Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 654
Shortfalls exist no matter in any period or under any circumstances, but some are made up and some are not made up.

The nature of the former is better, at least the accounts on the surface are settled, no matter how the money is added, at least the accounts on the surface can be seen.

The nature of the latter is bad. If the account is clearly not matched, but it is not made up, it will become a bad debt and a bad debt over time.

If you want to effectively rectify the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, you need to find a good reason, and you can't start to rectify the officials in a muffled voice.

In this way, contradictions will be concentrated.

Find a good reason to prevent the civil servants from concentrating and uniting, so that they can take care of themselves. Only in this way, and only in this way, can they be defeated one by one.

"Mr. Wen Ge, what do you think this is?"

Min Hongxue frowned, and looked at Wen Tiren with outstretched hands, "Your Majesty, why do you want to investigate the deficit? It's making people panic in the government and the public. Han Jisi is obviously just watching the fun.

The gang of censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. How long did it take to investigate, and they found out a deficit of more than 400 million taels.

I thought that the situation facing the country would be better, and it would no longer be as difficult as it was before, but if we do this now, I'm afraid this good situation will be destroyed. "

"How much money do you owe?"

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, met Min Hongxue's gaze, and said calmly: "How much debt do those guys owe each of them?"

"This……"

Min Hongxue hesitated for a moment.

He came to Wen Tiren's official office here to complain. He thought that the emperor ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the deficit, which would be affected by the public opinion between the government and the opposition. Considering the stability of the court, he would not conduct such a sweeping investigation.

Even Bi Ziyan went to the Qianqing Palace to have an audience, which aroused the attention of many people.

Although no one knew what Bi Ziyan wanted to say, many people could still figure out that Bi Ziyan wanted to remonstrate with the emperor.

After all, the current court situation looks so stable, but in fact it is undercurrents.

A Jiangnan assassination case.

A case of Yansheng Gongfu.

One involves the rectification of the salt administration.

In addition, the various changes promoted by Emperor Chongzhen in the past have actually always had an impact in the turmoil, which also made many people feel dissatisfied.

What Daming needs is an emperor who lives in the inner court, not an emperor who loves to make troubles. After all, the emperor loves to make troubles, and the unlucky ones are the courtiers.

However, as Emperor Chongzhen took every step of the way, the general trend was tilted towards the imperial power, which in turn led to many things that were actually not under the control of the civil servants.

"What? Have you made a lot of money?"

Seeing that Min Hongxue remained silent, Wen Tiren narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Or are there still many deficiencies that have been found out by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

"Yes~"

Min Hongxue wiped his forehead. Although he didn't sweat, he still made such actions subconsciously because of his nervousness.

"Then try to make up for it."

A cold light flashed across Wen Tiren's eyes, "Don't you see it clearly? Your Majesty's determination to track down the deficit is not affected by any situation.

Let the Metropolitan Procuratorate be the vanguard, tear yourself apart with the government office in the court, and expose those hidden shortcomings, just to gain prestige and pay for it.

However, if the Dongji Office was sent to specialize in debt collection, the purpose would be even clearer, with a clear division of labor, one dedicated to investigation and the other dedicated to collection. "

"But……"

Min Hongxue was in a hurry, looked at Wen Tiren and said, "There are a lot of shortfalls left over from the Tianqi Dynasty. Do you want to ask for them back? Even..."

"This is His Majesty's method."

Wen Tiren interrupted: "Let Dongji Shichang be in charge of debt collection, that is, regardless of the source of the deficit, and when the deficit can be traced back, it must be recovered one by one.

Your Majesty has righteousness in this matter.

The deficit was done without the knowledge of the emperor, and now that it has been found out, you said that the deficit money, will His Majesty not ask for it back?
After His Majesty specially set up the House of Internal Affairs and seized the power of the eunuchs in the inner court, did the status and situation of the eunuchs in the inner court completely change?

Now that you are in charge of collecting accounts, do you think Cao Huachun and the eunuchs of the East Factory will not devote themselves to their errands, and then win His Majesty's trust? "

Min Hongxue was silent.

Through what Wen Tiren said, he gradually figured out what was unusual.

"Old Wen Ge meant more than that, right?"

Min Hongxue pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to completely rectify the administration of officials? This time, the investigation of deficits and the demand for money from deficits is just a pretext?"

"You're not stupid enough."

Wen Tiren lifted the sleeves of his robe, and said, "However, His Majesty's thoughts may not be as simple as that. I'm afraid that the things he did are also related to the case of Yanshenggong Mansion that Zhou Yanru was in charge of, and the Jiangnan assassination case that Hong Chengchou was in charge of. , are intrinsically linked.

Even the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who accompanied them to Shandong and Jiangnan did not have a pure purpose. Our Majesty wants more. "

As time went by, the longer he stayed in the cabinet and the more he came into contact with Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren felt a chill deep in his heart for some reason.

The current Emperor Chongzhen, compared to when Yuji first came to the throne, is simply a different person. No matter what he does, it is hard to fathom.

Especially the news of the inner court, after being completely blocked, many times when encountering things, they are passively faced with hindsight.

What does the emperor want to do.

In many cases, this has become the question that the civil officials in the court think about most.

Because there is no way to figure it out!
"Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger."

Min Hongxue was terrified, and looked at the silent Wen Tiren, "Even Han Yu, the chief minister of the cabinet, has been found to be short of tens of thousands of taels. The key is that these shortfalls are not at all..."

"Look forward and look backward, don't be an official of Ming Dynasty!!"

Wen Tiren frowned, and looked at Min Hongxue coldly, "Look at the situation of the Donglin Party now, weren't they arrogant back then?

What method did His Majesty use?
There are some methods that I have not figured out even until now, but now the Donglin Party is no longer what it used to be. Is power so easy to get? "

"The reason, the subordinate officials know."

Min Hongxue looked a little hesitant, and stretched out his hand and said: "But the money owed right now is really short, the next official is really..."

"Then go borrow it!"

Wen Tiren slapped the case and said angrily: "Go to the Huitong ticket office to borrow money, go to other places to find a solution, not to mention you, even Benfu has to find a solution.

The more you wait here, the more you can't make mistakes.

Let's see, His Majesty is really looking forward to someone trying to threaten to resign, and then stop the investigation of the deficit. Don't forget, those officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. "

(End of this chapter)