Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 595 The court shakes, and the imperial edict investigates

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

There are many cancers attached to Daming. If you want to eradicate all these cancers, you need to classify them, divide them into forms, and use different methods to eliminate them in a targeted manner.

For example, to check and balance the group of civil officials, Emperor Chongzhen did not end in person, nor did he rely too much on the eunuchs of the inner court, but let the civil officials fight against the civil officials.

After all, those who understand civil servants will always be civil servants.

As long as the employing person can be used correctly, no matter how many faults the employing person has, the role played in a specific period is much better than the emperor's personal end, or excessive reliance on the inner court eunuch.

For example, restricting the construction of the Eight Banners will drag and waste, and maintain the basic regional stability. Even if you support some forces outside the Ming Dynasty and give up some of the benefits, you must stick to this route.

After all, when it comes to the potential for war, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is enough to kill the Eight Banners of Jianlu. Since you can't beat you on the battlefield, then wait until you can beat you, and then kill you in one go!

Emperor Chongzhen made a lot of plans and deployments like this, and he wanted to use this method, this form, to cleanse the Ming Dynasty, which was rampant with demons and demons, and to wash away the Daming, which was rampant with unspoken rules.

The clarion call raised in Henan soon affected the court. What Sun Chuanting and the others did was to uncover the scandals that were well known in the past.

"Crazy, Sun Chuanting is a lunatic!"

Han Yu was excited, and holding the memorial sent to the cabinet by the supervisor of ceremonies, he said excitedly: "Even if it is found out that some official land in Henan has been illegally occupied, this method cannot be used to openly uncover it.

The scholars of the Henan Disaster Relief Office actually wanted to lead the disaster victims gathered in various prefectures and counties to file complaints with the local governments, and to file lawsuits with the feudal clans under the Henan administration, and with some officials and gentry.

This is simply appalling!
Gentlemen, this matter must not be put on hold like this. The cabinet must draft a draft immediately and submit it to the imperial court, so that the emperor will issue a decree to reprimand this kind of behavior. "

Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Zhou Daodeng and other cabinet ministers sat on official hat chairs with different expressions, thinking about what they heard.

"It's not just our cabinet that knows about this now."

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, looked at Han Yu and said: "The gang of speech officials and imperial censors in Ke Dao already knew about it, so Han Yuanfu wouldn't be ignorant of the impeachment memorial submitted to the General Secretary, right?

Of course, part of it is the impeachment of Sun Chuanting for inciting public sentiment, which is suspected of disturbing our Daming society.

But more is the impeachment of the feudal vassals under Henan, and even the officials involved. After all, the official land in Henan has been invaded in various forms. Does this happen in other places in Ming Dynasty? "

Han Yu: "..."

What Wen Tiren mentioned was exactly what Han Yu was most worried about. The reason why he wanted to end the matter as soon as possible was because he was afraid that the emperor would be furious and demand a thorough investigation into the occupation of official land.

If there are too many categories involved, the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will inevitably be found in the end. Once this happens, things will really explode.

In fact, under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the large-scale official lands were occupied by countless groups in various forms.

On the surface, these official fields are still Daming's official fields, but in fact they are not like this, and have even become personal private property.

The taxes collected by the imperial court in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River every year, the grain grains and all kinds of colored silver brought into Beijing, some of which were produced in official fields.

"Honsuke thinks that Mr. Wen Ge is right."

With firm eyes, Bi Ziyan lifted the sleeves of his robe and said: "In the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs has done things like check government land, check fire consumption, etc., but the results achieved are negligible.

According to the yellow registers, fish scale registers, etc. controlled by various places, the taxes levied should not be at such a level, but the proportion of taxes levied each year varies greatly.

Now Sun Chuanting is in Henan, gathering the victims in the name of the Disaster Relief Administration, trying to stabilize the situation in Henan and avoid a situation like Shanshan in Henan.

However, such a shocking thing was found out.

This is indeed no small matter.

If the official fields under the jurisdiction of Henan were really found out and involved groups such as suzerains, vassals, officials and gentry, it would mean that other places in Ming Dynasty also had such bad governance.

In this way, at least millions of taels of silver are withheld from the taxes normally collected by the imperial court every year. This is not a small amount, and it is related to the foundation of the country. "

Han Yu's complexion became ugly.

"Mr. Wen Ge, Mr. Bi Ge, have you ever thought about it clearly, if this matter becomes serious, what kind of disturbance will it cause to the court and Daming?"

Han Yu frowned, looked at Wen Tiren and the others, and said loudly: "From the beginning to the end, I did not object to Sun Chuanting's investigation of the official land. After all, the act of encroaching on the official land has violated the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty. No matter who is involved, everyone else must be severely punished." loan.

However, Sun Chuanting coerced the Henan people and followed the disaster relief agency he set up to stir up such public sentiments, so this matter is not so simple.

Have you all forgotten all the turmoil that occurred in the Wanli Dynasty? "

It is difficult to be a cabinet minister of Ming Dynasty.

It is even more difficult to be the chief assistant of the cabinet of Ming Dynasty.

Once it is said that there is any large-scale civil uprising in the territory under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, and it has direct or indirect contact with the cabinet, it will bear heavy pressure.

Not everyone can do well in the position of chief assistant of the cabinet.

"The cabinet accepts the order!"

As soon as Han Yu finished speaking, Wang Chengen's voice sounded outside the Wenhua Hall, which made Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan and his party, after looking at each other, get up and rush out of the hall.

Wang Cheng'en, who was dressed in a big red python robe, held the decree in his hands, and when he saw Han Yu and Wen Tiren coming out, he didn't care what everyone thought, let alone whether they saluted or not.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's intention, he opened the central decree and read it aloud: "Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, the system says: Henan governor Sun Chuanting submitted the memorial to Beijing, involving the official land under the jurisdiction of Henan, the cabinet, the Ministry of Households, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, The Independent Commission Against Corruption, etc. have the Department of Government Affairs, dispatched ministers, led by Wen Tiren, the second assistant to the cabinet, and rushed to Henan to try the case, Qin Zai."

An almost vernacular Zhongzhi, following Wang Chengen's reading, made people like Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Bi Ziyan, after hearing it, all figure out the emperor's intention.

The incident in Henan has become a big mess.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Chengen came to Wen Tiren with the imperial decree in hand, and said loudly: "Old Wen Ge, Your Majesty said that if the investigation of official land in Henan is not done well, the ministers who have left Beijing according to the decree will not have to Return to Beijing again."

"The minister...obey the order."

Wen Tiren bowed immediately and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to investigate the occupation of official land together with Governor Sun Chuanting of Henan."

(End of this chapter)