When the British Duke Zhang Shize learned that he was going to be the censor of the right capital, he thought that the military commander of the Generalissimo's Palace of Fujun was joking with him.
He is a noble man and a military attache, how can he be the censor of the right capital? Shouldn't the censor be a civil servant who came from the imperial examination?
"British Sir, in the past, the censors had to deal with many things. They had to speak out about political gains and losses, as well as the benefits and disadvantages of the military and civilians... so it was appropriate to be a Jinshi. Now the censors only care about catching corrupt officials. Using Jinshi as censor is overkill."
In the Pingshan Hall of Daming Temple, Zhu Cixiang was smiling and explaining the latest function of the censor to Zhang Shize, who had come to resign.
"No Jinshi?" Zhang Shize frowned and spread his hands, "But you can't let me be the censor. I don't know how to catch corrupt officials..."
"Why not?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "You don't know how to catch corrupt officials, you will always become a corrupt official, right? You have been an official in Beijing for so many years, haven't you ever been corrupt? Those old Xi Salt Manager, Shiba Zhi and Wu Xiang Have they never sent any money to your family? They must have, right? You have experience as a corrupt official, so you must be very good at catching corrupt officials!"
"My lord..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Shize's dark face turned pale with fright, and he became speechless. He even stood up from the chair and was about to kneel down.
"Don't kneel, don't kneel, Mr. British, don't be afraid..." Zhu Cixiang smiled and waved his hand, "Although I know that you have been greedy a lot, you are the hero of overcoming difficulties! The credit is great, it is enough to compensate Not only will I not pursue the past sins, but I will also grant you land and a house after you arrive in Nanjing!"
British Duke Zhang Shize is a man of solid character. When Zhu Cixiang said this, he felt that his contribution was quite great. He helped the prince to block the city gate, donated military salary to the prince, fought against rogue bandits in Tianjin Guards, and protected the emperor at Dagukou. Among the dignitaries who fled south, apart from Zhu Chunchen, he had the greatest credit.
"That's what Mr. Qiantose said," he chuckled, and sat down again. "I do have some merit... I wonder how many houses I can get?"
He is a distinguished nobleman from Beijing. His land and residence are all around Beijing, but he has no property in Nanjing. He was a refugee again, he didn't have much money with him, and he had a large family, so he was a bit left with nothing.
Listening to his question, Zhu Cixiang sighed bitterly: "Mr. British, do you know that I am in debt now?"
"Debt? Since when did His Highness owe debt?" Zhang Shize was stunned when he heard this. You are so rich, how can you be in debt? Before the millions scraped in Beijing were spent, four more salt bosses were arrested in Yangzhou and their houses were searched! The other four salt bosses were also frightened and bleeding profusely. The salt tax was 6 million taels a year!
When you usurp the throne, you will definitely be the richest prince in the history of Ming Dynasty!
"The new army of more than 60,000 people to overcome difficulties!" Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said, "You should know this, right? Starting from the Marshal's Mansion, everyone can divide their fields! The minimum is 50 acres of paddy fields, and there are more for each level above. Plus! With more than 60,000 people, ten million acres is simply not enough! The nobles and officials who followed us also get points! Even millions of acres are not enough!
Sir, you have to help me find tens of millions of acres in the southeast. Only after you have found them can the soldiers of the new army who can overcome difficulties continue to defend the court, and your family's land and house can be secured. "
"This, this, this... Qiantose Master wants to influence the nobles in the capital and the Southeast Guard?" British Duke Zhang Shize was just sincere, not a fool. Of course he understood what Zhu Cixiang wanted to do.
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Why are you so immovable? I am the most lenient. Don't you, the British father-in-law, know that?"
Yeah? Are you still lenient? The British public looked disbelieving.
Zhu Cixiang also frowned a little, why is this Duke so honest? But it doesn't matter, I am a real person and I never tell lies.
"Your Majesty," Zhu Cixiang said in a calm tone, "I am sending you a mission to fight the commanders, co-presidents, ministers, Qianhu, and Baihu of the Eighth Guards and Thirty-fourth Division on the Huaiyang Second Mansion territory. The family...this time was not as polite as when they were in Denglai Second Mansion! How much land Bawei 24th owned was clearly stated in the fish scale atlas. Not even an acre should be lost, and all of it had to be handed over. come out!
Those commanders, colleagues, officials, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and those military-registered officials, if they are willing to cooperate well, hand over the land, and then move their families to Huai'an and Yangzhou. I will not ask them how much they have been corrupt in the past, but will allow them to keep their money and take the official examination.
If you are unwilling to cooperate, then don't be polite. What to do if you invade and occupy the military camp? It is clearly written in the Ming Dynasty law! "
He looked at British Duke Zhang Shize, "British Duke, would you like to take a team of right censors and imperial censors with you on this mission?"
"Master Chitose, what are the Right Prosecutor's Censor and Ducha Yushi?" Zhang Shize was a little confused.
Zhu Cixiang said: "The decree on the reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be issued soon. At that time, the censors will be divided into the left and right classes. The left class will investigate the corruption of civil servants, and the right class will investigate the corruption of military attachés. Among them, the left class censors will be investigated for corruption, except for the left censorship of the capital. In addition, they are all appointed by the juren and scholars, not by the Jinshi, and they are not allowed to be transferred to other positions. Once they enter the procuratorate, they will be censors until they become officials. However, the salary is preferential, and those who have meritorious service in handling the case can also share in the recovered dirty silver!
The right-ban censors were appointed by the children of Xunwei, and those below the right-du censors were censors from the time they entered the procuratorate until they became official. In the same way, the salary is favorable, and there are also dividends to be obtained!
As for the captains of the Imperial Academy, they are drawn from the army and are responsible for arrests, searches, custody and other matters. They serve for no more than two years, during which they can receive double pay, and will be transferred back to the army after the expiration of the term. "
After Zhang Shize listened to Zhu Cixiang's introduction, cold sweat broke out on his forehead! Prince Zhu wants to use cruel officials to rectify the administration!
He will definitely get a group of northern candidates, scholars and nobles who have lost their property and gone crazy, and ask them to investigate corrupt officials and nobles in the south. If they find out the stolen money, they can still share it, and they will not be allowed to hold other official positions. .....
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "My Lord, there is nothing I can do about it... If I don't check, what will I give to the new army soldiers? What will I give to nobles and officials like you who follow you loyally? You Go and have a good talk with those people first. As long as they are willing to spit out the military villages, farms and houses they swallowed, and then come to Yangzhou to plead guilty, I will not ask about anything else!
As for you, Duke of England, don’t be afraid. You are my loyal minister. I won’t let you be investigated. No matter how fierce the Right Ban Censor is, he can’t hurt you! Lord British, are you loyal or not? "
It turns out that Zhu Cixiang was not a good prince who could not rub his eyes out of his eyes. He did not tolerate corruption and bribery, but he did not tolerate officials who were upright after making money.
If you want to make money, you have to be a dog! Be obedient, do things well, and don't be too greedy. I just pretend that I can't see you... Who told us that this is a feudal society. It is normal for corrupt officials to exist in feudal society. Everyone should be like Hai Rui and Bao Qingtian. , what kind of democratic revolution is there?
"Loyal! I am the most loyal, and I am loyal to His Highness the Crown Prince!" How could Zhang Shize dare to say he was disloyal? If you say you are unfaithful, your wealth and life will be lost!
"Just be loyal. Go back and make preparations. Once I have found a helper for you, go and investigate corrupt officials."
Zhang Shize thought of something at this time, and frowned slightly: "Master Qiansui, as far as I know, there are many commanders, colleagues and ministers in the Huai and Yang guards who have people... .If I investigate too harshly, I'm afraid someone from Liudu will jump in to protect me."
Now there are two power centers in Yangzhou and Nanjing in the southeast!
Although the two sides have not yet broken up, it is obvious that the nobles and officials in Nanjing are disobeying Yangzhou.
So far, none of the Nandu bigwigs such as Zhao Zhilong, Han Zanzhou, and Xu Hongji have come to Yangzhou to see them!
Zhu Cixi smiled: "Then we need to investigate more! After investigating Huaiyang, go to Liudu! By then there will be many corrupt officials lining up for you to investigate... You have to Hurry up.
By the way, I have found a helper for you. His name was Ji Kun. He was a member of the Yangzhou Guards. He had a reputation as a civil servant. He was temporarily given the title of Zuoban Supervisory Censor. There were also many military and civilian officials among the Huaiyang Guards, and he was asked to investigate! "
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