Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 120 One and a half billion taels!

"Secretary Supervisor?"

Jiang Yueguang said: "Secretary Supervision is the official office in charge of the royal collection and correction of scripts. It seems that it is not in line with the post of envoy in charge of inner court affairs. Why not call it the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Ministry of Internal Affairs?Chongzhen was stunned when he heard the words.

Going around in a circle, is it going back again?
Well, Chongzhen’s Secretary Supervisor largely borrowed from the Manchu House of Internal Affairs.

The House of Internal Affairs in the Manchu Qing Dynasty had seven divisions and three courtyards, with more than [-] officials, large and small, corresponding to the six departments and temples of the Outer Dynasty.

The benefits of doing so are also obvious, which greatly strengthens the imperial power.

Because if you don’t do the same thing, there is another group of people waiting to do it.

Shi Kefa and others also echoed: "The ministers also think that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is more suitable."

In fact, Shi Kefa and the others' careful thinking is hidden here, because the government is not a department, but it is at the same level as the department. In this way, the administrative level of this institution that manages the affairs of the inner court is lower than the sixth department.

This is also to prevent the internal government affairs from being overpowered in the future and riding on the heads of the six cabinet ministries.

Regarding the careful thinking of civil servants, Chongzhen's experience of integrating the two generations is naturally insightful.

But Chongzhen didn't care about it at all. An institution like the Ministry of Internal Affairs is difficult to start. Once it is established and officially put into operation, it is not something you can suppress if you want.

Because the House of Internal Affairs is backed by the emperor!

"Okay, let's call it the House of Internal Affairs." Chongzhen readily agreed.

Shi Kefa and the four were also very satisfied with this. With the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the power of eunuchs was completely deprived, and it will never be possible for eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian to appear in the future.

This is undoubtedly a great joy for the civil servants.

The four of Shi Kefa looked at each other, and they could see the irrepressible joy in the eyes of the others.

At that moment, Shi Kefa said: "Your Majesty, about Enke's main examiner and deputy examiner candidates..."

"It's good for your cabinet to discuss this matter." Chongzhen interrupted again, "There is no need to specifically report to Chen Yuzhen, and in the future, as long as they are not urgent matters related to military affairs, you don't need to report to Chen Yuzhen, and go directly to King Yong for approval. That's it."

Poor Yongwang, he was completely abandoned by his father, and he can only stay in Nanjing as a memorial tablet from now on.

But then again, this might not be what Zhu Cizhen wanted, this kid is most afraid of hard work.

"The ministers and others lead the decree." The four of Shi Kefa agreed in unison, and today's court meeting came to a successful conclusion.

Although the middle process was fierce and dangerous, the final result was excellent, beyond imagination.

Coming out of the doctor's hall of the Imperial College, the four of Shi Kefa were walking like flying, with high spirits, because today they have accomplished two major policies that are likely to affect the Ming Dynasty's national fortune for hundreds of years.

One is to write the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming that there will never be a mine supervisor and tax envoy.

The second is to set up the Ministry of Internal Affairs to completely eliminate the trouble of eunuchs!
Compared with these two cases, the three important matters of the court meeting became insignificant.

After leaving the gate of Jixian, Jiang Yueguang took the lead to congratulate Shi Kefa: "Old Shige, I would like to congratulate you here, I let you accomplish a major event that many of the chief assistants of the Ming Dynasty failed to accomplish! "

Gao Hongtu and Xie Xuelong also followed Shi Kefa to congratulate.

However, it can be seen that Gao Hongtu is a little envious.

It's normal to be envious and jealous, after all, this is a political handle that goes down in history.

Shi Kefa also felt a bit over the top, he has been an official for a lifetime, and he has no regrets here, even if he closes his eyes tonight, it is enough to smile at Jiuquan.

……

Guozijian, doctor's hall.

Zhu Cijiong still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Father, the four elders are really too much."

"How can you be an emperor in their eyes?"

"Especially Mr. Gao Ge, who almost pointed at your father and scolded you."

Speaking of raising his not-so-big fist, Zhu Cijiong said again: "At that time, I really wanted to punch Gao Ge in the face, and let him know what is superior and inferior!"

"Jiong'er, superiority and inferiority are not just spoken."

Chongzhen touched Zhu Cijiong's small head twice, and then said: "It depends on the actual action."

"Father's words are very true." Zhu Cihong nodded, "Wang Zhen is well aware of the superiority and inferiority, and he served Emperor Yingzong very well, but he almost ruined Ming Dynasty! Although Yu Qian is straightforward, he often made Emperor Yingzong unable to come to power. But it was Yu Qian who finally turned the tide when Wala invaded Beijing."

"Lang'er has made great progress!" Chongzhen nodded happily.

The prince of the Ming Dynasty already has the mind of an emperor, which is gratifying.

Then he said to his two sons: "Remember, as an emperor, you can no longer treat people or things purely based on your personal preferences, because everyone's knowledge level has a limit, and there are thousands of things in the world. There are always things you don’t know or don’t know enough, if you act purely according to your personal preferences, you will inevitably be biased.”

After a pause, Chongzhen gave another example: "For example, Gao Hongtu and the four of them are all clean and honest officials, and they are not good at women. They hardly set foot in romantic places such as Huajie and Liuxiang. Their personal integrity is impeccable. These four are all You can be called a gentleman, so what's wrong with being scolded by them?"

"Instead of being wronged, you should be happy."

"With such officials in Ming Dynasty, there will be hope."

"If one day there are only flatterers left in the Great Ming Dynasty Hall, then you really need to be careful. Is there someone who wants to cut off the inside and outside of the court and block the audience?"

"My son, please remember." Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong nodded vigorously at the same time.

Zhu Cihong continued: "However, they forced the emperor to recall the mine supervisor and tax envoy, and refused to sell Nanzhi's official land. It is really hateful, because the four of them actually have selfish intentions in these two matters."

"Oh?" Chongzhen said, "Tell me, what selfishness do they have?"

Zhu Cilang said in a deep voice: "The purpose of forcing my father to recall the mine supervisor tax envoy and revise the emperor's ancestral instructions is to invite fame, but with this political background, the four elders will be remembered by merchants all over the world! In the future, it will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books. As for the matter of the father wanting to sell the official land, the four elders may not be involved in it, but their family members, tribesmen or students will inevitably be involved, so in essence they are the same It’s also for personal gain.”

"You need to keep in mind, Honger, that when the water is clear, there will be no fish." Chongzhen patted Zhu Cihong on the shoulder, "As an emperor, you must remember that the water of the Yangtze River can irrigate crops, and the water of the Yellow River can also irrigate crops. The Yangtze River and the Yellow River do not. Good or bad, as long as it can irrigate crops, it is good water, and it must be used, but if it overflows, it is bad water, and it must be treated.”

Zhu Cihong was thoughtful: "That's why Emperor Sejong wanted to use Yan Song again, is that so?"

"Emperor Sejong reused Yan Song, Emperor Yingzong reused Wang Zhen, Emperor Wuzong reused Liu Jin, and your emperor's uncle reused Wei Jinzhong is actually the same reason." Chongzhen smiled and said, "It's just that you don't have to reuse it in the future." Instead of eunuchs, we can reuse the civil servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Chongzhen said in his heart, just as old man Shiquan reuses Hekun.

When mentioning the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhu Cihong and his brothers suddenly regained their spirits.

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, the four elders don't know what this House of Internal Affairs means. When Father mentioned the establishment of a secretarial prison, they were even secretly happy."

Zhu Cijiong said with a smile: "When they regret it in the future."

Zhu Cihong said: "I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it by then."

Zhu Cijiong said again: "Although the matter of payment and silver has not been resolved, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has finally completed it. Therefore, this court meeting can be regarded as a victory and a defeat. The father and the four elders have a tie."

"One win and one loss? A tie?" Chongzhen asked with a smile, "Is it really just a tie?"

"Isn't it?" Zhu Cijiong said in astonishment when he heard the words, "Father, don't you want to tell your ministers that collecting business taxes and selling official land are just your foreshadowing, and your real intention is to sell the capital's Huangzhuang? "

"It's not just Huangzhuang." Chongzhen laughed. "There are also the lands of the gentry in Beizhi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and even Shaanxi. Even according to the most conservative estimate, there are at least [-] million mu."

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen laughed again: "Longer Jionger, this is the biggest mistake of the four court elders in this court meeting. They gave away a huge sum of money worth over [-] billion taels of silver Father’s internal money, haha, it won’t be long before Shi Kefa and the others should be beating their chests and feet for today’s decision, in pain, haha.”

At the end Chongzhen couldn't help laughing out loud, this is the real benefit.

As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it will not be effective so quickly, and the scholars have not been polished yet.

"One and a half billion taels?" Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong were already stunned, father, are you serious?
In the end, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but said: "Father, I really don't mean to be disrespectful, and it's not that I don't believe it, but is there really someone stupid enough to buy land north of the Yellow River?"

Zhu Cihong didn't say anything, just nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

Zhu Cijiong said again: "What's the difference between taking silver and throwing it into the river?"

"The difference is big, kid!" Chongzhen said with a chuckle, "You will never believe how greedy merchants can be? When there are [-]% profits, merchants will become eager to move, and when there are [-]% profits When the profits are doubled, the merchants will dare to trample on all the laws. When the profits are tripled, even the torture of killing them by a thousand swords cannot frighten those people, so as long as If it is profitable, someone will buy it.”

Zhu Cijiong said: "But what is the benefit of the cultivated land north of the Yellow River?"

"Why not." Chongzhen said solemnly, "If the Northern Expedition succeeds and the capital and the provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi are all recovered, won't their investment be rewarded? And it will be doubled!"

"Eh, that's right." Brothers Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong immediately came to their senses.

It is certainly not profitable to buy cultivated land north of the Yellow River now, but what about after the Northern Expedition succeeds?

In other words, buying arable land north of the Yellow River is not buying arable land at all, but the confidence in the father. This is a big gamble.

If the bet is lost, is it possible for the father to lose?
With the power of my father, the Northern Expedition will surely succeed!

(End of this chapter)