Chapter Twenty-Six: The Offensive Donglin Party (Ask for Recommendation Votes and Collections)

The next day, Fengtian Temple.

As soon as the eunuch's sharp treble fell, the civil and military were juxtaposed, and they followed suit, and the fish flowed in.

Entering the spacious, bright and majestic Imperial Palace, the officials stood neatly on both sides of the main hall.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Wang Chengen sang, and Zhu Youzhen took a steady step, climbed the imperial steps step by step, and walked towards the dragon chair.

Wang Chengen sang loudly: "The Son of Heaven goes to court, and hundreds of officials pay homage!"

The voice fell, and the civil and military officials on the left and right immediately bowed to the great tomorrow, three kowtows and nine bows, and sang into the clouds: "The ministers and others knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

In the Jinluan Palace, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wang Chengen. He pinched his throat and shouted: "There is a book to play early, and there is no book to retreat!"

Before the words fell, the officials stood up in response to Chen (liang) Xun in the matter, and said to Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, please dismiss Jinyiwei and Dongchang!"

Zhu Youzhen's eyes narrowed, glanced at the ministry to the matter, and looked at the book in front of him, this is not today's court discussion, he hasn't read it yet.

But today they suddenly brought it up in the court, obviously premeditated!

Zhu Youzhen's expression was calm, and he said as calmly as possible, "Does Aiqing have any reason?"

Chen (liang) stood proudly like a pine, and said in a generous tone:

"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has done many illegal acts since its establishment, especially Wei Zhongxian, who has abused his power and persecuted many courtiers.

The ministers look at the past and the present and the future, and the Ming monarch does not do it, but the ministers ask for dismissal!"

The minister agreed. ”

The Imperial History of Patrol Salt came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Zhenfu Prison is really a place for ghosts and monks, a dark and obscure place, please dismiss it!"

The squire of the criminal department then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have always spent a lot of money, especially Wei Zhongxian, who abused his power and often made hundreds of thousands, and the ministers seconded the proposal to repeal!"

Seven or eight of them seconded the proposal, and finally Wang Shaohui and Ni Wenhuan also stood up.

"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, please abolish many useless yamen to ease the use and save taxes and silver for other purposes. ”

Huang Liji kept looking at Zhu Xu, and soon he thought of Wei Zhongxian, his heart moved, and he stepped forward and said: "

The emperor and the ministers are opposed, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have existed for a hundred years, and they have made many achievements, and they should not be abolished if they are a little bad. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal," Huang Liji's henchmen immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are appointed by Taizu Taizong, and the ancestral law cannot be abandoned!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers also agree, Jinyiwei should not be moved lightly. ”

"The bad deeds of Jinyiwei are all in the use of people, and the minister thinks that the king and the minister are virtuous, and they should not be dismissed. ”

Soon, there was another quarrel in the court. On the side of the Donglin Party, there was a fierce argument with Huang Liji and his party, and they could not be separated.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the court in front of him and became more and more disappointed. This is the minister of the Ming Dynasty, short-sighted, arrogant, incompetent, selfish, and without the righteousness of the family and the country.

What hope is there for the future of the Ming Dynasty to be handed over to them! So Zhu Youzhen said categorically with his aura: "This matter is not allowed! ”

When it was the first time for the ministers below to see Zhu Youzhen so dictatorial, there was no possibility of negotiation at all.

The hall was silent, and after a while, the imperial history of Shaanxi and Xidao came out and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, there is a drought in Shaanxi and the west, thousands of miles of red land, and there is a great drought again, and the governor of Shaanxi and the west will play 500,000 pieces of spirit stones." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Huang Liji and said, "What does the cabinet think?"

Huang Liji took a step forward, raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury tax and silver already have a place to go, and it is difficult to release the silver." ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his gaze to Guo Yunhou and said, "What about the household?"

Guo Yunhou came out of the queue and said, "Back to the emperor, the household inventory of spirit stones has long been exhausted, and the previous silver ring has not yet been made up." Minister, please pay for it. ”

Wang Chengen frowned, stepped forward and said, "All the internal funds have been allocated, and all of them will be taken over by the cabinet and transferred to the household department." ”

In fact, of course, there are spirit stones in the inner library, but Zhu Youzhen is very worried about the discipline of these ministers, so he instructed Wang Chengen to say this in code words.

The court suddenly exchanged heads and buzzed.

"I've run out of money......"

"Yes, there are five million spirit stones in the three major halls, and three million taels in the back, and there should be no spirit stones in the palace......"

"Then what should I do, Shaanxi and western Shaanxi have suffered a major drought in recent years, and the drought has grown fiercely, and there is no killing, but I am afraid that something big will happen, and it is unknown if it will become a disaster to the world in the future......."

"Not only Shaanxi and Xi, but also the four southwestern provinces, especially Si and Sichuan, there is no spiritual stone in the imperial court, and I am afraid that the civil uprising will become more and more intense. ”

Zhu Youzhen waited for the ministers to discuss for a while, then looked at Huang Liji and said, "Huang Liji, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, what do you think?"

Huang Liji's face was gloomy, his brows were furrowed, and he was not short as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Therefore, Huang Liji is very clear about the situation of the treasury of the household department, there are many places where the imperial court uses spirit stones this year, but the tax revenue is only a little, and now even the internal funds are used up.

He stood up with a calm face and thought: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that he can ask the rich families in the capital to donate." ”

Zhu Youzhen raised his eyebrows, and his expression was a little strange.

In the end, Li Zicheng hit the city of Beijing, and the imperial court paid donations in the capital, and in the end there were only more than 200,000 taels, most of which disappeared with the left hand for the right hand.

"Lord Shoufu's plan is very good, and the minister seconded it. ”

The minister seconded. ”

The minister seconded. ”

The ministers behind Huang Liji rushed to echo each other. Naturally, the Donglin Party also stood up to oppose it, so to speak, the Donglin Party is no longer opposed for the sake of state affairs, but for the sake of opposition!

Anyway, it seems that as long as the Donglin Party is a person who is a eunuch and has a problem with his morality, then he will not be able to do good deeds, and he must be treacherous.

From this point of view, how extreme the Donglin Party is, and how one-sided and narrow-minded its thinking is!

Ming's death in Donglin is really not an empty word!

Zhu Youzhen watched them discuss, and knew that the discussion would not have a good result, so after thinking about it, he said, "This matter will be handled by Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department." In the capital, it must be made public, not forced, everything is voluntary, and there must be no corruption or bribery. ”

"Obey the order!"

Guo Yunhou stepped out of the queue and bowed down and said.

"Next. ”

The court at the end of the Ming Dynasty was extremely inefficient, and even Zhu Youzhen now has no good way to improve efficiency.

Later, there are still all kinds of counterinsurgency, disaster relief, impeachment, etc., and there are all kinds of arguments and grandiose truths, which are impossible to refute, but they are of no practical use or cannot be implemented at all.

Zhu Youzhen sat at the top for nearly two hours, but these ministers were not tired and still talked eloquently.

The Ministry of Rites has already resigned from the official book, and the Dali Temple is vacant, and now this is the argument in the court.

The cabinet ministers are too complicated, but these two Jiuqing are relatively simple.

The Ministry of Industry is related to shipbuilding, the navy and the navy, and Dali Temple is more involved, especially the imperial examination.

Zhu Youzhen had his own plans in his heart, let them quarrel, and never spoke. Of course, he also knew that although the Donglin Party did not have a fierce backlash today, his break with the Donglin Party had already begun.

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, and the ministers couldn't decide no matter how much they quarreled, and in the end, the courtiers couldn't argue, and Zhu Youzhen announced his retirement from the dynasty with a sentence of 'reconsideration'.