Han Yi, Sun Ruyou and other important officials of the imperial court who were relatively close to the Donglin Party in the past supported this reform against their will at this time, which was intended to strengthen the emperor, but there was no way.After all, they don't dare to disobey the will of God now.Because they also know that His Majesty the current Emperor has the support of some civil officials from Fang Congzhe, and if they insist on disobeying the holy will, they will only end up miserable.And if they honestly support the reform, they can also get a lot of money in the future.So, they were not fools, and they replied in this way.And Fang Congzhe smiled because of this, he knew that no one would dare not take the Son of Heaven in his eyes as these important ministers who were still in the court.Therefore, Fang Congzhe then said: "Very good!
Next, please discuss how to implement this matter, so that the Ministry of Rites can write a question book and submit it to the Son of Heaven, and then use this as a key link to order all ministries and departments to implement it!
”"Yes!"
Han Yi, Wang Xiangqian, Sun Ruyou, etc. replied accordingly.......
"Your Majesty, the minister has already discussed with other scholars in the cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and they all think that the new policy of academic administration and ritual reform is good governance, and they even say that this new policy is beneficial to the present and meritorious in the future, which shows that the old ministers of the DPRK and China are still very loyal to the country, and the implementation of the new policy of academic administration and etiquette will be smooth. ”Fang Congzhe entered the palace after that, and explained to Zhu Youxiao the results of the court discussion on the reform of academic politics and etiquette.Zhu Youxiao nodded because of this, he could guess that the civil officials under him would definitely not be so reluctant, Fang Congzhe must have used some intimidation methods, but he didn't bother to debunk it, and only when the ministers under him really supported it, so he said: "In this case, then implement it immediately, how much food will be spent in total, and it must be reported as soon as possible, and what official positions need to be added, and it will be discussed with the officials of the household department and the official department." ”"Yes!"
Fang Congzhe replied, and then said: "After agreeing with the household department and the ministry of officials, it is the Ministry of Rites and the governor to implement the new policy, but the minister is worried that the local officials will take advantage of the matter of education and wantonly levy taxes on fire consumption, and then exploit the people, so the minister thinks that the fire consumption should be returned to the public, and the court will formulate the standard of fire consumption, so that the local officials can be curbed from increasing it at will, and the central court can also control the use of this fire consumption.Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear!
”Zhu Youxiao had mentioned the matter of returning the fire consumption to the public before, but because the West Factory and the household department were busy urging the collection of the levy, it was not mentioned for the time being.However, Fang Congzhe remembered this matter, and he thought that now that the imperial court had implemented the Qingzhang Tianmu affair in Nanzhili and had to suspend the Qingzhang Tianmu, the household department and the West Factory did not have much room to play, so he took the initiative to put it forward, so that the household department and the West Factory began to engage in fire consumption and return to the public, so as to strengthen the centralization of power, and strengthening the centralization of power is naturally also to strengthen the imperial power.Zhu Youxiao was quite pleased with this, after all, Fang Congzhe did not wait for him, the emperor, to take the initiative to propose it again, and then took the initiative to propose that the fire should be returned to the public, which made Zhu Youxiao feel that Fang Congzhe had become more and more uplifted, and he was really actively completing his political concept as the emperor, and he was a qualified first assistant, who could think of what the emperor wanted, and even took the initiative to propose it at the right time, instead of waiting for the emperor to take the initiative to order him.This made Zhu Youxiao and the other party more relieved."
Exactly!
At that time, Yuanfu will discuss the matter of returning the fire consumption to the public with the household department and the west factory. ”Zhu Youxiao directly agreed with Fang Congzhe's suggestion.But Zhu Youxiao also took the initiative to consider the difficulties in this and asked: "Will the governors of the provinces be unwilling to do this when the time comes?"
Once who is unwilling, Aiqing can have a suitable person to replace the unwilling superintendent?
”"Your Majesty, the minister has been prepared, if there is a business trip at that time, the minister is willing to accept the guilt!
In addition, speaking of which, the minister still has something to play, this time the governor of Shandong, Pan Taili, was beaten to death by Zhang Tongchang, the commander of the guard battalion, for obstructing the emperor's order, and the minister believes that Zhang Tongchang should not be held accountable for the crime, because Zhang Tongchang is going with the emperor's order, so, whether it is based on discipline or kinship, when it is rather believe in the words of those who have the emperor's order, rather than believe in public opinion, just because the dynasty should rule the world with the imperial constitution, and not the world with public opinion, if the world is governed by public opinion, where is Your Majesty?
Therefore, the ministers intended to let the priest rule Pan Taili for the crime of obstructing the emperor's order. ”After Fang Congzhe answered, he handed over the transcript of the Shandong Patrol Press, and said: "This is the minister's vote, please Your Majesty to read it!"
”"The Yuan auxiliary ticket is very appropriate, and the celebrant immediately approves the red."
Zhu Youxiao replied, he actually knew about Zhang Tongchang's killing of the governor through Dongchang and Zhang Tongchang's own playbook, but Zhu Youxiao never expressed his position, he just wanted to see the attitude of the civil officials, and now that Fang Congzhe expressed his position like this, he was naturally very satisfied, after all, this means that Fang Congzhe did not mean to force himself, the emperor, to give an explanation to the civil official group on behalf of the civil official group.And Fang Congzhe therefore arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty Xie accepts the minister's vote." ”Then, Fang Congzhe continued: "Now that the governor of Shandong is also vacant, the minister recommended that the governor of Sichuan, Xu Keqiu, be transferred to this position, and in addition, the minister recommended Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy of Sichuan who participated in the counterinsurgency in Sichuan, to be promoted to the governor of Sichuan, so that at least Shandong and Sichuan will have no problem in the future to implement the fire consumption and return to the public, because the minister remembers that these two people once suggested that the imperial court should formulate the fire consumption regulations uniformly when they were local governors, so as to avoid the local officials from wantonly exploiting the people!"
”"Accurate!"
Zhu Youxiao admitted that Fang Congzhe was very good at governing, and because of the killing of Pan Taili, he thought of preparing for the next fire and return to the public by transferring him to the governor, instead of going on endlessly in this Pan Taili matter, and even took this opportunity to unite the civil official group and the emperor to work against him, which can be regarded as a qualified politician, not a politician who only fights for power and profit.…… And because of this, Zhu Youxiao made up his mind and met with Wei Zhongxian.Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking: "Recently, has Dongchang found out which ministers are dishonest behind the scenes?"
Especially the one with a high reputation!
”Wei Zhongxian knew who the emperor wanted to ask, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, now the ministers are a lot more careful than before, but there is no cat in this world that does not steal, and many of them will still show some horses' feet, you are right, although he didn't do anything, but the people who were close to him suddenly went to Luoyang, Henan!"
”"Fu Wang?"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of this person.For a moment, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but clench his fists, and suddenly said, "Wei Zhongxian!
”"The slave is here!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.Zhu Youxiao said: "I have never had a prime minister in the mountains in the Ming Dynasty, only the first assistant, and the first assistant must also be loyal to me. ”Wei Zhongxian understood the meaning of Zhu Youxiao's words, and knew that the emperor felt that Ye Xianggao no longer had the need to balance Fang Congzhe, so he replied: "The slave understands!
Slave and maid, let's do it!
”"Stand down!"
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said in his heart: "Sometimes, for this kind of extraordinary person, you can only use extraordinary methods, after all, these treacherous and cunning people, if you want to find out the evidence, it is difficult to reach the sky, whether you want to make an accident for me or not, I have to let you know that I can give you an accident at any time!"
”…… Fulu Mountain, Fuqing County."
Ge Lao, Li entered Fujian and came to enjoy the mountains and rivers, why don't you take Li to climb the mountain?"
Li Zhizao came to Fujian to visit Ye Xianggao, so he took the initiative to ask Ye Xianggao to take him to climb high and look far away.Ye Xianggao thought that Li Zhizao was close to Yang Tingyun and Xu Guangqi, and Xu Guangqi was likely to be the one who would balance Fang Congzhe in the future, after all, Xu Guangqi was also very favored by the Son of Heaven, so he readily agreed, and he didn't expect anything to happen.But when Ye Xianggao and Li Zhizao came to a high place, and were looking at the mountain scenery from the stone, Li Zhizao's servant came over with gourd spring water: "The two masters drink mountain spring water, this mountain that has climbed all the way must be tired." ”"Okay, you're here to be Rui, but you have the eyesight."
Li Zhizao said with a smile, and said to Ye Xianggao: "Pavilion Elder, please first." ”Ye Xianggao turned around and took the gourd, stretched out his sleeves to cover the gourd's mouth and drank, and turned his back to the cliff, and was about to ask why his servant didn't follow.But at this time, Lai Rui suddenly pushed Ye Xianggao when his master was looking away, and directly pushed Ye Xianggao off the cliff."
It's not good, sir, the old man has stumbled and fallen!"
Lai Rui hurriedly shouted.Li Zhizao, who was looking at the scenery in the distance, also heard a plopping sound from the cliff below at this time, which was obviously a loud sound made when Ye Xianggao fell into the deep pool under the cliff.Li Zhizao suddenly turned his head and looked at Lai Rui, shock, fear, and doubt all came to his face, and after a while, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick!
Fast!
Command the people of the Ye family!
The elder fell off the cliff and fell into the water!
”