Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 518 A Bunch of Insects (Part [-])
Hearing this result, not only Chongzhen was greatly disappointed, but everyone in the palace was also silent.

The Warriors' Battalion of the Royal Horse Supervisor in the Imperial City, no matter what, was an elite soldier that could be used, but even the leader was killed by the thieves.

Chongzhen was lying when he said he was not disappointed.

Before Yuan Chonghuan lied to him to pacify the Liao Dynasty for five years, the imperial court spent several million taels of silver every year. In less than two years, Huang Taiji had been killed outside Beijing.

The soldiers who spent so much money to raise them were stunned to be defeated by the Jurchen Tartars, not to mention fighting back, they didn't even have the strength to parry.

This is still a battle that happened before his eyes. In Liaodong, how could he be beaten by the Houjin Tartars?
That's it, I still send good news every day.

Chongzhen now wants to personally check whether those heads are real Tartars.

Now the soldiers with the most combat effectiveness in the Beijing camp were defeated by a gang of thieves.

Could it be that the dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the rat begets the rat.

The son of the mouse kills the dragon and the phoenix?

The impact that He Jinzhao brought to Chongzhen today was too great.

First of all, a group of thieves can kill the capital without anyone noticing, and even enter the imperial city.

Then there was the fighting power of these gangsters, beating the entire Beijing camp.

The most important thing is to let him know the truth, that is, none of the food for the victims in Shaanxi fell into the mouths of the victims.

What Chongzhen hated most was corruption!
That's all my money!
The state affairs are so difficult, and I will increase taxes under various pressures.

In the end, I came to recite the infamy, but you filled your own pockets and made a lot of money.

Then one by one came to persuade me to reduce taxes.

Many areas are seriously in arrears with the positive and additional taxes, and they cannot be collected at all.

In Chongzhen's view, there is no tax due to the corruption and incompetence of officials at all levels, especially local officials.

Chongzhen has repeatedly requested to thoroughly check tax arrears.

In addition to reviewing the memorials, he would also hold the ledger and reconcile the accounts with an abacus.

Just like an audit, calculate the detailed accounts for officials in various departments and regions.

But he, the accountant, holds the power of life and death, and once he calculates something wrong, he will show his fierce face.

According to the emperor's will, the relevant departments agreed that the governors and inspectors of each province should be responsible for strictly examining the taxation of their respective prefectures, states, and counties.

If the magistrate cannot complete the payable money and food, he cannot be promoted to a magistrate, a Taoist, or an official.

County magistrates who fail to complete the due payment cannot participate in the examination and promotion, and must be downgraded and fined according to the situation.

After several rounds of audits, local officials with serious tax arrears have been fined for decades and downgraded to more than 80 levels.

Even if you have been an official for several lifetimes, and you have been promoted to three levels every year, it is still not worth the salary you are punished and the level you are demoted.

Although Chongzhen investigated corruption so strictly, he did not receive any money.

Where did the money go?

Money doesn't disappear, it just moves from one person to another.

As a result of Chongzhen's stern urging, the clerks of the household department raised their tails.

When local officials went to Beijing to play money and food, they would first prepare generous gifts to bribe the clerks of the household department. As long as the bribes were enough, the clerks would have their own way to settle the local taxes on their books.

Where gifts are not given, even where it has been settled, it can also become an unfinished tax plan.

Therefore, there is a rumor in Beijing, which is called "before going to court the emperor, first come to pay homage to the scholar".

Because the books that Chongzhen carefully checked in the imperial city were all written by these scribes.

The original data is wrong. Even if he checks it for 100 years, he still can't check the real result.

When the officials were put under control, all the officials trembled!
Because in Daming, not only officials took bribes, but also eunuchs, masters, concierges and officials.

As long as the position is connected to the state power, there is no one who is not corrupt or bribery.

Chongzhen likes to remove high-ranking officials. Once these high-ranking officials enter the imperial prison, the prison will charge entrance fees.

If you pass through a gate, you have to pay the price of a gate, otherwise the jailer will not let you go to prison, don't think that there is no way to punish you.

Even in front of Chongzhen, the censors went to Huiji Gate to deliver the memorial, and the eunuch guarding the gate had to charge a handling fee of three silver coins as usual, and refused to accept it if there was no money.

There are ways to prevent the emperor from seeing Ni's memorial.

Anyway, the emperor's eyesight is blurry when he reads the memorials every day. Whether he can remember or not is still the same thing.

This is still the case in front of the Son of Heaven's Gate, we can see the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

If you have money, you are a master, if you don't have money, you are a fart!
Chongzhen governed so harshly, not only did he not have the means to replicate the successful Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the contrary, it also contributed to the lying down state of the lower ministers as monks hitting the clock for a day.

Faced with heavy punishments, the officials not only failed to cheer up, but instead awakened to the method of shifting blame, evading responsibility, and really lying down.

Everyone approves "do it" as soon as the official document comes, and they don't say anything more. They just want to live safely until the term of office expires, and go home to enjoy the blessings.

Chongzhen hated the corruption and bribery of Ming officials, but it seems that he has never understood the internal reasons for this situation of no officials and no corruption.

He always wants to use his supreme power and tough wrist to reverse this corrupt situation.

As for using Daming's monitoring system to monitor officials, it is true that corrupt officials monitor corrupt officials, and if you give me money, I will help you settle the case.

But now Chongzhen has not reactivated the spy system of Jinyiwei and Dongchang on a large scale.

He was even more annoyed when he heard that the millions of stones of grain and grass had not been distributed.

He has already decided in his heart that he will quietly let these two departments investigate and deal with it, and he is going to give the corrupt officials a hard time!
Chongzhen believed that if it weren't for these corrupt officials, how could the Shaanxi rebels grow stronger?
These people have set a "good example" to fuel the flames, and not killing him is not enough to appease his anger.

But the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is such that Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not good birds.

The system of Dongchang and Jinyiwei from chief officials to officials and minions is also very corrupt.

They not only accept bribes and extort bribes, but also often intentionally create unjust cases and take the opportunity to blackmail.

The commander of Jin Yiwei made Wu Mengming not to harm others, but eager to get bribes.

Every time the gift list sent to the capital by state and county officials was seized, the names of the recipients and recipients were deliberately disclosed to the parties concerned, and then bribes were demanded from house to house until they were satisfied.

Then this method was taken over by Dongchang: Zhao Ban!
It is conceivable that although most of the corrupt officials who were uncovered deserved their crimes, they were only very few unlucky ghosts among the corrupt officials.

It is very difficult for corrupt officials who are really powerful to be punished.

Those who benefited from Chongzhen's policy of severely punishing corruption were, on the contrary, the greedy and despicable factory guard spy organization.

The money will not disappear out of thin air, it will just be transferred to other people's hands, except that it will not be transferred to Chongzhen.

At this moment, Chongzhen was extremely disappointed with the courtiers.

What he is most disappointed with now is the civil unrest that broke out in Liaodong, Shanshan, and the latest Henan.

In these aspects, the courtiers not only failed to solve his problems, but often deliberately deceived him, making him unclear about the basic situation.

Chongzhen once again made up his mind to reuse eunuchs. As for the previous prohibition of enlisting civilians to privately castrate into the palace as eunuchs, let's put it aside for a while, and pretend that this was never said.

Then he glanced at Cao Huachun who was kneeling on the ground.

Even though he didn't do a good job in this errand, he was still a domestic slave and one of his own, and he would not deceive himself like a courtier.

In particular, the situation in Shaanxi must be investigated clearly, and these courtiers cannot be trusted!

Together they have lied to me for so long.

If this gang of thieves hadn't come to the palace, would they have lied to me for the rest of my life?

Chongzhen even thought that what the rebel Zhao Yonggang said was right, that all the people in the court were a bunch of insects.

With them around, how can Daming be governed well?
　The business trip is over, and there will be one watch in the evening. When I get up tomorrow, I will see if the fifth watch is restored.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)