Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 973, behind each official

Daming is coercive everywhere. It has been a long time since no country dared to be so arrogant in front of Daming. Now hearing that the Ottoman envoy is so arrogant and arrogant, all the ministers are angry.

"Your Majesty, I think that I, Ming, must not take half a step back from such a country of tigers and wolves, otherwise the other party will make an inch of progress. Today they only ask for independent trading rights, and tomorrow they may ask for our river."

"My Da Ming should actively prepare for the war and station troops in the river. As long as they dare to provoke our Da Ming, we will fight back hard and let them know how powerful our Da Ming is."

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, stood up and said very domineeringly. At this moment, Liu Jian has long since lost the obedient and fearful appearance of the former civil servants. Instead, he is like a general who likes to use his fists to solve problems.

"Your Majesty, I think what Liu Gong said is true!"

Zhang Mao also stood up and expressed his opinion.

Anyway, Daming still had to fight westward, and sooner or later he would have to fight the Ottoman Empire. In this case, it is better to prepare early.

"I agree with what Mr. Liu said~"

Xie Qian, Zhong Zhong and the others also expressed their views that the current Da Ming should be fearless and does not need to be afraid of any enemies. Although the Ottoman Empire is powerful, it would be the most stupid decision to provoke Da Ming.

It's just Turkic people. The Turkic people's ancestors were beaten down by my Tang Dynasty and had to move westward. Hundreds of years ago, we were able to defeat their ancestors. Now they can still beat them with bruised noses and swollen faces.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is ready to send [-] troops to the Hezhong area to prepare for war!"

"Yes!"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately nodded and said.

Now Daming has established a firm foothold in the Hezhong area. This year, the Hezhong area has a bumper harvest, and the grain harvested is enough to feed millions of people for several years.

Hezhong is like the bridgehead for Ming to attack West Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. It needs food, food, bases, and bases. This is why Liu Jin wants to occupy the Hezhong area, because with the Hezhong area, Daming can continue. Attack down the bridgehead.

Otherwise, if it starts from the Western Regions and attacks, it will be a big problem to make up for food and grass, not to mention how to gain a firm foothold is still a problem.

"In this Ottoman Empire, it's not good to offend anyone, but it is to offend Daming. I guess it will have a good life now."

Liu Jin couldn't help feeling sad for the Ottoman Empire. Although this huge empire spanning three continents was undergoing rapid expansion and development at this time, it was extremely powerful and full of desire and motivation for expansion.

But Da Ming should not be provoked. The current Da Ming is also full of desire for expansion, and it is also in a period of extremely powerful strength. Once a war breaks out, the Ottoman Empire will definitely not take advantage of it.

"Your Majesty, the country's anti-crime and evil work has achieved some preliminary results. The gang forces in the city, road tyrants, bandits, bandits, pirates, etc. on the main roads have all been hit hard. These dark and evil forces in my Ming Dynasty."

"However, in the local area, there are still many black and evil forces, local ruffians and hooligans. These people often rely on violent means to oppress the local people, monopolize local business, and fish and meat villages."

"After the investigation by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, we found that these evil forces often have backers behind them. Many of the backers are officials of the imperial court. Because of these backers, they are unscrupulous, rampant, and lawless."

Soon, Zhang Mao also took out a thick memorial and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi, and reported to Emperor Hongzhi about the recent anti-crime and evil work.

He and Xiao Jing were responsible for this matter, and Xiao Jing was the eunuch, so naturally he, Zhang Mao, was the main person in charge.

Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Emperor Hongzhi's complexion became difficult to look at, as for the ministers present, their expressions changed one by one.

All of them are extremely human ministers, the pillars of the country, and the emperor's humerus ministers. Who doesn't have a big family behind them?
More or less, there will be some family members, tribesmen, etc. who use their names to do some bad things, such as Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, who is from Henan, and has a very large field in his hometown in Henan. How did the piece of land come about?

Some of these resources were invested in Liu Jian's name, some were bought and sold by force at home, and some were sent by officials below Xiao Jing.

Liu Jian has several sons, some who are successful, and some who are not. To some extent, they have done harm to the village.

The same is true for Li Dongyang. He has a son, the only son, who has been loved and loved since he was a child, so that his son looks for flowers and asks willows every day, and finally contracted the disease of willows.

As for Xie Qian, his family education is very strict, and his sons are all very promising, but his clan is in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and they are also Yuyao's local snakes, and they are bullied and sent to the countryside.

"Look at it all~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it very quickly, and after reading it, he handed the memorial to Xiao Jing, motioning him to pass it to the ministers to read.

Starting from Liu Jian, all the ministers took turns to look at each other. The more they looked at the faces of the people, the uglier they were.

Because the above records are very detailed, there are those evil forces in various places, who are the main backers, and they have done those things that violate the law and discipline, and run rampant in the fish and meat village.

Some ministers even turned to their hometown, and immediately saw that people in their own family used their names to run amok and bully men and women.

"Your Majesty, the subject is guilty, and there is no way to teach the son!"

Liu Jian was the first to stand up and take the initiative to plead guilty to Emperor Hongzhi, because the memorial was so anxious about Liu Jian's son's rampant behavior in Henan's hometown that even the chief envoy and governor of Henan dared not take care of it. After all, Liu Jian was the head of the cabinet. Auxiliary, naturally it is even more unscrupulous.

"Your Majesty, the minister is also guilty of failing to restrain the clansmen, so that the clansman is domineering in Yurou Township."

Xie Qian also quickly stood up and expressed his opinion.

As for Li Dongyang, he didn't say anything. He was just a son. Although he was incompetent, he searched for flowers and asked Liu, but after all, he didn't rob people's women by force, and he didn't do anything to bully men and women. Of course, this may be because he was brought in the capital. , take it with you, and dare not do these things.

"Okay~"

"Your son is your son, you are you~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian and said, he still respects his teacher very much, and Liu Jian has always been loyal to the country, so Liu Jian cannot be blamed for his son.

"I don't know if I don't check. All the officials in our court are working hard for the country's country, but behind these officials, their children, brothers, clansmen, and relatives are all doing harm. "

"Even the servants of some officials dare to run amok in the countryside, committing all kinds of evil, everyone should look at it~"

"Buying men and women, fish and meat villages, buying and selling by force, robbing women and girls, extortion, usury, casinos, smuggling of goods... Look at it all, take a good look at it, is this an official of our Ming Dynasty? "

"Forget it if you don't know. Many officials know that their children, brothers, and clansmen are doing things that are harmful to nature, but not only are there no punishments, but they are also helping the evildoers."

"Officials and officials protect each other, and ordinary people have nowhere to avenge their grievances!"

Then Emperor Hongzhi stood up again and said angrily.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone's faces became very ugly.

Although Emperor Hongzhi didn't directly say that it was them, but when it comes to officials of the Ming Dynasty, everyone is an official of the Ming Dynasty, which is naturally included in it, and everyone's backs are somewhat unclean, and the family members have also committed some violations of law and discipline. matter.

"Let's talk about it, what should we do about this?"

Anger is nothing but anger, things still need to be resolved, anger alone cannot solve the problem.

After getting angry, Emperor Hongzhi quickly regained his composure, and said after thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, I believe that traitors should never be tolerated, and must be severely punished. No matter who the backers of these evil forces are, they should be severely punished."

Zhang Mao thought about it and stood up to express his opinion.

He knew Emperor Hongzhi very well, and he knew what Emperor Hongzhi thought in his heart. He loved the people like a son and couldn't see these things.

"Punishment is naturally to be punished. If these evil forces are not eliminated, how can the common people be rehabilitated."

"But this is only treating the symptoms but not the root cause. In addition to these things today, there will be new evil forces appearing in the Ming Dynasty. How to cure them is the problem."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. He was an emperor, so he naturally had to consider long-term things.

"Liu Jin, tell me~"

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the officials and asked Liu Jin.

When Liu Jin heard this, he felt helpless immediately. Can I not always let me do this offending thing?

But the emperor has called the name, and if he doesn't take the blame, he will take the blame. Moreover, Liu Jin, who has traveled here, also hates these evil forces, especially for the umbrella.

After pondering for a while, he thought carefully and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that I wanted to maintain the law and order of Daming society. First, I wanted to normalize the work of eradicating gangsters and eliminating evil. If you can't catch it today, you can let it go tomorrow."

"It's just that there are not enough yamen, government offices, official posts and arrests in various parts of Ming Dynasty, but also the professional quality is very poor. Therefore, I think that we should establish a special arresting academy to train high-capacity professional arresters to fight crime. , At the same time, it also expands the number of officials and arrests in various local government offices and government offices to crack down on criminals and protect the safety of one side."

"Secondly, it is necessary to establish a channel for ordinary people to petition and to give ordinary people a channel to redress their grievances. In this regard, all state government offices and the capital city must establish special places to accept reports for such periods."

"The third is to restrain officials. If an official's children, brothers, or clan members do harm to one party, the relevant officials must be punished accordingly. If an official deliberately covers up or even assists the evil, the official should be severely punished. "

(End of this chapter)