Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 322 Preparing to return to Beijing

Zhu Qiyu was thinking about his son's name, but at this moment, in the cabinet, Chen Xun and others were also worried about what His Majesty meant!

Now that Zhu Qi has been calmed down, it is time to start the action of deposing the prince, but Zhu Qiyu stopped!

In fact, how could Chen Xun really not know?

It's just that they don't want to submit such a memorial. Let His Majesty speak first to depose the prince, and they can agree. In this case, they will have the initiative, and if there are changes in the future, then they will have a way out!

But now, Zhu Qiyu doesn't give them any way out!

It can't be said that Zhu Qizhen was punished and became a commoner, and the son of a commoner was still a prince, right?

Therefore, it is imperative to abolish the crown prince. However, if Zhu Qiyu does not take the initiative to speak, then ministers will need to submit a memorial!

This is not a memorial, this is a certificate of submission!

At this moment, Shangluo was also sitting next to him, looking at Jiang Yuan who was working at the opposite side, and then at Yu Gang who was reading the memorial on the other side. Shangluo looked at Gao Gu coming this way!

Then he asked: "Does this matter need to be submitted to a memorial?"

"If you want to do it, you can't do it if you don't want to do it. Your Majesty still needs to agree to this matter!" Chen Xun stroked his beard. Even if he didn't want to in his heart, he still had to submit this memorial!

"If the Crown Prince is abolished, can we bring the Supreme Emperor back? Where will the Supreme Emperor live then? Will he be in the capital or somewhere else? If he is in the capital, will he live in the palace or outside the palace?" Gao Gu arrived at Chen Xun. Beside him, he asked.

"This matter hasn't been discussed yet, so don't talk about it!" Chen Xun raised his head and glanced at Gao Gu, not wanting to say more about it!

Living outside the palace? That is impossible!

And, take it back?

It is estimated that it will be difficult. Zhu Qizhen may not be willing to come back, and even if he is willing to come back, Zhu Qiyu may not be willing to take him!

Now, the entire Ming Dynasty is under Zhu Qiyu's control!

The New Deal seems to be anti-corruption and seems to be implementing the New Deal, but in fact, Lin Cunde is helping Zhu Qiyu promote his own people!

Those newly promoted Juren, Jinshi, and Dingyou officials who have expired will not recognize Zhu Qizhen, they will only recognize Zhu Qiyu!

Now, there will be many memorials sent from below, not title books. The memorials are all shown to Zhu Qiyu first. After Zhu Qiyu reads them, they will be given to the cabinet. Some of them will not be given to the cabinet. Zhu Qiyu will handle it directly.

Among them, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong have the most memorials. It can be imagined that Zhu Qiyu has complete control over these three provinces!

If you include Fujian, which is currently undergoing rectification, the tax-rich areas of the four southeastern provinces are all in the hands of Zhu Qiyu!

I don’t know whether Lin Cunde will continue to send out rectifications after he returns to Beijing. Once rectifications continue, it will be very difficult for the cabinet and the six ministers to do anything privately!

Moreover, I no longer have much confidence in competing for power with His Majesty. Your Majesty now has his own trusted ministers!

It is estimated that within two years at most, many officials below will be promoted to replace the current six ministers!

He can only serve as a cabinet minister for two years at most, but now Jiang Yuan is obviously being reused!

Although my own vote is still the main one now, if the vote does not agree with Jiang Yuan's opinion, basically it will not pass with His Majesty!

Therefore, Chen Xun feels a little sad now!

Also, many of his disciples and former officials have been arrested and are in prison. Although he has no interest in dealing with them, it is just an ordinary courtesy exchange, but so many of his disciples and former officials will eventually involve him!

What bothered Chen Xun the most was that Wang Zhi and himself seemed to be drifting apart!

Recently, I wrote a letter to him, hoping that he would arrange for some people, or let him keep some people, but Wang Zhi didn't do anything, not a single thing!

This made Chen Xun feel very powerless!

He has lost control of the cabinet, and at the same time he has lost his position as the chief minister of the cabinet, and his prestige is getting lower and lower!

On the contrary, Zhu Qiyu sometimes bypasses the cabinet and directly gives orders to the six ministries!

There are some things that Chen Xun doesn’t even know!

Therefore, Chen Xun felt a crisis!

In the next few days, many ministers submitted memorials, hoping to depose the prince and move the prince out of the East Palace to live outside the palace!

First, ministers from six ministries submitted memorials, then ministers from various places submitted memorials, and county magistrates from various regions also sent memorials!

The reasons for these memorials are basically the same, but they want to write them. If they don't write them, it means that they have second thoughts! Of course, there are some newly promoted county magistrates, and they may not know the situation yet!

But there is no civil servant who dares to oppose this matter!

Previously, even Zhu Qizhen's confidants and respected ministers did not dare to object to this matter. At most, they just remained silent and did not write!

When those memorials were almost collected, it was another month later, and Lin Cunde had also completed the anti-corruption and implementation of the New Deal in Fujian. At this moment, he was also rushing to Hangzhou, boarding the ship from Hangzhou and heading to the capital!

When they arrived in Hangzhou, Chen Zhao, Zhao Cheng and Xiang Qing led officials from the Zhejiang Chief Envoy Department, officials from the Prosecution and Prosecution Department, officials from the General Command Department, and some of Lin Cunde's old subordinates. At this moment They were all waiting for Lin Cunde at the pavilion outside Hangzhou City.

At this moment, their faces were completely different from the last time they welcomed Lin Cunde. Now they were all beaming with joy!

First, their salaries have come up. Second, the New Deal is very beneficial to the people and the court. Third, Lin Cunde is passing by this time and is not here to fight corruption. Moreover, they can stand up Here, it all depends on Lin Cunde. Without Lin Cunde's promotion, they would not have such a good opportunity!

Soon Lin Cunde's carriage arrived, and he learned from Lin Cunzhen that a group of officials from Zhejiang were waiting for him! Lin Cunde got off the carriage and saw old acquaintances!

"Greetings to the Marquis!" When the officials saw Lin Cunde getting off the carriage, they immediately raised their hands and saluted.

"Well, no courtesy, why are you here to greet me?" Lin Cunde asked them with a smile.

"Master Hou has worked hard all the way, and it is appropriate for the officials and others to wait here. Your Excellency has done a lot for us, the people of the four provinces of Jiangnan. As parents and officials, how can we not come to welcome you?" Chen Zhao handed over to Lin Cunde. said.

Lin Cunde nodded and said, "How is the effect?"

"Very good, sir. I would like to give you a report, but it is not appropriate to report here. Sir, please go to our Chief Envoy Si Yamen!" Chen Zhao said to Lin Cunde with a smile on his face.

"Well, okay, let's go. It's really cold. Let's not stand here anymore. I'll treat you at noon!" Lin Cunde said to the officials with a smile.

When Chen Zhao heard this, he quickly stopped Lin Cunde and said hurriedly: "Sir, this can't be done, this can't be done. Last time you came, you were the one to treat us. This time, you are the one to treat me. This time, don't worry. We are the ones who are here to treat us." I also know that the adults are afraid that we will be corrupt and that we will use government money to treat guests. Therefore, we officials, one by one, will use all the money. We have no other intention. We just want to sit, chat, and eat with the adults. A meal!”

"Yes, sir, this time, this time is what we people want, please don't refuse!" Zhao Cheng said to Lin Cunde with his hands in hand. They still remembered the last time they invited Lin Cunde to dinner. Finally, all those officials were arrested!

Such a situation will not happen this time, and those officials, especially the newly promoted Juren, are sincerely grateful to Lin Cunde!

Without Lin Cunde's anti-corruption campaign, they don't know how long they will be waiting for the job!

And now, as a county magistrate or other official, the salary is much higher!

One person can raise a family easily, and there is still money left over, and he can even buy some land!

This is a great joy for those people. All of this is because of Lin Cunde, so they sincerely thank Lin Cunde!

"Well, it doesn't seem very good if I offend your good intentions. Okay, but let me make it clear first. You are not allowed to go to expensive places. It is not necessary. We all chat together and we are all happy. I didn't eat any delicious food. Passed? Okay, I will follow your arrangements!" Lin Cunde said to Chen Zhao with a smile.

"Hey, my lord, please, my lord, please!" When Chen Zhao heard that Lin Cunde agreed, he happily asked Lin Cunde to get on the carriage!

After Lin Cunde got on the carriage, the officials also got on the carriage and headed to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen of Hangzhou City!

After arriving at the Chief Envoy Si Yamen, Chen Zhao invited Lin Cunde and Wang Zhi to go in. The main officials who returned this time were Lin Cunde and Wang Zhi, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice Xie Yonghe, and the others were arranged in Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian He held official positions in three provinces, and all of them were promoted and re-employed!

As for Xie Yonghe, His Majesty wants him to go back and be transferred to the Ministry of Industry to take over Jiang Yuan's position and serve as Minister of the Ministry of Industry!

Moreover, Xie Yonghe also knows all this!

Because Wang Zhi performed very well during this period, he wrote many memorials to Zhu Qiyu, all of which were suggestions on officialdom. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu felt that he had indeed corrected himself, and now he began to join his side, plus the previous Wang Zhi also wrote a memorial to advise Zhu Qiyu to abolish the crown prince!

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu also wrote a letter to Wang Zhi to encourage him!

Wang Zhi also knew in his heart that he came to the south this time. Although it took almost half a year, it was worth it. Firstly, he had new thoughts on officialdom. Secondly, he also saved himself and his family!

Of course, Wang Zhi also needs to thank Lin Cunde for all this.

Lin Cunde arrived at the Zhejiang Chief Envoy Si Yamen. Listening to Chen Zhao's report, Lin Cunde nodded!

First of all, in the past six months, the taxes collected by Zhejiang were twice and 40% compared to the same period last year, which is obviously a lot more!

Moreover, in terms of manpower, Zhejiang took advantage of the lack of water in winter to strengthen some river embankments, using a total of 1.2 million days of manpower and spending a total of less than 40,000 taels of silver!

However, the people have benefited, and it has greatly helped promote Zhejiang's business. In the past six months, business taxes have increased by 30%!

Chen Zhao predicts that if this trend continues, the tax payment amount in Zhejiang Province next year will be about three times that before the New Deal!

But the burden on the common people did not increase. On the contrary, the burden was reduced. In addition, for ordinary people, it also increased their income. They can help the court with work and still get paid!

(End of this chapter)