Chapter 1139 1134 [What will it be like in a hundred years? 】
Zhu Guoxiang knew why his son was angry.
To say that the grandson is crooked is too general. As for those who bully the market, set up private casinos, and rob people's daughters, if you stand completely from the emperor's point of view, you can actually give him a lecture or two and the problem will be over.
What did King Cai's gang do?
Blocking speech and interfering with justice!
They killed the five people who came to Beijing to complain and drowned them in the Yellow River. This was blocking the way of speech.
After King Cai learned about the murder, it would be fine if he didn't cut it immediately, or at least pretended not to know. But he didn't even pretend, and directly used his identity as a prince to threaten Hebei Anchasi not to investigate further. This is interference.
judicial.
Naturally, those guys committed more than just these few things.
Otherwise, it would not have caused great anger and resentment in Daming Mansion, and finally forced the inspection censor to take risks and expose it.
The real situation is that corrupt officials and profiteers and evil gentry in Daming Prefecture formed a criminal network with King Zhu Zhi of Cai as the core.
Zhu Zhi did not do many bad things personally, but countless people used his banner to prey on the common people. Even the officials and servants went around bragging that they were King Cai's men.
Every bad thing they did was blamed on King Cai by the people of Daming Mansion. How could they not be angry and resentful?
Take the long history of Prince Cai's Mansion as an example. He was just a fifth-rank official with little real power. Less than three years after he moved to Daming Mansion with Prince Cai Zhu Zhi, after the incident, 60,000 guan of treasure banknotes were actually copied! How many bad things he had done
How much can you get?
And King Cai’s brother-in-law.
This person's distant ancestor is the Fan Yang Lu family, and his recent ancestor is the Yuchuan Lu family in the early Song Dynasty. The Yuchuan Lu family was divided into nine major branches in the Northern Song Dynasty, and King Cai's brother-in-law came from one of them.
By the way, the founder of the third branch of the nine Lu families should have been named Chai. A son of Chai Rong was adopted by the Lu family and married into the Lu family.
This brother-in-law named Lu traveled around in the name of studying abroad. When he moved into his brother-in-law's Prince Cai's residence, the palace officials were already making trouble.
The brother-in-law hit it off with the palace officials, and he quickly evolved from secretly breaking the law to doing things openly and openly. Moreover, he had many bad ideas and many ways to make money. When this guy was arrested, there were 80,000 guan of treasure money hidden in the house.
All were caught within two years.
They also cleverly seized land on the outskirts of the city, occupying nearly 10,000 acres in two years. This incident involved the most people and had the worst impact on the local area.
What's even more ridiculous is that out of the nearly 10,000 acres of land in the outskirts of Daming Mansion, King Cai Zhu Zhi was only allocated more than 2,000 acres, and the rest was divided up by the royal officials and his brother-in-law.
The same is true in terms of money. Zhu Zhi only made tens of thousands of yuan and a bunch of treasures (people often paid for daily consumption). If we put aside the treasures and only focus on cash, the palace officials and brother-in-law together accounted for three thirds of the money Zhu Zhi received.
More than twice as much.
Ju Ming's dislike for this son is not only because he does bad things, but also because he thinks this son is too stupid!
"There are really endless killings." Zhu Ming looked at the impeachment memorial on the case.
The "Da Ming Yue Bao" published the treatment of King Cai, which instantly inspired countless censors and local judicial officials.
General cases can be handled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, the Dali Temple, the Procuratorate, and the Prefecture Law Office. However, when the officials involved reach a certain level, they must report to the emperor and the cabinet.
In just two months, the central government received eight investigation petitions that required reporting. This does not include those from farther away provinces, and the relevant reports have not yet been delivered.
Cases that they didn't dare to investigate before were now dared to be investigated because King Cai could be exiled!
The person summoned by Ju Ming alone today was Wei Liangchen.
Although Chen Dong is not yet sixty years old, he has been overworked in presiding over various major cases in the past few years, and his physical condition has become somewhat worrying in the past two years.
An autumn wind and rain made Chen Dong bedridden again.
Wei Liangchen carefully looked at the petitions and said with emotion: "There are always so many people who are greedy when people are weak. In recent years, there is a saying that prices in big cities are too high, and officials' salaries should continue to rise. No matter how high prices are,
, can prices be as high as they were in the late Song Dynasty?”
Ju Ming said: "It is normal to have such demands. In the future, we will find an opportunity to provide additional job allowances (job allowances) to officials in big cities according to the annual price of official licenses in various places."
Post-employment payments have always been available, especially for grassroots military officers (including agricultural officers) who received the most. For those officials who went to remote and impoverished areas, the imperial court also provided adequate post-employment payments.
Wei Liangchen turned to a memorial and suddenly stopped: "This person is a censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was a civil affairs official after he was able to investigate and deal with corrupt officials. Unexpectedly, he was investigating others before, and now someone is investigating him."
"Is he your disciple?" Zhu Ming asked.
Wei Liangchen said: "I have no disciples. But I do get close to this person. We often correspond with each other. Whenever he goes to a place for an appointment, he will also bring some local specialties to me. You can find out from him the origin of the censor.
The officials should be investigated first."
"That Yang Wei was also checked," Zhu Ming said.
"Yes." Wei Liangchen accepted the order.
When Ju Ming was serving as the Imperial Academy in the former Song Dynasty, Yang Wei was regarded as his student. Although he has never been famous, due to his special background, native place and ability, he has now become the right chief envoy of Hebei Province.
The problem is huge.
Taking advantage of King Cai's exile, a censor petitioned for a thorough investigation of Yang Wei.
This guy was not only a student of the emperor, but he also belonged to the Sichuan faction and had a very strong background in the imperial court.
The censor of Zuodu may not be able to handle it, so Wei Liangchen, who has already become a cabinet minister, is needed to hold the line back.
Ju Ming's meaning is very simple. By exiling a son, he will severely purge the officialdom. And he must thoroughly establish a concept of clean government: no matter how powerful you are, no matter how tough your background is, you will be caught if you dare to take bribes and bend the law!
Perhaps after Ju Ming's death, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will become dark again, but this concept of clean government can remain in people's hearts.
It becomes a pursuit and a hope.
Become a fire that glows faintly but never goes out in the dark night.
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Because his grandson was exiled, Zhu Guoxiang lost all interest in traveling for a while. He actually stayed in Hangzhou and sat on the edge of the West Lake to relax in the wind all day long.
In order not to disturb the place, the royal family and the treasury shared half of the food and drink for nearly a thousand people, including the accompanying guards.
It is normal for the treasury to provide money. Zhu Guoxiang's visit was not purely a trip, but more like a tour of places on behalf of the emperor.
Of course, local governments will certainly contribute money. For example, Hangzhou renovated Changsheng Garden.
However, Zhu Guoxiang seriously suspected that with Li Wenhui's official style, he most likely used the Emperor to wash away the bad luck in the garden. After the Emperor left, the garden would probably be sold.
Every day, merchants transport livestock, fruits, vegetables and other items to Changshengyuan for sale. Those merchants have also been reviewed by the government.
"Your Majesty, the vendor delivering goods today brought news that the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang Province has been arrested. In addition to the Chief Envoy of You, several provincial government offices at both levels have also been arrested. I heard that the Hangzhou Shipping Department arrested them all at once.
Six." The eunuch accompanying him reported.
Zhu Guoxiang sighed: "Alas!"
The old eunuch stood aside obediently and said nothing.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs have continued to be used, but there have been no more large-scale castrations.
The first eunuchs came from the Song Dynasty, promoting the powerless eunuchs of the former Song Dynasty, and at the same time training the young eunuchs of the former Song Dynasty court.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhongxiang of Hunan, the Pseudo-Song Dynasty of Hebei, and the small imperial court in the southeast were eliminated, and some young eunuchs were captured and trained.
Then there are the young eunuchs who captured the Jin Kingdom, and in recent years there are the young eunuchs from Goryeo and Dali.
These young eunuchs who were subjugated became obedient after two or three years of training. They only knew about the Ming Dynasty but did not know about their homeland.
The Ming Dynasty court also personally castrated a small number of children, all of whom were children of enemy aristocrats who had no united front value but could not be easily let go.
Don't be afraid of what kind of trouble this kind of young child will cause. The Ming Dynasty in another time and space often did this.
For example, Zheng He was captured from Yunnan and Ruan An, who participated in the construction of Beijing City, was captured from Jiaozhi.
Can’t the eunuch system be abolished?
Ju Ming also thought about it.
But it is unrealistic. If it is forcibly abolished, it may leave huge hidden dangers.
Ju Ming has tried his best to reduce the number of eunuchs, such as the office area within the imperial city. Although it belongs to the imperial city area, it is separated from the harem and the east palace. Therefore, those who work for the cabinet, General Affairs Yuan, Metropolitan Inspectorate, Hanlin Academy and other institutions,
Eunuchs are no longer used.
As for the royal property outside the palace, there is no need for eunuchs.
Aren’t eunuchs greedy when they manage royal property?
A birdlike one.
The surrounding countries that should be destroyed have been almost destroyed. It is impossible to capture young eunuchs from enemy countries. The number of castrations will definitely increase in the future.
You won't just find people to castrate among the people. There were two main sources of eunuchs in ancient times: one was prisoners of war, and the other was criminals.
If there is a rebellion somewhere, catching the rebel children will castrate them.
For those who committed the most heinous crimes, the children among their direct descendants would also be selected for castration.
Otherwise, the vacancy of reserve eunuchs will not be filled.
Ancient society was so cruel and bloody.
Ju Ming did not want self-eunuchs, and there were not many of them.
If the number of self-eunuchs is extremely large, it means that the dynasty has entered its final stage. For example, in the late Ming Dynasty in another time and space, piles of self-eunuchs came to Beijing. At first, the court would take them in, but when the number of eunuchs exploded, they simply drove them away.
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Zhu Guoxiang's eunuch is over fifty years old.
He was a little transparent in the court of the former Song Dynasty, but he suddenly became a personal attendant of the emperor (Zhu Guoxiang). Although he had no power after leaving the palace, he was still grateful and loyal to Zhu Guoxiang.
After so many years, the relationship between Zhu Guoxiang and this old eunuch was even deeper than that of some of the emperor's grandsons whom he had never met.
There were also two female officers who also served Zhu Guoxiang for many years.
The current rule of the Ming Dynasty royal family is that when the palace maids reach a certain age, they can leave the palace and go home to marry. They can continue to work if they want, and these people can be gradually promoted to female officials and responsible for a few management affairs in the palace.
The two female officials beside Zhu Guoxiang were both palace maids of the former Song Dynasty.
They could no longer find their relatives and did not know how to live among the people, so they stayed and grew old.
It sounds a little inhumane.
But if they were asked to marry ordinary people, they would still look down on it. Because they are not ordinary palace maids, but high-level female officials around the Supreme Emperor!
Not only do you have class, you can even receive a pension.
"Xiao Zhong, your hometown is in Shandong, right?" Zhu Guoxiang said suddenly.
The accompanying eunuch replied: "It was on the East and West Road of Beijing in the former Song Dynasty, not far from the Yellow River."
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "What do you think of Ming Dynasty?"
The accompanying eunuch smiled and said: "It was a great and prosperous age. Although I can't remember the events of my childhood, I have some vague memories. At that time, the Yellow River burst its banks and flooded, and my whole family fled. My parents died of illness and starvation. Our elders died of illness and starvation.
The people of the Yellow River, Shandong, and Hebei will definitely live a good life if they live in the Meiji period."
"Do you want to go back to your hometown? I'll give you a holiday." Zhu Guoxiang asked.
The accompanying eunuch said: "There is no one at home for a long time. The Yellow River has also changed its course and flooded through our village. Even if we return to the village, we may not be able to find our ancestors' graves."
Zhu Guoxiang asked again: "What do you think Ming Dynasty will look like in another hundred years?"
The accompanying eunuch thought for a while and replied: "Super majestic Han Tang."
Zhu Guoxiang walked up to the pavilion window, and when he opened the window, he could see the West Lake.
The cold wind in late autumn was blowing, and the lake was sparkling. Zhu Guoxiang looked at the ships in the distance in a daze.
