicked...I was completely eliminated!"
Chapter completed!