Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 865: Yue Zheng is promoted to Governor of Yunnan, Guizhou and Shanxi. He is attacked in the valley.
Speaking of Southwest, Zhu Qiyu thought of the case of Guizhou Governor Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin accused Zhao Xin, the commander of the Guizhou capital, of killing dozens of Miao Yi people without authorization, taking away their wives and concubines, extorting unreasonable levies and extorting money, provoking the barbarians to rebel, and sending the wives of his troops to another commander of the capital, Li Jian.

Li Shuyi, the chief envoy of Guizhou Province, counter-sued Jiang Lin for arresting the commander of the capital Zhao Xin without authorization, causing him to die violently in prison. He also beat Zhao Xin's subordinates to death, including dozens of commanders, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and soldiers. . In addition, Jiang Lin accepted bribes from the commander Wu Sheng to recommend him. He also took possession of the young daughter of his subordinates, and was greedy, lustful, cruel and cruel.

Zhu Qiyu was used to this kind of thing. Local officials often accused each other like this. Both sides had their noses in what they said. Just looking at the memorial, it seemed that the other party's crimes were extremely heinous and unpardonable.

Taking advantage of Jiang Lin's case, Zhu Qiyu sent three supervisory censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and three supervisors from the Ministry of Personnel, together with the Guizhou patrol censors, a total of seven people, to conduct a thorough investigation of the case.

It has also been established as a rule that in the future, lawsuits involving civil and military officials in each province will be initially reviewed by a total of seven people, including the patrol censor, the supervisory censor, and the chief of the Ministry of Personnel, who are stationed in each province. The seven people worked together to collect evidence and confessions, and submitted the case file to the Three Judiciary Division.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Has this case been investigated? Why has no one reported it after so long?"

Qianxue replied: "The patrol censor of Guizhou has reported several times before that it is true that Zhao Xin killed Miao Yi without authorization and expropriated excessively, it is true that Jiang Lin arrested Zhao Xin without authorization, and it is true that he killed Zhao Xin's subordinates with a stick.

As for the reasons for Zhao Xin's sudden death, Jiang Lin's acceptance of bribes has not yet been verified.

This was all news at the beginning of the year. Later, after her husband retired, the slave family stopped paying attention to political affairs. "

After making these small adjustments, Zhu Qiyu continued to sleep at home.

"You still have to worry a lot. Zhu Wenfang is still too young. No matter how smart he is, he can easily be circumvented by those old foxes. So I helped him onto the horse and gave him another ride."

After a few years of political success, I promoted him to the position of Minister.

Finally, someone among my close associates is going to be promoted from the bottom to the rank of minister. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "No wonder it's common for local guards to flee. These governors are commanding lawlessness. If it were me, I would run away. It's time to carry out strict judicial reforms in these remote provinces."

Qianxue smiled and said, "Husband, I still can't help but worry."

Master Zhou advised: "Ming Gong, after walking for so long, why don't we stop to rest, eat some solid food and drink some water before we leave."

Li Bing smiled and said, "How about we persist and wait until we get out of the valley?"

Yue Zheng was the third flower in the 13th year of Zhengtong. Because of his strong sense of justice, he was the first to write a letter asking for the redress of Queen Hu's injustice, so he was favored by Zhu Qiyu. Now he has a prosperous official career and is the fastest promoted among the Jinshi in his generation.

There are also actual records from the sixth year of Jingtai to the tenth year of Jingtai, which should be compiled and released as soon as possible. "

"We also have He Yi and Qiao Feng to assist us."

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, then slapped his forehead: "This reminds me, let Yue Zheng be given the title of Minister of War, and be the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, promote the reform of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and appease the people of the two provinces.

But it was said that in the early morning of June 12th, Li Bing, along with his subordinate officials and guard soldiers, left Yanmen Pass and walked along the valley post road for eight or nine miles. After three or four miles, they were about to leave the mountainous area and enter an open area.

My "Da Ming Code" should be almost finished. I will issue it after the land and population census is completed.

Master Zhou replied: "This is an official post road. Isn't Ming Gong worried about being attacked by bad guys?"

Li Bing nodded: "That's true. Although banditry has been rampant in recent years, bandits are not robbing officials on the post road."

Li Bing still had confidence in the authority of the imperial court. Bandits rob, but they don't dare to attack officials on the post road. If you really do that, you will definitely be dead, so there is no need to take any chances. So Li Bing adopted Master Zhou's advice and ordered everyone to stop and rest.

Master Zhou was very particular about it. He ordered his followers to make rice in pots, and they had to eat it hot.

Soon, smoke curled up from the cooking pots, and the aroma of meat spread everywhere.

Li Bing was very worried and ignored all this. He just sat and chatted with Wang Shan.

Li Bing was the first to test: "Mr. Wang governs a Yonghe County and has a hundred servants. I'm afraid his monthly expenses are not small, right?"

Wang Shan laughed at himself and said: "I am also a county magistrate at a loss. Not only do I have a hundred servants to serve me, but I also have to support a lot of masters and scribes. But don't worry, Minggong, I don't have to spend a penny from the Yamen to support these people." Money, let alone corruption or bribery.”

"Your arrogance is even greater than that of my governor. Although I am not familiar with military matters, I have been responsible for the downsizing of Shanxi Guards over the years, and I have had a lot of contact with soldiers.

I see that your servant is quite imposing. You look like someone who has been on the battlefield and killed enemies. "

Wang Shan nodded: "Ming Gong has a keen eye. These are veterans who retired from the Baoding Guard. Most of them are in their thirties or forties. Aren't military positions in the Guards hereditary? They pass their military positions to their sons and retire. .

Let your sons take the position early, and these young people will have the opportunity to be elected to the Shenshu Camp and Yingzhou Guard.

If you have the opportunity to enter Shenshu Camp and Yingzhou Guard, you must not miss it.

Especially when the Shenshu Camp was first established, the chances of being selected were extremely high. If you are elected, you will be guaranteed for the rest of your life. "

Li Bing also knew about the emperor's establishment of the Shenshu Camp for the prince, and he immediately sighed: "This is very true. The sage often said that choice is often greater than effort. Back then, Emperor Taizong organized a young army for the Xuan Temple, and now the sage also His Royal Highness formed a young army.

Once you become the prince's personal soldier, you will be guaranteed for the rest of your life. "

As he talked, Li Bing felt confused again. These servants were all veterans, and most of their sons had joined the pro-army. Being able to support such a group of servants is not just average.

As the governor of Shanxi, Li Bing's guards were far less elite than these servants.

After being stunned for a long time, Li Bing asked again: "This time for the census of the land and population, the Holy Emperor has extremely strict requirements for Shanxi. Compared with the fields during the Hongwu period, there must be no less than one acre. The powerful gentry in Shanxi are definitely not willing to hide and annex easily. of farm produce spit out.

I don’t know how far the Holy One wants to go. "

Wang Shan smiled and said: "I dare to advise you not to take any chances. As long as one acre of land is missing, the Holy One will definitely start a killing spree. Fifty thousand pro-troops stationed in Datong are just for killing people."

After listening to Wang Shan's advice, the last trace of luck in Li Bing's heart was shattered.

Another way is to resign and go home, but this road was blocked just now. Because the emperor has just been promoted to Minister of War, and you don't say you are grateful and devoted yourself to death, but you dare to run away. Do you want to die if you despise the emperor's favor like this?

While the two were talking, several cold arrows suddenly shot through the air and into the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, the shouts of killing started loudly, and countless bandits came out from the valleys on both sides.

(End of this chapter)