Chapter 65 Check and Balance Strategy (3 Good Morning)
In the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Wanli glanced at the ministers, cabinets, and six ministries, all present.
The cabinet masters had been torn in front of him for a long time. The cabinet now has no strong figure like Zhang Juzheng. The cabinet masters had to fight for a long time, but there was no conclusion. Wanli had to hold an "enlarged meeting" and brought in the six ministries, and the Censorate and the Jinyiwei were also present.
As the six ministries, Lord Tianguan took the lead in speaking and was passionate: "The emperor, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, etc., local officials have been following the Han and Tang Dynasties since the Han and Tang Dynasties. No matter which dynasty or generation, the country can change, but the local officials who have been pastoring the land of the world will not change!
When Taizu and Chengzu, they wanted to solve this problem, but because the Northern Yuan Dynasty later had no time to look south, the matter was delayed. Now Yang Yinglong was executed, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was just a matter of destruction and then established. The system of official power was implemented throughout the entire territory of Bozhou!”
The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the assessment, promotion and appointment of officials. Every day, there are countless idle officials who are free to serve, dig doors, steal holes, and rely on relatives and friends to wait for those who have retired and returned home, who have committed crimes and have suddenly died suddenly to get a seat.
If the system of official positions is implemented throughout Bozhou, he will have a large number of official positions to be appointed, and he will be in a state of ecstasy even if he thinks about it.
The Minister of Revenue immediately jumped out to object: "Emperor! With Taizu and Chengzu's great talent, is it because of the rebellion of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, that he has no time to look south to change the land and return to the current? Emperor Chengzu swept the north of the desert for five times, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was invincible. How could it involve Emperor Chengzu too much energy and has no time to look east?"
The Minister of Revenue stepped forward and shouted: "I think this is Taizu. Emperor Chengzu discovered that everything cannot be accomplished overnight. He was too impatient to do so, so he slowly moved back to the river. In the land of Bozhou, the Yang family ruled for more than 700 years, and the subordinate local officials were stacked in layers and countless.
If the government orders are rashly returned, can the government orders be uploaded? Before that, Huxian was reborn for five years, and the court subsidized a large amount of money and grain every year. Today, the taxes in Guizhou Province are not as good as a small county in the south of the Yangtze River. Once the land of Bozhou is completely returned, it can be expected that the court will not expect to collect a penny of silver within at least fifty years, and the relief that needs to be subsidized is an unbearable burden for the court.
My Ming Dynasty first pacified the northwest Bobai, then fought in Fusang, and then challenged the Yang family of Bozhou. The national treasury became increasingly empty. If you were not careful, Yang Yinglong did not destroy the Ming Dynasty. This bottomless pit completely consumed all the national strength of my Ming Dynasty!”
The Ministry of Revenue manages money and grain. Once the policy of changing land and returning to the land is completely implemented, the money will be spent..., which is astronomical, and it is not a single sum, but it has to fill in this big hole every year. Once the emperor really listens to the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Revenue can imagine how miserable his life will be in the future.
"I know that everything is empty after death, but I am sad that I can't see the Nine Provinces together. On the day when the king's army settles in the Central Plains, I don't forget to tell my husband about his family sacrifices." "When will the green mountains outside the mountain beside the building, the West Lake singing and dancing will be stopped? The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they will make Hangzhou Bianzhou."
These complaints are the feelings of those literati when they inspired the words. If the Southern Song emperor really had hope of success in the Northern Expedition, would he not want the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory? Where did the biggest resistance come from? It does not come from the emperor, but from the officials and gentry, from the people!
The Song Dynasty was rich, and until its national destruction, the people's livelihood was the best time among the dynasties, and the people lived the most free and easy life. Northern Expedition? Once the Northern Expedition was successful, the court had to take out a large sum of money to supplement the decayed and economically backward north, and they had to use the money from the southerners to help the northerners. Do you think they were willing?
This is the case now. The Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Revenue sit in different positions and the angle of thinking about the problem is different. The Minister of Revenue is opposed to the issue that the Minister of Personnel agrees with both hands and feet.
The Minister of Justice immediately jumped out and said, "The Grand Situ Lao Chenggong, I will discuss it!"
The Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel is called the Datu, and the Minister of Revenue is called the Dasitu. The Minister of Revenue (Secretary of the Ministry of Justice) of course supports the Minister of Revenue. Ye Xiaotian helped him vigorously build a grassroots judicial office in Tongren Mansion, with remarkable results. If all of them were replaced by a free official, could he achieve such great results? Don’t be funny!
Those officials who have been replacing each other for several years will take a long time to make up their minds and cannot show their political achievements during their tenure? Even if he is willing, the Central Plains region has always been a system of officials, and officials must rely heavily on local gentry. Once local gentry adopts a non-cooperation attitude, their government orders will be difficult to implement and they will eventually be mediocre, let alone local officials in Bozhou that have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years.
Emperor Wanli looked at the other three ministers and said, "What do you think?"
The Ministry of Rites is the territory of Minister Lin, and Minister Lin is Ye Xiaotian's ally, so he naturally stood up to discuss the words of the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Works did not offend him, frowned and stroked his beard, and talked about a lot of technical issues: transportation, water conservancy, construction, manufacturing...
After a vague analysis, the Minister of Works proposed an astronomical budget: Once the land is changed, the infrastructure construction in Bozhou now must be vigorously transformed to cooperate with the governance of the liberal officials. He needs money!
The stingy Emperor Wanli frowned when he heard it, and the Minister of Revenue, who was short of money, was frightened.
But the Minister of War opened his mouth and still asked for money!
If you want to change the land and return to the entire Bozhou, you must establish a garrison and guard the local area to replace local soldiers and officials, right? Can these things be done by just touching the mouth? It is hard to move without money!
When Emperor Wanli heard that he wanted money again, he felt a pain. In a blink of an eye, he looked at the Minister of Personnel who supported the transformation of land and returned to the country. He suddenly thought that once the system of transit was fully implemented, so many officials would suddenly increase, such officials, officials, officials, officials, and their salaries... How much expense would it cost?
In the eyes of Emperor Wanli, the copper coins piled up higher and higher, like a mountain, and the money was to be thrown into the bottomless pit, which was a matter of his life.
Thinking of the dispute between the pavilions and the Shui Xi'an clan was actually coveting the fat piece of Bozhou under the guise of opposing Ye Xiaotian, while the Shui Dong Song clan supported Ye Xiaotian and tried to join Ye Anti-An and stand together with three legs. His determination finally settled.
The Shuixi'an clan has a strong foundation and is even more terrifying than the Yang clan of Bozhou. If the An clan is made stronger, how can I know that I will not become the second Yang Yinglong in the future? Although the Shuidong Song clan is weaker than the Shuixi'an clan, once the six southern prefectures of Bozhou are classified as the Song clan, the Song clan will become more than the An clan, and there will be endless troubles.
It is not feasible to change all land and return to the current. If we follow Chengzu, sect the six palaces and govern themselves, and do not reward meritorious ministers like Ye Xiaotian, how can the court face the people of the world? The Shui Dong Song clan is close to the Six Southern Palaces, will it take the opportunity to secretly recruit and buy them?
If the six southern prefectures are divided and autonomous, will the northern prefectures in Bozhou be secretly interfered by the local officials of the six southern prefectures? Only by a three-legged tripod that allows the three families of An and Song to restrain each other and balance each other, will my country be more stable.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli stood up: "I think that changing the land and returning to the current situation is the general trend. However, if you seek treatment too quickly, the disadvantages will be greater. It should be implemented steadily and gradually implemented! Therefore, my edict: According to the request of Ye Xiaotian, the envoy of Sinan Xuanfu, the six prefectures in the south of the province will be placed under Ye Xiaotian's rule, and are called Pingyue Prefecture, and are still under Guizhou.
The prefectures on the northern front changed their territory and returned to the liberation, and were called Zunyi, and were under the jurisdiction of Sichuan! The prefectures in the northern fronts, the prefects, the prefects, and the county magistrates were like official seal officials. The court sent the resignation officials, and the remaining official seal officials and the miscellaneous officials were appointed by local local officials! I respect this!"
Chapter completed!