Domineering Daming

The Donglin Party is naturally not vegetarian.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stood up and said loudly: "Gu Bingqian has all the evidence of his guilt, so he should be interrogated by a judge. How can he not ask if he has the evidence?"

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out and said in the same loud voice: "It is well known that Gu Bingqian and Wei Guanghui worked hand in hand, and now that Wei Guanghui has pleaded guilty, how can there be no reason not to try Gu Bingqian?"

"The minister's proposal will be submitted to the three courts for joint trial, and it will be made clear to the world!"

"You bastard's words!" Gu Bingqian's party members naturally retorted vigorously, and a censor said: "Gu Ge is the chief assistant of the court, how can he be interrogated at will? What's more, he will be imprisoned just based on a so-called list, Wang Fa Where is it? Where is the emperor?"

The censor of Guangdong Province, the thirteen censors, stood up and said in a choked voice: "Today the court discusses the selection of cabinet ministers, but the Donglin Party wholeheartedly attacks Mr. Gu Ge. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart. Please learn from the emperor!"

"I also ask the emperor to learn from the fact that Donglin has formed a party for personal gain, and has regarded all the positions of ministers in the cabinet as possessions. Please investigate strictly!"

Zhu Xu sat on it, watching the two sides quarreling with a calm expression.

Since ancient times, it has been a taboo for courtiers to form cliques, but in the last few decades of Ming Dynasty, clique formation was prevalent. If there were no party members, it would be difficult to become a trend, and no one would be able to stop it.

Zhu Youjian looked at the growing momentum of the Donglin Party, and with Gu Bingqian kneeling there, the Gu Party was getting weaker and weaker, as if he couldn't help it.

He knew that what Ni Wenhuan and Wang Shaohui said yesterday was true, so he couldn't help but look a little cold.He used to think that these adults were like-minded and worked together for the imperial court, but now it seems that they are forming a party for personal gain, and they dare to arbitrarily decide on such a position as a cabinet minister!

Can there be Wang Fa in this eye?Where is the emperor?

Sun Chengzong has long been used to it, standing there motionless.This group of people also regarded the emperor above as Emperor Tianqi or Emperor Wanli in his later years, but they didn't know that this person's thoughts were far beyond what they could guess.

Yang Lian was full of confidence and smiled.

When they had almost quarreled, Zhu Xu took a sip from his teacup and said, "These five are the only ones who are arguing. Why are the remaining five people not talking about it? Xinwang!"

Huang Liji was promoted to Minister of Rites last year. Zhan Shifu was a young man, and he was born in Hanlin. With his current qualifications, he is weaker than the others, and he is obviously just running with him.

Qian Longxi is also Zhan Shifu's young Zhan Shi. He used to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites last year.

The other three were even worse, not even counting as accompanying runners.

Zhu Youjian took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers of the cabinet have a very important matter to discuss with you."

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, this divination, in simple terms, is a lottery.This is also a common practice. Whenever the courtiers are in dispute, they use this method.The emperor draws four or five out of ten, and then the rest are replaced in turn.

Yang Lian hurriedly stood up and said loudly, "I object!"

Before Yang Lian finished speaking, Ni Wenhuan stood up and said, "I don't know what Mr. Yang objected to?"

Yang Lian looked solemn, raised his hand and said to Zhu Xu: "Your Majesty, the ministers of the cabinet are related to the country, and you must not be careless. I ask the emperor to make a judgment based on the opinions of all the ministers!"

As soon as Yang Lian finished speaking, Wang Shaohui came out and said: "I still don't know what Mr. Yang objected to. The court has never suppressed speech, and the emperor has heard the courtiers' proposals. What can I object to?"

Chapter 214 Dismissal of Jinyiwei

With the participation of Xinwang Yidang, the debate in the court became more intense.

From attacking Gu Bingqian, he turned to how to select assistant ministers.

Zhu Xu sat on it with a calm expression, listening quietly all the time, not in a hurry.

Not long after, almost the entire court was involved, even Sun Chengzong, Fu Changzong and others could not escape, and joined in to argue a few words.

Zhu Xu frowned, it was a bit out of control.

Pong!

Zhu Xu slammed the gavel, everyone in the hall was startled, they all looked up at Zhu Xu, and then quickly returned to their seats.

Zhu Xu glanced around indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "They are all ministers in the court. They have no airs. They are not as good as the vegetable market! From now on, all ministers who impeach the ministers of the fifth rank and above will first hand over the evidence of the memorial to the Ministry of Punishment for verification. Play! Gu Bingqian is the chief assistant, how can he frame an attack at will!"

The expressions of all the ministers in the hall changed slightly. The emperor's words were obviously meant to protect Gu Bingqian.

But Gu Bingqian did not step down, how should Ye Xianggao and Han Yu be arranged?

Fu Changzong understood Zhu Xu's intentions the most, Zhu Xu's voice fell, and after a little thought, he came out and said: "I am guilty!"

Fu Changzong made such a "confession", and ministers successively stood up and bowed to accept the guilt.

Then including Gu Bingqian, Sun Chengzong, Yang Lian, and even Ye Xianggao who had been silent all the time, Han Yu had to "convict".

After a group of people finished pleading guilty, Zhu Xu looked at Zhu Youjian again and said, "King Xin, what do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Youjian took a step forward, thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I think the discussion should be postponed. Why don't you put it aside for now and discuss the following matters first."

"The minister rebelled..."

Zhu Xu waved his hand, interrupted Yang Lian who was about to speak, and said, "Let's discuss the next one."

Ye Xianggao and Han Yu looked at each other and frowned, which was different from what he expected.

Although Yang Lian and many members of the Donglin Party were not reconciled, according to past experience, there would be no results within ten and a half months, so they also stopped their efforts.

Only King Xin breathed a sigh of relief, his position in the cabinet was rising, especially when Gu Bingqian was asked by Zhu Xu to meditate behind closed doors, he was almost alone in the cabinet.Although Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu entered the palace as assistants, most of them were still making up their minds.

If Ye Xianggao and Han Yu entered the cabinet, with their seniority and prestige, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to suppress them at all.

Sun Chengzong had expected such a result long ago, and stood there indifferently.

"Your Majesty, I have my own report!" Shandong Dao Yushi came out, holding a board and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court's tax money has been decreasing day by day since Hongzhi, and now there is not one out of ten. Please check the national taxes!"

As soon as his words fell, there was a buzzing sound in the hall.

Most of Ming's taxes come from land taxes, that is, from the common people, and the rest are basically useless.This situation did not happen overnight. Back then, Zhang Juzheng tried his best to reform and achieved some results.

But when he died, all his reforms were overturned, and all kinds of tax money that had been lost disappeared even faster.

During the Chenghua period, the Ming tax bank was about 3000 million to 5000 million taels, and there were about 800 million taels at the beginning of Wanli. After experiencing the three major Korean levies, there were still about 500 million taels. But only about 250 million taels.

These lost tax money are not only caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters, but also by the wanton plunder of the royal family, the expansion of the bureaucratic system, the corruption of officials, and the near paralysis of the military and political physique!

For Jane, more and more people do not pay taxes, and they occupy more and more resources, while fewer and fewer people pay taxes, and they become poorer and poorer.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are those with vested interests. Once they have achieved fame, they are no longer "untouchables" and become a family of "scholars". The simplest advantage is that they don't need to pay taxes, and they are not alone.The whole family, even the land of a clan can be hung in his name, and then, all taxes are exempted!

Regarding the matter of checking taxes and taxes, there were only two influential people in the Ming Dynasty. One was done by Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other was Zhang Juzheng.

However, Zhang Juzheng's fate was miserable.

The ministers kept talking, not because they were worried that they would be involved.Instead, they are discussing how to investigate and who will call the shots.

With a look from Zhou Yingqiu, a censor stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I believe that tax money should not only come from the common people. I have five hundred acres of land in my family, and I would like to rank with the common people!"

"I object to this!"