Chapter 1614, everything in the world is under control
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty and smiled, thinking and planning the future blueprint of the Ming Dynasty.
Xiao Jing here walked in with a stack of latest information.
"Your Majesty, this is the latest information coming from various places!"
Xiao Jing has been in charge of the factory guards for many years. In the past, although the factory guards were very powerful, the collection and analysis of intelligence and information was still a long-standing problem.
On the one hand, it requires a lot of manpower, and on the other hand, transportation is inconvenient, information dissemination is difficult, and there is no way to grasp the situation in various places in real time.
In addition, Ming Dynasty's territory is getting larger and larger, and the requirements for factory guards are getting higher and higher.
What's more, now the factory guards also need to pay attention to the information not only within the Ming Dynasty, but also from all over the world, especially the regions and countries that are related to the interests of the Ming Dynasty. The factory guards also need to be able to grasp the information in these places in a timely manner.
Over the years, Emperor Hongzhi's allocation to factory guards has also increased year after year. The number of factory guards has increased more than ten times compared with before. Not only the nobles have joined, but also a large number of veterans have joined.
The power of factory guards is either overt or covert. It is not only distributed throughout the Ming Dynasty, but also in overseas vassals, colonies, and major countries and regions in the world.
In addition, the factory guards gradually began to divide their labor. Jinyiwei gradually focused on the collection and analysis of important information and intelligence at home and abroad. The Dongchang side mainly monitored the court officials, military and political officials from various places, and the responsibilities were divided for the purpose of more effective
Operation.
The Ming Empire was developing rapidly, and the power of the factory guards was also unprecedentedly strong.
It's just that Emperor Hongzhi has always learned from his father's experience and lessons. The factory guards have always only collected and analyzed information, and have not directly intervened in the operation of the country, so they have always given people the impression that they do not have much sense of existence.
But its power is greater and more powerful than at any time, not only its larger number of people, but also its increasingly efficient operations and capabilities.
The huge Ming Empire and the international situation it had to face put many tests on the factory guard. If it did not change with the times, it would definitely not be able to meet the needs of the emperor.
Now with electromagnetic communication technology, the work of factory guards has become much easier.
Especially the transmission and collection of messages have become easier and simpler. If there is any disturbance, it can be sent back to the capital and reach the emperor within a short time.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and then looked quickly.
Emperor Hongzhi is now more and more aware of the importance of the existence of factory guards, and he also clearly understands the importance of information. In the past, he always listened to the civil officials, and he didn't know how badly he was deceived.
Taxation is meant to compete with the people for profit. If the court levies taxes, the people below will have a hard time making a living. This is the most common tactic used by civil servants to oppose taxation.
If you don't know what they mean by "people", you will definitely believe what they say and believe that the so-called light corvee and low taxes can truly benefit the people.
In fact, what they call "people" only refers to the gentry and businessmen, and the real common people are not included in this category at all. The imposition of commercial taxes will not have much impact on ordinary people. The ones who really have the greatest impact are the businessmen.
Since businessmen and gentry are almost one and the same, it naturally touches their interests, and of course they must firmly oppose it.
Listening to the words of these civil servants, the result was that the imperial court was so poor that nothing could be done, the people below were miserable to death, and the gentry and businessmen in the middle were all extremely rich, extremely rich, and spent huge sums of money on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
There are also those so-called upright ministers, loyal and honest people. If you really believe it, I guess there will be no scum left. Let the factory guards check. Everyone's butt is clean, even Liu Jian.
He also did not skip the writing fees, filial piety, etc. Otherwise, the corrupt official Liu Yu would not have quickly become a high official by relying on Liu Jian's recommendation.
These are all trivial matters, and there are also some that are high-sounding on the surface but filthy behind the scenes. They are just and upright in the court, but they do some shameful things behind the scenes.
Some people and some things cannot just listen to one side of the story, nor can they just look at the surface. If you want to see the other side, you need to rely on the power of factory guards to find out these things, and naturally they will not be deceived.
Already.
Just like what happens in the world, there are obviously no serious disasters in some places. In order to defraud disaster relief funds, local officials deliberately exaggerated and asked the court to allocate funds for disaster relief. As a result, the money ended up in the bellies of corrupt officials.
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In some places, there are clearly major incidents, but in order to prevent them from getting bigger, local officials deliberately downplay the major issue into a trivial one, or simply fail to report it, thus missing an important period to make amends.
We cannot just read the memorials of officials from various places. We must rely on the power of factory guards to find out these things. We must understand the situation in various places and understand these officials from the other side, so that we will not be deceived.
Emperor Hongzhi became more and more aware of this, so his support for the factory guards also grew.
Not only do we increase the budget of factory guards every year, we continue to increase the strength of factory guards, and standardize the system and management of factory guards, we also constantly reuse factory guards, allowing them to shoulder more and more tasks and responsibilities.
"It's unreasonable. In order to prevent the wealthy people's fields from being flooded, the magistrate of Taicang County actually ordered the digging of a gap in the river. As a result, a large number of ordinary people's fields and houses were flooded and washed away, causing hundreds of deaths."
"He deserves death. If he is not killed, the people will not be angry!"
"There is also Kunshan County. The disaster was obviously not serious, but the memorial was very serious. He asked the court for 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, but most of it went into his stomach. He was not afraid of dying.
Own."
"The magistrate of Wujiang County did a very good job. He led the people to build embankments to prevent floods, personally participated in it, and took the lead."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the information sent back from Jiangnan, either angry or appreciative.
Some of the local officials were corrupt and indifferent to the lives of the people, but there were also some who shared the people's worries and worked hard to fight disasters. In the past, it would have been difficult for Emperor Hongzhi to grasp this information, but now, he can grasp it immediately.
Make timely deployment and adjustments.
"The prince ran to Winter City?"
"What a nonsense. Now that you're out, are you not planning to come back?"
"Run further and further."
"Let Liu Jin bring the prince back immediately, otherwise there will be no need to come back."
"The magistrate of Jingzhou Prefecture in Huguang committed corruption and perverted the law. He was corrupt and committed crimes. He was lawless and brought disaster to one party. It is really unreasonable and must be severely punished. The matter will be handed over to the cabinet and ordered to be dealt with severely."
"A war broke out in the Mesopotamia in the Middle East. The Persian and Egyptian coalition forces fought against the Ottoman Empire. Both sides suffered heavy losses and there was no winner."
"Egypt's Mediterranean ports were blockaded by the Spanish fleet, and a battle broke out around Alexandria. The Egyptian side suffered heavy losses."
"A naval battle broke out between Spain and France near the Mediterranean port of Marseille. The French navy suffered heavy losses, and the Spanish fleet blocked France's Mediterranean ports."
"On the Gold Coast of West Africa, the allied forces of Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands attacked many colonial strongholds in Spain. Spain suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese city of Sunset was attacked again."
"The Spanish fleet bombarded the port and capital of Xingguo?"
"Summon the Spanish minister immediately and tell the Spaniards that they are absolutely not allowed to attack us Ming people, otherwise our Ming Empire will never be polite!"
"..."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the messages sent back from all over the Ming Dynasty, and even from all over the world, and continuously issued decrees. These decrees were quickly transmitted to various departments and places in the first time, and were quickly implemented.