In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, after the establishment of Houjin by Liaodong Nurhachi, troops were sent to Fushun, and the salary of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty increased by 3 million taels. Although there is a reserve in the palace, it refuses to allocate it.

In order to solve the shortage of military salaries, the imperial court decided to levy additional silver, with an additional 3 cents and 5 millimeters per mu, an increase of more than 2 million taels of silver. This levy is one of the three salaries that forced the people to rise up at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it strange that the emperor, as a traverser, has never had the will to abolish such a harsh government?

In fact, what is contained in the history books cannot be trusted, Zhu Youxiao believes in science, relies on data, and does not easily draw conclusions, nor easily deny or affirm a certain policy.

According to the price of goods at that time, 3 centimeters and 5 millimeters was almost one or two catties of rice. The extra harvest of one or two catties per mu does not reach the extent that the common people cannot live.

Moreover, it is not yet the peak of the Xiaoice disaster. Although there were disasters in various places, they were not very serious and not widespread. This is different from the Chongzhen period in history.

Therefore, although the Liaojia faction increased the burden of the people, it was not unbearable, and it was not the main reason for the civil unrest in the late Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, if you look carefully at the tax increase policy of the imperial court, it is not increased by capitation, but by land. If you increase a little per mu, whoever has more land will pay more taxes. Theoretically, it should be the landlord who is a genius.

Yang Sichang at the time of Chongzhen expressed his support for the imperial court to raise taxes, and the reason was the same, "The additional endowment comes from the soil field, and the soil field belongs to the powerful family, and the silver increase of 100 acres is three or four dollars, and the merger is slightly suppressed." ”

It makes sense that higher taxes would also discourage land annexation and control the polarization of society.

But in fact, in the process of tax collection, the officials who handle it will always try their best to pass on the taxes of vested interest groups to the people at the bottom; even took this opportunity to make a fortune in the country.

This is by no means a new thing, nor is it something that only happened after the appearance of Liaojiao, an open secret, can Yang Sichang not know? It's just talking nonsense with his eyes open and fooling Emperor Chongzhen.

In this way, the imperial court only added 3 cents and 5 cents per mu, but the common people had to pay 3 cents and 5 cents, which was dozens or hundreds of times.

Therefore, the root cause of the cruelty of the people is not the tax increase itself, but the deviation in implementation, and the greed and shamelessness of the vested benefit group.

There is also the distribution of salaries, from the imperial court to the front line, officials at all levels and generals in the army, the water is wet, layers of corruption and deductions, to the lower level of officers and soldiers, they have never received the full amount, and they are as poor as calling Huazi.

Bi Ziyan was deeply touched when he was out to supervise Liao, and wrote in the recital: "Even if the Dongnu loves the long cave of the stack, he will not leave a single arrow to the west, and my world has been sitting." ”

To put it in layman's terms, even if Jiannu does not launch an offensive, raising those officials and generals, as well as the Huazi soldiers, the Ming Empire will be dragged down sooner or later.

And Zhu Youxiao saw through the key to this, and did not rashly cancel the salary, but was ruthless against corrupt officials.

Didn't the civil servants become a group, didn't they regard corruption as a commonplace, and didn't they deceive me if they didn't protect each other?

Then I will reuse the factory guards, kill those who should be killed, and exile is not ambiguous, starting with the corruption of military salaries, from the military headquarters to the locality, and then knock down a piece.

Then it was to replace the secretary of the military department, and then promote the iron-faced and black-faced Bi Zisu, from the inspectorate to the factory guard, and the two-pronged approach expanded the fight against corruption from the court to the localities.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao thought it was the most difficult and depressed for him. There are too few people who can be used, and if you knock over one, it is still a virtue to replace it.

But in the third year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao felt a lot more relaxed. A large number of corrupt and party-forming officials were overturned, and more and more new officials were able to be used by him, and the power of the court was fundamentally reversed.

The local situation has also improved greatly, using Yang Lian, Sun Chuanting, and other officials to vigorously implement the Qingtun dump and abandon the salary, and taking advantage of Xu Hongru's rebellion, they ruthlessly dealt with a group of gentry and landlords who were stealthy and leaky, which shocked the people's hearts and changed the atmosphere greatly.

Improvement and change are still not the ultimate goal of the emperor. The washing of officialdom and the disposal of officials are like waves crashing on the shore, and they have not stopped.

The establishment of an inspection mechanism by the Inspectorate and the establishment of commissioners by the state government are only institutional strengthening. Relying on the secret investigation of the factory guards made the officials feel even more trembling and walking on thin ice.

Every year, officials are dismissed, and the number is becoming more and more concentrated in the localities, especially at the county level.

The reason is very simple, the county officials are the most basic government organizations in the Ming Dynasty, and the collection and taxation are all in their hands. And corruption harms the people, and it is also their most direct contact with the people.

Isn't it caused by these grassroots officials that a small tax hike turned into a flood in the end? And the court and the emperor are just their backers who are greedy and harm the people.

For the bastards who dared to let themselves take the blame, the emperor showed ruthlessness and ruthlessness, and also created several cool officials-like governors, Wei Guangwei and Ni Wenhuan, the governors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, were the most prominent.

Wei Guangwei has been in office for a long time, and he has investigated and understood the local situation, and has the help of the intelligence detected by the factory guards, and his commitment to the holy will is unambiguous.

The taxes set by the imperial court are as much as they are, and if the local government dares to add a penny, it is greedy, no matter what excuse you have, what reason.

The family is first confiscated and detained, and then the punishment is determined according to the thickness of the family property. The whole family under 5,000 was exiled, and the beheaded of more than 5,000 was beheaded for public display, and the family members were exiled.

This standard has been relaxed by Zhu Youxiao, but when it is really dealt with, most of the corrupt officials who have fallen from power are not guaranteed.

Xue Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, submitted the list of criminals to be sentenced to death by the Criminal Department with a little apprehension, and peeked at the emperor who was going to be executed, and his heart was a lot more settled.

As one of the six Shangshu who have been promoted for less than half a year, although Xue Zhen already knows a lot about the Sacred Heart, he has usually been praised by the emperor. But the first time he was beheaded after the autumn, he was still worried that the emperor would be dissatisfied.

There are really a lot of officials who have raided their homes and killed their heads, even more than last year. The main reason why the factory and health departments focused their efforts on this, and the indiscriminate collection of taxes also made Zhu Youxiao shocked and angry.

corrupt officials, killing; corrupt officials, killing; Kill, kill, kill......

The emperor seemed to have become numb, or dominated by anger, but with a glance at the cause of the case, he wiped his pen and a head to the ground, and his family members were to be driven away thousands of miles away.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, wars broke out, Jiannu entered the customs to steal the world, tens of millions of people were killed and injured, and families were ruined, all of which had the credit of these corrupt officials and bad officials. Killing them is not regrettable at all.

Zhu Youxiao, who knows the trend of history, seems to have seen thousands of miles of red land and mourning, as if he has seen hungry people displaced, starving everywhere, as if he has seen swords and swords, and rivers of blood......

Kill, kill, kill......

Kill a national beetle, the country will increase its vitality, the people will be more relaxed, and the road of reform of the Ming Dynasty will be less obstacle and more smooth.

The emperor finally finished the list, stared at the blood-colored vermilion on the paper, narrowed his eyes, and exhaled a breath of turbidity.

"Xue Qing-" Zhu Youxiao motioned to the palace people to transfer the list to Xue Zhen, and asked in a deep voice: "Is there any criticism about the disposal of these corrupt officials?" Dali Temple can still cooperate? ”

Xue Zhen hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Severe punishment for corrupt officials has been imposed since Taizu. Although there is no specific provision in the "Da Ming Law", Taizu's creation of the form of "Da Huo" is also justified. ”

"Compared with Taizu, the punishment of our emperor is already magnanimous. During the Hongwu period, the magistrate of Jianchang County, accepted 400 banknotes, and Ling Chi was executed; The county of De'an County, received a total of ten horses of Luo, silk and cloth, eighty pieces of money, and Ling Chi was executed; Laiyang County Cheng collected hundreds of stolen goods, and Ling Chi was executed ......"

Listening to Xue Zhen, who was designated as a eunuch in history, listing historical facts, Zhu Youxiao's face gradually relaxed, it turned out that he was so merciful, he just cut off his head, and he didn't Ling Chi yet, but the amount of embezzlement far exceeded that of Hongwu.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang often used extrajudicial punishment in dealing with official corruption, and a typical example of this was peeling the skin and pulling the grass. But the corrupt officials who were really sentenced to this punishment don't seem to be, and it is completely slanderous.

After hearing Xue Zhen defend herself, Zhu Youxiao bowed his head slightly and said: "Xue Qing is like a treasure, and he is very familiar with legal cases. ”

Xue Zhen was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly bowed down to thank her.

Zhu Youxiao gave two more words of encouragement before Xue Zhen retired.

Although Uncle Wei's dog leash was not spread, the so-called eunuchs who were attached to Uncle Wei in history, Zhu Youxiao reused a lot.

There's no way, people know and know what's interesting, the emperor will rush wherever he points, and they will go all out if the emperor wants to hit whoever he wants, who doesn't like such subordinates?

If Chongzhen has the wisdom of Zhu Youxiao, it doesn't hurt to kill Lao Wei, and it doesn't matter if he kills a group of corrupt officials in the "eunuch party", don't overturn a boatload of people, and replace them with those civil officials who claim to be righteous and mislead the country!

Zhu Youxiao sighed for a while, and then picked up the list of raids and read it again. Although it is not as rich as overturning Li Sancai and other huge greed, it is not without benefits. At least, with the money for the reward, you can also get some small benefits for officials.

Hallolive – Let's keep it simple!

Zhu Youxiao also thought about doing a big job to receive gifts or something, but if you want to do a big job, it's not as simple as setting up a few tables to drink and drink.

Forget it, let's talk about it after Pingliao! At that time, I had money, and I had money.

"Emperor, the new governor of Shaanxi, Li Jingbai, has come to bid farewell to His Majesty." Wang Tiqian entered the internal report.

It's another "eunuch", Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes, put down the list of raiders, and commanded: "Xuan!" ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, as long as you put a certain label on someone at the right time, you will not be disadvantaged.

When Uncle Wei gained power, he buttoned the hat of the "Donglin Party", not to mention being imprisoned, but there was definitely no hope in his career.

When the Donglin Party gained power, as long as the label of "eunuch party" was pasted on the door of the head, there was no place for the court.

The party has fought to an inexplicable level, and as long as one word has been politically incorrect before, it will be defeated and criticized.

The Donglin Party has reached this level of pursuing the remaining evils, but there is no way to save the country, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are guilty of misleading the country.

Li Jingbai is an example, in history, because he once built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, burned incense and congratulated "Yao Tian is towering, and the emperor is difficult to name", he was impeached by the Donglin Party and imprisoned for three years, and lost to the people.

In fact, Li Jingbai was born in Jinshi in Wanli years, starting from the Xiajin County Order, and successively served as the governor of Shandong, the right of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the young master of the prince, but he has quite a lot of political achievements.

What's more, during the period when Uncle Wei was in power, there were countless people who cultivated his ancestral hall, could it be that they were all people who tended to be inflammatory, and had inferior character.

And Grandpa Qi also gave gifts and bribes to Zhang Juzheng and others, but he just wanted to keep his official position and military power, so as to do more practical things and make more contributions to the country and the imperial court.

As a result of the general environment, either clean oneself and be an idler or a common man, regardless of the decline of other countries and the suffering of the people; Either go along with the flow and don't get in with the dirt, do your best and do some good deeds.

Grandpa Qi is the latter, and he knows that his future lies in the thoughts of those in power. If there is no one in the DPRK, they will not be able to lead the troops to fight with peace of mind, and they will even lose the right to lead the troops, so what can they talk about serving the country?

In a deformed political ecology, it is helpless for such a thing to occur. No matter how big a hero you are and how capable you are, many times, in order to achieve your ambitions, you have to do something against your will.

Zhu Youxiao neither defended nor pursued this deeply, but only looked at people's abilities.

Li Jingbai was appointed governor of Shaanxi, and Zuo Guangdou was appointed governor of the river, a new position, and the full title of the official title was "Governor of the River Ministry of Engineering and the Right Deputy Governor of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate".

Water conservancy facilities, as an important means to combat the disaster of the Xiaoice River, must be repaired. But Zhu Youxiao doesn't understand this, and he really can't find a few who can be called water conservancy experts.

Zuo Guangdou has done a good job in Shaanxi, and the overall planning of water conservancy facilities has been completed and is being constructed one after another.

Only then will Zhu Youxiao be able to rest assured that Zuo Guangdou will be transferred out of Shaanxi, the hardest-hit area in the future, to inspect and inspect the Huang, Huai, Cao, and other rivers, especially Zhili, Henan, and Shandong, and to have an overall water conservancy construction plan.

Li Jingbai was summoned to enter the temple, knelt down and kowtowed, and the mountain shouted long live.

"Li Qing is exempt." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand, "Give me a seat." ”

After Li Jingbai thanked him and sat down, Zhu Youxiao didn't talk nonsense, and said: "When Li Qing first served as the county commander, he was able to visit the people's suffering, pardon the sand tax, and set up a monument of "Removing the Shatian". ”

Li Jingbai was a little surprised, but he didn't expect the emperor to use him, which was actually his political achievement when he first served as the county commander.

"Shaanxi will be the beginning of a catastrophe, the newspaper has already said it, I will not talk about it again." Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice: "Zuo Guangdou already has a water conservancy plan, and Li Qing will do it." Only to appease the people and enable the good governance of the court to be implemented, Li Qingke needs to fulfill his duties and be loyal. ”

The requirements are not high, and the water conservancy facilities designed by Zuo Guangdou are repaired, the policies of the imperial court are implemented, and the people are loved and compassionate, which is the emperor's expectation.

Li Jingbai bowed down and agreed, but the emperor's explanation and instructions were not finished, and the arrangement of Gan and Shaanxi was not only meticulous, but also more long-term.

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