Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 204 The surging counterattack

"You guys, go get busy first..." Under the watchful eyes of Han Yu and the others, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a memorial and gestured, "Wang Dehua, go and serve Han Qing and the others some tea and pastries."

After saying that, he didn't care about the reaction of the people in the hall, so he concentrated on looking at the memorial in his hand. He was very curious about how Han Yan and his group would vote on how to deal with the three associations of Ji Miyong.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jianlu took advantage of the situation to invade and caused great turmoil in the country. From this, it can be seen that the implementation of Yuan Chonghuan's proposal to eliminate troops and reduce wages in the Jimi Yong Sanxie was not correct.

The peace of Liaodong is of course very important, but the safety of the capital is even more important. If the old nest is called Jianluduan, you can take back all of Liaodong. What is the political significance?
One place for another?

"This Han Yu's draft opinion, the old-fashioned and safe style, can be seen at a glance. Reduce expenses elsewhere, increase the money and food of the Jimiyong Sanxie, rule the guards from the north, and select a group of guards. Give priority to adding to the key passes and defense lines, and gradually map out the towns everywhere. '

When he asked Si Lijian to pass on Ji Miyong's Memorial to the cabinet, Emperor Chongzhen made a special statement and ordered all the ministers in the cabinet to draft their own opinions.

From this, we can also look at Han Yu, Li Biao, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, and Qian Xiangkun, which ones are considered to have some real skills, and which ones are considered to be representatives of the pragmatism school.

Since it is necessary to increase the power of capable ministers who are pragmatic and do practical things, the best way that Emperor Chongzhen can think of is to add them to the cabinet, and use the position of a cabinet scholar to actually manage the affairs of various stalls.

That's how it all makes sense.

"Li Biao, your proposed proposal is to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, treat headaches and treat head and foot pain, according to what you said, draw the elite of the loyal and brave army to go to the Jimiyong Sanxie, what I have accumulated Let's throw out all the seedlings of the new army. '

After reading Li Biao's proposal, Emperor Chongzhen flickered coldly and felt a little unhappy. He didn't have any good feelings for this former representative of the Yuan faction.

When Emperor Chongzhen read these memorials, Han Yu, Li Biao and other cabinet ministers didn't have much thought to deal with the immediate affairs.

After all, Jin Yiwei supervised the handling of Yuan Chonghuan's case, which caused a storm in the court. Now that the emperor finally came to the Wenhua Palace to govern, some people must take this opportunity to remonstrate.

For example, Han Yu.

For example, Li Biao.

But people like Zhou Daodeng and He Ruchong think about how not to implicate themselves in it.

'It seems that the Yuan case is about to speed up the process. After reading the proposals of several people, Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and said secretly: "Except for Han Yu, who can stay in office for the political purpose of stabilizing the court, Li Biao, Zhou Daodeng and others must Just clear it out of the cabinet. '

The bureaucracy is too heavy.

Too little real talent.

This was Emperor Chongzhen's evaluation of Li Biao and Zhou Daodeng after reading the proposal, as if they continued to stay in the cabinet, it was purely a waste of quota.

'Before it is possible to communicate with officials, gentry, and scholars, and act according to their own will, it seems that the cabinet really needs to maintain the political structure of 'one master, one deputy, and seven groups of assistants'. '

Emperor Chongzhen held the memorial in his hand, but he thought to himself: "Although there will be disagreements among the majority, it is better than letting a bunch of smug people hold such important power."

Daming's conservative faction is huge, and it is simply unrealistic to suppress it in a short period of time, otherwise there would not be frequent changes of cabinet ministers in order to make an example of others.

The style of retreat and talkativeness has already prevailed in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. If many courtiers are dismissed at once, it will inevitably cause political incidents. As far as the power groups behind them are concerned, they will definitely make fools. '

The power held by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty and its intricate and complicated relationship network are unimaginable existences. Playing the game of coercion can only cause more troubles.

"Your Majesty... Jin Yiwei is now supervising Yuan Chonghuan's case, which is too extreme."

Li Biao's voice sounded, causing Emperor Chongzhen to pull back from his thoughts to reality. Seeing Li Biao cupping his hands and admonishing himself, Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly.

"In such an important place as the Meridian Gate, Luo Yangxing even erected the card of the Jinyiwei, and Zhang Bu was accused of crimes without any basis. This is clearly Luo Yangxing, and he wants to investigate the matter quickly and severely.

Your Majesty is a benevolent emperor of the Ming Dynasty, a holy emperor, and should not be partial to Jin Yiwei's words. Yuan Chonghuan should be transferred from the Imperial Prison to the Ministry of Punishment for a joint trial by the three jurisprudence divisions.

At present, Jin Yiwei, who pretended to be the emperor's order, has disturbed the imperial court and created a disturbance. If things go on like this, I'm afraid..."

"enough."

Faced with Li Biao's boastful words, and wanted to persuade himself with this, and handed over Yuan Chonghuan to the Sanju, Emperor Chongzhen said indifferently: "As the second assistant of the Ming cabinet, you don't want to help me share my worries, but you are only thinking about going to the court. Yuan Chonghuan, I want to ask you, are you Yuan Chonghuan's second assistant?"

"I have never thought of this before!"

Li Biao's expression changed drastically, he knelt down and bowed, looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said excitedly: "Every word I said is for the sake of the society, minister..."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't listen to Li Biao's words at all. He looked at Han Yu, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong and others with cold eyes, and frowned.

"Your Majesty, I feel that reusing Jinyiwei is putting the cart before the horse."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's eyes looking at him, Han Yu stepped forward bravely, cupped his hands and said, "What Li Cifu said just now is out of the stability of the country and his own public interest, not for his own self-interest. .

Your Majesty, have you forgotten what kind of harm and turmoil the factory guards controlled by the former Wei Yan brought to the country?You used to be extremely..."

Wei Wei, Wei Wei.

That is an extension of imperial power!
Is it true that you have to listen to your civil servants for everything, is it called the prosperity of Ming Dynasty?
In the Ming Dynasty during the Little Ice Age, all kinds of maladministration broke out, disasters occurred frequently in various places, officials and officials protected each other, officials and gentry colluded, class conflicts intensified, and land annexation was severe. Don’t I see these objective facts more clearly than you?

If I really listen to you in everything, then why should I bother with these things, just give up the throne to you, and go up the mountain to fight guerrillas.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes shone brightly, and he sat quietly on the dragon chair, listening to what Li Biao and Han Yu said, and looked at He Ruchong and others who bowed their heads and said nothing.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen has a clearer understanding of the saying that the ass determines the head. The imperial power and the power of the ministers, in terms of dynastic rule, have no intention of living in peace at all. They want to achieve their own political goals. There will be collisions again and again, which is also doomed that the imperial power is lonely, and the throne is extremely high, and this point will not change at any time!

(End of this chapter)