I'm really not doing business

Chapter 424: Rebellion if you don’t accept it, risk your life at the table
The Ming Dynasty did a good job in anti-corruption. Hai Rui took the first case and published a memorial. The main content was to discuss the methods of corruption.

Under high pressure, traditional corruption has almost disappeared. The spectacular scene of taking money to give filial piety can no longer be seen, and a new type of corruption is taking shape. This model, Hai Rui used an "accidental acquisition" to carry out Summary.

Officials asked compradors to open an inconspicuous shop in the city. This shop contained various high-priced goods, such as tea worth fifty silver or even one hundred silver per tael, paintings by a certain master, poetry collections, and epigraphy of certain eras. (Antiques), silk products, ready-made clothes, etc. This kind of shop rarely sees a few customers a year, but every customer is very, very generous.

When a guest meets an official, he says "I got it by chance", for example, someone accidentally got a Tuanlong tea table, etc. This is bribery. The official immediately hears the piano and knows the elegant meaning. The official's reaction at this time is naturally The whole process is clean and tidy, because the master next to him is responsible for realizing the guests' demands.

Even in places where there is more gold and silver, customers and officials don’t even need to meet each other. They only need to chat with the store about the difficulties they encounter when buying something, and the store will always remind me that if you give me this little money, it will be difficult for me to do things. .

Ultimately, power rent-seeking is realized.

This kind of corruption method is already very difficult to verify. If this brokerage comprador is controlled by a local wealthy family, and the local wealthy family sends the stolen money accumulated every year to this person's hometown, it will be even more difficult to find traces.

There were countless brokers, compradors, and prosecutors in the Ming Dynasty, and the master was responsible for contacting these people. All of them were evil people in the chain of corruption, and they were the worms that corrupted the official administration of the Ming Dynasty.

Hai Rui doesn't have a good way to deal with these people. He can find clues to get to the bottom of it and bring the crimes to justice. However, the crimes are hidden deep under the water, and Hai Rui is a little helpless.

This also involves the issue of anti-corruption costs. This concealment of corruption has caused anti-corruption costs to skyrocket, while anti-corruption benefits have plummeted.

Li Le, the prefect of Yingtian, investigated a similar case.

Therefore, when we lend money, we usually give it directly to big households. Big households have big businesses and can still collect debts if they can't afford it. But they don't give it to small households. Small households with small doors will fall when the wind blows. After the big households get these resources, , and then lent it to small households layer by layer, resulting in the final interest rate even exceeding private loan sharking.

"Feng Daban's reading of this contradiction is excellent." Zhu Yijun agreed very much with Feng Bao's opinion.

The Ming Dynasty weightlifting team is really too thin. In the Ming Dynasty, these officials were rubbish, but in the overseas governor's mansion, they were all rare talents.

All private schools and family schools in Liuhe County have inherited this teaching.

According to Tiqi's visit and investigation, this is not just the case in Liuheyi County, but also in the entire Yingtian Mansion and even the entire Nanya.

When the imperial court wanted to clear away its abbots, the households would seek shelter from local officials, especially the specific households that were in charge of the abbots. When the abbots were being cleared, the houses would reveal some land that was not listed in the fish scale book, or they would have to stand up for a while. , let the people bear the cost of the New Deal.

Feng Bao smiled and said: "I also looked at the contradiction and said that no matter how stupid I am, the stupid bird will fly first and I will learn something."

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this matter can be included in the examination law. If the local self-examination cannot solve the problem and refuses to report to the court, we will use the case of Luo Yao, the former governor of Sichuan, as a common practice and exile him. This The appropriateness of the implementation of the New Deal is linked to official status, and we are not afraid of them violating it in disguise."

In the past, it was only necessary to ransack homes to get back everything corrupt officials had obtained, and to starve them for more than ten days before getting them all back. However, house raids have become obsolete. The property has never been in the hands of officials or even their family members. How to check? The house is clean, and the search of the house has even become synonymous with unjust, false, and wrongful convictions.

In the end, the word "good young money" became synonymous with loan sharking during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Wang Anshi's Green Crops Law had good intentions. It flexibly used the grain stored in Changping Cang and Guanghui Cang, converted it into capital, and loaned it to bankrupt farmers and urban handicraftsmen at an annual interest rate of 20% to help the people tide over the difficulties. At the same time, it alleviates the bloody exploitation of private loan sharks, increases the government's fiscal revenue, promotes industrial and commercial development and production, and achieves the effect of "the people do not increase taxes but the state uses enough".

"If it is really possible to make a province like an iron bucket, watertight and no news can be revealed, then it is better not to be a governor or a governor, and just rebel."

Feng Bao thought for a moment and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is far from that point. As far as the case reported by Li Le and the Zhutou case are concerned, every case found will be punished severely, severely and severely, so as to have the effect of intimidation. This contradiction is well said. Conflicts are endless and widespread. After the contradictions are resolved, new contradictions will inevitably arise. Faced with this new situation, there will be new methods."

As soon as Li Lezhuo heard about these things, not only in Nanya, but also all over the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun wanted to kill them and create two more cases of husband-clearing and academic affairs.

In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Fan relied on his father to win an official position, but when he arrived in Taixi, Xu Fan became the minister of state, and he did an excellent job.

Zhu Yijun learned that Li Le was going to investigate the case, so he ordered the Tiqi to intervene. After half a year of open and secret investigations, the Tiqi finally figured out what was special about this teaching.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty always had policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom to make adaptive adjustments and obtain their own benefits in the new era and new context.

There are also Qingzhang and Huantian.

From the perspective of system design, there are indeed no loopholes in this system.

Is it just that the rectification of academic affairs has become a political tool to make money during its implementation?

When Li Le found this point, he knew that he couldn't do anything anymore. He immediately wrote a letter to his husband, and then wrote a letter to his junior brother Zhu Yijun, asking if he should continue to pursue it. The answer he got in the end was to get to the bottom of it, who could stop him? Who dies.

If private schools, county schools, government schools, and academies in various places do not provide education, study correctly, and teach with filial piety, they will be rectified. This is where the resistance comes from. Will Li Le's investigation stop at Liuheyi County? The entire Yingtian will inevitably be traced, and then under the leadership of Pan Jixun, the governor of Yingtian, a comprehensive investigation of the entire Nanya will be conducted.

As Zhang Juzheng's disciple, Li Le was extremely capable and was Zhang Juzheng's sharp weapon against Wang Chonggu. He investigated a Liuhe County teaching, so wasn't he able to capture it? But when he checked Li Le, he found that the resistance was so great that he couldn't even deal with the county government's instructions.

Money always flows to places where there is no shortage of money. When local officials implement this order, the first consideration is to take it back, rather than letting it out. If the money is given to the common people, what will the common people pay back?

Probably in this Liuhe County, all private schools and family schools that do not pay filial piety on time will be banned by this edict in the name of "rectifying academic affairs", and a family's income ranges from fifty taels of silver to hundreds of taels. The amount of money varies. The reason why it takes half a year is that the money is not given directly to Jiaoyu. Instead, it passes through the hands of brokers and compradors, and finally turns into land in Jiaoyu's hometown. .

The rectification of academic affairs has also become a poison in local education, causing endless harm.

This case was concluded in early September of the eighth year of Wanli. There was a major earthquake in the entire Nanya officialdom. Nearly 700 people were arrested and taken into Nanzhen Fusi Yamen, waiting for the final trial and being exiled overseas. Luzon The Ming Dynasty did not want the four major governor's offices, Ryukyu and Old Port, but they became popular overseas.

Your Majesty's reputation for being a murderer is as good as his reputation for being stingy. Who doesn't know that the Ming Emperor was still in prison on the day before his wedding? A real bloody wedding.

Feng Bao is talking about the governor responsibility system in various places.

Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.

A county government's unpopular teachings and such great resistance aroused Li Le's interest. Li Le admonished the teachings. It seemed that the punishment was over, but in fact, Li Le secretly invited the ancestor.

This is revenge for killing my father.

"The Ming Dynasty's New Deal has been implemented until now, and it finally encountered Wang Anshi's dilemma, or the New Law Dilemma." Zhu Yijun closed Hai Rui's memorial and rubbed his eyebrows slightly anxiously.

But in the end it became a knife that cut into the people.

And the Jiaoyu did not enjoy this profit exclusively, but the entire Liuhe county government. The county magistrate took the lion's share, those who received the imperial salary received part of it, and the Jiaoyu took part.

Zhu Yijun completely woke up from the dream that the Ming Dynasty had become great again. He completely understood how Zhu Yuanzhang's four major cases, which often involved tens of thousands of heads, came about.

"I think things are stable and getting better. After all, the majority of the land is occupied by households that are clearing the land in various places. There is no widespread crime. Of course there is some sneaky profiteering, but it will not cause public resentment to boil over. , after all, the head is your own.”

There is a person who teaches in Liuhe County, Yingtian Prefecture. This person is not even considered an official. He is in charge of worship in the Confucian Temple, educates the students, and is in charge of the local county school. He only has one student quota in the county school. He does not have fifty taels of silver, so he cannot get it. , and if you want to buy it, you must be qualified.

The whole process was extremely secretive, and would have been difficult to trace without Tiqi's intervention.

The two cores of the Ming Dynasty's New Deal, the clearing of abbots and the rectification of academic affairs, have also quietly become like this. During the process of clearing abbots, the fields of the wealthy households were hidden through various methods, while the common people had a lot of fields, and even There are also extra non-existent acres of land that are allocated to the people, which can be described as miserable.

As a local leader, you can even be incompetent. Incompetence will only result in being dismissed, but you cannot lose your faith. You must be loyal to the monarch and the country. This is the most basic bottom line. If you touch this bottom line, you will be exiled or even beheaded.

The Ming court allowed local problems to exist, and even allowed the governor to have problems that could not be solved, and then turned to His Majesty for help. This was part of the Ming imperial system.

This is a kind of decentralization of responsibility, and it is also a decentralization of power to supervise the implementation of the New Deal. It is also the meaning of the existence of governors and inspectors in various places.

"What a good idea." Zhu Yijun wrote the Zhubu, handed it to Feng Bao and said, "Send it to Mr. Wenyuange and ask him to draw up the charter."

Zhu Yijun knew very well what Feng Bao was doing. He was giving eye drops to the officials of the outer court.

This is the natural duty of a eunuch. If he doesn't deal with civil servants, what kind of eunuch can he be? Civil servants and eunuchs are naturally antagonistic. This is the rule of the game that has lasted for thousands of years. It is the eunuch's bounden duty to flatter the emperor. Otherwise, what if the eunuch is disliked?
He came up with a bad idea and deceived the governors of various places. From then on, the governors had to keep their eyes open and found problems even if they could not solve them.

Zhu Yijun was right about this bad idea, and he thought it was a good idea.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 170 years since the Yongle period. He has become the de facto local leader. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a feudal official. With such great power, the inability to fully implement the decree is a question of ability, but he can definitely find out If you refuse to report the problem, it is a matter of attitude, and the result will be exile.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhongshun, has invited the Holy Spirit to thank you. She is already waiting outside the palace." Feng Bao bowed his head and said.

Zhu Yijun met Sanniangzi and received Sanniangzi's pledge, a ship ticket worth nearly 200,000 silver. Sanniang reluctantly handed over the ship ticket to the emperor. This cruel man just accepted it. .

Zhu Yijun explained carefully to Sanniangzi and asked about the details of wintering outside the Great Wall. In the heavy snow, livestock were the first to freeze to death, so there was no shortage of food, but there was a shortage of fuel and things to keep warm. The biggest problem for civilians outside the Great Wall to survive the winter. Sanniangzi was very concerned about the coal mining in Shanxi and hoped that the northern barbarians outside the Great Wall would also be eligible to purchase the coal near Datong Prefecture. Zhu Yijun did not agree, which made Sanniangzi a little regretful.

Everyone knows each other well that without coal, the grasslands cannot be smelted, and without large-scale iron tools, Oara, Tatar, Uliangha, Dongyi, etc. cannot move south on a large scale.

Only after the Ming Dynasty's conquest could the supply of coal be put on the agenda.

After Sanniangzi once again solemnly thanked Shengde for blessing the grassland, she glanced at the imperial study room of Tonghe Palace with nostalgia, put on her big cloak, and left Tonghe Palace.

This cloak was a gift from the emperor after she entered the capital. She was a loyal and obedient wife, and all the officials in the Ming Dynasty had it. It was made of worsted wool, with a furry collar. On the chest of the cloak, on the left side were embroidered The sun and the moon shine together on the flag, with a clear word written on the right side. The three wives will wear it in winter, not caring about An Dahan's cannibalistic eyes.

On the left side of the fabric on the waist and belly of the coat, there is a small red figure embroidered, which is the shadow puppet drawing of Sanniang Zi. The third lady likes this little figure very much. She herself showed off the shadow puppet painting of His Majesty on the other side. Of course They were in regular clothes, and no one mentioned the issue of indecency. No one had any time to ask who the shadow puppet painting was.

Zhu Yijun maintains a certain degree of respect for Sanniangzi. This is a political figure who cares about all the people. Her stage is in the vast grassland.

A total of 234 people of the Yang family and their minions in the new capital were beheaded. The execution ground was set up on the Chang'an Street outside the Meridian Gate of the Ming Dynasty. The people of the capital of the Ming Dynasty also liked to watch the excitement, even if the weather was freezing. Look, Zhu Yijun arrived as scheduled and was imprisoned at the Meridian Gate. When hundreds of Tiqi shouted in unison and took it, his head fell to the ground.

When he needed to kill people, Zhu Yijun never cherished his reputation. It was better to be called a tyrant than to have the New Deal die prematurely.

These hundreds of heads falling to the ground represent the emperor's great determination to promote the New Deal. If he doesn't accept it, he will rebel and risk his life at the table!

The memorials of Wang Qian, the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Tingzhan, the governor of Sichuan, made Zhu Yijun breathe a long sigh of relief. The motionless Qingzhang of Sichuan finally began to advance, and the cold winter wind could not hinder Qingzhang's pace. This Qingzhang's first One stop is the Prince of Shu's Mansion.

When Wang Tingzhan walked into the Shu Palace, he discovered that the Shu Palace was far less luxurious than the rumors. Many palaces had even collapsed due to disrepair and even looked dilapidated. In the thirty-first year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing stopped. The reason for paying for the palace repair expenses of the feudal prince's palace was because of the war. From then on, the feudal prince's palace had no special repair expenses.

The Shu Prince's house has more than 30,000 hectares of land. The life of the Shu Prince's house is actually not too bad, but it definitely does not match the 30,000 hectares of land or 3 million acres of land.

The process of clearing the throne in Sichuan also led to the clearing of governors in Henan and Shaanxi, especially in Henan, where there were many royal palaces. His Majesty investigated the matter and resolutely implemented the New Deal without any regard for the friendship between relatives. The princes everywhere could only pinch their noses and return the fields under the name of the princes to the Zheshe households.

The palace is part of the hereditary government. They are not afraid of the revenge of the local Zheshe households. At worst, they can live their lives by closing the city gates, but they are very afraid of the emperor's wrath.

"I pay my respects to your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Buyan came to Tonghe Palace to meet the emperor and thank the Ming Emperor for his grace.

Tuman Khan was canonized as King Huaiyi in June of the seventh year of Wanli, and Buyan became the crown prince of Prince Huaiyi. After Sanniangzi left the capital, Prince Wang also said goodbye to the caravan. He would not lead the former caravan in person. Outside the Great Wall, he stayed in the Ming Dynasty.

Buyan has never returned to the grassland since Tuman Khan became king. He is a proton.

The purpose of Buyan's meeting this time was to discuss many matters regarding Tuman Khan's visit to Beijing to pay tribute next spring, or to confirm the fact that the Ming Emperor was willing to accept Tuman Khan.

"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun waved his hand, and after finishing writing a memorial, he motioned for Buyan to sit down and talk.

"It's interesting, why did Tumen suddenly figure it out?" Zhu Yijun looked at Buyan and asked curiously. He said he was coming to Beijing to pay tribute, but in fact it was surrender, a complete surrender. Zhu Yijun likes to tell the truth based on his strength. No beating around the bush.

"Father actually tried his best." Buyan really thought about this question and answered it.

Tuman Khan, as the suzerain khan of Mongolia, even had legal claims to the Mughal Kingdom. However, the strength of this suzerain khan was indeed a bit weak compared to Anda Khan. From the first year of Longqing, he also fought with the Ming Dynasty. Fourteen years have passed and it’s time to end. The ideal of reviving the glory of the Golden Bloodline has finally lost to reality.

Tuman Khan really tried his best, but he met Li Chengliang, Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng, and this diligent Majesty. The Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger. Tuman Khan couldn't bully the Western Regions, because there was still an Anda Khan blocking the west, and the Ming frontier army even had the ability to attack.

At this point, it's the end of the road.

Buyan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, anyway, the traitors in the grassland did not start with my father, but Anda Khan. As a member of the Golden Family, he betrayed the grassland first."

"Ah? This...is the same." Zhu Yijun was also stunned when he heard that, and smiled, with a weird expression on his face. The sentimental barbarian Khan spared no effort to promote Anda Khan as a traitor on the grassland. He also had this purpose. Anyway, they are not the sinners of history. The first member of the Gold family of Bo'erzhijin to seek refuge in the Ming Dynasty was Anda Khan. He is the sinner!

"Your Majesty, Hu Zhong has a large population. We rely on China for everything. If there is a shortage, we will need it. If we don't need it, we will plunder it. We can't plunder, but we can only conquer the west. If we can't conquer the west, we can only rely on it. There are Huns in front of us. After surrendering, Xianbei became Sinicized, and the Turks became attached. Anda Khan could still run to the west, but his father really had nowhere to go." Buyan made the reason for surrender very clear. Everything must rely on the production of the Ming Dynasty. Especially the necessary salt and iron.

"The Ming Dynasty is willing to accept your father's tribute. The Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites will discuss the matter with you in detail starting tomorrow. Don't worry too much about the lives of your father and son." Zhu Yijun gave Buyan reassurance, and the sect leader Khan went to Beijing to pay tribute, and To stay in the Ming Dynasty forever, Zhu Yijun will not hurt his life.

This is not Zhu Yijun's personal decision, but the result of court discussions.

Don't chase the poor bandits, and fight the trapped beasts. After all, it is the sect leader, the Great Khan, and there are still three thousand nails in the ruined ship. If the Ming Dynasty wants to completely eliminate the Tuman Khan, it needs to pay a greater price. Accepting the surrender of the Tuman is undoubtedly a simpler way, and then It is time to clean up the die-hards and eliminate the last will to resist.

This is actually the reason why the imperial court did not force the major princes too much. To push a prince to the point of bankruptcy, all the princes could not even raise one million silver. But if a prince rebels, he will need at least five million or more silver to put down the rebellion. , Jianwenjun Zhu Yunwen has used practice to prove the serious consequences of excessive force.

The difficulty with Henan's problem lies here. It is not the close friendship mentioned by scholar-bureaucrats, but the issue between costs and benefits.

The vassal kings of Henan were able to take the initiative to clear out the fields under Guiji's name. This approach made Zhu Yijun very happy. If they continued to be stubborn, Zhu Yijun would have no choice but to strike hard.

Buyan suddenly stood up, shook his sleeves, bowed five times and kowtowed three times and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please give me a surname so that I can reproduce my descendants."

This is an inevitable process, changing your surname to Chinese.

There were a large number of Tatar officials in the Ming Dynasty who needed to change their surnames to Han surnames. For example, Wu Yuncheng, the respectful uncle, was a Tatar. During the Hongwu period, he brought 5,000 households to the Ming Dynasty and was given the surname Wu. For example, Qian Shi, the governor of the rear army, and Chai Bingcheng, the commander of the Liangzhou Guards, He was also a Tatar. After his death, his son succeeded him. His son's name was Chai Tiezhu. This lineage continued until the fall of the Ming Dynasty;

Many people misunderstand Taguan as the Ta of high-ranking officials, but in fact the Ta of high-ranking officials is the Ta of developed people.

Please ask the Ming Dynasty to give you a surname, so that this direct bloodline can truly multiply. In the Ming Dynasty, if the surname is Bo'er Jijin, then the only result will be extirpation. If you change the surname to Han, no one will pay attention to it.

Shang himself has a Chinese surname, while Ashikaga Yoshiaki's actual surname is Minamoto, which can barely be regarded as a Han surname, because the Japanese country at this time did not have its own writing, and all culture was Han culture, even the era names.

"Just give me the surname Bao." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and chose one of the surnames reported by the Ministry of Rites.

He originally wanted to give the Borzhijin family a very formal surname of Liu. This was not without purpose. Who knew that Genghis Khan Temujin was really a descendant of the old Liu family? But in the end Zhu Yijun did not do that. The Prophecy of the Golden Sword , but a prophecy that lasted for more than a thousand years in the Central Plains.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Buyan kowtowed and thanked him again.

The prophecy of the Golden Sword is that there is a prophecy that the emperor surnamed Liu will definitely save the world from danger. If Liu Bei's Ji Han is really successful, the old Liu family may really become the hereditary emperor. Emperors of all dynasties are taboo about this prophecy of the Golden Sword. The Ming Dynasty The same is true. There is not a single sword made of gold in the palace.

Yang Yuhuan's cousin Yang Guozhong, whose real name was Yang Zhao, almost failed to become prime minister because of Li Daobian, so he took the initiative to change his name to Guozhong, just to prevent the emperor from seeing Li Daobian and thinking of this prophecy.

After Buyan left, Zhu Yijun looked at a book in his hand. This was a solution he thought of. Regarding the issue of Qingzhang in Henan, Zhu Yijun actually had a complete set of solutions, but before he took action, the Henan vassal king gave in. It was really difficult. Zhu Yijun felt a little regretful.

This is a great gift prepared by Zhu Yijun for the vassal kings.

Zhu Yijun planned to invite all the vassal kings to Nanjing to participate in another great event of the Ming Dynasty and carry out the vassal ban to the end.

On the pretext of offering sacrifices to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, vassal princes from all over the country were summoned to Beijing to worship their ancestors together. This was an ancestral law. During the Jianwen period and the early Yongle year, vassal princes from all over the country came to the Xiaoling Mausoleum to worship.

Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's decree, vassal kings from all over the world were not allowed to enter Nanjing to worship within three years, but the heirs of vassal princes from all over the country must observe filial piety in Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. In order for Zhu Yunwen to secure the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang did everything he could.

Zhu Di's sons, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, both stayed in Xiaoling for a long time.

These vassal kings came to Nanjing and after paying homage, they could not go back. Zhu Yijun planned to imprison them all in the high wall of Fengyang to raise pigs, both free-range and concentrated.

Zhu Yijun was planning to launch another attack when the Sichuan Zhutou case came to an end and Henan became the only thorn in the side of the Qingzhang. For this matter, Zhu Yijun also discussed with Wan Shihe for a long time. Wan Shihe provided the ancestors with Law, Zhu Yijun is responsible for implementation.

Moreover, these vassal kings were scattered throughout the Ming Dynasty, and not everyone lived a life of bells and whistles. Even the princes such as King Zheng of Shu had a tight life. The Ming court repeatedly lowered the salaries of the vassals, and life has become worse. It's very difficult.

But the vassal princes are not stupid either. The current emperor is already a relative of the fifth generation. The Ming Dynasty vassal vassal has completely lost its original role and has gradually become one of the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor wants to clear his father, but the vassal princes still insist on it. If the land is placed in the name of one's own palace, it is a recipe for disaster.

Zhu Yijun's centralized pig raising method is still based on his imagination.

As Zhu Yijun grows up, he now hopes that a vassal king will rebel, so that he can suppress it with force and tell the world.

The current sword of Ming Dynasty is so sharp.

(End of this chapter)