Chapter 659: Counterinsurgency only needs coordinates
The idle man Zhu Ying originally thought that he would be relaxed for a long time, but he did not expect that the eucalyptus in Shanxi would suddenly make him busy.
Since the reform of official salaries, the phenomenon of corrupt officials has been significantly reduced in recent years.
In the past, being an official was only for power, and money was hard to come by.
After the reform, even the most basic civil servants can provide enough food and clothing for the whole family, at least they will not be too hungry, which is completely different from before.
For some officials with high enough grades, their monthly salary is still very considerable, and with all kinds of allowances and subsidies added up, their life is quite good, and there is no shortage.
It’s just that facts have proven that no matter how high the salary given to officials is, corrupt officials can never be eliminated.
Greed is human nature.
When you sit in that position, have enough power at hand, and can even obtain a lot of wealth with just one look, there are very few people who can completely resist being tempted.
The Central Plains has been emphasizing personal sophistication since ancient times, and there are many ways to do it here.
Many officials use public power privately, and it may not be for personal gain, such as family or promotion.
No matter what the reason is, the result is that power is abused. At this time, money may often be incidental.
There is another reason, and that is about political performance.
Nowadays, if officials want to be promoted, they need to have obvious political achievements.
In the absence of political achievements, no one dares to talk about this even if they have good connections.
Political achievements are manifested in many aspects, and the most obvious one is naturally the improvement of living standards. To put it simply, it refers to a series of factors such as taxation, public security within the jurisdiction, road construction, people's livelihood conditions, etc.
Attracting investment has become the fastest way.
Especially the investment and construction of factories, if they are done locally, can naturally provide a large number of jobs for local people and create tax revenue at the same time.
The construction of large factories will allow local officials to enjoy political achievements that are sufficient for promotion.
It was from this time on that officials began to win over businessmen who had once looked down upon them.
This back and forth will naturally be accompanied by many secret transactions.
This is also an inevitable trend of rapid economic development. With the emergence of a large amount of wealth, today's officials are basically unable to withstand such temptation.
Only this time, the movement was a little louder.
Shanxi region.
It was originally just a small eucalyptus, but because it involved the transportation of corn feed, it was reported to the Beiyuan Employment Association.
Corn feed is now popular in the grasslands. It is a concentrated feed that is fatter than pasture. It is like the war horses of the prairie soldiers. Now almost all the concentrated feed depends on imports from the Ming Dynasty.
This was also a big deal between Ming Dynasty and Beiyuan Dynasty.
Many prairie tribesmen who made money from the Beiyuan Employment Association had to provide concentrated feed for the horses every month. This money was transferred to the hands of the prairie tribesmen and returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
When it comes to Beiyuan, it is naturally not something that the local government can handle.
So some things were revealed at once.
As it happened, the official in charge of the review was relatively straight-tempered and notoriously hard-nosed.
It was just a little guy at first, but then there were a lot of people looking for connections to give gifts. He didn't think much about it, but he felt there was something fishy about it.
The captured prisoner was also very arrogant. Even though he was in the dungeon, he still looked like the boss of the world.
However, after only a little torture, he couldn't bear it anymore and began to confess.
However, the things he confessed were truly shocking.
The officials involved are no longer capable of being handled by the border areas.
That night, the person in charge here wrote to the capital and also sent the confession.
This moment shocked Sansi.
The sky is falling in Shanxi.
Thirty-seven officials were included in the confession, including the Chief Secretary of Shanxi Province, and the amount of money involved was initially estimated to be at least tens of millions of Guan Baobao.
The last time this kind of thing happened, it was Guo Hengyu in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.
Obviously this time we have to go to the next level.
"Shanxi and Shanxi merchants are determined to destroy our Ming Dynasty."
After Zhu Ying saw it, she couldn't help but sigh.
After several years, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has gradually moved from the dark to the open, so the old methods are no longer very effective.
Those who take the wrong path also know that Qunying Chamber of Commerce is Taisun's family, so naturally they will not say to contact him again.
"Let's just say, these are all ignorant white-eyed wolves. What a guy. Tens of millions of treasures. This is just an estimate. I'm afraid the real amount is really scary."
"This time, Grandson, let me tell you, we can't be soft-hearted anymore, we must clean it up severely."
"As long as anyone is involved, no matter who it is, no one can be spared."
Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry this time.
Zhu Ying had nothing to say. Such a big eucalyptus would always have to deal with a group of people.
But what happened next simply added fuel to Zhu Yuanzhang's fire.
In order to find out more clearly and in detail the people involved, the capital has set up an inspection team to focus on this matter.
The Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice was in charge, and there were also personnel dispatched from each of the three divisions. A total of 21 people went to Shanxi to thoroughly investigate the case.
It can be seen how vigorously the court is dealing with corruption this time.
The Minister of Justice, this is a first-class important minister, this is a third-rank official.
Those who followed the Third Division were all at the fifth level in the end.
Such a high-level investigation team can be said to have directly crushed all officials in Shanxi in terms of status.
However, one month later.
The investigation team entered Shanxi and there was no news of their return.
In the end, after investigation by Shanxi officials, it was found that they were attacked by bandits, causing this group of investigation teams to disappear.
It is said that he disappeared, but in fact, the outcome can probably be figured out.
How cruel.
This Shanxi official.
Don't they know that anti-crime requires evidence, counter-terrorism requires lists, and counter-insurgency only requires a coordinate?
"Pass our decree, immediately mobilize all the guards around Shanxi, gather an army of 200,000, led by Song Guogong Feng Sheng, and pacify Shanxi!
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This can no longer be described as an incident, it is simply a rebellion.
Such a shocking event, the murder of twenty-seven important officials of the imperial court, including the Minister of Punishment, is going to shake the world.
Want to be a monkey?
Then you have to see if there is that golden cudgel.
"To go against the imperial court so blatantly, I really don't understand how to write the word "death."
Of course, Zhu Ying would not say anything else about this matter. He was not the Holy Mother.
When it's time to kill, of course you have to kill.
No matter whether it is a bloodbath, Shanxi merchants have always been resurrected. They have been dealt with so many times, and they can always come back again and again.
It is obvious that there are many Shanxi big families involved in the process.
Previously, these families didn't have a name to move. They couldn't just sit together. Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't do that.
This time, the sky was broken.
Just in time for cleaning.
The biggest behind-the-scenes person is naturally the chief envoy of the Shanxi Chief Secretary, who is in charge of the entire Shanxi government affairs.
He also indeed colluded with many health centers in Shanxi and joined forces to commit corruption.
However, facing the imperial court's 200,000 troops commanded by Duke Feng Sheng of the Song Dynasty, no one in Shanxi Province had the guts to stand up and fight.
They all returned to the guardhouse obediently, not daring to make the slightest move.
Feng Sheng's army was naturally unable to encounter any resistance and directly took military control of Shanxi.
The first people to be arrested and questioned were all the top officials, headed by the Chief Envoy of Shanxi Province.
When Feng Sheng arrived, the Chief Secretary of Shanxi and nineteen officials committed suicide out of fear of the crime, hoping to suppress the incident as much as possible by committing suicide.
"Suicide is not enough."
Feng Sheng shook his head slightly.
This is already a serious crime against the Nine Tribes. Those Nine Tribes who committed suicide in fear of crime must be imprisoned first.
In this case, as long as it is involved, none of the nine tribes have to run away.
This is why Zhu Ying knew that the whole of Shanxi was going to be bloodbathed.
Officials who are able to participate in corruption in Shanxi and have good status must have had great efforts from their families to catch them accurately.
The 200,000 troops this time were not from Shanxi, but were all transferred from other places.
Even if there are many guards commanding envoys, they still don't have to run away.
Occasionally there will be some resistance, such as the final struggle of some families.
But in front of an army of 200,000 people, any resistance is as ridiculous as an egg against a stone.
Of course, we can't just say that they killed each other indiscriminately.
The investigation still needs to be investigated.
After taking control of the situation in Shanxi, the imperial court sent an investigation team again.
The person who went there last time was the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the one who took the lead this time was Meng Zhengsheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Seeing that it was the end of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict that the case must be concluded and dealt with within two months.
We can’t delay it until the Ming Dynasty Spring Festival.
Beheading in the first month is not auspicious.
Meng Zhengsheng was the person who stood up and questioned whether Japan could compensate so much silver when Zhu Ying said that Japan should pay compensation.
This guy has a single-minded mind, and Zhu Ying will naturally not be raped just because of a few questions.
The Ministry of Punishment originally needs people who are young, careless, and have too much power, so they are not suitable to work in the Ministry of Punishment.
In just one month, Eucalyptus was basically clear.
But when the news spread back to the capital, it caused another wave of waves.
"There are more than 127,000 people. This is the founding of the Ming Dynasty. No, even in the past and present, this is a big project that has never been concerned."
"With so many people, is it possible to execute them all?"
Yang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, felt like his head was getting big.
Immediately contact the minister of Dali Temple and the censors of the Imperial Procuratorate and the left and right censors.
Li Tingwei, the minister of Dali Temple, shook his head wildly: "I, Dali Temple, are only responsible for making judgments. Of course, it is impossible for me, Dali Temple, to have the final say on such a serious matter."
"I naturally fully support Yang Shangshu's decision."
Zuo Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also said: "This should be a matter that belongs to the Ministry of Punishment. Our Metropolitan Procuratorate only cares about whether there are any violations. Since Yang Shangshu is personally hearing this case, of course there is no possibility of any broken rules.
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"This matter is an edict from His Majesty, and he did not say that there will be a meeting of the three departments. I think it is better for Yang Shangshu to make the decision directly."
The right censor also directly seconded the proposal.
Everyone is not a fool.
These are nearly 130,000 people. Is it possible to kill them all?
According to His Majesty's intention, except for the female Juan Chong who was admitted to the Jiaofang Department, all the others will be destroyed.
But no one dared to open this mouth.
Yang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, was silent for a long time, and finally said: "The matter is of great importance, and I cannot be the master of it. Tomorrow morning, I will ask Your Majesty to hold a six-department review and decision."
Not everyone can take it for granted.
And everyone is a scholar.
After this order was issued, not to mention the bloody hands, it was equivalent to being covered in blood.
In fact, everyone knows that the purpose of executing the Nine Tribes is to intimidate. Among these 120,000 people, there may be more than 100,000 innocent people implicated.
If they were all executed, they would all be innocent souls.
Some unrelated relatives may have been directly implicated before they even figured out what was going on.
Within a clan, the entire clan had to be wiped out just because of the greed of some people including the clan leader.
Including those tenants, long-term workers, and poor children digging in the soil, they will also be executed because of their status.
Go to Fengtian Hall early the next day.
Yang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, requested that the six ministries jointly try the case.
When the other ministers heard this, they lowered their eyebrows and kept silent.
"Why, is it because there are so many people that you don't dare to deal with it? Do you think that because there are so many people, you can violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty and murder important officials of the imperial court?"
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded angrily.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
All the officials in Fengtian Palace fell to their knees amidst Zhu Yuanzhang's loud shouts.
But no one said a word about this matter.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask Dasun what to do.
This matter is currently a problem.
Saying let it go would be detrimental to the dignity of the court, especially Zhu Yuanzhang's face.
He had already promised to kill the nine tribes before, but now he stopped killing them, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even have no way to step down.
He would not leave such a problem to his eldest grandson.
"Grandpa, my grandson has something to say."
Seeing that the atmosphere had become tense, Zhu Ying knew that at this time, she could only step forward.
If we really follow the old man's wishes, all of these 120,000 people will probably be exterminated.
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay, Grandson, you can tell me."
With Taisun's intervention, the officials in Fengtian Palace breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Ying said: "Twenty-seven important officials of the imperial court were murdered. This is an unprecedented event in any dynasty."
"Such behavior seriously damages the majesty of the imperial court. All those involved, whether they are officials or soldiers, should pay the price for their mistakes. They must strictly abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty and will never tolerate it."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly after hearing this.
Could it be that Da Sun proposed to execute them all?
The officials in the audience held their breath.
As soon as this grandson opened his mouth, it was equivalent to a death sentence for 120,000 people.
"However, Sun'er feels that some of the innocent people involved who are not involved in the case can be punished appropriately without being executed."
"What Sun'er means, from Yuzi's point of view, is how the people involved should be judged, and the people involved in the nine clans should be dealt with separately."