Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 270 The Official Earthquake (1)

As the most important case in the second year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen had to make a final conclusion on the Yuan case, which played a decisive role in his subsequent rule of the world, check and balance the court, and bring order out of chaos.

Affected by years of party disputes, especially after the Tianqi Dynasty continued to ferment, many officials in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the Qingliu and scholar groups, have developed a bad habit.

Raise hope!

Regardless of one's ability and whether one can shoulder that responsibility, as long as one's reputation is intact and one maintains a clean and honest image, one's official luck will not be bad.

As for the life and death of the people at the bottom, whether the officials are corrupt or not, whether class conflicts are intensified, etc., it has nothing to do with them.

In the final analysis, they worked for Daming Jiangshan, and gained fame and wealth. As for what happened to Daming Jiangshan, the emperor of Ming Dynasty was worried about it, so it had nothing to do with them.

"Han Jisi, from now on, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will take care of you temporarily."

While looking at Jin Yiwei who was in a hurry and busy restraining Yuan Chonghuan, Emperor Chongzhen looked coldly at the important officials of the court who were standing there, and said loudly: "About the edict issued by the cabinet, all the reasons involved , all will be handled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

Han Jisi, who was the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at that time, suddenly heard what the emperor said, and immediately felt countless eyes gathered towards him.

Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, was dismissed by the emperor in public and ordered Jin Yiwei to be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. He was temporarily in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it would not be long before he was promoted to Zuodu Censor according to the rules, acting in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Emperor Chongzhen will choose another minister from the court to serve as the vacant Zuodu censor. As for the situation, it depends on what Han Jisi does.

Han Jisi, whose mind was a little messy, felt the tremendous pressure. Although Yuan Chonghuan died, and when he was dying, he confessed to all the crimes he confessed in Jinyiwei Prison.

But Yuan Chonghuan's reputation in Daming was not generally high, and there were also many temples built for Yuan Chonghuan in various places.

It's not a bad thing to do.

"Minister... accept the decree!"

Under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, Han Jisi walked out of the court class, bowed his head and walked towards himself. The hand holding Chaohu visibly trembled a few times, but finally he bowed his hands in response.

"The people in the cabinet, the people in the military aircraft department, all go to the Wenhua Palace with me!" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly with a flick of his robe sleeves. Sitting on the dragon chariot, surrounded by eunuchs and eunuchs such as Wang Chengen, he headed towards Wenhua Hall.

Yuan Chonghuan's suicide and apology caused Emperor Chongzhen to fail to speak out in front of Yuan Chonghuan about some of the things that Emperor Chongzhen had conspired before.

However, with the death of Yuan Chonghuan and the setting of the Yuan case, it is time to make adjustments to the foreign court, and the chaos in the court should also end.

Sitting on the dragon chariot, Emperor Chongzhen closed his eyes and rested his mind, letting the cold wind blow. At this time, he was very energetic. After tossing and tossing for so long, he was finally about to attack the outside world.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's conception, all government offices in the outer dynasties, including the cabinet, must be adjusted so that a group of pragmatic officials, no matter what faction they are from, can grasp the corresponding authority to do things and give corresponding powers to them. Pressure, so that the momentum of internal friction in the court can be suppressed for him.

From the third year of Chongzhen to the end of the fifth year of Chongzhen, during the three-year period, Emperor Chongzhen planned a temporary period of stability for himself and Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the so-called Donglin Party in the court, the remnants of the Eunuch Party, or ministers from other backgrounds, they check and balance each other, supervise each other, and move in a general direction to help themselves manage the mess of Daming.

During the three-year period of temporary stability, Emperor Chongzhen devoted more energy to building a state-owned economy, developing lecture halls, training the new army of the Ming Dynasty, cultivating reserve talents, effectively using military aircraft, and surrounding Liaodong and Shanshan. , to carry out corresponding deployments to ensure that the basic order of the Ming Dynasty is not chaotic, and to truly control the basic situation of Beizhili.

It is said that governing the country is like cooking small fish, but to govern the rotten Ming Dynasty, what is needed most is patience, random reforms and disturbances will only destroy the fragile foundation of Daming.

"Since I returned to the court triumphantly, because of this Yuan case, there have been so many turmoil and jokes in the court." Emperor Chongzhen, sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the cabinet ministers headed by Han Yu, and Wang Qia The leading minister of the Military Aircraft Department said with a cold expression.

"Han Qing, I would like to ask you, how did you become the chief assistant of the cabinet? Even assisting me to stabilize the order of the foreign court, leading the ministries, temples and other government offices, and governing the Ming Dynasty, can't you do it?

If that's the case, what use is there for me to have a cabinet! ?

Look at the recent days, how the censors, officials and censors of this science and Taoism, including many ministers in the court, have become so noisy, they don't care about the face of the country, right? ? "

Being questioned by Emperor Chongzhen in front of so many people, Han Yu, who was already distracted, became even more flustered at this moment. Although it was the middle of winter, cold sweat kept coming out of his back.

"Your Majesty...the minister is guilty!" Han Yu bowed his head and stepped forward, cupping his hands and said: "The minister knows his own ability..."

"What are you trying to say!?"

Emperor Chongzhen interrupted: "I asked you a few words, and then I thought about resigning? What do you think of the laws and regulations of our country?"

One of the root causes of Ming Dynasty's continued failure is inseparable from the frequent replacement of cabinet ministers. This move not only damaged the emperor's prestige, but also damaged the credibility of the country. The key point was to exacerbate class conflicts in Ming Dynasty.

As far as Emperor Chongzhen was concerned, during the three-year period of temporary stability he had planned, he would not dismiss cabinet ministers easily. He wanted to build a cabinet with multiple checks and balances and multiple supervisions.

At the same time, put corresponding pressure on the cabinet and give the cabinet more authority, so that some good adjustments that Ming has to make can be carried forward more smoothly.

As for the New Deal that Emperor Chongzhen planned in his heart, we will wait until the above-mentioned adjustments that come from the scholar group, which are regarded as the adjustments implemented by the old school officials, are implemented, and then he will choose the opportunity to ask him to train the new school officials to gradually rise in the court and localities, and then promote a new one. change.

Daming, who was already terminally ill, needed warming and tonic medicine, so that the body could be recuperated first. If he took a strong medicine as soon as he came up, what he would get in exchange would not be a pillar of support, but a faster collapse!
"The current court situation is unstable, how can it rule the world."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Han Yu who was standing with his hands down, and said in a strong tone: "The cabinet can't assist me to stabilize the court and rule the world by relying on only a few of you. Can be under the command of various ministries, temples and other government offices, and assist me!"

(End of this chapter)