In fact, officials in the Ministry of Personnel only have supervisory power over local officials in various states and have no disposal power.
Those who fail the assessment need to report to the Ministry of Personnel first, and then the Ministry of Personnel will decide whether the official should be dismissed or dismissed, and this is limited to officials below the fifth rank.
Those above and including the fifth rank are considered high-ranking officials, and non-emperors have no power to deal with them.
Of course, Tangning is not included in this restriction.
The Shangfang Sword is the highest power given by the emperor to a minister. Seeing the sword is like seeing the king. Holding this sword is equivalent to holding Chen Huang in his hand. He can cut whoever he wants, chop whoever he wants, and he does not have to bear any responsibility.
Legal liability.
Tang Ning asked Chen Zhou to carry Shang Fang's sword with him so that it could be easily accessed when needed.
"Qiang!" Chen Zhou respectfully handed over the sword, and Tang Ning casually pulled it out, making a sound of gold and iron.
The Ezhou official who was pinned to the ground with a sharp knife couldn't help but tremble when he heard this sound.
"Before leaving the capital, Your Majesty gave me this sword of Shangfang. It can be used to kill unruly people and punish corrupt officials. As the governor of Ezhou, you live on the salary of the imperial court, but you do not make decisions for the people, you are not loyal to the imperial court, and you are greedy for money.
Silver, murdering the imperial official..." Tang Ning held the sword, looked at the Ezhou governor, and said, "With these two items alone, I can kill you right now!"
The governor of Ezhou trembled and said in a trembling voice: "You, you can't kill me, this is against the rules. I have shed blood for the court, I have performed meritorious services for your majesty, I want to see the prime minister, I want to see your majesty!"
"You asked for it yourself just now, why are you regretting it now?" Tangning looked at him, shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I tried it. This sword is very sharp. I guarantee you can chop off your head with one strike.
I heard someone say that as long as the sword is swung fast enough, the prisoner will not feel the pain, so I will try to move as fast as possible..."
The governor of Ezhou opened his mouth wide, but he only felt waves of dizziness. Under the pressure of Tang Ning's momentum, he could not speak at all.
"Why, do you think it's not decent to behead someone?" Tang Ning looked at him, pointed the tip of the sword at his chest, and said, "How about stabbing him in from here? This is decent, but it should be very painful.
, I can’t figure out how I’m going to die for a while, Master Yu, if you think about it carefully, we can still discuss it..."
A large amount of cold sweat broke out on Governor Yu's forehead. When Tang Ning picked up the sword and prepared to stab, he simply rolled his eyes and fainted.
Tangning shook her head, put the sword back, waved her hand and said, "Take them all away."
Outside the box, the shopkeeper of Yuanyanglou looked pale as he watched the senior officials of Ezhou being escorted out, his body trembling.
When Tang Ning walked up to him, she paused and asked, "Are you the manager of Yuanyang House?"
The shopkeeper trembled and said: "Xiao, Xiaomin is."
Tang Ning looked at Liu Tong and said, "Take away the shopkeeper of Yuanyanglou, along with his assistants and attendants."
Tonight's food and drinks were provided by Yuanyang House, so there was no way it had anything to do with them. Since he had already left, he simply took them all back for interrogation.
After several high-ranking officials in Ezhou were escorted out, there has been chaos in Yuanyang Tower.
"What happened? Who are they?"
"What happened to Governor Yu? Why was he carried out?"
"Chang Shi Biejia was also arrested. What happened?"
There was an uproar in the building when they saw that local officials, who were usually aloof and aloof, were now being held like prisoners.
"I heard that high-ranking officials from Beijing have come to investigate them in the past few days. Could it be that all the dirty things they have done over the years have been discovered?"
"You deserve it. This guy named Yu did the corvée work indiscriminately, and many people died in the mine. This is retribution!"
"The man surnamed Ma is not a good person either. Businessmen who treat him with filial piety will be exempted from taxes and reduced taxes. Those who don't honor him will make things difficult in every possible way. Zhao Yuanwai, who made his fortune from lumber in the east of the city, was ruined by him.
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When the governor Yu and others were escorted back to the governor's house, passers-by on the street stopped to watch, looking shocked. There were few people on the street at night, but when they walked from Yuanyang Tower to the Yamen Gate, the people who heard the news walked out of their houses one after another.
The streets are blocked with water.
The governor, the chief governor, and Biejia were all arrested. This was an earth-shattering event in Ezhou.
The government officials of the governor's office were already under control before Tang Ning and others returned to the government office. In addition, Tang Ning also sent people to mobilize the Ezhou garrison with the token given by Emperor Chen.
Wherever this sign goes, it has the power to mobilize 3,000 defenders. The Ezhou defenders do not have 3,000 people. Tang Ning only mobilized 500 people, but it is enough to deal with any situation.
The defenders surrounded the governor's mansion, and even the people who didn't know the inside story knew that something terrible had happened.
Tang Ning walked into the governor's office. A general walked up to Tang Ning, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said: "Ezhou City Defense Camp, Colonel Dong Wu, see General Tang!"
Tang Ning received a salute from him and then said: "Hurry up and summon all the county magistrates in Ezhou and come to the Governor's Mansion at once."
"yes!"
The young general responded and simply turned around and left.
After making some more arrangements, Tang Ning took some time off. This time, he almost wiped out the governor's office. If no measures were taken, Ezhou might fall into chaos. This was not what he wanted to see.
After doing all this, he looked at Liu Tong and asked: "Where are Sima, the governor of Ezhou, and others?"
Liu Tongdao: "I am temporarily in jail. Sir, what should we do next?"
"Search their homes." Tangning said, "After the matter is clear, we will search their homes. Separate the confiscated property and money into categories and mark them. Before that, you first look at their families and don't let them go."
They transfer property."
Liu Tong cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
From what Yu Cishi casually meant, it was nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver, which shows how wealthy the local officials in Ezhou were, and most of this money was deducted from the national tax bank.
Part of the money went into the pockets of local officials, another part was used by them to honor officials in the court, and the rest was turned over to the national treasury.
Tang Ning could foresee that what he did in Ezhou would definitely cause a disturbance in the capital in half a month, causing even Emperor Chen to have a headache.
Therefore, he must handle matters in Ezhou beautifully and make every link impeccable. Of course, the most important thing is to give Chen Huang enough benefits so that he can ignore the benefits of other voices in the court.
Nothing is more suitable than silver.
After giving instructions to Liu Tong, he summoned the junior officials from the Ministry of Personnel and said, "You guys, each have ten guards to collect evidence of Ezhou officials' embezzlement of mineral and commercial taxes. The more complete the better."
Several minor officials looked excited and nodded: "Don't worry, sir, we will definitely complete the task!"
The crime of corruption is no small matter, but since we have to deal with it, we must deal with it thoroughly and uncover all the crimes they have committed.
Embezzling money and tax money, plus murdering a court official, was enough to get a knife in the neck of the Ezhou governor.
In the prison, Tang Ning looked at the shopkeeper of Yuanyanglou and asked, "Did your Yuanyanglou prepare that poisonous wine?"
The governor and others would not admit the murder of the imperial official, so it would be easier to start from here.
"Your Excellency, you are unjust!" The shopkeeper of Yuanyang Tower knelt on the ground, crying with runny nose and tears: "They sent the wine bottle in advance, and it has nothing to do with our Yuanyang Tower. The villain didn't even know that it was poison.
liquor……"
Tang Ning pointed to the sword Chen Zhou was carrying and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
The shopkeeper of Yuanyanglou said in a trembling voice: "Sword."
"That's half right." Tang Ning looked at him and said, "This sword of Shang Fang means you are not responsible for killing people. It is the emperor's stabbing weapon. It can kill corrupt officials at the top and behead unruly people at the bottom. Do you think you are the unruly person?"
"Your Majesty, you have a clear warning!" The shopkeeper of Yuanyang Tower looked at him and said sincerely: "The poisonous wine was provided by the governor, and the villain was also coerced by him, otherwise he would kill the villain's whole family. He not only wanted to use this poisonous wine to harm the adults.
,Two years ago, I used it to poison an imperial censor to death...,Sir, both adults and villains have been poisoned, can they be given a lighter sentence?"
Rong Xiaorong says
Thanks to the "White Dragon Flying Star Gufeng Yehun Dian Xiaojian Andu Dian, drink your own drink and feel free" reward, and the "internet interruption" reward of 100,000 alliance leaders. The alliance leader will wait until the busy work is over in a few days.
Relatives and the like will inevitably have to go out. The latest update time should still not be fixed...
