When dealing with the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, we must always give both kindness and power, and always let the imperial power gain the upper hand. Otherwise, party struggles, internal friction, camps, illegal phenomena will become unscrupulous.

Emperor Chongzhen's strong attitude was unexpected by Han Yu, especially the new Donglin Party such as Shi Kefa, who had just emerged as a magnificent in the court, but was expelled from the court by the emperor, deducted their fame and exiled to Liaodong.

Faced with such a situation, Han Yu must argue with reason. After all, Shi Kefa and the others cannot be protected. So who will believe in him, the chief minister of the cabinet in the future, in the court and within the Donglin Party?

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much, but just took out some things Shi Kefa and others did in private, and completely blocked Han Du's mouth.

The dispute over imperial power and ministerial power in the court will never stop. Anyone who wants to take the initiative must hold on to the life gate so that the advantage can be ensured.

Obviously, it is Emperor Chongzhen who has the advantage at the moment!

"Second assistant, how long has it been gone? Our Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Censorate have found more than a hundred court officials, which has caused a lot of controversy between the court and the country."

Min Hongxue looked worried, looked at Fu An's busy Wen Tiren, and leaned forward: "This is obviously the emperor's plan. He wants to use our hands to suppress the Donglin Party. Now many people are starting to stare at us.

Under this current situation, the Independent Commission Against Corruption cannot review it anymore. There are too many courtiers arrested in the Heavenly Prison. If the review continues..."

“Do we have a way out?”

Wen Tiren put down his memorial, faced Min Hongxue's gaze, and sighed: "Don't forget that when the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, His Majesty had said those words.

Anyone who violates the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, if the Independent Commission Against Corruption is aware of the information and does not move, will be severely punished by the joint commissioner.

Shi Kefa and other guys mistakenly predicted the current situation and felt that if they made such movements, His Majesty would be afraid of something, and to make corresponding compromises to stabilize the court and the country.

But they didn't think about it. Since the third year of Chongzhen, His Majesty has gradually replaced the governors of the northern provinces and established local disaster relief administrations to gradually control the situation."

The recent storms and changes in the court have made Wen Tiren feel awe, especially the Jinyiwei has brought the Jinyiwei to arrest the founded court officials and transferred them to the Tianzhu of the Ministry of Justice, which can be said to have severely hit some people's arrogance.

"If this is true, then some people in the court in the past said that His Majesty is gradually implementing the new policy, not groundless?"

Min Hongxue thought for a while, looked at Wen Tiren and said, "According to the current trend, from land taxes to various miscellaneous taxes, especially customs taxes, commercial taxes, salt taxes, etc., and even mining taxes, will Your Majesty wait for the right opportunity to gradually seek reform?

Nowadays, the national treasury is becoming increasingly abundant, especially in the investigation of the fire consumption over the years. Zhou Ge Lao and his team have found a lot of deficits, and all the stolen silvers have been handed over to Xishan to mint coins."

"Of course it's not groundless."

Wen Tiren sighed: "Since the second year of Chongzhen, Jianlu attacked the border into the pass, Your Majesty personally fought against Jianlu, and since then he did not distribute Liao pay, suppression pay, and training pay. No matter how difficult the court was in the past or even how empty the national treasury was, Your Majesty did not obey the advice of the officials and distribute these food pay to the local government.

Even in order to solve these problems, Your Majesty asked the Ministry of Revenue and the treasury to issue war bonds to various places, using the official land under Zhili and the acres under the imperial village as anchors for war bonds to raise the food and money needed by the imperial court. It is not difficult to see what kind of ambitions His Majesty hides.

Wait.

When the various dangers faced by the northern provinces of our Ming Dynasty ended and the problems encountered were solved, the number of prosperous workshops in various places continued to increase, and the opening of sea in Tianjin and other places deepened, the situation became clearer and clearer."

Min Hongxue: “…”

What Wen Tiren said made Min Hongxue full of concern. If he really wanted to clarify and reform tariffs, commercial taxes, salt taxes, mining taxes, etc., wouldn’t the group they represented suffer a lot of losses?

"Let's take a step first."

Wen Tiren frowned and looked at Min Hongxue with a worried look on his face, "Under the current situation, even in the next few years, we cannot do anything against His Majesty's will.

If this cabinet is not in charge, if you dare to disobey Your Majesty's will, then the fate that awaits us will not be much better than Shi Kefa and the others."

Wen Tiren, a scheming politician, knew very well that he could gain a foothold in the cabinet and court and win over some of his followers, which was purely due to His Majesty’s reliance.

If we leave this core, as his identity as the secondary assistant in the cabinet, it is purely unrealistic to openly oppose Han Dong, the chief minister of the cabinet at some specific periods.

"Gei Master Wen, Your Majesty's oral order."

While Wen Tiren was pondering, Wang Chengen walked into the office room with a whisk in his hand, looked at Min Hongxue, and said nothing else.

"My minister...Wen Tiren, receive the order."

Wen Tiren hurriedly stood up and bowed to Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen turned slightly, avoiding Wen Tiren's salute, and then said loudly: "Wen Tiren, I think there is no need for the six subjects to exist. I will discuss with Han Jisi in the near future and plan the integration of science and Taoism.

The current six disciplines are purely just a decoration, not my six disciplines or the six disciplines of the Ming Dynasty, but have become the six disciplines of some stakeholders.

If this is the case, then we will go all into the Censorate, so that the corresponding powers of the Censorate will be enhanced to ensure the many changes previously set."

“!

!”

Wen Tiren's face changed slightly, and she showed an incredible expression. The emperor actually wanted to take this opportunity to remove the six disciplines and integrate the disciplines. This was simply a shocking move.

Min Hongxue, who bowed and bowed, had the same reaction, and removed the six subjects and integrated the principles of the subject. This was too shocking, I was afraid that there would be a lot of scolding and opposition in the court.

Seeing that Wen Tiren was silent, Wang Chengen continued, "If you think there is any difficulty, then I will take Zhou Yanru back to Beijing to do it. You can go to various places for investigation..."

"I will receive the order!"

After hearing Wen Tiren here, before Wang Chengen finished speaking, he immediately bowed and responded to the unity of science and Taoism. He could feel that the emperor had been planning for a long time. If he did not take on such a job, he would lose the emperor's trust.

Compared to carrying some infamous and losing the trust and reliance of the emperor, this is what Wen Tiren is unwilling to accept.
Chapter completed!