"Yesterday at the debriefing meeting, the emperor dismissed the chief envoy and 12 governors on the spot, sent two to prison, demoted and punished 32 people, sent them to Golden Island, and 25 people watched from Australia~"
The next day in the capital, as the shouts of newsboys kept ringing in the streets and alleys of the capital, all the young and old in the capital were immediately shocked by the news on the headlines of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post.
Almost in the blink of an eye, all the copies of the Tomorrow Morning News in the hands of the newsboys were sold out. Everyone took the newspapers and read them carefully.
"Oh my god~"
"Zhang Tianyu, the governor of Jiangxi, actually embezzled 800,000 taels of silver. Almost all of the one million taels of silver appropriated by the court went into his own pocket. He is so audacious. Now that he is done, his head will definitely move."
"And this governor of southern Gansu is really the ancestor of the fishing industry. He was originally responsible for suppressing bandits, but he has not been out of Ganzhou City for a year and was directly dismissed from his post and demoted to a commoner."
"Isn't that right? The banditry in southern Gansu is very serious. The emperor attaches great importance to the governor of southern Ganxi who has been specially appointed to suppress bandits. However, he did not expect that Lu Zongxue would be so lazy in government. The emperor is still too kind and should send him directly.
Go to Golden Island."
"Ye Xian of Southern Zhili was directly demoted to the Golden Continent. This Southern Zhili has always been the tax center of our Ming Dynasty. Last year, the tax revenue of Northern Zhili increased by ten million taels, but this Southern Zhili
Zhili only grew by one million taels a year. It is said that the government offices in the southern Zhili region not only refused to cooperate with taxation, but also obstructed taxation."
"This tax still has to be levied, otherwise the court will have no money. If the court has no money, how will it have the money to build bridges, roads, reservoirs, rivers, etc."
"Yes, yes, merchants from Jiangnan have never liked to pay taxes. In the past, if anyone in the court said that they wanted to levy commercial taxes, they would definitely be killed by officials from Jiangnan."
"The businessmen in Jiangnan are real businessmen, unlike us in Beizhili, who are all capitalists. We in Beizhili actively pay taxes."
"Yes, yes, they are businessmen, we are different from them."
"Tsk tsk, look at this list. Every one of them is a second-grade official or a feudal official. Now, dozens of people have been demoted or demoted."
"The imperial court is going to take action against those officials who are slacking in their affairs, doing nothing, and sitting on their butts!"
"Isn't that right? It's time to take action on these officials. Their lives are too comfortable."
In the streets and alleys of the capital, young and old men kept talking.
This is the biggest thing that has happened in Ming Dynasty recently.
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What happened in the capital quickly spread to other parts of the Ming Dynasty at an extremely terrifying speed.
Tianjin is the closest to the capital and has the best information. If there is any disturbance in the capital, Tianjin is almost the first to know about it and the fastest to reach it.
Tianjin Government Office, formerly Tianjin County Government Office, in recent years, as Tianjin has become more prosperous, larger and more populous, Tianjin County Government Office has also been upgraded to Tianjin Government Office, and its level has been directly raised by one level.
Guo Zizhang, the prefect of Tianjin Prefecture, was drinking morning tea slowly. When he read the headlines in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, his face immediately changed. He no longer thought about drinking tea. He took a hurried sip and immediately turned to his men.
The person ordered: "Immediately ask the magistrates of each district and county to come and report on their duties."
Guo Zizhang originally didn't pay much attention to the examination system and the work report system. There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. This has almost become the norm in official circles.
The imperial decrees are basically just a piece of dead paper when they leave the capital. When they reach the lower levels, no one will pay attention to them at all. How should local officials like them play with them? Who will pay attention to these things.
The examination system and the work report system were formulated by Liu Jin. Originally, everyone didn't care much about it. The inspection system was better, and it still depends on performance. However, local officials like them didn't pay attention to the work report system at all.
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Now it's better. Officials from all over the border came to Beijing to report on their duties, were demoted, downgraded, and distributed a lot of people from Golden Continent. This shows that the above is not a joke but is serious.
After this level of suppression is suppressed, when the time comes, these state-level officials will go to the chief envoys and governors to report on their duties. Maybe then they will be demoted and downgraded one by one, like these people, and there may even be others.
He may be demoted to a commoner.
This was related to his reputation and his reputation, so Guo Zizhang had to pay attention to it, so he quickly summoned officials from various districts and counties within his jurisdiction to come to him to report on their work, and first gave him the basic situation of his district and county.
Once you master it, you will feel confident when you report your work to your superiors.
"What a fool. He was dismissed and demoted dozens of frontier officials in one fell swoop. Who will dare to fish after this?"
Guo Zizhang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Being in Tianjin, there is a lot of money and wealth, but because it is close to the capital, there are many powerful people here, so you have to be careful in everything you do.
Not only Tianjin Prefecture, but the news spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Prefectural government offices and officials at all levels in various places were deeply shocked by the news. They suddenly dismissed and demoted dozens of frontier officials. This was something that had never happened in the Hongzhi Dynasty.
It can even be said that such a thing has never happened in the entire Ming Dynasty. Even the several major cases in the Hongwu Dynasty, which involved a wide range of cases, did not involve dozens of second-grade border officials at once.
However, this time, Emperor Hongzhi immediately dismissed him and demoted dozens of second-rank feudal officials, sending an extremely strong signal to the entire world.
Emperor Hongzhi absolutely and fully supported the reform of officialdom. Any official who sits idle and does nothing will never have a good life in the future.
Yangzhou, fireworks in March in Yangzhou.
Since ancient times, Yangzhou has been synonymous with luxury and wealth. Rich people from all over the south of the Yangtze River gather here. The flower boats parked on the Qinhuai River are like gold-selling caves. No matter how much money you throw into it, it will disappear.
In the past, the big bosses of the entire Jiangnan officialdom gathered here. The six ministers of Nanjing and the ministers were frequent visitors here. Chief envoys in charge of various places and governors often came here to drink and have fun. A large number of dignitaries gathered here to enjoy
A life of extravagance and extravagance.
On the banks of the Qinhuai River, at night, colorfully decorated and luxurious flower boats will be moored on the shore. When the donors get on the boat, they will immediately disappear into the Qinhuai River, like a moving palace.
The bright lights, the sounds of luxury, and the fragrance of pink and white color the entire Qinhuai River.
However, in the past few days, the business of flower boats on the Qinhuai River has suddenly slowed down. The bustards of these flower boats all looked at the carriages on the shore with longing.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Where have all those noble people gone? All of them have disappeared."
An old bustard sighed. In the past, every evening, luxurious four-wheeled carriages would come to the shore, and then dignitaries would get down from them and charter their flower boats.
After serving these masters, you can't easily get away with thousands of taels of silver in one night. If you meet a rich master, you can get tens of thousands of taels of silver.
However, now, the concrete roads on the shore are paved with horses and four-wheeled carriages gone. The girls on the flower boats have nothing to do and can only stare at each other longingly.
"Yeah, I haven't opened my shop for three days. If this continues, I'm going to drink the northwest wind."
The madam also replied immediately.
"I heard that all those officials have gone back to other places."
Someone who knows something said.
"What are you doing when you go back to various places?"
"Can the brothels and chu guan houses in various places compare with our flower boats in Yangzhou?"
"That's right, that's right, among those girls in the countryside, our girl can serve others and be versatile."
An old bustard immediately followed and replied.
"What's more, those officials have all placed their yamen on our Qinhuai River. What are you doing back here?"
"Wouldn't it be nice to eat, drink, and be happy here?"
"Maybe you don't know this? Haven't you read the latest Tomorrow Morning News?"
"Not long ago, officials from all over the border came to Beijing to report on their duties. As a result, they were directly demoted by the emperor and dozens of them were dismissed. Our Lord Ye from Nanzhili was all sent to Huanghuangzhou."
"Now the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has been shaken. From the feudal officials to the prefects of various prefectures, everyone has become diligent and returned to their respective places to do business."
"This black gauze hat may not be saved. How can they still think of coming to your flower boat to show off?"
"Master Ye was sent to Golden Continent?"
"Isn't that right? Because we in Southern Zhili collected too little tax money, Mr. Ye was directly demoted by three ranks and assigned to the Golden Island as an official."
"Your good days are almost over. From now on, not only will the number of guests on this flower boat be much smaller, but I guess you won't even think about losing a penny in taxes."
"Oh my God, how will I live my life from now on?"
When the madam heard this, she couldn't help but panic and shouted.
The news continued to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. The officials of the Ming Dynasty who used to drink tea and read newspapers were much more diligent. When they tried cases, if there were no cases to try, they quickly organized the local gentry, squires, and the like, and everyone discussed it.
Are you raising funds to build cement roads, repair bridges and pave roads? After all, this can be regarded as a kind of political achievement.
Local government agencies that had previously been procrastinating on tax collection and were unwilling to actively cooperate immediately took the initiative to approach tax agencies in various places and expressed their willingness to cooperate with them in finding hard-core tax collectors. After all, taxation is also related to their political performance.
The officials who used to fish, eat, drink and have fun every day have become extremely diligent, and the business of brothels and chuguans everywhere has become much slower.