Liu Zongzhou's silence made Shi Kefa and Huang Daozhou gloomy for a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The atmosphere in the info conference hall was also quietly reversed, and with the support of these nineteen princes, they all felt a feeling of both weakness and admiration.

The weak-hearted vassal king, who has always given the impression of being a useless person of rice worms, can have such a moral level and be able to ask the emperor to exempt the vassal king from his privileges. On the contrary, these so-called righteous men and gentlemen in the court do not have such a high moral realm to be able to remove any bit of tax-free privilege willingly.

As for admiration, it is naturally also the high style and brightness of these nineteen princes.

Zhu Youzhen left.

The door was closed again, and the sun was rising, and the sun was shining brighter and brighter. The fire dragon in the house is very warm, and people want to be drowsy under such warmth.

Zhu Cihong sat on his high platform again, his gaze skimming over one person after another. Everywhere he passed, he bowed his head.

There are, of course, exceptions.

After Zhang Xin, Fan Jingwen, Wang Duo, Shi Kefa, Huang Daozhou and others looked at each other, they still showed a high-spirited demeanor.

Zhang Xin stood up and saluted.

This secretary of the criminal department is quite low-key, but he is in charge of this military rebellion.

"Weichen started to play the saint, Tianjin was in turmoil, and Beijing and Tianjin were in trouble. According to the current local report, more than 3,000 pavilions were damaged outside Tianjin, and a total of 19 cities and towns were reported to have been looted by the rebels. Tianjin Sanwei is everywhere, and the number of people is likely to exceed 100,000. Such a drastic change may exceed the power of the Criminal Department. Please also ask my emperor to rule! Zhang Xin said truthfully and reclassified the atmosphere in the conference hall as normal.

This is the normal rhythm of the court.

Everybody is on the facts.

fell on Li Banghua and others, but they felt a little awkward. This is a vendetta between cabinet ministers, university scholars, and the six shoshu.

In terms of the structure of the Ming Dynasty, although the cabinet scholars can be called Zaifu, they do not have the power to govern the six ministries in legal procedures. In addition to the reporting of authority, the head of each department can report directly to the emperor. Of course, whether it can be seen by the emperor is also a question.

Therefore, although the rank of the Sixth Division is lower than that of the scholars, it often has the power to compete with the cabinet scholars.

Originally, the Criminal Department was only the last of the six ministries, and it was not even as important as the Ministry of Industry because of the importance of tax collection power such as bamboo and wood extraction. However, in the era of Zhu Cihong, the situation was very different.

Because, all the police stations built by the Beijing Division are directly under the Criminal Department. This has greatly strengthened the power of the Criminal Department. This Tianjin rebellion, before the imperial court had no clear certainty, also fell under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department.

Li Banghua frowned, knowing that these conservatives were moths again.

According to common sense, the criminal department should first submit the matter to the cabinet for deliberation, and then the cabinet should make a decision. In other words, at this time, there is an unspoken rule of overstepping.

Zhu Cihong didn't seem to notice this, looked at Zhang Xin's question, nodded, and said, "That's right, this time, in the final analysis, we still have to deal with the matter of the Tianjin rebellion." Tianjin Rebellion, what is the cause, can Aiqing be ascertained? ”

Shi Kefa just wanted to throw Zhu Cihong a roll of his eyes.

Fan Jingwen, Wang Duo, and Zhang Guowei officials couldn't help but be silent for a while. Such silence was not asked, but they were all speechless.

Isn't the reason for this clear? It's Zhu Cihong who persecuted the gentry too hard!

But......

There are things that can't be answered so directly.

After a noisy discussion, Zhu Cihong clapped his hands and said that lunch had arrived.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and after they came back from their discussions, they continued to talk about this topic.

This time the conservatives clearly have an idea.

Zhang Xin said: "This rebellion, according to investigation, was caused by the tax customs when they were measuring acres of land in Nanhe Village, Zuowei, Tianjin, and after accepting bribes, they joined forces with local bullies to embezzle the land of military households and people. In addition, the local officials misinterpreted the holy will, thinking that it was an opportunity to accumulate wealth, and snatched the grain of the military households and paid the land endowment in the action of the county officials to promote the reform of the field endowment, so that the military households were forced to have no accumulation for the winter, and finally caused a military rebellion. There are few soldiers in Tianjin, and there are few soldiers in the criminal department, and it is difficult to suppress them, so it will cause a catastrophe......"

Fu Shuxun's mouth twitched. Xindao, doesn't this mean that Sang scolds Huai?

Although it is said that the local officials misinterpreted the holy will and took the opportunity to make money, they were actually accusing the county officials of giving these officials a chance.

After all, Zhu Cihong's promotion decree is very strict. There are always a few county officials who want political achievements, and they are urged from above, and they are naturally unscrupulous at the bottom.

In recent years, the level of local governance was low, and the so-called tax revenue was often contracted to the local grain chief. When the officials went down to collect taxes, it was coercion and inducement, although the Tian Fu was aimed at the gentry. But the gentry will naturally not be restrained, but will transfer the tax burden to the poor people, just like the big families in Wanpingli.

It's just that Tianjin Zuowei is now like an ordinary village. But in a hurry, these people can still afford to hold knives and guns. What's more, there are obviously high-ranking officers in the guard station who are fueling the trouble.

"No matter what, the matter of the Tianjin rebellion must be dealt with!" Gao Mingheng said in a deep voice: "Since it is a military rebellion, it is a matter of national security. Troops must be dispatched! ”

"If it is suppressed, those who are corrupt and pervert the law must be dealt with first!" Shi Kefa protested. He is a minister of clean government, and it is natural that officials cannot tolerate corruption and perversion of the law.

"At this time, it's better to quell the chaos first?" Gao Mingheng knew what Shi Kefa was talking about, it was important to purge the officials, but where was the time to purge the officials at this juncture?

Moreover, at this juncture, we are purging the rule of officials and asking whether the actions of those officials in the process of implementing the new policy are legal, isn't that digging the foundation of the new policy? Without an executor, the new policy is a castle in the air, and the decree cannot be left in the Forbidden City. When the time comes, it may be difficult to even raise the logistical matters to be prepared for this dispatch of troops.

When people's hearts are in turmoil, how can they lead troops?

Shi Kefa said proudly: "In the opinion of the old minister, the rule of officials is the fundamental!" If we can't rectify the people's hearts, there will be a Tianjin Guards mutiny this time. Next time, who can guarantee another Li Zicheng? ”

"Kill one by one! Dare to disturb the law of the country, no matter what the reason, it will be dealt with with by the law of the Ming Dynasty! Yang Wenyue snorted coldly: "This is the national program and discipline. Whatever the reason, there is a law as the criterion. No reason is an excuse for rebellion! ”

"That's wow!" Huang Daozhou chuckled lightly and said, "What crime should Suzhou Wuyi have in the year of Ding Mao?" ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes froze.

At this time, it is really not far away! Moreover, it is also a famous thing in history. If this matter is not clear, then "The Tombstone of Five" can be thought of when it is proposed.

This was the time of Wei Zhongxian's dictatorship during the Apocalypse.

Wei Zhongxian's reputation for future generations was very corrupt, the eunuchs snagged the henchmen, excluded dissidents, killed ministers, oppressed the people, tyrannized and unreasonable, and the eunuchs were arrested all over the world. This is the impression left on most of future generations.

After the time of the Six Gentlemen, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dachang and others were killed one after another. Shilin was very indignant.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian sent his minions to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Shunchang, and the citizens of Suzhou were furious, rose up to resist, and rioted. Subsequently, the government searched for rioting citizens on a large scale, and five people, including the leader of the citizens, Yan Peiwei, came forward to surrender in order to protect the masses.

Huang Daozhou's Ding Mao Nian Suzhou Five Righteous Men are talking about Yan Peiwei, the five righteous men who fought against the eunuchs.

These points are put forward at this moment, of course, not only to beat Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch. It's about another thing that touches the interest.

At that time, Wei Zhongxian aimed at Donglin, naturally it was not a debt in terms of integrity or unhappiness to see you, but a complete battle of interests. The struggle for power is one thing, and the fundamental hostility of economic interests is the other.

During the reign of Wei Zhongxian, the war in Liaodong had already broken out, and the outbreak of the war was accompanied by a surge in military spending. And the tax revenue of the imperial court naturally did not have much color during the Apocalypse, and it could not cope with the huge military expenditure at all.

In order to solve the problem of military spending, Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand to Jiangnan.

During the reign of Wei Zhongxian, tax supervisors came out, mine checkpoints, and wealthy prefectures and counties, and eunuch minions appeared one after another. These people were Wei Zhongxian's vanguard, and they looted in the name of collecting taxes. Naturally, the first to bear the brunt of the levy was the Jiangnan gentry represented by the Donglin Party.

At this time, Zhu Cihong also stretched out his hand to the gentry in the name of raising taxes, which was naturally as criminal as the eunuchs.

Even if Zhu Cihong's methods are mild, he will never engage in the **** robbery model of the eunuch party, but use modern governance methods to collect taxes, in the eyes of the official gentry, it is the same as the eunuch party - they are all here to collect taxes and grab money.

No matter how gentle the means of tax collection, it is not the same to dig out the money bags of the gentry?

If there is a conflict of fundamental interests, the rest of the details are not important.

Naturally, Huang Daozhou pointed out the matter of Suzhou Wuyi, which was very subtle and resolute: If the problem of Tianfu reform is not solved, the military rebellion is an introduction, even if there is no rebellion, Suzhou's anti-tax struggle will never stop!

"yes, yes...... To govern the country, we must cure the root cause, and if we cannot solve the fundamental problems, the symptoms will occur frequently. Zhu Cihong was very emotional. Of course, he quickly understood the cause and effect of the five people's tombstones.

The governance of a country is a very complicated matter.

Outsiders only saw the courage of the five righteous men to resist tyranny, and saw the literary brilliance on the tombstones of Zhang Pu and the good name spread through the ages. But for those in power, what they see is the destruction of political stability by the existence of eunuchs. What we see is the rudimentary work of taxation and the numerous crises caused by the loopholes that can be found everywhere.

For Zhu Cihong, what he has to understand is the low level of imperial court governance and the backwardness of the ruling team.

This is not only a reflection of the brutal arrest of the opposition, but also a lack of scientific operation in tax collection work, and the overall backwardness of public opinion and grassroots management capabilities.

It's just that Zhu Cihong's emotion fell in Shi Kefa's eyes, but it was another understanding.

They looked at each other, their hearts filled with unspeakable excitement.

"The Holy Lord agrees with what the righteous have done, and will not implement the Tianfu reform again?" Shi Kefa couldn't help but think.

But soon...... They thought of the arrival of Fang Cai Zhu Youzhen.

At that time, Zhu Cihong seemed to be so emotional, and he seemed to retreat!

Sure enough, Zhu Cihong turned his head and said: "Tianjin has forced the military households to rebel, which shows the lack of governance of the imperial court. The lack of effective assessment makes local governance only reduced to the knowledge of county orders, and the lack of institutional supervision and control operations. This introspection, we must admit. When it comes to local management, of course, we have to trust our officials, and we can't let it go our own way. ”

"Holy means...... Increased oversight? It seems that this campaign should be the first to purge the officials! Li Yuzhi also spoke. The long-silent official Shangshu was eager to try.

Since the appearance of the cabinet minister, Li Banghua has taken the lead in treating the six ministries as subordinates, which has made this heavenly official who is a secretary of the ministry suppressed for a long time, as if he was a subordinate. This time, if he can cooperate with Shi Kefa to obtain the power to supervise officials and carry out an assessment, it will naturally be able to greatly strengthen the power of the conservatives.

"This matter should be done on both sides!" Zhu Cihong squinted his eyes: "On the one hand, I plan to order Hu Dawei to lead the Jinwu army to start mobilization and set off for Tianjin. The other side of ...... It is necessary to strengthen grassroots management. Officials and officials who violate laws and regulations should be severely punished. This is the maintenance of the national program and discipline and law, the strict punishment of the rebels, and the management of officials is the same criterion! There was a slight commotion in the room. ”

Everyone couldn't help but talk for a while, and then returned to quiet under the loud scolding of the royal historian on duty.

Shi Kefa was confused.

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

Only Huang Daozhou already had some resistance, and guessed some bad meaning from Zhu Cihong's expression and words.

Seems...... His Majesty the Emperor still has a big move that he hasn't released......

"Guys, go back and prepare your business. I'm going to arrange military affairs. Li Banghua, Yang Wenyue and Liu Zongzhou stayed for a while. ”

"It seems that Your Majesty is going to go his own way......" Shi Kefa muttered psychologically, said a few words boringly, and left disappointed.

Huang Daozhou bowed and said, "My Emperor Shengming ......"

Turning around, Huang Daozhou sighed slightly, obviously, he didn't believe that Zhu Cihong would be able to successfully quell the Tianjin Mutiny this time.

After everyone left, only Liu Zongzhou, Li Banghua and Yang Wenyue were left in the house. These are the old people of Qiandi, and they are also the core force of Zhu Cihong's promotion of reform this time.

Looking at the back of Huang Daozhou and the others leaving, Zhu Cihong looked quite tired.

"Holy ...... The gentry will not stop. The reform of the field endowment that abolished the preferential official gentry has already touched the fundamental interests of the gentry...... "Liu Zongzhou was very puzzled: "Shi Kefa and others are right, even if the Tianjin mutiny is successfully quelled, I am afraid there will be more mutinies." This will make the situation worse for the Ming Dynasty......"

"If the whole country is united, the Ming officials can smoothly implement the Tianfu reform?" Zhu Cihong looked at Liu Zongzhou and was very sympathetic: "I know that Aiqing has just performed his duties in Beijing, and I am afraid I don't know the whole picture of the current plan." ”

Liu Zongzhou noticed something, looked at Yang Wenyue and Li Banghua, who stayed together, and found that they were all full of self-confidence.

There's a situation! (To be continued.) )