Chapter 721 Conflict between old and new (1)

Responsibility and responsibility are actually relatively lacking among the officials of the Ming Dynasty. The root cause is the past party strife, which led to the deterioration of the atmosphere.

Too many people become officials for the sake of career and profit, thus forgetting their original intention.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was like a big dye vat.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this clearly and made many adjustments and arrangements so that the hard-working people of the Ming Dynasty would not suffer unfair treatment.

"Xu Qing, you have to take good care of your body."

Emperor Chongzhen looked emotional, looked at Xu Guangqi who was much thinner, stretched out his hand and said: "Sit down, we monarchs and ministers are here. If you have anything to say, just sit down and chat. There is no need to abide by the etiquette too much."

As the chief minister of the cabinet, it is not easy to do this.

I know it in my heart.

The current situation between the government and the opposition seems to be relatively stable, but in fact, there are constant undercurrents. The areas where they have disputes and objections are nothing more than my blocking my opinions and being arbitrary."

"Your Majesty, things are not as simple as you think."

Xu Guangqi bowed his hands and said: "The situation faced by the country is actually very bad. Henan's trial of sharing grains per mu and Shaanxi's trial of officials and gentry paying grain and serving as errands have created great public opinion and controversy.

Many people came to Beijing to complain.

Some officials in the DPRK's Yousi department say nothing on the surface, but secretly add fuel to the flames. If these matters are not properly resolved, big problems will occur sooner or later."

In fact, since the implementation of the reform and reform, in a sense, it can no longer be pushed forward.

Before the old problems are fully solved, the dividends generated by the past reforms have been almost consumed.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this very well.

If you want to continue to deepen reforms in the Ming Dynasty, you must implement all previous plans and arrangements in a down-to-earth manner. By expanding internal and external demand, all groups involved can enjoy the dividends of the reform, and then drive further reforms.

The continued opening of the sea is for this purpose.

The arms trade is for this.

Supporting research and development is for this purpose.

The development of state-owned enterprises is for this purpose.

The reason for the big infrastructure construction is for this...

Emperor Chongzhen was using his method to effectively divert conflicts so that some internal reform matters would not cause major reactions or even rebellions.

Interests can be substituted.

But even if it is like this, it still cannot cover up some problems.

"Xu Qing, I just want to ask you a question."

Emperor Chongzhen said sternly: "Regulating the salt administration, eradicating fire waste, dividing small households into acres, and making both officials and gentry pay for food and work as errands. Are these new policies that are being tried out good or bad for the country, the country, and the people?"

Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone what the current contradictions of the Ming Dynasty were.

After all, this is the battle between old and new.

The transfer of economic structure is not as simple as talking about it. Even now, let’s not talk about other regions, just the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

There are still many obstructive forces that do not want to follow the wave of reform, participate in industrial development, or participate in opening up the sea. They only have land in their eyes.

The small-scale peasant economy that has been inherited for thousands of years is not as simple as talking about gradually moving closer to the industrial economy. There are too many things involved behind the scenes, too many groups are affected, and there are too many levels involved.

There is only one core.

That is a privilege!

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to gradually break up the privileges, so that the historical debts owed by Ming Dynasty in the past could be gradually made up, and then return to the normal path.

It is unrealistic to maintain absolute fairness, but Emperor Chongzhen wanted to maintain relative fairness, at least not to let darkness become the mainstream.

But this matter is too difficult.

"Your Majesty, these new policies are all good."

Xu Guangqi pondered for a moment, bowed and said: "If these new policies can be tried and effective in various places, they can effectively combat land annexation and curb local illegal activities.

But there are too many problems now.

Your Majesty is ambitious, which is a good thing.

But your Majesty must also consider reality. If the above-mentioned new policies can be gradually implemented on a trial basis instead of appearing in clusters now, the situation of the country will not be like this."

"Why don't I want to do that, but I don't have that much time."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed softly, "If we follow what the Qing family said, and take the example of dividing a small family into a small family, and want to gradually implement it throughout the country, it will be absolutely impossible to implement it without a span of ten years.

A New Deal takes ten years.

But the problem facing the country and the DPRK is not just one. If we really study these problems in detail, there are still inextricable connections in invisible places.

The Qing family feels that if the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty are exploited and oppressed to the critical point, will they give the country such opportunity and time?"

Xu Guangqi fell silent.

His mind is very messed up.

Before he became the chief minister of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi's position meant that he would not consider comprehensive issues. After all, there were many things that he was not able to touch.

But as the chief minister of the cabinet, even though his position was promoted by Emperor Chongzhen's decree, but with the support of the emperor, many things began to pile up in front of him.

If you are not in your position, you will never know how many problems exist in this position and what kind of situation you need to face.

"Actually, have the Qing family ever thought that the current disputes between the government and the public seem to focus on these issues, but in fact there are many hidden meanings."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to Xu Guangqi: "This is the battle between imperial power and ministerial power. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, there are too many people. I hope I can be a confused emperor and not change the past.

Follow the rules so that no one’s interests will be harmed.

But since I ascended the throne as Yuji, I have not acted according to their ideas.

It is clear that opening up to the outside world will touch the interests of some people.

Clarifying the disaster relief system will touch the interests of some people.

It is clear that industrial development touches the interests of some people.

It is clear that tariff rectification will touch the interests of some people.

This is the case with some of the powers assigned to the Special Military Aircraft Division, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Disaster Relief Administration, etc., including many subsequent matters.

The Qing family thinks that compared with the current Ming Dynasty and the beginning of my imperial rule, which one is better?

In the past, when I wanted to allocate 1 million taels of silver, or no, 500,000 taels of silver, I had to reconsider it repeatedly, and even caused a lot of controversy in the court.

If I hadn't seen all kinds of bad things, how could I be so arbitrary? How could I block my voice? The key to the problem is not with me."

Do you enjoy being the emperor of Ming Dynasty?

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think so.

Behind the seemingly glamorous scene, there are actually many constraints. If you want to do many things, you can't really do it just by having the power of life and death. After all, there are too many privileged groups.
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