"Four Shangshu" refers to Wang Gao, the minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Ying, the official minister of Nanjing, Qin Long, and Guo Chaobin, the official minister of Wanli Industry Department. The time difference between them as ministers is only thirty-two years. Wang Gao, whose real name is Jingchu, was a scholar in the ninth year of Ming Dynasty and an official in the twenty-first year of Jiajing. Lu Ying (1483 ~ 1562) is a native of Luhai Village, Guocang Township. Ming Zhengde was a scholar for three years (1508). In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing (1545), he was promoted to the position of Minister of War. Wuyue (150 1 ~ 1568) is Ruqiao. In the 11th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1532), he was a scholar. In the first year of Qin Long (1567), he was appointed as the official minister. Guo Chaobin (1538- 1609) is still just. In the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), he was a scholar, and successively served as a minister of the household department, a doctor, a governor of Datong, a political envoy around Henan and Shaanxi, a magistrate of Shuntian and a governor of Zhejiang. In the second year of Wanli (1574), he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of Industry. Aric, 1, from Wenshang. Zheng De was a scholar in nine years. Grant Linfen magistrate. Take suggestions and inspect Shaanxi Tea Horse. The emperor sent middle officials to guard Lan and Jing. It is inappropriate to set up officials and tired people without reporting. In the third year of Jiajing, the emperor sent officials and governors to weave in Suzhou and Hangzhou to ease the resistance and refused to accept it. After a long time, the servant changed to Dali, then moved to the left deputy capital and entered the right assistant minister department. Henan is hungry and life is trembling. Please send money urgently, and make Linqing warehouse pay fifty-two thousand pieces of silver. Please send me one hundred and fifty-two thousand. It is impossible to win all lives. That's it. Here's the silver coin. Looking for the right governor of the capital. Story, build a ship, an army, three people and seven people. Gu Huan, the company commander, was trapped by soldiers and civilians. Please send 700,000 yuan of salt and silver, and Li, the minister of the household department, is not allowed. Please change the two-year grain transportation to three-tenths, and manage the ship with the saved transfer fee, so as not to be too difficult for the military and civilians. After the New Year, I entered the Ministry of Commerce. My late father, Hou Anping, got a stable in zhang jia zhuang. It is said that this place covers an area of more than 2000 hectares, which is only for worship and is not allowed. It is advisable to give 20 hectares of land to Jionji. The emperor followed his advice. At that time, the State Reserve appealed to the House of Representatives, and all parties demanded a raise. With floods and droughts in all directions, Li Wenjin was asked to discuss extensive savings. Nine things have been listed for sacrifice, and ten things are used to make money, which the emperor accepted. Old system, 4 million mangoku. Millet is more than enough, and the disaster rate has changed to convenience. One day, the emperor was shocked to see that more than half of the people changed their minds. He accused him of his crimes by suing the Ministry of Family Affairs and other officials. Follow the ancestral system from today and cannot be easily changed. In charge of the country, everything is done, and the emperor depends on what. After Xin bought Long Xianxiang, the emperor was unhappy for a long time. Bribery horse in the matter and patrol warehouse Aipu, advice Marotta useless, warehouse often on? Go to jail. Gao and Park are stationed in the army. Harm the people. Gao died in Leizhou garrison. At the beginning of Qin Long, he sued Xin Zixiu and others. Imperial edict of reinstatement, sacrifice and burial, and gift to Prince Taibao.

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Aric, whose real name is Jingchu, is from Wenshang County. Zheng De is the champion of the nine-year joint examination. He was appointed as the magistrate of Linfen. (Later) he was promoted to suggestion and was responsible for verifying Shaanxi tea-horse affairs. The emperor sent eunuchs to run tea horses in Lanzhou and Nanjing. Aric wrote that the border areas are poor, and the crops fail every year, so it is not suitable to set up officials to increase the burden on the people, but there is no reply.

In the third year of Jiajing, the emperor prepared to send eunuchs to Suzhou and Hangzhou to supervise the weaving industry. Aric wrote to advise (not to do this), but the emperor didn't take it. After a long time, Aric was promoted to servant Shao Qing and was appointed as an official in Dali. For the second time, he was promoted to vice governor left and assistant minister right. The crops in Henan suffered a serious crop failure, and Wang Gao was ordered to provide disaster relief. Aric requested emergency allocation of public funds, and the emperor ordered fifty-two thousand pieces of silver from Linqing warehouse to finance the operation. (Aric) Arrived and requested to transfer 152,000 yuan. There is no way to calculate the number of people who can save their lives. After the relief was completed, the emperor gave silver coins. Then, Wang Gao served as the governor of the right capital to transport grain. The precedent is that the army is responsible for three-tenths of the cost of repairing water transport vessels, and the people are responsible for seven-tenths. The company commander thought that the soldiers and civilians were poor and declining, and asked for the allocation of 700,000 taels of salt and silver from the Huaihe River area, but Li, the minister of the household department, disagreed. Aric changed its practice and converted it into three-tenths of two-year grain transportation. The transfer fee and handling fee saved will be used to repair the transport ship, which will no longer aggravate the hardships of the military and civilians. The answer is yes.

A year later, Aric became the minister of fact. The Queen's father, Anping Hou Fangrui, asked for a place in the stable in zhang jia zhuang. Aric said that this place covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares, and it is the land that generates legal taxes. Can't promise, give him 20 hectares of land controlled by the government of Daen Temple. The emperor followed his advice. At that time, the national treasury reserve report was insufficient, and there was not a month when the border areas demanded a salary increase. There have been many floods and droughts in China, so Li Wenjin proposed the discussion of increasing reserves and savings. Aric put forward nine measures to the emperor, and then put forward ten measures to control the use of money, all of which were adopted by the emperor. In the past, this waterway transported 4 million stone grains every year. Aric thinks that food is more than enough, but the expenses are not enough. When encountering natural and man-made disasters, he usually takes silver as a discount to facilitate the people. One day, the emperor was very surprised to see that more than half of the people had switched to silver, so he asked the truth, and Wang Gaoren admitted the guilt. The emperor warned that from now on, we must abide by the laws of our ancestors and not change them easily.

Aric is in charge of state affairs, and there is nothing he doesn't work hard for. The emperor is very dependent on him. Later, the emperor ordered to buy Long Xianxiang, but Aric didn't buy it for a long time. The emperor was very unhappy because of this. Ma impeached Wang Gaohe for taking bribes while Li Rujin said that Cang Shangwei also took bribes, and (several people) were sent to prison together. Aric and Ai Pufa were sent to defend the frontier, and Wang Wei was abandoned as Shu Ren. Aric finally died in Leizhou. At the beginning, Xiu and others helped Wang Gao clean up his grievances. The emperor issued an imperial edict to restore Aric's official position, enjoy the treatment of sacrifice and burial, and bestow the title of Prince Taibao.