Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

At this time, Lu Zhenfei also said quietly: "You three, don't forget that the respected status of Guozijian has been written into the emperor's ancestral precepts. If you don't graduate from Nanjing Guozijian, you can't enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a military minister. If you don't go to Beijing Those who graduated from Guozijian were not allowed to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty, and they were not allowed to serve as officials in the two capitals unless they served for three years."

Hearing this, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and Liu Lishun reacted immediately.

Although Lu Zhenfei didn't explain what he said, the meaning behind his words was already obvious.

The Holy Majesty wants to elevate the status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as long as he is promoted, the most important thing is to firmly grasp the educational dominance of Nanjing Guozijian and Beijing Guozijian.

As long as the education rights of Nanjian are seized, the military officials who graduated from Nanjian can be basically consistent with the cabinet.

Even if some ambitious people really appeared among these military officials, as long as most military officials still follow the moral standards of Confucian disciples, the situation will not get out of control.

On the contrary, it is possible for the cabinet to control the Dachaohui through these Confucian military officials.

Therefore, there is no need to conflict with the Holy Master because of the status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The cabinet can use this as a bargaining chip to fight for the dominance of the Imperial Academy in the north and the south.

Thinking of this, the three of them sat back silently.

As soon as he sat down, footsteps sounded outside the value room.

Immediately Chongzhen strode in.

"My lord." Lu Zhenfei and others hurriedly stood up to salute.

"Forget it." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Have the elders not eaten yet?"

"Never." Liu Lishun said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "The Holy Majesty gave imperial meals to thousands of military officials in the House of Internal Affairs, but the ministers and other civil servants didn't even have to drink their saliva. This is true and some favor others over others."

"Liu Qing, you have wronged me. When did I give imperial meals to the military officials of the House of Internal Affairs?"

Speaking of this, Chongzhen pointed in the direction of the imperial dining room, and said: "The imperial dining room is still in ruins. Besides, the eunuchs in the imperial dining room are all dead. Even if I want to prepare meals for you, I can't do it. As for the internal affairs The meals for the Fu Wuchen were prepared in advance in the kitchen of the No. 1 town of Bingke."

"It's really a mistake to blame the sage." Liu Lishun admitted his mistake first, then changed the subject and asked again, "But what does the sage want the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to eat in the Hall of Martial Heroes?"

Lu Zhenfei and the other four elders also looked over together.

Chongzhen did not evade, but straight to the point: "I plan to turn the Hall of Martial Ying into the office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the corridors in front of the Hall of Wuying, which belonged to the six departments, will also be turned into the official office of the Office of Internal Affairs. Of course, I will never Civil servants will be treated harshly, and the Wenhua Palace in the left wing of Huangji Gate can be turned into a public residence for civil officials, for the civil officials to gather and discuss in emergencies."

"In the future, for any important matters involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all the military officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be convened to discuss in the Wuying Hall. All Beijing officials above the seventh rank will make a decision in the Wenhua Hall."

After a pause, Chongzhen went on to say: "For example, the court officials, I think it is biased to call only the officials of the third rank and above in the court to be promoted, so we might as well expand the scope a little bit, so that all the officials of the seventh rank and above in Beijing can be recruited. Civil officials participate in the meeting, as long as more than two-thirds of the civil officials vote in favor, they will become candidates, and then get a vote in the Great Court Council, as long as more than half of the civil officials or military officials vote in favor, they can join the cabinet and become a cabinet scholar."

Zhang Shenyan continued to ask: "That is to say, important matters related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs must first be decided by the Hall of Martial Arts, while important matters in the court hall must be decided by the Hall of Wenhua before they can be decided by the Great Court Council? The Hall of Martial Heroes has decided that the Great Court Council can't decide on important matters involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"That's what it means." Chongzhen said with a smile, "If the elders have no objections, this proposal can also be included in the emperor's ancestor's instruction at the next court meeting."

Chongzhen seemed to be seeking the opinions of the five elders.

But in fact, this is just a formality, to show respect for the cabinet.

Because of Chongzhen's current ability to control the court situation, he can add any clauses to Huangming's ancestral training if he wants to, and the cabinet is powerless to stop it.

Even if the five elders joined forces, they would be powerless to stop it.

Even if it is to tear the face, it may not be able to stop it.

For this point, the five pavilion elders are also well aware.

However, the five elders still want to fight for the educational dominance of the two prisons as much as possible.

Now it was Lu Zhenfei who spoke: "The ministers have no objection to the proposal of the Holy Majesty, but there is a little doubt. Will the emperor and the crown prince still be the emperor and the crown prince in the future for the selection of the sacrifice wine and the supervisor of the Nanjing Imperial College?"

Hearing this, Chongzhen laughed, and actually set his sights on Nanjing Guozijian's educational dominance.

But this is wishful thinking. It is impossible to give up the educational leadership of the Nanjing Guozijian. This is the cradle for cultivating cronies of the emperor and the prince. How can it be handed over to the cabinet?

Instead of ceding the dominance of Nanjing Guozijian’s education, Chongzhen would seize the dominance of Beijing Guozijian’s education, because the current Ming Dynasty’s officialdom is full of abuses. It is impossible to clean up the officialdom and make it clean and upright.

Smiling, Chongzhen said again: "Nanjing Guozijian must be in charge of the emperor's sacrificial wine, and the prince must be in charge of the supervision. This should also be written into the instructions of the emperor's ancestors."

"My lord, this is probably against the rules."

Lu Zhenfei's face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Since ancient times, how can an emperor appoint himself an official?"

"Emperor Wu Zong appointed himself the Lord of the Town, General Wu Wei, but what happened?"

"With copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes. With history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs. With people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. I implore the Holy One to observe clearly."

This is a bit heavy to say.

It's equivalent to pointing at Chongzhen's nose and scolding, you don't want to be a fool like Wu Zong.

Chongzhen's face immediately collapsed, he wanted to respect the cabinet as much as possible, and also wanted to maintain the authority of the cabinet, but the premise was that the cabinet had to rectify the officialdom according to his wishes.

You, Lu Zhenfei, have been the Chief Assistant for several years, has the officialdom of Daming ever improved?

The Ministry of Household Affairs is about to go bankrupt, so how dare you compete for the educational dominance of Nanjing Guozijian?Are you going to bring the sophistication of Ming Dynasty officialdom to Nanjing Guozijian?

Who gave you the courage?

I also use the past to satirize the present, so that I can understand the gains and losses.

Why don't you, Lu Zhenfei, look in the mirror?
Daming's officialdom has been reduced to such a bear, and you can't see it at all?
Daming's officialdom has seriously hindered Daming, you Lu Zhenfei can't see it at all?

Immediately Chongzhen said with a stern face: "Since Lu Ge always talks so much, let us monarchs and ministers might as well say it openly, stop covering it up, just say useless official words, and don't take it to your heart when you say it."

Lu Zhenfei pouted his neck and said: "The Holy Majesty wants to say that the old minister should accompany me."

"Okay." Chongzhen nodded, and continued, "If everything respects the ancients, then there is no need to change the law to make it stronger. What kind of law does Shang Yang change, what law does Wang Anshi change, and why does Zhang Juzheng change the law?"

"So, just because no emperor was an official before, doesn't mean that there won't be an emperor who will be an official in the future."

"I think that as long as it is beneficial to the country and the country, you can try it with your hands and feet."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Old Luge, you follow the rules and follow the rules, and the worldly wisdom accumulated in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years is also unswerving, but what is the final result? The Ministry of Households is about to go bankrupt! The Beijing official last month My salary is still borrowed from the industrial and commercial bank, and I have to continue to borrow this month, right?"

"I can't blame my minister for this matter." Lu Zhenfei also began to speak straightforwardly.

It's a big deal not to be the first assistant, so as not to be caught in the middle and suffer from the splint.

He also said: "If the Ministry of Internal Affairs hadn't taken over the most profitable business of Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court didn't even have a mouthful of soup, why would the Ministry of Households make empty plans? If it is possible to levy business taxes, even a tax rate of one hundred is enough to make the treasury There is a surplus, therefore, I would like to ask the Holy Majesty, why do you have to stop the levy of commercial taxes?"

"Haha, Mr. Luge is really calculating." Chongzhen sneered twice.

"I would like to ask, which of the jobs occupied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs originally belonged to Daming?"

"Did the Ming Dynasty have a Royal Exchange? Was there a Royal Bank? Was there a Industrial and Commercial Bank? In the past, there was a Shipping Shipbuilding Bank and a Water Conservancy and Grain Bank?"

Lu Zhenfei was speechless immediately.

What Chongzhen said did not exist before.

"Old Lu Ge, I actually wanted to tell you these words a long time ago."

Chongzhen no longer cared about Lu Zhenfei's face: "Speaking of which, you are also a meritorious minister. If you hadn't raised grain for me in Shanyang, the Xuzhou defense line might not have been able to hold on."

"Because of this, I have tolerated you again and again."

"But since you took office as chief assistant, has there been any slight change in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty?"

"No? The vast majority of Beijing officials are still vegetarians. The local officialdom is still not popular. If you don't ask for it, you can't even think about getting promoted. Ice and charcoal respect have been banned repeatedly, and I have made a comeback in a new way. In the past three years, I have really been obsessed with military affairs. I have never asked about political affairs, but just because I asked doesn't mean I don't know anything about it."

"Don't you really feel bad for managing Daming's officialdom like this, Mr. Lu Ge? Don't you really feel the slightest bit of panic when you sit in the chief assistant position?"

"Your Majesty, this is standing up and talking without back pain." Lu Zhenfei immediately retorted.

"It is said in the Tao Te Ching that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. How can the evils accumulated in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom for more than two hundred years be eliminated in a hurry? This is like a seriously ill patient who has only one breath left. , will only make him die quickly, and the current Ming court is like this critically ill patient, who can only slowly investigate the body with mild medicinal soup, and must not give strong medicine."

Chongzhen said in disdain: "Soup with mild medicinal properties? But I don't know what kind of soup it is? Why haven't I seen it?"