Chapter 750: Li Xiao's Political Crisis
Li Xiao finally encountered the biggest political crisis since he arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the day after he announced that officials needed to declare their assets. The resignation letter was handed into the cabinet like snowflakes, and nearly eighty percent of the Beijing officials quit.
Thousands of miles to be an official just for money! If it's not for this little privilege and benefit, who is fucking addicted to being an official? Do you really want to serve the people after ten years of hard work? For the sake of the ideal to become an official, there is not one out of ten people.
When these officials who have studied hard for ten years and finally jumped into the dragon gate stepped into the officialdom on the first day, they held a firm belief that they would be promoted and make a fortune! If you happen to have a dead wife, then your life is too perfect.
Promotion! Rich! Dead wife!
Three happy things in life!
Since Li Xiao became the de facto controller of the Ming Dynasty, officials have been deprived of a lot of their privileges. A decree that the gentry and gentry are all in one place, and the officials in the world have been offended all over the world.
Now, even the last bit of oil and water has to be squeezed out. Don't do it! Don't kill it!
"Originally, these things could be done slowly. You do it like this, look at it, this ......! There was no one to work in the ministries, and the imperial court was paralyzed. Zhang Huangyan looked at a large table of resignations and was worried, Xiao He made 3,000 laws, and in the end, there had to be an official to enforce them.
Now that there are no officials, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Zhang Huangyan is even if he has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to do all government affairs. At this time, Sun Chengzong coincidentally caught a cold and heard that he needed to recuperate. Even Zhang Huangyan went to visit, but he didn't see anyone.
Sun Zhijie said politely, my ancestor had a cold, and I was afraid of getting sick to Mr. Zhang. Keep the feelings of the visit in mind, and when you recover from your illness, you will come to the door to thank you.
Li Xiao glanced at the resignation papers piled up in the case, it seems that there are no other concerts in the imperial court today, all of them are resignations. casually checked it, and the six products of the two households were in charge.
"The Ming Dynasty is not the palace of the king of Hades, since you don't want to do it, it doesn't hurt to go. It's just ......, and this resignation also needs to explain the accounts clearly. After all, there is still a resignation audit procedure to go, let Luzhu conduct the exit audit one by one. It is really a breeze on both sleeves, the imperial court is responsible for issuing travel expenses, and after returning to his hometown, he will give pension money every year.
...... who really have unclean hands and feet! Hey! Then don't blame the Ming Law for being ruthless!
Start with these two people! He casually threw the resignation letter to Xiao Zhan, and after Xiao Zhan caught it. I feel sorry for these two guys, they are the birds that come out now. Or maybe the two chickens that are ready to scare the monkeys!
Zhang Huangyan glanced at Li Xiao and stopped talking.
Vicious! It's fucking ruthless! Want to go? First see if the butt is clean or not, as long as the butt is not clean.
Hey! Let's wait to sit through the prison!
The "Da Ming Law" was formulated in the Hongwu period, and although it has been revised repeatedly over the years, the punishment for corrupt officials is still very heavy. There is no way, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang just hates corrupt officials. Although the punishment of skinning and weeding was removed, the lightest punishment was exile to Lingnan.
According to Li Xiao's Hades temperament, Lingnan is definitely not the ultimate destination for these corrupt officials. You must know that when these laws were formulated, the scope of Ming control was still only in Lingnan.
Now the southernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty is a place called Australia. As for what Australia means, no one knows clearly. Anyway, the British call it that, and everyone calls it too.
There is a shortage of manpower there, and these industrious officials may be able to train themselves in Australia by going to Australia for exercise.
As for the statement of resignation audit, it has existed since the time of Chengzu Zhu Di. But for more than 200 years, no one has seriously implemented it. Before Zhengde, he was able to go through the motions. After Zhengde, he didn't even bother to go through the motions. It's just a paper existence, and everyone selectively forgets about this rule. Even, emperors such as Tianqi and Chongzhen didn't know that there was such a thing as an audit when they left their jobs.
Li Xiao chewed the words and talked about the regulations that have existed for more than 200 years, and no one could say that it was wrong. As for whether he can find out what happened, Zhang Huangyan believes that he will definitely be able to. If the ass is clean, who the fuck will resign for the sake of property declaration.
"Let's go on an errand! The unspoken rules do things, and the clear rules rectify people. This kid has learned a thoroughfare, slaughtering two chickens, and seeing if the monkeys are still making trouble. Watching Li Xiao walk out of the study, Zhang Huangyan instructed the stunned Xiao Zhan.
"No!" Xiao Zhan hurriedly took two resignations and went out to find Luzhu.
To say that he is shrewd and capable, Lu Zhu, who is just thirty years old this year, is definitely an expert. received Li Xiao's order, and without saying a word, he sealed the homes of two people with soldiers. Then after a raid, facing the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry, the junior official of the Ministry of Supervision asked with a smile: "Dare to ask my lord, what is the year of the principal?" These things, plus the real estate in the capital, are enough for you for many years? ”
According to later generations, this is called a serious mismatch between income and expenditure. This can be checked, the source of the huge wealth is unknown, what is going on? If it's not clear, then it's quite possible to go to Australia and knock stones.
The two stewards are also considered to be dragons and phoenixes among people, and the rhetoric they came up with is more shocking than the other.
"I'm lucky, I will win every gamble! All this money I won from the casino. ”
"Oh! Okay, so can you tell me which casino you won from? What is the approximate date of the month? ”
"I can't remember!"
"After winning for so many years, you actually forgot? Governor Wang of the Bank of Jinzhou, you know, let's talk about the matter between you. Let's just say that in the Donglaishun box, how many gold bars did President Wang give you. Don't try to deny it, look at who it is, that person is the guy from Donglaishun's box. Outside the glass window, there stood a handsome-looking half-sized man.
The other principal was still eating jajangmyeon when he was arrested. There were more than 100 silver coins in the passbook, a total of 2 silver coins and more than 50 copper coins in cash.
It stands to reason that this person's net worth should be quite innocent. In today's capital, there are not many people who can clean themselves like this.
Midori took him to the edge of a villa, and the sound of horses' hooves taping on the stone pavement was incessant. Finally, I walked along the peaceful path to the end and found a house with carved beams and paintings.
There is a rockery on one side of the house, and several children are jumping around on the rockery. On the other side is an artificial lake, with sparkling waves on the surface of the lake, and occasionally carp jumping out of the water, which looks quiet and peaceful.
"I don't know!" The steward's head shook like a rattle.
"That's good! Let's go inside! The strong soldier could not help but say, and escorted the steward in.
Needless to say, the most important thing in the room is to open the cabinet, which is full of silver coins. Pull open the drawer, and it's full of silver coins. When I opened the chest, it was still full of silver coins.
So much so that the number of people in charge of counting cannot be reached, and they can only be weighed with a large scale.
"That's a lot of money! You wouldn't say that none of the money here is yours, right? ”
"Not mine!" The steward was still stubborn.
"On the seventh day of the seventh month of the year of Ding Mao, the villa was dedicated to the king's steward. On the eighth day of the ninth month, 2,000 silver coins were given. On the first day of November, 20 gold bars were given. On December 22nd, get a silver coin ......!
I said that the king is in charge, this is the confession of Luo Wanwan, who is close to you. Would you like to take a look at the signature below, he has a good relationship with you. You won't even know his signature and handprints! ”
Seeing Luo Million's confession, Steward Wang sat down on the ground at once. It's over, and I've been caught. Steward Wang knew that he had been targeted for a long time, but no one touched him.
Over the years, with the power in his hands, he has made a lot of money.
Right now......!
"Get up! Come with us to the Ministry of Supervision and talk about it. How do you win every gamble, if the method is feasible, the lower officials will have to ask for a lesson or two. At least, you can buy a house like yours in the capital. ”