Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 246: The Censors of the Xunhe River

There are more than just the people in front of you who are officials in the capital. The group of ministers standing in the main hall of Qianqing Palace at this moment are important ministers from all over the center. They are the small group at the top of the pyramid, and the government offices where they are located are all There is a group of officials of different ranks, which constitutes the complete central court.

The atmosphere cannot be ruined by one person.

The environment cannot be changed by one person.

If Zhu Youxiao wants to carry out drastic reforms, he must first change the atmosphere and environment, and it is best to grasp it through the central court.

If you blindly carry out strong suppression, you may be able to change it, but if you suppress it to a certain extent, it will inevitably cause a big backlash, which will definitely create a disturbance. Therefore, you must pay attention to methods and methods, and learn to follow the road of civil servants. It is best to focus on each individual matter. , forming a rhythm of pulling one faction, fighting another faction, and killing another faction.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the river proposed by Yang Lian needs to be approved by the local department."

Facing the emperor's questioning, seeing that Zhu Guozuo and He Zongyan remained silent, Han Xu stepped forward and bowed under the pressure: "Is this true or is it an exaggeration? The court needs to learn clearly?"

Zhu Youxiao took the memorial and looked at Han Xu: "Then Han Qing means that Yang Lian was trying to gain something, so he ignored his conscience and ignored the facts and specially submitted this memorial to me?"

"I have absolutely no intention of this."

Han Xu followed closely and said: "I just feel that your majesty's reaction is too extreme. Even if the river hazard reported by Yang Lian is true, your majesty should not have made it known to the whole court. This is not important to the court." not good.

In the past few days, there have been many things going on in the DPRK. If everything was like a river disaster and caused a great uproar, then the capital would definitely be in constant shock..."

"Han Qing wants to say that I am making a mountain out of a molehill?"

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Your Majesty has your own reasons for doing this."

Han Xu said calmly: "But for me, how to resolve the problem and solve the problem is the top priority. Just like the river administration issue, I feel that we should first order the governors of various places to strictly investigate the river administration situation under their control. At the same time, the imperial court should quietly condemn a group of ministers and send them to various places to conduct secret investigations."

"If the river administration in various places has bad governance like Yang Lian secretly investigating the river administration in Henan, the court can urge the local officials to rectify it as soon as possible, and at the same time raise funds to rectify it. As long as the court does not fall into a passive position, it can intervene effectively before the autumn floods arrive. , there is room for maneuver in everything.”

There are differences between the views expressed by Han Xu and the views expressed by Bi Ziyan and Wang Yongguang. After all, they will look at the problem differently from their different perspectives.

"My minister agrees!"

Yuan Yingtai, the censor of Youqiandu, stepped forward and said: "Regulating river administration has been a major event since ancient times. In the past, the imperial court allocated a large amount of money and grain to manage the Yellow River and river affairs. No one wants to see problems in local river administration. But Your Majesty, you are too arbitrary in your approach to this matter."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

As soon as Yuan Yingtai finished speaking, many ministers stepped forward, not only from the Donglin Party, but also from other factions, or those who were not involved in the party struggle.

In fact, the civil servants in the outer dynasty have more or less opinions on all the things Zhu Youxiao has done since he became emperor. However, Zhu Youxiao was too arbitrary and knew the timing so well that the previous Before the turmoil of the incident could counterattack, attention was diverted by what happened later.

For civil servants who studied hard since childhood and passed the imperial examination to become officials, what they value in governing the country is stability and system-based governance. This is bound to be different and contradictory to Zhu Youxiao's philosophy of governing the country.

Even people like Bi Ziyan and Wang Xiangqian, including local Wang Zaijin, Yuan Keli, and Chen Qiyu, actually have some different ideas. However, Zhu Youxiao is too subtle about this size, which also makes them in their respective positions. On the one hand, we are trying to stabilize various contradictions while choosing opportunities to implement various new regulations.

The advantage of foresight allows Zhu Youxiao to avoid many conflicts.Just like Wang Zai Jin did not take up the post of governor of Ji Liao, but was sent to Shandong to take office as governor, and Yuan Keli took office as governor of Ji Liao and did not go to Shandong as governor, I am afraid that some things will not be as stable as they are now.

"Am I too arbitrary?"

Looking around at the ministers in the palace, Zhu Youxiao said in a calm tone: "Then I would like to ask you, what was the use of the money and food allocated by the court in the past and the benefits given by the court?"

In one sentence, Han Xu and the others didn't know what to say.

"I just took a rough look at the memorial submitted by Wang Qing's family."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "The idea is to select a group of ministers in the court and go to various places to conduct inspections. At the local level, the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry will jointly issue an official letter urging local governors to strictly inspect the river affairs under their control, especially There are several intersections, so we must pay special attention to it to avoid buck-passing."

For a while, many people's eyes fell on Wang Yongguang, Minister of Industry.

"This is exactly what I thought."

Zhu Youxiao raised his memorial and said, "If it weren't for the mutual pushback, the current situation of Hezheng would definitely not be like this. What Wang Qing said is to the point.

You can’t stand it even after saying a few words about your cabinet?
Then I would like to ask you, if the local river administration really finds out something and needs to be rectified, how should the money and food be dealt with?Just push it all to the Ministry of Accounts?
Or is it that there are officials in the Department of Science and Technology, taking advantage of the situation to submit remonstrances and memoranda, please allocate internal funds?

Why is the treasury so empty?Have you never thought about the reason?After Bi Qing took up the post of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, how many people openly and secretly impeached and abolished Liao's salary? For what reason?Never add gifts, why? "

The most taboo thing in governing a country is to treat a headache, treat a foot, or tear down the east wall to repair the west wall. If we do this all the time, the country's destiny will not last long.

Zhu Youxiao's behavior was extreme, but if it wasn't extreme, why could it irritate some people?

At present, Zhu Youxiao is in the Qianqing Palace, discussing river affairs and other matters, but he also has hidden ideas such as official administration and taxation. If he doesn't express them through this, he will never be able to touch them.

"Think carefully one by one, what do I mean by those words I said!" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, with a sonorous tone, "Don't think that the things I didn't mention are just because I didn't think of them. Don't think that I didn't think of them." What I did was something I didn’t do. If I seek to do my job in my position and shirk the responsibility, I’m courting death!”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked towards the dragon chair. At this moment, Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, held a copy of the imperial edict and read it out in front of everyone.

"The emperor, who is destined to be the emperor, said: Yang Lian's book about river problems has revealed the shortcomings of river administration under Henan's rule. Thinking that this matter is of great importance, the cabinet, together with the ministers, issued an official letter urging the local government to focus on investigating the Huanghuai River. The governors of various places, in conjunction with the Chief Secretary, who dare to shirk their duties will be dismissed on the spot as soon as they are found out.

In order to investigate the shortcomings of the river administration as soon as possible, Wen Tiren, Fang Zhenru, Yang Lian, Li Banghua... were sent to various places to inspect the river administration in the name of special river patrol censors. Those who dared to be suspected of harboring would be severely punished!

River administration is the top priority of this dynasty. There are problems with river administration now. The Ministry of Industry is ordered to rectify it as soon as possible. Wang Yongguang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, should clarify river affairs as soon as possible. Nan Shufang will co-organize it. I want to clarify the difficulties of river administration, the worries of river administration, and the problems of river administration. Change, and plan a good strategy for river management in advance!

During the period when the imperial court and local governments are separately investigating river affairs, the Ministry of Revenue should raise money and food as soon as possible, and the cabinet should try to provide relief. If anyone dares to slack off or shirk during this period, I will severely punish him without credit. Thank you! "

A eloquent edict was read out in front of the ministers, which made the ministers in the palace show different expressions. The promulgation of this edict not only represents the solution of the immediate problem, but also represents the future of the river government. The situation will inevitably change, and Zhu Youxiao's attitude has also been shown.

Around this edict, ministers in the court and local officials have to turn around. If there are any serious disasters caused by local floods during this year's autumn floods, Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, will definitely not do it. If you are soft-handed, no matter who is involved, you will be caught when you need to, and you will be killed when you need to be killed.

After hearing this edict, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Wang Yongguang, the Minister of Industry, showed worries because they were worried that something bad might happen in the future...

(End of this chapter)