Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1613, everything in the world is under control

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the vast territory of Ming Dynasty and smiled, thinking and planning the blueprint for the future of Ming Dynasty.

Here Xiao Jing walked in with a stack of latest information.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest information from various places!"

Xiao Jing has been in charge of the factory guard for many years. In the past, although the factory guard was very powerful, the collection and analysis of intelligence and information was still a long-standing problem.

On the one hand, it requires a lot of manpower, and on the other hand, the traffic is inconvenient, and it is difficult to disseminate information, and it is impossible to grasp the situation in various places in real time.

Coupled with the fact that Daming's territory is getting bigger and bigger, the requirements for factory guards are also getting higher and higher.

What's more, the factory guards also need to pay attention to the information not only in Daming's country, but also all over the world, especially the regions and countries that are related to Daming's interests. The factory guards also need to be able to grasp the information of these places in a timely manner.

Over the years, Emperor Hongzhi's allocation to the factory guards has also increased year after year. The number of factory guards has increased by more than ten times compared to before.

The power of the factory guards, whether overt or covert, is not only distributed throughout Daming, but even overseas vassal states, colonies, and major countries and regions in the world also have the power of factory guards.

In addition, the factory guards also gradually began to divide labor. Jinyiwei gradually focused on the collection and analysis of important domestic and foreign information and intelligence. The East Factory mainly monitors the court officials and military and political officials from various places. The division of responsibilities is also for more effective run.

The Ming Empire is developing rapidly, and the strength of the factory guards is also growing unprecedentedly.

It's just that Emperor Hongzhi has always learned from his father's experience and lessons, and the factory guards have always only collected and analyzed information, and have not directly intervened in the operation of the country, so people have always felt that there is not much sense of presence.

But its power is greater than ever, not only the larger number of people, but also its increasingly efficient operation and capabilities.

The huge Ming Empire and the international situation that needs to be faced have put forward many tests for the factory guard. If it does not change with the times, it will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the emperor.

Now with electromagnetic communication technology, the work of factory guards becomes much easier.

In particular, the delivery and collection of news has become easier and simpler. Wherever there is any disturbance, it can be sent back to the capital and sent to the emperor within the first time.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and then looked at it quickly.

Emperor Hongzhi is now more and more aware of the importance of factory guards, and also clearly knows the importance of information. In the past, he always listened to civil officials, and he didn't know how miserably he was deceived.

What taxation is to compete with the people for profit, the court collects taxes, and the people below will live in poverty. This is the most common tactic used by civil officials to oppose taxation.

If you don't know what they mean by "people", you will definitely believe what they say, and believe that the so-called light corvee and low tax can really benefit the common people.

In fact, their so-called "people" only refers to gentry and businessmen, and the real common people are not included in this category at all. The introduction of commercial tax has no great impact on ordinary people, and the real impact is on businessmen.

And businessmen and gentry are almost one, which naturally touches their interests, and of course they must resolutely oppose it.

Listening to the words of these civil officials, the result is that the imperial court is poor and can't do anything, the common people below are suffering to death, and the gentry and businessmen in the middle are all rich and rich, spending a lot of money on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

There are also those so-called upright ministers and honest and honest people. If you really believe it, there will be no scum left. Let the factory guards check. Everyone's buttocks are clean, even Liu Jian, He also didn't take less money, filial piety, etc. Otherwise, Liu Yu, a corrupt official, would not have become a high official quickly by relying on Liu Jian's recommendation.

This is still a trivial matter, and there are some people who look grand on the surface but are filthy behind the scenes, and the justice above the court is full of shameful deeds behind their backs.

Some people and some things, you can't just listen to one side of the story, and you can't just look at the surface. If you want to see the other side, you need to rely on the power of the factory guards. Let the factory guards check these out, and naturally you won't be deceived up.

Just like things in this world, there are obviously no serious disasters in some places. In order to deceive the relief money, local officials deliberately exaggerated and asked the court to allocate funds for disaster relief. As a result, the money went to the belly of corrupt officials.

And in some places, when something important happened, local officials deliberately turned it into a small one in order not to make it bigger, or they didn't report it at all, so that they missed the important period of making up for it.

These are all things that can't just be read by the officials from various places, but rely on the strength of the factory guards to find out, to understand the situation in various places from the other side, to understand these officials, so as not to be deceived.

Emperor Hongzhi became more and more aware of this, so his support for the factory guards also increased.

Not only increase the budget of factory guards every year, continuously increase the strength of factory guards, standardize the system and management of factory guards, but also continue to reuse factory guards, allowing factory guards to shoulder more and more tasks and responsibilities.

"It's unreasonable. The magistrate of Taicang County, in order to prevent the fields of the rich from being submerged, even ordered the opening of the Heti gap. As a result, a large number of ordinary people's fields and houses were flooded and destroyed, causing hundreds of deaths."

"He deserves to die, and if he doesn't kill him, it won't be enough for the people to be angry!"

"There is also this Kunshan County. The disaster is not serious, but the memorial written in the memorial is very serious. He asked the court for [-] taels of silver to relieve the disaster, but most of it went into his stomach. He is not afraid of dying. Own."

"The county magistrate of Wujiang County did a very good job. He led the people to build embankments to prevent floods, participated in it personally, and took the lead."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the message sent back from Jiangnan, either angry or admiring.

Some local officials are corrupt and disregarding the lives of the people, but there are also those who share their concerns and work hard to fight disasters. In the past, it would have been difficult for Emperor Hongzhi to grasp this information, but now, he is able to grasp this information immediately. Make deployments and adjustments in a timely manner.

"The prince ran to Winter City?"

"What a nonsense, are you planning to come back after you go out?"

"Run farther and farther."

"Let Liu Jin bring the prince back immediately, otherwise there is no need to come back."

"The magistrate of Jingzhou Prefecture in Huguang corrupted the law, corrupted the law, and allowed his son to commit murder. He was lawless. It is unreasonable to do harm to one party. He must be punished severely. The matter should be handed over to the cabinet and ordered to be dealt with severely."

"A war broke out in the two river basins of the Middle East. The combined forces of Persia and Egypt fought against the army of the Ottoman Empire. Both sides suffered heavy losses and there was no victory."

"Egypt's Mediterranean port was blocked by the Spanish fleet. A battle broke out between the two sides around Alexandria, and the Egyptian side suffered heavy losses."

"Spain and France broke out in a naval battle near the port of Marseille in the Mediterranean Sea. The French Navy suffered heavy losses, and the Spanish fleet blocked the French Mediterranean port."

"On the Gold Coast of West Africa, the combined forces of Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands attacked many of Spain's colonial strongholds. Spain suffered heavy losses, and the Sunset City of Japan was attacked again."

"The Spanish fleet bombarded the port and capital of Xingguo?"

"Immediately summon the Spanish envoy and tell the Spaniards that we are absolutely not allowed to do anything to us Ming people, otherwise our Ming Empire will definitely not be polite!"

"..."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the information sent back from all over the Ming Dynasty, and even from all over the world, and continuously issued orders. These orders were also quickly transmitted to various departments and places in the first time, and quickly implemented.

(End of this chapter)