Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 539

Li Shimin lifted the board very high, but he hit it very lightly, not lightly!
If similar matters across the country have to be thoroughly investigated and dealt with, the country will probably be in chaos. There are no powerful clans on that state road!Even if these tyrants are forced by Li Shimin's military strength and dare not resist openly, how will the country be governed if most of the officials of the court have been dismissed?

You must know that the current situation is that even if a large number of officials from these families are used, there is still a huge gap in the number of officials in the imperial court. When the country is too large and there are too few available manpower, the barbarians, even before The generals who are still fighting for life and death must be used, let alone them, this is forced by the reality and there is no way.

Therefore, to deal with the problem of the aristocratic family, we still have to proceed slowly. Although the current conditions are slightly better than before, they are still immature. Only when the education system of Datang is more developed and more talents can be used can we truly full hands-on.

Li Shimin's words, in addition to the meaning of admonishing the princes of the court, are actually a more tactful method, persuading those local clans who are still using the old-fashioned way of entrapping the people and seeking benefits , to change their way of doing things.

With Datang's current prosperous situation in various industries, there are not too many ways to make money. After the Ministry of Commerce launched a round of investigations across the country, it found that there are dozens of large projects that can be developed. Capital and human investment are needed, why should they always focus on those ordinary people!Investing in the development of new industries and doing business can also make a lot of money!

Then, Li Shimin issued another decree to upgrade Sun Xiangfu's power. Officials below the fifth rank have the right to be recalled on the spot, and officials below the seventh rank have the right to be appointed on the spot. that power.

With this power, he can deal with officials at the state governor level at will.

Moreover, he also issued an order to Sun Xiangfu to thoroughly investigate the corruption and abuse of the law by officials in various states in Shannan Road. With Zuo Xiaowei's more than 3 troops in Jingzhou, he can basically settle all dissatisfaction.

This move made the officials of the aristocratic family thoroughly understand the current situation, that is, those who obey will prosper, and those who oppose will perish.

If you don't want to perish, you have to make up for your mistakes quickly, lest the emperor check Shannan Road today, and check Jiangnan Road and Hebei Road tomorrow.

Not to mention these second- and third-rate families, Li Shimin is now able to uproot such top-notch families as the Five Surnames and Seven Families, but he thinks it is unnecessary, because the Five Surnames and Seven Families are now concentrating their strength and developing outside the customs. What he has done has gradually gotten rid of the entrapment, and the low-level interest of exploiting the people is beneficial to the court and the people.

It only takes a few days for the imperial decree to reach Shannan Road. Sun Xiangfu has an intelligence team to monitor and investigate the crimes of these people. Inspector, no buttocks are clean, one pot is right.

Before Sun Xiangfu took action, he first sent a letter to the banks in the states, asking them to close the banks directly under the pretext of insufficient new money, and then Zuo Xiaowei's army went directly to the city, and the governor of the state, as well as all the department heads All the officials were captured and taken to the yamen of the chief manager's mansion.

In a state, from the governor of the state down to the officials in each department, there are hundreds of people, all of whom have been imprisoned. people come back.

"Now, that boy Yu Fang has something to do."

It was rare for Sun Xiangfu to sit in office in Jingzhou, and said after looking at the basic situation of the prisoner.

"All the officials in several states have been arrested, and there is no one to manage the local area. What should we do next?" Feng Zhidai asked Sun Xiangfu who had returned to the yamen hall to sit.

Sun Xiangfu replied, "Implement military control for the time being! Just pull out all your subordinates from the side of the field. It won't be long before His Majesty will send officials over."

Feng Zhidai said again, "Most of the ordinary people in these prefectures have been forced to build embankments by you, and the rest are all local people, so I don't care who comes here!"

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "You have to believe in the wisdom of our Majesty. Some people, at this time, are justified in using it."

When Feng Zhidai heard this, he soon understood.

Datang has a group of officials who don't care much about these small and medium-sized families, that is, officials from top-notch families with five surnames and seven families. Sending them over to rectify these small and medium-sized families in these places should not be too simple. After all, they He is the originator of these routines, and Sun Xiangfu just needs to wait for the result.

"So, what are you going to do with these people?"

"It's simple! If the matter of the main officials is tried clearly, the people below will naturally be unable to keep it. With the relatively loose laws of our Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to judge when so many people commit crimes collectively. They will basically plead guilty to the death penalty. We only need to use the things we have tried from the agricultural officials of various states as a breakthrough, and the case will be concluded soon. When Brother Zhi Dai goes north to Dingxiang, he can help me with this By the way, these prisoners were escorted to Shanyang Forced Labor Camp."

"So, after your case is finalized, I will lead the army and head north."

"Well, after the late rice is planted in mid-to-late July, I will also take the representative team from Jingzhou to participate in the Grand Competition and head north. At that time, we will meet again in Dingxiang."

In the next few days, Sun Xiangfu basically sat in on the court in Jingzhou. As he expected, after using iron evidence to confirm the cases of several state governors, the people below basically could not resist, but, It will take some time for more than 3000 people to be tried and convicted one by one. Anyway, Sun Xiangfu is not in a hurry, he is waiting for someone to come to the door.

His task is not to just convict these criminals, but also to recover the losses caused by these corrupt officials to the country.

Seven days later, when they learned that the new officials sent by the imperial court were about to take office, and the identities of these upcoming officials, the families finally couldn't sit still, and several family heads came to Jingzhou's Grand Chief's Mansion by boat one after another.

No way!Without Sun Xiangfu's order, the bank will not open, and their money in the bank has been kept in a state of confinement. They can discard a small number of officials in the clan, like Huang Fu, according to plan, but within each family, they must It is not easy to maintain the production and life of nearly 10 people. Living without money is difficult for everyone.

"Old man Cai Can, head of the Cai clan."

"Huang Xu, the patriarch of the Huang clan."

"The head of the Kuai clan, Kuai Zhao."

"Deng Hong, the patriarch of the Deng clan."

"Liu Qing, head of the Liu clan."

"Meet the chief manager..."

Seeing the honorable masters bowing and saluting, Sun Xiangfu smiled slightly, raised his hand to signal them to excuse him, and said, "What do you guys want me to do?"

Because of his age, Cai Can was still promoted as a representative by several families, so he took a step forward and replied, "I would like to ask the governor to order to open the banks in the prefectures and counties where we are located, so that money can circulate and local businesses can operate normally. .”

Sun Xiangfu expected that they would say this early in the morning, and said directly, "This is a bit difficult. Your Majesty has an order to order me to thoroughly investigate the corruption cases in the states of Shannan Province and recover the money damaged by the court. Now, you A large number of officials are involved in the case in the counties where several companies are located, and most of their corrupt money is stored in the bank. You have to know that the official ordered the arrest this time, and did not even sit with his family members. If the bank is not suspended, Fearing that the family members of these criminals will transfer the money, like Huang Fu, the chief agricultural officer from Huangzhou, Cai Qiang, the chief agricultural officer from Caizhou, and others from other states, the amount of money involved by any one of them is as high as 20 yuan, they insisted that they spent the money from corruption, where did they spend it? I want to investigate and recover it!"

"This, you can't spend the money of the entire state just because of a few criminals..."

"Correct, it's not just a few criminals, it's thousands of criminals. There are hundreds of criminals in a state. The total amount involved is as high as millions, which is far more than the sum of all the deposits in the banks of the states. Therefore, this officer, you must first consider the big head."

All the old accounts of the states were dug out, isn't it worth millions? There are no millions of deposits in a bank in a state, so Sun Xiangfu didn't give that old guy Cai Can any face and interrupted him road.

The situation is unstoppable. Old man Cai and the patriarchs of several other families were a little downcast when they heard the news. They never thought that the bank and liquidity would be so related to their vital interests. After being used in the market, all their industries will not be able to conduct large-scale transactions with the outside world.

You know, merchants in Datang basically recognize money, and their news is very well-informed. The purpose of the bank's suspension of business is to check the accounts of several of them. , It is also unusable. Under such circumstances, who is willing to do business with them, even if there is, they should want to take the opportunity to gain benefits from them.

A few patriarchs can abandon a group of people who pushed to the front, but they can't suppress the entire clan. The rebound of tens of thousands of clansmen, without a livelihood, all clansmen will rebel against these patriarchs. Maybe they are still loyal to the clan Yes, but not necessarily loyal to the current patriarch, because this patriarch cannot solve their problems well.

"Chairman, there are indeed some corrupt officials under my family, but because of this, my entire clan's money in the bank was imprisoned, and tens of thousands of people were damaged. What is the difference between this and Lian Zuo?·· "..."

Cai Can was still waiting to say more, but Sun Xiangfu interrupted him again and said, "These people, who are beneficiary by committing corruption and breaking the law, you and I know very well, the national interests stolen by them cannot be lost in vain The people who have been harmed by them must return justice. I see you today because I respect you as local clan elders. If you clan elders do not have justice in their hearts, it is a waste of time for me to see you. Before the investigation of the case is clear, this state of suspension of business and confinement of assets will continue. As clan elders, you should go back earlier and urge the clan to farm and produce to support yourself!"

'Planting and producing? "If the family is powerful, if it only relies on farming for production, how can it grow to the situation it is today? Now, the price of food in Datang is only a few tens of pennies a stone. How much money can you earn by farming?"They are not willing to let all the clansmen, like those ordinary people, rely on exhausting farming to make ends meet. If they are not willing, these people will not be able to be patriarchs.

But still the same sentence, no one is strong in the situation, they can only bow their heads and recognize it. After hearing Sun Xiangfu's order to expel the guests, several people hurriedly exchanged eye contact, and it was Cai Can who said, "What can the chief executive do?" Let go of the restrictions on our clans, please speak clearly."

(End of this chapter)