Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 667
The struggle that Emperor Chongzhen wanted was a struggle on the bright side. If there were any different voices, he would speak out boldly and allow voices of opposition.

After all, no matter what you do, you will have different ideas from different angles. This is a typical case where the ass decides the head.

However, Emperor Chongzhen hated the plotting and intrigues behind the scenes, which was out of the scope of normal struggles, and became struggles for struggles, party struggles for power, and internal conflicts for interests. Waiting for meaningless fights, and gradually being consumed.

Don't the various situations that happened in the late Wanli Dynasty, the short-lived Taichang Dynasty, and the chaotic Tianqi Dynasty perfectly explain this point?
So once this kind of sign is encountered, Emperor Chongzhen is using his own methods to fight against such meaningless party struggles, ensuring that the trend of the struggle in the Ming Dynasty can be tilted in the direction he wants, even if the process is not that way It's easy, but when it's time to make a move, Emperor Chongzhen will still make a move.

Xu Guangqi became the chief assistant of the new cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, just as Emperor Chongzhen thought, he upholds a public heart, presides over the daily work of the cabinet, and clearly implements all the things that Han Yu deliberately delayed or detained in the past Afterwards, this also caused great controversy between the ruling and opposition parties, a lot of opposition, and a lot of criticism. However, behind Xu Guangqi, stood the Emperor Chongzhen, which also caused some people's calculations to not work on Xu Guangqi at all.

The role of the new cabinet is to do a good job of cohesion and checks and balances. Emperor Chongzhen always believed in his heart that within five years of Xu Guangqi's tenure, he would be the reform reform planned by him. Cancer, the key five years for the initial rectification.

"The Qing family's salt policy rectification, I think it's done very well."

Emperor Chongzhen held the memorabilia in his hand, looked at Bi Ziyan who had entered the palace to meet him, and said with a smile on his face: "Now we have issued official letters to the governors of various places to crack down on illegal salt sales, rectify salt farms, and salt workers, and to issue disaster relief to the local disaster relief agencies. Co-organize this matter.

The core scope of the initial salt administration rectification is the northern provinces. If the initial rectification can achieve the expected results, it will not only effectively improve the salt tax revenue, but also lay a solid foundation for the planning and deployment in the middle and later stages.

Therefore, in the early stage of rectification, if you encounter any problems, you must report the situation to me in a timely manner, and discuss with Xu Qing how to solve it. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Bi Ziyan saluted and said: "With the support of the cabinet, the pressure on the household department can be relieved. I now have great confidence in the initial salt administration rectification."

The smile on Emperor Chongzhen's face was even wider.

Be it Xu Guangqi or Bi Ziyan, they are all typical representatives of the pragmatist school, who have a public heart and are willing to share the worries of the community.

Speaking of which, Emperor Chongzhen also let Bi Ziyan take over Han Yu's position as chief assistant in the cabinet, but after thinking about it later, he felt that it was not appropriate to do so.

The new chief minister of the cabinet should play a role of balance and coordination, instead of ignoring one head and putting more weight on the other. This will not be of much benefit to Ming Dynasty's future reforms.

Daming cannot be seriously biased. It must perform outstandingly in certain fields and perform in a balanced manner in the remaining fields, so that there will be no barrel effect.

If a certain board is too short, no matter how long the other boards are, the water carried inside is still very little, which is of no use to Daming.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen and Bi Ziyan were having an in-depth discussion on some matters concerning the rectification of the initial salt administration, Wang Chengen walked into the hall with a bow, saluted and said, "My lord, the ministers of the House of Internal Affairs seek to see you."

"Bi Qing, that's all the problems at present."

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen, and said to Bi Ziyan: "That's the first thing to do today. In the following period, when it comes to the rectification of the salt administration, the Qing family should pay more attention to ensure that the initial rectification can be implemented smoothly. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Bi Ziyan bowed immediately.

With the arrival of the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bi Ziyan felt a little doubtful. Many of the things that the Ministry of Internal Affairs does now are not limited to court affairs, and some even encroach on the authority of the foreign court.

However, regarding this part of the matter, the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not use the national treasury bank, which also made Bi Ziyan, including some other courtiers who saw the situation, could only keep these thoughts in their hearts.

Bi Ziyan walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and had a face-to-face meeting with Qian Sule, Li Changxiang, and Huang Daozhou who entered the palace, but what made Bi Ziyan puzzled was that the group of ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seemed to be in a bad mood, as if they had met someone something happened.

Something happened to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

Bi Ziyan had even more doubts.

The outer court has things to do in the outer court, and the inner court has things to do in the inner court. Emperor Chongzhen is using this parallel and non-intersecting form to actively promote the transformation of the old and new fields, and strive for the Ming Dynasty to use the shortest possible time. Maximum results and change.

A set of civil servants in the outer dynasty and a civil servant in the inner court can allow Emperor Chongzhen to firmly grasp the initiative most of the time, ensuring that things that are not conducive to imperial power will happen, and Emperor Chongzhen can remain invincible .

"It's exactly what I expected."

Emperor Chongzhen's face was a little ugly, he held the memorial tightly, and looked at Qian Sule and the others, "No matter what decision I make to benefit the people, this will always be the case in the end. , There are countermeasures, one by one is really greedy.

The provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are involved in the silk and textile fields. At the beginning of the imperial court, I gave benefits to the people. The original intention was to reduce the burden on the people at the bottom. exploit. "

Qian Sule, Li Changxiang, Huang Daozhou and other ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs all had solemn expressions. As for the memo that Zhang Kentang and He Tengjiao jointly passed back to Beijing, everyone's mood was complicated and angry.

"I intend to set up the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to bring all the official operations in the Jiangnan provinces involved in the silk and textile fields under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, raised the memorial in his hand, and said coldly: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs will draw up the regulations as soon as possible and submit the memorial to the imperial court. I want a clear framework to ensure that the official operations of the silk and textile fields in each province will Under the direct control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it can improve as soon as possible.

In the future, I will be caught by the Independent Commission Against Corruption when it comes to the supervision of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. If such shocking corruption occurs again, I will never tolerate it.

In addition, I sent people to Jiangnan to pass on my oral order to ask Hong Chengchou to severely rectify the Jiangnan officials during the investigation of the Jiangnan assassination case! "

"The ministers obey the order."

Everyone bowed to each other immediately.

(End of this chapter)