Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 302 Find the Cabinet

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was the most upright country. The Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, in the true sense, started from the "common people" class, step by step, in the era of chaos and chaos, hegemony. of!

It's just that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has inherited the characteristics of the feudal dynasty that has been passed down for a long time.

Just like there is no dynasty that has been passed down for thousands of years, but there is a clan that has been passed down for thousands of years.

In particular, the concepts of 'scholars, farmers, businessmen' and 'governing the world with literati and bureaucrats' have never been cut off.

The many problems exposed by the Ming Dynasty now are nothing more than a conflict of interests.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty was lonely, a real loner, and what he was facing was the thinking of scholar-bureaucrats under the entire feudal system.

Starting from the dismissal of all schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism, Confucianism has indeed become the cornerstone of a stable rule, but it also brings many restrictions.

As the Emperor Chongzhen had expected, the matter of Tianjin's withdrawal of guards and the establishment of a prefecture caused an uproar once it was passed on in the court.

"My lord... this is the memorial received by the Supervisor of Rituals, but..." Han Zanzhou held a stack of memorials and handed them to Emperor Chongzhen's dragon case, hesitantly said.

"Just what?"

Upon seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Han Zanzhou and said, "Is it all memorials to remonstrate with me? These memorials are only part of it, right?"

"The emperor is wise."

Han Zanzhou bowed slightly, bowed his head and said, "There are still many memorials like this over there."

None of them are worrying.

It is really possible for a matter of withdrawing guards and setting up a state to cause such a trend in the court.

But it’s right to think about it, Tianjin Three Guards, originally the water transportation center of Daming, or the gateway to defending the capital, it’s not clear how many interests are mixed here.

Without any warning, I abolished the three guards in Tianjin and established Tianjin Zhili Prefecture alone, which would have aroused the vigilance and panic of some groups.

Looking at the silent Han Zanzhou, Emperor Chongzhen said inwardly, then picked up a memorial, and flipped through it, the content inside was as he expected.

Ancestral system and etiquette are always the first priority.

Feudal dynasties under the small-scale peasant economy are often passed down to the middle and late stages, and these two things will be dominated by civil servants.

Standing on the commanding heights of morality, they speak eloquently, but in fact what they want to protect is their own core interests.

"Han Zanzhou, take a look at these dozens of remonstrance memorials, what are the similarities and differences."

After looking at them one by one, Emperor Chongzhen didn't get angry, instead he looked at Han Zanzhou and said.

"The slaves dare not."

Han Zanzhou hurriedly cupped his hands.

"I told you to watch it, so you just watch it!" Emperor Chongzhen frowned and shouted: "After reading it, tell me your intuitive feelings."

"Here!"

Han Zanzhou didn't dare to disobey the will, he bowed his hands first, then stepped forward cautiously, carefully flipping through the memorials in front of him under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chongzhen.

These remonstrance memorials selected from the supervisor of ceremonies have all been read beforehand, and Han Zanzhou is also clear about the contents.

However, screening according to Emperor Chongzhen's will and in front of Emperor Chongzhen are two completely different concepts.

In the final analysis, this is the imperial power that cannot be bullied!

Why are the problems of the Chongzhen Dynasty exposed so prominently and so intensively?
On the one hand, due to the impact of the Little Ice Age, it has completely entered the stage of frequent disasters.

On the one hand, due to the influence of party struggles, the corruption of officials in the officialdom was serious, which led to the rotten situation of the Ming Dynasty, which was far more severe than that of the Wanli Dynasty, Taichang Dynasty, and Tianqi Dynasty.

On the other hand, it was caused by the damage to the imperial power.

"My lord... this servant feels that these remonstrances and memorandums seem to be discussed in advance." Han Zanzhou raised his heart, leaned over to Emperor Chongzhen, and said cautiously: "The contents written are very similar, and this servant does not know..."

"See it?"

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a chuckle, "Do you know what this means? In the Ping-Liao events over the years, Tianjin has become more and more important.

It is originally an important place for water transportation and the gateway to defending the capital, so if there are some interests mixed in privately, wouldn't it be that there are turmoil and some changes will be formed?

This means that it is correct for me to withdraw the guards and set up a prefecture. If this matter can be done well, the control of the Kingdom of Tianjin, including taxes and various taxes, will be greatly changed. "

Han Zanzhou listened to what his lord said, with a look of astonishment on his face, he really didn't think of this, or thought it was so far-reaching.

"I have emphasized many times just now that Tianjin is an important place for water transportation."

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Water grain transported from the south to the north, as well as taxes from various places, etc., will be transported by water to the north along the way.

If it weren't for the submission of too many remonstrances, I didn't think much about this before, but now I think more.

Especially the Chongwenmen tax customs incident before, I don't know how many people were called, and how much profit was lost.

Then if after the withdrawal of the guards and the establishment of the prefecture, if the Chongwenmen taxation matters are followed in Tianjin, how many people's interests will be touched? "

"This……"

Han Zanzhou was a little dumbfounded.

'Actually, there are many more, such as greed for food and ink, private salt sales, and even in the name of water transportation, using power for personal gain, selling all kinds of profiteering things, including Tianjin local guards, military corruption, and so on. '

Seeing Han Zanzhou's reaction, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything else, but he secretly said in his heart, "Daming's officialdom, let these civil servants understand it."

Such a rotten and greedy team of officials, no matter how strong Ming's background is, they can't stand it. '

To change the fate of Ming Dynasty, in a sense, Emperor Chongzhen was the rebel faction.

"I passed on my oral order to order the eunuchs on duty to be on duty, to separate them according to the courtyards and temples, and to sort out these remonstrance memorials, and then go to their respective hall officials."

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, stretched out his hand and said to Han Zanzhou: "Let's just say, if you have something to ask the cabinet, whether you want to advise or not, Tianjin's withdrawal of guards and establishment of state affairs cannot be changed!"

"Here!"

Since many civil servant groups in the court are shameless, perhaps among these groups, there are really some who want to remonstrate Emperor Chongzhen from the perspective of Tianjin's stability, but most of them are typical shameless.

Since they are shameless, then find a place for them to vent their shamelessness.

The temporary stability of the cabinet team that pursues the responsibility system and the accountability system, the Emperor Chongzhen has given them more power, so wouldn't it be the best choice to act as a place to throw the blame?
The noisy things should be led aside to do, and the specific things to be done should be resolutely carried out under this situation, and the rest should be done with strength.

(End of this chapter)