The civil and military ministers in the Huangji Hall were all wearing court uniforms and stood in two rows according to their ranks. Since Emperor Chongzhen had not arrived yet, these court officials were chatting with their colleagues.

The newly formed cabinet seemed to be isolated, Wen Tiren had a sick face, and next to it was the new Minister of War, Hong Chengchou, who had just returned from Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, behind them were the Left Censor of the Inspectorate, Yang Sichang, the Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall, Chen Qiyu, the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and Chen Xiangsheng, the Left Minister of War who was also recalled by Chongzhen from the front line.

The chatting was divided into two factions. The Donglin Party members recently got very close to the nobles of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Zhu Chunchen, the left governor of the Governor's Office, even stood on the civil service train and chatted with Liang Yang, the minister of Dali Temple.

Yang Sichang and Wen Tiren also talked to Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng, who had just returned from the front line, about what happened recently and the attitude of Emperor Chongzhen, which made the three of them frown.

Shaoqing, Emperor Chongzhen walked from the side hall with a purple gold winged crown and a five-clawed golden dragon robe with expressionless face. In response to the ministers' voices, Zhu Chunchen reluctantly returned to his train.

"All the ministers reported the matter!" After the court officials finished their salutes, Wang Chengen stood under the imperial steps and sang.

However, after three breaths, none of the ministers came out to report the matter. The atmosphere at the court meeting seemed very tense, or strange. Zhu Chunchen even lowered his head and raised his lips slightly.

"Since you all don't want to say it, I will say it." Emperor Chongzhen said with a bright eyes while sitting on the dragon throne with a strange smile.

"Is this the way for you to oppose my national policy? Is these despicable acts taught by Saint Confucius to teach you these despicable acts?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

During this period, Emperor Chongzhen thought about a lot of things and saw a lot of things. He was even shocked by the news that Wang Chengen and Han Shanhe came.

Who would have thought that in the Ming Dynasty, in the 17th century, there would have been a group of people who could be strong enough to organize a nationwide marches? Who would have thought that these people could be strong enough to be able to close all the stores in the capital, or even Shuntian Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture?

To put it bluntly, students strike, merchants strike, workers strike, and officials dismissal, neglect their duties, and falsely slander. This is simply more powerful and thorough than the May Fourth Movement three hundred years later.

Although their wishes were so despicable and their behavior was so shameful that they even brought innocent people into the water. Chongzhen got angry in the Qianqing Palace more than once, and even cursed these people.

But he had to admit that even as the emperor, he could not leverage these interest groups by relying on the little resources he held now.

He had thought of cutting the mess quickly, and had thought of dismissing all these corrupt and incompetent people, starting from Qian Shi's case, implicating Donglin to obtain silver. He also firmly believed that once this matter was done, all problems could be solved.

However, he was actually taught a lesson by the Donglin Party members.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 120,000 Beijing officials and local officials, nearly 400,000 royal relatives and nobles. These people were powerful and had status, and even had money even if they were just like him.

If you have money, you will have soldiers. Chongzhen understands this truth, so how can those people not understand it?

The rich family smells of wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death. What a irony.

Even though he possesses the complex knowledge of later generations and the clear vision of bystanders in later generations, he really sinks into this world and this situation. If he wants to save this extremely rotten empire by his own strength, it is impossible to complete in three days and half a month.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, not to mention that he really wants to cut off people's wealth, but also wants to skin and eat grass directly.

He is still too young and thinks too simple.

But Chongzhen couldn't bear this tone.

"Cai Aiqing, can you explain it to me?" Chongzhen asked Cai Shulian, the Imperial College Priest, who was standing in the back row.

Cai Shulian was shocked. The Imperial College was just an intermediate official from the fourth rank. He didn't expect that he was the first to be taken out.

"Report to Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty wants me to explain, but the students in the Imperial College learn the way of saints. When they see unfair things, they speak up for justice and do their duty. I cannot block the long and wide mouths of all students. That is their freedom." Cai Shulian replied after leaving the class.

"In this world, officials can discuss the government affairs, merchants can discuss the government affairs, and even farmers in the fields can discuss the government affairs, but only students cannot discuss the government affairs. Do you know why?" Chongzhen asked again.

"I don't know." Cai Shulian replied very simply.

"Hmph! Because of ignorance! After reading a few books of sages, you dare to claim to be knowledgeable?

If you are not diligent in your body, you will not separate your grains, and you will not touch your hands. You will not know the hardships of farmers and the hardships of refugees.

I just think that there is a golden house in the book, but I don’t know that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to break ten thousand books. How can a scholar dare to discuss the major affairs of the world?" Chongzhen sneered.

Students at this time are no different from later generations. Later generations are in the period of information explosion. Coupled with the complex knowledge they have learned and the correct guidance of teachers, many middle school students can have unique insights into current affairs.

At this time, the students really didn't even make simple noodles except Zhihu.

Chongzhen's words were shocking, and Cai Shulian, the Imperial College Superintendent, didn't know how to refute it.

However, the court officials were still talking about it. Although it was reasonable, the sages said that a gentleman was far away from the kitchen. Can what the sages said be wrong?

But at the same time, they also knew that Chongzhen was holding a fire in his stomach now. The most important thing had not been discussed yet, and some small things would not be offended, so no one would refute it anymore.

"From today, anyone who dares to gather on the street to discuss current affairs will be punished with ten sticks and will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations that year! This matter will be jointly supervised by the Ministry of Rites, the Five City Military Command, and the Jinyiwei."

"I obey the order." As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, the new Minister of Rites Fan Jingwen and the commander of the Jinyiwei Han Shanhe immediately left the stroll.

The punishment is harsh, and it’s okay to blame the stick. At most, it’s a bitter taste. However, those scholars really have to think about it seriously if they cancel the qualification for the scientific examination that year.

"Duke Chengguo, Jiading Bo, you two are the leaders of the honorary relatives, can you explain to me the issue of the closing of the shop in the capital?" After talking about the scholar, Chongzhen stared at Zhu Chunchen and his stingy father-in-law again.

As a founding hero, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, did not look like a hero after a martyr. He was so slim that he had a big and thick face. If he had changed into a foreign uniform, he would look like a fat businessman.

The ex-girlfriend had a faint eyes and handed over the current crown prince Zhu Cilang in front of the tree with a crooked neck, allowing him to save the prince's life for great cause. However, in order to survive, this guy turned around and sent the crown prince to Li Zicheng's army, and then executed by Li Zicheng. He was short-sighted and ridiculed.

Zhou Kui, the Jiading Boss, became even more merciless. Zhou Kui was born as a plasterer and was poor for most of his life. When his daughter married into the royal family, he had most of the characteristics of becoming rich and becoming a slave. He was greedy for money as his life and kept money as a slave.

In order to raise military pay, the ex-boyfriend asked his father-in-law to set an example to pay more money. The stingy Zhou Kui said that his family was poor and only had two thousand taels of silver.

This made Queen Zhou unable to bear it anymore. She sold her jewelry and exchanged for 5,000 taels of silver to her father, asking him to make up for 5,000 taels to make up for an integer. Unexpectedly, this guy only donated 3,000 taels in the end and made 2,000 taels, which was awesome.

Unfortunately, Li Zicheng was in the end. After the capital broke, Liu Zongmin tortured these officials and Xunqi one by one, so Zhou Kui naturally could not escape.

Zhou Kui also used his life to interpret what a real wealth-guarding slave was. In fact, he fooled Li Zicheng at the beginning and said that he had no money. He also said that the court had not paid his salary for half a year, but Li Zicheng did not believe it at all.

He ordered Liu Zongmin to kill his wife, but Zhou Kui still refused to pay a tael of silver and killed his son and daughter-in-law. He still asked for money but he didn't want it. He was poor.

It was not until Liu Zongmin left the fight that Zhou Kui told him the location of Tibetan silver. Zhou Kui's family knocked out as much as 700,000 taels of silver. This was not counted as the Zhou family's industry, land mu and other properties.

"Report to Your Majesty, we don't know other stores, but our store's profit is low, so we can barely support it. Your Majesty imposes commercial taxes, and our shop is really unable to open. As the father-in-law, we cannot raise prices to harm the people, so we have to temporarily close our business."

Zhou Kui said that his beard was erect and convincing his son-in-law to collect business taxes was really competing with the people for profit.
Chapter completed!