Chapter 147: A meal is as fierce as a tiger
All kinds of news in the capital were flying all over the sky, and the ministers of the DPRK and China did not know what was going on, and they originally thought that everyone was targeting the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the appearance of a big push for impeachment made things take a turn for the worse.
These people are not attacking the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at all, but taking over the impeachment of friends.
Such an impeachment reversal, no matter what the outcome, is definitely terrifying. Especially at this time, it is simply poking the emperor's heart, the matter is originally very delicate, how can the emperor not think about it like this?
After learning the news of the emperor's anger, Shen Shixing's face darkened.
Shin Si Heng's mansion.
"Have you found out who it is?" Shen Shixing looked at Yu Youding and asked.
Shen Shixing, who has gone through strong winds and waves, also knows that this time someone is definitely making a ghost behind him, and this person's status should not be low. Otherwise, with a few envoys, they would definitely not be able to set off such a storm.
"Ge Lao, this Jiang Dongzhi and Li Zhi are both imperial envoys, who are they, don't you know yet?"
Yu Youding said with a wry smile.
Of course, Shen Shixing knew that he was really very familiar with this Li Zhi and Jiang Dongzhi, because they were both Zhang Siwei's people before. After Zhang Siwei returned to his hometown, these people quickly fell to Chen Wei.
This time the thing is Chen Bing's ghost? That's a lot of money!
Sighing, Shen Shixing found that he had underestimated Chen Wei a little, followed the impeachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and turned around to do things to impeach himself and these people. This trick is called a beautiful one.
I do not object to the investigation and punishment of the Internal Affairs Office by my own people, and it shows the great power of my own people.
When his people were disgusted by the emperor, he directly handed a knife to the emperor.
not only separates the relationship between these people and the emperor, but also solves the siege for the emperor. If these people are still chasing after the Internal Affairs Office, it is estimated that the emperor will really go under the knife, which is too insidious.
"The envoys are playing again, aren't they?" Shen Shixing looked at Yu Youding and asked.
"Yes!" Yu Youding nodded awkwardly: "They are still frantically impeaching the Internal Affairs Office, and their rhetoric is very intense, but most of them are quoting the words of the cabinet elder and the lower officials, and their hearts are clearly revealed." ”
The expression on Shen Shixing's face became even more bitter, Chen Wei was really vicious!
"No, no, this doesn't look like Chen Biao's style!" After a while, Shen Shixing raised his head, shook his head and said, "But there are other clues?" ”
"Yes!" Yu Youding nodded: "Yang Shiqiao, the left attendant of the ministry." ”
"This time, in addition to Chen Bing's people, there are also many people who are jumping up and down, most of these people are Yang Shiqiao's hometown party and students." Speaking of this, Yu Youding said in a deep voice: "These people are friends!" ”
Shen Shixing nodded approvingly, these people are indeed friends, but now people say that they are friends!
"Elder Ge, it's better to find a way as soon as possible, if it goes on like this, we're afraid we're going to suffer!" Yu Youding said anxiously.
In fact, for Yu Youding, he is even more worried, because these people are targeting themselves for impeachment, and to put it bluntly, they want to get rid of their second assistant. Chen Wei wants to go further, this is aimed at himself!
How could Shen Shixing not know that if things were allowed to develop like this, it would really be troublesome.
The key is how to make the emperor believe in his own people at this time, once the emperor doesn't believe in his own people, then he will really succeed by Chen Ji. Thinking of this, Shen Shixing said, "I'll go to the palace tomorrow!" ”
Yu Youding nodded, and now that he has come, he has no choice but to explore the emperor's tone first.
Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Although it was already night, Zhu Yijun didn't go to sleep for the time being, but he didn't watch the recital, but listened to Zhang Whale's report. Leaning over, Zhu Yijun opened his mouth and said to Zhang Whale: "Your East Factory has results so quickly?" ”
"Yes, Emperor!" Zhang Jing hurriedly replied: "After getting the emperor's holy decree, Dongchang sent someone. ”
Zhu Yijun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Then let's talk about it!" ”
"Dongchang stared at Gu Xiancheng, Jiang Dongzhi and others, and found that these people had gathered in Qunfang Pavilion the day before yesterday." Zhang Jing bowed with a serious face, and at the same time took out a notebook from his sleeve: "This is a record of their conversation." ”
Zhu Yijun took the fold, glanced at it, and found that the writing was very simple.
The names of the people are listed in the front, and then their conversation begins at the end.
Who said what was said was recorded in great detail, as if someone was taking notes while they were talking. After reading it, Zhu Yijun sighed helplessly, and reached out to put the fold in his hand on the dragon book case.
In fact, the deformed product of the Donglin Party is directly related to the tax policy of the Ming Dynasty.
Accustomed to not paying taxes, will they be willing to give money to the state? Only by holding power can you not pay taxes!
As for the slogan shouted by the Donglin Party, Zhu Yijun didn't believe a word, what the four people said was good, it was all the same, you should pay taxes! Don't just let the farming pay taxes, but what do they do? The abolition of tea tax, mining tax and various commercial taxes was all done by the Donglin Party.
Emperor Wanli sent a mine supervisor, and Emperor Tianqi sent Wei Zhongxian, to put it bluntly, they all collected money, and only Chongzhen, the second fool, would be fooled by the Donglin Party.
Shen Shixing wanted to put the wealth of the Internal Affairs Office in the treasury, which Zhu Yijun would not agree to under any circumstances. Because these are two things, the actions of the Internal Affairs Office are commercial activities, and to put it bluntly, the Internal Affairs Office is doing business with businessmen.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs also needs to pay taxes, which can be seen as the emperor's private enterprise, which is a profit-making business activity.
If the money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is transferred to the state treasury, it is also transferred to the treasury itself, not directly transferred to the state treasury, and their concept is different. Most of the money of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be used for business, such as dealing with the gentry of the Donglin Party.
In fact, the Donglin Party was not a few people, but a grassroots party, representing the emerging gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan.
Although these people also farm, more of them are mulberry farmers and engage in large-scale commercial activities. Unlike the Qizhe-Chu Party, which was formed later, the Qizhe-Chu Party was a traditional landlord party that defended the interests of the gentry landlord class.
For example, the Donglin Party needs labor, and they advocate that the people can move freely, and the checkpoint city tax should be exempted. However, these were not tolerated by the landlord class, whose main interests came from land and tenants.
A little labor flows freely, and everyone goes to work, so who will farm for them?
The party struggle between the Donglin Party and other parties in other places is actually a struggle between two classes. Both sides wanted to defeat each other, so they set their sights on the court, this is a battle of life and death, which is why after the defeat of the Qi, Zhejiang and Chu parties, they would rather take refuge in Wei Zhongxian as a eunuch, because this is not a simple power and political struggle, but an endless struggle of interests.
There was also such a war in the United States, and that was the famous Civil War.
The northern industry needed a large number of laborers, and the labor force was bound to the slave owners in the south, so there was the abolition of slavery bills, the independence of the south, and the civil war.
It's just that the two sides put the battlefield on the court, and the fight is life-and-death.
At this time, it doesn't matter what national interests or what the people of the Ming Dynasty are.
Zhu Yijun is well aware of this matter, if he implements the apportionment of land into the mu and the opening of the Jin, he will actually get the support of the Donglin Party, although they have to pay taxes, but the land tax is not much for them.
It is inevitable that local parties such as the Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu Party will oppose this policy, and it will inevitably be the Donglin Party that will push commercial taxes themselves.
In front of him, he pushed Shiyin, and the Donglin Party did not appear, although the opposition was not small, but there was no practical action. But this time, Yangzhou's salt administration, coupled with the woolen textile in the northwest, completely ignited some people, and also made them set their sights on the court earlier.
Or they have realized that only by having enough say in the court can they protect their interests.
Sighing, Zhu Yijun rubbed his braincase, things are in trouble. If you want to solve this matter simply, I'm afraid it's not easy. However, Zhu Yijun also knows that this is not necessarily a bad thing.
There is a pool of stagnant water in the current court, but it can be stimulated.
After Zhang Juzheng's death, it was only a few years before the court split again, and he wanted a united and loyal ruling team, but now it seems that there is no play. Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun smiled self-deprecatingly.
Balance!
The most commonly played means in ancient places is not unreasonable, and I have to think about it this time.
Things got worse and worse, and when a copy of the impeachment of Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department, was handed over, it completely ignited the storm. is different from the previous impeachment of other people's friends, this time the impeachment of Zhang Xueyan is a real hammer.
As the head of the household department, he colluded with border generals, accepted bribes, and falsely reported his merits, and most of Li Chengliang's victories were falsely reported for his merits.
This twist and turn can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the central minister colluded with local military generals, which was a taboo thing. Accepting bribes, forging great victories, and falsely reporting merits, if this crime is confirmed, Zhang Xueyan will be the end, and maybe he will be punished.
For a while, there was a lot of noise in the court, everyone was in danger, and everyone realized that this was a big event.
Zhu Yijun looked at the fold in his hand, and couldn't help sighing: "This is really a fierce operation!" ”
This is also a common trick of the Donglin Party, in the previous life of a Liaodong, the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party were used to talk about things. This time it's Liaodong, it's Li Chengliang who is eyeing it, and it's so big, there must be an explanation anyway.
With a sigh, Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Whale and said, "Go and get me a copy of Zhang Xueyan's information." ”
The database of Dongchang has been built for many years, and most of the information of the court officials has it, which is very detailed, and there are even many things in it that are not visible. What Zhu Yijun wants to see now is Zhang Xueyan's information, these people obviously want to kill Zhang Xueyan completely!