The problem of party strife is not something that can be solved by the emperor's order, even an emperor like Jiajing, who is skillful, will choose to create contradictions among the courtiers when dealing with the courtiers to achieve division and balance.

The so-called 'eunuchs' have always been deliberately created by the literati, because it should be called royalists, their only mission is to ensure that the monarch's power is not compressed, and the ministers subconsciously want to limit the monarch's power to a certain range, so they will also consciously suppress the royalists.

As the founding king, Ning Yu has a gun in his hand, so he doesn't need eunuchs in the inner court to help him, and he can suppress the ministers by his own means, but this is not the norm, like the suppression of the noble faction by the Shilin faction, it is an attempt, and what Ning Yu needs to do is not only checks and balances, but also needs to protect the monarch's transcendent position.

In this regard, the Japanese emperor system is a typical example, like the emperor can maintain the inheritance for so long, not because of how powerful the emperor is, but because the emperor has no power at all, so he will be tolerated by others, so he can maintain a sufficiently transcendent position.

Of course, Ning Yu would not be willing to be such a nominal emperor, so such a method of self-weakening was completely rejected from the beginning, and whether he could find a new path was a reflection on the status quo.

"Cui Qing, I think that party struggle is unavoidable, and restricting party struggle is only a symptom rather than a cure, but it will make this kind of party struggle evolve into more hidden and cruel, which is not good for the country."

Cui Wancai sighed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, all the kings of the past have thought about this problem, but they have not yet obtained a good law. ”

In fact, it's not completely impossible, but Cui Wancai didn't say it explicitly.

The method is also very simple, that is, the factory guard system of the Ming Dynasty and the secret folding system of the Qing Dynasty.

As a son of heaven, the most basic and important ability is to have enough ability to distinguish things, but because the emperor's status is too high, he can't always contact the bottom, so he is naturally isolated from a layer of information, whether it is good or bad news, it is whitewashed by the courtiers, resulting in the emperor unable to understand the real situation.

It's like disaster relief, for the emperor, this matter seems to be very simple, nothing more than when there is a disaster, the ministers below present the disaster, and then transfer it to the emperor one by one, and then the emperor can't see it, he has to hurry up to provide disaster relief, and then allocate disaster relief funds according to the situation of the performance, and then issue it level by level, the disaster is alleviated, and everything seems to be so perfect.

In this process, the emperor can receive very little information, on the surface he can have a lot of disposal power, but whether the disposal is appropriate, whether it should be disposed of like this, whether there is any improvement next time, he will not know, what the emperor can know is the article of praise and virtue submitted by the people below.

But in reality, when the ministers collude, it becomes terrible.

Because the country is very large, every month or even every day there will be people to report the disaster, some people for corruption, will deliberately exaggerate the scale of relief, so that the imperial court will allocate more silver taels, if the imperial court completely listens to the report below every disaster, and fully disburses the disaster relief funds, it will lead to the rapid loss of money in the treasury, and when things really happen, there will be no money to disburse.

Therefore, when the party struggle becomes gradually worse, the emperor can only hear the bottomless attacks of the ministers on both sides of the strait, and it is difficult to distinguish who is right and who is wrong, and there is no way to deal with it effectively.

What to do? Rely on the emperor's own factory guards, rely on the secret folds of the loyal ministers below, although these methods cannot be completely controlled, but at least the emperor can hear some real voices.

However, these good systems are not necessarily for ministers, especially those officials who like to behave mischiefly on weekdays, no one wants to be sued by a secret letter to the edict when they are eating hot pot and singing, so all the ministers will subconsciously unite to suppress the factory guards and suppress the secret discount system.

The reason why Cui Wancai didn't say these two methods was not because he was disloyal to the emperor, but because he couldn't say it, although the emperor knew very well in his heart, but once he took the initiative to say it, then all the officials would regard him as an enemy, and this first assistant would naturally not be able to do it.

But coincidentally, Ning Yu knows these two methods, but he will not simply pin his hopes on this, because whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it actually explains the problem, that is, the factory guard and the secret fold, in the later stage, the role is basically ineffective, and it is difficult to play the effect they should have.

Ning Yu sighed slightly, "Cui Qing, right now, my Great Chu is in the midst of a great change that has not been seen in three thousand years, if you look at the party struggle with common sense in the past, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the desired effect, do you understand?" ”

"Industry and Commerce are booming...... Of course, the minister understands this truth. ”

Cui Wancai sighed slightly, with the support of the emperor in front of him, the prosperity of industry and commerce is no longer just an empty word, in Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan and even many other places, there have been many industries have begun to rise from the ground, and the use of steam engines and looms has also changed almost all the production methods in the past.

Like the traditional life of men and women weaving, has undergone great changes, many landless peasants have chosen to go into the city, into the factory to start working day after day, although compared to the past much more tired, but the money earned is not comparable to farming, and even many half of the size of the children have entered the factory to beg for food.

As for the traditional homespun cloth, it also began to collapse in front of the steam engine and loom, a large number of high-quality and cheap machine-made cloth began to crowd the market, while the price of traditional homespun cloth fell rapidly, many family-style weaving workshops also closed down, and a large number of female workers entered the large weaving factories........

The industrial and commercial circles are gradually expanding their influence, which will also cause certain changes to the political situation of the imperial court, and the nobles behind them have also begun to invest funds and relationships on a large scale into the industrial and commercial circles in order to obtain more profits.

The threat posed by the industrial and commercial boom to the traditional gentry class was far greater than the blow to the gentry at the beginning of Ningyu, and the new land tax policy gave a hard impetus to this trend, causing many gentry to begin to change to the merchant gentry.

"Industry and commerce are booming, the people can no longer continue to be bound to the land, it is necessary to break the gentry's personal control over the people, although the Shilin faction of the court knows that this is the trend of the times, but they still want to fight, but the fight is to control the political situation of the court, and want to slow me down......."

Ning Yu sighed softly, this time the Shilin faction and the Xungui faction fought for the prefect of Zhili and the prefect of Shanghai, because these two places are the key areas of the current industrial and commercial prosperity.

Cui Wancai smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that the current party struggle has evolved into such a complicated situation...... Perhaps, it might be better to simplify complex issues. ”

There was still one sentence in his heart that he hadn't said, that is, all this was not the situation that the emperor wanted to see?

If the Xungui faction and the industrial and commercial circles develop too fast, the first person to feel uneasy is definitely the emperor himself, which is why the emperor supports industry and commerce on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wants to vigorously promote Li Fu and Xue Haiyun and others of the Shilin faction.

When Ning Yu heard this, his face showed a little understanding, and he said softly: "Since party struggle cannot be avoided, instead of letting them secretly collude to cause uncontrollable dangers, why not let them carry out party struggle in an upright manner?" ”

.......

Nanjing City, soft green building.

In the early spring weather, the climate is quite pleasant, in the sound of silk and bamboo, several people are sitting together, there is a table of exquisite wine banquet on the table, all of which are dishes of the right time in Jiangnan, and a pot of wine is placed next to it.

It's just that compared to the beauty of the banquet, the faces of the several people sitting are not so good-looking, the first one is Ning Zhonghai, the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, followed by Cheng Wang, the secretary of the Organization Department, and several other people are sitting together, one of whom is the person who fell into the center of the Jingcha turmoil - Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian.

Ning Zhonghai, as the current uncle of the king, is also in charge of the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, which can be called a high power, and he is also the leader of the lord faction, so he often entertains some friends and important ministers on weekdays, but in the past, everyone was talking and laughing, but it was not as solemn as today.

Of course, everyone understands why this is the case, or because in the Jingcha incident, the lords who have developed smoothly have been sent a slap in the face, although Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian, and Sheng Qi, the prefect of Shanghai, have been saved, but other middle and low-level officials have been dismissed from many positions, and some even some people have been directly put into prison waiting for trial.

According to the current official system of Ning Chu, once he is removed from his official position, then if he wants to continue to be an official, he can only choose to retake the examination, and then wait for the organization to be matched again.

After all, in the current Ningchu, the imperial examination is held every year, and there are a large number of new officials who need to wait for arrangements every year.

"The Jingcha incident is really a tragic lesson......"

Ning Zhonghai didn't have too much loss on his face, after all, he had also been in the ups and downs, and now these losses had not been put in his heart, the key was that he didn't quite understand the emperor's mind now, so there was a bit of solemnity on his face.

Cheng Wang obviously thought of something with him, and said with a wry smile: "Shilin was suppressed by His Majesty before, and the war was undecided, which made my lords' faction gradually grow, but now it is a little too much, and Your Majesty will naturally loosen the cage of the Shilin faction." ”

"Hmph, these villains who shake their lips and puff their tongues, they take a bite out of thin air, but it is also extremely troublesome."

Another official of the Executive Yuan shook his head, he was Su Lie, the director of the Executive Yuan Company, and a little anger appeared on this person's face, in this Jingcha system, several officials from the Executive Yuan who were dismissed were all his cronies.

Although Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian, knew that what the other party was talking about was not himself, but at the moment, this pass was more or less opening his eyes to him, so he raised his glass and said: "Master Su, you still have to be more cautious now, Wutai has been valued by His Majesty recently, if they really listen to it, and then participate in a few books, it will be more beautiful." "The so-called Wutai is another name for the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Ning Zhonghai smiled and said softly: "A few people feel a little uncomfortable, which is normal, but Your Majesty will not really let the Metropolitan Procuratorate cover the sky with one hand, and sooner or later they will have to suffer." ”

"Please also ask the prince to give advice." Everyone was slightly puzzled in their hearts, at the moment, this Metropolitan Procuratorate was noisy for a while, and there was really no sign of decline, but Cheng Wang's heart moved, and he seemed to have some understanding.

"Let Bai Gong talk about it." Ning Zhonghai looked at Cheng Wang, meaning something, and Bai Chengcheng was Cheng Wang's number.

Cheng Wang smiled slightly, and said: "The key is still in the matter of industry and commerce, and with this alone, Your Majesty will never let the Metropolitan Procuratorate go around biting us." ”

"Industry and Commerce are booming!" Dong Chengyu gently spit out a word, he was really a little frightened by the Metropolitan Procuratorate before, but now that he has come back to his senses, he has more or less understood in his heart.

To put it simply, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can clean up the problem of corruption among officials, which is what the emperor needs them to do, but this does not mean that as long as the emperor is honest, all of this is considered for the sake of the court as a whole, especially in the current period of thriving industry and commerce, the role of the Xunchen faction will be more important, and these are irreplaceable by the Shilin faction.

"It is Your Majesty's plan to use the lords to send them to develop the economy and reuse the power of industry and commerce, while the Shilin to control the balance and eliminate corruption."

Cheng Wang sighed softly, speaking of which, they are just the emperor's pawns, but it is not sad to be a pawn, but it is sad that they don't even know their identity as pawns.

Ning Zhonghai nodded, he didn't want to make a big deal about Jingcha this time, otherwise there would be no other benefits except for causing the emperor's vigilance and suppression, so these truths must be explained to Cheng Wang, and now that Cheng Wang and they have understood, of course they don't need to talk more.

"Your Majesty's plan is not just for a time and a place, not just for the small profits in front of you, what Your Majesty thinks in your heart is the future of the Great Chu River."

Ning Zhonghai's face was a little solemn, "Therefore, this king thinks that even if he guides the development of industry and commerce, he must not be unscrupulous, otherwise the Shilin faction will become the backhand of His Majesty's arrangement." As for why His Majesty wants to develop industry and commerce, and why he is afraid of industry and commerce, I am afraid that there are still many questions that we do not know at the moment. ”