Cutting 1719

Chapter 542
The problem of party disputes cannot be resolved by the emperor's order. Even an emperor with extraordinary skills like Jiajing, when dealing with his courtiers, would choose to create conflicts among his courtiers to achieve division and checks and balances.

The so-called "eunuch party" has always been the sewage deliberately created by the literati, because it should be called the royalist party, their only mission is to protect the monarchy from being compressed, and the ministers subconsciously hope to limit the monarchy within a certain range Therefore, it will also consciously suppress the royalists.

As the founding king of the country, Ning Yu has a gun in his hand, so he does not need the eunuchs as helpers. He can suppress the ministers with his own means, but this is not normal, like the suppression of the noble faction of the Shilin party , is an attempt, and what Ning Yu has to do is not only checks and balances, but also needs to protect the monarch's detached position.

In this regard, Japan’s emperor system is a very typical example. The reason why the emperor can maintain the inheritance for so long is not because the emperor is so powerful, but because the emperor has no power at all, so he is tolerated by people. In order to maintain a sufficiently detached position.

Of course, Ning Yu would not be willing to be such a nameless emperor, so this method of self-weakness was completely rejected from the beginning, and whether he could find a new path was a reflection on the status quo.

"Cui Qing, I think factionalism is unavoidable, and restricting factionalism is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. On the contrary, it will make this type of faction more covert and cruel, which is not good for the country."

Cui Wancai sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the kings of all dynasties have thought about this difficult problem, but they haven't gotten a good solution so far."

In fact, there is no way at all, but Cui Wancai didn't say it clearly.

The method is also very simple, that is, the factory guard system of the Ming Dynasty and the secret seal system of the Qing Dynasty.

As an emperor, the most basic and most important ability is to have enough ability to distinguish things. However, because the emperor's status is too high, he cannot always contact the bottom layer, and he is naturally isolated by a layer of information. Whether the news was good or bad, it was all whitewashed by the courtiers, which made the emperor unable to understand the real situation.

It's like disaster relief. For the emperor, this matter seems very simple. It is nothing more than that when a disaster occurs, the ministers below report the disaster, and then convey it to the emperor one by one. Then the emperor can't see it. Hurry up for disaster relief, and then allocate disaster relief funds according to the situation of the memorial, and then distribute them level by level, and the disaster situation is alleviated. Everything seems to be so perfect.

During this process, the emperor received very little information. On the surface, he could have a lot of power to dispose of it, but whether it was handled properly, whether it should be handled in this way, and whether there will be improvement next time, he will not know. All the emperor can know is the praise articles submitted by the people below.

But in fact, when ministers collude, this thing can become terrible.

Because the country is very large, people will report disasters every month or even every day. Some people will deliberately exaggerate the scale of relief for corruption, so as to allocate more money from the imperial court. If there is no payment, it will lead to a rapid loss of money from the treasury. When something really happens, there will be no money to allocate.

Therefore, when the party disputes gradually deteriorated, the emperor could only hear the bottomless attacks on each other by the ministers of both sides. It was difficult to distinguish who was right and who was wrong, and there was no way to deal with it effectively. It's wrong, no matter what you do, you will be a fool.

How to do it?Rely on the factory guards controlled by the emperor himself, and rely on the secret books of the loyal ministers below. Although these methods cannot be completely controlled, they can at least let the emperor hear some real voices.

However, these good systems are not necessarily for the ministers, especially those officials who like to behave indiscriminately on weekdays. No one wants to be reported to the imperial prison by a secret letter while eating hot pot and singing songs. Therefore, all the ministers will subconsciously unite to suppress the factory guards and the secrecy system.

The reason why Cui Wancai didn't say these two methods was not because he was disloyal to the emperor, but because he couldn't say it. Although the emperor knew it very well, once he said it on his own initiative, all the officials would regard him as an enemy. Naturally, the first assistant couldn't do it any longer.

But it just so happens that Ning Yu knows these two methods, but he will not simply pin his hopes on them, because whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it actually explains the problem, that is, the factory guard and the secret book. The effect is basically ineffective, and it is difficult to exert the effect they should have.

Ning Yu pondered for a while, "Cui Qing, right now our Great Chu is undergoing a major change that hasn't happened in 3000 years. If we look at the party disputes with the common sense, I'm afraid it won't be able to achieve the desired effect, do you understand?"

"Business and Industry Daxing. Of course I understand this truth."

Cui Wancai sighed slightly. With the support of the emperor in front of him, the great prosperity of industry and commerce is no longer just empty talk. In Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan and many other places, many industries have begun to spring up, and the steam engine , The use of looms has also changed almost all previous production methods.

Like the traditional life of men farming and women weaving, great changes have taken place. Many landless farmers have chosen to go into the city, into the factory and start working day after day, although it is much more tiring than before. , but the money earned is not comparable to that of farming, and even many middle-aged and middle-aged people have entered the factory to beg for food.

As for traditional farmhouse cloth, it also began to fail in front of steam engines and looms. A large number of high-quality and cheap machine-made cloth began to crowd out the market, while the price of traditional farmhouse cloth dropped rapidly, and many family-style weaving workshops also closed down. , a large number of female workers walked into large weaving factories,

The business community is gradually expanding its influence, which will also cause certain changes to the political situation of the imperial court. In order to obtain more profits, the nobles behind it have also begun to invest large-scale funds and connections into the business community. It is also a manifestation of the great prosperity of industry and commerce.

The threat to the traditional gentry class caused by the booming of industry and commerce is far greater than the blow that Ning Yu had to the gentry at the beginning, and the new land tax policy has given a strong boost to this trend, causing many gentry to start Transform to a business gentry.

"With the prosperity of industry and commerce, the common people can no longer be tied to the land. It is necessary to break the personal control of the gentry over the common people. Although the scholar-lin faction in the imperial court knew that this was the general trend, they still wanted to fight, but the struggle was to control the political situation of the imperial court. , wanting to slow me down."

Ning Yu sighed softly. This time, the competition between the Shilin faction and the honorable faction over Zhili prefect and Shanghai prefect was not a coincidence, because these two places are the key areas for the current prosperity of industry and commerce.

Cui Wancai smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that the current party struggle has become such a complicated situation. Perhaps it would be better to simplify the complicated issues."

There was still a word in his heart that he didn't say, that is, isn't all this the situation that the emperor wants to see?
If the honorable faction and the business community develop too fast, the first person to feel uneasy is definitely the emperor himself. This is why the emperor supported the industry and commerce on the one hand, and on the other hand vigorously promoted Li Fu and Xue Haiyun of the Shilin faction. .

Hearing this, Ning Yu showed a little understanding on his face, and said softly: "Since the party struggle is unavoidable, why not let them engage in the party struggle openly instead of letting them collude in private and cause uncontrollable danger?"

Nanjing City, Ruancui Building.

In the weather of early spring, the climate is still very pleasant. Amidst the sound of silk and bamboo, several people are sitting together. Beside.

It’s just that compared to the beauty of the banquet, the faces of the people sitting there are not so good-looking. The leader is Ning Zhonghai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, followed by Cheng Wang, Shangshu of the Organization Department, and there are several other people sitting with him. The person at the center of the Jingcha storm——Dong Chengyu, the magistrate of Yingtian.

Ning Zhonghai, as the current Uncle Wang, is also in charge of the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce. He can be regarded as a high-ranking and powerful person, and he is also the leader of the Honored Ministers. Therefore, he often entertains some friends and valued ministers on weekdays, but in the past, everyone Talking and laughing happily, the atmosphere is not as dignified as it is today.

Of course, everyone understands why this is the case, and it is because of the Jingcha incident, which sent a blunt stick to the Xunchen who had developed smoothly. Although Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian, and Sheng Qi, the prefect of Shanghai, were preserved, but the other middle and lower classes However, many officials were dismissed, and some even went directly to prison awaiting trial.

According to the current official system in Ningchu, once dismissed from the official position, if you want to continue to be an official, you can only choose to take the exam again, and then wait for the allocation of the organization department again. It can be said that the new officials need to take a step, and they must take a step. , and because the foundation is not clean enough, it is even more difficult to make a comeback.

After all, in the current Ningchu, the imperial examinations are held every year, and every year there are a large number of new officials who need to wait for arrangements. At this time, it is not so easy for a dismissed official to find a suitable position again, so many After a person loses his official position, he has no intention of continuing to be an official.

"The Jingcha incident is really a painful lesson."

Ning Zhonghai didn't show much disappointment on his face. After all, he had also struggled through ups and downs. At present, these losses have not been put in his heart. The key is that he doesn't quite understand the emperor's mind now. So there was a bit of seriousness on his face.

Cheng Wang obviously thought of something with him, and said with a wry smile: "Shilin was suppressed by His Majesty before, and the war is still undecided, which made my Honored Ministers faction gradually grow, but right now, it's too late, Your Majesty will naturally relax. It's a cage of Songshilin school."

"Hmph, it's extremely troublesome for this group of smug bastards to take a bite out of thin air."

Another official from the Executive Yuan shook his head. He was Su Lie, Director of the Executive Yuan Office of the Company. There was a little anger on his face. In this time, in the Beijing police system, several people from the Executive Yuan were dismissed. Officials are all his cronies.

Although Dong Chengyu, the magistrate of Yingtian, knew that the other party was not talking about himself, but at the moment he was more or less looking at him, so he raised his glass and said, "Master Su, you should be more cautious at the moment. Your Majesty values ​​it, if they really listen to it, and play a few more copies, it will be pretty." The so-called Wutai refers to another name of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Ning Zhonghai smiled, and said softly: "It's normal for you to feel a little uncomfortable, but Your Majesty will not really let the Metropolitan Procuratorate cover the sky with one hand. Sooner or later, they will suffer."

"Please enlighten me, my lord." Everyone was a little puzzled. The Procuratorate was in a turmoil right now, and there was really no sign of it going to decline. It was just that Cheng Wang's heart moved, and he seemed to understand.

"Let Bai Gong talk about it." Ning Zhonghai looked at Cheng Wang, implying something, and Bai Gong is Cheng Wang's name.

Cheng Wang stroked his beard and smiled slightly, and said: "The key lies in the matter of industry and commerce. Based on this alone, His Majesty will never let the Metropolitan Procuratorate go around and bite us."

"Business is booming!" Dong Chengyu spit out a word lightly. He was really a little scared by the Metropolitan Procuratorate before, but now that he came back to his senses, he understood a little bit in his heart.

To put it simply, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can clean up the corruption of officials. This is what the emperor needs them to do, but this does not mean that the emperor only needs to have clean and honest officials. All these are considered for the sake of the court as a whole, especially at the moment During the period when industry and commerce are thriving, the role of the Hoonchen faction will be more important, and these cannot be replaced by the Shilin faction.

"It is His Majesty's plan to use the ministers to develop the economy and use the power of industry and commerce, while the scholars sent to control the balance and eliminate corruption."

Cheng Wang sighed softly. Speaking of which, they were just the emperor's pawns, but it was not sad to be pawns. The sad thing was that they didn't even know their own pawn identities.

Ning Zhonghai nodded. He didn't want to go to war for the Beijing Police this time, otherwise there would be no other benefits except to arouse the emperor's vigilance and suppression. Therefore, these reasons must be explained to Cheng Wang and the others. Now that Cheng Wang They have already understood, so of course they don't need to waste their words.

"Your Majesty's schemes are not just for a moment and a place, nor are they just for the petty gains in front of you. What your Majesty thinks in his heart is the future of the great Chu Jiangshan."

Ning Zhonghai's face was a little dignified, "Therefore, this king believes that even if it is to guide the development of industry and commerce, it should not be unscrupulous, otherwise the Shilin faction will become the second hand arranged by His Majesty. As for why Your Majesty wants to develop industry and industry, and is afraid of industry and commerce, I'm afraid it's still difficult to understand." There are a lot of questions that we don’t know about right now.”

(End of this chapter)