In the last year of the twenty-fourth year of Yong'an, the third emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhu Zhankun, whose temple name was Xizong, unjustly killed the king of Chu and Yanyi who had done great service in protecting the country. The world was shocked and angry, and the people's hearts were at odds.
Yang Qingyuan, the Marquis of Wuxiang and the former Minister of Dali Temple, promoted the righteous army and carried out heavenly punishment.
On behalf of the people of heaven and earth, Emperor Li was deposed and a new king was established.
The ministers headed by the bachelor Qian Muqian supported Zhu Zhanhe, the thirteenth son of Emperor Taizong Wen, to succeed him to the throne.
The following year, the reign name was changed to Linde.
In the first year of Linde, the emperor worshiped the heaven and changed the Yuan Dynasty, manifesting the real person through micro. Taoist Zhang Sanfeng came to the capital of the gods to congratulate the emperor. The world was finally settled and the people's hearts were at peace.
As the new king ascended the throne and was the biggest contributor to the launch of the New Deal, Yang Qingyuan's voice and name seemed to have disappeared in the vast world.
There are only legends about him in the gods, but he is nowhere to be seen.
As he himself said, the affairs of the imperial court were too tiring. It had only been five years since he entered the imperial court from the Hanlin Academy, and most of his time was busy with state affairs.
minister.
Take the flying immortals with you to travel, hold the bright moon with you until the end of your life.
He was so handsome that Li Xunhuan, the third-in-command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the right-hand imperial censor, was so envious that he didn't know what to say.
Time flies so fast, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
The city of God seems to be more prosperous, with dense crowds flowing between the towns.
The East Market and the West Market are the economic centers of Shendu, and they are also important trading places in the Zhou Dynasty and even the world.
Dongshi, the capital of the gods, is full of "rare things from all directions". Most of the people living in the surrounding squares are royal nobles and dignitaries. There are all kinds of precious medicinal materials, rare treasures, mink furs and golden furs, horses and galloping horses, all in a dazzling array.
The West Market mainly sells daily necessities such as clothing, food, medicine, etc., but its prosperity is more prosperous than the East Market, with many high-rise buildings and various shops gathered together.
There are banks, medicine shops, ironware shops, porcelain, silk, bookstores, fruit shops, coal shops, restaurants, teahouses, and rice shops.
Merchants from Japan, Goguryeo, the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions and even Beigan came here to do business.
Therefore, Dongshi is also known as the "Golden Market".
The prosperity of commerce and trade has greatly increased the court's tax revenue, and the proportion of commercial taxes has also increased accordingly.
Although it is a simple sentence, I don't know how much blood is contained in it.
Two years ago, Wang Hua assumed the position of Grand Scholar of Zhongji Palace and officially kicked off the New Deal.
Every innovation means infringing on some interests, so reforms are always accompanied by bloodshed.
The Emperor Linde was a sage and wise man, who ruled with an arch and entrusted the scholars with state affairs.
Pingyang Marquis Cao Xueyang held the seal of the Marquis of Wuxiang to control the imperial forest, and the Longwu Army was the sword of the New Deal to protect the law and protect the capital and even the world from chaos.
With the joint efforts of everyone, the New Deal was smooth despite its ups and downs.
Today's Great Zhou Dynasty has gradually regained the atmosphere of the early Tang Dynasty. If the New Deal can be continued for ten years, it will gradually reach a state of good governance and people!
It was dusk, and the scribes in Zhongji Hall were still busy.
"Brother Dehui, I'm back from inspecting Qizhou. This is the list!"
After Li Xunhuan handed the list to Wang Hua, he spread it out on the side. The writing clerks around him were not too surprised by the unruly behavior of the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
This person's ability, martial arts, and conduct are all recognized by the world, but so is his unrestrained and unrestrained personality.
"Another group of people are exiled and will never be returned! Money and silk are so touching!"
During this investigation, a total of one Qi Governor Shi, one county guard, five county magistrates, and several other officials were found to be suspected of violating the law and committing corruption.
Wang Hua couldn't help but shook his head when he saw the results of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's investigation into the administration of officials. Now that the imperial court was rich, the salary of officials was more than ten times that of the Taizong period, but there were still some people who were not satisfied.
The salary of a seventh-grade official is now nearly one thousand taels. With the supplementary ice charcoal subsidy issued by the court, his actual annual income is definitely more than one thousand taels.
You must know that the price of one acre of good paddy field is only 30 taels, and its annual salary is worth more than 30 acres of good paddy field, which is enough for an official and his family to live a very decent life!
But there are some people who don’t want this dignity and want to compare their necks with the procuratorate’s knife to see which one is stronger!
Nowadays, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has gradually become independent from the pavilion. It exercises the power of supervision and only needs to notify and report without requiring separate orders.
"But Brother Dehui, Qingyuan's policy of high salary to maintain integrity is still useful! I remember when I dared to start investigating the government, the amount of corruption was shocking. Isn't it much better now?!"
Li Xunhuan has seen all of this. In the early years of Linde's life, when he was investigating corruption, most of the corruption was huge, and the number of people who were most corrupt could reach millions of taels.
Some officials have a clean reputation, but they are secretly corrupt.
Before the New Deal, officials in the Zhou Dynasty, including most of the honest officials, had two hidden rules for gray income.
The color is broken and the fire is consumed, and the dendrobium is kicked at the tip.
In order to facilitate national statistics, the central government requires all localities to melt and cast the collected scattered silver into standard "silver ingots". The loss caused during the melting and casting process is called "fire loss". From a technical perspective, it is about 2%
loss. However, local officials will increase this ratio and make profits from it.
To kick the dendrobium with its tip is to kick the dendrobium with your feet when checking and accepting the public grain. The part of the grain on the top of the dendrobium will be scattered down but the dendrobium will not fall down. The grain that flows down is euphemistically called "loss" and is packed into the local officials.
in the pocket.
These two unspoken rules were tacitly accepted by the imperial court from top to bottom.
Gein, during Taizu's time, the salary of officials was really too low, and they couldn't live without gray income! Unless everyone could be like Hai Gangfeng on Blue Star.
I don't eat meat every day, I don't ride in a sedan chair when I go out, I grow my own vegetables, and I wear patches on my official robes.
But how many Hai Gangfeng can there be?!
If you want a horse to run, you need to have enough grass.
Therefore, the cabinet and the top officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate proposed a limit when they jointly discussed the matter. The enlarged meeting of the cabinet proposed a leniency attitude towards officials who had committed corruption before the New Deal.
But if you still don't restrain yourself after the new salary is issued, you will be dealt with seriously!
In the beginning, most officials, especially those at the grassroots level, still kept this matter in mind, and the officialdom was investigated every year, so that was it.
Therefore, the number of people detected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the first year was shocking.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With the support of the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has no scruples. It should be arrested and punished.
But having said that, the effect of the New Deal is still not obvious. The number of corrupt people found this year is much smaller, and most of them do not exceed 10,000 taels. This can be regarded as an improvement in the system and management!
One bite will not make you fat, and it is impossible for officials to become clear all at once. It is worth gratifying on the way forward.
“I don’t know where Brother Yang is enjoying himself right now!?”
Although Wang Hua was mature and serious, he still looked nostalgic when he heard the words.
Although Yang Qingyuan did not directly participate in the New Deal, Yang Qingyuan's shadow is everywhere in the New Deal.
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Under the setting sun, the lintel of Dali Temple is still solemn and solemn.
Although his successor is no longer here, his successor is still doing a good job.
While people are gone, politics continues!
Students from the Dali Temple Academy of Criminal Law are also continuously sending talents to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The current Dali Temple is headed by Di Zhiyuan, the Minister of Dali Temple who inspected the school. Originally, we wanted to directly promote Di Zhiyuan to the Minister of Dali Temple, but he was too young!
Di Zhiyuan does not have the great achievements that must be rewarded like Yang Qingyuan, nor does he have the prestige and reputation like Wang Hua. He is only forty years old and has been promoted to the third rank, which may be difficult to convince people.
On the contrary, Song Huifu, who came from Dali Temple, was promoted to Qiuguan Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment ahead of schedule.
Not only his talent, but also his age and seniority are hard to ignore in Da Zhou's officialdom.
As the Youshi hour arrives, the gate of Dali Temple begins to slowly close.
A fast horse galloped in from the city gate.
In the city of Gods, it is not allowed to speed up, except in an emergency.
"Dali Temple, eight hundred miles urgent! Please give way!"
A Dali Temple field officer wearing a black Dali Temple uniform with a stripe on his sleeves sped past, shouting to get out of the way.
Half an hour later, the originally closed door of Dali Temple opened again.
The lights of Dali Temple, which had been extinguished, were once again lit up with candles. The Dali Temple's field staff borrowed a post station 800 miles away to rush. Something serious must have happened.
Di Zhiyuan was wearing the uniform of Dali Temple and sitting in the side hall. The following are the six departments of Judgment, Anti-theft, Public Information, Mingqiu, Tianzhi, and Prison Suppression.
Some members of the original Anti-Theft Department and the Chahaosi Division commanded by Song Hui's father followed him to the Criminal Department.
The head of the anti-theft department, Tie Chengxuan, bowed his hand to Hu Die.
"Sir Hu, I didn't know it was an urgent matter, so I was rushed eight hundred miles away."
Ji Yaohua was in seclusion in the East China Sea and there was no news. After that, the Guangwen Department was represented by Hu Die. Mrs. Mingzhu also took charge of the Guangwen Department for a while. However, as Yang Qingyuan left, Ji Mingzhu also left and lived in seclusion at the foot of Wudang Mountain.
Now the Broadcasting and Information Division is once again represented by Hu Die.
"Lord Di, fellow heads, Yangzhou Dali Temple Branch Office has been involved in a series of major cases. The Yangzhou Dali Temple Branch Office and the Yangzhou Liumen Branch jointly reported the case, asking Dali Temple to send people to investigate the major cases!"
After saying that, Hu Die handed the paper in his hand to Di Zhiyuan!
Di Zhiyuan's eyes narrowed after taking the paper, and then he passed the paper around to everyone.
Sudden murders have occurred in four counties in Yangzhou, and nearly a hundred people have died. However, the Yangzhou Six Gates and Yangzhou Dali Temple are jointly affiliated, and there has been no progress so far.
At this moment, people in Yangzhou are in panic. The head of Yangzhou Liumen Branch is arrested. The chairman of Yangzhou Dali Temple Branch feels that he has a heavy responsibility and it is difficult to solve the case. He specially asks Dali Temple for help!
"It seems like this case is really not simple!" The person who spoke was Su Youming, the newly appointed Mingqiu Division Chief of Dali Temple.
He is from the Criminal Law Academy and is a disciple of Di Zhiyuan.
To be able to take over the position of Mingqiu Chief in a place like Dali Temple without avoiding suspicion is to know that it is extraordinary.
What Su Youming said was not nonsense.
If he were in another yamen, he might be suspicious of his subordinates' incompetence and other reasons.
However, those who can leave Dali Temple to serve as chairman of Dali Temple's state branch offices are all elites from Dali Temple's headquarters.
Maybe they will become bad due to corruption, but they will never become useless in such a short period of time!
If they really couldn't find any clues, they would definitely not ask for help from the Shendu headquarters.
"It seems we can only go once!" Di Zhiyuan said after careful consideration, "Su Youming, you will lead the team this time!"
"Yes! Sir!" Su Youming scratched his head after receiving the order, "Sir, I need to ask someone to help me make this trip!"
Su Youming is a typical partial subject student, and his skills are all focused on criminal investigation.
Although he is proficient in criminal investigation, his martial arts skills are not as good as those of his master Di Zhiyuan. He can only be said to strengthen his body, but he may not even be able to catch a thief.
Di Zhiyuan looked at the two mascots present, one large and one small.
Of course, this does not refer to Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, but to Ye Jianhan, the head of the Prison Department of Dali Temple, and Lao Xin, the head of the Tianzhi Department.
Well, although Ye Jianhan is unreliable, he is the top expert in Dali Temple after all. He needs to be in charge in the city of gods. It is not appropriate to let him go!
Then... Di Zhiyuan looked at Lao Xin, the head of Tianzhi Division.
Su Youming became slightly excited when he saw Di Zhiyuan's behavior. Could it be that he had a chance to work with this dragon of poetry?!
"Lao Xin, I wonder if there are suitable candidates among the disciples of various sects taking turns at Dali Temple this year!"
As soon as Di Zhiyuan opened his mouth, he told Su Lingfeng that he was thinking shit!
Yang Qingyuan is not here. This man is the last trump card of the Dali Temple. How can he go out to handle the case?!
Lao Xin was born as a clerk. Although he changed his career to work as a military officer midway, it did not affect his ability to work as a clerk in the slightest.
"I recommend Dugu Jian, a rotating disciple of the Hengshan Sect, and Master Jingxu of the Emei Sect."
"Dugu Jian is the orphan of the late immortal swordsman Dugu Yun. He has been taught martial arts by Liu Qingzhou, the chief protector of Hengshan. His martial arts skills were top-notch at the time."
"Master Jingxuan is the person sent by Emei to replace Zhou Nuxia. Although her martial arts is not brilliant, her foundation is quite solid. She ranks second among the eight disciples of the Jing generation, and she also has Yuanhua realm skills.
"
Even if the masters working in the Zhongtianzhi Division of Dali Temple change frequently, Lao Xin can still say it casually.
"With these two people going together to assist Master Su, I think it should be enough!"
Su Youming:......
What on earth was I expecting?! Could a case still surprise this big boss?!
"That's it! Inform Jingxuan, Lonely Sword, and Su Youming to prepare and pack your bags. After I go to the palace, I will meet the emperor. After receiving the decree, you will set off immediately."
"yes!"
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With the sound of horse hooves, Di Zhiyuan entered the palace before the imperial city closed.
"Long live, Lord Di from Dali Temple is out here asking for an audience!"
"Xuan!"
Shisan, who was reading in the royal study, slowly put down the book.
"The young minister of Dali Temple, Di Zhiyuan, has come to see you!"
After Di Zhiyuan met, he bowed to Emperor Linde as a sign of etiquette.
This is also one of the New Deal reforms.
The Holy Emperor does not need to show his majesty in this way. A person with strong bones will have a straight waist even if he is kneeling; a person with soft bones will have weak legs even if he is standing.
Therefore, except for special events, the kneeling ceremony has been cancelled, even in ordinary dynasties and regular dynasties.
"I wonder if Di Qing came to the palace late at night for something urgent!?"
Di Zhiyuan is the person left behind by Yang Qingyuan. Shisan always has the greatest goodwill towards his master's former subordinates.
"Your Majesty! It was Dali Temple's dereliction of duty that led to a series of major cases in Yangzhou! The six gates of Yangzhou and the Dali Temple branch jointly requested help from Dali Temple, requesting Dali Temple to send people to solve the case!"
Thirteen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "This is not the fault of Dali Temple and the Six Gates. Even if we can really monitor the world, who can guarantee that a good person will suddenly have evil thoughts? Di Qing does not have to blame himself. I
That is to say, the cabinet will draft an order to give the commissioner of Dali Temple the power to investigate major cases. The local government in Yangzhou must try its best to assist and no delay will be allowed!"