"The emperor is sage, far-sighted, and the ministers are ashamed!" Just when there was silence in the Taihe Palace, a loud voice suddenly sounded, and I saw King Fu in front of the queue on the right side of the hall bowing his hand to Emperor Xuande and bowing down and saying.

"The emperor is sage, and the ministers are ashamed!" Hearing this, the civil and military officials at the scene came back to their senses, and bowed down to compliment Emperor Xuande, it was obvious that Emperor Xuande's mind had been decided, and the matter of the division of power in the household department could not be changed, and those officials in the six departments could only passively accept it.

"Someone, move these books outside the temple and burn them!" Emperor Xuande glanced around at the civil and military officials in the hall, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then his face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the two baskets of account books and said in a deep voice, "The past is gone, I don't want to go through any old accounts, I hope you Aiqing understand my hard work." ”

"The ministers are terrified!" The ministers in the palace obviously did not expect Emperor Xuande to burn those account books, first stunned and then bowed down again and said, it is obvious that Emperor Xuande does not want to be entangled in the matter of the two Huai Salt Road, and it is also a wake-up call for the officials.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a hint of a smile, Emperor Xuande's move of grace and power can be said to be just right, even if the officials of the six ministries are dissatisfied with the cabinet dividing the tax power of the household department, they are helpless, if they raise objections at this time, wouldn't they force Emperor Xuande to thoroughly check those account books?

In other words, as those account books were burned, it was not only the filthy affairs of the officials of the six ministries in the two Huai salt affairs, but at the same time, the tax power would also be officially separated from the household department, which made the officials of the six ministries have mixed feelings in their hearts, and they do not know whether they are happy or worried.

After those account books were burned on the steps outside the hall, the tense and depressing atmosphere in the hall suddenly eased a lot, and Emperor Xuande asked the eunuch to announce the time of the northern expedition to Tatar, and he would lead an army of 150,000 imperial commanders in mid-April, and the list of accompanying civil and military officials was also announced.

During Emperor Xuande's departure from Beijing, Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, Jianyi, the secretary of the ministry, and Zhou Zheng, the prince of Zhongguo, will assist the crown prince in supervising the country, adjudicating on small matters, and sending 800 li to expedite the report on major matters.

Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Xingping, who made great contributions to the pacification of the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, was appointed by Emperor Xuande as the vanguard officer of the Northern Expedition, and then the 30,000 troops will be given to Emperor Xuande to open the way in front, and Yongping Bo Yang Wei served as the grain officer, leading the army of 20,000 to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the army.

The British minister Zhang Fu and the cabinet assistant Yang Rong led more than 100 civil and military officials to escort Emperor Xuande beside him, and his momentum far exceeded Li Yuntian's last northern expedition with Emperor Yongle.

After the court meeting, the officials of the six ministries all left the Taihe Hall with expressionless faces, and the elders of the cabinet talked and laughed, and the situation of the two sides was clearly distinguished.

The cabinet of the court meeting won a complete victory in the contest with the six ministries, not only won the control of the two Huai salt affairs, but also had the tax power of the Ming Dynasty, plus Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke divided the strength of the six ministries, and then reversed the cabinet's previous disadvantage over the six ministries in one fell swoop.

Since then, the balance of power between the cabinet and the six ministries has gradually formed, and it is difficult for the two sides to suppress each other in the court.

Li Yuntian was surrounded by everyone out of the Taihe Palace, and Li Yuntian gained the most from this court meeting, not only was he promoted to his official position, but he was also able to take charge of the newly established business bureau and tax bureau of the Ming Dynasty, and he was in the limelight for a while.

Although the Daming Taxation Bureau was assigned to the name of the cabinet, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the cabinet elders were not good at business affairs, after all, the cabinet elders had been serving in Beijing and had never served as a magistrate, and the establishment of the tax bureau naturally fell on Li Yuntian, who had rich experience in local governance.

Li Yuntian not only served as the magistrate of Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, but also managed the huge Jiaozhi in an orderly manner, especially the commercial tax paid by Jiaozhi's overseas trade each time was worth a year's tax from the Ming treasury, so Li Yuntian was the best candidate to set up a tax bureau.

Besides, Li Yuntian has the responsibility of assisting the cabinet elders in handling official duties, and now he is also a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University, and he is an out-and-out cabinet member, and it is only natural for the cabinet to hand over the tax bureau to him.

What is particularly important is that the Daming Tax Bureau is a new yamen directly under the cabinet, not under the jurisdiction of the local yamen, which means that to set up a new administrative operation system to be responsible for the affairs of the tax bureau, it takes a lot of manpower, financial and material resources, is an extremely complex project, even if there is money in the Daming treasury now, it is difficult to get things done.

In addition to serving in the cabinet, Li Yuntian is also the chief instructor of the lecture martial arts, which has now opened departments throughout the Ming Dynasty, and almost all the personnel of the affairs office have graduated from the six major colleges of the lecture and martial arts, and have received systematic and professional training in government affairs, including taxation matters.

Therefore, if the cabinet wants to put the Daming Tax Bureau into operation in the fastest time, it must use the offices of Jiangwutang in various places.

In fact, the affairs offices of Jiangwutang in various places not only share the responsibilities of the Daming Taxation Bureau, but also be responsible for the affairs of the Daming Commercial Bureau, both of which rely on the affairs offices of Jiangwutang in various places to operate, which is also an important reason why Li Yuntian wants to set up various divisions.

In addition to the establishment of the Yamen of the General Administration of the Daming Commercial Bureau and the Yamen of the General Administration of the Daming Taxation Bureau in the capital, the branches of the two branches in Daming are directly listed in the local office of the Jiangwutang.

The various offices in Jiangwutang will provide the corresponding officials of the tax bureau and the official of the commercial bureau, and these personnel Li Yuntian has already been prepared, and they can be directly put into use at that time, thereby saving a lot of time.

The reason why Emperor Xuande wanted to set up a business bureau and a tax bureau was not a whim for a while, but he had already obtained accurate information from Li Yuntian, so he separated the tax power from the household department through the matter of the Lianghuai Salt Road, and ensured the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent.

When the news of Emperor Xuande's increase in commercial taxes reached Jiangnan, the merchants in Jiangnan did not show any resistance except for being surprised, you must know that Emperor Hongwu had to cancel the profession of merchants, and he tried his best to suppress merchants, and Emperor Hongwu's approach to Emperor Xuande was much more peaceful than that of Emperor Hongwu.

Besides, the merchants also knew that Emperor Xuande's intention to raise taxes this time was not to target them, but the basket that the salt merchants poked out was too big and angered Emperor Xuande, and they were just affected by the pond fish.

Moreover, Emperor Xuande did not simply raise taxes this time, he set up a commercial bureau and a tax bureau for the first time in history, and the person in charge of the commercial bureau and the tax bureau was the famous Zhenwu Marquis, which was undoubtedly a great thing for the merchants, which meant that they finally had a yamen to rely on in the future, and they no longer had to be blackmailed by those officials of the local yamen.

In response to Emperor Xuande's move, the merchants in Jiangnan lowered the prices of goods one after another, causing the prices in Jiangnan to fall by nearly one percent, and the establishment of Emperor Xuande was very popular with the merchants.

This special situation made the civil and military officials in the capital unexpected, and also made those who were secretly ready to see the jokes disappointed, originally in people's eyes Xuande Emperor increased taxes will inevitably lead to a rise in prices, but the prices in the south of the Yangtze River do not rise but fall, which is really surprising.

Jiangnan business community is the barometer of the business community of the Ming Dynasty, since the prices in the south of the Yangtze River have fallen, the prices in various parts of the Ming Dynasty have also fallen in the future, and the impact of national policies on the business pattern has begun to emerge at this time.

A few days after the court meeting, Li Yuntian spent a few days in a busy manner, he was not busy with the official business at hand, but to visit those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, in order to thank everyone for their care of the Zhenwuhou Mansion when he was not in the capital, usually Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin managed the interpersonal relations of the Zhenwuhou Mansion in the capital, and now that he is back, it is naturally his turn to go out in person.

Li Yuntian had a lot of people to visit, not only the royal family and nobles, but also cabinet elders and officials of the six ministries, and they were very busy.

At the same time, many people also came to visit Li Yuntian, including Li Yuntian's old friends and middle and high-level officials in the capital, all of whom wanted to be close to Li Yuntian.

Among them, the new left attendant of the Criminal Department Pan Xingmin, the new left attendant of the household department Zhang Tao, and the new right Shaoqing of Dali Temple Qin Ke are very eye-catching among those who come to visit, and the three of them can be said to be the officials of the nine yamen of the Ming Dynasty, and it stands to reason that Li Yuntian should visit them.

Although Li Yuntian is of the same grade as Pan Xingmin and Zhang Tao, and he is also an official of the third rank of the imperial court, two levels higher than Qin Ke, the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple who is the fourth grade, but even Qin Ke, who is the latest to enter the official career, is much higher than Li Yuntian, which is very important in the officialdom of seniority.

However, Li Yuntian has a marquis, and at the same time he is the chief judge of the two Huaiyan Road corruption cases, while Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke are the supervising judges, and their status in the trial is usually respected by the chief judge, followed by the supervising trial, and the jury is the last, so it is not abrupt for the three of them to visit Li Yuntian.

Among the three of Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke, Pan Xingmin's position is undoubtedly the first, since the original criminal department Shangshu Jin Chun was imprisoned in Xuande for three years, the position of the criminal department Shangshu has been vacant, and the relevant matters of the criminal department are in charge of the left and right servants, among which the left waiter of the criminal department is respected.

This means that the person who is now in charge of the Daming Criminal Department is actually the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department, and Pan Xingmin will act as the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department as the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

From a left waiter of the Nanjing Criminal Department who was excluded and neglected to a powerful Zuo waiter of the Beijing Criminal Department, although Pan Xingmin was only transferred at the same level, and only changed the "left waiter of the Nanjing Criminal Department" before his official position to "Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department", there is no doubt that there is a difference between the two positions, and the current Pan Xingmin can be said to be high-spirited and full of ambition.

Don't look at the Criminal Department Zuo Shilang is only one step away from the Criminal Department Shangshu, but it is not easy to get through this hurdle, how many six Zuo Shilang have not been able to touch the throne of Shangshu in his life, and the official position not only needs strength and luck after this step, but more importantly, it is connections.

Pan Xingmin was squeezed out of Nanjing as an official, and the relationship between him and the officials of the six departments of the Beijing division can be imagined, and as an official of the criminal department, he naturally could not get too close to the cabinet elders who were vying for power with the six ministries, so he had to have a good relationship with Li Yuntian.

Although Li Yuntian holds a position in the cabinet, the focus of his duties has already been invested in the lecture hall, which basically does not involve the struggle between the cabinet and the six ministries, and gradually plays the role of peacemakers on both sides, otherwise the officials of the six ministries in the Lianghuai Yandao corruption case will suffer heavy losses.

With the end of the Lianghuai Yandao corruption case, the forces led by Pan Xingmin in the Daming civil official group began to emerge, and they absorbed the strength of the yamen officials of various ministries and courtyards in Nanjing, and gradually became an important force in the cabinet and the six ministries, making the Daming civil official group step by step towards a three-legged pattern.