Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The majestic and majestic Forbidden City, under the shining of the sun, glowed with golden light, and the breeze was blowing, blowing various banners, and teams of armored warriors stood everywhere.

The chief officials of the Cabinet, the Military Aircraft Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Ministries, the Lifan Academy, and the Military Governor's Mansion were ordered by the emperor to enter the palace. The summoning caused quite a stir in the court.

"For a long time, many people have been dissatisfied with my arbitrariness, and feel that I violated the ancestral system and did wrong things arbitrarily."

Emperor Chongzhen, who was wearing the uniform of the Son of Heaven, sat firmly on the dragon chair, looked around at the officials in the hall, and said in a sonorous tone, "I feel that the Ming Dynasty is going to have big problems sooner or later, and I also know the current state. what happened.

Today, I issued an edict to summon all the ministers to come to the Qing Palace to discuss the state affairs. I just want to clarify one thing, that is, whether the Ming Dynasty should implement the new law and get rid of the bad government and stubborn diseases, so that my Ming Dynasty can change and sweep away the previous decline. "

Son of Heaven, it's time for a showdown.

The officials gathered in the hall showed different expressions after hearing what the emperor said, and the same voice came out from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, since the second year of Chongzhen, many things that Emperor Chongzhen did was to promote reforms, but Emperor Chongzhen never made it clear.

Shout less slogans and do more practical things.

This is the clear code of conduct that Emperor Chongzhen gave himself after he became familiar with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty. There was no way to do it. Counting from the middle and late Wanli Dynasty, he was affected by party struggles, which made the atmosphere of Ming Dynasty broken.

Especially in the officialdom, the unfavorable ethos of partisanship against dissidents, abuse of power for personal gain, favoritism and fraud can be said to have deeply affected many groups.

In view of such a special situation, if Emperor Chongzhen blindly emphasized the legitimacy of the New Deal, it would make the New Deal a living target and an object that everyone could attack.

Without the talent team that the New Deal carries, the New Deal is doomed to be nonsense, and even the New Deal that benefits the country and the people may change its flavor in the hands of some people, and become an evil policy that harms Ming Dynasty and the people.

"Whether or not the New Deal should be implemented is not up to me, nor is it up to the ministers, but to be debated with facts."

Seeing the changed ministers, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I ordered the Secretary of the House of Internal Affairs to excerpt the corresponding documents from the first year of Tianqi to the first year of Chongzhen, and from the second year of Chongzhen to the present.

Today, in front of the ministers, we will compare items one by one to see what the state looks like after the imperial court abolished the exorbitant taxes such as the Liao payment, the suppression payment, the training payment, and the fire consumption. "

With that said, the ministers of the House of Internal Affairs waiting outside the hall, led by Qian Sule, surpassed dozens of ministers and officials, carrying stacks of files, and walked quickly towards the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

The hall was full of people.

"Your Majesty, what exactly do you want to do?"

"I do not know."

"Why are they all from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but not from the inner court?"

"I don't know."

"What are these copybooks?"

"It seems that His Majesty wants to implement the New Deal."

Qian Sule, Huang Daozhou, Zhang Kentang and other ministers and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were carrying stacks of files into the hall, which caused some discussions in the hall.

The cabinet ministers Xu Guangqi, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Zhou Yanru, Huang Liji, Liu Hongxun, and Wang Qia looked at the mountain of documents in front of them with different expressions.

There is excitement.

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There is silence.

The civil servants of Ming Dynasty have never been monolithic, although they stand on a surprisingly consistent point of view on some matters.

But this does not mean that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are the same, and there are big differences in the ideas and concepts of governing the country.

"Yuanfu, what exactly is the new policy that His Majesty wants to implement?"

Bi Ziyan looked at the people in front of him, leaned forward, and whispered to Xu Guangqi: "Is it directly related to the steam engine that I will go to Xishan Armed Forces Institute to visit with me?"

"Honsuke is not very clear."

Xu Guangqi shook his head slightly, "As far as the current court situation is concerned, His Majesty should not be so radical, but one thing is understandable, no matter what, the direction of the new policy of Ming Dynasty in the future must be closely related to steam engines and related industries. connect."

As an enlightened group, whether Xu Guangqi or Bi Ziyan, in fact, they have no resistance to the implementation of the New Deal, and they even agree with it in their hearts.

From the matters they took over, it is enough to see how serious challenges there are in Daming.

In the past, Xu Guangqi, Bi Ziyan, and the others had remonstrated with Emperor Chongzhen more than once in Shangshugui, hoping to deal with some things more slowly, but that was out of consideration for the stability of the overall situation.

It's just that in terms of Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan's unawareness, Emperor Chongzhen has been rushing for time, so that Daming's weak foundation can be relatively consolidated, so that Daming will not be affected by the war and continue to be chaotic like this.

The Ming Dynasty has been passed down for more than two hundred years, whether it is legal principles or people's hearts, it is still a very strong existence. Unfortunately, due to the influence of regional wars such as Jianlu rebellion and bandit rebellion, Daming has been in chaos, coupled with frequent disasters and corruption. Factors such as poor official administration and chaotic taxes and servitude made Daming weaker and weaker.

In the past few years, Emperor Chongzhen did not raise the banner of the reform and reform, but he has been solving these things so that the superficial crisis can be stabilized.

Only when the overall situation is stable, and Da Ming can no longer lose his vitality, will it be possible to change step by step. If even this level of deployment cannot be effectively realized, then planning for reform is purely a daydream!

"Since it is a comparison, let's start with taxes."

When Qian Sule and Huang Daozhou were getting ready, Emperor Chongzhen lifted up the sleeves of his robe and said loudly: "Bi Qing's family, you are the treasurer of my Ming Dynasty, and you know the taxes and taxes of the Ming Dynasty better than anyone else.

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As for the authenticity of these documents compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you, the cabinet minister and secretary of the household department, come out and testify. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Under the eyes of countless people, Bi Ziyan walked out of the court, bowing and saluting.

"In the first year of the Apocalypse, the state's collection of various taxes, involving land tax, population, customs duties, salt tax, tea tax..." In such an atmosphere, Qian Sule stepped forward, picked up a stack of copybooks, and Said loudly with a serious expression.

Since it is the implementation of the Reformation, it is necessary to present the evidence based on the facts so that the power center of Daming can see what they have been opposed by many people in the past. What can it bring to Daming? Every family, this is a matter that involves a wide range of levels.

Since Emperor Chongzhen chose to do it, he must do it solidly, otherwise any negligence and flaws will lead to bad things happening.