Domineering Daming

After Zhu Xu wiped his mouth, he lay down on the soft bed without any appearance, shaved his teeth and said, "What is the rebound? There is a report from the cabinet and my edict, which is completely in compliance with the law. Besides, isn't this drawn up by King Xin?" ? To rebound, they have to go to King Xin."

Fu Changzong couldn't help being startled when he heard Zhu Xu's almost rascally words, and then said: "So, this is what you mean by the shield?"

Zhu Xu smiled strangely, and said, "Shields can be reused, and the current arrows are still too small."

Fu Changzong was well aware of his nephew's tricks, and unconsciously sympathized with Wang Xin for a while, then turned back to the topic and said, "Then, do you plan to rectify the administration of officials first, or taxation?"

Zhu Xu lay there with his head resting on his hands, and said meaningfully: "If you want to do things richly, let's start with taxation. But first you have to stir up things and let these adults get busy, so that our things can go smoothly a little."

Chapter 190 King Xin Wants to Close the Chamber of Commerce

While the two were talking, Cao Huachun turned around and stood at the door, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Yingqiu begs to see you."

Zhu Xu laughed, sat up and looked at Fu Changzong and said, "Let's listen together."

Fu Changzong also knew that Zhu Xu wanted to control the official department, the head of the hundred officials, through Zhou Yingqiu. Hearing this, he smiled, stood up, and went behind the screen to hide.

Zhou Yingqiu dressed neatly, stood respectfully in front of Zhu Xu, bowed and said: "My lord, Zhou Yingqiu pays homage to the emperor."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Pingshen, come and give me a seat."

A servant moved a stool and put it behind Zhou Yingqiu, then quietly retreated.

Zhou Yingqiu thanked him for his kindness, then sat down on the lower half of his buttocks, bowed his body, and looked like he was listening to the hadith seriously.

Zhu Xu shook his shoulders to relieve his fatigue, took the tea on the side, and asked before drinking: "Tell me, what are your plans for serving as the Ministry of Officials?"

Zhou Yingqiu stood up again, raised his hand and said: "Return to the emperor, I heard that the bureaucracy is now buying and selling officials, and corruption and bribery are prevalent. After I take office, I will first strictly clean up the administration of officials. If there is any discovery, I will deal with it strictly according to the law."

Zhu Xu's expression moved slightly, he pondered Zhou Yingqiu's words carefully.Zhou Yingqiu was the head of the "Ten Dogs" of the eunuch party in history, he was tolerant and extremely capable.He came at this time and said this, obviously with a veiled name.

Soon, Zhu Xu heard that the most powerful seller of officials is the Donglin Party, which uses the banner of "exorcising evil and using righteousness", and most of the buyers are from Jiangnan government and business groups.There is Shanxi merchants, they are also a huge group.

If we really make a list and ransack the houses one by one according to the law, I am afraid that there will be no fewer than the last time the imperial court robbed the merchants in the capital.

Zhu Xu nodded slightly in satisfaction, tapped his fingers on the table, and said simply and clearly: "Don't worry, take your time. What I want you to do are three things: first, anyone who will be promoted in the future must not be a crony. Second , Strictly prosecute the children of officials and gentry as officials, and mention more poor families. Third, the internal affairs of the official department must be investigated from top to bottom, digging bones to cure poison. These must be hidden, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Yingqiu understood Zhu Xu's words and said, "I understand."

After Zhou Yingqiu finished speaking, he raised his head and watched Zhu Xu pick up the teacup and drink tea leisurely, lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I think that foreign ministers may test you."

The teacup in Zhu Xu's hand paused, and he raised his eyes and said, "Testing?"

Zhou Yingqiu bowed slightly, and said: "Yes, I deduce that this should be your first court meeting after you ascended the throne. Once they can suppress you at the court meeting, then the future court will..."

"Well, I see."

Zhu Xu nodded, the meaning of Zhou Yingqiu's words was very clear.In fact, it is the running-in between the new monarch and the foreign ministers. The first time is the most important, and the result will be a pattern that will continue forever.Once the foreign ministers gain the upper hand in the court and have enough voice, this voice will become stronger and stronger, just like Emperor Tianqi, in the end everything has to be discussed by the court, otherwise the government will be difficult to implement, and they will not be able to leave the Forbidden City!

Seeing Zhu Xu nodding, Zhou Yingqiu said again: "My minister believes that we, Ming Dynasty, have three major tasks: taxation, administration of officials, and rectification of border affairs."

Zhu Xu nodded with a smile. Although Zhou Yingqiu's character was a bit poor this week, he still had abilities.

Zhou Yingqiu came this time not only to thank him, but also to show his ability. Seeing Zhu Xu nodding, he said several things in succession, involving Daojingcha, Kedao, mine supervisor, salt tax and so on.

Zhu Xu was exhausted these two days, but listening to Zhou Yingqiu's words, he still gave a lot of inspiration.After all, Fu Changzong's time in the officialdom was short, and he was far less sophisticated than Zhou Yingqiu. He was well versed in the three flavors, and every sentence hit the point.

When Zhou Yingqiu came to an end, Zhu Xu pondered and said, "From tomorrow onwards, you can come to the side room on the left side of Wenzhao Pavilion and work with my uncle."

Zhou Yingqiu was stunned, the Minister of the Household Department had handed over his zhezi to resign, in fact, it was obviously to give way to Fu Changzong. Because Fu Changzong was a relative of the emperor, he could not go any further, but it seemed that Fu Changzong was already taking care of the Household Department.

He understood in an instant that by sitting next to the emperor with Fu Changzong, he had truly become the emperor's confidant.Hastily raised his hand, with a happy expression on his face, he said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En."

Zhu Xu smiled slightly, and took a sip of tea from the teacup.

Seeing that Zhu Xu looked sleepy, Zhou Yingqiu was about to leave when he was about to leave, and he said again, "Your Majesty, Ni Wenhuan and Wang Shaohui are at the minister's mansion right now."

Zhu Xu frowned, then smiled and said: "I know, send them away, I have my own arrangements."

"Yes, I retire."

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Zhu Xu, stepped back a few steps, turned and walked outside.

Fu Changzong came out from behind the screen and said to Zhu Xu, "Master Zhou is also ambitious."

Zhu Xu stood up, took a few steps on the ground, loosened his legs and said, "What I need now is not a loyal minister or a treacherous minister, but someone who can do things."

Fu Changzong glanced at Zhu Xu, thoughtful, and quickly agreed in his heart.The Donglin Party sings high-profile, but does very little practical work. On the contrary, it is the Eunuch Party. Because of its ambition, it works harder and harder, although it also contains selfishness.

Thinking of eunuchs, Fu Changzong glanced at Zhu Xu again.My heart moved secretly: Wei Zhongxian is still locked in the sky prison, Xu'er keeps him all the time, what's the purpose?

In the following days, Zhu Xu was waiting for the date of enthronement, but he couldn't stay idle at all. There were too many things for him to decide, so he nodded.

He is not idle, let alone outside the palace.

At this time, officials from all over the country came to Beijing to report on their duties one after another, and even the Donglin party members who were forced to retreat by the eunuch party before came to Beijing one after another and gathered in Yang Lian's house, among them were Zuo Guangdou, Gu Dazhang, etc. People, a high-spirited attitude that is about to resume and reorganize the court.

The eunuchs were even more panicked. No matter if it was the new emperor, or Yang Lian, who believed in the king or the emperor's teacher, it was unlikely that they would let the eunuchs go. Therefore, their activities became more frequent.

As time went by, the Beijing officials quickly formed three distinct forces, the "Royalist Party" headed by Xin Wang, the Donglin Party headed by Yang Lian, and the Gu Party headed by Gu Bingqian and Wei Guanghui, or the Eunuch Party. !

As for the neutral officials who do not form a party, Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, etc., they all explicitly or implicitly stated that they would not participate in party struggles, and implicitly became the fourth force.

On the last day of February, Zhu Youjian was strolling slowly in a courtyard in the east of the city in a carriage.

Wang Chengen followed him and said with a smile, "My lord, how is this yard? No matter the size or the location, the slaves think it is very suitable."

Zhu Youjian walked around and said with satisfaction: "That's right, by the way, how much money is this yard?"

Wang Chengen said: "My lord, it's a total of 8000 taels."

Zhu Youjian paused, turned his head and frowned at him and said, "Where did you get the money?"

In just half a month, Zhu Youjian had already deeply felt the increasingly difficult situation of Daming, every penny of silver wished to be divided into ten petals, not to mention, he himself knew the situation in his palace.

Wang Chengen smiled calmly, and said, "My lord, have you forgotten the chamber of commerce that you partnered with the emperor?"

Zhu Youjian is a traditional scholar who hates the smell of copper and businessmen, and it was just to avoid Zhu Youxiao's suspicion before, but now listening to Wang Chengen's words, he frowned, feeling extremely strange in his heart.

Wang Chengen is the master who understands him best, watching his face, he was silent with him.

After a long time, Zhu Youjian said: "What do you think, if I write a letter, urging the emperor to close those chambers of commerce, what do you think?"

Chapter 191 What Happened to King Xin

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youjian's side face, convinced that he was serious, and said in silence for a while, "My lord, this servant advises you to give up this idea."

Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen, hesitated for a long time, nodded reluctantly, then looked at the yard again, and said, "That's it, I'll move after the enthronement ceremony tomorrow."