"Experience? What experience? Could it be that Tian Qing is saying that they have lost their experience in their own business? Zhu Youzhen said sarcastically.

Tian Yang was suddenly choked and speechless, and he had to confess to Chongzhen and retreat.

Zhu Youzhen seemed to be unsatisfied, and said to the ministers below: "The officials and the officials of the department must inspect the business of each department, and don't be like the Taifu Temple, where the industry can still be safe and indifferent.

For the official who is in the position of corpse meal, I have only one principle, ask him to go home and retire by himself, and the people pay so many taxes, not to support some useless people. ”

The officials in the court were silent about Chongzhen's anger, which was also a new trick they had recently learned, and the best response to an emperor who liked to play with the subject more than other officials was to remain silent.

Sure enough, after seeing that the officials in the court did not refute him, Chongzhen brought the topic back to the post station itself.

“… In addition to the military department, the central ministries and local governments used post stations, and instead of using the card system, they replaced it with a subsidy system. Depending on the rank of the officer, travel expenses are directly stipulated.

The travel expenses of the central departments shall be based on the average of the past three years, and the budget shall be submitted to the Ministry of Households at the beginning of each year, and the Ministry of Households shall approve and allocate funds. The local government has changed from the original apportionment of labor to a fixed rate per acre, and the amount of the rate is reviewed by the household department.

The military department still adopts the card and ticket system, but it must strengthen management. In the same way, the application is made to the household department every year, but the expenses incurred are settled once every three months by the Ministry of International Trade and Postal Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs. ”

Listening to Chongzhen's proposal, Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, suddenly began to complain, "Your Majesty, the personnel of this local government have changed their tickets to a subsidy system for official travel, and there are still acres of land that can be collected. However, the cost of travel for the central departments has not been paid by the household department.

The annual income of the household department is Taicang silver, which is the highest when Zhang Jiangling was in power, with an annual income of 4.5 million taels of silver, and then it has been declining all the way until it is fixed at about 4 million taels per year, and other fields and commercial taxes are all in their true colors.

Your Majesty has now asked the ministries to make budgets, but the household ministries can't even fully meet the salaries of the Taicang camp every year, so how can they allocate funds to the ministries at the beginning of the year?

Moreover, there will inevitably be a loss in the delivery of treasury silver, so what side should this loss be counted on? ”

Zhu Youzhen was not stumped by Guo Yunhou's complaints, he immediately said: "The fees collected by the local government for the conversion of acres of land are not all left by themselves, but 40% of them must be handed over to the household department as the travel expenses of the central ministries.

In addition, except for the governor and governor, who are not allowed to serve as officials in the province, the following officials only need to avoid their hometowns and make arrangements nearby, and there is no need for 'southerners to the north and northerners to the south'. ”

As soon as Chongzhen's words were finished, Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Daozhou and others immediately objected, and Emperor Taizu once issued an edict that except for the appointment of monks and yin and yang doctors, the rest of the officials must avoid their hometowns. Later, it was clearly stipulated that those who are not allowed to go to the province except for self-study are not allowed to be officials.

"Taizu's words are naturally right, but the descendants are not filial, and the treasury is empty, so we must consider saving money. Of course, if you agree to pay taxes to the officials and gentry in one lump sum to make up for the shortfall in the household department, then I can continue to maintain the ancestral system of Taizu. ”

Zhu Youzhen replied without hesitation, as if the unscrupulous descendant he was talking about was someone else.

Wen Zhenmeng immediately retorted: "The Liao salary levied in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, that is, nine cents of silver, itself was divided equally according to the acres of land in the world, and then after the first emperor ascended the throne, because of the corruption of the Liao affair, the treasury was empty, and he ordered the collection of exempt silver except for the students, so the officials and gentry have already paid taxes as a whole, and then collected taxes, I am afraid that the small people will be unbearable." ”

Zhu Youzhen crooked his mouth and said mockingly: "Who does Wen Taichang mean by Xiaomin? Is it a farmer with his back to the sky, or a Jiangnan gentry who spends 10 taels of silver on a table of banquets and feels that there is nothing to eat?

Wen Taichang does not allow me to save money and does not allow me to raise taxes, so how do you think this problem should be solved? ”

Wen Zhenmeng's face turned red, and then he raised his neck and said: "Please ask Your Majesty to issue the silver in the inventory, so that there is no need to destroy the ancestral system, and there is no need to raise taxes, and the shortage of money and food can be solved." ”

Wen Zhen Meng said, and then several imperial historians and civil officials also followed up and said: "Please Your Majesty send the silver in the inventory, and don't touch the ancestral system." ”

When Zhu Youzhen saw this scene, he immediately felt a feeling of anger in his heart. He had a bruise on his forehead, but he finally endured it.

After taking a few deep breaths, Zhu Youzhen finally suppressed his excitement and said a little calmly: "I heard that good doctors pay attention to treating the root cause, while quack doctors treat the symptoms well. This inventory of silver is used for temporary emergency relief, and now I want to discuss how to find a source for the various ministries to subsidize travel expenses, so as to solve future problems. How can it be pulled into the inner stock? ”

Wen Zhen Meng Hao did not shy away from saying: "The minister thinks that the Taifu Temple cannot be removed, and this Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs cannot be established. Since Emperor Wen of Sui established the system of three provinces and six ministries, I have never heard of any talk of the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs.

Taizu abolished the prime minister and set up six ministries and established the Ming official system, which must have its profound meaning. Our descendants do not know the intention of the ancestral system and arbitrarily abolish it, what should we do if the country is in turmoil because of this?

And today abolish a temple, tomorrow to re-establish a one, like a child's play, this Ming official system will not become a child's play, not only local officials will despise the central government, even overseas vassal countries will therefore look down on my Ming court, so the minister thinks that the ancestral system can not be easier, the law of the ancestors can not be changed. ”

Wen Zhenmeng said everything he wanted to say in his heart in one breath, and he suddenly felt a lot more happy.

Since returning to the capital after the recovery, he felt that too much had changed in this court. The newly enthroned Emperor Chongzhen has no heart to respect the heavens and ancestors, and blindly moves forward bravely, as if he will trample on the old system that he is not used to.

First, the new army was established, and then it was necessary to change the national sub-prison and martial arts, which was even more excessive before, and even the cabinet system had to be moved.

Because his nephew Yao Ximeng advised hard, the remnants of the eunuch party in the DPRK have not been eliminated, and he should not easily conflict with His Majesty.

So Wen Zhenmeng has been forbearing, and in his eyes, the young emperor's misdeeds. But today, Chongzhen first abolished the Taifu Temple and set up the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs again, which finally made him unbearable.

Wen Zhenmeng believes that if Chongzhen's actions are tolerated any longer, it will only make a mess of the coup d'état.

Today, Chongzhen can abolish the Taifu Temple and set up a department that no one has ever heard of, and he can also make this department and the six departments on an equal footing, so who else can restrain this young emperor tomorrow?

Instead of waiting for the situation to get out of control, it is better to plug the loopholes of the imperial power that made Chongzhen gradually uncontrollable.

Wen Zhenmeng felt that there was a righteous qi in his heart supporting him, making him become unscrupulous.

Wen Zhenmeng's remarks made the Donglin Party people speechless for a moment, and soon Huang Daozhou also stood up and supported Wen Zhenmeng's outspoken words.

Before Han Yi could figure out what to do, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly stood up and supported Wen Zhenmeng. As Yuan Chonghuan, Han Yi's closest disciple, came out, the officials under Han Yi's sect also came out.

Liu Zongzhou was somewhat silent, although he supported the abolition of the Taifu Temple, but did not support the establishment of the Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs. It's just that Chongzhen just spoke and connected the two things, making it difficult for him to object.

Men Chen Xin looked at Wen Zhenmeng and other 2 or 30 officials kneeling on the edge of the royal road, he thought that Wen Zhenmeng and others had just supported him, and now he should also repay the favor, so he also took people out of the queue to ask Chongzhen to withdraw the order and restore the ancestral system.

With the increasing number of personnel, most of the officials in the imperial court are asking Chongzhen to abolish the new law and restore the old system, so as not to cause the unhappiness of the ancestors.

Huang Liji and other cabinet members and several scholars from the six ministries are also a little wavering in their attitudes now.

Chongzhen still didn't have any expression on the surface, but he racked his brains to think about how to solve the problem in front of him.

When these civil officials began to be unreasonable, then in fact, Zhu Youzhen found that the choice he could make was quite small.

Zhu Youzhen cleared his throat and said, "Since everyone has opinions on my plan, it is better to vote." ”

Wen Zhenmeng's body lying on the ground finally straightened, he just hesitated, and then replied: "Since Your Majesty has this idea, the ministers naturally have no objections. Look, let the officials in the court vote today. ”

When Chongzhen said to vote, Huang Liji suddenly felt a little weak, he thought that this was just Chongzhen stepping down for himself.

Now more than half of the people who have asked the emperor to abolish the new policy and restore the old system have already been made, and no matter how you look at it, the result of the vote will not be favorable to Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen categorically rejected Wen Zhenmeng's statement: "That's not good, the officials of the DPRK and China are intertwined, and they are either teachers and students or the same year with each other, so how can the vote express the true meaning of these officials, rather than being forced by human feelings?"

Besides, although the official system was created by Taizu, Mencius said: The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Since you don't think I'm qualified to change the system set up by Taizu, it's natural for the people to decide whether or not to set up this Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs. ”

Zhu Youzhen was clever enough to limit the matter to the Ministry of International Trade and Postal Affairs, avoiding the demands of some radical officials for the complete repeal of the New Deal.

Before Wen Zhenmeng could speak, Qian Qianyi suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty really has the style of a benevolent monarch, and this Yasheng's words are the voice of my generation of literati, and I support letting the people decide whether to set up a Ministry of Trade and Postal Affairs." ”

Qian Qian responded to the peace, and some officials who did not know the investigation also supported it. Wen Zhenmeng frowned, and finally approved Chongzhen's proposal.

Zhu Youzhen was thinking about how to choose people in order to be beneficial to himself, and he preemptively said: "In addition to Shaanxi and Beijing, there are six representatives from each of the two capitals and 13 provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and two representatives from the other provinces. Since they are representatives of the people, no official or former official can be elected as a representative..."

Before Zhu Youzhen could think of the second restriction, Yuan Chonghuan opened his mouth and said: "In this case, now that the provincial authorities have rushed to the capital to prepare for Enke in the spring of next year, wouldn't they just fit Your Majesty's requirements." And there is no need to let the provinces elect representatives at the expense of the people and money, the provinces are all in the context of a province, and the ministers think that they are enough to represent the people..."