"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
After Wang Chengen finished speaking, he stepped aside and looked at his nose and heart.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Chongzhen took a look and saw that it was Mao Yujian, the censor of Youqian Governor.
"Accurate!"
"Your Majesty, after investigating the actual situation of our imperial inn, please ask your majesty to abolish the inn."
"There are three reasons. First, the post station has become increasingly corrupt and has lost its original function. Moreover, the post station has suffered serious flight from its employees and is no longer able to operate normally;
Secondly, there are currently 2,366 post stations and nearly 100,000 post soldiers, which is a huge expense. After the abolition, the expenses can be used to pay for the Liaodong army;
Third, after being abolished, the labor of the post station can be assigned to farmers to increase the number of handymen. "
Hearing Mao Yujian's words, Chongzhen's mind was like thunder.
He had no memory of the name Mao Yujian, but the abolition of the inn was recorded in history.
Why did Li Zicheng rebel? It was because Chongzhen abolished the post station.
He was unemployed as a postman in Yinchuan and owed foreign debt. As a result, the guy actually killed the creditor. Then his wife committed adultery with a villager and he killed his wife again. He had no choice but to flee.
He fled to Ganzhou to join the army. At that time, Yang Zhaoji was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou and Wang Guo was appointed as the staff general. Li Zicheng was soon promoted to the commander-in-chief of the army by Wang Guo.
In the second year of Chongzhen, he killed the kingdom that promoted him because of military pay issues, and then rebelled.
Judging from the development of the entire period, unemployment was the trigger of Li Zicheng's rebellion.
Putting unemployment aside, judging from what Li Zicheng did, he was a restless man at heart. If he didn't lose his job, he would probably rebel because of other things later.
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"
Liu Mao, the military officer, also went out to support the censor Mao Yujian's proposal.
"Mao Jianyu, let me ask you, what is your official position?"
Mao Jianyu was stunned for a moment, not sure what the emperor meant by his words, but he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am the censor of the right governor."
"You also know that you are the censor of Youqian Governor, do you know your responsibilities?"
"Return to Your Majesty, correct and impeach hundreds of officials, identify the wrongdoers, supervise each department, and serve as the emperor's eyes, ears, and officials."
boom!
Chongzhen, who had been calm since the court meeting, suddenly patted the dragon chair and stood up suddenly: "Then what does the abolition of the post station have to do with you?"
"You haven't done your job well, so you go worry about the affairs of the Ministry of War."
"The post station has been abolished. How will official documents and urgent reports be sent to the border and from various places?"
"Tribute etiquette and how to receive tribute from vassal states to the capital?"
"How should the abolished postmen be placed? How should the post deal with itself..."
"You don't have to think about anything when you do it. Do you just slap your butt and make the decision?"
Chongzhen was angry: "Don't think that I don't know that you have a concubine, but your wife came to Beijing through the inn and found out about it. Instead of reflecting on your fault, you resented coming to the inn."
As soon as these words came out, Mao Yujian suddenly screamed in his heart. Only a few people involved knew about such private matters. How did the emperor know about it.
The other ministers were also stunned. They didn't expect that Mao Yushi would have such a sexy thing. Unfortunately, they thought he was doing it for the country and the people, but it turned out to be personal anger.
"Someone, drag Mao Yujian out and chop him!"
"Drag Liu Mao out too, twenty imperial staffs!"
The Jinyi guards outside the hall immediately dragged Mao Yujian out. Only Mao Yujian's voice begging for mercy echoed in the hall.
Chongzhen was completely devastated. There were 10% of the 6,000 people in Baishui were postmen, deserters, etc. It would be great fun if the post station was abolished.
If even one-tenth of the 100,000 post soldiers joined the civil uprising, the imperial court would have to mobilize 100,000 soldiers and civilians to encircle and suppress it.
There are powerful enemies waiting outside, and it is unrealistic to mobilize the nine frontier troops. If we count on the government troops, the Ming Dynasty will be over.
The tasks of the post station are extremely heavy, and their physical fitness is definitely several times that of ordinary refugees. The combat power of the post soldiers is not as good as that of the border troops, but they are at least on par with the guards' troops.
"My lords, do you have anyone else to present?"
Hearing Chongzhen's question and what happened to Mao Yujian just now, the ministers quickly responded: "I have nothing to do with it anymore!"
"Since you have no foundation, I have something to ask you, dear ones, to hear!"
"Cao Sicheng, as the censor of Zuodu, please tell me what happened to the refugees in the outer city of Beijing?"
Not only Cao Sicheng was confused, but the ministers were also confused. Where did the refugees come from under the emperor's feet?
Cao Sicheng was very smart and did not defend himself. He immediately knelt down and said, "I...I don't know. I'm going to investigate thoroughly now!"
"No!"
Chongzhen was too lazy to talk to them: "I can tell you that these refugees are all from Shaanxi. There is a severe drought in Shaanxi, no harvest, various miscellaneous taxes, and even civil commotion.
There are now more than ten civil uprisings in Shaanxi. The most serious one is Baishui County, where more than 6,000 people have gathered, 10% of whom are post soldiers and deserters. "
Only then did all the ministers understand why the emperor was so angry when Mao Yujian mentioned the abolition of the post station. This was like a knife stabbing into the emperor's heart.
Mentioning this, Chongzhen wanted to pull out these ministers and kill them all.
If this civil uprising is not handled well, it may very well overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but these ministers are still arguing over trivial matters at this moment.
Cao Sicheng, the censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate, subconsciously said: "This is impossible!"
"Impossible? Are you questioning me?"
"Would you like me to find some refugees for you to confront in court?"
Cao Sicheng suddenly trembled and knelt down immediately: "Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. If such an incident happened in Shaanxi, why didn't the Shaanxi censor report it?"
"Your Majesty, the cabinet has not received a natural disaster report from Shaanxi Governor Hu Yanyan, and the governors of the three sides have not reported the civil uprising!"
Cabinet Assistant Minister Zhang Fenglai also stood up. This matter was too big and he had to take some of the responsibility away.
"Wang Chengen, read it to them!"
Wang Chengen immediately stepped forward and read the memorial from Wu Huan, the censor of Shaanxi Province.
"Huang Liji, it's understandable that Shi Fenglai, Li Guopu, Zhang Ruitu, etc. just joined the cabinet and didn't know about it. You joined the cabinet in September of the sixth year of Tianqi. This memorial was presented in August this year. You can't possibly not know about it, right? ?”
"Your Majesty, the cabinet at that time only received a memorial from the censor, and hundreds of refugees gathered. The local government had the absolute ability to deal with it. The cabinet vote was drawn up, and the ceremonial supervisor also approved it..."
"Shut up!"
Chongzhen angrily interrupted Huang Liji's explanation: "At that time, you didn't follow up on the results after the vote was drawn up? What do you want your cabinet to do?
Huang Liji, as the chief minister of the two dynasties, you neglected your duties and betrayed the divine grace, so that you allowed the civil unrest to expand. I am so disappointed.
Come, put Huang Liji in the Supervisory Office and have him thoroughly investigated by the Supervisory Office and Dali Temple. He will not be convicted until the civil uprising is over! "
"Zhou Yingqiu, as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the governor of Shaanxi and the governors of the three sides are so fatuous and decrepit. When faced with such military and state affairs, you fail to report. This is how your official department assesses you? Tell me, how should the governor of Shaanxi be punished?"
