Yuan · Administrator and Official

Xu Ji 許楫

c. AD 1220 - c. AD 1289

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Xu Ji was an administrator and Official.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Gongdu 公度 Gongdu

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History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 18 passages
桑哥立尚書,會計天下錢糧,參知政事忻都、戶部尚書王巨濟,倚勢刻剝,遣吏徵徽州民鈔,多輸二千錠,巨濟怒其少,欲更益千錠,楫詣巨濟曰:「公欲百姓死耶、生耶? When Sangge established the Ministry of Revenue and audited the realm's finances, Vice Grand Councillor Xindu and Minister of Revenue Wang Juji, relying on their power, engaged in harsh exactions. They sent officials to collect paper currency from Huizhou's populace, who paid two thousand ingots more than required. Juji was angry that the amount was too small and wanted to add another thousand. Ji went to Juji and said: "Do you, sir, wish the common people to live or to die?