Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Han Yu, Wang Qia, the cabinet ministers and Shu Fu, would always feel apprehensive and apprehensive when the emperor specially summoned them to come to the Qianqing Palace for an audience.

From the arrest of a group of relatives in Beijing, to the establishment of a special governor of Zhili, and then to the special disaster relief office, in just a few days, many changes have taken place in the court.

Every time the emperor's intention was achieved, it was they who left the infamy.

Many civil officials in the court criticized the cabinet and even the military aircraft department. The emperor's arbitrariness is not a good thing for the court and the people.

In particular, the Disaster Relief Office involved the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and other departments, and the public opinion between the court and China was even greater.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay much attention to these situations.

Make noise if you want to.

We are now in a special period, and Emperor Chongzhen has no energy to take care of these noisy civil servants.

"All here?"

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon chair, looked at the cabinet ministers and shufu in front of him, and said calmly: "Han Zanzhou, tell my good ministers to take a good look at the secret memorial that Zhou Yuji submitted to me."

Want something bad!

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Bi Ziyan are the cabinet ministers.

Wang Qia, Zhou Yanru, Wang Zaijin and other military ministers.

There was a tacit understanding in their hearts, and they had the same idea.

Holding the secret note in his hand, Han Zanzhou went straight to his home, where the chief minister of the cabinet, Han Yu, went. After all, among the ministers of Miansheng, Han Yu was the highest rank.

'This eunuch! ! '

Seeing Han Zanzhou standing in front of him, the mild-tempered Han Yu couldn't help cursing in his heart, but he didn't dare to hesitate on the surface, and hurriedly accepted the secret performance.

Wen Tiren, Wang Qia, and Zhou Yanru, the cabinet ministers and Shu Fu, all looked at Han Yu with different expressions.

'Another good opportunity. '

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Han Yu who was resolute, flipping through the secret performances, and thought to himself: "The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty hold too much power and are too complicated.

Let them control everything, which will cause the power of the ministers to become stronger.

This is not good.

If anything, if you leave the civil servants group, you can't turn it around. Then what should Ming do if he wants to eradicate stubborn diseases and cancers? '

The reason why the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were so enthusiastic about party disputes was that behind this was the dispute over regional interests, especially when the imperial court was drafting taxes.

If a group of court officials were killed, it would be able to solve the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen had already ordered the factory guards, including the Zhongyong Army and other ministries, to launch a major purge of the court.

But in fact this is not the case.

It cannot be said that behind every civil official in the court, there is a group of local interest groups, but at least [-]% to [-]% of the civil servants in the court, or even a higher proportion, is like this.

Line with dots.

Line with surface.

This represents a complex network of contacts and interests.

They are entrenched under the rule of various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and actually control the prefectures and counties, and a large area of ​​vast countryside. Within this scope, the royal law of the Ming Dynasty is not as useful as the so-called patriarchal law.

Even the collection of low-level taxes must rely on these local interest groups to help the government collect them.

What an irony.

Under the original historical trajectory, Emperor Chongzhen frequently changed cabinet ministers and killed many people. The most direct feedback is the financial aspect of Ming Dynasty.

Especially in the area of ​​money law, the crazy coinage in various places, coupled with the prevalence of private coinage, the economic and financial field of Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it has been greatly impacted.

"It's impossible."

Inside the Dongnuan Pavilion, Han Yu's unbelievable voice sounded. Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, and looked at Bi Ziyan, Wang Qia and the others with his sharp eyes.

"Other Qing family, also have a look."

Emperor Chongzhen said calmly.

Emperor Chongzhen had expected this reaction to Han Yu.

Although the Ming Dynasty was very strict in controlling the suzerains, the civil servants treated the suzerains, except for the patriarchal law and etiquette, there was no conflict of interest, and sometimes they even favored the suzerains.

Since the late Wanli Dynasty, Zonglu has not paid enough, or has been delayed, but with this sum of money and food, people in the civil service group can also earn a lot.

The officialdom has been corrupted, and without a team of clean and efficient officials, it is doomed that the Ming Dynasty will fall into a passive state in many cases.

"The lineage of Qin Fan in Xi'an, the line of Jin Fan in Taiyuan, and the line of Dai Fan in Datong are all involved with the eight thieves who were arrested earlier?"

"How is this possible? They are the vassals of Daming, how could they do this..."

At that time, Dongnuange was like a bustling market, full of noise.

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon chair and looked at the group of cabinet ministers and assistants calmly, as if no one could accept such shocking news.

"Are you finished?"

After pondering for a moment, he looked quiet, but there was suspicion on his brows, the unbelievable group of officials, Emperor Chongzhen leaned forward and said: "This is the case, I know you don't believe it, it's okay, I just believe it .

How could a group of treacherous ministers and rebels, and small merchants in the Jin region weave such a network of relationships? Didn't Zhuqing's family think about these things carefully?
Since the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate to monitor the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, so as to deter Xiaoxiao, pick up corruption, bend the law, favoritism and malpractice.

However, the suzerain and vassal groups of the Ming Dynasty, including those of the Huangming ethnic group, have not been effectively monitored. This is a big problem in my opinion. "

Regarding the suzerain and vassal groups of Qin Fan, Jin Fan, and Dai Fan, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to solve them with so-called practical actions through the court.

However, there must be actions in name.

But if you want to achieve this, you can also take away the power of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, etc., and the power of Zonglu, so you have to set up a new government office.

A nearly transparent clan mansion will not work.

"I have decided to set up a Li Fan Yuan."

Emperor Chongzhen looked calmly, looked at Han Yu and the others, and said, "He is in charge of monitoring the suzerains and vassals in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the affairs of the Huangming ethnic group, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, etc., and the affairs of distributing Zonglu and handing them over to the Lifan Academy.

I want to promote Zhang Zhiji, who inherited the Duke of England, as the Minister of the Lifan Academy, and pursue the responsibility of the Qin Fan, Jin Fan, and Dai Fan for the secret performance submitted by Zhou Yuji.

I have decided.

If anyone wants to remonstrate with me, then I will send Jinyiwei to investigate the affairs of Zonglu in the court over the years, and go to Shanshan to investigate the secret memorial presented by Zhou Yuji. "

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At that time, Dongnuan Pavilion fell into deathly silence.

Emperor Chongzhen's tactic was to draw fire from the bottom of the pot. This tactic directly hit the door of life. It was too ruthless. It was just a matter of checking Zonglu's affairs over the years, which made many civil officials shut up.

Daming itself is a mess, with too many bad debts. If you really want to investigate it carefully, there are not many officials involved.

And Zhou Yuji's secret performance just gave Emperor Chongzhen an opportunity to break the situation. It would be too pedantic and dull for Emperor Chongzhen not to grasp such a precious opportunity.