Fu Shanhe

Chapter 14 Dengwengu

"The new commander of the Five Cities Army, Li Mu, pays his respects to the commander!"

After everyone left, Li Mu handed over the appointment document from the Ministry of War according to the rules.

“Yeah, I know you.

The last time, Marquis Zhenyuan told me that his distant nephew would come here to serve as a captain.

When I went to pay a visit to the Queen Mother yesterday, His Royal Highness Prince Fu mentioned you, asking me to take care of you.

Don't say I'm unkind, you can choose one of the Qianhu Suo in North City, South City or Central City."

After Wuyang Marquis Zheng Ruitao finished speaking, Li Mu fell into deep thought.

The Five Cities Army nominally supervised the entire city, but in reality it was not their turn to intervene in the Central Imperial City. Even the work of patrolling the outer perimeter was snatched away by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The Qianhu Suo in the Central City, which theoretically has the highest status, cannot manage the inner city and can only be responsible for the suburbs outside the city.

The scope of jurisdiction has been greatly increased, which seems to be an increase in power, but in fact it is a torturous chore.

The status of the remaining four cities' thousand households seems to be equal, but the capital has always been a place where the south is lowly, the north is poor, the east is rich, and the west is noble.

The place that is most likely to achieve results is naturally the Xicheng Qianhu Suo.

More than 90% of the capital's powerful people are concentrated in the jurisdiction. Being neighbors with these powerful people every day, naturally there are more opportunities than in other areas.

The second is Dongcheng, where many wealthy businessmen gather and have close ties with the powerful officials in the court.

I don’t know whether I can get promoted, but every thousand households make a lot of money anyway.

Many people are eyeing such a good position. Even if there is a vacancy, it will be filled immediately.

As for the remaining South City and North City, one is a place where all kinds of people gather and the situation is complicated, and the other is a slum.

"Please give me some advice, sir!"

Li Mu bowed respectfully and threw the question back.

The three thousand-household offices left for him to choose from were all very ordinary, and would be the same no matter which one he went to.

"Why waste time? They're all the same anyway. The really good spots have already been taken by others.

If you are unwilling, go and fight them for it."

As he spoke, Marquis Wuyang pointed deliberately.

Li Mu secretly groaned at the blatant instigation.

The struggle in officialdom is about fighting without breaking up. No matter how fiercely they fight to the death in private, they rarely tear each other apart in public.

The internal strife within the Wucheng Bingmasi was almost exposed, and the conflict between the two sides had reached a point where they would fight to the death.

The chain of contempt among the nobles is only an inducement; the root cause still comes from interests.

The most lucrative positions are all occupied by the subordinates of a few deputies, which would make any boss feel uncomfortable.

Marquis Wuyang, who was unwilling to see power fall into the hands of others, naturally took action.

Unfortunately, he made a wrong move and not only failed to seize power, but also caused a big trouble.

The vacancy of officials in the Wucheng Bingmasi was caused by the last struggle.

All parties involved in the fight suffered heavy losses and were forced to reach a compromise due to the situation, which resulted in the current unique landscape.

"Commander-in-chief, I choose the South City Thousand Households Unit."

Li Mu made a decisive decision.

He didn't even think about East City and West City. He didn't think he could snatch something from the Queen Mother's own brother who couldn't handle it.

It can be seen that Marquis Wuyang does not like him very much. The nobles of the imperial family and the nobles of the founding of the country have never been the same kind of people. It is estimated that it is because of Prince Fu's face that he can make his own choice.

But that’s all. If you want to get more preferential treatment, you have to join the team.

There is no doubt that this is impossible.

The founding nobles group has a much better future than the foreign relatives group. No matter how glorious the foreign relatives are, they will only last for one or two dynasties, and then they will quickly decline.

Emperor Taizu established the ancestral rule early on: the empress and concubines must be selected from good families among the people.

This measure resulted in the generally low status of relatives by marriage.

Even titles obtained through nepotism were not hereditary. To inherit a title, one had to obtain special approval from the emperor.

As a result, the more trouble the foreign relatives of the Dayu Dynasty caused in the beginning, the faster they declined in the end.

"Now that you have chosen, go and take up your post! I have important matters to attend to, so it is inconvenient for me to go with you. If you see any official in the government office who is free, ask him to accompany you."

Li Mu was unable to complain about Marquis Wuyang's casualness.

After a glance, I can tell that this guy is just trying to be lazy. Knowing that I can't win him over, I just don't bother to bother.

……

In the palace, Emperor Tianyuan was worried when he saw the mountain of impeachment memorials.

If the above content is true, half of the officials in the court will be beheaded, and the other half will be exiled.

It would be impossible to climb all the way up from the bottom without doing some illegal operations.

If we take it too seriously, there will be no one left in the court.

Although there is no shortage of people in Dayu who want to be officials, wanting to be an official and being able to be a good official are two completely different concepts.

Replacing the company with a group of people who are not familiar with the business will most likely only make things worse.

"Keep them all here and don't send them out!"

If you can't handle it, then pretend you don't see it.

Having seen similar scenes many times, Emperor Tianyuan's inner strength had long been tempered.

It is your freedom to impeach me, but whether to deal with me or not depends entirely on my mood.

"Dong dong dong..."

The drum outside the palace gate suddenly sounded, shaking the entire Forbidden City, and Emperor Tianyuan's face instantly turned gloomy.

The original intention of setting up the Dengwen Drum was that if the people had serious grievances and had nowhere to appeal, they could beat the Dengwen Drum and ask the emperor to personally hear the case.

After practical operation, Emperor Taizu soon discovered that this was completely unfeasible.

There are so many unjust cases in the world. If the restrictions are relaxed, I guess the drum for reporting injustice will be sounded every day.

The emperor did nothing but try cases every day and was too busy to handle everything.

In order to avoid embarrassing scenes, the Dayu Dynasty imposed strict restrictions on the beating of the Dengwen Drum.

Not only will the perpetrators of the knocks be severely punished, but regulations are also set for the circumstances of the case.

It must be a major false case and only after appeals to multiple levels of government have been ineffective will one be allowed to beat the drum to appeal.

To overturn the judgment of a lower-level government office is like a citizen suing an official, and according to the law, the first punishment is thirty strokes of the cane.

He appealed all the way and was beaten all the way. He was simply risking his life to seek justice.

Those who have the ability to frame someone for a wrongful conviction are definitely not ordinary people, and they will not allow victims to file complaints.

Ninety-nine percent of those who seek justice fail on the way.

Once the drum was struck and the emperor personally intervened, everything changed.

Not only will the unjust cases be overturned, but officials at all levels involved will also be in trouble.

Since the establishment of Dayu, every time the drum of denunciation sounded, it would cause an uproar in the court and the country.

"Go see who's beating the drum outside!

Arrange someone to keep an eye on the drummer and make sure nothing happens to him.

Summon all the ministers to come to the court immediately!"

No matter how unhappy he was, Emperor Tianyuan still decisively issued the imperial edict.

This kind of thing needs to be recorded in history books.

If not handled properly, your reputation during your lifetime and after your death will be affected.

……

News always spreads quickly under the emperor's feet.

When the Dengwen Drum, a thing that was born to attract traffic and become a hot topic, sounded, the entire capital was in an uproar.

All kinds of rumors and speculations were flying around.

Li Mu, who had just taken office for the first day, had no time to do anything before he had to eat a lot of melons.

(End of this chapter)