Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 280 Zhou Yanru's Attack

In the face of a messy and rotten Ming Dynasty, all interest groups have private land to ensure the stability of vested interests. What Emperor Chongzhen can do is to check and balance each other, and use the inherent advantages of imperial power to deter A little hit.

Talking with Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he covered it up very well, and did not let them realize that he would get rid of Liaodong generals in the future.

In the three deep camps, Zu Dashou and others were first called to act as catfish to reduce unnecessary expenses of the dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen felt it was necessary.

Leaving the right post of Shenshu Camp, Emperor Chongzhen left Wang Zaijin who was accompanying him, and had a good exchange with the gang of relatives who served in the Beijing camp, so as to play a beating role.

"Wang Banban, Li Ruzhen, have you recruited?"

On the way back to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "In addition, the property confiscated from the Li family, including the hidden ones, have not been found."

As a case derived from the Yuan case, in the so-called anti-tax case, those who were killed were small fish and shrimp. The real big fish were secretly detained by Emperor Chongzhen.

As for the things Li Ruzhen was involved in Liaodong before, they were treated lightly and coldly in the Tianqi Dynasty. If there is nothing tricky behind it, Emperor Chongzhen would not believe it if he was beaten to death.

The late Ning Yuan Bo Li Chengliang went out of Liaodong many times, so the background of the Li family is not simple.

Even in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, he was certain that the predecessor of the so-called Liaodong generals had the right to speak internally in the hands of the Li family.

If it weren't for Li Rubai and Li Ruzhen's failure to live up to expectations, it would have been because they were greedy for life and afraid of death. At some critical moments, they sat and watched the Jianlu Eight Banners raged, and did not send troops to help, which indirectly caused Daming to suffer losses in Liaodong.

Such a situation led to a vacuum in the Li family before the Liao Dynasty.

If this were not the case, the ancestral family headed by Zu Dashou would not be able to carry the banner of Liaodong generals.

After all, the ancestral family really rose before Liaodong, and it was because Li Chengliang was promoted to the corresponding official position when he was in Liaodong that he was able to accumulate a solid foundation.

"Li thief recruited some, but the situation is more serious than expected."

Wang Chengen bowed slightly, frowned and said: "My lord...the Li family may have secretly communicated with Jianlu, and even has an unclear connection with the eight great thieves.

At present, in the inner factory, the interrogation of the detained Li thief and others is being stepped up, trying to pry Li thief's mouth in the shortest possible time.

The raids against the Li family have always been carried out in secret, only the current raids are less than half of the total. The recorded silver, land, jewelry and antiques are more than 4 million taels of silver.

As for the hidden family property that may exist, Li Thief and the others have not recruited it yet, and the slaves will..."

"Unexpectedly, in the capital city at the foot of the emperor, there is still a house thief Shuoshu lurking!"

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was cold, and he interrupted: "Before Fang Zhenghua and the others come back, the inner factory has to finish the case, and the current court situation is turbulent, so no one has the thought and energy to put the matter on Li Ruzhen and the others.

But when the court situation is clear, it will be different. I don't want to be passive in this matter. Wang Banban should know what to do, right? "

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant will take care of this matter."

The financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty was affected by the environment of rotten top and bottom and corrupt officials, and the fiscal deficit increased year by year, which created a false behavior.

Under the Ming Dynasty, there was an extreme shortage of money.

But is this really the case?

Affected by the overall trade surplus, even though most of the Ming Dynasty explicitly prohibited going to the sea, all interest groups in the southeast coastal area, such as nobles, dignitaries, officials, landlords, maritime merchants, etc., ignored these policies and kept secretly Foreign trade, a lot of silver inflows every year.

This generation, generation after generation, no one knows exactly how much money has flowed into Daming with only the three types of things that are sought after overseas, namely porcelain, silk and tea.

'The Li family can accumulate so much wealth, I'm afraid the situation will be even more different with the eight major Shanxi merchants. 'Emperor Chongzhen, who had finished ordering the errands, secretly said with a dignified expression.

Rooted in Shanxi, backed by Zhangjiakou Fort, opened the way with money, and took advantage of the economic sanctions of Daming Bank to secretly engage in smuggling and selling stolen goods.

Even though bribery costs a lot of money, the family background of the eight major Shanxi merchants is definitely much richer than the current internal money. This is really a lot of eye-opening things. '

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to admit that the extent of Daming's corruption was far worse than he expected, the facts speak louder than words.

All of them cry poor on the surface, but in fact they are very rich.

Is this a moral distortion, or a depravity of human nature?
The political ecology of unbalanced civil and military affairs, with the passage of time, has led to the formation of many malpractices and cancers. This is a manifestation of the weakening of imperial power no matter how you look at it.

Similar to what happened at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if they dared to postpone it until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, only Emperor Taizu Gao and his elders would inevitably be killed and blood flowed into rivers.

Lighting up sky lanterns, Ling Chi, cracking a car, chopping at the waist...these can all be used in different ways.

Back at the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen calmed down, since the fact that the mess had become a reality, all he could do was to straighten it out step by step.

Don't be impatient.

Don't be too greedy.

The existing maladministration and malignant tumors in the Ming Dynasty are quite intertwined, involving various forces, and it seems like a quick knife to cut the mess, which is already not suitable for the current national conditions.

Even the powerful army that can deter all forces has not yet been truly trained, and the reforms are being carried out, corrupt officials are being killed, and everyone is in danger. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be replaced as soon as possible.

"My lord, these are the memorials collected by the Supervisor of Rituals, and Zhou Shufu also submitted some of them." Han Zanzhou, who had been waiting for a long time when Emperor Chongzhen returned to Dongnuan Pavilion, took a stack of memorials and reported them to his emperor.

"I won't read it, and transfer it to the cabinet immediately." Emperor Chongzhen said, "Ask Han Yu and the others to draw up a proposal as soon as possible and submit it to the Supervisor of Rituals."

"Here!"

It seems that Zhou Yanru has contacted the officials of the DPRK and China, and prepared to launch a corresponding offensive in the form of memorials to the responsibility system he had previously established.

The cabinet formed during the temporary stabilization period is mainly composed of ministers from the conservative faction. If you want to give them a relatively large amount of power to assist you in handling government affairs, then the responsibility system must be clarified.

As far as Daming's current situation is concerned, if Emperor Chongzhen can't settle down the responsibility system and accountability system, no matter how many things are done and the state-owned economy develops well, it will not be able to withstand the scourge of corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty.

Using the responsibility system and the accountability system as the filler to fill the hole is an important political measure for Emperor Chongzhen to turn against the wind.

(End of this chapter)