On the sixth day of June in the 24th year of the Hongxing reign of the Ming Dynasty, at Pukou Xijiang Port, a brigade of Jinyi Guard Tiqi and Dongchang Fanzi had arrived, guarding one of the passenger terminals inside and out.
Scenes like this are rare in Pukou! The current Emperor Zhu does not engage in "imperial edicts", nor does he let factory guards arrest people on orders, let alone these spies to rectify the officialdom... Now the Ming Dynasty's officialdom has its own Metropolitan Procuratorate, Staff Department, The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Navy were responsible for rectification.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for anti-corruption, while the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Navy are responsible for examination results - Zhu Cihong's anti-corruption and examination results are very hated! Although anti-corruption and examination of official performance have been around since ancient times, they are not innovations. But Zhu Cihong will set targets for the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Personnel!
There is a target for how many dirty officials the Metropolitan Procuratorate will hand over every year! Don't say you can't hand it over... When did Ming Dynasty have a shortage of corrupt officials? Moreover, corrupt officials found by the Metropolitan Procuratorate are rewarded, and they can get a commission from the dirty money and property seized.
Moreover, there is a rule that "once you join the Procuratorate, you will lose your life." Anyone who joins the Procuratorate system is basically there for life. If you don't want to work, you can resign. Moreover, after the Procuratorate resigns, you can no longer work as an official in another yamen. Very few people can leave the procuratorate and find another job.
Therefore, if officials in the procuratorate system want to make some windfall, they must arrest more dirty officials!
In order to make it easier for the censors of the Procuratorate to "get rich", Emperor Zhu "invented" some methods of catching dirty officials. Among them, the most hated thing is the resignation review - this is for the chief officials of all levels of government. After one term of office is over, before leaving office, there will be a censor from the Procuratorate to investigate!
However, dirty officials in the Ming Dynasty don’t have to be too afraid, because there are also indicators for arresting people in the resignation review, and they are subdivided into several different levels (of course, when you reach a certain level, there will be no indicators, but there will still be Someone got hit), so we won’t catch them all. He will not only swat flies but not tigers.
But every year, a certain number of officials will be found bankrupt, and sometimes they will be exiled to Taiwan... So Ming officials must think clearly about the consequences when they reach out!
Of course you can fish for it, but the method must be secretive and you can no longer be unscrupulous.
Although this anti-corruption method of "fixing targets" and "having commissions" cannot eliminate corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, one thing is certain... it is better than having no targets, no commissions, and no professional censor (not allowed to When he was in office, corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty restrained themselves too much.
And this kind of anti-corruption is sustainable anti-corruption - anti-corruption work is profitable, and it will not eliminate all corrupt officials. It can be caught slowly and slowly, and it will not kill people indiscriminately... The most serious thing , that is, being exiled to Taiwan, killing the whole family, and annihilating the nine tribes, Emperor Zhu will not come. Because in his opinion, indiscriminate killing is not only unfair (corrupt officials may not distribute the money to the nine tribes), but also unsustainable.
What Zhu Cixiang pursues is sustainable anti-corruption...that is, controlling corruption to a level that the Ming Dynasty can bear.
Like the anti-corruption campaign of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the success of the Civil Service system (the Civil Service Department has a certain vertical management relationship with provincial, prefecture, and county officials), the Military Department system, and the Navy Department system are also sustainable. Of course, it also causes headaches for the people below. Because there is a elimination (relegation) system for those who pass the exam!
In other words, officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty will face being eliminated or demoted because their test scores are not good enough - and there are targets for elimination and demotion.
Of course, this indicator for elimination from the lowest position is hated by others, but if there is no indicator, then the examination results for the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Navy will definitely become a mere formality.
In addition, eliminating some officials every year can also free up more positions for newcomers or lower-level officials (promotion). New officials are generally more motivated when taking office.
Therefore, after elimination and downgrading became a system, Zhu Cixiang rebuilt the official retirement system. Regardless of whether they are civilian officials or military attachés, they will retire from officialdom at a specified age according to their rank (officials with higher grades retire later) and receive a retirement salary.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty officialdom can add a lot of fresh blood every year, and it will be easier for lower-level officials to rise...
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Navy were there to rectify the officialdom, the two special agencies, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, no longer had to catch officials and imprison them for questioning.
Therefore, it is very rare for Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's spies to be dispatched in large numbers. But such a rare scene still appeared at Pukou West Port Pier today!
Westport Pier is an important waterway passenger and freight terminal in Pukou, with countless goods and passengers coming in and out here every day. The rare scene of factory guards being dispatched certainly attracted the attention of merchants.
On both sides of the street outside the pier, many merchants and Pukou citizens had gathered to watch the excitement. Among them were some timid Pukou people who actually asked the factory guards what they were talking about.
"What day is it today? Why are you here at Xijiang Port? You won't catch any traitor, right?"
Tiqi from Jinyiwei actually answered the question - because this is not a topic of non-proliferation, but news that needs to be spread outside.
"Shunzhi was caught!"
Everyone was a little confused when they heard this name, but soon someone remembered something.
"Shunzhi? It sounds familiar... He's some kind of big thief, right?"
"Isn't the name of the rogue bandit's country Shun? Isn't this Shunzhi the rogue bandit's leader?"
"They are not rogues, they are the pseudo-emperors of Donglu." There are still people who understand! Someone soon remembered, "That's the one named Shunzhi! That's our great enemy of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Ah, Shunzhi, the false emperor of Donglu... seems to have died in a sea of fire?"
Some people think of the story of Emperor Shunzhi being burned to death. This story was published in newspapers and publicized for many days.
A guard in Jinyi shook his head and said: "That's a fake death. He has been hiding outside for many years, and he was finally caught this time!"
"I just remembered, it seems that some factory guards went to Prince Gong's Mansion and Marquis Yanen's Mansion to check things out a while ago."
Another Jinyiwei explained: "That's because Prince Gong and Marquis Yanen are suspected of secretly collaborating with the puppet emperor Shunzhi...so Long Live Lord issued an order to allow Jinyiwei to search for evidence of crime."
At this moment, the cavalrymen of the brigade were already escorting three prison cars and driving out from the pier. Behind the leading prison car, there was a young man wearing the uniform of a county king, riding a horse. He was personally escorted by the Ming Dynasty prince. The person who could enjoy this treatment must be the pseudo-emperor of Shunzhi.
All the people watching the excitement stopped talking and talking, but stretched their necks and looked attentively - the emperor of Donglu! What an incredible thief, you must take a closer look.
At first glance, the big guy was not disappointed.
Inside the prison car was a burly man with a full face and a thick beard. He had a fierce face and seemed to have some Hu people blood. A pair of moves still showed a fierce look.
It looks so cruel! He must have done a lot of bad things that were harmful to the world!
Seeing so many people watching the fun, "Shunzhi" got excited and shouted: "Wow... I am the most heroic man in the Qing Dynasty, Grandpa Shunzhi! Who are you waiting for to fight with me?" !”
There is no doubt that this is the real Shunzhi!
Everyone who watched the fun believed it!
The image of Shunzhi is similar to the one on the stage. He is a tall and strong man. What do the Manchus call him Batulu? If Shunzhi can be the emperor of Manchuria, he must be the best Baturu in Manchuria...
Following the prison van, watching the "No. 1 Batulu in Manchuria" howling and screaming, Luoshan County Prince Zhu Cixi felt an ominous sign.
If the errand is done like this, it should be considered a failure, right?
If Shunzhi like this is handed over to the emperor, will he be refunded? If the goods are really returned, where can I find a real Shunzhi to deliver the goods?
