The replacement of Jinmen Daotai did not attract the attention of the court officials.
It's just that the Jinmen Daotai chose Wang Ziteng, which made everyone in the court feel a little strange.
Fortunately, in the Qian Dynasty, it was not unheard of for a military officer to become a civil servant. The most typical example was Shi Laolinggong, the first generation of Baolinghou.
This man, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, reached the top position of the civil service. Such an achievement is quite remarkable.
It's a pity that historians did not follow the trend of transformation.
Of course, if this is true, I am afraid that the historian has been completely removed from the powerful group.
At that time, the distinction between civil and military officials was not so clear. Civil servants had to be ready to go to the battlefield to kill people at any time, and identity exchanges were quite frequent.
As for the matter of Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, leading 3,000 troops to move to Tianjin, it did not cause the slightest disturbance.
This is a transfer arranged through consultation between the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Ministry of War. It only needs to be approved and issued now, and there is no need to discuss it in the court.
It’s no wonder that the civil service group tried their best to get involved in the Ministry of War. It is really hard for the civil service group to accept such a thing.
Damn it, the mobilization of troops and horses on a scale of thousands of people, such a major event, the civil service group can't even know about it. If something really happens, wouldn't they be caught blind?
It is said that as long as the emperor remains in power for a long time, a battle for the throne will break out in the capital every twenty or thirty years, and a knife may be needed.
Whenever this happens, the civil service group becomes extremely passive.
The only soldiers and horses that can control or influence are the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.
Once there is looting by rebels, the most unlucky ones are naturally the wealthy merchants in the city, and then the houses of civil servants. Who said they have no power to protect them?
Besides, civil servants actually understand that political power comes from the handle of a knife.
In an environment like Daqian where civil and military forces are juxtaposed, the voice of civil servants is often inextricably linked to the military.
It's just that, for the sake of reputation, such things are kept secret.
Whether the newly rising civil servants can understand it depends on their own understanding.
Neither of these two incidents caused any uproar in the court.
After all, I heard that Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of the Rong Mansion, has gained favor in the palace. Not only has she been promoted in rank, but she has also been sleeping with many attendants recently.
The Rong Mansion didn't get much benefit, and the four major Jinling families as allies got the same benefit.
As other major events and minor affairs occurred in the capital, the transfer of Wang Ziteng and Shi Ding was quickly forgotten by others.
Both of them are old men. Although the new officials took office and made some moves, they did not attract special attention from the court in the capital.
This is what Jia Rong specifically warned in private. Their future actions will lead to countless ups and downs. If they don't lay a solid foundation when they first take office, how can they wait?
In the court, there was a lot of commotion because of the large number of tax inspectors being sent to the south, so not much attention was paid to them.
The matter has been fermenting until now, and it has become completely turbulent.
It's not something that anyone can easily stop if they want to.
The competition for interests is the most touching thing, not to mention the prosperity of the south. The interests involved may be in the amount of one million taels, or even tens of millions of taels.
The southern gentry naturally wanted to protect their own interests, while other interest groups wanted to reach out and take advantage.
It's a joke to say that paying taxes normally is a matter of course, but in the south it has become an out-and-out bad government.
Without taxes, how would the government get money to operate?
However, the towns in the Jiangnan area are more regular and beautiful than the others, and the urban architecture and scale are quite impressive.
Where do these construction and development funds come from?
Don't think too much, it's all thanks to the blood and sweat of the people at the lowest level that we can have such a prosperous scene.
The more prosperous the town, the more concentrated the surrounding fields are, and the greater the number of landless farmers, who are forced to enter the town to become small handicraftsmen or the most junior workers.
According to later generations' books, this is the so-called germination of capital society.
The so-called capital is to maximize profits as much as possible while increasing productivity.
Farmers who could only be exploited indirectly, after losing their fields and being centralized, aren't they the best candidates for direct exploitation?
However, because the flow of capital has brought prosperity to the commodity society, the exploited people at the bottom feel that their lives are not bad, and they are even much more prosperous than when they were farming in the past, and they are very satisfied with their current life.
Little did they know that their life and death were all in the hands of those gentry.
A slight fluctuation in the prices of daily necessities in the market can completely deprive the so-called small bourgeois families of bankruptcy.
However, they still have to bear the cost of running the yamen, but most people don't even notice it.
There are also government officials, local gangsters and even clan members who are exploiting expenses. You can imagine how stressful life is.
It can be said that the development of Jiangnan territory is quite distorted, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
Of course, you can say that wealth is hidden among the people, but the so-called "people" refer to the local gentry.
As for the imperial court's desire to collect taxes, they are not happy and dissatisfied.
Drastic measures against tax supervisors were only one of them. The real main force was the southern officials in the court.
They made suggestions in court. It is possible to collect taxes now, but don't make it so drastic. You can do it step by step.
As for how long this slowdown will last, the more fully prepared you are, the better.
According to their thoughts and ideas, it is best not to mess around while in power now and wait until the next emperor.
As the saying goes, when a person dies, the government rests. In addition, every emperor is different. Who knows whether the next emperor will still have the same iron head as today?
How can we be satisfied with such a situation today?
Secretly supporting the four major families of Jinling was only one of the means. Naturally, it was impossible to call out southern officials too loudly in the court.
Damn, he wants to leave his name in history. If he can't make a difference in his position, how can he achieve his goal?
Besides, the behavior of the southern gentry was too exciting. Not to mention the current emperor, even the emperor in the Dragon Head Palace was very upset.
The people sent by the royal family dare to kill at will. Do they have to wait until the critical moment to use the royal army?
The south has such huge interests and a sufficient population. It is also the food center of Daqian. If anything happens, an army can be raised in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers have enough money and food.
Just thinking of these makes my heart feel cold.
Not only did he want to collect enough taxes, but he also wanted to exert strong control over the south and not allow the slightest surprise there.
In the face of the throne, or the stable situation in the world, everything else is worth mentioning, and the troubles in the court will not be settled so easily...