In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 330 The Donglin Party members who want to take control of the Three Houses
After the three people left, Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa subconsciously kept some distance from Hong Chengchou along the way, as if they were ashamed to be in this person's company.

The two of them really despised Hong Chengchou in their hearts. They felt that he was greedy for power and was not discouraged. In the face of such abuse from the emperor, he remained indifferent and refused to resign. He was simply a sycophant and a flatterer, and was not worthy of being the head of the civil service. Take charge of the Government Affairs Council.

Indeed, if it were Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa who faced such abuse from the emperor and told them to get out if they didn't do well, they would most likely be humiliated and commit suicide in shame and anger.

However, Hong Chengchou didn't care at all, and naturally understood what the two of them were thinking, and sneered again and again along the way.

He is already familiar with the current His Majesty's temper, and it is absolutely unacceptable to treat him like the previous emperor.

It seems that His Majesty scolded him and the Government Affairs Council and was very dissatisfied, but this also shows that His Majesty still has hope for him and the Government Affairs Council, so he lost his temper. If His Majesty is too lazy to lose his temper, then that is the real reason. Want something bad.

As for the moral integrity of a scholar, it is now worthless in his eyes.

After all, those systems have greatly touched the interests of the literati and gentry in the world. As the head of the civil servants who implement these policies, he has no way out and can only go to the end with His Majesty.

If he succeeds, he will be famous throughout the ages, and his name will remain in history. Once he fails and loses the emperor's trust, he will be completely exterminated and his family will be infamy. The world's gentry and literati will never let him go.

Therefore, he was not optimistic about Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party members in the court.

He was sure that if Shi Kefa and others did not change and continue like this, they would end up in a very miserable situation two years later.

The three of them returned to their respective yamen with their own concerns, and immediately convened a group of subordinates to discuss the matter and conveyed the emperor's attitude and task deadline.

The reactions of officials in the three systems are also very different. Since Lin Rui has given great power to all three of them, they not only make decisions within the three houses, but also have great power to appoint and remove personnel. Officials below the third rank can directly Regarding appointments, third-level officials and above also have the absolute right to make personnel suggestions, and Lin Rui has basically never vetoed them.

Therefore, the styles and personalities of the main officials of the three houses are very similar to those of the three. Most of the officials of the Government Affairs Council are smooth people who value power rather than reputation, but basically they have outstanding abilities. Those who talk too much will have long been dismissed. Hong Chengchou was dismissed.

Therefore, facing the emperor's two-year deadline, he was very urgent. After tasting the benefits of the power in his hands, he decided to risk it when he thought that if he could not complete it in two years, he would be dismissed from his post or exiled.

Although those policies also harmed the interests of their family, they were able to maintain their power and official position after all.

Most of the senior officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, like Sun Chuanting, do not know how to adapt, accept death, and are both pragmatic and famous.

Although they were all angry that His Majesty forced his ministers to do so, which was not the fault of the Holy King, they also held the thought of depriving the King of his salary and worrying about the King's worries, and tried to complete it within two years.

Most of the senior officials in the court were Donglin Party officials, including Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu, Hou Xun and others.

After these people entered the court, they basically paid no attention to the formulation and codification of laws, and these tasks were all handed over to the recruited officials.

In the eyes of these Donglin Party officials, those laws are useless no matter how good or perfect they are. In the end, it all depends on the person.

If the emperor is a holy king, and the people in the court are all gentlemen, the world will naturally be able to be governed. On the contrary, if the emperor is a foolish king, and the people in the court are all villains, even the best laws will be in vain, and can only be taken advantage of by villains. An excuse to persecute gentlemen.

Therefore, everyone's thoughts were not on the judiciary at all. They were all worried about important matters such as imperial power and military power, especially who the emperor would appoint as prince, how to teach and train the prince, etc. Their thoughts were basically spent on trying to figure out the emperor.

But now the harem is almost impenetrable to water and impenetrable to needles. It is impossible to find out anything about the emperor's daily preferences, words, deeds, and movements.

On weekdays, the emperor was not seen at all. Even the monthly imperial meeting was now held once a quarter. Except for Shi Kefa, the head of the court, other officials did not want to be summoned by the emperor even if they took the initiative to ask for an audience.

This kind of ignorance of the emperor and the harem, like a blind person and a deaf person, made many Donglin Party officials who were good at maneuvering and party fighting extremely uncomfortable, and even more unsteady.

Originally, they thought that it would be very simple to remove Hong Chengchou, the Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council.

It's a pity that they can't even meet the emperor. Every court meeting only reports on work and goes through the motions, not discussing matters at all. The memorials they submit can only be about internal affairs of the court. Anything that involves other matters will not be submitted to the court. Officials were punished in light cases and dismissed in severe cases. Even the emperor seemed unable to hear the gang of villains and traitors who usurped scholars to spread public opinion and attacked Hong Chengchou and the Government Affairs Council.In this situation, no matter how good their strategies and methods are, they will not be able to implement them at all.

So after listening to Shi Kefa's narration, Qian Qianyi and others scolded Hong Chengchou for being shameless, a villain, a flatterer, and the emperor's lackey.

All he was thinking about was how to oust Hong Chengchou and take charge of the Government Affairs Council. As for Sun Chuanting of the Supervisory Council, it was easy to deal with him. After all, compared to Hong Chengchou, a villain who had no integrity and no shame, the upright Sun Chuanting was definitely much easier to deal with. .

Obviously, these Donglin Party officials are not satisfied with just supporting the court, but hope to control the entire three courts, and then slowly penetrate the inner court and the Metropolitan Governor's Office to lay the foundation for future restrictions on imperial power.

Lin Rui didn't know what the Donglin Party members were thinking, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He also knew a thing or two about the routines of Ming Dynasty civil servants.

As long as the emperor pays attention to this kind of thing, he will be inferior, because the emperor's energy should not be spent on this.

So Lin Rui's strategy was to ignore them at all, let them mess around, and just follow his own steps.

As long as you advance steadily step by step according to your own ideas, you will eventually crush all the stubborn rocks and thorns blocking the road.

"Wu Aiqing, how is the compilation of various laws going? How long will it take to complete?"

After the three people left, Lin Rui called a female officer who was nearly 40 years old over and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the administrative law, tax law, and commercial law have been compiled so far."

"Criminal law and civil law involve too much, and the procedural rules are a bit complicated. I'm afraid it will take another year to be initially perfected. As for the ancestral law..."

At the end of the sentence, the female officer hesitated a little.

Obviously, Lin Rui did not place all his hopes on the civil servants of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the courts for a well-compiled law.

Instead, more than 200 ladies from the inner court were selected to hide in Xiyuan and compile them quietly, and then compared the two laws to learn from each other's strengths.

"What happened to the ancestor's law? How many articles have been compiled and completed?"

Lin Rui also frowned. Compared with other laws, this ancestral law is the most important, because it is a disguised version of the constitution and is the basis for all future laws.

"Your Majesty, this ancestral law involves the rights of your Majesty and future emperors. I really don't dare to write it carelessly!"

The female official surnamed Wu was almost crying at the end of the story. Most of these ancestral laws involved imperial power. Even though His Majesty had given them a general outline, those responsible for compiling them were still scared to death.

"If you dare not write anything, didn't I say that I won't blame you? Just make it up according to my wishes." Lin Rui said angrily.

"But others don't know what His Majesty means." The female officer whispered.

"Didn't you tell them?" After Lin Rui finished speaking, he slapped his forehead. He knew what the problem was. This kind of matter involving imperial power must not be conveyed to others, so he said: "Let's do it tomorrow. I will go there myself, explain it to them, and check the progress by the way."

Lin Rui also knew that there were some things that he couldn't be lazy about.

"It would be best if His Majesty himself explains it." The female officer also breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)