After hearing Rensheng's instructions, the three half-teen-year-old children, the adopted sons, went to do some activities.
Children at this time were different from those of later generations.
Each one of them can survive the hard life of a refugee. Without a little bit of shrewdness, it would be impossible for them to survive.
Two days later.
Li Da's three adopted sons took care of Wen Rensheng's orders.
This illegal thing about Inspector Wu is so easy to find.
Because he has no cover at all.
To be honest, Ming officials did blatant evil.
Who will do the cover-up?
This is unnecessary.
If you are really unlucky, it is not because you have done evil, but because you have offended a bigger official.
If you offend a bigger official, it's useless no matter how much you try to cover it up.
Because there is another trick called "carrying resentment", and you can be punished even without evidence.
The biggest crime of Inspector Wu is blackmailing good families.
Extremely greedy for money.
After arriving in Yanghe City, in less than a year, he had already bought thirteen merchants with little background by colluding with Hu Xian.
The eating appearance is extremely ugly.
The average household wealth is between 3,000 taels and 6,000 taels.
This time I set my sights on Xie Changgeng because I wanted to eat a big one in one bite.
Generally, businessmen have some kind of background, or they rely on money to build a background.
The problem is that this guy, relying on his status as a patrol officer, doesn't follow the rules at all and just takes the hard way.
Many officials were also afraid that he would impeach them, so it was better to do less than to do more and not say a word.
Anyway, Yanghe is close to the northern border, and trade is developed, especially the smuggling trade. These businesses, large and small, have smuggling backgrounds.
So if we really investigate and deal with it, no one can escape.
And after eating these, people will follow one after another.
That's what ordinary people are like.
The northern border towns are bitterly cold, and water conservancy is not prosperous. It is impossible to survive farming, so the only way to survive is through business.
This is the northwest of Shanxi, and the Mongolian tribes are to the north.
It was also known as the Northern Barbarians at that time. The Mongolian tribes were very complicated internally. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, they were unified into the Northern Barbarians.
It would be really difficult for them to distinguish between Mobei, Monan, Eastern Mongolia, Western Mongolia, various Taiji, and Jinong.
In fact, most officials don't know.
As soon as we talk about it, it is said that the Northern captives are ferocious, good at riding and shooting, and often invade borders.
Just a few decades ago, Chaha'an Khan led 200,000 herdsmen and 30,000 cavalry to break through the border wall and surround the capital, shocking the world.
In fact, few officials could tell clearly which Mongolian invaders were, and only a few officials who knew the military and the border generals who often fought with the Mongols knew the inside story.
This Wu Xunjian came to Yanghe to patrol the border. However, the other party did not pay attention to border affairs at all. Instead, he only focused on making money.
If Wen Rensheng was right, the other party would have made almost 50,000 taels of silver once he came out.
No wonder most of the officials in the capital who have no family background resort to borrowing money to survive and lending money to repay their debts.
This Wu Xunjian gained weight in one breath.
And he is addicted to it.
Calculating the time, Inspector Wu will return to Beijing to report on his duties in one month.
It seems like they are going crazy to get a handful.
As for choosing Xie Changgeng, it was also because the other party's backer fell.
In fact, a businessman like Xie Changgeng with a fortune of over 10,000 yuan is quite powerful.
Having been doing business for generations and being local for several generations, I will always make friends with county magistrates, generals, several scholars, officials, etc.
This kind of person is not easy to move.
Don't think that a property worth 10,000 yuan is very small.
There are definitely many in a context like the Ming Dynasty.
Nowadays, the land is only 5 taels per mu, and the family property of 20,000 taels is 4,000 acres of land. This is definitely a powerful middle-class landowner.
But if the other party is really a powerful landlord with 4,000 acres of land, then his background is definitely bigger.
Because of his small background, this land had long been taken away by generals and officials.
Their desire for land is greater than their desire for money.
Because there is often no way to buy land even if you have money.
Most of the good land has been snatched away long ago.
Prince's palace, eunuchs, nobles, etc.
After Wen Rensheng understood this, he went to see Governor Wang.
Governor Wang is in a good mood these days.
Relying on Wen Rensheng's ability to recognize people, he cleaned up his staff, direct staff, government officials, masters, etc...
We have promoted a group of people who are honest and hard-working.
It was obvious that the atmosphere in the entire governor's office had changed.
He is preparing for something big.
It is said that officials are not as good as civil servants. This is true in general, but it is still very different for each official.
Those officials who are strong-minded, shrewd, capable, capable, and energetic can still suppress their subordinates, accomplish great things, and continue to be promoted with the title of "capable officials."
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For example, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda in the late Ming Dynasty, was able to inspect the farmland. Not only did he no longer need military pay from the court, but he was also able to hand over more than 200,000 shi of food. It was a real clean stream.
You must know that at that time, almost all the land was divided up by the border generals, and the soldiers were reduced to tenant farmers. Except for the servants, they had no fighting ability and were in terrible shape.
Moreover, he also had to ask for food and salary, which made the burden on the court heavier and heavier.
The land originally issued by the imperial court was to allow the soldiers to bear their own food and fodder, and to farm and fight on their own.
However, the land was occupied by the generals, and not only could they not bear the burden themselves, but the court had to allocate more grain.
If you go in and out like this, your finances will be in serious trouble immediately.
And now Governor Wang, with Wen Rensheng's assistance in identifying people, can say that the effect he exerts is equal to 80% of Lu Xiangsheng's ability.
Why will the Ming Dynasty end?
Or the official culture is rotten, from top to bottom.
This includes the side generals as well.
If you are greedy for enjoyment, how can you, the landowner, have the heart to fight hard?
Every time I go into battle, I want to run away when I encounter headwinds.
Of course, there are a few who dare to fight tooth and nail.
As Wen Rensheng said, too little.
And most of them were mediocre generals. As soon as they escaped, the formation collapsed, and the brave generals and brave men were tricked to death. As time went by, no one fought to the death anymore, and everyone just competed to see who could run faster.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Governor Wang is preparing to do one thing now, to check the farmland.
If you couldn't do it before, it was because your subordinates were incompetent and couldn't support you.
Now we have a group of capable officials on hand.
If the farmland can be checked and allowed to patrol the land, the land tax will be greatly increased, and there will be no need for the court to allocate military rations, but it will be able to contribute.
Then he will immediately show his prominence among the governors of the world.
After all, one of the things that the emperor, the elders, and the ministers worried about the most was the provision of food and salary to Jiubian.
If he shows this ability, even if someone wants to use factions to suppress him, it will be impossible.
After all, the food was actually handed over.
The evaluation will definitely not be bad.
Otherwise, if it spreads, it will suppress the reputation of a good minister.
Even Quan Huan would not dare to take this risk.
After all, the current emperor is not stupid.
And the land tax paid is real, and there is no way to hide it. There is no need to allocate grain, but you can also turn in grain. One in and one out, it is too obvious.
This is also what Governor Wang wants to do.
He would never have been able to do it before.
After all, there was no one under his command, so how to check the land and determine how much the general had occupied?
Of course, his first sword swing would not be at the general, but at several royal eunuchs.
At this time, near Yanghe, there was a county prince and several eunuchs in the mansion, relying on the prince's name, they occupied more than 10,000 acres of good land.
They all rely on water from rivers to irrigate the fields and ensure harvests during droughts and floods.
An acre of this kind of land costs 10 taels or even 20 taels of silver, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary dry land.
And Governor Wang had long known that the prince was indifferent and that all the land was occupied by the eunuchs.
The benefits did not fall into the palace.
There is much to be done in this.
It might offend a few eunuchs, but not the prince.
Not only would the prince not write to the court, he would also thank him.
The problem is that he needs someone to take care of this matter. He, a governor, cannot go to the fields to investigate this matter.
You have to have someone who is reliable, courageous, attentive, capable, and loyal... to accomplish this.
Wen Rensheng helped him select them.
So he is taking action.
Things are arranged one by one.
"You must work hard to carry out errands. The Dianbao Zheng (Sixth Grade) of Yanghe County is Han Yu, and the Dianshan Zheng (Sixth Grade) Luo Xing has occupied a large amount of official land respectively. They oppressed those below and concealed it from above. You must
We need to find out clearly where the land is, how much it is, its circulation history, who handles it, and the farms..."
He gave instructions one by one.
If this matter is done successfully, he will have a reputation among the scholars and will be useful to the court.
Ten thousand acres of official farmland is irrigated, and an average harvest of 4 dan per acre is equivalent to 40,000 dan of grain.
You must know that the entire SX province only pays 2.8 million shi in taxes per year.
If you track down two eunuchs, you can get 40,000 stones. Can you imagine how much shock it will give the court?
And this is just the beginning.
He will continue to investigate.
The general who has troops at the moment still won't move, and he still has to use some of his strength to appease the opponent...
These are all routines.
Eunuchs can offend honorable nobles, but they cannot offend officials. Generals...
To put it bluntly, the former has a bad reputation and no military power, while the latter has a reputation and military power.
Governor Wang wants to be a capable person, not a Hai Rui person.
Hai Rui was able to pull down even Mr. Xu Ge, and even the emperor dared to scold him, but few future generations dared to imitate him.
Just as Governor Wang finished his instructions, the housekeeper came to summon Mr. Li to see him.
He immediately asked Wen Ren to come in.
"From now on, you don't need to pass the news. I have known your uncle for many years and regard you as my nephew."
"Thank you, uncle." Wen Rensheng said directly.
Anyway, he was fighting, and he didn't care about the verbal names.
As long as he is not allowed to kneel down and recognize his godfather.
Then Wen Rensheng told Wu Xun that he wanted to catch the last handful before Lin left.
"This Wu Zhengfu talks so much about morality and justice, but he is so greedy in private." Governor Wang said disdainfully.
"I had some disagreements with him at the beginning of the year. Liu Shen was about to flee when he saw the invaders. I once impeached this general for his incompetence in fighting, but he spared his life."
"Afterwards, my uncle found out that the general had given Wu Zhengfu 1,200 taels of silver."
"It's really ridiculous. For the sake of money, you have corrupted the laws of the military and the country. No wonder the generals are as afraid of the enemy as tigers and flee easily."
Wen Rensheng nodded.
The Jurchens' strong fighting ability is closely related to the strict military discipline in the early days.
Having just emerged from hard work, he still maintains a simple style.
Military discipline is strict, if you flee at the sight of the enemy, you will definitely be beheaded.
Even the leader's son is no exception.
This caused everyone to fight first.
As for why the other party was able to maintain such military discipline, it was naturally because the conditions were harsh and there were strong enemies all around.
If there are only a few loose ends, there is a danger of subversion.
This is also what is called being born in sorrow and dying in happiness.
It's not the Jurchens' racial characteristics bonus. When they start to enjoy and improve their lives, they quickly become powerless Eight Banners lords.
When there is a battle, you have to hire someone to fight for you.
He was beaten by the peasant army and fled in embarrassment.
To flee upon seeing a thief is considered superior courage; to flee upon hearing the rumor is medium courage; to flee upon misunderstanding is considered inferior courage.
It perfectly replicates the characteristics of the Ming army that their ancestors defeated back then.
So, don’t tell anyone.
Living a good life and lacking a modern training system naturally led to lax military discipline.
Even if one or two generals are different, they cannot change the general trend.
These two will only have a partial impact, and in the end they will be surrounded and eliminated by the Jurchens in large numbers.
Others are more fearful.
"Uncle, these 1,200 taels are indeed a lot of money. No wonder Wu Xun will protect him. However, in the future, when generals are in danger, they will choose to flee instead of fighting. Anyway, if something goes wrong, they can just spend money to get away with it.
, their lives are their own." Wen Rensheng continued.
"Yes, this Wu Zhengfu really deserves to die. It's a pity that he has quite a lot of support in the court. Even if he was impeached by his uncle, he was not believed by the cabinet. What can be done?" Governor Wang sighed.
Wen Rensheng smiled.
This is the internal bureaucratic relationship of the Ming Dynasty.
Internal friction with each other.
Find support for each other.
It does not rely on principles and disciplines, but on factions and money.
How can we remain undefeated if this continues?
If he wanted to deal with Wu Xunjian, he still needed to find another way.
"In that case, it's better to leave it to the students and keep it for a few days so that the patrol officer can't stay here without shame." Wen Rensheng said.
"What do you want?"
"Just look at it."
Five days later.
More than a dozen men whose families were ruined by Wu Xun came to the capital and held a banner with large characters "Unjustly Accused" at various scholar guild halls...
Naturally, there are people behind me who will arrange for food, accommodation and travel expenses.
In short, they were all chosen by Wenren and were ready to burn their boats.
Another person crashed directly into a club.
Almost killed.
They cried to the scholars who came to Beijing to take the exams and complained that Wu Xunzhi extorted good people and forced Jin gentry...
This matter has become a big deal...
How did Wu Xunqian know that anyone could still play this trick?
These people did not go to the yamen to complain, but instead went to major halls where scholars gathered to complain?
Get this set.
Even if Wu Xunjian has someone in the court, what he needs to do now is to cut him off.
Because as a patrolman, his reputation became bad and he was useless.
No official would believe that a prosecutor with a bad reputation could administer justice. There is justice in impeachment.
The emperor wouldn't believe it either.
Not long after, the imperial court issued an edict to remove Wu Xun from his post and return to Beijing for questioning.
No arrests were made.
The imperial court will not arrest a patrolman just because a few ordinary people cry out for injustice.
If it came to the Qing Dynasty, these common people would be beheaded.
That is to say, in the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor was weak and the ministers were also weak, and they were all afraid of having a bad reputation.
However, when they made money for themselves, oppressed the people, and annexed the land, they followed one after another and were not afraid.
They are not afraid of a few common people making trouble. What they are afraid of is that Shilin's reputation will be ruined.
