Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The Ming Dynasty owed too much in the past, especially the collapse of the established tax and service system, resulting in a large deficit in the annual taxes collected by the imperial court, and a considerable part of the tax money was privately withheld, which made Emperor Chongzhen want to effectively promote the reform. , and then to save this corrupt Ming Dynasty, a brand new form is needed.

Centralized and coordinated.

Bloom more places.

The new policies related to various fields will be clarified and clarified by classification, and regional trials will be adopted to develop closely around the core ideas of clearing accounts and reducing burdens, eliminating bad governance, and healthy development, and then ensuring that the reform of Emperor Chongzhen can be effective and stable. carry out.

This is a huge and cumbersome strategic plan.

Prior to this, Emperor Chongzhen had always been in charge of the overall planning, and the inner court was assisted by the Department of Government Affairs, so as to ensure that the established planning and deployment could be effectively operated.

It's just that there are too many fields involved at present, which has caused this control model to gradually lose its strength. Emperor Chongzhen felt unprecedented pressure, and reform was already imminent.

When it comes to governing the country and rejuvenating the country, it needs the support of capable officials. Relying on the support of the eunuch system in the inner court will cause major problems sooner or later.

In view of the current complex national conditions of Ming Dynasty and the urgency of the reform, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to rebuild a civil servant team, use civil officials to check and balance civil officials, and let the inner court eunuchs withdraw from the historical stage of power struggle!

Wenhua Hall.

"In the past few days, the Son of Heaven has been living in the Xiyuan, not going out of court, and not managing politics. This is not a good thing for Sheji." Han Yu frowned, looked at the other cabinet ministers in the hall, and said with a serious expression.

"You are all the pillars of our great Ming. In the face of this situation, we must lead by example and advise the emperor. Since the reunification of science and Taoism, there have been serious differences between the court and China, so that most of the divisions cannot be stabilized.

In view of the special situation in the DPRK and China, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on the cabinet to maintain stability to ensure the stability of the government. This requires the emperor to manage the government in order to..."

Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun, Wu Zongda, Zhou Yanru gathered in the hall all showed different expressions.

Since Emperor Chongzhen convened the cabinet ministers to discuss the deployment of Shanshan and Shanxi and other places, orderly guide the counter-insurgency army, promote Hong Chengchou to enter the court, try out the governor responsibility system, and establish a new salary system. After the reform was conceived, Emperor Chongzhen moved from Qianqing Palace to Xiyuan to live.

Regarding the special behavior of Emperor Chongzhen, there were different opinions and speculations in the court for a while. Everyone knew that since the emperor Yuji, he has always been known for his diligence and self-denial. Governance, this is an extremely rare thing.

This made many ministers in the court subconsciously think of the deceased Emperor Shenzong and Emperor Xizong.

Could it be that the Son of Heaven, affected by the situation in the court, was tired of such turmoil in the court, and wanted to follow the example of Emperor Shenzong and Emperor Xizong, and wanted to live in the inner court instead of facing the court and ignoring politics?
However, for Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan and others, including Xu Guangqi and Zhou Yanru, who have recently returned to the imperial court, they do not think that they will not be in the court today and ignore politics.

After all, the current situation faced by the imperial court has been greatly improved compared with the early days of the Emperor Yuji, especially the clear edicts and deployments made by Emperor Chongzhen under the arbitrariness of many emperors have indeed relieved the imperial court a lot. pressure.

Although many of these decisions and deployments have aroused dissatisfaction, doubts, and even opposition from the ministers of the DPRK and China, the results are indeed there.

In the eyes of Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru and others, they don't think that today, they will be affected by the situation between the DPRK and China and give in.

Especially for Bi Ziyan, not long ago he clarified the salt tax reform with the emperor, and the attitude and determination expressed by Emperor Chongzhen made Bi Ziyan not believe in Emperor Chongzhen at all, and would follow the example of Emperor Shenzong and Emperor Xizong , to live in the inner court and not to ignore politics.

Emperor Chongzhen lived deeply in Xiyuan, so he must have extremely strong political intentions.

It's a pity that since Emperor Chongzhen specially set up the Capital Governor's Mansion, and gradually rectified the guard system of the imperial city and the palace city, the civil servants of the outer dynasty could no longer obtain useful information through the inner court as before, and then try to figure out the emperor's intentions, or Thinking about doing something else.

The inner court leaks air everywhere like a sieve, and it has become history!
"All the princes in the cabinet are here, which saves our family from sending people to spread the word."

Just as everyone was contemplating, Cao Huachun, who was wearing a big red python robe, walked into the hall with a smile on his face, followed by several inner court eunuchs.

Ok?
Cao Huachun, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of rites, and the admiral of Dongjishichang, came to Wenhua Hall at this time, which made Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers all show different expressions.

"The cabinet accepts the order!"

Regarding the reaction of the cabinet ministers, Cao Huachun didn't pay much attention to it, and with a smile on his face, he shouted under his breath, and the eunuch of the inner court who followed behind respectfully held a copy of the imperial decree, and walked towards Cao Huachun.

This is something big.

All the people who heard this remark walked towards Cao Huachun, but they felt suspicious in their hearts. It must not be easy to condemn the eunuch Cao Huachun to issue an order when the emperor lived in Xiyuan for several days and did not attend the court and ignore the government.

While everyone was kneeling and worshiping to receive the decree, Cao Huachun felt a little complicated in his heart. He opened the decree he was holding, and said in a loud voice: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, said: I have been enlightened in Xiyuan for a few days, and I deeply feel the difficulty of governing the Ming Dynasty. As far as the people are concerned, it is extremely difficult to rule the world with a public heart..."

Xiyuan enlightened?

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers kneeling to receive the decree, listened to the decree issued by the emperor, but their expressions changed.

"... In order to govern the Ming Dynasty, I would like to set an example for the world, take over the powers of the twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court, and set up a special internal affairs office to take charge of court affairs. All the eunuchs and eunuchs of the inner court outside are recalled to the inner court, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has its own system, which has nothing to do with the officials of the outer court, it's a good thing."

The Wenhua Palace was extremely quiet.

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, and Zhou Yanru all had a slight change of expression, and their hearts were extremely restless.

The edict issued by the emperor can be summed up simply as that the eunuchs who have always been hated by the civil servants have been completely restricted by the emperor. In the future, eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court will not even be able to leave the palace at will. The matter of waiting for the right to eunuch will never happen in the future.

However, the ad hoc House of Internal Affairs, a brand-new authority, replaced the eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court. Son of Heaven, in the face of such a special situation, Han Yu and Wen Tiren didn't know whether it was good or bad for a while, especially for Han Yu, he didn't know what to say.