Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 243 Everyone takes sides
After receiving the emperor's reply, the officials in the DPRK were even more certain:
The emperor used the matter of correcting the sacrificial rituals to get the officials in the court to stand in line.

Officials who had been hesitant before suddenly stopped hesitating and also submitted memorials to express their support for the matter.

For these people, they didn't care at all whether the martial arts temple was rebuilt, nor whether the emperor would be close to Buddhists and Taoists in the future.

Only those officials who were extremely opposed to military commanders and Buddhism raised objections to this matter. It is believed that the sacrificial code should be corrected, but the martial arts temple cannot be rebuilt, and the Buddhist and Taoist gods cannot recognize it.

The emperor only needs to be close to the Confucian ministers, clarify the righteous way, and implement benevolent government, and does not need to pay attention to the nonsense of Buddhism and Taoism.

Writing down the names of these people, Zhu Youjian has not yet decided how to deal with them. After all, he had no idea of ​​asking officials to take sides at first. The current situation is a natural evolution of the situation, so he wants to find someone familiar with him to help him come up with ideas.

Yang Jingchen, who was very active in this matter, was naturally noticed by Zhu Youjian.

After receiving many more memorials on the morning of the 12th, Zhu Youjian summoned Yang Jingchen in the afternoon and asked him to go to Xiyuan to talk.

After receiving this order, Yang Jingchen felt excited. I feel that I have really seized the opportunity, and on the basis of being the emperor's confidant, I have further become the mastermind.

In the past, the emperor only gave him orders and rarely consulted him. Now he is talking in Xiyuan as he did when he summoned Yuan Keli, which shows that his status in the emperor's heart has been improved.

If he could seize the opportunity, he would impress the emperor. It is possible to gain the emperor's attention and become the emperor's mastermind.

Therefore, in this private conversation, Yang Jingchen almost fully demonstrated his knowledge and abilities to the current emperor.

When the emperor asked how to deal with those officials who objected, Yang Jingchen said without hesitation:

"The matter has come to this, they must be transferred out of the capital."

"No matter what these people are thinking, they are not suitable to serve in the imperial court."

Nodding slightly, Zhu Youjian thought the same.

When things have reached this point, regardless of whether those people are stubborn or unable to see the situation clearly, it means that they are not suitable for making decisions in the court and should be transferred to other places.

So he immediately said:
"When reviewing eunuchs, focus on punishing these people."

"If there is any rebellious behavior, he will be dismissed from office or his membership will be reduced."

"If there is no rebellious behavior, they will be transferred to another place on the grounds that they are not familiar with the sacrifices, and they will be transferred to the same level or downgraded."

This is Zhu Youjian's consistent attitude, and it is also the reason why Yang Jingchen and other remaining members of the eunuch party, after thinking that the emperor had sent a signal, immediately went to the Shu to support him——

They all have the original sin of treason. If they don't listen to the emperor, they will be dismissed from office by the emperor, and no one will protect them.

As one of them, Yang Jingchen couldn't express his opinion on this matter, and he had already gone ashore and didn't want to wade into this muddy water again.

Therefore, he did not express his opinion on this treatment. Instead, out of the mentality that if I don't live well, you won't live well either, he started to give Donglin Party eye drops and said in a different way:
"Wei Ni brought trouble to the world. Your Majesty brought order to the chaos. Now he is eager to seek treatment."

"But governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, and the heat must not be chaotic."

"Don't be too hasty and leave the world at a loss."

Zhu Youjian also knew this truth, and it was also the reason why he stopped adjusting and stabilized the court during this period.

Emperor Jianwen's arbitrary reform of the official system, which only caused more disturbance to the world, is a lesson.

He must decide to stabilize after realizing that his changes were too fast and give his subjects time to accept them.

So Zhu Youjian accepted Yang Jingchen's advice and nodded for him to continue.

Yang Jingchen was encouraged and continued:
"The officials in the court are more considerate of His Majesty's eagerness because of Wei Ni's chaos in the government, and they also know the reasons why His Majesty did what he did."

"But the newly reinstated officials may not all be considerate of Your Majesty. Maybe someone will jump out and overturn what Your Majesty decided before." This is what Zhu Youjian has been worried about, and it was also the reason why he communicated with Yuan Keli before making adjustments. The reason for him to be the bridge.

Now that Yang Jingchen mentioned this matter, Zhu Youjian immediately realized that Yang Jingchen had figured out a way to get rid of officials who were not guilty of treason. So he expected to say:

"Is there any way Yang Qing can make the matters decided in the court no longer cause trouble?"

Yang Jingchen said:

"His Majesty has always been resolute in his actions and made decisions quickly."

"But I think we should slow down on the matter of revamping the sacrificial rituals."

"Every official in the court should express his position, and Shangshu should express his attitude towards correcting the sacrificial rituals."

"Those who oppose it will be transferred to the local areas. If those who support it have objections to His Majesty's other practices, Your Majesty can let them be responsible for correcting the rituals and go to the local area to investigate local sacrifices."

"After one or two years of this, the previously established grinding law, examination law, martial law law, imperial examination law, etc. will naturally take hold and no one can shake them."

Good guy! This is to use the matter of correcting the sacrificial rituals to get everyone in the court to stand in line.

If anyone objects, then he will be transferred to the place with unqualified sacrifices.

If someone supports the rectification of the sacrificial code, but opposes other things under Zhu You's test, then leave the matter of rectifying the sacrificial code to him and let him go somewhere.

It can be said that Yang Jingchen's move was ruthless enough to drive away the opponents and prevent him from causing trouble in the court.

And because these people are still serving as officials, they are just tired from traveling around the place. It will not cause anger and resentment like the previous attack by the Eunuch Party on the Donglin Party. If Zhu Youjian wants to recover, he can bring them back at any time.

This approach suited Zhu Youjian's taste, so he immediately nodded and let Yang Jingchen handle the matter. Let him ask those officials who like to express opinions on government affairs to stand in line at this time and express their attitude towards correcting the rituals. Newly resurrected officials also need to take a stand. So that they can deal with it easily when they cause trouble.

This proposal solved Zhu Youjian's previous worries and made him praise Yang Jingchen, thinking that this person was capable and could help him solve his problems.

Yang Jingchen felt the emperor's joy and also smiled and said:
"Actually, many officials cause trouble mainly because they are idle."

"If they are busy all the time, they will not be in the mood to think about important matters in the court, let alone report to His Majesty."

"Your Majesty wants to keep the court stable, so it's best to keep them busy and arrange things for them."

"This way there will be something to do every day, so there won't be so many surprises."

This makes sense, and Zhu Youjian agrees with it. Just like the migrant workers of later generations, they are busy from morning to night every day. How many of them have the leisure to pay attention to hot issues?
The same applies to officials, so they have to be kept busy. If they are idle, trouble will happen.

How to keep them busy? Of course, it relied on the previously formulated examination method. Since Yang Jingchen said these words, Zhu Youjian naturally put more burden on him and ordered:

"The matter of passing the legal examination has been handed over to the Ministry of Personnel."

"Nowadays, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is old and frail. He is busy attending meetings and doesn't have much energy to do other things."

"Dong Qichang is also old and is a Japanese official. He wants to teach me how to practice calligraphy."

"So, Yang Qing should take more responsibility for the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. The formulation and implementation of the examination law will be handled by your assistant Fang Shangshu."

Yang Jingchen was overjoyed when he said this. In addition to the promotions and promotions he was responsible for, the affairs of the civil service department were mainly about examinations and examinations. Now that the emperor has put him in charge of the legal examination, it means that he also has a great say in the examination and grinding. It can be said that all the affairs of the official department are left to him.

In this way, after Fang Guiwei leaves office, will there be someone else as the Minister of Personnel? As long as nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next Minister of Staff.

How could he not feel happy about this?
(End of this chapter)