The next day, Emperor Chongzhen began to handle government affairs, and he was accompanied by Prince Zhu Cihong. Nothing else, he was just beside the emperor, copying the information on his mobile phone, mainly the three basic courses of mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Because this was Zhu Cihong's first contact, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to start with the simple ones, that is, mathematics.
Emperor Chongzhen himself summoned his close ministers, namely Wang Chengen, the governor of the West Factory, Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji to discuss the matter.
Originally, as a military commander, Zhou Yuji was not qualified to participate in discussions at this time in the late Ming Dynasty.
However, because the matter discussed was related to him, and Emperor Chongzhen trusted him very much, he also asked him to come.
There was another person who Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay much attention to before, but now his performance seems to be good, so he summoned him together for discussion. This person is the only person left in the cabinet, and he has promoted him to the chief minister of the cabinet.
He Fengsheng.
Not only did He Fengsheng not threaten to resign, but he actually did his best. What attracted Emperor Chongzhen's favor most was that He Fengsheng was the first civil servant to take the initiative to follow up with the cowpox vaccination after he was vaccinated.
Under all these circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen also asked Liu Weichao and found out that He Fengsheng committed suicide by drowning himself in a lake when Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang. He was considered an upright minister.
Therefore, He Fengsheng was also recognized by Emperor Chongzhen.
There were only two contents of this discussion. One was to capture Chen Xinjia, and at the same time, the generals who had close contacts with Chen Xinjia in the capital should also be captured together. Then Sun Chuanting officially took up the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
The second is the matter of the cabinet ministers abandoning their stalls together!
Generally speaking, I don’t want to be an official, what else can I do?
However, this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not want to let them go!
Regarding this, Sun Chuanting was not surprised or surprised at all. In his opinion, he was very much in favor of Emperor Chongzhen doing this. However, He Fengsheng was not informed in advance and was immediately surprised.
Looking at the methods deployed by Emperor Chongzhen, for example, before arresting Chen Xinjia, he had secretly investigated Chen Xinjia's affairs. He even knew which generals had colluded with Chen Xinjia, and arranged for Sun Chuanting, who had won many battles, to take over as Minister of War.
This is a plan and then action, definitely not the kind like in the past, where after hearing so-and-so’s memorial, you got furious and took it down on the spot.
At this moment, He Fengsheng couldn't help but get to know Emperor Chongzhen again.
The previous time, Emperor Chongzhen set an example and personally vaccinated cowpox, which also gave him a new understanding of Emperor Chongzhen. It was also the reason why he persisted in the cabinet and did not participate in the attempts by his cabinet colleagues to resign to force the emperor to dissolve the West Factory.
Go into things.
After the discussion came to a halt, Wang Chengen took someone to accompany Sun Chuanting to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and arrested Chen Xinjia and sent him to Jinyiwei Prison.
At the same time, Zhou Yuji led the troops and also arrested several generals in the capital who bribed Chen Xinjia, especially those in the Wucheng Bingma Division. The Wucheng Bingma Division was temporarily taken over by the Yongwei Battalion.
, not under the control of the censor who patrolled the city.
As soon as this incident came out, the capital was immediately shocked.
You know, before, Chen Xinjia had always been Emperor Chongzhen's most favored minister, and his sudden arrest was definitely beyond their expectations.
Not to mention, wasn't it rumored before that Emperor Chongzhen liked craftsmanship and stayed with those lowly craftsmen? Why did he suddenly start arresting people? And it can be clearly seen that this was a plan and then action!
For a moment, all the officials were frightened. They did not cry out for Chen Xinjia, but began to wait and see the emperor's new movements.
Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen's actions did not stop there.
Several cabinet ministers who left their stalls at home, such as Zhang Sizhi and others, were also arrested by Xichang. The charges were also related to corruption and bribery.
The Minister of War and several cabinet ministers were arrested at once. Even before, Emperor Chongzhen had never made such a big move, which shocked the civil and military officials even more.
At this juncture, Sun Chuanting, the new Minister of War, acted vigorously and resolutely, setting off the new official's appointment.
The first fire, in accordance with the emperor's decree, is to warn the army across the country not to disturb the people, not to kill good people for meritorious deeds, or to harm the people!
The second step is also based on the emperor's decree, which allows the various military stations to inspect military fields; the generals can implement the policy of clearing and replenishing troops nearby to supplement military needs.
The third fire, hereditary military positions, honors, etc., the Ministry of War will re-assess, and only those who pass the assessment will have hereditary positions and be reused!
As soon as these things were announced, they immediately caused shock.
They definitely didn't arrive first, and Sun Manzi was actually used so highly by the emperor, and even introduced such a major national policy.
In the past, when there was no money to supply the army, we could only watch the army "borrow money" without any other options. Or we could collect money by levying three additional rates.
But now, Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to spend a penny, he just used Sun Chuanting's method to collect the money and food from the Qingtun, and the troops were able to collect money and food, and it made people speechless, because this was decided by Emperor Taizu
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This series of events is equivalent to Emperor Chongzhen using his empty hands to reorganize the army and gain a wave of fame!
When did Emperor Chongzhen become so powerful?
However, it’s not over yet!
The cabinet also followed suit and announced to the world that the policy of imposing three additional taxes would instead be levied on those with more than 200 acres of land in the north and 100 acres in the south.
As soon as this national policy change came out, people immediately remembered Lu Xiangsheng's grain policy back then, it was exactly the same!
All of a sudden, everyone in the capital was discussing the recent news. Of course, there are also some people who like to comment after the fact.
"Actually, these things about the Emperor have already been revealed, and I have noticed them a long time ago!"
"Don't believe it? Think about it, didn't Lu Xiangsheng just be granted a posthumous title? Look, isn't his grain-related strategy being reused by the emperor again?"
"I heard that one of Lu Xiangsheng's brothers has also been summoned to Beijing. It may be related to this food-related policy!"
"Also, haven't you noticed? In the past, the emperor often summoned Chen Xinjia and discussed everything with him, but has it happened recently? Isn't this a sign that the Sacred Heart has fallen out of favor? You don't even know about it?"
"..."
Amid such discussions, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, locked himself in the study and became a little worried.
Previously, he was also Emperor Chongzhen's favorite, but according to rumors, Emperor Chongzhen has never looked for him. Could it be that the Sacred Heart has changed?
This question finally aroused his vigilance.
But if you want to say how worried Zhu Chunchen is, it doesn't matter.
You know, he is not comparable to Chen Xinjia. He is a hereditary Duke of Cheng. Even his grandfather was able to dominate the court and keep his word.
Moreover, the Beijing camp is still in his hands, and the generals in the army are all his disciples. This is not comparable to a mere five-city army.