Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 128

"In this case, the minister will say it frankly."

Ma Mingjue immediately stood up and said: "Before the Holy Majesty took the honor of Yangzhou, I was like a traveler stuck in a quagmire when I was appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou. No matter how hard I struggled, it was useless."

"The situation has improved slightly after the abolition of the Yangzhou Mine Supervisory Tax Envoy."

"However, there has been no fundamental change. The assistant officials of the government office are still superfluous, and the subordinate staff are still cunning and cunning. Even the return of tax money, if it is not for the order of the Holy Majesty, it will be difficult."

Chongzhen asked: "Does that mean you are very dissatisfied?"

"Yes." Ma Mingpao said without hesitation, "I am extremely dissatisfied in Yangzhou."

Chongzhen chuckled twice, fell silent again, and just tapped the coffee table with his fingers.

Chongzhen was hesitating, should he call Ma Mingpao into an important position in the House of Internal Affairs?

At this time, Ma Mingpao undoubtedly still maintained his original intention of being an official. To be honest, there are not many officials who can still maintain their original aspirations in the position of magistrate. From this point of view, Ma Mingpao is still worthy of reuse.

But Ma Mingpao has seen all kinds of bad habits in the officialdom after all, and knows the way of playing.

So in the future, will the story of the dragon slayer eventually become an evil dragon be repeated when Ma Mingpao takes over the power?

Ma Mingpao looked blank, he vaguely felt that Chongzhen would not ask him this for no reason, but he really couldn't figure out what the purpose of Chongzhen's move was?

After about half a cup of tea time, Chongzhen suddenly asked: "Ma Mingpao, if you are the censor of Zuodu, do you have the confidence to rectify the officialdom?"

"Ah?" Ma Mingpao was stunned, "Zuodu Censor?!"

This is too sudden, besides, isn't Zuodu Yushi already someone?

The first thing the four cabinet assistants did after they took up their duties was to call Mr. Liu Zongzhou back to serve as the censor of Zuodu.

"Don't think too much." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "I'm just asking you, if I invite you to be the censor of Zuodu, do you have the confidence to rectify the officialdom? history."

Ma Mingpao thought for a while and said: "Returning to the Holy One, I can only say that I will try my best."

Chongzhen nodded and said, "That is to say, you don't have the slightest confidence in this matter?"

"Yes, I really don't have enough confidence in this." Ma Mingpao lowered his head sadly, but quickly raised his head again, "But I dare to say that no one can do this."

"Okay." Chongzhen continued to ask, "Then I will ask you again, if given the chance, would you like to try?"

Ma Mingpao instantly felt a surge of enthusiasm, and immediately said with emotion: "If there is such an opportunity, even though I am heartbroken, I will not hesitate."

"Okay, then I will give you this chance." Chongzhen nodded and said, "I don't need you to be fooled, I just hope that you can remember that today's performance is correct, and you can use it to remind yourself all the time in the future."

Immediately, Ma Mingpao straightened his black gauze and official robe and fell to the ground: "Minister, remember!"

This time, Chongzhen did not stop Ma Mingpao from bowing down, but looked down at him and said, "Ma Mingpao, one day in the future, when you hold great power, or when you hold billions of tax dollars, I hope you can still keep today's money." Don't be blinded by power and desire."

"Sir, remember the teachings of the Holy One."

Ma Mingpao bowed again and got up, looking at Chongzhen with burning eyes.

After talking for a long time, I still don't know what position the Holy Majesty will arrange for him?
It is definitely impossible for the capital censor, and the deputy capital censor of the third rank is also unlikely.

There is a high probability that it will be the censor of the capital, the fourth rank, but changing from a foreign official to a Beijing official is also a promotion.

As for the fact that it was not recommended by the court but was issued by the government, Ma Mingpao didn't care at all, so he could scold Xingchen if he wanted to.

However, Chongzhen said: "When tomorrow morning, you go to the Ministry of Officials to resign the post of Yangzhou magistrate, and then go to the Nangong House of Internal Affairs to perform his duties. As for the new post, he will be tentatively appointed as the deputy head of the House of Internal Affairs."

Jiang Yueguang and the others changed the Secretary Supervisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in order to make the Ministry of Internal Affairs equal to the departments of the six ministries.

Since they care so much about the rank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they might as well do as they wish and designate the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as the chief and deputy chief. It is also good to numb the civil servants first.

This can be regarded as Chongzhen's first-class bad taste. Civil officials think the House of Internal Affairs is just a slender sapling?
One day, when the civil servants realized that the sapling had thorns, they realized that it had grown into a towering tree, and that huge tree had already covered the entire Ming Dynasty!

That is, to wrong Ma Mingpao for the time being.

"Ah? Deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Ma Mingpao was stunned for a moment.

What the hell is this House of Internal Affairs?And the vice-principal is too much, right?

I am still a fourth-rank magistrate now, even if I want to be demoted to the capital, I have to be given a fourth-rank post to make sense, at least I have to be a fifth-rank, right?Give me a sixth-rank master right now?
No, it seems that the one given is still a vice-principal, maybe it's just a sixth-rank subordinate.

Also, I only know that each of the six departments has a principal, but I have never heard of a deputy chief?
Ma Mingpao felt that the whole person was not good, and was depressed by being tricked by the Holy One.

I listened to your majesty's teasing words, and I was ambitious and prepared to do a big job, but this is the result?

Chongzhen laughed and said nothing, but in the end Zhu Cihong couldn't bear it, forced a smile and said: "Deputy Chief Ma, the House of Internal Affairs is a new government office just established today."

"This yamen is not under the control of the cabinet, let alone under the jurisdiction of the six ministries, but only obeys the emperor's orders."

"Its envoys cover all the missions of the original twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court, but it is not limited to one of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, because the twenty-four yamen of the inner court cannot directly connect with local states and counties, but Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs can directly intervene in specific local affairs as imperial envoys.”

It can be simply understood as the dual leadership of the strips and blocks.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is divided into sections, and the six provincial capitals, prefectures and counties are divided into sections.

"Ah?" Ma Mingpao's eyes widened all of a sudden, isn't this just the court inside and outside the house?

That is to say, in the future, there will be two groups of local officials from various provinces, prefectures and counties. In addition to officials from the six ministries, there will also be imperial envoys sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Which government office should the people below obey?
"Ma Minghao, you don't have to think too much." Chongzhen said, "The prince is talking about the long-term plan for the future. Right now, you only need to do a good job, and that is to take all the taxes and money that the Nanjing Garrison Eunuch Office has been corrupted over the years. Get it back for me, including the money from the attendants and the local sticks, all of it will be recovered by me, and then returned."

It's just that it is not enough to stand trees at the south gate of Yangzhou, and there are also trees to stand in Nanjing.

Ma Mingpao said with some embarrassment: "My lord, this matter may be difficult to do."

Chongzhen would get it wrong, and said with a smile: "I forgot that you were born as a Jinshi, right?"

Ma Mingpao said a little puzzled: "Hui Sheng, I was born in the second class of Wuyin Division in the tenth year of Chongzhen."

"This is understandable." Chongzhen said, "You are too wronged to condescend to be a close minister of the emperor with a Jinshi background, and you will easily be ridiculed by your peers and colleagues."

"What does your Majesty mean by this?" Ma Mingyu said in embarrassment, "I only know how to relieve the country's difficulties and share the Lord's worries. As for the words of my close ministers who are fortunate to my ministers, it is just the views of corrupt Confucians. How can I be at ease?"

"Aren't you afraid of being insulted by the same year and your colleagues?" Chongzhen was stunned.

"Why are you afraid of people's words?" Ma Minglu said, "I only know how to do things."

"So I misunderstood you, Aiqing is really a national scholar!" Chongzhen gave Ma Mingpao a thumbs up and said, "Then why did you reject me just now?"

"Because I really can't do this matter." Ma Minglu said, "This time I came to Nanjing, I only brought a few people with me, and none of the yamen servants and subordinates were there. How could such a big event be done?"

"That's it?" Chongzhen said, "You don't have to worry about this."

"Students from Guozijian and scholars who have been called to Nanjing these days, you can choose whatever you want."

After a short pause, he continued, "If you need to mobilize troops, you can find Hu Guozhu outside the Xuanwu Gate, and his Yi Ding will fully cooperate with you in handling the case."

"That's all right, my minister leads the decree." Ma Mingpao turned around and left.

After a while, a clear bell rang outside the doctor's hall, but it was the bell to summon the students of the Imperial Academy.

Zhu Cihong put his hand on his forehead and said: "This Ma Mingpao is really impatient. He can't even wait for one night. As soon as he took office, he was in a hurry to choose his subordinates and entourage."

Zhu Cijiong said: "I don't know how many people will follow him."

"I'm not worried about that." Zhu Cilang waved his hands and said, "As long as we say we're going to investigate the Nanjing guard eunuchs, those scholars will probably fight for their heads. I'm afraid that there will be too few people Ma Mingtao wants."

Facts soon proved that Zhu Cihong's judgment was correct.

After a while, there was a commotion in the direction of the student dormitory.

After a while, Qian Qianyi came over in a hurry to report to Chongzhen: "My lord, the magistrate of Yangzhou, Ma Mingpao, has gone crazy, and the students of the Guozijian have also gone crazy with him. It is said that they are going to inspect Nanjing in the middle of the night. The guard eunuch, Han Zanzhou, the Nanjing guard eunuch, have already been executed, what else is there to search for?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Chongzhen said indifferently, "Just open the door and let them out."

"Eh?" Qian Qianyi didn't expect Chongzhen to react like this, so he had no choice but to run back and open the door for the students.

Ma Minghao took the students and scholars of the Imperial College to Nangong to adjust the sealed account books, and then searched Han Zanzhou's followers one by one along the account books. At dawn, Han Zanzhou's hundreds of attendants and thousands of soil sticks were all arrested.

The dungeon of Nangong (formerly Nanjing Defense Eunuch Administration) could not be filled, so they had to be held in the back garden of Nangong in the open air.

The unlucky Ruan Dacheng was also coerced by the students of the Guozijian for private revenge. Last night, he was dragged out of his concubine's bed and imprisoned in the back garden of Nangong along with Han Zanzhou's attendant Tugun.

Looking at the flamboyant Guozi Jiansheng, Ruan Dacheng wanted to cry but had no tears.

This is really a mistake that will cause eternal hatred, and it will be a hundred years when I look back.

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