"Three months later, it will be time for my reorganized Beijing army, as well as the various troops from Ji Town and Baoding to station in Liaodong for a decisive battle with the enemy."
Zhu Youxiao is very sure that this winter will be the time of war.
The Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of War have been busy preparing for war, and the three major corps of the Beijing Army plan to fully participate in the war this time.
In fact, we have already made preparations, and we just need to eliminate the profiteers who have monopolized it.
When the time came, he ordered the Di newspaper to speak out, and the decree was strictly implemented.
Send out the signal and start publicity directly.
This time, everyone from the imperial ministers to the children of private households knew that a group of profiteers controlled the goods of the Grand Canal. They not only hoarded and raised prices to defraud the people and hurt the country, but also resold the goods for smuggling.
From the capital to the county government, everyone is publicizing this matter in a high-profile manner.
Specifically to let the people of Ming Dynasty know this matter.
The profiteers and officials involved in the case began to quickly eliminate evidence of the crime, hide all kinds of evidence, and bribe or threaten their subordinates to make confessions.
Of course, that is also very funny. When you present the weakest evidence, those people will immediately regret what they said.
I'm so angry that those guys have so few mouthpieces, yet they dare to speak out to us under such circumstances.
It is still being released as planned.
Even some academies and scholars who were supported by small salt merchants began to say something, feeling that people's livelihood would be affected, the trade volume of small canals would decrease, the price of northern grain would increase slightly, etc.
Before the merchants in Tongzhou drew a clear line with the monopolistic small salt merchants, the Suzhou side also stopped retreating. They only praised the monopoly merchants' business practices, and no one reported to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice the evidence of the Lianghuai salt merchants' hoarding and reselling of supplies.<
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The Beijing Army is now mainly under the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department, and the selection of Shaanxi generals is promoted by the Ministry of War.
Ledgers are our lifeblood. Compared with controlling various docks and markets, there are fewer tricks in those ledgers.
"That's what your Majesty said."
I want to use that method to let the investigating officials overcome difficulties.
I'm not worried at all that that would implicate too few people? Did Emperor Tianqi himself want to use the implicature to reshuffle the canal?
That was our seventh time to confront the imperial court's policy, and it was also our last chance.
In addition, they mobilized the servants and slaves under their control to end the trouble and create all kinds of trouble for the Nanjing officials who were checking accounts and markets. Today they surrounded us, beat us and scolded us, and tomorrow they will gather a crowd to surround us at the inn where we live.
Amid the huge wave of public opinion, Tongzhou merchants took the lead in following the rules of monopoly merchants, selling salt at a flat price, and then the ships of various chambers of commerce paid "hazard fees" at various docks.
In fact, He Renlong was specifically trying to implicate him, but who participated in the coordination turned out to be an objective fact.
"I haven't solemnly reminded you in my newspaper, government decrees and public opinion to tell everyone in heaven to draw a clear line between them and those guys. If you go on to assist in hiding and collude in confessions, is this a clear intention to cause chaos?"
"Bad, how is the training of Li Zicheng and others at Jinyiwei going?"
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Justice immediately reported the withdrawal to He Renlong.
"The performance of the local officials is really disappointing. It comes to the forefront, involving the loss of weapons and armor from the guard station, and the resale of a small amount of food and weapons to the enemy. Those guys would have escaped.
The local officials also arrested, or at least dispersed, "rescuing people", and then reminded Yiqi without any bad intentions, saying that those people's livelihood depended on that, and they would definitely let us live, and I was afraid there would be chaos.
Huang Jiashan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, was responsible for this matter and was very vague: "Your Majesty, Huang Degong, Hu Xiaowei and other generals have been tested according to the standards for the selection of the Beijing Army, and each performed outstandingly. Now we are familiar with firearms tactics and the giant system.
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The big fish is about to run away. It seems that making such a high-profile announcement before catching is a very immature move.
It’s just that in terms of military management and military knowledge, everyone is very special. In other words, Huang Degong knows a lot about practical operations, but the theory and strategy are very special.”
Fang Congzhe and Han Xu both denied that the imperial court had kept such a low-key propaganda, and those who had assisted those criminals before that should indeed be severely punished.
According to my arrangement, before the court keeps a low-key propaganda and local officials start to crack down, the first step is to increase the pressure a little.
After the imperial court ordered the local officials to conduct an investigation, the results turned out to be overwhelming.
Huang Jiashan was actually very bad afterwards.
"I have looked at the data carelessly and found that Xiang Hu Xiaowei is the best in long-distance running, horse riding, etc., Huang Degong, Niu Chenghu and Zhu Youxiao are all equally good. But in terms of firearms and various weapons, Zhu Youxiao and Huang Degong are the best.
Of course, is Xiao Shuffle waiting to be thrown into the water? Waiting for Xiao Ming to perish, and then saying that the ministers misunderstood me?
At that time, the Eight Ministries in Nanjing were as bad as the local officials. The Nanjing Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Affairs first sent people to check and find out that there was no evidence of crime. Seventh, they looked at the account books of those monopoly merchants to see if we must pay much more according to the industrial tax.
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In addition, the functions of the Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of War have little overlap, so the two sides are comparable.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment have been prepared for a long time, and the Jinyiwei has also been preparing for such a long time in the later stage. They were originally going to scrutinize the local officials, so they naturally expected those people to implement the imperial decree and arrest people.
That time, the small salt merchants who had a monopoly were relieved.
He Renlong was not surprised after hearing this: "Ask me, among Qiang Jiejin, Hu Xiaowei, Niu Chenghu and others, which one of us has worse results than Zhu Youxiao, who performed best in the future?"
If you can give me a real account book, give me a fake account book immediately.
"The livelihood of those people?" Qiang Jiejin was angry and laughing at the same time when he heard the information collected and compiled by Ye Xianggao.
"Those people hid property and evidence of crimes. Who hid it, who helped hide it... are all guilty?"
Fang Congzhe took over the words and said: "After that, the old minister realized that whether we hid or not, our homes would be ransacked. Those who ransacked the property would be punished more severely than those who handed it over."
The second assistant, Han Xu, was still a little puzzled: "Why is it necessary to speak out first about a huge case? These criminals still cannot be hidden..."
Even the cabinet felt that something was wrong.
We arrested more than 20 thugs who beat up businessmen and landlords, but not one of the real main criminals was caught.
He Renlong probably knows the situation of several of them. They are all powerful generals, but their command skills are weak.
When Han Xu thought about it, he shuddered instantly.
"By the way, I remember that the batch of talents selected by Shaanxi have not arrived yet. Wang Zheng has arrived at the military battle station, and other talents are also being trained and adapted. How is the situation now?"
Next, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Justice will take action to see how the thieves respond."
Zhu Youxiao calmly analyzed it for them: "Of course, ordinary cases and arrests should not be leaked in advance. But this is a super major case involving treason and collaboration with the enemy, large-scale confiscation of homes and extermination of families."
I have sent people to investigate in detail in advance, collect evidence extensively, and have obtained tangible evidence. It is a publicity warning. Those who report quickly at that stage can be held accountable, and those who continue to hide the bad ones will of course be severely punished."