Chapter 1108 Complex situation
Wang Qiaonian's memorials were written more than King Jing wrote, and they were thick and solid. Zhu Xu looked through them, page by page, extremely serious.
Wang Qiaonian said that the local Dali Temple is currently a decoration, especially at the prefecture and county level. Whether it is the people or the local government office, the power to cut off the prison is still in the county and prefecture government offices. Dali Temple cannot be inserted at all. If there is any movement, if there is no need to talk about the county office, some people will have a big impact and make a mess.
Not to mention the complexity, the result is that Dali Temple has very few survivals at the prefecture and county level, let alone performing its duties.
The government level is even more complicated, with the "new policy" reforms of the governor's yamen intertwined. It not only needs to uphold the reform will of the governor's yamen and centralize power, but also allocate the power of severance to the Dali Temple, and also give the Governor's ruling power. In addition, there are gentry, local bureaucrats and other situations. Although there are Dali Temples at the government level, and occasionally there are lawsuits, at most, they are better than nothing, and their actual effects are very few.
How can you bear the love!
It is even more complicated when it reaches the provincial level. The Governor's Office monopolizes the power, and neither the Dali Temple nor the Governor's Office are suppressed and cannot bear the head. Especially the Dali Temple, almost only the Governor's Office obeys the orders and do not have enough independence, let alone take away the power of severance from the Governor's Office. Decentralize the power of the Governor's Office, check and balance the Governor's Office, and prevent them from violating the law and doing things arbitrarily.
Zhu Xu's eyes were slightly deeper, and he looked at it again, and his expression was a little solemn.
It’s not that he didn’t know about these, but that it was not as specific as Wang Qiaonian wrote. After looking at the whole picture, this situation was much more serious than he expected. The thousand-year barriers could not be so easy to break. Even though he had long dismantled various forces in the Ming Dynasty, the most stubborn group, as long as there are still people alive, this group of people will always be there.
It is now the eighth year of Chongzhen in history. It has been nine years since he ascended the throne, but the real "New Deal" started last year. After a year of tossing and causing it to be clear that this year it has begun to increase its efforts. There is nothing else except chaos.
Cao Huachun, not far away, looked at Zhu Xu's expression and lowered his head slightly.
While Zhu Xu was pondering, Liu Shimin walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Shandong urgently reported that Zhang Bingwen and Zhang Shangshu did not lead the guard when he was secretly visiting Taizhou Prefecture. He was attacked by an unknown person. The people in the Criminal Prison Division suspected that they were people from some places, but they could not find evidence. Zhang Shangshu had nothing to do, he was stabbed in his thigh with a sword."
Zhu Xu looked up at him. Before these important officials left Beijing, he repeatedly told them to be careful and careful, but something still happened.
However, I could understand the anxiety of Zhang Bingwen and others. I put down the memorial and said, "Call them back to Beijing. It's the end of the year soon, it's time to come back."
"After the order." Liu Shimin responded and left quickly.
Zhu Xu looked at Wang Qiaonian and King Jing's memorials, with a deep look. It won't take long for several other people, six other memorials to arrive, and a Ming Dynasty that was in ruins, rags, Chen Ke's old problems, and hard to return was in front of Zhu Xu. He knew it in his mind, but he already had a premonition that the reality would be much more serious than he expected.
As soon as Liu Shimin left, an internal supervisor hurried in and handed over an account book, saying, "Emperor, the account book of Shenlong Mansion."
Zhu Xu took it, waved his hand, and spread it out to see it.
This account book is written in a very detailed manner. Even if you sell a few bowls or stones, the numbers are accurate to a copper coin!
From ships, guns, small ones to silk, porcelain, pottery, glass products, etc., Zhu Xu was surprised.
This account book is the result of the "Ten Thousand Trade Conference" half a month ago in Shenlong Mansion. This conference not only gathered almost all the big merchants of the Ming Dynasty, but also the surrounding countries and tribes, as well as those Europeans who were keen on overseas exploration. This trading conference was unprecedentedly grand and was definitely the most massive one in history.
The number that has been put into the bag is 9.2 million, while the estimated number is 32 million, and the number that has been taken out is 1.0 million, and the time is three years.
Zhu Xu looked at it, and finally a little smile appeared on his face.
Although this number is still a little less, this is just the beginning. When King Xin arrives in Europe and walks around, the scope of Ming Dynasty's trade will expand to the whole world! At the same time, the Ming Dynasty's fleets will go to sea will increase, and the returns will become more and more amazing!
These gave Zhu Xu some comfort, put them aside, and continued to read other memorials.
It was not until dark that Zhu Xu left the cabinet hall and returned to the Qianqing Palace.
"There are more and more trivial matters now..." Zhu Xu sighed on the way to the Qianqing Palace. The 'New Policy' has begun to tread, and it has entered the substantive stage. There have been countless more things. His workload has increased ten times more than last year, and there are obvious signs of continued increase.
Cao Huachun followed behind and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Lord Fu is about to come back soon, and you will be able to save yourself in a few days."
Zhu Xu nodded and entered November. The end of the year was right in front of him. Fu Changzong's entry into the cabinet was the biggest thing in the court and the country.
The entry of Fu Changzong into the cabinet will greatly increase the authority of the cabinet and have a strong driving force on the "New Deal". In the near future, Zhou Yingqiu will also enter the cabinet. At that time, the cabinet will be of great use and can alleviate his huge pressure.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xu smiled and felt relieved.
After walking a few steps, Zhu Xu suddenly said: "Does the Tokugawa shogunate really plan to resolve the Shimahara Rebellion in one fell swoop? Or do you deliberately show it to me?"
Cao Huachun was already used to Zhu Xu's jumping thinking. After thinking for a while, he said: "Not long ago, the head coach of Japan on Jiuguo Island launched a bandit suppression, but he was defeated and had been replaced. He was replaced by another person. This person seemed to have to fight for a long time, wanting to siege the rioters and waste them to death..."
Zhu Xu jumped and said with a smile: "Water is not as big as my Ming Dynasty. It's just that big. If the rioters are really surrounded in a certain city, they might be able to collapse without fighting in half a year. This new general is very smart."
When Cao Huachun heard this, he said, "Your Majesty, do you want to intervene?"
Zhu Xu had already walked to the warm pavilion and stopped and said, "How many people are there in the Satsuma family now?"
Cao Huachun said, "Huashan Jiushou has control of 1,500 elite warriors. Zuo Liangyu has three thousand given to him by the emperor, and recently recruited miscellaneous soldiers from Ryukyu, North Korea, etc., and there should be about 6,000 people, maybe more."
Chapter completed!