A single spark can start a prairie fire.

There are many cancers attached to the Ming Dynasty. If you want to eradicate all these cancers, you must divide them into categories and forms, and use different methods to eliminate them in a targeted manner.

For example, when it came to checking and balancing the civil servants, Emperor Chongzhen did not personally take action, nor did he rely too much on the eunuchs of the inner court. Instead, he let the civil servants fight against the civil servants.

After all, those who understand civil servants will always be civil servants.

As long as the right people are used, no matter how many faults there are in the people they use, the effect they play in a certain period of time will be much better than if the emperor himself ended up or relied too much on the eunuchs of the inner court.

For example, to restrict the establishment of the Eight Banners, we must drag and waste it to maintain basic regional stability. Even if we support some forces outside the Ming Dynasty and give up some of our interests, we must adhere to this line.

After all, when it comes to war potential, the territory governed by the Ming Dynasty is enough to kill the Eight Banners of Jianlu. Since they can't defeat you on the battlefield, then let's wait and wait until they can defeat you, and then kill you with all their strength!

Emperor Chongzhen laid out many plans and arrangements like this. He wanted to use this method and this form to cleanse the Ming Dynasty where demons and monsters were rampant, and to wash away the Ming Dynasty where unspoken rules were rampant.

The clarion call raised in Henan soon affected the court. What Sun Chuanting and the others did was to uncover a scandal that everyone knew about in the past.

"Crazy, Sun Chuanting is crazy!"

Han Xu looked excited. He took the memorial that the Supervisor of Ceremonies forwarded to the cabinet and said excitedly: "Even if it is found that some official land in Henan has been illegally occupied, we cannot openly uncover it in this way.

Scholars from the Henan Disaster Relief Administration actually led the disaster victims gathered from various prefectures and counties to submit complaints to various government offices and litigate with the various vassals under Henan's rule and with some officials and gentry.

This is simply appalling!

My lords, this matter must not be shelved like this. The cabinet must vote immediately and submit it to the emperor so that the emperor can issue an edict to rebuke this behavior."

Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan, Zhou Daodeng and other cabinet ministers were sitting on official hat chairs with different expressions, thinking about what they had heard.

"Now, we are not the only ones who know about this matter."

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, looked at Han Xu and said: "The gang of officials and censors in Kedao are already aware of it. Isn't it possible that Han Yuanfu was unaware of the impeachment memorial submitted to the General Affairs Department?

Of course, part of it is that the impeachment of Sun Chuanting stirred up public sentiment and was suspected of disrupting the Ming Dynasty.

But more of them are impeaching the vassals under the rule of Henan, and even the officials and gentry involved. After all, the official fields in Henan have been occupied in various forms, so does this situation exist in other parts of the Ming Dynasty?"

Han Xu: "..."

What Wen Tiren mentioned was exactly what Han Xu was most worried about. The reason why he wanted to end the matter as soon as possible was because he was afraid that the emperor would be angry and demand a thorough investigation into the occupation of official land.

If more areas are involved, the Jiangnan provinces will eventually be investigated. Once this happens, things will really get into trouble.

In fact, the large-scale official lands under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty in the Jiangnan provinces were occupied by countless groups in various forms.

On the surface, these official lands are still official lands of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they are not, and have even become personal property.

The taxes levied by the imperial court in the Jiangnan provinces each year resulted in grain being brought to Beijing, and various kinds of silver brought to Beijing, some of which were produced in official fields.

"I think Mr. Wen Ge is right."

Bi Ziyan's eyes were firm, he lifted up his robe sleeves and said: "In the past, the Ministry of Revenue has done things like checking official fields and checking fire consumption, but the results have been minimal.

According to the yellow rolls, fish scale rolls, etc. controlled by various places, logically speaking, the taxes collected should not be at this level. However, the proportion of taxes collected every year varies greatly.

Now Sun Chuanting is in Henan, gathering victims in the name of the Disaster Relief Agency, hoping to stabilize the situation in Henan and prevent the situation in Henan from happening in Shanxi.

However, something shocking like this was discovered.

This is indeed no small matter.

If a batch of official fields under the jurisdiction of Henan are really investigated, involving clans, officials, gentry and other groups, it means that this kind of bad governance also existed in other parts of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the royal court normally levies taxes every year, and withholds at least millions of taels of silver. This is not a small sum, and it is related to the foundation of the country."

Han Xu's face turned ugly.

"Mr. Wen Ge, Mr. Bi Ge, have you ever thought clearly about what kind of turmoil it will cause to the court, Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty if this matter gets serious?"

Han Xu frowned, looked at Wen Tiren and the others, and said loudly: "I have never objected to Sun Chuanting's investigation of official fields from beginning to end. After all, the occupation of official fields violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty. No matter who is involved, they must be severely punished.

loan.

However, when Sun Chuanting coerced the people of Henan and followed the disaster relief agency he set up to create such public sentiment, the matter was not that simple.

Have you forgotten all the turmoil that occurred in the Wanli Dynasty?"

It is difficult to be a cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty.

It is even more difficult to be the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Once there is any large-scale civil uprising in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and it is directly or indirectly related to the cabinet, it will bear heavy pressure.

Not everyone can do the position of chief minister of the cabinet.

"The cabinet takes the order!"

As soon as Han Xu finished speaking, Wang Chengen's voice sounded outside the Wenhua Palace. This made Han Xu, Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan and the others look at each other and all get up and rush out of the palace.

Wang Cheng'en, who was wearing a scarlet python robe and holding the imperial edict in his hand, saw Han Xu, Wen Tiren and the others coming out, not caring what everyone thought, let alone whether they saluted or not.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, he opened the edict and read it loudly: "The Emperor of Heaven carries the emperor's orders and says: Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan Province, submitted a memorial to Beijing, involving the official land under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption and other departments have assigned ministers and a team led by Wen Tiren, Deputy Assistant to the Cabinet, to rush to Henan to review the case. Thank you very much."

An almost vernacular edict, read out by Wang Chengen, made people like Han Xu, Wen Tiren, and Bi Ziyan understand the emperor's intention after hearing it.

Things in Henan are getting serious.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Chengen came to Wen Tiren with the imperial edict in his hand and said loudly: "Mr. Wen Ge, your Majesty said that if the matter of cleaning up official fields in Henan cannot be handled well, the ministers who left Beijing under the order will not have to do it.

Let’s go back to Beijing again.”

"I...obey your order."

Wen Tiren immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will do my best to work with Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, to investigate the occupation of official land."
Chapter completed!