998 The Pursuit of the Rivers and Lakes
Not long after, Liu Xingzuo and Wang Chengen arrived in front of the imperial court. After the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen replaced the two memorials and asked the eunuchs to pass them on to them, saying: "The reform of the military system of the garrison is of great importance, and I will not allow any mistakes! At this beginning, many people came to the capital to run for officials, either to continue their hereditary military positions or to change to the jail office of the Censorate. They did not want to select according to regulations, but instead did these evil things! This trend must not be long, and it must be suppressed at the beginning of the reform of the military system of the garrison!"
Hearing these words, the two giants looked at each other and understood that the emperor was going to use their knife, and they were vaguely excited.
Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen next heard him say: "With conclusive evidence, these people, officials under the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, directly confiscated their homes and exiled them to naturalize them. Those who bribes will abolish their current rank and become commoners. In addition to fines and confiscated bribes, they will be fined ten times the amount of money they will be exiled to Taiwan County."
Whether it is the naturalized city in the north or the newly established Taiwan counties in the south, a large number of educated Han people are needed to enrich it. The criminal officials are the best source of manpower. Instead of slashing this kind of crime, it is better to squeeze their surplus value!
"The last general (member) obeys the order!" Liu Xingzuo and Wang Chengen responded almost in unison after hearing this.
This kind of running-off official is actually the most common thing, and everyone knows it. But this matter has not yet reached the clear price tag in the Qing Dynasty, and it is mostly carried out in secret, after all, it is a matter that cannot be put on the table. Moreover, running-off official not only uses money to bribe, but also includes various needs of people. As long as the officials in charge of personnel are satisfied, they can operate the official position they want.
Some run-off officials are difficult to check, and the easiest thing is to use money to bribe. Emperor Chongzhen also knew that the run-off officials could not be fundamentally eliminated. But he didn't mind, so he waved the butcher knife of the factory guard and first arrested the evidence that was easy to capture. All he wanted was to kill a warning to a hundred people, and at least he could calm down the lower level.
To be honest, using factory guards is actually a killer. After all, factory guards usually handle imperial cases, involving major cases, such as rebellion, jeopardy, and other cases. The meaning of using factory guards this time is to show his attitude, that is, severe punishment!
As soon as this decree was issued, the two yamen, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, became lively. A large number of Jinyiwei and the Dongchang military officers were opened, surrounded the two yamen, and began to arrest people majestic.
This factory guards were actually not often used to arrest people in the capital. In fact, it was only once in the past few years, the case of Shanxi merchants. The widespread and profound influence of that case was still fresh in the capital. At that time, not only the wealthy Shanxi merchants were arrested, but even high-ranking officials who were the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, the Zuodu Censor and other senior officials were arrested. Moreover, not only the capital, but also the local officials, that is, Shanxi, were arrested for countless arrests, and the duration was also long.
Now that the factory guards arrested people again, it immediately triggered the topic of the streets and alleys of the capital. Between the teahouses and restaurants, most of the discussion was about the arrest of the imperial criminals this time, and by the way, the military reform of the garrison was discussed.
"Haha, the corruption in our Ming Dynasty has been more than a day or two. Now those officials are blatantly coming to the emperor's nose to do this, and it should be cured long ago!"
"The emperor actually decided this matter as an imperial case and asked the factory guard to dispatch people to arrest people. It seems that he was very angry!"
"That's for sure. The reform of the military system of the garrison was implemented together with the reform of the Censorate. These two reforms are related to our Ming army and the two systems of supervision. The emperor must be very concerned about it. If anyone wants to make trouble in these two things, it will shake the foundation of the country, can the emperor agree?"
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Every time the new policy was announced, which would benefit the country and the people, Emperor Chongzhen would visit teahouses and restaurants in the capital in a private manner. Listening to the people's remarks, he could quickly harvest a wave of achievement values. This time, the achievement value was no exception, and the achievement value increased a lot.
On this day, he was watching the achievement value in the lower left corner of the chat group soared. Suddenly, Qian Fugui's icon trembled, and a private chat came over. After clicking it, Emperor Chongzhen immediately became serious and even got a little angry.
So he immediately returned to the palace and sent another order to summon Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory.
Liu Xingzuo and Wang Chengen were busy arresting people, but suddenly there was an order to come over. They thought that somewhere they did not satisfy the emperor, so they all rushed over, with a little panic expression.
In Wenhua Hall, Emperor Chongzhen looked serious, making both of them think of apologizing first.
However, before they could speak, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "Liudong secretly reported that the great traitor Fan Wencheng lurked in my Ming Dynasty and made trouble!"
Speaking of this, he said with a little angrily: "This Fan Wen Cheng Shudian forgets his ancestors and helps the evildoers. I don't know how many people in Liaodong suffer because of him. Do you still remember the incident of the New Jin Dynasty? How many bones of the people in Liaodong were caused by him! This person was not Ling Chi, it was not enough to calm the anger of the people in Liaodong, it was not enough to comfort the people in Liaodong's death, it was not enough to calm my anger. You and the other two immediately sent elite soldiers and generals to secretly arrest Fan Wencheng's portrait and arrest him to the capital!"
Fan Wencheng was already on the desk of their factory guards after the Xinjin incident. They knew that the emperor had always hated traitors, especially for this person, and hated him to the core. Anyone who caught this big traitor would definitely win the favor of the emperor.
However, there was no further information, and I don’t know whether Fan Wencheng smuggled from the sea to the Ming Dynasty or detoured from Mongolia to the pass. The sea of people was vast, so it was indeed a bit difficult to catch him.
But the emperor had already spoken, no matter how difficult it was, he had to deal with it. It would be better to arrest the criminal before the other party.
Thinking of this, Liu Xingzuo and Wang Chengen did not dare to neglect after the emperor finished speaking, and immediately bowed to receive the order.
For a moment, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang took action again, and the Tiqi rushed to various places openly or secretly. Even the forces in the martial arts were mobilized. For example, the Axe Gang controlled by Wu Ergou also secretly investigated within its sphere of influence. As the action unfolded, Fan Wencheng's popularity soared again.
"Who is this person? The reward he gave is so high?"
"Yes, who is this person? The Axe Gang, the most powerful in the world, actually issued a pursuit order for the Jianghu to capture Fan Wencheng alive!"
"Have you heard that the factory guards are secretly investigating this person, and the government has not made any noise on the surface. In fact, my cousin, who is the captain, told me that they are secretly investigating!"
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Chapter completed!