297 Plan ahead
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the lines of words and to be honest, he was in a good mood.
Qian Qianyi was also famous in later generations because he had another nickname: Water is too cold!
To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen had no good feelings for him. When he came here, Qian Qianyi had been removed from his post and returned home. Otherwise, with the current official style and Qian Qianyi's lifestyle, he would definitely be in trouble in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.
However, now that he has returned, as a boss from Donglin, Zhang Pu went south under the order, he might have wanted to use his old qualifications to teach Zhang Pu a lesson. As a result, things have developed to the point where no one can show mercy to anyone, and they have completely broken up.
Not bad, not bad! Emperor Chongzhen felt happy and couldn't help but think that it seemed that he had already approved Wu Changshi's memorial before. In this way, the place where Zhang Pu inspected, Qian Qianyi's hometown was like giving Zhang Pu a chance to rectify Qian Qianyi.
I guess that within the past two days, I will be in Yangzhou for the purpose of approving Wu Chang. Then I will continue to sit and watch Diaoyutai and see a good show.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw a line of words appearing slowly in front of him. Needless to say, the system responded again, which made him feel happy and quickly looked at it.
"The current dilemma of the Ming Dynasty is that the Ming Dynasty's officialdom has been corrupt after nearly 270 years. Various official rules have long been destroyed. And it is necessary to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, an honest and efficient official institution. Otherwise, no matter how wise the emperor is, without reliable executive officials, he will not be able to bring real benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty! The host now uses the leader of the Fushe Society as a breakthrough point to successfully provoke the originally solid internal strife in the Jiangnan officialdom, which is a best start to rectify the officialdom and refresh the rule of officials. If the direction is right, it will be twice the result with half the effort. Here is a reward for a Class A eavesdropping seed to encourage it!"
After reading this content, Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to praise the system well, thinking in his heart: I am very fragile, so I should encourage you more!
Looking at the shining Class A eavesdropping seed, Emperor Chongzhen wondered how to use this seed?
At the first moment, of course, he thought about what he was thinking, that is, the exemption of the limit check and the owed tax. This matter should be the biggest shock to the officialdom. To put it bluntly, even in the southern officialdom, even if the Qing Dynasty invaded the pass, this incident did not bring them much shock!
This matter can only be successful at one time. If it is boycotted by the officials and gentry in Jiangnan this time, it will be even more difficult to do this again in the future.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen decided to use the newly obtained Class A eavesdropping seed for this matter.
So how should we use it? He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
I don’t know how long it took, but Emperor Chongzhen’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he obviously had an idea. Then, he obeyed his order and told him to meet with the right Chief Censor Yang Tinglin.
Not long after, Yang Tinglin rushed to Wenhua Palace.
Two years ago, he was just a doctor in the Ministry of War, but he performed well in this war when Jianlu invaded the pass, so he was promoted to the right assistant censor by the emperor. He naturally remembered the emperor's kindness and kindness. Since taking office, he has been conscientious and dedicated to his duties.
This time, the emperor summoned him, and he thought he wanted to ask about the situation of the Censorate, so he made preparations in his heart on the way he came.
However, he did not expect that the emperor would ask him, "What do you think the official atmosphere in the south?"
Yang Tinglin is from Jiangxi and is also ranked high in the Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen. However, he has not been very satisfied and has been suppressed by his colleagues in the officialdom. It was only since last year that he had the fortune of becoming successful. However, this was also the result of his devoted efforts to the country and fighting to the battlefield. Earlier, he didn't like Yang Sichang and impeached him. Therefore, he had no good impression of his colleagues in the officialdom.
At this time, when he heard the emperor ask him what he said, he did not hesitate and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I think that the officialdom in Jiangnan only cares about the small family and has no sense of justice. He is greedy and is drunk and dreaming of death, and is most greedy for pleasure!"
Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that his comments were so low, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and immediately asked, "Oh, why did you say this?"
Yang Tinglin originally said that, seeing that the emperor was not angry at this time, he started talking to the emperor incessantly.
The Jiangnan Shilin has a corruption of style and many places of love and moon. It is the most famous place of love and moon, far better than the north. This shows that it is also a man-like style, likes to wear women's clothes, apply makeup and powder, and sway over the market, making him happy.
Local officials all make profits for themselves, either for money or for fame. Those who make money make real money and silver. Those who make money make money are framed in front of the yamen and let merchants and people pay taxes on their own, which is called parents' official!
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Yang Tinglin said a lot at once. When he finally said that, he suddenly made up his mind and told Emperor Chongzhen seriously: "Your Majesty, I think the officialdom in Jiangnan will be like this. There is a big reason why I set up two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, and the officialdom agreed that the officials of Yingtian Prefecture's accompanying capital are all places for the elderly to be disappointed in the officialdom. In this way, the officials of the accompanying capital have no hope of official career, so they will have the desire to pursue pleasure. This is really inappropriate!"
If this kind of thing is changed to an ordinary official, it will never be said. Because this matter is like this. If you tell the emperor, will the emperor change it? Moreover, if this matter is spread, it is not something that officials in the capital don’t like to hear.
But Yang Tinglin is such a person, honest and has aspirations. Since he has said that, he will tell him whether this matter is a thankless thing or not, and he will tell him that the emperor will know.
In the original history, Yang Tinglin was suppressed by Yang Sichang and eventually became an official and returned home. Logically speaking, he should have had an objection to the Chongzhen Dynasty. After all, Yang Sichang's power was caused by Emperor Chongzhen's partial listen and believer. Yang Tinglin was the victim of this matter.
However, when Li Zicheng attacked the capital and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself and spread to the south, Yang Tinglin cried bitterly, so he recruited troops from Jiangxi to support the king, calling himself Jianshan, with the intention of imitating the two mountains of Wen Tianxiang (named Wenshan) and Xie Fangde (named Diesan). In fact, he also practiced his strengths and eventually fell into the water and committed suicide after defeating the Qing Dynasty, and was posthumously posthumously to Wenzheng.
At this time, after Yang Tinglin finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen with his head held high and his chest. Anyway, he had already said it. No matter whether it was a disaster or a blessing, he would have to bear the consequences for what he said.
But who knew that after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen laughed. This was a bit different from what Yang Tinglin thought.
Because he thought that even if the emperor was not angry, he would avoid this topic, because there were no other dynasties, only the Ming Dynasty had it, and this was the cause of Chengzu.
When he was a little confused, Emperor Chongzhen had already spoken: "I have been considering the matter of accompanying the capital. If it is just a place for retirement for idle officials, it is indeed inappropriate..."
Yang Tinglin immediately showed a look of surprise on his face when he heard this. He thought that he had dared to speak out, but he didn't expect that the emperor was really ruthless. He said that the accompanying capital was a place for idle officials to retire. Is this appropriate for the emperor to say it?
However, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to care not at all about suitability or not, and was still saying: "The territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast. If the capital was only in the capital, it would be too far away for the south. In the future, I have other plans, and the south will be more important. Therefore, I think that the officials who accompany the capital will not be allowed to become idle people who eat free food. As you said, if you do nothing, it will ruin the atmosphere of Jiangnan."
Yang Tinglin was stunned when he heard this. What is the emperor doing? Could it be that he wants to move the capital?
After Chengzu moved the capital to the capital, the later emperor actually thought about moving to the Tianfu, but for various reasons, even though they were all prepared to move the capital, they did not move back in the end.
Moving the capital is a big event, involving all aspects, and it is not so easy to move!
Before he could ask, Emperor Chongzhen said himself: "My idea is to let the officials in the capital perform their official duties effectively. The six ministries and nine ministers should do things well. Of course, it is mainly to respond quickly to the affairs of the southern provinces."
Although Emperor Chongzhen did not say it, it was necessary to say that when some important matters were involved, of course the emperor still had to decide.
When Yang Tinglin heard this, he immediately looked happy and bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
He didn't know that when Emperor Chongzhen was talking about this, he was actually considering whether he would stay in the capital for a few years, and then go to Yingtian Prefecture for a few years. In the end, after settled the north, he moved the capital to the south, using the Yangtze River as a hub, connecting the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and fighting for hegemony on the sea. To be honest, transportation is not very convenient for Tianfu.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Yang Tinglin obviously agreed with his idea, he said to him with confidence: "In this way, I want to change you to the Left Censor of the Nanjing Censorate, go there first, and pick me up the official atmosphere. After I have a foundation, I will issue an order to announce what I have said today. How about it?"
If you don’t say hello first, even if you are promoted, you will go to Nanjing to work in the eyes of others, that is, you will lose your holy heart and become a idle official.
Yang Tinglin was of course happy when he heard this. Not only was he promoted, but his suggestion received the emperor's response, which was an absolute importance to him. Therefore, he immediately bowed to the imperial edict and said, "I obey the imperial edict!"
"Oh, by the way!" Emperor Chongzhen seemed to remember something when he said this, so he told Yang Tinglin again, "Zhang Pu inspected the local area and checked the exemption of quotas and the collection of taxes. If he could not withstand it, you should support him, because this is also a very important thing to rectify the official atmosphere!"
"I obey the order!" Yang Tinglin responded loudly again without hesitation.
So Emperor Chongzhen rewarded him with the Class A eavesdropping seed.
After Yang Tinglin left, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to invite Lu Jiude to explain to him, and then changed him to the eunuch of Nanjing and rushed to Nanjing to take office.
In Nanjing, the biggest one is not the six ministers and nine ministers, but the eunuchs who guard the garrison, and have great power.
Emperor Chongzhen was worried that Yang Tinglin would not work, so he asked Lu Jiude, who had led his troops to fight, to take charge.
After arranging these things, Emperor Chongzhen's mind moved to Wu Zhong, who is now the prince consort of the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, he was already on the sea. He listened to his conversation with the Jianlu Navy Commander. The two ships did not dare to arrive in Dengzhou and then headed south along the coast, but went south directly to Jiangnan. Now they don’t know where they are?
This is a bit troublesome! Nowadays, only by eavesdropping seeds can you accurately know where Wu Zhong is and what he does. If you send someone to Jiangnan, it will take many days to pass by the capital. Maybe Wu Zhong will change places and do something else, and you will not be able to make arrangements for Wu Zhong’s situation.
Speaking of which, the traffic was too backward at this time. In the later generations, it was an hour's drive, and it was not necessarily possible to ride a horse for a day at this time, let alone comfort. If it were a high-speed rail, the speed of the plane would be.
Traffic is backward and communication is inconvenient!
Emperor Chongzhen thought about this matter and felt a little troublesome. The best countermeasure was to rush to Jiangnan himself. This would not only help you understand what Wu Zhong was doing in time, but also know whether he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, or had he turned against the Qing Dynasty? In addition, you could also arrange Wu Zhong, a chess piece according to the situation in Jiangnan, so that the maximization of the rectification of officials and gentry in Jiangnan, so that the Ming Dynasty could clear the Qing Dynasty.
However, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how could he leave the capital easily? Although there had been one time before, it was the imperial commander who personally expeditioned and wiped out the re-grown thieves. At least this matter could be resolved openly.
If you want to go to Jiangnan, of course you have to go secretly. In this way, if the emperor disappears in the capital, the impact will be greater. What’s even more painful is that the transportation in this era is inconvenient, and it will take at least a few months to go to Jiangnan, rather than two or three days, to go out and come back secretly.
After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen still couldn't make a decision.
But after a while, a sudden light flashed in his mind and decided to take this opportunity to take it first.
However, Lu Xiangsheng's side is already making final preparations and is about to cross the sea. We must also pay attention to this side.
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While he was thinking about these things here, Wu Changshi, who was ill in bed, had already heard the news from his servants. He knew that Zhang Pu was making a big fuss about Qiuyue Pavilion. Not only did he arrest eight officials, but he also made Hou Fangyu and Qian Qianyi so angry that he vomited blood. This matter was a big deal!
When the Jinyiwei was by his side, he sighed and said, "Brother Zhang is really impulsive, why bother with those people!"
Chapter completed!