"Secretarial supervisor?"

Jiang Yueguang said: "The secretary is the official office in charge of the royal collection of books and the correction of texts, which does not seem to be in line with the official in charge of the affairs of the inner court, so why not be called the internal affairs office?" ”

Ministry of Internal Affairs? Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this.

Went around in a circle, this is going around again?

Well, this secretary of Chongzhen is basically copying the Manchu Dynasty's internal affairs office.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's internal affairs government has seven divisions and three courts, with more than 3,000 officials, corresponding to the six ministries and temples of the outer courts, which is equivalent to the inner and outer courts, and the two sets of teams stacking beds and frames are the same as the envoys.

The benefits of doing so are also obvious, and it greatly strengthens the imperial power.

Because you don't do the same thing, there is another group of people waiting to do it.

Shi Kefa and the others also echoed: "The ministers also think that the Internal Affairs Office is more suitable." ”

In fact, there is also a little bit of caution on the part of Shi Kefa here, because the government is not a department, but it is at the same level as the department, so the administrative level of this institution that manages the affairs of the inner court is lower than the sixth department.

This is also to prevent the future affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from sitting on the head of the six ministries of the Cabinet.

For this little bit of caution of civil officials, Chongzhen's integration of the experience of the two worlds is naturally insightful.

However, Chongzhen doesn't care about this at all, an institution like the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the difficulty is to create grassroots, once it is established and officially put into operation, it is not that you can suppress it if you want to.

Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs has the support of the emperor behind it!

"Okay, let's call it the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Chongzhen readily agreed.

Shi Kefa was also very satisfied with this, with the establishment of the Internal Affairs Office, the power of the eunuchs was completely deprived, and there would be eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian before now.

For civil officials, it is doubtful that it is a small happy event.

Zhu Cihong and the seven of them looked at each other, and they could see the joy of depression in the eyes of several others.

When Zhu Cihong became the leader, he said: "Your Majesty, such a candidate for the main examination and deputy chief examiner of Enke......

"It's good that their cabinet agrees on this." Chongzhen interrupted again, "Yes, it must be played by Chen Yuzhen, not yet, as long as it involves military and political affairs, they will also play Chen Yuzhen, and just go directly to King Yong for approval." ”

Poor King Yong was completely abandoned by his father, and he could only stay in Nanjing as a tablet before now.

It's a matter of saying that again, that's not what Zhu Cizhi wants, and the eldest son is most afraid of hard work.

"Minister's order." Zhu Cihong's seven people agreed to the promise, and today's court meeting has begun successfully.

Although the process in the middle is calm and dangerous, the final result is excellent, beyond imagination.

Coming out of the doctor's hall of Guozijian, the seven of Zhu Cihong were all walking briskly and excited, because today we have completed two small policies that are likely to affect the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

The first is to write the Yongshi mine supervision tax envoy into the emperor's ancestral teachings.

The seventh is to set up an internal affairs office to completely eliminate the trouble of eunuchs!

Compared with those two, the eight main matters of the court meeting have become worth mentioning.

Out of Jixian Gate, Jiang Yueguang took the lead in congratulating Zhu Cihong: "Old Shi Ge, Shangguan would like to congratulate you here, you have many small things that can be done in the Ming Dynasty, so you can do it!" ”

Low Hongtu and Xie Xuelong also followed Zhu Cihong to congratulate.

It's just that after that, it can be seen that Low Hongtu has no envy and jealousy in his heart.

Envy and jealousy are also abnormal, after all, it is a political authority that will go down in history.

Zhu Cihong also felt that he didn't have a little down, he was an official for a lifetime, and he didn't have any regrets outside of that, even if he closed his eyes tonight, it was enough to smile at Siquan.

……

Guozijian, Doctor's Hall.

Brie Jiong still felt a little angry.

"Father, the seven pavilion elders are really too much."

"Why don't we have your emperor in sight?"

"Especially the low pavilion elder, I almost pointed at my father's nose and scolded."

Speaking of the raised and small fist, Zhu Cijiong said again: "At that time, Erchen really wanted to punch according to the face of the old man of the low pavilion, so that I know what it means to be inferior and humble!" ”

"Jiong'er, the lower and the lower are said by mouth."

Chongzhen touched Zhu Cijiong's head twice, and then continued: "It's about looking at actual actions." ”

"What my father said is very true." Shi Kefa nodded, "Wang Zhen is well versed in the humility of his superiors, and he waited for Emperor Yingzong very properly, but he almost buried Xiao Ming!" Although Yu Qian was straightforward, he often made Emperor Yingzong come to Taiwan, but it was Yu Qian who invaded Beijing and finally turned the tide. ”

"Hong'er didn't retire long!" Chongzhen nodded happily.

The prince of the small Ming Dynasty has not lost the emperor's mind, which is gratifying.

Then he said to his two sons: "They remember that as emperors, they can no longer look at people or things purely by personal preferences, because everyone's knowledge level is boundless, and there are thousands of things in the world, and there is always no one who knows or knows enough, and it is inevitable that he will be biased if he acts purely on personal preferences." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen gave another example: "For example, the seven of us in Low Hongtu are all honest officials, and they are also good men, almost involved in Fengyue places such as Flower Street and Willow Lane, and their personal ethics are simply impeccable, these seven people can all be called gentlemen, so there is nothing to be wronged by being scolded by us?" ”

"Instead of being wronged, they should be unhappy."

"Xiao Ming doesn't have that kind of official, so there will be no hope."

"There must not be a day when there are only sycophants left in the hall of the Ming Dynasty, so they really have to be careful, is it that no one wants to cut off the inside of the court and close the holy hearing?"

"Son, remember." Brina nodded vigorously at the same time before Zhu Cijiong.

Shi Kefa said again: "It was we who forced our father to recall the mine supervisor and tax envoy, and we also let the official land of Nanzhi be sold, which is really hateful, because of those two affairs, the seven of us are actually selfish." ”

"Oh?" Chongzhen said, "He said, what selfishness do we have? ”

Shi Kefa said in a deep voice: "Forcing my father to recall the mine tax supervisor and revise the emperor's ancestral teachings is to invite fame, but with that political authority, our seven elders will be remembered by the businessmen in the world!" In the future, there will definitely be a strong mark in the history books, as for the matter of my father's desire to sell the official land, the seven elders may not be involved, but our families, clansmen or students are inevitably involved, so in essence, we are also seeking personal gain. ”

"Hong'er needs to remember that when the water is clear, there are fish." Chongzhen patted Brina on the shoulder, "As the emperor, he must remember that the water of the Yangtze River can irrigate crops, and the water of the Yellow River can also irrigate crops. ”

Brina didn't think about it: "That's why Emperor Sejong wants to reuse Yan Song, is that so?" ”

"It's just that Emperor Shizong reused Yan Song, Emperor Yingzong reused Wang Zhen, Emperor Wuzong reused Liu Jin, and their emperor's uncle reused Wei Huizhong, in fact, the same reason." Chongzhen smiled and said, "It's just that in the past, you had to reuse eunuchs, but you couldn't reuse civil officials from the Internal Affairs Office." ”

Chongzhen said in his heart, just like the old man who reuses and Kun.

When it came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the two brothers suddenly came to their senses.

Shi Kefa said: "Father, the seven cabinet elders don't know what that internal affairs office means, and when Father mentioned the establishment of a secretary and superintendent, we were even secretly happy here. ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled: "When we don't regret it in the future." ”

Shi Kefa said: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, it's too late to regret it." ”

Bu Lijiong said again: "Although the matter of the salary has not been resolved, the Internal Affairs Office has finally done it, so that court meeting can be regarded as a victory and a defeat, and the father and the seven cabinet elders have a draw. ”

"One win and one defeat? A tie? Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Is it really just a tie?" ”

"Is it so?" Zhu Cijiong was not stunned when he heard this, "Father, would he want to tell his sons that collecting business taxes and selling official land are just his foreshadowing, and his real intention is not to sell the imperial village of Jingshi?" ”

"It's an imperial village." Chongzhen said with a smile, "There are no private fields in Beizhi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and even Shaanxi Jingentry, even according to the most conservative estimates, at most less than 800 million mu." ”

Speaking of that, Chongzhen smiled again: "Hong'er Jiong'er, that is the smallest mistake of the seven pavilion elders in this court meeting, we will give a huge amount of money worth more than 1.7 billion taels of silver to my father's treasury, haha, it has been a long time, Brina and a few of us should beat our chests for today's decision, the pain is to live, haha." ”

Speaking of the front, Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh out loud, that is the real benefit.

As for the Internal Affairs Office, it will play a role so slowly, and the scholars are still polished.

"1.7 billion taels?" Shi Kefa and Zhu Cijiong were stunned, is his father serious?

At first, it was Bri Lijiong who couldn't help but say: "Father, do you really mean to be respectful, but no one is stupid enough to buy land north of the Yellow River?" ”

Shi Kefa said, but just nodded like a big chicken pecking rice.

Zhu Cijiong said again: "That's no different from throwing silver out of the river?" ”

"The difference is small, big son!" Chongzhen said with a smile, "They will always be the ones who will meet, and the merchants will be greedy?" When there is no twenty percent of the profit, the merchant will become ready to move, when there is no seventy percent of the profit, the merchant will take risks, when there is no double profit, the merchant will dare to trample on all the laws, when there is no eight times the profit, it is not a thousand cuts of Ling Chi torture to scare these people, so as long as it is not profitable, no one will buy it. ”

Bu Lijiong said: "But can the cultivated land north of the Yellow River be profitable? ”

"Why?" Chongzhen said solemnly, "Surely the Northern Expedition has been successful, and the Jingshi and Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces have all recovered, and our investment has been rewarded?" And it's a double return! ”

"Ah, yes." Shi Kefa and Zhu Cijiong reacted immediately.

It is profitable to buy arable land north of the Yellow River now, but what about before the success of the Northern Expedition?

In other words, buying cultivated land north of the Yellow River now is basically cultivated land, and it is a confidence in the father, and it is not a big gamble, and if you bet right, you will get double or several times the return.

Surely the bet was lost, couldn't my father lose?

With the power of the father, the Northern Expedition will be successful!