Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 603
When dealing with civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, one must always show kindness and majesty, and always let the imperial power gain the upper hand. Otherwise, phenomena such as party disputes, internal friction, profiteering, and lawlessness will become unscrupulous.

The strong attitude of Emperor Chongzhen was unexpected by Han Yu, especially the rookies of the Donglin Party such as Shi Kefa, who had just made their debut in the court, but were expelled from the court by the emperor, their fame was deducted, and they were exiled to Liaodong went.

Faced with such a situation, Han Yu would definitely fight with reason. After all, if Shi Kefa and the others could not be kept, who would trust him as the chief assistant of the cabinet in the court and in the Donglin Party?
But Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much else, he just took out some things that Shi Kefa and others had done in private, and completely blocked Han Yu's mouth.

The struggle between imperial power and ministerial power in the court has never stopped. Whoever wants to take the initiative must hold the door of life, so as to ensure the advantage.

Obviously, it is Emperor Chongzhen who has the upper hand at the moment!
"Cifu, how long has it been? Our ICAC and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have tracked down more than a hundred courtiers. This has created a commotion between the government and the public."

Min Hongxue looked worried, looked at Wen Tiren, who was busy at the desk, and leaned forward: "This is obviously the emperor's plan. He wants to use our hands to suppress the Donglin Party. Now many people are starting to stare at him. Let's go.

Under the current circumstances, the ICAC can no longer review, there are too many courtiers who have been arrested and sent to heaven, if we continue to review..."

"Do we have a way out?"

Wen Tiren put down the memorial, met Min Hongxue's gaze, and sighed softly: "Don't forget, when the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, His Majesty said those words.

Anyone who violates the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, if the ICAC knows about it but does not act, it will be severely punished.

Shi Kefa and his fellows misjudged the current situation, thinking that such a movement from them would make His Majesty fearful, and in order to stabilize the court and the society, they made corresponding compromises.

But they didn't think about it. Since the third year of Chongzhen, His Majesty has gradually replaced the governors of the northern provinces and successively established local disaster relief agencies, which is to gradually control the situation. "

The recent turmoil and changes in the court filled Wen Tiren's heart with awe, especially for Jin Yiwei to come forward to arrest those identified courtiers and transfer them to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, which can be said to severely blow some people's arrogance.

"If this is the case, then some people in the court said that His Majesty is gradually implementing the New Deal, isn't it just a whim?"

Min Hongxue thought for a while, then looked at Wen Tiren and said: "According to the current trend, from land tax to various miscellaneous taxes, especially customs duties, commercial taxes, salt taxes, etc., and even mining taxes, His Majesty will wait for the right opportunity to gradually Do you want to change?

Nowadays, the national treasury is becoming more and more full, especially after checking the fire consumption over the years, Mr. Zhou Ge and the others have found a lot of deficits, and this part of the stolen silver has been handed over to Xishan to mint coins. "

"Of course it's not a whim."

Wen Tiren said with emotion: "Since the second year of Chongzhen's reign, the Jianlu bandits entered the pass, and His Majesty's imperial conquests personally attacked the Jianlu. Since then, there has been no apportionment of Liao's salary, suppressed salary, training salary, etc. No matter how difficult the court situation was in the past, or even how empty the treasury was, Your Majesty did not heed the advice of the ministers and apportioned these grains and salaries to the localities.

Even in order to solve these troubles, His Majesty successively asked the Ministry of Households and internal funds to sell war bonds to various places, using the official land under the jurisdiction of Zhili and the acres under the jurisdiction of Huangzhuang as anchors for the war bonds to raise the food and salaries required by the court. It is not difficult to see what kind of ambition is hidden in His Majesty.

just wait.

When under the rule of the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, all the dangers we faced ended, the problems we encountered were solved, the number of prosperous workshops in various places continued to increase, and Tianjin and other places opened up the sea and deepened, then the situation became clearer. "

Min Hongxue: "..."

What Wen Tiren said made Min Hongxue full of worries. If tariffs, commercial taxes, salt taxes, mining taxes, etc. were really to be clarified and reformed, wouldn't the groups they represent suffer a lot of losses?

"Let's take a step and take a look."

Wen Tiren frowned, and looked at Min Hongxue who looked worried, "Under the current situation, and even in the next few years, we can't do anything against His Majesty's will.

If this cabinet does not occupy the position of chief assistant, if we dare to disobey His Majesty's will, the fate that awaits us will not be much better than that of Shi Kefa and the others. "

Wen Tiren, a scheming politician, knows very well that he is currently in the cabinet and in the court. He can gain a firm foothold and win over some of his party members, which is purely due to His Majesty's reliance.

If we talk about breaking away from this core, it is purely unrealistic to openly oppose Han Yu, the chief minister of the cabinet, in a certain period of time, based on his status as the cabinet minister.

"Elder Wen Ge, His Majesty has spoken."

While Wen Tiren was contemplating, Wang Chengen walked into the office with his whisk in his hand, looked at Min Hongxue, and didn't say anything else.

"Chen... Wen Tiren, lead the order."

Wen Tiren hurriedly stood up, bowed to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen turned slightly to avoid Wen Tiren's salute, and then said loudly: "Wen Tiren, I don't think there is any need for the six subjects to exist. I will discuss with Han Jisi recently and plan to combine subjects and disciplines into one." matters.

The current six subjects are purely a decoration, not my six subjects, not the six subjects of Daming, but instead become the six subjects of some interested parties.

If this is the case, then all of them should be included in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that the corresponding functions and powers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can be strengthened to ensure the many changes previously made. "

"!!!"

Wen Tiren's complexion changed slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief. The emperor actually wanted to take this opportunity to abolish the six subjects and integrate them into one. This is simply an earth-shattering move.

Min Hongxue, bowing to the side, also reacted in the same way. The abolition of the six subjects and the integration of the subjects and the Dao was too shocking. I am afraid that there will be a lot of scolding and opposition from the court.

Seeing that Wen Tiren remained silent, Wang Chengen continued: "If you think there is any difficulty, then I can ask Zhou Yanru to return to Beijing to handle it, and you will go to various places to investigate instead of Zhou Yanru..."

"The minister leads the order!"

Hearing Wen Tiren here, before Wang Chengen finished speaking, he should bow to him, and he can feel that the emperor has been planning for a long time on the matter of the unity of science and Dao. If he doesn't take over such an errand, he will lose the emperor trust.

Compared with bearing some infamy and losing the trust and reliance of the emperor, this is what Wen Tiren is unwilling to accept.

"Since Mr. Wen Ge has accepted the order, then our family will return to the palace." Seeing Wen Tiren like this, Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Mr. Wen Ge must do his job well, His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter."

(End of this chapter)