The cabinet was busy compiling households, but a political commentary in the communiqué, which caused an immeasurable ripple, is still fermenting.
It so clearly put forward the reason for the country's subjugation - corrupt officials ruined the country.
We must also know that in popular opinion, the blame for the fall of the Ming Dynasty has always been carried by the eunuchs.
Even if the Donglin Party was overthrown, and even if there was no more eunuchs after the first year of Chongzhen, scholars still stubbornly believed that the eunuchs were to blame.
In the blink of an eye, public opinion was detonated.
The hatred for corrupt officials made the common people share the same hatred and agreed with this.
The vast majority of gentry and scholars were divided into two. Some agreed, while others still believed that the eunuchs were to blame.
What's more, the blame was directly placed on the Donglin Party. The words "hypocrites are harming the country" caused public opinion to explode.
No one dared to bring Chongzhen into it. It was a taboo for the venerable emperor. The emperor could not make mistakes. He could only be deceived by treacherous ministers.
When Mrs. Wang came out of the office, she saw people talking on the roadside.
"They must be corrupt officials. They pretended to pass on the imperial edict and embezzled an unknown amount of money..."
"The government is forcing the people to rebel!"
"Corrupt officials harm people..."
That's all for these blatant discussions. What shocked Wang Euzhi was that the banned book "Water Margin" was openly placed in the bookstore.
The shop owner also knows how to do business and shouts: "This is all evidence of corrupt officials harming people and the government forcing the people to rebel——"
Now, a long queue formed immediately, and people rushed to buy.
The sense of smell is so sharp.
"That's right. The communiqué is reviewed by the cabinet, and the cabinet listens to His Majesty's words. Doesn't this mean that the emperor is endorsing it?"
Wang Huizhi thought, and then suddenly realized.
"Brother Nong, Brother Nong——" When he arrived at the tea shop at the entrance of the alley, he suddenly heard someone calling him.
"Brother Taichong!" Wang Fuzhi turned around and saw that it was Huang Zongxi from the lower office.
"Sit down quickly." Huang Zongxi greeted: "Old rules."
Soon, a bottle of wine and two plates of side dishes were served.
Rice wine costs twenty coins, and stir-fried lamb tripe and pig ears cost ten coins each, totaling forty coins.
"Sit down, I'm treating you today."
Huang Zongxi chuckled and said, he knew that it was difficult for him to support a family.
"I don't have a few days to spare. I'm afraid you won't be able to see me in a while!"
"Why?" Mr. Wang was stunned. Is the supervisory censor so busy?
"Listen -" Huang Zongxi pointed to the guests chatting and drinking beside him and said.
"Let me tell you, how come the Ming Dynasty is over after all? The co-authorship was sold by those corrupt officials——"
"I heard from my parents that Wanli Wanli would be more comfortable. Stone rice only costs five or six dollars, and the world will be peaceful..."
"My father is an Mingren, and my father is an Mingren. In the blink of an eye, I became a Shunren, and then I became a Qingren? Who can I ask to explain this?"
"My parents starved to death. I have seven brothers and sisters, but I am the only one alive. Two or three of my sons are gone. What a sin..."
"Corrupt officials must die and be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. They must imitate the great ancestor and directly skin them and stuff them with straw——"
The guests at tables three and five were all talking about it. As the drinks went into their stomachs, they were all filled with indignation and insults.
Many people shed tears as they talked about old stories from previous years.
Wang Euzhi was shocked, when did the fart people have such courage?
He looked at Huang Zongxi in confusion.
Huang Zongxi whispered two words: "Jingying——"
Wang Euzhi suddenly realized.
Before the emperor moved the capital, there were less than 100,000 people in Beijing. With the move, a large number of soldiers from the Beijing camp moved into Beijing. They were half sold and half given away by the court. They got a place to stay and became the main population of Beijing.
There are 100,000 Beijing campers, and including family members, most of the people in Beijing are descendants of the Beijing camp.
As a result, it must have arrogant capital.
"Me too." Huang Zongxi sighed: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate has spread the news. As the censor of the Shandong Supervision Department, I will have to go to Shandong for inspection in less than two days."
"Isn't there a patrol?"
"They don't answer anything." Huang Zongxi said disdainfully: "I patrol everywhere every day, but I don't see much happening. It seems that the world is peaceful."
"You are in the cabinet, so you should know about their memorials."
Recalling the memorials from various places, Huang Zongxi had to nod: "If you follow the rules, the world will be peaceful, there will be very few impeachments, and the local officialdom will be harmonious!"
"Harmony brings wealth!" Huang Zongxi said disdainfully: "If you act together, you will lose your integrity a long time ago. Besides, it's just because you are in this mountain."
Wang Fuzhi glanced at Huang Zongxi and asked with concern: "Can you find out?"
"I have served as a county magistrate for a time, of course I can."
Huang Zongxi said with great momentum.
Wang Fuzhi looked unbelieving.
"Well, the imperial court has matched me with someone."
Huang Zongxi said helplessly: "There is one old official each named Qianliang and Xingming, ten people from Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, and a team of people from the Beijing camp for personal protection."
"In Shandong alone, supervisory censors like me sent four teams."
The five provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan sent a total of twenty groups of supervisory censors, mainly teams, either openly or silently.
Once conclusive evidence is obtained, they can be detained first and handed over to Dali Temple for trial.
"Your Majesty, this is going to make a big noise!"
Wang Fuzhi was shocked.
"Before, I was busy fighting wars and didn't think about it for a while. Now that establishing slaves is not a concern, I naturally have to clean up the officialdom in a drastic way."
Huang Zongxi whispered: "It's normal for the Queen to settle accounts."
"By the way, don't you know how to be corrupt?"
"Shit, if I was corrupt, would I still live in a courtyard and walk to the government office?"
"That's true."
While the two were chatting and laughing, they cleared away the food and wine.
After returning home, Wang Fuzhi asked for another bowl of rice to fill his stomach.
Huang Zongxi had no time to spare, and a carriage came to pick him up for the banquet.
"Damu, you are living a comfortable life!"
"Where." Zheng Sen shook his head, looking at his envious eyes, he couldn't help but said: "My house also has a separate courtyard, why don't you go live there!"
"It's so troublesome to live in this courtyard."
"No, it's comfortable to live in the courtyard." Huang Zongxi narrowed his eyes, looked at Zheng Sen who was getting more energetic, and said seriously: "Are you going to be decentralized?"
"That's right."
Zheng Sen nodded and sighed: "As expected."
"Shandong Province, Yanzhou Prefecture, head of the Criminal Department, sixth grade."
The emperor reformed the official system. At the county level, there were six offices, with eight senior ranks; at the government level, there were six departments, with six senior ranks; at the provincial level, there were six divisions, with four senior ranks.
Climbing up step by step, from Zuoerguan to Zhengyinguan, and then to Zuoerguan reincarnation, can be said to be a great test of people's hearts.
Similarly, there is an obvious path for promotion in official circles.
Matching this is the examination method practiced by Zhang Juzheng, which was re-implemented after the North was deposed.
The Kao Cheng method means that the deadlines for what officials should do are recorded in three account books, and the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate register according to the account books and conduct inspections monthly.
In terms of political performance alone, officials are promoted and some are demoted.
But precisely because of this, corruption has been ignored under the cover of political achievements.
Such ills naturally need to be eliminated.
