Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 778 Don't blame me for being lawless by all means

Chapter 783 Don't blame me for being lawless by all means

When Emperor Chongzhen wanted to collect commercial taxes, their officials said, "You don't compete with the people for profit." Well, under this glamorous banner, the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Manchu Qing was in vain.

As for the loyalty of these gentry tyrants, it is even more bullshit. The Manchus entered the customs, and the Manchus and Eight Banners did not fight much at all. It was all due to the traitors.

Often in the early days of the founding of the country, these emperors who conquered the world knew what was going on, so they didn't care about the so-called public opinion of these gentry.But it won't work in the future, the prince grew up in the deep palace and doesn't understand the real situation outside.Therefore, they are often blinded by the officials below.

Regardless of the banner of public opinion and benevolence, these gentry tyrants generally suck the bones and suck the marrow from the countries they are attached to. When the real country is destroyed, they will turn to a new master.

Ran Ming didn't have a good impression of powerful gentry.But Ran Ming is different from ordinary princes, he has an afterlife soul.In the era of information explosion in the later generations, even the most ordinary person understands the law of historical development, and knows the ugly face of the people's life and the landlord and official class.

Therefore, Ran Ming decided to speak with facts.After Yongqiu, Ran Ming headed west all the way to Luoyang.Along the way, the Sixth Battalion of the Infantry Army was dismantled and stationed in various counties and counties in the form of teams, villages, or divisions.

Ran Ming led his Qilin Guards to Luoyang.In the Jin Dynasty, Luozhou's jurisdiction was equivalent to today's Henan Province, the central part, the western part, the southwestern part of Shanxi Province, and the Shangluo area of ​​Shaanxi Province.The state government is located in Luoyang, leading twelve counties.Yuzhou governs the eastern part of Henan Province, the southern part of Shandong Province, and the northern part of Anhui Province.In fact, Luozhou is the real Central Plains.

Ran Ming's imperial envoy hadn't resisted Luoyang when he saw dense crowds of people appearing on the official road.Before Ran Ming could stop the car, he saw a person rushing out of the crowd.This man stretched out his hands and shouted loudly: "Zheng Yi, a gentry from Luoyang Prefecture, has a grievance and complained to His Highness the Crown Prince, please His Highness the Crown Prince to make the decision for Zheng Yi!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Meng sneered.All the details of the Heluo gentry were found out by the "deaf and dumb", especially after Tianyan took over the evidence, he checked it again, in Ran Ming's words.Even if all the powerful gentry in Heluo were killed, they wouldn't wrong a good person.But Yang Hui moved his throat with difficulty, opened his mouth, but closed it quickly.

He wanted to know how Ran Ming handled this matter.

If Heluo is in turmoil, which leads to changes in the Central Plains, how will this matter end with Ran Ming.

The expression on Ran Ming's face at this time is extremely exciting, what's going on?Actually blocking the way and calling for injustice?

Ran Ming shouted loudly: "My palace will patrol the sky on behalf of the heavens and open eyes for the emperor. If you have any grievances, feel free to tell me."

As a result, the scene was extremely quiet.In just a moment, several people knelt in front of Ran Ming.

"Zheng Yi?" Ran Ming said coldly: "Very good, Duyang Zheng Yi, what grievance do you have?"

"It's right here." Zheng Yi looked at Ran Ming's playful expression and felt a little nervous.

However, he still stiffened his neck and said, "His Royal Highness, Zheng Yi is a law-abiding citizen who is always kind to others. He builds bridges and roads, provides porridge to relieve disasters, and does not fall behind in everything. But he was hated by villains and framed for disobedience." The imperial decree, stealing the state's Fu. This is simply slander, this is slander. The Duyang Zheng family passed down the poems and books, respected discipline and law, and has never violated laws and regulations. Please, His Royal Highness, please return Zheng Yi's innocence and give it to the grassroots A justice."

Ran Ming didn't want to waste his words on hearing this inversion of black and white.

Ran Ming said in a cold voice: "I want to enter the city, you should get out of the way."

"His Royal Highness" Hearing Ran Ming's words, a man with the appearance of a gentleman suddenly showed a proud expression, and he shouted with grief and indignation: "Your Highness, do you just ignore the grievances of the people like this?"

Ran Ming said: "Are you?..."

"Yiyang Ganchuo"

"Very good, very good. You are all here."

Ran Ming smiled, and suddenly said: "Take it!"

Hearing Ran Ming's order, Lin Heishan didn't hesitate at all, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Yang Hui was also stunned, what is this for?Especially Gan Chuo, whose face was full of joy, instead of retreating, he stepped forward and pointed at Ran Ming, "You..."

Lin Heishan saw that Gan Chuo wanted to be disrespectful to Ran Ming, so that was fine.With a straight fist with his left hand, he slammed into Gan Chuo's ribs.

As soon as Gan Chuo opened his mouth, he felt pain in his ribs, his breathing was difficult, he opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.The body immediately bowed into a cooked shrimp, and tears and snot came down immediately.

Zheng Yi was terrified, what rhythm is this?However, Zheng Yi is not afraid of Ran Ming: "In broad daylight, the world is bright and bright, is His Royal Highness trying to ignore the king's law and punish him without teaching?"

Yang Hui also felt the weird atmosphere at the scene. Ran Ming sneered and said, "It seems that you will not give up until you reach the Yellow River! Then let you die to understand, so as not to let people say that this palace is wrong and punish you!"

Said, Ran Ming stretched out his hand to Wang Meng, and Wang Meng knowingly replaced a booklet in his backpack to Ran Ming.

Ran Ming coughed softly, and then said: "Zheng Yi, male, 45 years old, from Zhengjiabao, 120 miles west of Duyang City. He owns 63 acres and 460 acres of fertile land under his name. There are 390 households and 1 tenants. This year, the land rent totaled more than [-] shi. Ran Ming smiled and said, "The [-] mu of land produced a total of [-] shi of grain, and you dare to collect more than [-]% of the land rent. You are really kind. "

Ran Ming continued: "Your Majesty promulgated the imperial decree of tax exemption. Zheng Yi proposed to continue to collect taxes, bribe Li Jin, the county magistrate of Duyang County, and Hao Quanren, the magistrate of the county, and give the niece of the family to Li Jin as a concubine. The total income tax is [-] yuan. One thousand shi. Zheng Yi gets [-]% of the proceeds, Li Jin, the county magistrate, gets [-]%, and Hao Quanren, the county magistrate, gets [-]%."

At this moment, Li Jin, the magistrate of Duyang County in the crowd, suddenly ran out, knelt in front of Ran Ming and said, "His Royal Highness, I am guilty, I am guilty. Please let me go..."

Ran Ming didn't pay attention to Li Jin, and continued: "The tenant Liu is honest, and he has no food to pay the rent. He was forced to pay one stone of grain rent for his daughter, which was paid to Zheng Yi as a maidservant, and the eldest son was paid two stones of grain price, to be paid to Zheng Yi as a slave. The tenant Zhu Qilang, who had no food to pay the rent, also offered to sell his wife and wife as a price, was beaten and disabled by his family member Zheng Gouzi. The tenant Chang Dazhu, because his son-in-law was a shopkeeper, knew that there was an imperial decree for tax exemption. He conspired with his relatives and wanted to refuse the land rent. After Zheng Yi learned about it, he led more than [-] servants and thugs with his housekeeper Zheng Liujin, and rushed to Chang Dazhu's house overnight. Chang Dazhu's family of thirteen, including the six-year-old Including the grandson, all were killed and burned."

Hearing this, Yang Hui was also furious, pointed at Zheng Yi and said, "Scum, beast!"

In fact, Zheng Yi's thinking is too simple, it is too easy to trouble them, they are all shit, no one is innocent at all.The powerful gentry of this era are like the officials of later generations. None of them can stand the investigation, and whoever is investigated will die.Originally, Ran Ming didn't want to do everything wrong, but also wanted to give them a way out.But Zheng Yi actually brought people to force Ran Ming into the palace.

Conversing black and white, referring to a deer as a horse, this is not bad.

Isn't this forcing Ran Ming to fight hard?

In fact, Ran Ming has no better way to deal with corruption.What is strict punishment? Whoever is old Zhu is ruthless, and if he embezzles 60 taels of silver, he will peel off his skin and use it as grass, but are there few corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty?The answer is yes, a little bit.In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the middle and late period, almost [-]% of the ten officials were corrupt officials.

Don't think that the emperor can follow the law, in fact, it is not the case at all.For big problems, the words of the emperor are indeed useful, but when it comes to meticulous management, it is not the problem of officials, but the clan.This is China's unique national conditions. Don't get involved in the issue of treason. No matter how big the national law is, it is not as big as the family law.

"Bo Yan, what do you think about this matter?" Ran Ming looked at the troubled Yang Hui and smiled.

Yang Hui was really in a difficult situation.What these gentry do is not enough to anger the common people if they don't kill them, but he is also a gentry.If you change your position and stand on Ran Ming's position, it is a betrayal.But if he indulges them, Yang Hui's conscience will feel guilty and disturbed. "The issue of the powerful gentry should be solved in a way, but is His Royal Highness acting too hastily? Hui should think carefully about this matter."

Ran Ming smiled lightly.

Is Yang Hui helpless?Of course, it's not that there is no way, but I want to delay this matter.The prince may be able to make mistakes, but the emperor cannot make mistakes in this matter, otherwise he will be irresponsible to the community.

In this fucking world, the real root of corruption is in fact.In this humane society, who would not have three friends and four friends, as well as relatives of seven aunts and eight aunts.When relatives and friends come to your door, beg you to let me off the hook, or give me some ways to get rich.This is a difficult multiple choice question.To agree is to violate the laws of the country. If you don't agree, rumors will spread, such as betraying the family, forgetting the family, and being ungrateful.Especially the elders of the clan, if you dare not listen, that is unfilial.An unfilial person is not worthy of being an official because of his poor morals.This is simply an unsolvable problem.It's not that there are no officials without moral conduct, but because of the general environment.

There was a lot of corruption in the Song Dynasty, but there were still honest officials. That's because the welfare of civil servants in the Song Dynasty was very good.Even so, there are still many corrupt officials.why?It’s just that when he loses power, he will be liquidated. Even Su Dongpo was poor and poor in his later years. He had no money for medical treatment when he was sick, and eventually died in a foreign country.

The most fundamental reason for this situation is actually the lack of security.When you are an official, you can enjoy unlimited scenery, but once you lose the official, it will be very miserable.It is true that being an upright official like Su Dongpo can leave a name, but the consequences are unacceptable. Not only do you have food and clothing, but you also involve your descendants.Then there is the bad root of human nature, from shallow to extravagant easy, from extravagant to shallow difficult.

After getting used to delicacies from mountains and seas, who can eat simple food?Not to mention, many people born in the [-]s came from hard times. At that time, their biggest wish was to be able to eat white flour steamed buns.There are more than ten years of food and clothing, but now there is no food, and I can't eat at all.Combining various reasons, it has caused corrupt officials to regard death as home, and the reason why they have been banned repeatedly.Ran Ming knew that no matter how hard he cracked down, he could not eradicate corrupt officials fundamentally.

Can not put an end to, or because of system problems.Only by strengthening the monitoring system can we put an end to corruption.But no matter the ancient censors, speech officials, or the discipline inspection cadres of later generations, the real reason why corruption cannot be avoided is that they are also officials.Letting officials supervise officials is like the left hand supervising the right hand. It is strange that it can play a supervisory role.

Ran Ming never thought about eradicating corruption at all, that would be unrealistic at all.But at least the normal operation of the country must be maintained.

Because Zheng Yi brought people to force the palace and beat him up, Ran Ming was furious and dealt a thunderous blow.As the Heluo gentry who stubbornly resisted taxes were arrested and brought to justice one by one.Ran Ming also gave an order.

Last year, there were floods in Heluo, and His Majesty the Emperor felt sorry for the hardships of the people, so he exempted the counties and counties of Heluo from taxes.However, some gentry not only did not fulfill the responsibility of educating the people and stabilizing one side, but instead did harm to one side. In the year of catastrophe, instead of responding to His Majesty's tax exemption order to reduce rent, they imposed excessive taxes and aroused numerous public grievances.Therefore, with the great Wei Jiangshan in mind, a special announcement was made to 97 cities in the twelve counties of Heluo, and the local tyrants and evil gentry will be publicly tried in half a month.

(End of this chapter)