At night, Zhou Mansion.
The third father and son of the Zhou family, except for Zhou Zheng to be lighter, Zhou Qingli, and Zhou Fang were tired.
Zhou Qingli was impeached and Zhou Fang was also implicated. Dali Temple did not know how many people were trying to coerce and lure Zhou Fang into the water.
In Zhou Qingli’s study, Zhou Qingli’s dark face was exhausted, and his eyes looked at his two sons worriedly, and said, “It was a good move, but I didn’t expect all the officials from the ruling and opposition parties to be afraid to move forward, which made the emperor very much. Frustration."
Zhou Fang frowned and said bitterly: "Everyone shouted every day to take the world as their own responsibility. At the critical moment, it's not that everyone is wise to protect themselves, selfish and shameful!"
Zhou Fang had also seen the true colors of those in Donglin, and now he did not hesitate to curse.
Zhou Qingli sighed lightly, shook her head, and said nothing.
It's not a day or two that the situation is unbearable, and it's useless to say such angry words.
Zhou Zheng thought of the rumors of later generations that before Chongzhen hanged himself, he left a sentence of'Manchu civil and martial arts, all the swords and swords will be cut, and all of them will be killed'.
"Zhengyun, do you have any idea?" Zhou Qingli suddenly raised her head to look at Zhou Zheng and asked.
Zhou Zheng was taken aback, thought for a while, and said: "Now the Manchu dynasty civil servants are all looking at the chief assistant Huang Liji. The reason why they stopped the court was all caused by Huang Liji. As long as he goes back, others will continue to follow him. Go back, and then the emperor can figure it out slowly, not rushing."
Huang Liji led courtiers to support Zhu Youjian's ascension to the throne. He was like a civil servant leader in the ruling and opposition parties, especially after Wei Zhongxian's death, the castration party looked at him.
"Is there any way?" Zhou Qingli naturally knew that the problem was Huang Liji's body, but he and the emperor got involved and refused to give up, and needed to find a solution.
Zhou Zheng pondered for a while, and said: "Hundred officials dismissed the court, the state and government will be abolished, and the crime lies with the prime minister, so it should be punished."
Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng with a stunned expression, some of which could not react.
Instead, Zhou Fang turned his head to look at Zhou Zheng, and said, "Killing Yuanfu will allow those people to return to the Yamen to do things? I'm afraid they will be more afraid, and will not go back. Moreover, even my Da Ming officials are afraid of death? "
"There is no one who is not afraid of death," Zhou Zheng said, looking at Daddy Zhou.
Zhou Qingli listened to Zhou Zheng's words, pondered carefully, and then said for a moment: "You mean to blame Huang Liji, whether it is from the bottom to the top, he has to go back?"
A hundred officials dismissed the court and the government was abolished. Whose fault is this? Could the emperor be wrong
Definitely the first assistant!
Huang Liji could not care about the emperor's opinion, but he couldn't care about his'famousness'. If the crime of'national government abolishment' was impounded on Huang Liji and recorded in the annals of history, he would never accept it.
Zhou Zheng nodded and said: "You can let the emperor make the decree first, without sending it out, that Yuanfu will definitely know the first time."
The imperial decree did not come from the emperor's mouth. It had to go through the cabinet and then to the six departments before it could be promulgated.
Of course, if the cabinet disagrees, Zhu Youjian will not be able to issue it, unless it is a powerful emperor like Taizu, Chengzu. If you disagree with the six subjects, you will not be able to issue them, because the six subjects have the right to deny the imperial decree and return it to the supervisor.
Since we are going to the cabinet, what else can I hide from Huang Liji, the first assistant
Zhou Qingli looked calmer and said, "It's a way."
At this moment, Uncle Fu hurried in and looked at Zhou Qingli and said, "Master, there is someone in the palace, I want you to enter the palace immediately."
Zhou Qingli's face changed slightly. What did the emperor look for in the middle of the night? Could something happen again
Zhou Qingli didn't dare to delay, changed her clothes and hurried into the palace.
Zhou Fang was a little worried, and said to Zhou Zheng: "You said, what happened in the palace again?"
Zhou Zheng shook his head and said, "I am not surprised what happens now. By the way, if Dali Temple is not happy, I will quit and go to Jiujiang Pavilion to help me."
Zhou Fang shook his head faster than Zhou Zheng, and said, "There are too many things in Dali Temple to leave."
Zhou Zheng glanced at him and smiled without saying a word.
Qianqing Palace.
In the middle of the night, the Qianqing Palace is still brightly lit, but there are not many people. In the huge Forbidden City, the inner court is quiet and quiet, which makes the heart palpitating.
Li Zhong stood in front of Zhu Youxian, holding a pile of documents, memos, account books and the like, and said, "Long live master, this is the investigation of Li Shi by the slave and maid during this period."
"You said." Zhu Youzhen now has a splitting headache, how can he have the mind to look at so many things.
Li Zhong still raised his hands and said calmly, "Yes. Li Shi used the case of Zhou Qiyuan and others to punish and blackmail merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou, earning more than 700,000 silver, most of which went to Wei Gong Mansion. He also used his power to arrange his relatives as officials with the party. In the palace, he had a lot of party members to deceive the emperor and deceive the emperor..."
In fact, when Li Zhong talked about Li Shi’s bribery of Wei Zhongxian, Li Shi was already dead in Zhu Youjian’s mind and couldn’t die anymore. Before Li Zhong finished speaking, Zhu Youjian said: “Close it first, wait for me to be free. Try it again."
Li Zhong bowed and said, "Yes."
As soon as Li Zhong's voice fell, an internal supervisor ran in in a panic, knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Long live, then Li Shi, he bit his tongue and committed suicide."
Zhu Youjian frowned as he listened, and then waved his hand in annoyance, saying, "If you die, you will die."
The inner monitor retreated tremblingly, but Wang Chengen frowned, and immediately let go, quiet as usual.
Li Zhong listened to Zhu Youjian's words, he was relieved, and calmly pushed aside.
Before long, Li Guopu and Zhou Qingli arrived one after another.
Zhu Youjian looked at the two of them, energized them, sat upright, and said straightforwardly: "The Wang Zhichen wrote that the Liao payment has been in arrears for half a year. The soldiers of Liaodong complained a lot. I hope that the court will distribute the money and food owed years ago. ?"
Li Guopu naturally understands the current state of the treasury. He was startled and said, "Your Majesty, the court still owes the liao salary, how much does it owe?"
Zhu Youzhen glanced at him lightly and said: "Adding the owed and the due early next year, a total of 1.5 million taels."
There are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Liaodong. It is reasonable to say that the annual military salary of 1.5 million taels is quite small, but even so, the Daming Treasury still can't come up with it.
Li Guopu listened, his expression solemn, unable to speak.
It is difficult for clever women to cook without rice. The Ming Treasury has an annual income of more than two million yuan. By this time at the end of the year, there is no money at all, annual deficits, and rations. There is no other way except to increase taxes.
Even if it is to increase taxes, it is impossible to collect 1.5 million taels at once!
Zhu Youjian saw that Li Guopu was not speaking, and there was an irritable color between his eyebrows. He turned to Zhou Qingli and said, "Zhou Aiqing, do you have any idea?"
Zhou Qingli was in the Sixth Division and knew everything about Daming well. After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, if you want to collect so much money in a short time, there is no way."