Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 666 Reaching the Bottom of Official Administration (2)

The internal situation of Ming Dynasty is too complicated, and many contradictions and hidden dangers are hidden in the dark. In a sense, the most taboo thing is the superposition of too many policies, which will intensify the contradictions and hidden dangers. A series of chain reactions will be formed.

Emperor Chongzhen did not speak, but looked at Xu Guangqi calmly.

"The current rebellion in Ningxia is initially determined, and the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi seems to be stable, but in fact there is hidden instability."

Xu Guangqi continued: "The investigation of deficits cannot be carried out in Shanshan for the time being. After all, due to the influence of the Ningxia rebellion, the Military Aircraft Department will inevitably rectify the nine border towns. What's more, Shanshan, affected by the disaster and rebellion before, needs it the most. The most important thing is stability, once the imperial court wants to investigate deficits on a large scale, it will definitely destroy this kind of stability, which will definitely affect the situation in Shanshan and Shaanxi."

This is indeed the case.

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and he quite recognized Xu Guangqi's words. Conflicts did not dissipate in a day, and problems were not resolved in a day.

To govern the vast Ming Dynasty, don't imagine that the implementation of a certain policy will have immediate results. This is unrealistic.

After all, there are many things involved.

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Guangqi said again: "It is also true that Beizhili, Henan and other places were affected by the disaster and some policies were implemented.

In addition, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Zhili, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, actually aroused a lot of opposition to some of the things they did under their rule. If the things they did before are not fully established, they will rashly add new burdens to them. make the problem more intensified. "

What Xu Guangqi refers to is very clear.

For Beizhili, Lu Xiangsheng's work on building industries, supporting emerging forces, and supporting Tianjin's development of the sea has certainly changed the development of Beizhili, but the contradictions and opposition under the rule have never been eliminated. When it comes to benefits, things are not that simple.

On the Henan side, Sun Chuanting had previously filed a lawsuit with the feudal vassals, which caused a lot of commotion and far-reaching impact. Although the scale of the government lands controlled by Henan increased, the contradictions and problems did not disappear because of this, especially Not to mention the hostility of the feudal clans towards Sun Chuanting.

However, what Xu Guangqi and the others didn’t know at this time was that Sun Chuanting’s experiment in Henan Province had intensified new conflicts. It was only due to the influence of Emperor Chongzhen that many officials in the court had no time to care about him, so this part of the influence had nothing to do with The contradiction has not yet reached the court.

"Then according to the wishes of the Qing family, what I want to do can only be limited to Shandong for the time being?" Emperor Chongzhen leaned forward and looked at Xu Guangqi and said.

"Shandong is one place, and Liaodong is one place."

Xu Guangqi saluted and said: "Affected by the case of Yansheng Gongfu, the cabinet minister Zhou Yanru was ordered to go to Shandong to investigate the case, and I think this is a good breakthrough.

If the case of Yanshenggong Mansion can make staged progress, then the imperial court will be able to dispatch a group of ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc., and send them to Shandong in the name of investigating deficits to conduct an inventory of the various places under the rule. Conduct corresponding strict investigations on disaster relief, water transportation, fire consumption, etc. over the years.

However, there must be corresponding progress in the investigation of the shortfall. The follow-up related to the recovery of the shortfall and other matters cannot be handed over to Dongji Shichang. I feel that this matter can be handed over to the Shandong Disaster Relief Administration.

As for the Liaodong side, it is even clearer, the imperial court used to allocate so much food and payment, there must be a large amount of food and payment, and it actually exists..."

"The Qing family's remonstrance is good, but I didn't think about it so much."

Emperor Chongzhen interrupted: "If that's the case, let's start with Shandong for the time being, and clear up the deficit. The cabinet will draw up the regulations as soon as possible, and submit the memorial to the imperial court."

Xu Guangqi frowned slightly. He didn't expect the emperor to abandon Liaodong and investigate Shandong alone. In his conception, Liaodong was the highlight.

However, Xu Guangqi did not expect that at the current stage of Liaodong, matters related to military reform have not been fully implemented. If the matter of inventory deficit is added hastily, it may cause some problems.

At this time, Wang Zaijin, Minister of the Military Aircraft Department, is already in Guangning, discussing and promoting the reform of the Liaodong Army with Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong.

After clarifying some arrangements, the ministers Xu Guangqi, Wen Tiren, and Bi Ziyan bowed and bowed one after another, and withdrew from Dongnuan Pavilion.

"This is the cabinet I want."

Looking at the people who left, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, showed a smile, "The cabinet should take on the burden of assisting the government and play the role of checking for omissions, instead of uniting with the ministers of the court and the central government to try to obstruct the New Deal. Implement it, try to coerce the imperial power, and then make the situation between the DPRK and China worse."

Emperor Chongzhen was satisfied with Xu Guangqi, the new chief minister of the cabinet. At least Xu Guangqi would not be like Han Yu, who was too much influenced by some external factors, and would do things that were both positive and negative.

Speaking of it, Xu Guangqi is a minister valued by Emperor Chongzhen, and his thoughts and views are relatively open. Perhaps in some respects, he is different from what Emperor Chongzhen thought, but it is very suitable for the current stage of Ming Dynasty, and better helps Emperor Chongzhen to stabilize The court, checks and balances and manages some problems and contradictions.

"Wang Banban, send someone to Dongji Factory to pass on my oral instructions."

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and said, "Tell Dongchang to hand over all the short-lived silver recovered by Dongchang to Xishan for melting and casting to make money. After the new money-making is actually exchanged, the part of the short-lived silver will be handed over to the account department for collection.

In addition, in the future, when it comes to matters related to the recovery of shortfall money, the supervisor of ceremonies will send someone to copy and send a copy of the memorials submitted by Dongchang to the cabinet, and then give it to Xu Guangqi. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone else that Xu Guangqi, the new chief minister of the cabinet, was actually very controversial and criticized in the court.

The reason is also very simple.

He, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was not elected by the court, and it was illegal in terms of procedures, which would inevitably bring a lot of trouble to Xu Guangqi.

The more the situation is like this, the more we must stand firmly behind Xu Guangqi, and let the civil servants in the court see that he, the Emperor of Ming, has an attitude of support for the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why he didn't push the court was that Emperor Chongzhen didn't want some things to go beyond his control, for example, the new chief minister of the cabinet asked Wen Tiren to sit, or Zhou Yanru to sit.

These two people can be the second assistants, but they must not be the first assistants.

In order to prevent the party dispute between the court and China from tilting again, Emperor Chongzhen will use this method to arbitrarily curb this matter. The tension between imperial power and ministerial power will never stop. This is an indisputable fact that needs to be done by Emperor Chongzhen There are still many things that need to be changed.

(End of this chapter)