Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The wave of party struggle formed in the late Ming Dynasty had a larger aspect, which was caused by the dispute of interests, and this was best reflected in the formulation of taxes.

Strong regional parties such as the Qi Party, Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, Xuan Party, and Kunming Party, conceptual cronies like the Donglin Party, eunuchs formed by remnants of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Parties, etc. In essence, they are all of the same nature, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the privileged group of the old school.

Including the original time trajectory, after the Jiashen National Disaster, the formation of the Nanming regime, and the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, were still conflicts of interest.

Even though the national crisis is right in front of them, when it's time to fight, they still have to fight. If they stand here and stay in the rivers and lakes, how can everything go well?

Even if the ruling officials don't want to fight anymore, the group of interest groups behind them will tie them up and threaten them to fight.

This more fully reflects that the civil servant group in Ming Dynasty is an extremely complex interest association.

Part of the real root cause of the party struggle in Ming Dynasty lies in the civil servants themselves, but the core lies in the privileged few groups.

A large number of means of production, wealth, education, etc. are all concentrated in their hands, which makes them want more.

"What exactly is Sun Chuanting's intention?"

Han Yu frowned, looked at the memorandum in his hand, and said: "We must set up a new National Tax Office under the Ministry of Household Affairs, and gradually bring the customs duties related to water transportation under the jurisdiction of this office.

It is really arrogance to recruit tax police, tax supervisors, tax supervisors, etc. to share clear duties and powers to avoid favoritism and fraud.

He is the governor of Shuntian Mansion, so if he doesn't care about Shuntian Mansion, how can he interfere with such matters? ! "

The standing members of Zhongshushe showed different expressions, similar to the memorial presented by Sun Chuanting, and after they knew it, they also reacted like Han Yu.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet of Ming Dynasty, especially after the implementation of the responsibility system and accountability system, Han Yu had more matters to deal with, and the people around him needed to help him sort out the memorabilia.

To clarify which ones are important, which ones are secondary, and which ones are unimportant.

At that time, Han Yu will deal with it according to the size of the matter.

"Copy out a few copies of this memorandum, and distribute it to Mr. Wen Ge and the others, each with a copy." Holding the memoir in his hand, Han Yu said with a frown as he looked at the crowd in front of him.

"In addition, Mr. Bi Ge sent a few more copies, saying that this matter is of great importance, and the cabinet must be clear about this matter, and we will discuss it at that time."

"Here!"

Those Zhongshu Sheren immediately bowed in response.

Originally, according to what Han Yu thought, he wanted to put this memorial aside for the time being, but thinking of the emperor behind Sun Chuanting, he told Han Yu to give up this idea.

"This Sun Chuanting is very good, why should he submit such a memorial?"Is there any order from His Majesty behind this? '

Looking at the backs of several people, Han Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself: "After all, this national tax office really needs to be set up in the Ministry of Households. It will not only be in charge of the collection of banknotes set up by the Water Transport Office, but also gradually clarify the business tax issue.

How can Sun Chuanting, the Governor of Shuntian, need to worry about these things?Just the affairs under the Shuntian Mansion's management are enough to keep him busy.

Especially on the capital side, the resettled victims from Shanshan and Shanxi were doing work in Fucaifang for relief. If there was any mistake, it would lead to the impeachment of the official censor. '

Thinking about the current situation, Han Yu's intuition naturally reminded him of Emperor Chongzhen. After all, when it comes to setting up a new government office, the emperor of that day is better than anyone else.

Since it is such a situation, it cannot be simply dealt with coldly. It is necessary to ask several ministers in the cabinet to know about it.

After all, if it is really necessary to gradually collect power from the local government and ask the imperial court to take full responsibility for the banknotes related to water transportation, the turmoil and ripples it will cause will be too great.

It is related to the adjustment of taxes, so Han Yu can't help but ignore it.

Unsurprisingly, what happened in the cabinet spread among many Beijing officials in the outer dynasty. After all, it is related to taxes, who would not pay attention to it?
"During these days, Lu Qing has not submitted the secret report?"

Emperor Chongzhen, holding a vermilion pen, looked at Wang Chengen and said, "This batch of disaster relief money and food allocated from internal funds is only enough for the early stage of disaster relief."

Even though Zhili has established a disaster relief agency, the money and food needed for follow-up disaster relief are still relatively large, which is a bit strange. '

"My lord, it is true that Governor Lu did not submit a secret report."

Wang Cheng'en leaned forward and said: "The maidservant has specially ordered in the Supervisor of Ceremonies that the secret memorials involving those important ministers should be submitted to the palace as soon as possible, and they must be submitted to the imperial court immediately."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, obviously thinking about Lu Xiangsheng's side, what happened, was the remnants of Bailian found out, and a batch of money and food was seized?Or did Daming Mansion and other places punish a group of gentry and merchants?
Emperor Chongzhen was not a stingy person.

When dealing with good ministers and generals he trusts, how much food is always needed, and will be raised and allocated immediately. After all, many things they do in the local area are related to order and stability.

If it really takes a while to slow down and lead to corruption in the local situation, it will be too much to lose.

But when dealing with those corrupt officials, let alone appropriating money and food, Emperor Chongzhen would try to punish them and confiscate all the stolen money and goods under their names.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is purely due to the serious corruption of officials, and the fact that there are too many officials who practice favoritism and abuse in courts and local governments.

Emperor Chongzhen would never be relentless if he was able to kill with righteousness in his hands.

"Slaves pay homage to the emperor."

Wang Dehua hurried into Dongnuan Pavilion, bowed and saluted.

"But what is the direction of the foreign court?" Seeing Wang Dehua coming, Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, frowned and said: "Pick those important reports."

"According to what the servants have found out."

Wang Dehua hurriedly reported: "Since the memorial presented by the Prime Minister of the Sun Fu was forwarded to the cabinet, many ministers in the court soon knew about it.

Especially in the Ministry of Household Affairs, they all accused Sun Fu Yin of meddling in his own business and wanting to win the favor of the emperor, that's why he did this. What's more, some officials scolded Sun Fu Yin as a scum.

However, on Bi Ge's side, he showed great importance to Sun Fuyin's memorial, but the servants were not very clear about his specific thoughts. "

"Ah."

Emperor Chongzhen responded: "You step back first."

Emperor Chongzhen knew what kind of public opinion Sun Chuanting's memorial would arouse in the court, especially on the side of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which involved taxes. It is impossible to say that the household department is absolutely in control, after all, there are too many people in it.