Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 722 Old and New Conflict (2)

Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Have you noticed that the recent public opinion and controversy between the government and the opposition, as for some changes and adjustments of the government, have been going back and forth over and over again. Arguments come and go, and it's still a bunch of chatter."

"That's true. Things like the rectification of the salt administration, the allocation of peddlers to the mu, and the integration of officials and gentry into food and errands have little to do with my Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there are many people who lead these things to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. .”

"This is the problem! Some situations can't just look at the appearance, you need to know how to think deeply. The root cause of these situations lies in the local disaster relief agencies."

"That's right, I understand that some people from the outer dynasty want to close down the disaster relief agency set up by His Majesty. In this way, things such as the rectification of the salt administration and the distribution of people into the motherland will lose their foothold... ..."

Dong Zhining, Wang Jiaqin, Zhang Mengxi, Huaxia, Lu Yu, Mao Jukui and other officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs gathered in the meeting hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to express their views and ideas on the changes between the government and the opposition.

Originally, they didn't want to get involved in this matter too much. The Offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are very detailed, and each office has heavy powers, and there are a lot of things to do.

I am very busy doing my own job well.

The mere matter of preparing for the establishment of state-owned factories seems to be the construction of workshops.

However, it involves different fields and places, and there are so many aspects that need to be adjusted and improved.

central level.

local level.

If there is no well-defined framework for effective monitoring and balance, even if a number of industries are planned to be established, they will be nothing more than decorations.

This is not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see.

The state-owned factories to be established, no matter what industry they are in, must be competitive and be able to develop soundly.

This also makes the groups in charge of preparing for the establishment of state-owned factories very busy. It is even said that many officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have to travel back and forth to conduct inspections.

Every account entered and exited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be clearly registered and recorded, and a corresponding account must be established to facilitate the regular review by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

In the temple of the center of power, many things are not the officials under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they can do whatever they want.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet."

Zhang Tongchang walked out of the crowd, and interrupted with his hand: "Please listen to me, in fact, I don't know if you have discovered all kinds of things that have happened in the foreign court. The core point is to overthrow what your majesty has done."

"!!!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

What Zhang Tongchang said was too explicit and straightforward.

In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, some things can be said, and some things cannot be said.

This is the way of being an official.

"Have you ever thought about it?"

Zhang Tongchang continued as if he didn’t know, “Negating the rectification of the salt administration, denying the allocation of gentry to the mu, denying the integration of officials and gentry to pay food and errands, in a sense, it is to deny the disaster relief agency set up by the local government.

This is fundamental.

Since the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, why can it be different from the Ministry of External Affairs, and can effectively take action on some matters and actively implement them? "

"It's the many scholars and scholars of the Disaster Relief Administration."

Dong Zhining frowned and said, "Many specific matters, including various situations that have been investigated, are effectively investigated through the local disaster relief agency."

"Yes."

Zhang Tong opened his head and said approvingly: "This is the root of my Ministry of Internal Affairs, if we lose this root, what the Ministry of Internal Affairs can do is to simply manage the affairs of the inner court.

But in fact, His Majesty specially set up the Ministry of Internal Affairs, specially promoted me to be an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and awarded corresponding officials, not simply for the inner court.

If it were really that simple, why would the Ministry of Internal Affairs gather so many officials and distribute generous salaries if it was only in the center of the capital? "

The meeting hall was extremely quiet.

indeed.

As far as the current scale of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is concerned, there are as many as thousands of officials in the center of the capital alone, which is even much more than that of the Household Department of the Outer Dynasty.

Just the salaries of these officials are not a small expense every year.

Emperor Chongzhen never said anything about the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Compared with officials of the same level in foreign dynasties, their salaries were much higher.

This salary expenditure is all allocated from internal funds.

If you want your horse to run, you have to feed the grass frequently.

The errands that the Ministry of Internal Affairs does are extremely heavy. If you don't give enough money, corruption will inevitably breed.

The newly established civil service system, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want it to collapse on his own after a short period of time.

Of course, with a generous salary, he is very strict in dealing with other aspects.

Such as the administration of officials, such as discipline and so on.

The red lines are clearly demarcated, and anyone who dares to touch them will be embarrassed, and they will be dealt with according to what should be done.

"What Your Majesty wants to do is to eradicate the bad government and persistent diseases, so that Daming can be rejuvenated again." Zhang Tong opened the sleeves of his robe, looked around at the people in the hall, and said loudly.

"Doing these things will inevitably touch interests. No one knows how big this interest is, and no one knows how big this group is.

It is exactly like this that will continue to attract disturbances.

Do you guys know why this is so?
Because what His Majesty did was wise and correct, if not, why would there be so many people opposing it? "

Ever since he was summoned by Emperor Chongzhen and spoke so many words, Zhang Tongchang has been thinking about how to put the words of the emperor into effective action.

For this reason, Zhang Tongchang also carefully summarized what problems existed in the New Deal implemented during the Wanli period when his great-grandfather was alive.

Progress in the ideological field is the most difficult of all reforms. If you want to achieve a reform at the material level, you must follow up with a reform at the spiritual level.

Legislation is not achieved overnight.

This will inevitably require a long process of struggle, to reverse the situation little by little, to influence more groups, and wait until the right time for a showdown.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this, and Zhang Tongchang also figured it out.

"So the point I want to express is very clear."

Zhang Tong opened his eyes and said firmly: "You shouldn't back down, you must never back down, even if it's half a step, you can't back down, some things, it's not good for His Majesty to come forward.

On the contrary, as officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is better for us to come forward to fight and contend.

Gentlemen, do you want to see what you do, but because of some people's criticism and obstruction, it will fall short in the end?Is this what I was looking for in the first place? "

Zhang Tongchang's words caused everyone gathered in the meeting hall to fall into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)