Chapter 963, the era of inaction is over (supplement)
"Are you aware of your mistake?"
Emperor Hongzhi glared angrily.
Because of Liu Jin's tax reform, the national treasury was full, so the imperial court also allocated a large amount of money to various places. These funds were mainly used to build reservoirs, river lifts, dredge waterways, build bridges and pave roads, etc., which can be regarded as confirmation of Liu Jin's
As Jin said, taxes are taken from the people and used by the people.
Jiangxi is an important province in the south. At the same time, Poyang Lake in the north is connected to the Yangtze River and is connected by water. The imperial court also allocated a large amount of money to build reservoirs, river lifts, and dredge river channels in Jiangxi, not only to prevent floods, but
It is also to promote the development of Jiangxi.
But who knew that when the imperial court rained heavily on Jiangxi, it all went into Zhang Tianyu's pocket, and when it got down there, not even a drizzle fell.
One can imagine how angry Emperor Hongzhi was.
In fact, Emperor Hongzhi knew about this matter a long time ago. The power of the factory guards was extremely powerful and they naturally monitored the feudal officials in various places. However, Emperor Hongzhi did not deal with Zhang Tianyu in advance, but postponed it until now.
"If you come, immediately remove Zhang Tianyu from his position as governor of Jiangxi, remove his honors, demote him to a commoner, and throw him into a sky prison. The Ministry of Punishment will be responsible for hearing the matter."
Emperor Hongzhi gave the order coldly.
He actually dared to embezzle 800,000 taels of silver out of one million taels. Forget about being a corrupt official. Jiangxi, under the leadership of Zhang Tianyu, has shown no improvement and is not good in all aspects. He doesn’t even know how much tax money he paid to the court in a year.
, what is the use of such an official?
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me~"
When Zhang Tianyu heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground and started wailing.
However, no matter how he wailed, it had no effect at all. Soon someone came forward and dragged him down like a pig to death.
When the surrounding ministers looked at it, they all fell silent.
Of course there are corrupt officials, and there are quite a lot of them.
Now that the imperial court has allocated money to various places, many feudal officials have been corrupt to some extent, but there are very few people like Zhang Tianyu who are so bold that almost all of it goes into his own pocket.
But corruption is corruption, and Zhang Tianyu's fate lies here. As long as this matter is investigated clearly, Zhang Tianyu will definitely be executed by Qiu Hou. If it were placed in the Hongwu Dynasty, let alone 800,000 taels of silver, it would be 80 taels.
Silver, it all needs to be peeled off.
"Lu Zongxue, the governor of southern Jiangxi, came to report his duties!"
Xiao Jing's voice sounded again, and Lu Zongxue came to the dragon steps tremblingly. He and Zhang Tianyu came together, and he was trembling when he saw Zhang Tianyu's fate.
Fortunately, he has nothing to be greedy for. The duty of the governor of southern Jiangxi is to eliminate bandits and bandits in southern Jiangxi. He is not responsible for local government affairs. The money allocated by the court is not under his control or in his hands.
"...In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, I organized a total of seven bandit suppression campaigns and killed more than 300 bandits..."
However, Lu Zongxue also stammered when talking about his main contributions.
Because he has done absolutely nothing in the position of governor of southern Ganxi. He and Ye Xian are the same type of officials who believe in ruling by doing nothing. When he became the governor of southern Ganxi, he knew that his main responsibility was to exterminate the bandits in southern Jiangxi.
and bandits, but he still did nothing.
It's just that every time a major case occurs, people will be sent to investigate and symbolically attack some bandits in southern Gansu. However, it has no substantive effect. On the contrary, it makes the bandits in southern Ganxi become more and more rampant.
"You suppressed bandits seven times a year and killed more than 300 bandits?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately asked.
"As far as I know, there have been a total of seventy-nine major cases of robbing passing caravans in southern Jiangxi this year. As for those small cases, they are countless."
"Not only did they block roads and rob, the bandits in southern Jiangxi even openly threatened villages and towns in various places, demanding that they pay protection fees to these mountain kings."
"Not only the southern Gansu region, but also the bandits and bandits in Jiangxi have spread to Nanchang, Fuzhou and other places in the north of Jiangxi. As the governor of southern Ganxi, your main responsibility is to exterminate the bandits. However, it seems that you have not even visited Ganzhou City this year.
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"The banditry in southern Jiangxi has become so serious?"
"Is there such a place in this peaceful and prosperous age?"
When the surrounding ministers heard this, they all started talking in disbelief.
Everyone has always thought that the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, and that all parts of the Ming Dynasty should be peaceful. However, today's report not only lets everyone know that in the cities of the Ming Dynasty, gangs are rampant and bully, even in places like Jiangxi.
, the banditry problem has actually reached such a serious level that it is no different from the troubled times.
Everyone knew about the banditry in Jiangxi before. In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, Emperor Hongzhi established the governor of southern Jiangxi with the purpose of wiping out the bandits in southern Jiangxi.
However, it has been seven years now, and not only have the bandits in southern Jiangxi not been eradicated, but the banditry has become so serious that they dare to openly collect protection fees from villages and towns in various places.
The governor of southern Gansu in front of me has not even been out of Ganzhou City this year. This governor of southern Ganxi is basically the ancestor of the fishing industry.
Upon hearing Liu Jin's culture, Lu Zongxue immediately fell to his knees. Just as Liu Jin said, he had no action or interest in suppressing bandits.
In his mind, suppressing bandits was a thankless job. If something happened to him while out in the city to suppress bandits, he would not be able to escape responsibility, so he might as well just stay in the government office and enjoy the happiness.
As for whether to be promoted or not, it has nothing to do with the suppression of bandits. At that time, you only need to spend some money to smoothen the relationship and be transferred to other places. The position of governor of southern Ganxi is really a place with no oil or water at all.
, it only takes a few years of fishing.
However, who would have known that times were changing so quickly. Liu Jin became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, passed the exam, and went to Beijing to report on his duties. All of a sudden, what he had done was exposed.
"Your Majesty, I will severely suppress the bandits when I return, and the bandits in southern Jiangxi will definitely be wiped out."
Lu Zongxue looked at Emperor Hongzhi on the dragon steps and said solemnly.
"It's too late~"
"For a mediocre official like you, I think it would be better for you to go home and plant sweet potatoes."
Emperor Hongzhi had a stern face. The Ming Dynasty under his rule actually had places like southern Jiangxi, and the banditry was so serious. The Lu Zongxue in front of him did not do anything at all. Emperor Hongzhi wanted to kill him.
"Remove Lu Zongxue from his post as governor of southern Jiangxi, remove his fame, and demote him to a commoner."
Emperor Hongzhi gave the order coldly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make amends!"
When Lu Zongxue heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
After working hard all his life and studying hard for twenty years, he was admitted to the imperial examination. It took another ten years to step by step from the position of a second-grade official to the frontier.
However, now, he has returned to his original form in one fell swoop. Not only has he lost his official title, he has also been stripped of his honorary title, and he will become an ordinary citizen from now on.
"The era of inaction is over!"
Everyone looked at Lu Zongxue being dragged down, and everyone knew this very clearly.
Being an official and trying to fish is almost a common phenomenon in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Many times, the emperor above was already impatient and issued imperial edicts one after another.
However, when they arrived at the yamen below and the government yamen in various places, there was no movement at all from these officials. The emperor's imperial edict was an imperial edict, but it was only in the capital. After leaving the capital, the emperor's imperial edict was just an imperial edict.
This is an extremely terrifying phenomenon.
The emperor had almost no control over all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. This is why in a few decades, Zhang Juzheng will carry out reforms and formulate the entrance examination system.
Because there is not only no response to the emperor's decree, but the cabinet decrees and imperial decrees have basically become a piece of paper in various places. Officials at all levels are still doing what they should do, whether they should fish or fish, and whether they should fish or fish.
Eat and drink or eat and drink.
Anyway, there is no difference whether you do something or not. Even if something goes wrong, you will still be responsible, and it will be easier if you don't do something.
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What's more important is that in the absence of a passing examination system, the promotion of officials is entirely based on connections and money, and does not depend on whether you are capable or how much you have done.
To put it simply, Liu Yu, a fellow countryman of Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is the trilateral chief in Taiyuan and Datong. He can be the trilateral chief not because of how much ability he has, but because he is
Liu Jian's fellow villagers were all from Henan, and they often gave Liu Jian gifts such as Xiao Jing. They were highly regarded by Liu Jian, so he became the trilateral president on Liu Jian's recommendation.
There are countless cases similar to Liu Yu's. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has always valued relationships rather than abilities. However, this has been the same since ancient times and is basically the same at home and abroad.
However, the officials' inaction, idleness, and mediocrity also led to the corruption of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor could only manage the ministers in the court, and the ministers in the court could only manage the capital, which extended to the entire Ming Dynasty.
The emperor's imperial edict could not leave the capital, and the government's decrees were just a piece of paper when they arrived.
This is why Emperor Hongzhi strongly supported Liu Jin's reform of officialdom, because Emperor Hongzhi felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
There are really too many officials in the Ming Dynasty, too many people who do nothing but do nothing. They do not want to do things, and they attack and exclude those who want to do things. You said that under such circumstances, even if the emperor wants to manage the country well,
It won't change anything at all.
If Liu Jin hadn't reformed the tax system, nothing would have been done if the court had no money.
