Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 494

The matter of Zong and vassals entering Beijing has attracted great attention in the court. Influenced by Confucianism, the civil servants of Ming Dynasty are full of vigilance and restrictions on honored relatives and Zong and vassals.

As soon as the honors and vassals lose their restraint and gain power, it will put the Daming society at risk, especially the Jingnan battle of Ming Chengzu. The group of vassals in the Ming Dynasty has gradually evolved from the previous elite education to raising pigs. policy.

Second, the civil servants do not want the ruling power to be divided by other groups, so they are hostile and wary of eunuchs, relatives, and suzerains.

Thirdly, to limit the choice of the emperor, a group of eunuchs in the inner court is enough to make the civil servants vigilant and guarded. If there are more honorary relatives or suzerain vassals, then the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power will not be the absolute advantage of the imperial power up?
There are too many interests and levels behind this power struggle in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Han Yuanfu, why did you summon me here?"

Wen Tiren leaned on the official hat chair with a calm expression, looked at the silent Han Yu, and said, "At present, the cabinet has a lot of things to do.

Now that I'm all here, and you don't say a word, what do you mean by that? "

In this Wenhua Hall, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun, Wu Zongda and others all looked at the dignified Han Yu.

Compared with the previous cabinet, Emperor Chongzhen's new cabinet mixed with sand, including various powers granted, made this cabinet no longer dominated by the chief assistant.

Han Yu has a lot of power, but in the same way, people like Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, and Xu Guangqi also have corresponding power.

A cabinet cannot have only one voice.

"My lords, I think you all know about the entry of the feudal vassals from the North to the capital, right?"

Han Yu frowned, glanced at Wen Tiren, and said, "Because of this incident, the Ministers of Chaozhong Kedao and the Ministry of Rites are very angry about it.

There are many memorials.

Look, it's all piled up on Honsuke's side.

According to the patriarchal system of the Ming Dynasty, the vassals cannot leave the vassal land without a reason, but this time so many vassals came to the capital, including my cabinet, they didn't even know about it before. "

Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi and the others showed different expressions. They did have their own views on the matter of the vassal's entry into Beijing.

Even up to this moment, not to mention other government offices, even their cabinets don’t know when the emperor called the northern feudal vassals to come to Beijing. whats the matter.

As far as the civil officials in the court were concerned, they were not worried about the emperor's negligence in government. What they were afraid of was that they could not guess what the emperor's behavior meant.

Especially Tianzi Gangang is arbitrary and makes some decisions that they don't know about, which will make them very passive.

"Your Majesty did this with a deep meaning."

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, and said: "As we all know, the current state of the country is facing serious internal and external troubles, perhaps His Majesty summoned all the feudal vassals from the north to Beijing to meet His Majesty, in order to solve problems.

Perhaps these vassal branches can't do much, but they can still solve some problems by donating food to the country.

Therefore, Benfu feels that the cabinet does not need to be too involved in this matter. After all, there are still many things that need to be done now. "

"Old Xu Ge, if you say such things, you are irresponsible to Sheji."

Wu Zongda frowned and said: "Even if His Majesty wants to ask the northern feudal clans to donate food for the country, at least the cabinet should know about it.

Now the cabinet is not clear about this matter, and among the many memorials submitted by Ke Dao's group of speech officials and censors, there are those who impeach our cabinet.

And as far as Benfu knows, these suzerains arrived in the capital and were placed in Tongzhou area. Two days ago, His Majesty summoned these suzerains into the palace, and did not tell them to return to the domain. "

"That's the biggest problem."

Han Yu interrupted, "With so many vassals gathered in Tongzhou, how much food will they spend every day? Even these expenses are allocated from internal funds.

But if there is really money in the internal funds, why did His Majesty not express his opinion on the several letters submitted by the cabinet earlier asking for internal funds? "

The atmosphere in Wenhua Palace became depressing.

Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, and Xu Guangqi, it was you who looked at me, and I looked at you. They knew what was going on with what Han Yu said.

It is nothing more than the financial pressure of Ming Dynasty at this stage, and the emperor is on the side of the cabinet. In the past, he could win a sum of money by submitting a memorial at will.

Now it has become very difficult.

For Han Yu, the chief minister of the cabinet, what was lacking on his side, he directly reported to the emperor, and left most of the financial troubles to the emperor.

But now the situation is reversed.

Leaving the financial troubles to the emperor, but being pushed back to the cabinet by the emperor, Han Yu was both painful and happy.

On the one hand, the authority of the chief assistant has been strengthened.

On the one hand, the pressure on the first and auxiliary departments continues to increase.

"Honsuke, let's make it clear."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Han Yu frowned and said: "This assistant intends to submit these submitted memorials to the imperial court in the name of the cabinet.

The cabinet issues draft opinions.

I hope that His Majesty can call the feudal vassals from the north to leave the capital and return to them as soon as possible. At the same time, I ask His Majesty to transfer a sum of money from the internal funds to alleviate the problem of having officials in the court. "

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

Wu Zongda, Zhou Daodeng and others spoke in agreement one after another.

"I don't want to get involved in this matter."

However, Wen Tiren sang a different tune: "The establishment of the ICAC is imminent, and I don't have the energy to take care of other things. This matter is approved by His Majesty, and it must be effective as soon as possible."

"Benfu is busy with the affairs of the household department." Bi Ziyan stood up and said, "Han Yuanfu, you can take care of this matter. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Han Yuanfu, Benfu also has important matters here."

Xu Guangqi got up and said: "This matter still needs to be discussed. After all, we don't know why His Majesty summoned all the vassals to Beijing to meet His Majesty."

Han Yu: "..."

Seeing Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, and Xu Guangqi blatantly contradicting him made Han Yu angry. He felt that his prestige as the chief assistant was being challenged.

But on this matter, no matter whether Han Yu agrees or not, he must submit it in the name of the cabinet. After all, many ministers in the DPRK and China have put pressure on him.

The chief assistant of the cabinet during the temporary stability period is often caught in the middle to be a person, but it is often not a person inside and outside.

It's not that Han Yu never thought about getting rid of this situation, but there was no other better way than to resign from the school, but this position was not something he could resign if he wanted to.

(End of this chapter)