Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 658 Shocking
Let Zhou Yanru go to Shandong to investigate the case of Yanshenggong Mansion.

Let Hong Chengchou go to Jiangnan to investigate the assassination case in Jiangnan.

Emperor Chongzhen did make such a decision after careful consideration, but the goals he wanted to achieve were different. The former aimed at the big landlords with privileges, while the latter aimed at the groups who invaded the official camp.

Compared with the former, Emperor Chongzhen cared more about the latter.

Don't look at the fact that since the late Wanli Dynasty, Ming has experienced frequent wars, fighting against Jianlu in Liaodong, fighting with various Mongolian ministries on the Nine Sides, fighting with the Bailian rebel faction in Shandong, and fighting against the chieftain rebel faction in the southwest...

In just over ten years, Ming fought a lot of battles, including natural disasters, corruption and other issues that occurred during the period, which also made the treasury empty, and the northern provinces were severely damaged, but even so, it did not affect the The development of Jiangnan provinces.

Although there are natural disasters, they are far away from the front line of war after all, which also makes the field industries in Jiangnan provinces have been developing continuously.

The division between the north and the south of Ming Dynasty can be said to be getting worse day by day.

"The weaving and textile industry has always been the pillar industry of the Jiangnan provinces."

Zhang Kentang looked dignified, leaned on the official hat chair, looked at He Tengjiao and said, "We are ordered to follow Hong Chengchou to the south of the Yangtze River, and we will not be short in Nanjing, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is shocking. .”

"Yes."

He Tengjiao said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that there are so many problems in the investigation of some handicraft industries, which shows how corrupt the official circles in the southern provinces are.

When the emperor made this clear at the beginning, I still had some doubts in my heart. Why did I investigate the assassination case in Jiangnan, why did I have to investigate the weaving, textile and other handicrafts secretly.

What could be the connection between the two?
But now that the secret investigation has revealed that the two are closely related, even if His Majesty took so much trouble to investigate the assassination case in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, he wants to rectify the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River! "

Zhang Kentang sighed lightly.

Ever since he was promoted to be the Chief Minister of the House of Internal Affairs, Zhang Kentang actually did not understand some of the decisions made by Emperor Chongzhen. After all, the newly established House of Households did many things that seemed to be the responsibility of overseeing court affairs. In fact, it is not the case.

This kind of thinking is not only shared by Zhang Kentang, but also by other ministers in charge.

Most of the first batch of ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs obtained their honors through imperial examinations, and they have entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. The Disaster Relief Administration works.

However, these groups mentioned above all have one thing in common, that is, in the original timeline, no matter how difficult the situation they faced, they did not choose to betray Daming, bow their heads to the rising Jianlu Eight Banners, even in the face of death Threat, still fighting on the front line of the Anti-Qing Qing!

Even if there may be problems of one kind or another among these people, in terms of national integrity, they can all be clear about right and wrong.

They are ideal.

They have faith.

They are ethical.

It may be said that these ideals, beliefs, and ethics are limited to a relatively narrow category, but these people are extremely valuable assets.

What is the root cause of the unsustainable reform?
Isn't it just that there is no successor?

Isn't it just that there are few groups gathered?

The reason why most of the new law reforms in the past dynasties ended in failure is that the new policies and laws proposed were mostly carried out by individuals. Although there was no lack of support from the monarch during this period, once personal accidents or political siege occurred, Then the new policy and new law will die with it.

Emperor Chongzhen summed up the experience and lessons of this part, and conceived the idea of ​​gathering a large number of talents, guiding them step by step by means of gradual adjustment, moving closer to the reformation method he set, and then becoming the backbone of the reformation school. Many plans and deployments in the past have been gradually implemented before new plans and deployments will be proposed and implemented.

A special product that existed in a special period, the House of Internal Affairs is the gathering place of the reformers and the headquarters of the imperial party. Under the wings of Emperor Chongzhen, they gradually changed, gradually became stronger, and gradually grew...

"The weaving industry in Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places stopped at the beginning of His Majesty's reign."

Zhang Kentang frowned, and said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty does not want the local people to bear heavy pressure, but in fact these government-run weaving industries have indeed stopped on the surface, but in fact they continue to operate in a different form." , These silks that should have been stored in the warehouse just fell into the hands of various local groups."

He Tengjiao sighed softly, and said, "It's not just the weaving industry, the textile industry in the southern provinces has even more severe problems!
Many government-run textile industries are almost useless. The looms and weaving households under the jurisdiction of these government-run textile industries have been divided up by a group of greedy guys.

Without investigation, there is no right to speak. This statement is not false at all.

Many officials sent by the imperial court in the past came to Jiangnan provinces, but no one mentioned these things at all, and even helped the local government to conceal them.

What is behind this?
His Majesty has mentioned more than once before that it is an extremely cumbersome matter to rectify the administration of officials in the Ming Dynasty, involving too many levels.

It cannot be solved effectively by simply killing a few corrupt officials.

Behind these corrupt officials, how many moths are hiding, and how many benefit transmitters are hiding, if they cannot be found out, then the rectification of officials will become empty talk. "

"There is a long way to go, really a long way to go."

Zhang Kendan frowned, lifted the sleeves of his robe and said: "From the first year of Chongzhen to the present, when it comes to the weaving and textile industry, I am afraid that millions of taels of silver will be embezzled.

Just more and less!

Since the above-mentioned industries all have such serious problems, what about the official land in the southern provinces?The salt tax, tea tax, diced tax, etc. in various provinces, I am afraid that there are not small problems.

The problems existing in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are intertwined. A little carelessness will cause turmoil, and if it is even serious, civil unrest and riots are likely to occur. "

"All we can do now is to follow His Majesty's will and continue to investigate these things secretly."

With a serious expression, He Tengjiao said, "The secret performance presented to the imperial court has been rushed to the capital eight hundred miles away, how to deal with it and how to make a decision will have to wait for His Majesty's order.

Now we need to know more about the situation. If these foundations cannot be firmly grasped, even if we want to intervene in the weaving and textile industry, I am afraid that we will encounter many problems. "

(End of this chapter)