Zhu Youxiao knew the reputation of Ye Xianggao in his previous life.
This person served as an assistant cabinet minister twice during the Wanli and Tianqi years. During the Wanli period, the Donglin Party at that time absorbed Ye Xianggao, and Ye Xianggao also firmly sided with the prince and focused on attacking the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party.
Under this background, the scholar-officials in Jiangnan specially built momentum for Ye Xianggao, saying that Ye Xianggao was capable and far-sighted.
He also raised a high profile against Wanli, and Shangshu requested to cancel the mining tax and remove the mining tax supervisor. The Donglin Party immediately shouted that he was a great and good chief minister. Behind him, there were salt merchants and financial backers. For a time, everyone followed suit, and the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party were once again betrayed by Ye.
Xiang Gao and Wang Wenyan almost defeated him, and people thought Ye Xianggao was a great and wise minister.
After he was deposed, "all the officials" felt sorry for a while, saying that Wanli was ruthless, and the Wanli Dynasty relied on its chief minister Ye Xianggao to independently support the court for seven years.
In fact, the people's life during the Wanli period was the high point of the entire Ming Dynasty, but it was said to be extremely miserable by the Donglin Party. However, the Donglin Party inherited this view in the later period and still held a high position during the Qing Dynasty. Ye Xianggao was passed down as a virtuous minister by later generations.
Now...
It's really ridiculous.
Even if Dong Lin in the late Manchu Dynasty tampered with historical data to beautify it, history still records Ye Xianggao's "level".
In the second year of Tianqi's reign, Ye Xianggao ascended the throne and replaced Fang Congzhe as the first assistant. As soon as he started, the She'an Rebellion broke out, and the Ming Dynasty fell into a quagmire of long-term tug-of-war between the northeast and southwest.
At that time, Xiong Tingbi was also reinstated because he had killed the elite of the Ming army in Yuan Yingtai, and after the defeat of Liaoyang in Shenyang, Wang Huazhen, a disciple of Ye Xianggao, was particularly courageous and was able to recruit troops and became the governor of Liaodong.
I am indeed a talent.
So the imperial court stopped measuring the land, and it was possible to evade taxes. It also had to collect money from tax evasion in the future, so the landlords could pay the money.
When it comes to the rectification of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, adding Cong Junming alone is obviously enough. Nowadays, there is an urgent need for capable ministers who can supervise officials and evaluate projects and accounts. Some assistants are also needed.
Wang Huazhen gave me the first task: to investigate and deal with the small salt merchants in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, who bribed officials, drove up prices, monopolized canals, smuggled and collaborated with the enemy, and even undermined the imperial court.
The reason is that each profession has no professional characteristics, and the words and deeds are vague to an expert.
But that person, Ye Xianggao, was also very cunning and intelligent, and when he saw the changing direction of the court, he voluntarily resigned and ran away.
He always said: "Storytellers specialize in collecting and practicing the languages of various places, especially slang. They travel far and wide, see little and know a lot, and learn the languages of various places quickly; the customs and customs of each place are relatively vague."
However, the landowners who were engaged in land acquisition were satisfied and secretly obstructed, disrupted and even bribed officials.
I always say that I used to be a scout when I was young, and I found out that scouts are not at all concealed. Not to mention the enemy's scouts, even the common people can hide them. Even before putting on makeup, they can easily be recognized by the enemy's scouts. Did Wang Huazhen classify us into which types of businessmen are serious businessmen and which ones are illegal businessmen? Did she give us criteria for judging and let me distinguish and experience it myself.
Wang Huazhen paid great attention to the situation and specially summoned the always-dead man to the palace for a chat. He praised my idea of using storytellers for detection and asked me to talk about my thoughts on the development of police uniforms.
Jinyiwei subsidizes half of the salary, handles cases, and collects information without any penalties. There is no special funds for development. All workers can join Jinyiwei, and branches are set up in eighteen provinces.
Ask your new censor of Youdu to strictly investigate the small salt merchants in Lianghuai and Huaihe as their pledge of allegiance to the imperial court. That is a conspiracy, and it is a dark and small conspiracy.
I know that those northerners have no way of conducting detection in the south, so I hired several storytellers from Shandong, Lianghuai, Yangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to travel along the canal at a low price to follow us.
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The great emperor, who was only eleven years old, was only profound and measurable. He was rich in knowledge and very clever in his methods. How could he be literate?
At the same time, Hube Jiangnan took advantage of the end of winter to measure acres of land.
Wang Huazhen issued an edict: "When Rang Laoshisheng was the commander of Jinyiwei, he was also responsible for the preparation of Jinyiwei's internal affairs. Jinyiwei's internal guards wear casual clothes and wear waist badges. They are part-time and part-time, and they still work in their profession.
There was no conflict between industrial merchants, land merchants, and landlords in Suzhou. The obstruction of the landlords affected the development of industry and commerce to a very small extent.
Cong Junming doesn't have the ambition or ability. I'm not eighty-seven years old yet. I still want to do something good in my later years. I'm counting on being the first assistant. I hope to work for another ten or four years, and then I'll bring it with me.
Glorious career.
"Those people are the treasures of Jinyiwei. Next time in Yangzhou and Suzhou, you will have a hard time, let alone investigating profiteers. The secret will be exposed as soon as you speak. In the first place, it was the storyteller who helped you collect all kinds of intelligence and evidence."
I said that Jin Yiwei always did a lot of work in the later period. Regarding the illegal activities of the Lianghuai salt merchants, Jin Yiwei had already investigated a lot of evidence.
Wang Huazhen asked the storyteller how about retreating to Jinyiwei?
Zhu Youxiao had a very low reputation and supported the students. Cong Junming, who knew military skills, got the support and sidelined Xiong Tingbi, which led to another defeat in Guangning's small battle and the loss of the entire western Liaoning.
That is not to go directly to the battlefield, but to use policy guidance to get twice the result with half the effort.
The conflict between the two sides escalated and the fight ended. The industrial businessmen encouraged the tenants to quit the factories and work, and the tenants left the landlords one after another. As a result, the land hidden by the landlords was exposed, and the land price dropped slightly. Before the price reduction, there were still people buying it.
However, some landlords who were willing to pay less land tax used our personal relationships to try to stop it.
Our investigation was wrong, and we have restored some of the professional investigation capabilities of the Jinyiwei in the early Ming Dynasty.
It is more reasonable for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take the lead.
Without the Jinyiwei and Liwei, the investigation will be less convenient and less evidence can be obtained.
Only men and women are allowed in Jinyiwei. Couples, fathers and sons, fathers and men, and mothers and men cannot join as partners. When handling cases, you cannot use your badge to mobilize local government officials."
Cong Junming is very stupid, and he is surprised that it is almost a testimonial.
Such a person who is good at governing but generally suitable for suppressing Yang Lian and You Guangdou remains in an important position in Liting. Whether he can be put to good use depends on Wang Huazhen's control ability.
Although the conditions for arresting criminals are not yet met, the matter is small and at worst the Eighth Judiciary Division is involved, so that it can be justified.
Cong Junming met with Zhu Youxiao, the new censor of Youdu.
Cong Junming received the news very slowly. I said to Li Ruhua: "Let us obstruct it. Anyone who obstructs it will not offend those who will benefit in the future."
Wang Huazhen said nothing, and the Jiangnan businessmen were not involved, but they were not all wrong. Which ones were wrong and which collaborations were not guilty? Please check with Zhu Youxiao.
The main responsibility for the loss of Liaodong and Liaoxi lies under the Donglin Party and Zhu Youxiao.
When I was here, I was able to hold Yang Lian steady, and You Guang fought with Tian Qi and Wei Zhongxian for his life. Before I left, the court retreated into a life-or-death fight, with both sides losing.
Industrial landowners and businessmen saw development opportunities and reported the reselling and smuggling landowners to the government, which slightly pushed back the progress of measuring land.