Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 964, the era of inaction is over (additional meal)
"Wrong?"

Emperor Hongzhi glared.

Because of Liu Jin's tax reform, the national treasury was full, so the imperial court also allocated a large amount of money to various places. These funds were mainly used to build reservoirs, river lifts, dredge waterways, build bridges and pave roads, etc., which can be regarded as proof that Liu Jin As Jin said, taxes are collected from the people and used by the people.

Jiangxi is an important province in the south. At the same time, Poyang Lake in the north is also connected to the Yangtze River and connected by waterways. The imperial court also allocated a large amount of money to build reservoirs, raise rivers, and dredge rivers in Jiangxi. It is also to promote the development of Jiangxi.

But who knew, the court rained heavily towards Jiangxi, but it all went into Zhang Tianyu's pocket, and even the drizzle didn't fall down there.

One can imagine how angry Emperor Hongzhi was.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi knew about this for a long time. The factory guards were extremely powerful, and they naturally monitored the big officials in various places. However, Emperor Hongzhi did not set up Zhang Tianyu in advance, but put it in now.

"Come here, immediately remove Zhang Tianyu from his post as governor of Jiangxi, remove his fame, demote him to a commoner, and put him in a prison. The Ministry of Punishment is responsible for hearing this matter."

Emperor Hongzhi ordered coldly.

One million taels of silver, he dared to embezzle [-] taels of silver, let alone corrupt officials, Jiangxi, where Zhang Tianyu is in charge, is not doing well in all aspects, and he doesn't even know how much tax he has paid to the court in a year , What is the use of such an official?

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me~"

When Zhang Tianyu heard this, he collapsed completely to the ground immediately, and howled continuously.

However, no matter how much he wailed, it had no effect at all, and soon someone stepped forward and dragged him down like a dead pig.

When the surrounding officials saw it, they all fell silent.

Corrupt officials naturally exist, and there are many.

Now that the imperial court has allocated money to various places, many officials in the frontier are more or less corrupt, but it is rare that Zhang Tianyu is so bold that almost all of it goes into his own pocket.

But corruption is corruption, and Zhang Tianyu's fate is here. As long as this matter is found out, Zhang Tianyu will definitely be executed by Qiuhou. Silver, that is to peel the real grass.

"Governor Lu Zongxue of southern Gansu has accepted the previous post!"

Xiao Jing's voice sounded again, Lu Zongxue tremblingly came to the bottom of the dragon steps, he and Zhang Tianyu came together, seeing Zhang Tianyu's fate, he also trembled.

But fortunately, he has nothing to covet. The duty of the governor of southern Jiangxi is to wipe out bandits and bandits in southern Jiangxi, and he is not responsible for local government affairs.

"...In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, I organized a total of seven times to suppress bandits, and wiped out more than [-] bandits..."

But when talking about his main contribution, Lu Zongxue also stuttered.

Because he has nothing to do in the position of governor of southern Jiangxi. He and Ye Xian belong to the same type of officials, who believe in governance by doing nothing. He became the governor of southern Jiangxi, knowing that his main duty is to wipe out the bandits in southern Jiangxi. and bandits, but he still did nothing.

It's just that every time there is a major case, people will be sent to investigate and attack some bandits in the southern Jiangxi area symbolically. However, it has no substantive effect.

"You suppressed bandits seven times a year and wiped out more than [-] bandits?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin asked immediately.

"As far as I know, there have been a total of [-] major cases of robbery of passing caravans in southern Jiangxi this year. As for those small cases, there are countless."

"Not only are they blocking roads and robbing, bandits in southern Jiangxi even openly threatened villages and towns everywhere, demanding that villages and towns everywhere pay protection fees to these mountain kings."

"It's not just in southern Jiangxi, the bandits and bandits in Jiangxi have spread to Nanchang, Fuzhou and other places in the northwestern part of Jiangxi. You, the governor of southern Jiangxi, are mainly responsible for eliminating bandits. However, it seems that you haven't even been to Ganzhou city this year. ?”

"The banditry in southern Jiangxi is already so serious?"

"There is still such a place in this peaceful and prosperous age?"

When the surrounding ministers heard this, they all started talking in disbelief.

For a long time, everyone thought that the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous with singing and dancing, and that all parts of the Ming Dynasty should be peaceful. However, today's report not only let everyone know that in the cities of the Ming Dynasty, gangs are rampant and bullying the city, and even places like Jiangxi However, the banditry has become so serious that it is no different from the troubled times.

Everyone knew about the banditry in Jiangxi before. In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi established the governor of southern Jiangxi with the purpose of exterminating the bandits in southern Jiangxi.

However, it has been seven years now, not only has the banditry in southern Jiangxi not been wiped out, but the banditry has become so serious that they dare to openly collect protection fees from villages and towns everywhere.

The governor of Gannan in front of him, he hasn't even been out of Ganzhou City this year. This governor of Gannan is the ancestor of the fishing world.

Hearing Liu Jin's culture, Lu Zongxue immediately fell to his knees. As Liu Jin said, he has no actions or interests in suppressing bandits.

In his mind, suppressing bandits is a thankless job, if something happens when he goes out of the city to suppress bandits, he can't escape responsibility, so it's better to just stay in the government office and enjoy the happiness.

As for the promotion or not, it has nothing to do with the suppression of bandits. At that time, you only need to spend some money to clear up the relationship and dispatch it to other places. The position of the governor of Gannan is really a place where there is no oil or water. , Just touch the fish for a few years.

However, who knew that the times were changing so fast, Liu Jin became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he passed the exam and went to Beijing to report on his work, so his actions were exposed all of a sudden.

"Your Majesty, after I return, I will definitely suppress the bandits severely, and the bandits in southern Jiangxi will definitely be wiped out."

Lu Zongxue looked at Emperor Hongzhi, who was above the dragon steps, and said solemnly.

"Too late~"

"You are such a mediocre official with a vegetarian diet, I think it is better for you to go home and grow sweet potatoes."

Emperor Hongzhi put on a straight face. Under his rule, Da Ming still had a place like southern Jiangxi, and the banditry was already so serious. The Lu Zongxue in front of him didn't do anything at all. Emperor Hongzhi wanted to kill him.

"Remove Lu Zongxue's position as governor of southern Jiangxi, remove his fame, and relegate him to the rank of a commoner."

Emperor Hongzhi ordered coldly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have made a mistake, I have made a mistake, please give me a chance to make up for it!"

When Lu Zongxue heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

It took him a lifetime of hard work, [-] years of hard study before he was admitted to fame, and it took another ten years to achieve step by step from the position of the second-rank feudal official.

But now, he has returned to his original form in an instant, not only has he lost his black hat, but even his fame has been removed, and he will be an ordinary citizen from now on.

"The era of inaction is over!"

Everyone looked at Lu Zongxue who was being dragged down, and they all knew this very clearly.

It is almost a common phenomenon in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty to be an official. Many times, the emperor above is already impatient, and the imperial edicts are issued continuously.

But when they arrived at the yamen below and the government yamen in various places, these officials did not move at all. The imperial edict of the emperor was an imperial edict, but it was only in the capital.

This is an extremely terrifying phenomenon.

The emperor had almost no control over various places and aspects of the Ming Dynasty, which is why Zhang Juzheng was going to carry out reforms and formulate an examination system in a few decades.

Because not only did they not respond to the emperor's will, but the cabinet's decrees and the court's decrees basically became a dead letter in various places. What should officials at all levels do or do? Eat and drink or eat and drink.

Anyway, there is no difference between doing things and not doing things. Even if something goes wrong, you will still be responsible, and it will be easier if you don’t do things.

And more importantly, in the absence of an examination system, the promotion of officials depends entirely on relationships and money, not on whether you are capable or how much you have done.

To put it simply, Liu Yu, the fellow of Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is the trilateral commander in Taiyuan and Datong. He can be the trilateral commander not because of his ability, but because he is Liu Jian's fellow villagers are all from Henan, and they often send Liu Jian Xiao Jing or something.

I don’t know how many cases are like Liu Yu’s. In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, relationships are always regarded rather than abilities. However, this point has been similar since ancient times, and it is basically the same in ancient and modern times.

However, officials did nothing, and the phenomenon of inaction also led to the corruption of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor could only manage these ministers in the court. As for the ministers in the court, they could only manage the capital, which was enlarged to the entire Ming Dynasty.

The emperor's imperial decree cannot leave the capital, and the government's decree is a dead letter when it reaches the locality.

This is why Emperor Hongzhi strongly supported Liu Jin's reform of official administration, because Emperor Hongzhi felt a sense of powerlessness.

There are really too many officials in Ming Dynasty, too many people who don’t do things and don’t want to do things, and they attack and exclude those who want to do things. You said that under such circumstances, even if the emperor wanted to manage the country well, It doesn't change anything at all.

If Liu Jin hadn't reformed the tax system, the court would have been unable to do anything without money.

　What do you think?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)