I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Along with the edict came other wishes from the emperor, which was for the two of them to pass by Liaohe County when they returned and learn more about the current situation in Liaohe County.

They knew that the emperor valued Lu Xiangsheng very much, so they were not surprised to see him specially issue an edict.

After all, after the Jianlu were pacified, the next step for the Liaodong Dusi was also very clear, which was to abolish all the governments and establish counties, and the Liaodong Dusi would also be changed to the Liaodong Chief Secretary.

Therefore, the development of Liaohe County, the first county in Liaodong, is very important, so they are also willing to come here to take a look.

But when they arrived here, they were really surprised. Just as they said just now, Lu Xiangsheng did everything himself, making Liaohe County develop extremely rapidly.Now there is a port as a convenience, and it will become a large county in Liaodong in the future.

"The two of us returned to the capital on the emperor's order, and now we have time to take a look here. Now the four guards in southern Liaoning have all been abolished and established in counties, and it has been more than two years since they recruited refugees and opened up farmland. But in my opinion, they all It's not as good as your efforts in one year.

What's more, not only did they not do anything, they also took the opportunity to make money, embezzling farmland and allocating land to meritorious soldiers, which really made me extremely angry.If everyone could be like you two, people's lives would be much easier. "

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiangsheng and others immediately understood what was going on.

As the governor of Liaodong, Yang Lian was originally responsible for the civil affairs of Liaodong, especially the farming affairs, which he took care of single-handedly.

However, from the beginning of last year to August, the war in Liaodong continued, and Yang Lian kept running around for military supplies and rewards, so he did not have strict jurisdiction over the people below him.

After the war in Liaodong calmed down and his attention returned to farming and other matters, he found that problems occurred frequently.

Although the four prefectures in southern Liaoning have been abolished and established as counties, many of the generals and officers of the guards have taken root here for hundreds of years, which can be said to be deeply rooted.After many civilian county magistrates arrived, they found that they could easily be ignored, and their documents could not leave the county government unless they were forced to cooperate with the local guards generals.

However, Liaodong has always been a bitter and cold place in the eyes of Ming officials. The purpose of officials who can be assigned to this place by the household department is not to benefit one party, but to see if they can make enough money and make a good fortune.

Therefore, they did not object to cooperation with the local guard generals, so in just six months, they took advantage of Yang Lian's lack of interest to intervene.Corruption was frequent in the four prefectures of Gaizhou and Haizhou in southern Liaoning. Many people took advantage of the abundant supply of grain, grass, and silver from the court during the war to engage in wanton corruption, embezzlement of farmland, and withholding of rewards for immigrants.

If Yang Lian hadn't started touring the four prefectures in southern Liaoning in September and was stopped by immigrants to complain, he would have been kept in the dark by these people.When Yang Lian heard this, he was furious and showed no mercy.

Starting from September last year, taking advantage of the presence of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, people were immediately ordered to conduct a thorough inspection of the accounts and accept complaints from the people.

It doesn't matter if we don't investigate. Once we do, a huge case will happen immediately.

Gaizhou commander Tongzhi Bian Weipeng, Haizhou commander Xu Bian and other former Liaonan Four Guards generals, combined with the two big families of Liaodong Liu and Tian, ​​secretly intercepted the grain and grass passing through Jinzhou, Gaizhou, Haizhou and other places, and secretly Sold grain and grass for 20 shi.

When it was discovered, there were still 46 shi of grain in the Gaizhou warehouse waiting to be sold, some of which were rotten and inedible and had to be thrown away. When I asked, I found out that these had been secretly withheld since the [-]th year of Wanli.

In addition, they also colluded together to secretly purchase land from immigrants. By the time they were discovered, they had occupied tens of thousands of acres of farmland.

After Yang Lian and Xiong Tingbi learned about this, they were immediately angry.Both of them have short tempers, and they are people who can't tolerate sand in their eyes.If he had been discovered in the past few months, they might have thought twice about arresting him because of the urgency of the war in Liaodong.Now that the Liaodong war is over, they don't have to endure anything.

Immediately sent people to arrest Bian Weipeng, Xu Bian and other former generals of the Four Guards in southern Liaoning, as well as members of the Liu and Tian families in eastern Liaoning, and at the same time wrote to the emperor to report the whole matter to the court.

After the emperor learned about this news, he showed no mercy and immediately ordered them to act expediently.Liaodong is now full of waste and needs to be revitalized. If these cysticercids are not dealt with, who knows what troubles will arise in the future.

From last August to the end of last year.In addition to dividing the Jurchen camp, they did nothing else to deal with the matter.Now that the matter has been dealt with, those who should have their homes searched and those who should be arrested have been arrested. The main officials involved have also been escorted to the capital to await trial by the Three Law Departments.

Therefore, compared with these Liaodong cysticercosis, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Siwei are not sure how good they are in the eyes of Xiong and Lu.

Lu Xiangsheng and two others had heard about this matter for a long time. This was a rare case in the Ming Dynasty.It is said that the wealth confiscated from the two major families in Liaodong and Bian Weipeng's family amounted to millions of taels, and other fields and shops were not counted.

There are many officials involved in the Liaodong Dusi Yamen. Fortunately, there are guest troops such as Jingying stationed in Liaoyang, otherwise I don't know what trouble will happen.

This kind of matter is so big that even Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to express his position on this matter. He could only simply agree:

"The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is the foundation of the country. The ministers are just following the way of the saints."

"A good people is the foundation of a country, and the foundation is strong and the country is peaceful. All scholars know this sentence, but how many people can really do it? Now the literary style is corrupted, and the scholars all over the world are studying to become officials. Those who really care about the people How many people can there be?
There are countless people who talk loudly, but those who do things down to earth are often despised and considered stupid.Your Majesty is also very worried about this, so he specifically proposed the name of "practical learning" for this purpose?I wonder if Magistrate Lu has ever heard of this theory? "

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency, I have heard of this in my humble position. Your Majesty proposed "practical learning", which means that you want the world's scholars to apply what they have learned, to avoid the weak and focus on the real, to have the courage to do things, not to talk empty words, not to follow the ancients, and to seek truth from facts.

When I heard this content, I very much agreed. Applying what I have learned and benefiting the people is not our original intention in studying. "

Lu Xiangsheng had read several articles about "Practical Learning" in Daming Daily and agreed very much with the contents. Therefore, when Yang Lian asked, he immediately offered his opinion.

The original intention of reading.

Yang Lian secretly tasted this sentence in her heart, and her impression of Lu Xiangsheng became better and better.Now he finally understood why the emperor valued him so much.

"Very good. The fact that you have such an opinion shows that His Majesty is very discerning. I only hope that you can continue to maintain your original intention and not go astray.

But sometimes it is important to do practical things, but you also need to learn to speak up.Since you have your own opinions on practical learning, you can write a letter to discuss your opinions. I believe it will be of some help to you. "

After hearing Yang Lian's hint, Lu Xiangsheng, no matter how stupid he was, understood what it meant and immediately bowed his head in agreement. (End of chapter)