Smuggling Daming

Daming's army killed people in Liaodong, and Zhou Zhong also killed people in the capital, but he didn't kill those foreigners who often went south to harass Daming, but those moths in Daming's officialdom. Since he rectified the officialdom, Daming has investigated and dealt with several Of the 86 officials who continued to be corrupt, although most of these officials did not die, [-] of them committed capital crimes. As a result, Zhou Zhong dragged them all to Chai Street in the capital and chopped them down.

Originally, Zhou Zhong didn't want to make the reform too bloody, so before rectifying the administration of officials, he first increased the salaries of the officials, and directly stated that the previous things were wiped out, and he would never pursue it again. Their performance in the future, but I didn't expect that so many officials could not control their hands. In the first month of increasing their salaries, dozens of officials were dismissed. Later, there were also many officials who were investigated and dealt with every month. In order to deter Looking at the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to deal with these corrupt criminals severely. As a result, dozens of people were killed.

For Zhou Zhong's massacre this time, the people are naturally full of welcome. After all, for the common people, those corrupt officials are the ones they hate the most. Now His Royal Highness Zhao Wang has executed several Ten corrupt officials, this is a great joy for the people, so after this incident, Zhou Zhong's reputation among the people was pushed to the top.

However, for the officialdom, Zhou Zhong's officials who deal with crimes on such a large scale are under tremendous pressure. After all, the officialdom of the Central Plains Dynasty has always had a tradition of not punishing the public, except for a few periods.It is rare for the court to kill so many officials at once. After all, doing so may involve the interests of many people. The situation was handled secretly, and officials were rarely beheaded in such a big way like Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong also knew about these rules in the officialdom, but he didn't pay any attention to them.In the past, the Ming court cared too much about their own face. Even if something happened, the court would help the officials to cover it up. But for Zhou Zhong, he had given those corrupt officials a chance to correct themselves, and they didn't cherish it.So this time, he can't be blamed for being cruel.

After the officials with the most serious crimes were executed, their families were also searched, but Zhou Zhong changed the previous court's consecutive charges. For the families of these officials, the guilty ones will naturally be dealt with together, and the embezzled property will also be dealt with. was confiscated.But for those innocent family members, Zhou Zhong did not intend to pursue them.After all, according to the practice before the Ming Dynasty, the family members of these criminal officials are generally sent as slaves by men, and women are sent to the priest as prostitutes. This bad habit.

In addition to these officials with the most serious crimes, there are hundreds of officials with various crimes remaining.These officials are as big as corruption and murder, as small as passive sabotage.Everyone committed minor or serious crimes, and Zhou Zhong did not let them go easily. Most of these officials were deprived of their official positions, and then dealt with according to their respective crimes. As a result, there were officials everywhere in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty Falling horses, and sometimes even a county government or state government officials were all dismissed. Although this had some impact on Daming's administrative organization, Zhou Zhong did not waver in the slightest, because he knew clearly that if a country was everywhere If it is an official who is corrupt and corrupt, then there is no hope for this country.

Although in the eyes of those officials, Zhou Zhong's method of dealing with those criminal officials was a bit too cruel, but the effect was extremely good, because it made those officials finally understand that His Royal Highness King Zhao, who supervises the country, is the iron man. He is determined to rectify the administration of officials, and in order to achieve his goal, he will never be afraid of killing people.With this level of understanding, the atmosphere in Daming's officialdom is also cleared, at least no one dares to blatantly offer and accept bribes anymore.

At the same time, Zhou Zhong took advantage of this wind of killing and began to change the structure of Daming's officialdom, making it gradually change to his ideal structure. taxation, the gap in status between officials and officials is narrowing, etc. These reforms that Zhou Zhong had proposed before have gradually been implemented. It can be said that from all aspects, Ming Dynasty is changing for the better. .

"Reporting to Jian Guo, with the disposal of so many officials this time, the resistance for us to carry out reforms has been reduced immediately, especially in terms of taxation. Now the taxation departments in various places have started to operate normally, and they have also taken over most of the taxation departments in various places. , according to the current situation, it is estimated that it will not be long before Jian Guo's reforms to my Ming Dynasty can be fully realized!" In Zhou Zhong's office room in Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Cai was reporting the reforms during this period to Zhou Zhong As a result, Jiao Fang, Wang Qiong and others were also here.

"Very good. It seems that if you want to complete the reform of my Ming Dynasty, you must not kill people. I just hope that those officials will be smarter in the future. Don't think that the king dare not kill people!" Zhou Zhong nodded after hearing this. , When it came to the end, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of hatred. After all, killing so many people at once brought him a lot of psychological pressure. He was even worried that it would attract the backlash of Ming officials. Fortunately, it is finally passed.

"Jianguo, the administration of officials in the Ming Dynasty is much clearer now. As long as the Metropolitan Procuratorate can maintain the current supervision, and the existence of the tax department and the bank will reduce the chance of corruption in the local government, then in the future we can I have kept my Ming Dynasty’s officials clear, so what are we going to do next, do we need to amend some of my Ming’s laws?” Jiao Fang stood up at this moment and suggested, counting his age among the crowd The biggest, but he is most anxious to reform, because he is worried that he will die one day, so that he will not be able to see the reformed scene of Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Zhong also understood Jiao Fang's thoughts very well, but after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and said: "The current bureaucracy has just begun to change, and institutions such as the Supervisory Council, the Taxation Bureau, and banks have just begun to normalize. There is no guarantee that there will be no problems in the future, so now our task is to maintain the current results, find a solution immediately when we find a problem, and wait until the new institutions and local yamen have run in and everything is on the right track. Only by amending the laws of Ming Dynasty can we be more sure that there will be no chaos."

Regarding the reform of Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zhong had to be cautious, especially the law of Ming Dynasty. It is not feasible, but Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the majesty of the imperial power to insist on carrying it out. As a result, the entire Ming Dynasty suffered from many problems. However, Zhou Zhong did not dare to change easily.

Hearing Zhou Zhong's answer, Jiao Fang also knew that she was a little impatient, and immediately retreated with a secret sigh. Then others asked Zhou Zhong for some recent questions, and Zhou Zhong also made decisions one by one. arrange.

"Jianguo, His Majesty asked the imperial court for supplies and food again, but now His Majesty just stays in Daning without moving. Instead, Li Anliang's [-] servants led by Li Anliang will be the main force to attack the Jurchen. Now as winter approaches, Li Anliang's side is not only difficult to supply, it may even be difficult to get news back in the future, but the matter of Liaodong has always been decided by His Majesty, so the old minister doesn't know how to deal with this matter?" At this time, Minister of the Ministry of War Wang Qiong stood up and reported that, in his opinion, winter is coming soon, and it is impossible to send troops in Liaodong in winter, so it is best to let the army withdraw to rest, so that the court does not have to spend so much money supplies.

But Zhou Zhong thought about it after hearing this, and then turned to Yan Song beside him and said, "Weizhong, I remember that there will be a surplus in the national treasury this year. How much is this surplus?"

Yan Song was originally the governor of the Central Bank, but Lu Xing, the former Minister of the Household Department, was also arrested for corruption and bribery this time. Although Lu Xing was not charged with serious crimes, he was dismissed from office, so Yan Song took over as the Minister of the Household Department. , although Yan Song's qualifications are very low, and he is too young, which made many officials object, but Zhou Zhong resisted all opinions and let Yan Song take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Households. By him concurrently.

"Reporting to Jianguo, according to this year's budget, the treasury will have a balance of 1203 million taels. Originally, the money was intended to be used for the repair of the palace. After all, the treasury was tight in the past few years, and the palace has not undergone major repairs for many years. Many palaces look a little old, and there are even some water leakage problems." The young Yan Song stood out among the veterans, but although he had just gained a high position, he did not become arrogant because of it, but as That is to say, the humility in the past also made Zhou Zhong, Jiao Fang and others value him even more.

"More than 100 million taels, if it is used to repair the palace, it can indeed make the palace look brand new, but now the situation in Liaodong is tense, and it is time to spend money, so the affairs of the palace will be put aside for the time being, and all the money will be transferred to In Liaodong, we must ensure the needs of the army, especially Li Anliang, we must hurry up and deliver more supplies to them, I guess they may have to spend this winter in the Jurchen's lair!" Zhou Zhong said with twinkling eyes , Liaodong will be cleaned up soon. This will not only eliminate the potential threat of Jurchen, but also lay the foundation for Ming to march into the Mongolian grassland. Whether it can solve the northern border troubles of Ming at once depends on whether Zhengde can be a good general. ? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)