The five large families that were entrenched in Jiangnan a hundred years later in the Ming Dynasty were declared to be destroyed in less than a month, making everyone re-evaluate Emperor Chongzhen.

In recent years, Emperor Chongzhen has been conquering foreign conquests, and the killings of people overseas and in Nurkandusi and other places have been much lighter in the Ming Dynasty.

Not only did he not deal with the vassal kings, but he even had much smaller actions in the officialdom. At least he did not kill the Nine Clans at any time, but more of them were targeted at the officials themselves.

It is the time that has been quiet in the past few years that has made some people wrong. The emperor has begun to cultivate one's own character and plans to govern the country with literati.

However, it was useless. As soon as the affairs of these five schools came out, it proved that it was still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste, and a familiar dog emperor.

He is cruel and ruthless, kills people without blinking, and kills nine clans at any time, which is much crueler than his ancestors.

At least the number of deaths in the major cases initiated by Emperor Gao of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was only in tens of thousands, while Emperor Chongzhen's unit was 100,000.

The unit is directly incremented.

The subsequent impact of these five families' deaths obviously ended more than the heads of the five families.

Xu Hongji finally showed the ruthlessness that he should have as the Duke of Wei of the Ming Dynasty. After reporting to the Governor's Office of the Five Army, he launched a wave of investigations directly in the Nanjing Military Office.

During the five families' deaths, there were so many thousands of households responding to the response of so many garrisons, which is enough to prove what kind of bird-like garrisons in Jiangnan were penetrated.

Fortunately this time, there were only five families and some small families that were attached, which did not cause much storm, but what about the next time?

What if there are more families who respond and involve more garrisons? Should I follow you to clear the king's side or die to thank you for your kindness?

It would be fine if Qingjunfang could succeed, but judging by Emperor Chongzhen's decisive and decisive manner and the reaction of the people in Nanjing, I am afraid that Qingjunfang would be a joke!

At that time, there will be deaths on both sides, and the latter will also involve the elders and young people of the nine clans.

Instead of dying by yourself, it is better to investigate the army in Nanzhili first and let those who have unscrupulous intentions die.

As for Xu Xianchun and Cao Huachun, they released a joint operation of factory and security, and conducted a direct investigation of the officialdom in Jiangnan.

Songjiang Prefecture, Jiaxing Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, and even Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, were infiltrated by these five families, from the highest governor to the lowest chief clerk and county magistrate.

It is not necessarily the people of these five companies, but it is always inevitable to provide some information to these five companies when they are useful.

According to Chongzhen, they were just taking the salary of the Ming Dynasty and digging out the bastards in the corner of the Ming Dynasty. If they didn’t kill them, they would still keep them for the New Year?

In addition, the impact of the collapse of these five companies is also reflected in the public.

Because these five companies not only control nearly half of the maritime trade, but also involve cotton cloth and private salt.

Although the newly appointed Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner suffered heavy losses, how could the centipede killer and not be stiff? How could it be that these five families can be completely solved in just a few years?

Now that the five companies were completely killed, nearly half of the sea market, nearly 70% of the cotton silk market, and 30% of the private salt market were completely empty.

Such a large market has to worry about the distribution of interests of all parties and find reliable people to take over, which is definitely not a simple matter.

For example, in the position of Zhejiang Governor, can the personnel transferred by the Ministry of Personnel of the Capital be fiddled with the entire Zhejiang in a short period of time?

There are also the people of Zhejiang and Fujian.

How much benefit will the people get from the sea if these five families are killed at one time? For a while, no one can figure it out clearly, only knowing that there must be benefits.

As for how much benefit each person can get, it depends on each person's own ability and courage.

The courageous ones eat the oily mouth when they start to take action in the morning. The courageous ones can only drink the soup later, or even not even drink the soup. They can only smell the residual fragrance and intoxicate themselves.

In short, there are a lot of trouble. Xu Xianchun and Cao Huachun didn't dare to leave Nanzhili easily for a while, for fear of creating another monster.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, had the same headache.

The impact of this Jiangnan official earthquake is definitely not just on the surface, but its impact is far-reaching, and it may even last for several years or even more than ten years.

Not to mention too many, officials alone are a big problem.

Nearly 30% of the officials in the entire Jiangnan officialdom were killed directly, and one Nanjing alone killed thousands of officials of all sizes.

It is easy to kill people. If you pull them to the court, you will slash them and then take off your head from your neck and then spew some blood out, it will be done.

But what should I do if the mess left by these people? Someone has to clean up it up?

If it is possible, or if these people are a little more sensible, Emperor Chongzhen would not choose to kill everyone directly.

At least you have to take it slowly.

But it was these people's ungratefulness that completely angered Emperor Chongzhen and asked Emperor Chongzhen to issue an order to remove the garbage regardless of the matter.

Now that the garbage is removed, someone will have to fill in the vacancy.

After the Shangshu Fang of the Ministry of Personnel completed the first batch of more than 1,000 official positions in Nanjing, the officialdom of nearly 1,000 yuan opposite the entire Jiangnan officialdom gap said that I would not do it. The Minister of Personnel had no choice but to do it, whoever did it would do it!

This time, more than a thousand official positions were vacant, almost wiped out the reserves who were still walking in the Eight Tribes in the capital, and all of them were left with real vacancies.

Then now I'm telling me there are nearly 10,000 gaps?

Stop being funny, you are the emperor and you are awesome, do you have the ability to turn officials out and see?

Emperor Chongzhen was also angry and amused when he looked at the somewhat rogue house Zhuangli.

I am the emperor and I am awesome, that's for sure, but I clearly tell you that I can't transform so many qualified officials!

Even if the number of admissions to the spring exam in the 13th year of Chongzhen is not enough. Unless it is not a matter of not counting the grades, there is only a slight possibility of admission as long as you participate in the spring exam!

However, this is of no use, because it is simply impossible.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Since that's the case, the problem of county magistrates in various places will be solved first."

As soon as he heard Chongzhen's statement, Fang Zhuangli suddenly felt a pain.

The position of county magistrate can be said to be inconsistent, and he is responsible for the public security of a county and the arrest of thieves, and his level is below the county magistrate.

Moreover, this dynasty originally did not have this position, or the correct title of this position should be Dianshi. I just don’t know what kind of wind Emperor Chongzhen was trying to get, so I had to change it back to the title of county lieutenant.

Of course, just a title, no one will compete with the emperor on such trivial matters, so Emperor Chongzhen made the decision to change it.

The problem is that since Emperor Chongzhen now spoke out to give priority to solving the vacancies of county magistrates, he must have certain plans, or the possibility of causing trouble is higher.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen's next words made Fang Zhuangli feel even more distressed: "The position of a county lieutenant is related to people's livelihood. I intend to let the veterans in the garrison retreat and serve as county lieutenant and captain after they retire."

Seeing that Fang Zhuangli was about to object, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Aiqing Fang is not busy opposing for now.

There are many benefits to letting these veterans retreat to serve as county lieutenants.

First, these veterans are used to fighting. Even when facing any murder, they will not be frightened, and will not be like civil servants serving as county lieutenants.

Second, it is precisely because these people are veterans, they can manage and train constables according to the system of the garrison, which can also make the people more at ease, right?

The third is to solve the headaches in the Governor's Office of the Five Army for the resettlement of veterans. At least the Duke of the Kingdom and the Duke of England must think of your good deeds, right?"

Fang Zhuangli really wants to be right.

The first reason is valid, and the second is simply a bullshit of the county yamen runners and constables. They are all people with families and families. They are really managed according to the garrison model. Are there anyone in the world who is willing to be such constables and constables?

As for the third item, I’m afraid it’s your most fundamental purpose, right?

If these old soldiers in the garrison were arranged to serve as county magistrates in various places in the Ming Dynasty, the most basic force organization was in the Governor's Office of the Five Army, or directly in your own hands!

However, after measuring left and right, Fang Zhuangli had to admit that this was the fastest solution, at least in the gap of nearly 10,000 people, because this move could remove about 2,000.

What should I do if the remaining eight thousand?

Emperor Chongzhen chuckled and said, "Let's choose from the elderly officials.

The Ministry of Personnel will give the questions, the chief clerk, and the county magistrate. Anyone who has worked for more than three years can take the exam, and those who pass the exam can be upgraded and sent to the county magistrate."

Fang Zhuangli thoughtfully and said, "If so, then other officials who have been admitted to the examination?"

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "It's still the same as before, go to various departments first, and then go out after passing the training.

If you put these scholars who have just left the book on your official position, it will not be good to them, but harm them, and may even be undermined by the veterans. Then you will either become borers or waste."

The house was left with zhuangli, and Emperor Chongzhen directly summoned the Minister of Rites Meng Shaoyu into the palace.

The imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty is really time to change.

Of course, what Emperor Chongzhen wanted to change was not to change it directly from the root, but to plan to tear a hole a little bit first.

For example, first change the Encai into a common example, and then change the spring exam to once every two years?

Otherwise, there will be insufficient officials, which is also a big problem.

As for the future, is it still difficult to slowly let go of the second one after you have the first one?

Come slowly!

Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's plan to change the imperial examination from once every three years to once every two years, Fang Zhuangli instinctively wanted to express his opposition.

The reason is very simple. If you don’t plan to kill the existing officials in large quantities, the number of people who were originally admitted to the exam every three years would be basically enough, and there would be even more surplus.

However, after careful consideration, Fang Zhuangli gave up on his plan to persuade Emperor Chongzhen.

Regardless of whether the period of the imperial examination is changed now, Emperor Chongzhen will not be ruthless when he cut off people.

Instead of having a headache like now, it is better to increase the number of these officials, so that you can save yourself some worries.

As for Meng Shaoyu, he had no such concern at all.

Emperor Chongzhen often offered eunuchs, which was an extra matter, not a common practice. This kind of thing had nothing to do with him.

However, changing the fixed three-year imperial examination to two-year one is definitely your own political achievements.

Regardless of whether Emperor Chongzhen had always cut down people and caused insufficient officials to be insufficient, it would not have any impact on this.
To be continued...