Gui Zi Scroll Chapter 484: Peeling off the cocoon, going deep layer by layer
But there are not only the ministers of Dali Temple in Dali Temple, but also the young ministers on the left and right of Dali Temple.
Although the left and right ministers of Dali Temple are only officials of the fourth rank, do they have such great suppressive power over the prefect of Guide Prefecture, who is also the fourth rank? Or does the prefect of the first prefecture need to respect the minister of Dali Temple so much?
Feng Ziying felt it was really hard to say.
The advantages of Beijing officials over local officials are still very obvious. For example, if a prefect of a prefecture wants to be directly promoted to a third-grade Beijing official, it is almost impossible. He has to go to the Department of Provincial Government or the Department of Prosecution and Prosecution.
You must first be promoted to the third rank before you can be said to have the opportunity to be transferred to the capital.
Even so, countless people still flock to break their heads.
You have to know how many third-rank officials there are in the thirteen provinces in the north and south? How short of a supply of third-rank officials there are in Beijing and central China? You have no comparison at all.
The Minister of Dali Temple is an important minister in the capital, but locally, even if you are a second-rank official and a third-rank official, you cannot be called an important minister.
If a third-rank minister like Feng Ziying is sent to a province to serve as a second-rank minister, Sizuo Buzheng, it will be demoted. If a second-rank Zuo chief envoy returns to Beijing to serve as a third-rank minister, it will also be promoted.
, this is the reason and confidence for Beijing officials to see local officials one level or even two levels above them.
If you want to add both the left and right young ministers, there will be too many and it will be difficult to check.
In Feng Ziying's impression, in the past few years, that is, when Ding Deju served as the prefect of Guide, Dali Temple officials were changed very frequently. Not only the ministers of Dali Temple, but also the young ministers of Dali Temple were changed frequently. He could not even remember the changes.
Several crops.
Dali Temple is the final adjudication body, and it also has the power to make decisions on major and important cases. Although it is not as broad as the Ministry of Punishment, it is the well-deserved number one among the five temples.
It is normal for the minister of Dali Temple to be promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice or Minister of Industry, and it is not an exception. The young minister of Dali Temple also has the opportunity to be directly promoted to the ministers of the lower ministries among the seven ministries or the censor of the capital of the Duchayuan. Therefore,
The local government still has enough respect for the ministers of Dali Temple and Shaoqing.
If it were true that the young minister from the left and right of Dali Temple was greeting a prefect, maybe it would be possible.
"Sir, in fact, it is not difficult to investigate this matter. If you bring up the case again and investigate, you will know the details. It's just that no one is going to investigate."
Zhen Baochen saw that Feng Ziying was still thinking, and thought that Feng Ziying was thinking about how to find out the background behind this person.
Of course Feng Ziying knew that he could find out. He was worried that if he found another big tiger, he would soon become a tiger-fighting hero. Thinking of this, Feng Ziying felt that he had underestimated the power of this storm and the wide range and depth it would involve.
degree.
This time we only touched the Tang and Ding families, and a lot of officials were already involved. Although it cannot be said that all the officials involved have problems, based on Feng Ziying's own inner estimation, I am afraid there is a possibility of problems.
Still a big one.
Especially the latter one, greeting directly, what is this kind of behavior called? It is called interfering with the judiciary.
For a moment, Feng Ziying didn't want to continue asking any more questions. The more she asked, the more she asked. The questions became deeper and more complicated, and the backgrounds of the various characters involved became more and more prominent. Now she was already at the third level. If she asked again
Maybe the old Shang Shu Ge will show up soon.
However, this thought only passed by in a flash. Feng Ziying had long been mentally prepared. If she wanted to move, she would definitely encounter various resistances and involve officials of all kinds. However, the imperial court originally intended to use this storm to cleanse Jiangnan officialdom.
, this should be the best opportunity, but it’s a good one, and it’s a bit difficult to do it if it falls on you.
At this time, Feng Ziying was really hoping that Gu Bingqian and Chai Ke would come earlier. Sun Dingxiang and Yang Lian alone couldn't stop them. After calming down, Feng Ziying saw the two of them still kneeling there, and
He signaled Li Qi to help the two girls up, and then he went back to the desk and sat down. After Li Qi helped the two girls up, Feng Ziying also asked Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu to sit down first, and asked Li Qi to go down and avoid them.
"Well, let's continue. Apart from Ding Deju, there doesn't seem to be any special characters in the Ding family. Is there anything else worth mentioning?" Feng Ziying asked.
"That's probably all I know about the Ding family. Ding Deju's situation is...
I heard it accidentally, and I don’t know about the others. I’m afraid Ding Deyi and Ding Zhongzhen need to know more.” Zhen Baochen shook his head.
"Okay, except for the Tang and Ding families, your father's private salt business has hooked up with people in many places, such as Ningguo Mansion. The salt class has been lost, and they are basically flooded with private salt. The Tan family almost covers the sky with one hand. Let's talk about it.
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Feng Ziying took a sip of tea and remained calm.
Zhen Baochen also knew that this topic would be asked sooner or later. No one knew about the huge profits of the entire private salt industry, and it was impossible to avoid it. She and her father had already prepared for it.
But once this lid is lifted, it will be appalling.
As the saying goes, Jiangnan accounts for half of the world's wealth, and salt class accounts for only 30% of Jiangnan's wealth. This shows how important the salt benefit is.
No matter which dynasty it is, this salt course is undoubtedly the largest source of income for the Ministry of Household Affairs, which has also created countless people who want to take a spoonful of the royal family's soup.
This is the only reason why illegal salt sales are repeatedly banned and investigated.
Even if the salt merchants obtained the qualification from the court to engage in selling official salt, they could make a fortune, let alone the private salt that bypassed the government's exploitation and enjoyed huge profits?
Therefore, in this case, no matter how severe the punishment measures taken by the court, they cannot be banned.
Moreover, those who dare to engage in this business are almost always backed by powerful people, including black and white, royal family members, important officials, people from all walks of life, and even violent trafficking of illicit salt under the escort of bandits. It is not uncommon.
After a moment of silence, Zhen Baochen lowered his voice slightly: "Tan family, actually the Tan family is not the most powerful wealthy family in Ningguo Mansion, but the Zhen family did not consider choosing the most powerful wealthy family in each place at the beginning, because it wanted to prevent them from turning against customers.
, made the Zhen family become followers, but after engaging in this business, the Tan family's strength expanded rapidly, and it became the largest powerful family in Ningguo Mansion."
If the Tang family and the Ding family can be said to be involved because of the in-laws of the Zhen family, then it would be too broad to say that they are involved because of personal affairs. In the past twenty years in Jiangnan, because Prince Yi Zhong became the prince,
Since then, he has deliberately regarded the Jiangnan Salt Course as his "inner treasury" private money. When he thought that he could firmly take over the position of emperor, he thought about using the Jiangnan Salt Course to follow the example of the Lianghuai Salt Administration and collect it for his own private money.
In the pocket, it created a fait accompli and forced the court and cabinet to admit it.
Who would have thought that the succession of Emperor Yonglong would break his plan, so under such circumstances, Prince Yi Zhong recklessly instigated the Zhen family to traffic in private salt to undermine the court's salt course system in Jiangnan, and at the same time grab huge profits for himself.
It serves as the main source of funds for its operation and maintenance.
"Well, I also know this. The Tan family has grown stronger in the past ten years, right?" Feng Ziying nodded, "To be precise, it was thirty-five years after Yuan Xi."
Thirty-five years after Yuanxi, Emperor Yonglong and Prince Yi Zhong changed their thrones and became the crown prince. This marked a huge change in Prince Yi Zhong's policy on salt in the south of the Yangtze River. He began to focus on cultivating local wealthy families who trafficked in illicit salt and engaged with his own people.
Cooperation, in turn, became the beginning of the Jiangnan salt course system going out of control.
"Yes, in less than twenty years, the head of the Tan family, Tan Zongzheng, was ruthless and courageous. Even his father said that this man was too fierce and difficult to deal with. During the cooperation with him, the Zhen family has always been at a disadvantage. Prince Yi Zhong
He was not satisfied either, but he couldn't defeat him in the Ningguo Mansion. He used various means to control all the previous prefects. Fortunately, Tan Zongzheng died the year before last, and his son Tan Yanghao was far behind. The Zhen family was fighting
The situation was slowly restored with the cooperation of the Tan family, but now..."
Zhen Baochen smiled a little self-deprecatingly, all this has become a lie, and it will also become evidence of the guilt of the Zhen family and the Tan family.
"Tan Zongzheng has controlled Ningguo Mansion for twenty years. You must have some secrets in your cooperation for such a long time, right? I mean, if the court wants to attack Ningguo Mansion, where can it start?" Feng Ziying did not shy away and asked directly.
Zhen Baochen smiled bitterly, "The imperial court came with the help of the general trend. Do you need any excuses for such a powerful place?"
Feng Ziying waved her hand, "It's different. Taking advantage of the general trend must be justified, otherwise you can't convince the public. Miss Zhen, you don't think the imperial court is taking advantage of you for no reason, do you?
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Zhen Baochen was not convinced in his heart, but it was difficult to argue and he was too lazy to argue. "This is also very simple. The Zhen family has some accounts. If you take it, you can basically follow the clues. As for Tan Zongzheng and the previous magistrates of Ningguo Mansion,
, had extremely close interests with the intellectuals and even the officials. The only one who refused to submit was Tan Zongzheng who used a honey trap to get him, and then used the power of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate to force the other party to leave with his title.·
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"Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate? What year did it happen?" Feng Ziying took it very seriously. The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate was Sun Dingxiang's territory. If this censor was still in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, it would be a time bomb.
"About the sixth year of Yonglong, the prefect before this one, I remember that the prefect's surname was Shao,...but I don't know which censor it was, but my father should know.
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Zhen Baochen recalled what her father had mentioned specifically to her. She had a good memory, and her father had not written these words on paper.
Feng Ziying silently noted down that it seemed that some of the censors in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate were not necessarily reliable. Sun Dingxiang kept saying that these censors had gone through his identification and examination, but Tan Zongzheng could handle it if he knew people and knew faces but not hearts.
Yes, then others can also deal with him. It is quite dangerous and must be dealt with in time.
