Emperor Su He sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers who were waiting for him below.
He could predict that today's court would be very lively.
There are many officials involved in the Su Erniu case, and many forces in the court will definitely compete for these positions.
Emperor Su He has figured out how to distribute these positions.
Cabinet minister and Dali Temple Minister Wang Yanhu came out from among the civil servants to report on the Su Erniu case.
His penalty was recognized by Emperor Su He and other ministers.
Many ministers were not surprised by this situation.
Other minor officials in Dali Temple could make penalty decisions. Su Erniu and his family must have obtained Emperor Su He's opinion in advance.
Wang Yanhu said at the end: "Your Majesty, in the case of Su Erniu, a total of 26.47 million taels of silver coins were confiscated.
Land companies, gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other items totaling 85,310,000 taels of silver coins.
Some businessmen also came to Dali Temple to appeal and return their misappropriated assets."
"Your Majesty, this is stolen money. It should be transferred to the national treasury and must not be returned to those businessmen with impure intentions."
Li Tiankui, the Minister of Household Affairs, immediately stood up and requested.
The whereabouts of the stolen money is related to the interests of the Ministry of Accounts.
Only if there is money in the treasury, the Minister of Household Affairs has the power.
Li Tiankui was born in the Shaofu, and most of the subordinates and friends he trained served in the Shaofu.
Many people have been affected by this case. Even if they have not been dismissed from office, they have been reprimanded by officials and subordinates. Their future career will be very bumpy.
The culprit Su Erniu and his family have been punished.
The businessmen who gathered around the Su family were also helping the evildoers.
Businessmen with close connections and connections have all been imprisoned by the Ministry of Punishment.
Nowadays, most of the businessmen who can go to Dali Temple to appeal are peripheral members.
Li Tiankui didn't want them to take any responsibility.
For these businessmen, losing a fortune is heartbreaking.
Emperor Su He looked at Li Tiankui, the Minister of Household Affairs, and said: "Li Aiqing's words make sense.
But this stolen money does not need to go into the national treasury.
If the clan makes a mistake, I feel ashamed of the people.
These stolen funds are used as education funds to build schools in various places.
It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Education is a century-old undertaking of the empire, so this money will be spent on education.”
Emperor Su He determined the use of the money. The ministers were jealous of this huge asset. They knew that they had no suitable reasons to make the emperor change his mind.
Various factions in the imperial court are already gearing up to compete for the vacant positions.
Niu Jinxing, a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, immediately stood up and pointed his finger at the cabinet minister Wang Yanhu.
"Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate for a cabinet minister to also serve as minister of Dali Temple.
Mr. Wang previously served as Minister of Dali Temple, which was just a temporary measure.
Now that the Su Erniu case has come to an end, I sincerely request your Majesty to take back Mr. Wang's concurrent duties.
As a cabinet minister, Mr. Wang also controls Dali Temple, one of the three Dali Temples.
Mr. Wang’s power is too great, and Dali Temple’s intimidation is too strong, which is not conducive to the stability of the court.”
Niu Jinxing was the first to launch the charge.
Many important officials in the imperial court supported Niu Jinxing's opinion.
They were ready to unite and kick Wang Yanhu out first.
The cabinet minister also served as the minister of Dali Temple, and he not only held the power of governance but also the power of law.
This is being both an athlete and a referee.
If Wang Yanhu is not dealt with, there will be no room for other forces to survive in the court from now on.
Wang Yanhu will use the tool of Dali Temple to put everyone who dares to oppose him into prison.
Even if he doesn't use this method, he relies on the power in his hand to intimidate.
Other forces will be at a disadvantage when competing with Wang Yanhu.
Emperor Su He looked at Niu Jinxing. This person was famous in the original history, but his rise in the Great China Empire was slow.
Niu Jinxing and Li Yan were among the first batch of down-and-out literati to go to Hanzhong to take part in the imperial examination.
Many people are very popular and have been promoted slowly in the past two years, so they are not as good as those who came after them.
Oxen Venus is mainly too cunning, not good at doing things, and is better at forming cliques for personal gain.
Li Yan is unsociable and stubborn, good at talking but not good at doing things.
Emperor Su He saw that because of Niu Jinxing's guidance, most people in the court pointed their fingers at Wang Yanhu.
He had anticipated this situation before. Wang Yanhu was too upright and had frequent conflicts with other cabinet ministers and the six ministers in recent years.
Emperor Su He had planned to transfer Wang Yanhu out before, and took advantage of Su Erniu's case to officially transfer him to Dali Temple.
"Wang Aiqing, what do you think of Niulangzhong's statement?"
Wang Yanhu glanced at Niu Jinxing, and the hatred in his eyes flashed away.
He thought about the grievances he had felt in the cabinet in the past few years, and also thought about the work he had done in Dali Temple these days.
The sages said it right, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the queen of an ox.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to resign as cabinet minister and devote all my energy to Dali Temple."
Wang Yanhu's actions immediately shocked all officials.
None of them thought that what Wang Yanhu gave up was not the minister of Dali Temple with lower power, but the cabinet minister.
The Minister of Dali Temple has reached the top and cannot be promoted, and the Cabinet Minister still hopes to be promoted to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.
Wang Yanhu's approach of retreating in order to advance directly disrupted everyone's plans.
Emperor Su He said: "I respect Wang Aiqing's opinion, and Wang Aiqing officially takes over as Minister of Dali Temple.
If there is a vacancy in the cabinet ministers, Qian Mingyi, the governor of Guangdong, will fill in the cabinet ministers.
Wang Dagang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed governor of Guangdong."
Qian Mingyi, as a confidant of Emperor Su He, was implicated in the Yellow River Embankment case and was demoted to the governor of Guangdong.
In recent years, he has used the opportunities of opening up overseas to develop Guangdong into the most powerful province in the Great China Empire.
In all regions before the Great China Empire, the Jiangnan region was the dominant one.
The rise of the Lingnan region, represented by Guangdong, has effectively checked and balanced the Jiangnan region.
Emperor Su He took this opportunity to directly transfer the money back to the capital.
Prime Minister Wei Shiming saw a slight sweat on his forehead when the situation developed like this.
This was the worst result he expected.
They were so weak not only because they offended Wang Yanhu, who controlled Dali Temple.
He also gave his most important competitor, Guangdong Governor Qian Mingyi, a chance.
Qian Mingyi was not demoted because of the Yellow River Embankment case.
Who does the Prime Minister belong to? There is still great controversy.
Even if Qian Mingyi's power is gradually declining, he must not be underestimated.
Prime Minister Wei Shiming sighed secretly, this matter was a foregone conclusion.
He had defeated Qian Mingyi before, and now he was the Prime Minister and his wings were full.
Why worry about Qian Mingyi? You need to focus on the battle for vacant officials.
Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi was the cabinet minister who was promoted later.
He was a gift of the times, as the first overseas governor-general of the Great China Empire and the first governor-general of the Nanyang Governor-General.
Wu Hongyi used the Nanyang Governor's Palace as a model to create rules for the overseas expansion of the Great China Empire.
Because of this achievement, he crushed all the major governors and became the winner of the additional cabinet ministers.
Wu Hongyi once served in Sichuan and Guangdong, but his base was in Nanyang.
He has a weak foundation in the capital and only recruits some minor officials.
This situation is the opportunity he has been waiting for for a long time.
As long as he can push a few officials to join him, his circle will become more stable.
Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi came out and said: "Your Majesty, there are too many people dismissed from office in Dali Temple, Shaofu, State Administration of Taxation and other yamen, and some of the businesses of these yamen have been partially paralyzed.
Chen Jianyi recruited some officials as soon as possible to make these yamen run smoothly.
I know a few talented people who I can recommend..."
Emperor Su He saw cabinet minister Wu Hongyi talking eloquently.
He knew that after Wu Hongyi said this, more ministers would do these things.
These ministers all competed for the vacant official position for one thing.
This happened from time to time, and Emperor Su He could read out what they wanted to say.
In order to compete for interests, various factions frequently use various methods.
Although they did not perform full-scale martial arts at the Great Court Meeting, they did engage in scolding and fighting twice.
Emperor Su He's patience with the ministers' overt and covert fights has almost reached its limit.
In particular, some people have set their sights on the grown-up prince, which directly touched Emperor Su He's bottom line.
He is ready to deliver a heavy blow to completely reverse the current situation of party struggle.
Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi's words were directly interrupted by the birth of Emperor Su He.
"I plan to use the official positions that will be vacated this time to recruit talented people.
At the beginning of my rise to power, I set up a recruiting center in Hanzhong and recruited many talented people.
Many of the first- and second-grade officials of the empire came from the recruitment of talented people that year.
I have heard that various ideological trends among the people are constantly emerging, and there is a grand scene of a hundred schools of thought contending in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
I am going to take out some positions and recruit talents from hundreds of families so that they can be used by the country.
Furthermore, the prince has reached adulthood and it is time to ask a famous teacher to teach him.
Outstanding talents among hundreds of schools can serve as teachers for each prince, teaching him knowledge."
Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi was interrupted by Emperor Su He.
He was a little panicked at first, worried that he might have offended Emperor Su He in some way.
After listening to Emperor Su He's speech with trepidation, he realized that Emperor Su He had other ideas.
These positions vacated by the imperial court will be given to talented people in the eyes of Emperor Su He.
These talented people can also become teachers for princes.
Wu Hongyi knew that this was his opportunity to lay the foundation and catch up with other cabinet ministers.
He took advantage of the opportunity when he was walking out of the queue and others were stunned, and he bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, can the officials of the imperial court join the hundreds of families you mentioned?"
Emperor Su He smiled and said: "What are the thoughts of a hundred schools of thought for?
In ancient times, Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism were all exploring ways to govern the country.
Today's hundreds of schools must also have unique ideas for governing the country.
If officials are prohibited from joining, what kind of governance is that?
If a certain family's ideas can be recognized by most officials, I think this is the idea that can govern the country."
As soon as Emperor Su He said these words, the eyes of the officials participating in the meeting all flickered.
What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.
They do not have the ability to create a new school of thought like Wang Shouren, but joining a recognized school is not difficult at all.
Emperor Su He announced that on September 10th before the joint examination, he would hold the Great China Empire Hundred Schools of Thought Conference, and welcomed all universities to come to Beijing to discuss Taoism.
This sudden incident caught all officials off guard.
They had no intention of discussing other matters, as the meeting would end soon.
Emperor Su He watched the officials walk out of the Huangji Palace courtyard one after another.
He stood up from the dragon chair and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.
The reason why Emperor Su He did this was because the party disputes between civil servants and military generals had intensified in recent years.
Officials stick together because of interests, geographical location, mentorship and other reasons.
The main reason is that it is difficult for officials to survive in the officialdom if they do not stick together.
Emperor Su He also repeatedly cracked down on officials forming cliques for personal gain. He found that no matter how hard he cracked down, this phenomenon would more or less happen.
It is simply impossible for every official to be a saint with extremely high moral standards.
A normal person will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, not to mention that officials are all elites.
Emperor Su He thought of the story of Dayu's flood control, and it was better to clear the flood than to block it.
He began a few years ago to ease party disputes among officials and allow them to compete in an orderly manner.
Officials who were talkative, clique-oriented, and only knew how to fight. They were suppressed by Emperor Su He, and their promotions were extremely slow.
Most officials form cliques, but they can do their jobs well.
The officialdom of the Dahua Empire formed many factions, each of which was not very powerful and was all under the control of Emperor Su He.
As he watched the princes grow up day by day, he felt that this was not a long-term solution.
He is the founding emperor, possesses powerful military force and is extremely determined in mind.
Civil servants and military generals were all afraid of him and would never dare to fool him in anything they did.
Wait until he grows old and the prince ascends the throne.
If this system is maintained, treacherous ministers or powerful ministers will inevitably appear in power, and the Su family will be usurped.
Emperor Su He thought for several years and decided to transform the party struggle dominated by powerful officials into a party dominated by political parties.
Even in the most extreme situation, where several parties check and balance each other, the emperor becomes a puppet or mascot at most.
As the economy of the Great China Empire flourished, the imperial court did not restrict folk ideological trends.
The revival of the thoughts of various schools of thought, combined with the current situation, formed various new trends of thought.
Emperor Su He saw new hope in it.
New schools of thought compete with each other to replace the old party struggle.
This is no longer about representing a certain person or an interest group, but rather a certain idea.
This kind of faction accommodates multiple interest groups, and they compete with each other, making it easier for the emperor to control them.
This kind of competition is healthy competition, and it is difficult for one company to dominate and surpass the imperial power.
The current thinking of the Dahua Empire is very confusing, which is not conducive to the stability of the empire.
Hundreds of schools competed with each other and formed several mainstream ideas, which was also conducive to the stability of the empire.
Emperor Su He believed that the time was ripe, so he promoted a new contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Great Council.
He is not afraid that the Hundred Schools of Thought will lose control and one school will annex all schools.
Even if Confucianism is the dominant family, there are also factions such as Neo-Confucianism and Psychology.
What's more, legalism and other doctrines continue to grow, and they will never give up the interests in their hands.
No matter which direction things develop, he will never be worse than ministers forming cliques for personal gain and forming party strife.
Emperor Su He did not forget that an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was the fierce party struggle.
The Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty defeated all parties, and the losers used the eunuch party to fight against the Donglin Party.
When the Eunuch Party also failed and the Donglin Party became the dominant party with no one to rule, the Ming Dynasty entered a countdown to its death.
Emperor Su He would never allow a selfish party like the Donglin Party to appear in the Great China Empire.
