bayedsolid First Minister Section 432
First Minister Section 432
Although the number of people is small, the battlefield stretches for thousands of miles, and it has to go deep into the desert. It can be called a grand scale. If no one is in charge of planning and commanding, it will definitely not work.
"Sir, why don't we find another person to stay in Beiping, I'm afraid..."
Zhang Ximeng smiled directly and said: "Your Highness is overwhelmed. The current Yuan Dynasty is still in a state of brain death. We went out to fight. The difference is that the results are very big, and the results are very big... don't worry, the so-called sitting in town is just listening to a good news. What's more, with the Duke of Yue around, His Highness doesn't think he just knows how to build beacon towers and sell salt, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Biao finally breathed a sigh of relief, yes, besides Mr. Hu, there is also Hu Dahai!
If you think about it, there won't be any major problems. The only problem is that the soldiers returned from victory, made great achievements, and lost their manners...
Zhu Biao thought for a while, and suddenly asked curiously: "Sir, I have read a lot of newspapers recently. Why do the courtiers oppose the new salt law? Do they all have collusion with the salt merchants? The people in the court are all corrupt officials. ?”
Saying this, Zhu Biao's hairs stood on end, and his heart jumped with fear.
Although the Great Yuan Dynasty was crotchless, there was still a lot of trouble. If the Great Ming Dynasty were full of corrupt officials, could the country still be handed over to itself? Wouldn't it perish early?
Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly, "Your Highness, why do you say that the new salt method is hated by people?"
Zhu Biao hesitated, "Could it be that salt is the most profitable? They have all been bribed, and they are reluctant to part with it?"
Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "Your Highness, the salt profit is indeed very important, and it has also fattened many people. But if you say that salt merchants can bribe all officials and drag them all into trouble, that would be too underestimating Your Majesty! It also underestimates our newly established Great Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "The biggest problem here is the abolition of the Salt Transport Envoy Yamen!"
Zhu Biao frowned, "Sir, according to the current situation, the salt transportation makes the yamen overstaffed, greedy and incompetent, the corpse sits on a vegetarian diet, does nothing, and even cooperates with the salt merchants..."
Zhang Ximeng interrupted him and said with a smile, "What about the other yamen?"
"This? Maybe it's better than the Yanyun Shi Yamen?" Zhu Biao asked confused.
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Indeed, it will be better, but good and bad are relative... The salt transport makes the yamen, just like dung, among all the yamen, they are the worst. They concentrate the most problems. But it is precisely because of the salt transport Only when the yamen is there can the splendid flowers be nourished...for example, Zhongshu Province, various departments, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, Yushitai...if you dig up the dung, where will those delicate flowers grow?"
"What's more, if one yamen is abolished because of the above, what will happen to the rest of the yamen? The ones are similar to the Yanyun Shiyamen, or even more useless, such as Yuanma Temple, Taipu Temple, Honglu Temple, Qin The Tianjian, Zhan Shifu, and the Ministry of Rites... If this evil example starts, who can hold a firm position? It is not difficult to kill officials, but it is a big taboo to abolish the Yamen! It will anger all civil servants!"
Zhu Biao was dumbfounded when he heard that, this is a field he has never touched before, following the master, it is really gaining insight!Having said that, Zhu Biao was not only not relaxed, but even more frowning.
"Sir, if you say that, isn't it very difficult to reform?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "My lord, it is difficult and dangerous to push it, but if it is in the hands of His Highness, it means that the law of the ancestors is immutable."
Zhu Biao was speechless. What Zhang Ximeng said not only explained the reason why all the courtiers opposed the new salt law, but also allowed him to clarify many public cases in the historical records.
It turns out that the reforms of the past dynasties, torn like that, are not only gentlemen and villains, right and wrong... There are deeper things.
You want to cut redundant staff and save money... The question is who are you going to cut?North Korean and Chinese military officials, if you can abolish one or two, you can abolish ten or eight.
Finally, one day, we will also become redundant and be laid off.
Zhu Biao thought of the old and new party struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty. Isn’t that the same thing? He also thought of Yuanfeng’s restructuring. gone back.
Isn't this the reform of the salt law proposed by Baiguan?
Let the salt merchants continue to sell salt, let the salt transport make the yamen continue to transport salt, and add an additional servant to be in charge of overall planning... Oh my God!It can't be said that they are exactly the same, but it can only be said that they are exactly the same.
The means will not change!
In addition to being surprised, Zhu Biao had to examine what he had learned all these years?Those erudite masters of the Hanlin Academy spoke in a dazzling manner, and they spoke clearly and logically.
But it's not as good as my husband's few words, and a few words can make people suddenly enlightened.
Zhu Biao looked up to Mr. Zhang more and more, and threw himself to the ground.
Only a person like Mr. can penetrate the world!
No wonder the father had to ask Mr. for help when he encountered a problem.
In this way, Zhang Ximeng roughly arranged the affairs of Beiping, and followed the boats from Changlu Salt Field to the south to meet the sky.
And just as he was leaving, Yao Guangxiao made another gain.
That is to say, after finding Fan Guang, the transfer envoy of the capital, thirteen salt transport envoys and judges were successively arrested.
The reason why this thing is scary is that in the legend, there are only four judges in hell, and one of them is a transfer envoy, so there are as many as thirteen?
What is this for?
According to the rules, there is one transfer envoy, one co-adviser, one deputy envoy, and no quota for judges... This unlimited number means that they can be arranged according to needs, and there is no limit on the number of people.
But the problem is that there are a total of thirteen judges, which is too nonsense.
After several reforms, the Zhongshu Province only increased the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Taxation, from six to eight.
It's really a nest of snakes and rats, working together... Check!Check it out!
Li Shanchang ordered to go down, and Yao Guangxiao, Guo Ying, and other yamen also followed up for a thorough investigation. They soon discovered that one of the thirteen judges was Fan Guang's brother-in-law. From a scribe, he was promoted exceptionally to the high position of judge.
Similarly, there is another judge who is the family nephew of Yang Siyi, Shangshu of the household department.
"Catch, catch them all!"
This time it was Zhu Yuanzhang who gave the order.
Lao Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, and personally intervened in this matter.
Yang Siyi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was sent directly to the Imperial Prison. Coincidentally, beside him was Ru Taisu who had been in for several days.
Every three days, this guy would be beaten by a board. Although his life was saved, there were new and old injuries on his buttocks, which made it very difficult for him to get up and go to the toilet.
"Yang, Yang Shangshu, why did you come in too? Could it be that you are also speaking out of righteousness and impeaching the prince for doing something wrong? My way is not alone! It really is fair and comfortable. I, I will die without regret!"
Yang Siyi stared at Ru Taisu, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was burning with anger.
You bastard!
If you don't impeach the prince, where will the next thing come from?
Now that the household department has been involved, it is unknown how many officials will be implicated in the future... "Ru Taisu! Sooner or later you will be ruined and cut to pieces!"
While they were arguing, someone escorted Teng Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in again.
The two powerful ministers, who were talking in front of the imperial court not long ago, are now in jail.
"Teng Shangshu, why did you come in?" Ru Taisu asked stupidly.
Teng Yi wanted to cry without tears, "It's all Yang Xian's thief! He told me that it has nothing to do with increasing the number of officials. The subordinate provinces only have the right to inspect. If they don't move the three courts, nothing will happen! Me too How could you believe what he said!"
Yang Siyi rolled his eyes, "Did you believe it for no reason? How did I hear that you received a white jade Guanyin on your birthday!"
Teng Yi was speechless for a moment. He took in a Guanyin, but he never thought that the white marble in Fan Guang's hand was worth a pound!
If I had known earlier, I would have been given a fraction, and no matter what, I shouldn’t have made a fuss for these beasts.
It's all over now.
"You said that your majesty will be satisfied with the arrest of our two ministers and the transfer of so many envoys?"
Yang Siyi shook his head, it was hard for him to say.I just know it's very, very big...
satisfaction?
Joke, Zhu Yuanzhang has just started, and he hasn't played enough yet!
He secretly arranged, and in one fell swoop, he seized the transshipment envoys of the two Huaihe Rivers in Huai'an.Later, Lao Zhu made another decree, arresting more than 100 salt merchants in one go, and sending them all to imperial prison.
By the time Zhang Ximeng arrived in Yangzhou with the fleet, more than 500 important criminals had been arrested just by the prison sentence, and the rest of them were as many as [-] people!
What is Emperor Hongwu!
Old Zhu let the world experience his terror...
Chapter 6 and Three
The big eucalyptus that broke out from the salt affairs finally spread to Daming, the two Huaihe Rivers and Zhejiang Provinces. Anyone related to the salt affairs was probably arrested.
The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and even the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment were all involved.
Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards corrupt officials has always been merciless.
Cut the weeds and root out the roots, and investigate to the end.
In the past, when Zhang Ximeng was in power, he was able to direct the punishment of corrupt officials to the reform of the official system. For example, if the Ministry of Households had an accident, the tax department would be added, and if the Ministry of Rites had an accident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be separated to minimize entanglement.
But others don't have Zhang Ximeng's ability, so they can't persuade Lao Zhu.But these words are not accurate, after all Zhu Yuanzhang is not a stubborn person who doesn't listen to anything, in the past Li Shanchang, Zhu Sheng and others could still be of some use.
But the strange thing is that this time the courtiers didn't even have the courage to speak out, allowing Lao Zhu to arrest people.
Among other things, even Guo Ying of the Gongwei Division was scared. He took down the ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials, and then the prefect of Hangzhou, Tongzhi, and several county magistrates below were also arrested.
What's more terrible is that several thousand households were also affected, and even the army couldn't escape.
Guo Ying had no choice but to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for his will.
But in the face of this result, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care at all. On the contrary, Lao Zhu seemed to be high-spirited. He killed Hu Sanshe because of alcohol prohibition, which shocked people's hearts.
So many years have passed, more and more people are taking credit for their pride, and more and more people are daring to take bribes and break the law.
Whether in the army or officials, everyone, as long as they are involved, they will be arrested and killed!
What else could Guo Ying say, he could only bite the bullet and do it.
He was also afraid that arresting people like this would be impossible without wrongdoing, and no one was alone, they were all related.These people dare not blame the emperor, but they themselves, the executioner, cannot escape the responsibility.
Guo Ying began to worry about his fate.
But what is surprising is that in this eucalyptus, there is a person who seems to be afraid of nothing and doesn't care about anything.That is Yao Guangxiao!
This man has a pot of tea and three big cakes every day, and other than that, he just concentrates on business and has nothing else to do.
Anyway, with him, no one can plead for mercy, and it doesn't matter who speaks, he is only responsible for investigating.
Every day, Yao Guangxiao had to meet with Li Shanchang to report on the progress.
Every time he went, Li Shanchang was terrified and restless.
When he said each name, Li Shanchang was short of breath and almost fainted.Among these people, Li Shanchang is familiar with many people.
Fortunately, there are not many people who can be called confidantes, otherwise Lao Li would have died directly.
But according to this investigation method, the ghost knows if anything will be involved.
Li Shanchang was also scared to the extreme, but what can he do?
If he went to see Zhu Yuanzhang and asked to stop the investigation, then I'm sorry, he would be suspected immediately, thinking that he was involved.Li Shanchang estimated that if he could not get out of the gate of Fengtian Temple, he would be arrested.
There are not many people who can stop Lao Zhu from going crazy, except Zhang Ximeng, who is surrounded by Queen Ma.
Can you really sit back and ignore such a big thing?
Zhang Xianggong, you should say something!
Li Shanchang lives in torment every day and cannot extricate himself.
On this day, a sudden decree came to Zhongshu Province, and Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree to transfer Wang Guangyang, the chief envoy of Henan, to the court.
Seeing this will, Li Shanchang was slightly surprised.
Wang Guangyang can be regarded as Zhang Ximeng's confidant. He stayed in the Central Plains to restore people's livelihood, and he also received Zhang Ximeng's full support.These past few years have been remarkable achievements.
If he entered the court at this time, he must be of great use.
The household department, the official department, and the two ministers are suspended, whether it is for him to rectify the household department or the official department, it is a good choice.Most importantly, this means that Zhang Ximeng's men have begun to come out to clean up the mess.
Maybe this storm has some signs of ending?
Li Shanchang did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly issued an order. Wang Guangyang set off immediately after receiving the order. Instead of taking a boat, he rode a fast horse and rushed to Yangzhou in one breath. When he arrived at Guazhou Ferry, he stayed overnight and was ready to cross the river.
Constantly traveling day and night, Wang Guangyang was extremely exhausted, and the servants below brought him hot water to wash his feet, so he was ready to rest, take a good sleep, and regain his energy.
But just as he was about to lie down, someone knocked on the door.
"who?"
"it's me!"
With a very refreshing voice, Wang Guangyang was slightly startled, jumped up suddenly, rushed over barefoot, opened the door, and found Zhang Ximeng standing at the door with a pot of tea.
"Hey young man! Zhang Xiang, hurry up, come in!"
Wang Guangyang couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly invited Zhang Ximeng to come in, and then looked around, then closed the door, turned around and entered the room.
At this moment, Zhang Ximeng took the teacup and poured a cup of strong tea for Wang Guangyang, and also poured a cup for himself.
"I know you are tired, but if I don't explain some things clearly, you will be in trouble when you go to Beijing... No way, drink some tea first, refresh yourself, and don't doze off!" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile.
Wang Guangyang said in his heart that I'm not a child, and when it's time to die, we can't be like a child and get sleepy in class?
But he still quickly grabbed the teacup, drank the thick Longjing, and pulled himself together.