A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 490 Collusion between Government and Businessmen Cha Yancheng

The position of Shizhong has no real power and is not even a formal official position in the court. It is a personal advisor to the emperor. But anyone who takes this position seriously is a fool.

Emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to this position. After discovering their true talents, they would send them to other prefectures and counties for training. If they made some achievements, they would be promoted to Beijing, which was a shortcut to promotion.

If you don't have enough talent and learning, you will have to work as an official. Now these servants serve as the emperor's scribes, responsible for recording warriors from various places. As long as they are recorded in the book, some of them will naturally go back for testing, and then they will be promoted to the Yulin Guards or other regular armies.

The most important thing is that once they are recorded in the record, these warriors are known to all the military departments, and they will naturally be given opportunities. Once they have made meritorious deeds, they will be promoted quickly.

Jiang Hu was extremely excited to be recorded in the roster. Jane was in the emperor's heart, which was a step to the sky for him.

"Saint, saint, I also have warriors here!" A person next to him shouted quickly.

Wang Che turned around and saw that this person was even more familiar. He was actually Wei Hong from the Wei family branch of the public office. He was also a talented general in the capital camp back then, but this guy couldn't control what was in his crotch. During the battle in Hehuang Valley, This man captured the enemy, defeated the Xiongnu tribe, and put the Shanyu's daughter to sleep.

At that time, the general was so angry that he almost killed him. Fortunately, this guy was clever and forced the Shanyu to recognize him as his son-in-law. He barely passed the test, but even so, he could only retire from the army, get a viscount, and finally received [-] acres. Land, came here to serve as an inspection envoy.

"I, Wei Hong, the inspection envoy of Gaochun County Inspection Department, come to visit the saint, the saint will live forever!"

"It's your careless thing!" Wang Che rushed up and kicked him directly. The man fell down and did not dare to dodge, so he could only bear it forcefully.

"If you could have controlled what was in your crotch back then, with all the achievements you made, you wouldn't have become an inspector!" Wang Che kicked him a few times, maybe he was tired, and said with a look of hatred for iron.

Wei Hong's face turned red and he was speechless for a long time, so he had no choice but to pay homage to Wang Che.

"Get up and talk." Wang Che saw him like that and didn't blame him anymore.

"Thank you, saint." Wei Hong quickly got up and shouted: "Xu Yong! Why don't you come and see the saint soon!"

I saw a strong man running out of the Gaochun Inspection Department. This strong man had a strong back and a strong waist. He was extremely strong. If he could run, he would really look like a bull.

"This man is Xu Yong from Gaochun County. His arms have the strength of a thousand kilograms. He can pull an ox's tail backwards and drag a mad cow a hundred steps. He can run as fast as flying. He is skilled in martial arts. A hundred kilograms of stone locked in his hands is nothing more than a plaything!"

Good guy, you can drag a mad cow a hundred steps! Running and walking like flying, if you wear iron armor, you will be a perfect war machine and bulldozer on the battlefield. The army needs such fierce men!

"Remember, Xu Yong from Gaochun County is unparalleled in bravery and should be reused!"

If you don’t accept such a fierce person, then what kind of person will you accept?

After hearing the emperor's words, everyone burst into cheers.

Next, the inspection departments from various places continued to recommend warriors to Wang Che. At this time, if any inspection department did not recommend warriors, it would be embarrassing in front of the emperor. I am afraid that the entire Jinling Mansion would laugh at them, which made them How to bear it. Each of them pushed the most elite warriors from the inspection department to the front. In the end, Wang Che ordered hundreds of people to be recorded. Among these people, there are peasants, soldiers, sons of the public servants, and ordinary people, and they will all be reused in the future.

Seeing these warriors, Wang Che was filled with pride. With these warriors in his hands, among those noble and powerful officials from a family of officials, who would dare to explode?

After Wang Che inspected the army, he then gave a grand reward to the three armies. All the athletes were rewarded with cloth, wine, meat, and money. Then Wang Che ordered a camp to be set up outside Zhaoling, a banquet was held, and the officials of Jinling City were ordered to bring fine wine, big pigs, and fat sheep. Cheyu drank freely with these people again.

After the banquet, Wang Che ordered the Luoyang Military Governor's Mansion to issue an edict to recruit the warriors on the roster to the capital. And he was stationed in Jinling waiting for the court's punishment of the Yancheng Saltworks.

More than two months have passed since the last time I left the Yancheng Salt Field. This long time is enough for the officials to conduct an inventory.

Soon, Wang Che was not kept waiting. Within two days, the news from Yancheng came. Tingwei, together with Dali Temple, wrote another letter requesting the mobilization of [-] troops from Huai'an, the eastern capital, to be dispatched to surround the entire Yancheng salt field.

Tingwei ordered that all officials in Yancheng from the county guard down should be captured, as well as the salt field supervisor and other officials.

When the Tingwei issued the order, some of the people from Dali Temple who came with him objected, saying that the case could only be limited to the salt field. As a result, he was scolded severely by Tingwei.

"The saint gave an order to let you, me and others handle this case. Do you really think you can handle this case? The saint knew that this case was not handled, but he traveled thousands of miles to let me and others handle it. Do you think it is giving you credit? ? What a shame! You want to die, but I still want to live!"

Tingwei scolded those people, and then wrote the case in person, reporting all the circumstances of the Yancheng Saltworks case to Wang Che, and also wrote down the events of those people in Dali Temple. Send someone to Jinling.

Tingwei swept through Yancheng and conducted inspections one by one. Eighty percent of the officials were related to the salt works. According to the estimates of the secret guards, the gray income of the salt farm is as much as [-] to [-] yuan a year, and this situation has lasted for more than ten years.

These people got millions of dollars of wealth from the salt field. Such a large amount of wealth can be said to have fed the entire officialdom and nobles of Yancheng. Even many people in Huai'an were involved.

However, Tingwei was a little hesitant about involving Huai'an, so when he submitted the letter, he only mentioned the following and asked the saint whether Huai'an should be dealt with.

After receiving the letter from Tingwei, Wang Che was very pleased and said: "As expected, Tingwei did not accept my trust."

Then he issued an order: "The edict ordered Dali Temple to fine one year's salary and record a major offense. All those involved in the case were dismissed and exiled to the Western Regions. As for the officials in Yancheng, according to the "Daqian Law", all these people's homes were ransacked and their property confiscated. Charge it into the Taifu."

"The criminal's family was executed, and all three of his clans were exiled to the Western Regions, Hehuang, Lingnan, and Liaodong!"

"As for the private salt field developed by these people secretly, a new salt field will be established for management. The salt field will be divided from the local area and directly placed under the jurisdiction of the Taifu. It will not be under the jurisdiction of local governments."

Wang Che also showed no mercy and directly ordered Huai'an to be traced. These people dare to touch the imperial court's purse. This is not because the old man is tired of hanging himself!

After receiving Wang Che's order, Ting Wei no longer had any scruples and directly ordered the inspection of Yancheng's distinguished officials.

(End of this chapter)