For the expression of these officials, Zhao Xun can only be deterred by heavy punishments, and in addition, he can only train scholars through various academies. It's just that in the process of training, let them know what they can do and what they can't do.

This is a matter of virtue and talent, there are merits, but the same mistakes are not small, and there are also many such people. Some mistakes can be exonerated or even nothing, and some mistakes constitute crimes, and merit and demerit cannot be offset after all. For these people, Zhao Xun can only deal with them according to the law.

Speaking of supervising officials, Zhao Xun remembered the secret music of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Xun was thinking about whether he was also among the officials, arranging this kind of secret object to monitor the surrounding officials.

The so-called secret performance is actually a small report, that is, it cannot be reported publicly, and it needs to be secretly interviewed, and the formal written formation is with the Qing Dynasty. Of course, the emperor wants to control everything, but he can't ignore the actual situation of the ministers. Is there a system, then, that satisfies the needs of the emperor and avoids unnecessary trouble for ministers to make public announcements?

In the Ming Dynasty, inheriting the system of the previous generation, officials could use two methods: inscriptions and recitals to write to the emperor. Among them, impeachment, soldiers, money, food, justice and other official affairs are used in the book, and the statement of private affairs is used in the book. In the early Qing Dynasty, this system was also followed. However, the writing and writing procedures of the question book are complicated, and it must be written in imitation of Song style, yellowed, folded to require an abstract, and a copy of the transcript is required.

In addition, the question book is easy to leak, and the question book has passed through the drafter, the general political envoy, the cabinet, the emperor, the scribe, etc., and there are many links, and it is inevitable that it will be leaked. Although the transcript is simpler than the question book, it has to go through the same link as the question book, and it also has the defect that it is easy to leak.

During the Shunzhi period, in order to avoid these inconveniences, a new form of document was produced. The fold is not informal, the writing is free, there is no need to add yellow, the writing is fast, and there is no need to send the political envoy to the cabinet, it can be submitted directly, and the emperor himself reads the instructions, and the confidentiality is very strong.

The affairs of the state are so complicated that some things only need to be informed by the emperor and cannot be openly spoken, so there is a kind of recital that can only be known by the emperor, called the secret music or secret fold.

The secret twist first appeared in the Shunzhi Dynasty. Kangxi believed that the use of secret music could make "people not be deceived and dare not be deceived", so it was implemented, and ordered his cronies and military ministers to often "attach Chen to the secret music, so the affairs of the provinces can not be deceived and hidden". There are more than 3,000 pieces of secret music of the Kangxi Dynasty, which are presented by more than 100 people, which shows that the use of secret music is more extensive than that of the Shunzhi period.

After Yongzheng ascended the throne, in order to directly understand the situation, rectify the rule of officials, in order to strengthen the imperial power, consolidate the rule, vigorously promote the secret music, and establish a strict system, Shangshu, Shilang and other officials, one person every day in shifts, dense folds and seals. At the same time, the ranks of bureaucrats with power in the Yongzheng Dynasty were greatly expanded compared with those in the Kangxi Dynasty. According to statistics, there were only more than 100 officials in the Kangxi Dynasty who had the right to secretly perform affairs, while the Yongzheng Dynasty grew to more than 1,200 in just 13 years. Scholars, commanders-in-chief, and governors of various provinces, as well as governors, governors, towns, feudal domains, and governors, can all have a secret record on the political, military, economic, official, and folk customs.

In addition, the Yongzheng Dynasty secret folding system has been proceduralized, from the folding, box transmission, to the approval, return and collection, all of which are operating in an orderly manner. After the secret fold must be written by the folder, it will be loaded into the folding box and then delivered. In order to send, receive, approve and process the secret folds in a timely manner, Emperor Yongzheng set up a special organization for transmitting and accepting the secret folds - the Secret Folds Office, which was received and forwarded by a special reciter. All the officials who have the right to perform affairs are the "eyes and ears" of the Yongzheng Emperor in the bureaucracy, and the performers themselves are secretly supervised by one or several other performers, forming a situation of mutual surveillance. In this way, everyone is under surveillance.

The tantric system allowed the emperor to directly deal with general affairs and strengthened the imperial power. In addition, the secret music does not go through the political envoys, cabinets, and other institutions, so things can often be determined quickly, which greatly improves administrative efficiency, and in addition, it also enables local officials to restrain each other and dare not violate the law and abuse power, which is conducive to the rectification of the rule of officials.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Xun still didn't make arrangements. You have to do everything yourself, and now is not a good time. However, Zhao Xun still ordered the officials of the Supervision Department to keep secrets when inspecting officials.

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Lingzhou Mansion is in the hands of Zhao Xun, Zhao Xun naturally will not let it go, maritime trade, Zhao Xun still knows. The world is very large, there are many countries, and there is no need to talk about the nature of the profits of trade on the sea. Zhao Xun vigorously encouraged the merchants of Lingzhou Mansion to go to sea to trade and build a shipyard, and for a while, many merchants gathered in Lingzhou Mansion.

"My lord, there are two merchants from Lingzhou Mansion asking to see you! It is said that it is to cooperate with the business under the name of the lord in the maritime trade. Wei Dongyu reported.

Because Zhao Xun has been busy negotiating sea trade with merchants recently, this businessman will report if he asks to see him.

"Let them in!" Zhao Xun said with a smile. The war has ended, except for teaching children every day and looking at government affairs, there is nothing important, if you can do a good job in maritime trade, it is also a great thing. You know, on other continents, there are many unique specialties.

"Xiaomin has seen the Grand Governor!" A moment later, two middle-aged people appeared in front of Zhao Xun together.

"Sit down!"

After a simple conversation, Zhao Xun found out that these two people turned out to be Yangzhou businessmen, not from their own jurisdiction. One person is Zhang Yunqi, and the other is Gu Fei.

"Yangzhou businessmen? I'm very strange, Yangzhou is much stronger than us to go to sea, why did you two come back to me to seek cooperation? Zhao Xun frowned and said. Yangzhou is located in the south, the sea terrain is excellent, to the east, to the south, are better than the Lingzhou capital, Leng no one will be willing to seek far, spend this extra effort.

Zhang Yunqi smiled bitterly: "Our Zhang family and their Gu family used to be the top big businessmen in Yangzhou, and in Yangzhou, they are definitely the rich party." There are dozens of caravans under his command, all on the sea road, and they travel north and south. Among them, there are as many as two or three shipyards alone. ”

"Too much money, can't keep it?" Zhao Xun said curiously.

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said, "Yes, since the death of the first emperor, this Yangzhou has slowly fallen into the hands of the King of Qi." Cultivate forces for the second and develop their own team. The king of Qi needs a lot of money, and we are the ones to be slaughtered. Overnight, the world was turned upside down, and the teacups were gone. ”

Zhang Yunqi shook his head with a wry smile, and then said: "This Gu Fei's family is the same, but because they have caught up with the current government mansion, it is slightly better." Gu Fei and I have been friends since childhood, so on the day of my downfall, Brother Gu helped me. In just three years, we have also made a lot of money through guò sea trade, and so far, our two caravans have more than ten sea vessels. ”

"As we grew, other wealthy businessmen who were close to the government naturally set their sights on us. Fortunately, we were alert, but we didn't get anything to be done by the government. At most, when you go to sea or return, you need to pay more taxes. As for these difficulties, we have endured them, after all, the people do not fight with the officials. ”

"It's a pity that with the battle between the two guards in Qingzhou and the Dadu Governor, the Yangzhou Navy was wiped out. The general of the Yangzhou Navy was anxious to restore his own strength, and began to collect qualified sea ships to transform them into warships. ”

Zhao inquired: "So, you are the target of the levy?" ”

Zhang Yunqi smiled bitterly: "That's right, in fact, there are not many qualified ships in our fleet, only three. But because of the provocation of those hostile wealthy merchants in Yangzhou, our entire fleet was requisitioned. In this way, how can we be willing, so we let people help, take our family out, escape from Yangzhou, and enter Lingzhou Mansion. ”

Secretly combining the intelligence of the Shadow Division, what Zhang Yunqi said is true. The fleet of the Yangzhou Navy that was not equipped to assist the guards accounted for more than a quarter of the Yangzhou Navy Army, almost one-third of the number. A warship of such a scale was wiped out by the Xiaoguo army, how could the Yangzhou Navy not replenish it?

Therefore, the Yangzhou Navy hastened the requisition of Yangzhou sea ships and transformed them into warships. Enrich the strength of Yangzhou's naval army. In addition, in the land of Yangzhou, the maritime merchants need to pay far more taxes than the Xiaoguo army. Moreover, not only the tax rate is high, but also the variety is very diverse, which greatly reduces the interest of maritime merchants in sailing.

There is no doubt that Zhao Xun's policy, coupled with the policy of encouraging maritime trade, was warmly welcomed by the merchants. This kind of sea trade is not just a trade from the south to the north, but a trip out of the Great Yan Kingdom, arriving in other places, and conducting trade.

As we all know, on the other side of the sea, there are many countries, and there are many ways to make money. Powerful businessmen are quietly gearing up, ready to show their strength and get rich overnight. To develop maritime trade, the first condition is to have a ship, and it is a sea-going ship capable of making ocean voyages. Therefore, the shipyard in Lingzhou Mansion is also very hot now, and the orders from several shipyards have been auctioned three years later. Therefore, Zhang Yunqi and Gu Fei were naturally unwilling to pay the fleet they had worked so hard to build in vain. What's more, the Yangzhou government is still the culprit of breaking his family.

You must know that even the shipyard in Lingzhou Mansion is now rushing to produce sea ships day and night, but the manufacturing capacity of the shipyard is limited, and it takes nearly a year to build a sea ship.

Although the Xiaoguo Army and the Yangzhou Navy did not deal with each other, the merchant ships coming from the south to the north would not sink or capture. Of course, if your target is Yangzhou, then I'm sorry, but the tax is more than someone else's. Similarly, Zhao Xun will not stop the merchant ships in Yangzhou. If it is prohibited, a notice will be issued in advance. For example, the last time the guards were blocked, the Xiaoguo Army made a clear announcement prohibiting the transportation of food and military supplies to the guards from entering the country, and nothing else would be blocked.

"Where has your fleet arrived now?" Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice.

"Now docked at the seaport of Lingzhou Prefecture in the east of Linxian County, there are a total of fifteen seagoing ships that can sail far away." Zhang Yunqi replied.

"What do you usually ship on a daily basis?" Zhao asked. Zhao Xun knew that such a long-distance sea ship often drifted on the sea for a year, sailing extremely far, and even reached the European continent.

"Silk and porcelain are the mainstay! These things, in other places, are absolutely rare, and in some places, the price is higher than gold. Zhang Yunqi said with a smile.

Zhao Xun smiled and said: "In this case, you will settle down in my Xiaoguo Army and register your name in the Commercial Division, you will be a businessman under the jurisdiction of my Xiaoguo Army." Sail again, hang the banner of my Xiaoguo army, whether it is the Yangzhou navy or the Yangzhou government, I dare not understand you at all. ”