Although officialdom is a very complex system and has some deep-rooted stubborn diseases, there is no doubt that officialdom will be affected by the core.

The opposite example is Emperor Jiajing, because he is too smart and too selfish, every time he uses a chief assistant in governing the country, he puts a young man behind him, and then pushes the young man to attack the person in front, in this way to encourage the courtiers to fight each other and ensure their transcendent status, which leads to the rapid deterioration of the party and government in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in the past few decades.

is also because he himself cultivates and likes green words, so a group of ministers who are good at writing green words have emerged.

The current Zhu Houzhao's influence on officialdom is essentially the same as Jiajing's, because they are both in power, and their preferences will have specific manifestations.

The emperor asked about taxes, bandits, armaments, and commerce, so after the natural evolution of the past few years, of course, such a group of ministers would emerge.

This is also the result of the emperor's independent selection, because the main officials who do not give him positive feedback will not be able to get ahead at all, and the latter will simply be demoted.

For example, Chen Tai, the former governor of Fengyang.

In this process, there is only one troublesome thing, that is, the positive feedback received by Zhu Houzhao is fake.

After paying homage to Bai Shiweng, Zhang Li thought about returning to his own line by Taihu Lake, but the guards who had been following him before, Bi Zhuo, came to him to report a troublesome matter.

After reading the note, Zhang Li had no intention of lingering in Suzhou again.

Two days later, Jiang Yong completed the handover and continued to follow the team south.

After the Great Dynasty Meeting, Zhejiang's governors and political envoys and envoys were all replaced, and now there is no one in charge, and there is something like that, how can you not be in a hurry?

From Suzhou to Hangzhou can be taken by boat through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, in the room of the passenger ship, Bijie reported the news that has been mastered,

“…… Chen Tai, the former governor of Fengyang, originally wanted to return to his hometown in Hangzhou, but when he arrived in Tongzhou, he was chased back by Jinyiwei. ”

Zhang Li said firmly: "Since it was Jinyiwei who did it, it must be the meaning of the saint." When we return to Hangzhou, we will immediately control Chen Tai's people and his relatives. Cooperate with the imperial court and thoroughly investigate Chen Tai. ”

This is the message he received earlier, and Chen Tai will be thoroughly investigated.

Jiang Yong on the side was shocked when he heard this, no matter what, the governor of Fengyang is already a relatively large official, and in the past few years, the Son of Heaven has rarely moved officials at this level.

"Last year, the affairs of Huai'an Mansion, the lower officials knew, and because of this, the lower officials were transferred to Suzhou as the prefect, but it should be the former Huai'an prefect Tian Ruofu who made his own decisions and was greedy, and Chen Tai, the governor of Fengyang, didn't seem to be involved?"

Zhang Li's face tightened, "The specific situation is not yet known." During this year's court meeting, the emperor adjusted the governors of various places, and at first there were people who went to their old posts and did not have new positions, but then things gradually went wrong, and maybe there were signs at that time. ”

Bi Zhuo also nodded, "Except for the former Shuntian Governor Gu Renyi, there is no one who has not yet been given a new position. Judging from the news in Jingli, Chen Tai should still be related to the greed for ink. ”

"Zhibai, you have been a county magistrate in Zhejiang before, can you know about the Chen family in Hangzhou?" Zhang Li remembered this verse.

Jiang Yong nodded slightly, "In the impression of the lower officials, Chen Tai is a capable minister for a while, and he is honest and honest, and now he has only one wife who is a bad chaff, and he has never heard of anything like buying a wide range of fields. ”

These things, now they are in a hurry, there will be someone to tell them when they return to Hangzhou.

But this matter is not small in Beijing, and it can attract the attention of the emperor, which is circumstantial evidence.

In accordance with the holy decree, the Criminal Department has handed over all the case files to Jinyiwei for handling.

Chen Tai was temporarily placed under control for investigation.

Because this is not only a case of embezzlement of ink, Chen Tai's position as the governor of Fengyang was only raised by Zhu Houzhao's nod, and since Zhu Houzhao nodded, it shows that Chen Tai's official reputation in the past was good.

In other words, someone deceived the Son of Heaven on this matter.

“…… Chen Tai's hometown of Hangzhou in Zhejiang, as well as the central capitals of Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Luzhou, have already sent people over. According to the system, the governor will report to His Majesty every year on the local land, population and taxes, and these data have been given to the minister, as long as they go back and verify them one by one, there should be clues. ”

For example, if you report 1 million acres of land, how did this figure come from? If it was reported by the county, it would be traced back, and Qingjiangpu County reported 200,000? So how did the 200,000 come about? You can also go back in time.

This case has just begun, Mao Wenyu has these arrangements, Zhu Houzhao is still satisfied, "Pay attention to the focus, the main task of Jinyiwei this year is still Ma Bin's side." Chen Tai's case does not need to be in a hurry, but it is not unimportant not to be in a hurry, but to investigate it slowly, investigate it carefully, and dig out what he has done in office. ”

"Yes. Wechen obeys! ”

Having said that, Zhu Houzhao actually didn't quite understand, "According to the preliminary news from Zhejiang, the Chen family doesn't have much land in Hangzhou, and he himself is relatively frugal, what did he do with all this silver?" ”

Mao Yu didn't dare to say, in fact, in the past few years, the governors and governors in various places have converged a lot, of course, the so-called convergence is not not not to do those things, but not to do those things in the open.

The emperor above is arresting, how stupid is he to commit crimes against the wind?

"Your Majesty, in addition to investigating the matter of the field, it is necessary to investigate the Chen family himself, as well as many of his relatives, and now there are many people who occupy the land in the name of their relatives. Therefore, whether there is more land is not a certainty. ”

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao sighed softly, "A few years have passed, and now my courtiers have learned to be smart, and they have played cat and mouse with me. Interesting, really interesting. Language, in this case, you have to send a competent person to keep an eye on him, once it is found out that he was promoted through the method of lying about his political achievements, I will not be able to spare him! ”

Mao Wenyu didn't have any pity in his heart, he was used to it.

The key is how did the emperor learn that Chen Tai was greedy for 300,000 taels of silver?

If there is such news among the factory guards, it generally can't bypass his eyes.

And what Zhu Houzhao cares about is that an official who he also thinks is honest and promising, actually does a lot of things in a place he doesn't know, he has emphasized countless times that the official who governs a place is the most important, if this person has a problem, then is the public sentiment in the place under his jurisdiction all fake?

That's the bottom line.

The reason for the strict investigation is also because Chen Tai may touch this bottom line.

If the reported public sentiment is relatively objective and in line with reality, Zhu Houzhao will deal with it lightly, because to tell the truth, officials are lowly, and it is indeed very common for officials to reach out and take a little.

Isn't there a Wang Qiong in front of him who is not honest?

But Wang Qiong is diligent and capable, and before he went to Zhejiang, he governed the Cao River, and he sorted out the main stream and tributaries of this river, the changes in ancient and modern times, and the repair funds.

After arriving in Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Xin'an River was repaired and strengthened by him, especially after the opening of the sea, Zhejiang was slightly chaotic, and it was urgent to quickly restore social order, and Wang Qiong did quite well.

Such a person has no problem getting some silver, and Zhu Houzhao himself knows it.

But Chen Tai was beyond his expectations, so he couldn't figure out what kind of person this guy was now, so he could only ask Jinyiwei to go to various places to verify whether he had cheated on key issues such as public sentiment.

And once it is verified, if Zhu Houzhao doesn't peel off his skin, he Chen Tai will die early enough and in time!

The case is on fire, and it is about to erupt.

The sudden occurrence of such a thing after the court meeting still shocked the officialdom a little.

Especially Fei Hong, who took over as the governor of Fengyang, he was the most embarrassed.

After arriving in Huai'an, when the prefects of various places and the relevant officials of Caoyun came to visit him, they all had bitter faces.

Fei Hong couldn't control Chen Tai, and the emperor also had requirements for him, the governor, and later he simply summoned all these people to his governor's office and set up two tables.

Among them is the Huai'an prefect Lin Ting.

"You have more or less heard about the affairs of the former governor, and this official has also received the will." Fei Hong walked around the table and patted them on the shoulders one by one, "If the imperial court wants to investigate, then no one can stop it, you are all officials in charge of each government, and when you go back, warn your subordinates, don't think about stopping anyone." ”

"Fei Butang!"

Fei Hong was halfway through his words, and suddenly an official came out crying, "Ministry, we are all wronged!" Please tell the emperor the truth and save us! ”

"Yes! Please help us! ”

……

Chen Tai suddenly had an accident at this time, and they were the ones he was most afraid of, because they were direct subordinates, and whether they were Chen Tai's comrades or not, I am afraid that this matter was not so easy to say clearly.

"If you obey the law and benefit the people, why do you need me to save you? If not, how can I save you? ”

"Fei Bu Tang! I'm afraid that when the time comes, there will be villains to bite, and it will be difficult for me to argue! ”

Fei Hong listened to them pitifully, but he couldn't help it, Jinyiwei had already come.

"The prefects of Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, and Fengyang, as well as the prefects of Chuzhou, Xuzhou, and Hezhou, the emperor sent Jinyiwei to verify the data of Chen Tai's performance, including land and population.

Tomorrow, you will go to answer Jinyiwei's questions, and Jinyiwei will also go from the government to the county, so that the verification will be carried out, if the data is not much different, everyone will be fine. If the gap is huge......"

Fei Hong is not good to talk about it anymore.

And he couldn't let these people go, lest they do something fake overnight.

Lin Ting got up and saluted, and then asked: "Fei Butang, Xia Guan is the prefect of Huai'an Mansion, dare to ask, Chen Tai had an accident this time, did he lie about these figures?" ”

Fei Hong has nothing to say, and he doesn't know the main thing, but he can roughly feel a little logic, "Whether Chen Tai is lying or not, this is not a clear purpose, and the official does not dare to assert it." However, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, you have paid special attention to the presiding officials of the provinces, prefectures, and counties, and most of you have been prefects from the prefects, and you should all know this. Therefore, every time there is a court meeting, there will be inquiries about civil affairs.

Now that Jin Yiwei is checking these matters, he must be aware of any discrepancies, and perhaps he is indeed here for this. ”

When he said this, most of the officials present looked solemn.

This is true even for a clear-stream official like Lin Ting.

Because even if he didn't lie, but it is possible that the people below will lie to them, in case there is any omission or error in it, resulting in a disagreement, for example, he reported 150,000 mu, and as a result, several counties add up to this number, which is troublesome.

The most important thing is that in order to be promoted, the people above will keep some numbers 'growing', and this growth should be the focus of verification. If there's something in there, what's going on?

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