Chapter 363: Reform
Once it comes to the safety of the Empress Dowager Zhang herself, the benevolent Empress Dowager Zhang will become a little aggressive, only to see her look at Liu Jin and ask solemnly: "What is the identity of this slut now?
"It's almost clear!" Liu Jin actually didn't confirm that Ma Fengyue, the leader of the Fengyue Gang, was the Qin criminal Ma Fengyue back then.
After all, the Fengyue Gang is known as the largest gang in Ningxia, and there are more than 1,000 gangs in the open, and they are even more uncountable in secret!
The head of such a gang generally has to be filed with the government, leaving a case record to prove his innocence, and the government will not take care of it!
If the Fengyue Gang Leader is really a Qin criminal, then this Qin criminal's courage is extremely great!
The reason why Liu Jin wanted to say in front of Empress Dowager Zhang that the leader of the Fengyue Gang was the Qin prisoner Ma Fengyue, but it was also because the power of the Fengyue Gang was good, and he had always had a close relationship with King An.
And Liu Jin faintly felt that this Ma Fengyue might be the Qin prisoner back then.
"Tell me about it!" Empress Dowager Zhang has been able to dominate the harem for nearly 20 years, and her own skills are naturally good, she has always planned and then acted, and she will never act rashly when the situation is unclear.
"There is a big gang in Ningxia, called the Fengyue Gang! This gang was suddenly formed more than 10 years ago, and its seniority is very short! However, it only took more than 10 years for this gang to gain a foothold in Ningxia, and it has radiated to the surrounding state capitals, and the vast majority of the Hui people have already joined it! However, this gang only has more than 1,000 gangs on the surface, and the gang leader is Ma Fengyue, the criminal of Naqin! Most of what Liu Jin said was obtained from exchanging information with Li Zeng, the eunuch of Ningxia, when Wei Bin stayed in Ningxia.
Although the Fengyue Gang has a secret development, it only recruits helpers among the Hui people!
But it is precisely because he only recruits Hui people to help the people that he will be investigated by Wei Bin and Li Zeng clearly!
"Oh, this slut is so capable?" Empress Dowager Zhang was still quite worried, after all, if Ma Fengyue's identity was well hidden, or if she had a relationship with a dignitary, it would be more difficult for her to move her!
However, Ma Fengyue founded the Fengyue Gang, and only recruited the Hui Gang, which is really no different from digging his own grave.
When Empress Dowager Zhang thought of this, her mood improved, and she said quite happily, "Duke Liu, if the mourning family is not mistaken, in the first year of Hongzhi, there was a Hui riot in Fengxiang Mansion, and in the seventeenth year, there was also a large-scale Hui riot in Changle, Shandong! These Hui people seem to like to come against the imperial court!"
"Niangniang still remembers!" Liu Jin smiled lightly, before he came, he had already retrieved Ma Fengyue's case record, judging from the investigation of that year, Ma Fengyue seemed to be because his father was killed by the government in a Muslim riot, so he hated Emperor Hongzhi, so he and Miao Dingshan together, entered the palace to assassinate the emperor, at this time Empress Dowager Zhang said this, how did he not know what Empress Dowager Zhang meant, immediately nodded and said, "The Hui people have not stopped since Yongle!" Ma Fengyue's father seemed to have funded the Fengxiang Mansion Hui riot in the first year of Hongzhi, so after it was exposed, the whole family was beheaded! This Ma Fengyue survived, and he didn't care about the grace of heaven, but he blindly wanted to take revenge on the emperor, so he entered the palace to assassinate him!"
"Hehe! This is good!" Empress Dowager Zhang was overjoyed and said happily, "This slut was so bad that he mourned the family's big things back then, which caused that evil seed to survive! He escaped with his life by luck, and he didn't want to live incognito, but he actually went to be the leader of the Hui people, he really killed himself! Liu Gong, you passed on the decree of mourning the family, and you had a division to ban the Fengyue Gang, and escorted Ma Fengyue to Beijing! The crime, it is this Ma Fengyue who conspired to assassinate the first emperor, and the crime is not forgiven!"
"Niangniang, this is not good!" Empress Dowager Zhang thought that Liu Jin would immediately kneel down to listen to the will, after all, Liu Jin talked about this matter, and definitely didn't want Ma Fengyue to survive, Ma Fengyue was one of the insiders back then, and the matter was exposed, although Empress Dowager Zhang's status was not guaranteed, and she was sent to the cold palace, and Liu Jin would also lose all authority and be sent to the vegetable market to be stabbed!
Unexpectedly, Liu Jin advised instead, and only listened to him say, "Niangniang, this Fengyue Gang has a good reputation in Ningxia, and it is very supported by the local people, and the most important thing is ......"
Speaking of this, Liu Jin sold a little bit and didn't continue, Empress Dowager Zhang was quite strange and couldn't help asking, "What's the most important thing?"
"The most important thing is that the Fengyue Gang and His Royal Highness King An are inextricably intertwined, this Fengyue Gang can sweep through Ningxia in more than ten years, but it is inseparable from the support of King An!"
Liu Jin originally wanted to force Empress Dowager Zhang to completely fall to herself, and she wanted to deal with King An, so she naturally said so.
But what he said is indeed the truth, in Ningxia, there are a lot of Hui people, in order to better stabilize Ningxia and stabilize the frontier, King An used his influence to give Fengyue Gang a lot of convenience, Ma Fengyue is also a peach in return, in many things, will think about King An, such as the last time Ordos committed the border, Ma Fengyue sent a gang to resist with the border army.
Moreover, Ma Fengyue used the rules and favors of the Fengyue Gang to restrain the Hui people in Ningxia, and the Hui people have gradually stabilized over the years, which is also not unrelated to the Fengyue Gang.
But for Empress Dowager Zhang, she doesn't care about these things, but what she cares about is how to get rid of Ma Fengyue and keep the secret of the year!
But now that King An is standing behind Ma Fengyue, coupled with the fact that there is a treasure of the first emperor just now, Empress Dowager Zhang's original good impression of King An has gradually collapsed, and she only feels that this vassal king seems to be left by Emperor Hongzhi to restrain herself.
But Liu Jin didn't think it was enough, but said out loud: "And behind King An, there are also many figures standing!"
"Say!" Empress Dowager Zhang asked with a cold expression.
"There are mainly acting kings, Qing kings and Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo!" Liu Jin said this, naturally it is the news collected by the three factories and one guard, and these are really good.
King Qing's fief is in the Fengxiang area, but the acting king is in the Datong area, not far from Ningxia.
Between the three kings, there is no communication, and it is natural that they are in constant contact.
Although there are clear provisions in the laws of the Ming clan that the two kings are not allowed to give and receive privately between the two kings, King An and the acting king have the right to lead the border army, which is naturally very different from the ordinary vassal kings.
As for Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo, it was because of Wei Bin's report!
Although Wei Bin didn't know the true relationship between Dingguo Gong and King An, it didn't prevent him from speculating!
Between the two, there is that Zilong as the line, which is naturally enough to say that there is a connection with each other!
Saying this, Empress Dowager Zhang, who was still a little calm, couldn't help but change her face greatly!
She has now slowly accepted in her heart that King An is likely to be a chess piece left by Emperor Hongzhi, and he will deal with herself at a critical moment!
I originally intended to get rid of King An, so as not to be victimized!
But now there is a rich King Qing of Shaanxi standing behind King An, a acting king who has great influence in Datong and can mobilize the border army, plus Xu Guangzuo, the prince of Dingguo who has just come out of the front and walked to the forefront, with Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu behind him, which made the Empress Dowager Zhang feel shocked and angry, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
If you want to move Ma Fengyue, it will most likely lead to King An, and if you want to move King An, it will most likely bring out the huge network behind him, Empress Dowager Zhang was also a little anxious for a while, and couldn't help but ask Liu Jin again: "Gong Liu came today and told the mourning family this, I think it is already in my chest! If you talk about the way, if it is feasible, the mourning family will naturally support you!"
"The Queen Mother is wise!" Liu Jin listened to the tone of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and naturally understood that the Empress Dowager Zhang was already a little skilled, she wanted to clean up Ma Fengyue and never suffer in the future, but at the same time, she was worried about the person standing behind Ma Fengyue, and those who could help the Empress Dowager Zhang wholeheartedly in this matter would not think about it except for herself.
At that moment, after Liu Jin gave his hand, he said happily, "The old minister does have a plan! Nowadays, in the imperial court, there are many political departments, which leads to many times and low efficiency, and the minister thinks that innovation and other disadvantages can play a certain role in this matter!"
"Oh, tell me!" Empress Dowager Zhang frowned slightly, and finally understood the true purpose of Liu Jin's visit, this old eunuch actually wanted to reform the government's political measures, to put it simply, he wanted to change the law!
The change of the law is disgusting when people hear it!
After all, no matter which famous change in history, it is to move the interests of one part and satisfy the interests of another part of the people!
Among them, the passive wave of people generally hold real power!
Therefore, it is difficult to succeed in general changes, even the famous Wang Anshi!
If Liu Jin really wants to change the law, Empress Dowager Zhang will have to think about it carefully and then make a decision!
After Liu Jin knew about the grim situation now, he has been thinking about how he should deal with it in order to break this civil and military alliance and win this political battle!
He knew that the power of the civil and military alliance was far greater than that of the inner and outer courts led by Liu Jian and Wang Yue.
"Rong Laochen announced, such as today's government affairs, are gathered in the cabinet, by the cabinet ministers for approval, after drafting the treatment measures, and then transferred to the celebrant supervisor, by the celebrant to His Majesty's imperial review of the holy ruling, and then let the celebrant use the seal, and finally send it back to the cabinet, by the cabinet to make an edict, promulgated the world!"
Liu Jin did not directly say his reform measures, but said so.
"Yes! This system originated from Hongwu Taizu and became in the Yongle Taizong period! The previous emperors of all dynasties followed this method, is there anything wrong with it?"
Empress Dowager Zhang had already heard that this Liu Jin actually wanted to change such an extremely important fundamental system, she was extremely surprised in her heart, and thought privately that if it was harmful to the society, she would not be able to agree to Liu Jin no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Liu Jin suddenly said: "Yes! In this way, the cabinet has the right to suggest participation in politics, but the right to decide on the use of seals is in the celebrant supervisor! It seems that if the cabinet and the celebrant hinder each other, the world will be peaceful, but I don't want this to give many people opportunities, and it will also cause many things in the world to be delayed for a long time, resulting in damage to the society!"
"Then what do you mean by Duke Liu?" Empress Dowager Zhang thought in her heart that this Liu Jin wanted to persuade herself to accept the power of the cabinet into the celebrant supervisor, so that he could dominate the dynasty alone, and no one would be restrained anymore!
If Liu Jin really suggested this, Empress Dowager Zhang refused to agree no matter what.
But Liu Jin seemed to understand what the Empress Dowager Zhang was thinking, so he only listened to him and said: "The old minister thinks that although this celebrant can supervise the cabinet, it makes the power of the internal officials too heavy, which affects the efficiency of many affairs, so the old minister suggests that the celebrant be abolished and put the power of the celebrant in the cabinet!"
"Ah? What did you say about Liu Gong? Abolish the celebrant supervisor?" At this moment, it was nothing different from what Empress Dowager Zhang herself thought, and she was surprised and surprised in her heart, and she couldn't help but think: "Could it be that Liu Jin saw that the civil and military alliance was pressing, and he couldn't resist it, and wanted to sue the old man and return to his hometown, and let go of power to seek his life! Or is he thinking of retreating as advance, and Mingli is persuading the mourning family to abolish the celebrant supervisor, but in fact, he wants to move the cabinet after obtaining his own consent?"
Liu Jin didn't know that Empress Dowager Zhang thought about so many thoughts for such a moment, but he said as if he was loyal to the country: "Yes! Although the celebrant plays the role of supervising the cabinet, it is also the inefficiency of the imperial court, which is not conducive to the operation of the imperial court! After the dismissal of the celebrant eunuch, the cabinet will be able to take revenge and take the Ming Dynasty to become stronger!"
"This can't be done!" Empress Dowager Zhang flatly refused, "Not to mention that without the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, the cabinet will be very difficult to control from now on, which is not conducive to the emperor's rule, and the law of the ancestors cannot be abolished! If you put forward this suggestion, don't say anything else, I am afraid that the emperor's relatives and relatives will not agree!"
With Liu Jin's understanding of the Empress Dowager Zhang, none of her was unexpected by him, and he saw Liu Jin smile quite proudly at the moment, and then said: "The cabinet is very difficult to control, but it is because most of the ministers in the cabinet are civil ministers, and these civil ministers generally like the party to fight against different parties and form friends! The old minister has a suggestion to solve this problem! As for the imperial relatives and relatives mentioned by Niangniang, this is even simpler! Niangniang is the queen mother, this imperial relatives, who one does not bow down to your orders!" As long as the mother speaks, it's not a big deal!"
"Let's talk about the proposal to solve the cabinet problem first!" Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help frowning when she heard this, but she didn't object to his words, and said.
"It's very simple! In the cabinet, if internal officials can be brought in, and internal officials and foreign officials can make a unified decision, on the one hand, they can contain each other, and on the other hand, they can solve such a great and difficult problem!"
Liu Jin finally revealed his final purpose, and after he saw himself and said it, Empress Dowager Zhang was really as she thought, her face was shocked and inexplicable, and she immediately said, "As long as the cabinet is expanded, it will make it difficult for the cabinet to become one, and the vote to be voted on should be more fair, don't you think Niangniang? It is even more impossible for Dingguo Gong and the others to come forward again! Moreover, such a benefit can also deter King An and make him dare not go against the court again, what does Niangniang think?"