Domineering Daming

Zhu Youjian looked at Jiang Dejing and Qian Longxi, dissatisfied with what they said.

Even though he knew in his heart that the abolition of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and its merger with the Governor's Council was an inevitable trend, the perfunctory words that had no idea, tantamount to nonsense, still made him angry.

Zhou Yanru saw the dissatisfaction in Zhu Youjian's eyes, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and suddenly his heart moved, his face showing a cautious look, he said to Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, you can ask the emperor to keep the Metropolitan Procuratorate. , The Supervisory Council inspects the capital, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate inspects local areas. The powers and responsibilities of the two courts are clearly defined, and they can also restrict each other. If they merge, the power will be too great, and Prince Ping and Prince Jing are princes, so it is not appropriate to stay in the post of governor."

Zhu Youjian's expression moved slightly, thinking about it carefully, Zhou Yanru's words were reasonable and righteous, and he used this to argue with Jingyang Palace in detail, it is not that there is no room for change.

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, looked at the others, and said, "What do you think?"

Everyone here can tell who is really calling the shots in Daming, and they don't want to offend the emperor, so naturally they don't speak rashly, so as not to be seen as opposing the emperor, so even Jiang Dejing and Qian Longxi kept silent.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, Zhu Youjian took them as acquiescence, looked at Zhou Yanru with a smile and said, "Zhou Qing, you write a detailed memorial, and I will discuss it with the emperor."

Zhou Yanru was overjoyed, and said calmly, "It's the prince."

After Zhu Youjian finished the cabinet discussion, he picked up a pen when he returned to the class room, and wrote a big "Zhun" on the memorial book of the household department, planning to sell the post station to Huitong Commercial Bank.

Wang Chengen stood aside, watching quietly all the time, without saying a word, even though he knew that Zhu Youjian's behavior might make the emperor of Jingyang Palace dissatisfied.

In Wei Zhongxian's private house, Ruan Dacheng stood behind Wei Zhongxian, and said with a flattering smile: "Eunuch, the Donglin Party and the others don't care about life and death, and are still thinking about keeping the Metropolitan Procuratorate..."

With one hand behind his back, Wei Zhongxian twirled the glazed ball with his right hand, and looked up at the sky outside the yard, the corners of his dark eyes twitched, and a sneer appeared faintly.

He has been reading books in the mansion during this time, but it’s not like he didn’t do anything. Dongchang swallowed up most of Jinyiwei’s manpower, prisons, and strongholds, but he still felt that it was not enough, the net was not big enough, he was laying the net, he To fill Daming!

At the same time, he could also sense that something was brewing in the always calm and quiet palace.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian didn't speak, Ruan Dacheng felt a little uneasy. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Elder-in-law, I know that Han Huang's son embezzled thousands of acres of land, so I can make the first complaint!"

The glazed bead in Wei Zhongxian's hand turned slowly, his expressionless face remained silent.

Donglin was about to die, and when the Metropolitan Procuratorate was dismissed, he would have plenty of ways to take revenge on them.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was indifferent, Ruan Dacheng rolled his eyes and said again: "Eunuch, I also know that Jiangxi's chief envoy sells officials and ranks, corrupts and accepts bribes. There is evidence! He is Ye Xianggao's direct disciple!"

Wei Zhongxian's expression changed this time. As far as he knew, the Jiangxi Taoist censor went to Zhejiang to serve as the chief envoy. He also knew that Henan and Shanxi were almost the same. , it will be much easier to win the two chief envoys.

Chapter 394 Desperate

Jingyang Palace, inside the side hall.

Zhu Xu and Fu Tao were drinking tea and talking about the station.

Zhu Xu tapped his finger on the table, and said slowly: "Brother, first of all, the inn will become our own, and everyone except us will spend money to use it, whether it is the government or the court. Second, it must be divided into three lines, One is reserved for government offices, the second is reserved for ordinary people, wealthy businessmen, etc., and the third is reserved for military affairs, brocade guards, etc., it is a hidden thread..."

Fu Tao listened carefully. Post stations are still very important. They are the most important tool to connect all parts of the country. Not to mention the government, but just talking about private use of post stations, at least a year's income is more than one million!If the business is running well, it is still safe to earn two to three million yuan a year.

Zhu Xu's words continued: "In the early stage, we still need to clean up, eliminate the influence of officials, select trusted people, clear up the post stations in various places, and let me look after the few people you suggested, and report any rash actions... ..."

Fu Tao nodded seriously. There was a small notebook on the table, and he was holding a small charcoal gray stick in his hand, and he was vigorously recording on the paper.

"In the future, when it is perfected and grown, it can also be used for escorting and delivering goods. I will order the Ministry of Industry to give priority to building the official road along the post station. The road will be smooth and safe along the way. It is no worse than water transportation..."

Zhu Xu was simply talking about his ideas, and stopped after a while, saying: "Well, that's about it, I'll talk about it later when I think of it, brother, tell me about yours."

Fu Tao put down his pen, looked at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, I think that if we want to clean up the station and completely become the Emperor's, we must first eliminate the influence of the local yamen so that they dare not touch it."

Zhu Xu nodded, and said: "Well, I will let Dongchang intervene, and you will also keep an eye on it. If Dongchang does not behave properly, I will beat Wei Zhongxian."

Fu Tao smiled suddenly in his heart, and said with a tense face: "Second, the initial investment may be relatively large, and the payback time will be very long."

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "This is not a problem, the main thing is to control it well and clean up the ills of the station."

Fu Tao also thought about it in his heart. He can solve other problems, and said: "There are no other problems for the time being. Besides, Your Majesty, I heard that there are relatively loud opposition from the outer court?"

This objection refers to the opposition to the abolition of the post station. The post station seems to be of no use to the court, but it is very useful and indispensable to those who are attached to the post station to suck blood and take advantage of it.

Although the playbook of Wenzhao Pavilion hadn't come up yet, and Zhu Xu hadn't issued a decree yet, the city was full of wind and rain outside the palace, impeachment of Liu Mao, and the playbook of Wenzhao Pavilion could not wait to fly into the Tongzheng Envoy.

Zhu Xu smiled and said: "We don't care about this, it's decided by Wen Zhaoge, let Brother Xinwang have a headache."

Fu Tao also smiled, and talked to Zhu Xu about his plan for reforming the station.

But in fact, the whole capital is now extremely shocked by the imperial court's plan to abolish the centuries-old Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then rushed to tell everyone.

Whether it is Zhu Youjian, Yang Lian, or the Donglin Party, they are all trying to keep the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is an extremely sharp weapon. It seems to have no power, but it is enough to deter all officials in the world!

How Zhao Nanxing allowed the Donglin Party to dominate the imperial court, how he expelled all the "evil parties" from the court, and wiped out those Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, and Kunming Party, all because he held the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

In the Beijing inspection back then, hundreds of officials were demoted, and even the entire cabinet bowed to him. With such power, no one is tempted, and no one will give up!

The members of the Donglin Party gathered rapidly, and everyone realized that the Donglin Party had reached the brink of danger.

The six ministries and nine temples in the capital, the chief envoys outside the capital, the inspectors, the prefects and counties, civil servants and military generals inside and outside the pass, all stood by Yang Lian's side surprisingly unanimously, a huge force was rapidly approaching.

Dongchang Prison.

In the clean and comfortable prison cell, there was a table of sumptuous food and wine.

Wang Wenyan sat cross-legged, eating big mouthfuls, with an urgent expression and breath like a cow.

He was wearing a prison uniform, with disheveled hair, wounds all over his body, and some places were still bleeding, obviously he had just been tortured.

Facing Wang Wenyan sat the Governor of Shuntian Mansion, Fan Jingwen.

Fan Jingwen didn't move his chopsticks, his brows were tightly frowned, and his expression was ugly. He didn't expect that after so long, Dongchang was still torturing Wang Wenyan like this.

Wang Wenyan was like a starving ghost. After eating for a long time, he raised his head and let out a deep breath. Looking at Fan Jingwen's expression, he knew what he was thinking. He smiled nonchalantly and said, "I almost killed that eunuch back then. , He never forgets his grudges, it's no big deal, if I get power, I won't let him go."

Fan Jingwen heard that his mouth was still full of quackery, nodded slightly, and said: "I will find a way to rescue you after I go back."

Wang Wenyan made friends all over the world, and Fan Jingwen also received his favor.

Holding a chicken in his hand, Wang Wenyan took a hard bite, then took a sip of wine, and muttered: "No need, Wei Xie can't do anything to me, don't look at him being proud now, I'm sure, Sooner or later, he will still be decapitated!"

In Wang Wenyan's mind, no matter how powerful you are, villains will not end well, it's just a matter of time.

What Fan Jingwen thought was that the Donglin Party hadn't rescued him for so long, so Wang Wenyan was discouraged.

He was not sure, so he muttered: "You should know that the emperor intends to abolish the Metropolitan Procuratorate and merge it into the Governor's Council. Now the entire Donglin is trembling and trying to stop it..."

Wang Wenyan sneered and said, "You still don't understand? The current emperor is different from the first emperor, and even more different from Shenzong. He hates party disputes so much, so naturally he hates me Donglin even more. As long as the word 'Donglin' ​​is used together Today, he will not allow Donglin people to stand in the court hall again. The abolition of the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be the last step in his plan, let alone Yang Dahong, and King Xin can't stop the emperor..."

Fan Jingwen shook his head, and said: "You don't understand the situation in the capital now, all the gentlemen are gathered in Donglin, Donglin supports King Xin, the momentum is even bigger now than it was a few years ago!"

Wang Wenyan was taken aback. He hadn't thought of this, but after thinking about it carefully, the emperor desperately attacked the gentleman represented by Dong Lin. Didn't this force them to become more united?At the beginning, Donglin was still full of hills, and there were many internal strife. If they can unite now, it will definitely be an unimaginable force!

He put down the wine glass in his hand, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to be talking to himself: "If this is the case, it's not impossible..."