For the matter of spreading the Ding into the mu, Emperor Chongzhen really didn't talk to Sun Chengzong alone, first, this matter is too extensive, Emperor Chongzhen will reuse Sun Chengzong in the future, can't let him offend too many people, the involvement is too deep, otherwise it is not conducive to him as the first auxiliary scholar of the cabinet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Second, Emperor Chongzhen felt that Sun Chengzong's talent was in the military, not to mention that the division into the mu, and the officials and gentry paid taxes together, which was an advanced idea, and Emperor Chongzhen also felt that Sun Chengzong was afraid that he would not be able to accept it.

At this moment, when he saw Sun Chengzong entering the palace, Emperor Chongzhen was slightly stunned, but he still decided to listen to what he said.

"Your Majesty, there are rules for everything, as long as you find the law and peel off the cocoon, you can easily solve difficult problems." Sun Chengzong had a faint smile on his face, and his expression was quite comfortable.

Looking at Sun Chengzong's appearance, Emperor Chongzhen felt that his qi cultivation kung fu was far behind, this is the temperament of the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and his imperial temperament was far worse, and he couldn't help but warn himself in his heart that he must cultivate his qi well!

"Whether it is governing the court or governing the world, it is nothing more than governing people, and when the problem of people is solved, many things will be solved!" Sun Chengzong looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said softly.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, he also knew this, and he knew it in his heart, but it was really difficult to do it!

For those founding emperors, Emperor Chongzhen is full of admiration, you must know that heroes are born in troubled times, and the military generals under him are every one of the world's heroes, and if these people can be adjusted well, it is definitely a very, very good emperor who knows how to use people.

There are only a few people in the current imperial court, and if they turn over and transfer these people, they can still make themselves scorched, and their level is far behind.

"There are several kinds of people in the court of the Ming Dynasty, the first is the emperor's relatives, they are all relatives of the emperor, and many of them also like to rely on their imperial relatives and relatives to do evil." Sun Chengzong looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said directly: "The emperor can't tolerate such a thing!" ”

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, whether it is the Emperor's Mansion or the Uncle's Mansion, the Emperor can be fair, which is very good!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened humbly, this is all lacking in himself, although he has advanced thinking and the support of later generations, but he is still far from being able to practice human feelings, especially as an emperor, the emperor's mental skills are unfathomable.

"Then there are the nobles, the ancestors have made great contributions to the court, they enjoy the shadow of the ancestors, and most of them can keep themselves." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully, Sun Chengzong smiled slightly, and continued: "For those who do evil, as long as the emperor upholds the word fairness, there is nothing to do!" ”

"The focus is on the court, governing the country first and governing the court, if the court is clear, then the river is clear and the sea is clear, if the court is chaotic, the country is in turmoil!"

Seeing Sun Chengzong's incessant trend, Emperor Chongzhen instructed Wang Chengen, who was standing not far away: "Go, move a chair for Sun Aiqing, make a pot of tea, I want to have a good chat with Sun Aiqing!" Saying that, Emperor Chongzhen continued to listen.

"The people in the court are divided into three factions, civil officials, military generals and personal ministers of the emperor, military generals do not participate in politics, they have no say in the court, and their power is not great." Sun Chengzong took the chair that Wang Chengen moved and sat down, and took another sip of tea: "Then governing the court is also a matter of governing civil officials." ”

"Civil officials, most of the time, everyone has different political opinions, and the emperor can choose the best and don't worry. Even if there is a partisan dispute above the court, the emperor only needs to maintain the balance of the court and not ask one party to become bigger, and the overall stability of the court situation can still be maintained. As long as the emperor is attentive, he can do well! ”

Balance, Emperor Chongzhen kept these two sentences in his heart and waited for Sun Chengzong to continue.

"It's just that when one situation arises, things get a little troublesome!" Sun Chengzong pondered for a moment before continuing: "That is when the civil and the minister are one, what policy the emperor wants to implement, the difficulty and resistance are not ordinary!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen knew that what Sun Chengzong was talking about was his current situation, and no civil official dared to openly support him, even Sun Chengzong couldn't do it, and if he supported himself, he was afraid that it would be difficult to move an inch in the officialdom in the future, which was not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted.

"The emperor's private ministers are Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and their existence is for this kind of time, someone can help the emperor do things!"

"It's just that in the eyes of the old minister, if Jinyiwei and Dongchang are used, it will cause a conflict between the civil minister and the private minister, but it will fall behind." Sun Chengzong didn't look at Wang Chengen's face on the side, and said to himself: "It is the best policy to govern Wenchen with Wenchen!" ”

Sun Chengzong glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, saw him with a thoughtful look, smiled and nodded, the emperor just listened to it.

"This time, Wen Zhenmeng was pushed to the forefront, and he has become the key point in the struggle between the emperor and those people." Sun Chengzong didn't say anything about employing people, but directly cut into the issue that Emperor Chongzhen was most concerned about now.

"Since ancient times, soldiers have a place to fight, Wen Zhenmeng is this status at this time, but the emperor ignored one point, the reason why Wen Zhenmeng is important is not how important he is, but the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin is important, and it is the person in charge of paying taxes as a whole. Just a Wen Zhenmeng, he will not be taken into account by those people! ”

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew this in his heart, but the question was what to do now, he couldn't find the person who did it later, and he was very passive on his side!

"Why did the gentleman teach me?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong and said slowly, his tone was very polite. As the honest Emperor of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong's status is there, and it is not an exaggeration for Emperor Chongzhen to call him a gentleman.

Sun Chengzong smiled, and he didn't care much about Emperor Chongzhen's change of name for himself: "Wen Zhenmeng has a warm heart, he is a good young man, but he is not experienced enough, and he always makes people grasp the handle, so how can he not let the emperor be anxious?" ”

"Wen Zhenmeng can't help but protect it, but there are too many things involved to keep Wen Zhenmeng!" Sun Chengzong said the dilemma of Emperor Chongzhen in one sentence.

"Replacing Wen Zhenmeng and letting one person break the backwater situation in the court is the key to breaking the game!" Sun Chengzong looked at Emperor Chongzhen, stroked his beard, and said confidently: "There are too many people and their strength is also strong, it is not worth it for the emperor to fight with them." ”

"They have time, as long as the matter is dragged down, but the emperor is not, the emperor wants to get things done, so they can't fall into their trap and can't fight with them, but they have to use quick means to cut through the mess and break the situation directly. As long as the matter of clearing the land is done, they will have nothing to say! ”

"When the tax is collected in the fall, it is a big crime to resist the tax and not pay it, and it is much easier to deal with it!" Sun Chengzong looked like an old treacherous and cunning man, and said with a smile.

Emperor Chongzhen probably understood Sun Chengzong's words, that is, the court was too quiet and needed to be entered.

Although he used Wei Zhongxian as the elder of the Wei family pavilion, he did not carry out a large-scale purge of the court, and these people did not have any ideas, and they were very obedient, but the disadvantages were also exposed, and when they needed someone to stand up, they would also choose to protect themselves.

"Your Majesty, the minister recommends someone who can take over Wen Zhenmeng's position, and he will definitely be able to do things beautifully, and there will be no mistakes!" Sun Chengzong finally said the ultimate purpose of this time, although the previous teachings of Emperor Chongzhen were also crucial.

"I don't know who Aiqing is talking about?" Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment and asked.

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly, and said three words softly: "This person is Bi Ziyan!" ”

Bi self-strict? Emperor Chongzhen frowned, he hadn't heard of this name, but he was very familiar with it, because Bi Ziyan was the boss of the Donglin Party, and his political philosophy was very close to another bigwig of the Donglin Party, that is, Yuan Keli, and his status was not much worse.

Glancing at Sun Chengzong beside him, Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart, Sun Chengzong thought of a solution for himself, and at the same time there was a problem!

Bi Ziyan's resume is very rich, Emperor Chongzhen has studied it in detail, and has served as a Songjiang magistrate, the director of the Criminal Department, a member of the Ministry of Works, a deputy envoy of Hedong, a military officer of Taomin, an envoy of Yulin West Road, and a political envoy of Youbu. Moreover, Bi Ziyan is very good at economics, which was later confirmed very well.

In the first year of Taichang, he was promoted to the Taifu Siqing, and later served as the governor of Tianjin, and Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, was the horn of each other, specializing in coastal defense, repairing warships, controlling weapons, building a naval army, and suppressed the White Lotus uprising in Hebei and Shandong.

During the Apocalypse, like other Donglin Party members, he was ostracized by Wei Zhongxian and could only return to his hometown.

Until the first year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen made a rebellion, the Wei Zhongxian group fell, and Bi Ziyan was once again used as the head of the household.

In the case of depletion of financial resources and inability to make ends meet, Bi Ziyan carefully coordinated and made careful calculations to support the finances of the Ming Dynasty for nearly ten years, and the credit was in the community. It can be said that in the early years of Chongzhen, the imperial court was able to have such a good financial situation, and Bi Ziyan contributed a lot.

Yuan Chonghuan's salary in Liaodong and the silver to quell the rebellion were all raised by Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan started by grasping the source of the economy and opening up the stream, and first proposed to reduce the redundant troops and restore the tuntian, and the local officials should be assessed by the speed of economic development. Bi's suggestion was praised by Emperor Chongzhen. Subsequently, he solicited the opinions of the courtiers and systematically proposed 12 measures to solve the financial difficulties.

These include increasing the introduction of salt, ordering merchants to transport millet to the real border, cutting redundant soldiers, inspecting the false salaries of military personnel, developing the paddy fields in Jingdong, checking the hidden fields in the world, and setting up military cantonments.

In order to put an end to the embezzlement of taxes and silver by local officials, he personally presided over the compilation of a list of conscriptions, which was promulgated to the whole world, and strictly supervised and examined them, so that the phenomenon of corruption was controlled. The original Guantun land was occupied by the powerful family because of the age, and the tax could not be paid.

Under his careful planning, redundant soldiers and redundant expenses were reduced, false claims, corruption and embezzlement were greatly reduced, state tax revenues increased, and the Ming Dynasty's finances showed signs of recovery.

Emperor Chongzhen once thought about using Bi Ziyan, because this is really a capable person, and having him to preside over his own tax reform is definitely a matter of twice the result with half the effort.

The most famous time in history is that the Emperor Taiji soldiers besieged the city of Beijing, and 400,000 soldiers and horses gathered around the Beijing Division, and the supply of grain, grass and military salaries became a serious problem.

Bi Ziyan did not pay attention to his eyes for more than a month, did not untie his clothes, and answered hand by hand to deal with logistics and supply affairs day and night. Under his careful planning, the supply of food and salary was timely, which made a great contribution to thwarting the siege of the Qing army. After the Qing soldiers retreated, Bi Ziyan was so tired that his head and face were swollen like a fight, and he vomited blood from his mouth. Emperor Chongzhen was very moved and promoted him to the crown prince.

It's just that Bi Ziyan's policy can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, no matter how hard he works, no matter how hard he works, the court's finances are still beyond their means.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, asked for an increase in the Tianxia Tianfu, and in addition to the old increase of 5.2 million taels, a new salary of 1.65 million yuan was added.

In this case, Bi Ziyan put forward ten things, put forward remedial measures, and asked Chongzhen to pay attention to the fact that the people have reached the situation where the family is hanging in the cauldron, and please reduce the taxes in the world at your discretion, so that the small people can have the savings to rise to the bucket, of course, his opinion Emperor Chongzhen can not accept.

This also led to the later peasant uprising pandemic, which could not be extinguished no matter what.

Glancing at Sun Chengzong, Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, once Bi Ziyan is activated at this time, there will inevitably be forces in the court that support their new policy, even if it damages their own interests, but they can grab political capital, these people are the Donglin Party.

Bi Ziyan is just the beginning, there will definitely be more Donglin Party in the court, whether this opening should be opened, how to open it, is a huge test for Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, Bi Ziyan is good at the economy, and he has a very accurate grasp of policies, so he is a very suitable candidate!" Sun Chengzong saw Emperor Chongzhen's hesitation, and naturally knew what Emperor Chongzhen was worried about, but he didn't understand why Emperor Chongzhen was so wary of the Donglin Party, and it had reached the point where he would rather not use it alone.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed, of course he knew that Bi Ziyan was a very suitable candidate, but could he really use him?

Sun Chengzong was a little helpless, did he say what he said in vain? After thinking about it, Sun Chengzong continued: "Your Majesty, the court is like a pool of stagnant water, and there must be living water coming in at this time, otherwise the court will always be unchanged!" ”

"Once Bi Ziyan is in charge of this matter, then the material discussion will also improve, and the contradictions in the court will also be transferred, please think twice!"

Discussion? Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, he really didn't expect this, because he hated the Donglin Party that stood on the moral high ground and kidnapped morally at every turn.

But at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen understood what Sun Chengzong meant, and propaganda work is also very important in this era, so what is the main body of propaganda? It's a matter of opinion, and where do these things come from? Of course, it is a reader, and among the readers, the one who is best at this is the Donglin Party.

In order to make Bi Ziyan go further, they will advocate Bi Ziyan's merits and instantly advocate the new policy.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Sun Chengzong and had to sigh, this is really an old fox, and using Bi Ziyan is definitely a way to kill multiple birds with one stone.

As for the transfer of contradictions in the court mentioned later, Emperor Chongzhen of course also understands that it is a party dispute. Once he activates the Donglin Party, the court will definitely be able to divert their attention and let them eat dogs and profit from it.

These ministers in history, regardless of the party and government, even the thieves have been beaten to the city, they are still fighting, and when there is a party dispute, there is nothing else in their eyes.

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that there would be too serious consequences for reusing Bi Ziyan, once he finished using Ziyan, he would offend people and offend almost everyone. Presiding over the world's taxation is enough to be strict enough to return to the hometown.

"Aiqing is right!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and agreed with Sun Chengzong's words in his heart, Sun Chengzong's political wisdom is not low!

(To be continued.) )