November 16, the first year of Chongzhen.
The commander of the Jin Yiwei, Li Zhong, personally led 500 Jin Yiwei to surround the Shi family.
Then boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were carried out from the Shi family and opened directly in front of many people.
After finishing the statistics, he took the money and food obtained from the confiscation of the Shi family's house and walked around the capital.
"No, Jin Yiwei started ransacking homes again?"
"Fart, open your eyes wide and see how much money is in this. Shi Fenglai, that bitch, deserves to be here today."
"I've only heard of the horrors of Jin Yiwei's imprisonment, but I didn't expect that Jin Yiwei could actually catch corrupt officials. I guess Jin Yiwei has a bad reputation, and it was also ruined by these corrupt officials."
After hearing the quiet discussions among the people, many of the Jin Yiwei who were hiding in the crowd secretly made up their minds to arrest a few more dog officers.
Just when Li Zhong and the Jin Yiwei were having a festival in the capital with the items confiscated from the Shi family.
Zhang Ruitu, Li Guo personally led the soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and surrounded hundreds of officials' mansions.
Suddenly, all the officials in the capital were in panic, fearing that His Majesty would raid their homes.
"I heard that after the great victory in Liaodong, His Majesty had no money to reward the soldiers, so he ransacked Master Shi's house."
"That's nonsense. When the Jin Yiwei raided the Shi family and paraded through the streets, I was watching. There were five cars loaded with just silver. How come you don't have 100,000 taels of silver? A chief minister's salary is only one year. How many?....."
"Kill well, kill wisely, and corrupt officials should be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts."
"I heard from the grandson of the third uncle next door that Jin Yiwei handed His Majesty a coupon yesterday, and then His Majesty got furious. I guess this time it must have something to do with the coupon submitted by Jin Yiwei."
"Is it true? What kind of information did Jin Yiwei submit? Could it be that something went wrong in Liaodong?"
"Bah, bah, bah, fuck your shit! The slaves have been driven into North Korea, how can they still make a comeback?"
"Wang Laosan, tell me quickly, what did the brochure submitted by Jin Yiwei say? Can it make His Majesty furious?"
"The grandson of the third uncle next door to me is just a little eunuch. Not to mention that he can't come into contact with memorials. Even if he comes into contact with him, he can't even read a few Chinese characters. It's impossible to recognize him. .”
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November 17, the first year of Chongzhen.
Looking at the half-missed official, Zhu Youjian's expression turned ugly.
"Tell me, is your salary not enough for your life?" Zhu Youjian roared on the dragon throne.
"I know that I have sinned. Please calm down, Your Majesty."
"I know that I have sinned. Please calm down, Your Majesty."
"From now on, all civil servants under the age of sixty and members of the Ming Dynasty royal family must take time to harvest one acre of land every year during the busy farming season. During this period, the Jin Yiwei and the people will supervise together, and no one is allowed to help. Anyone who violates the order will be dismissed and investigated.
Every year after Qingming Festival, we fast for 2 days. ....
This is a regular event and can be postponed if disaster strikes. "
In the court, Wang Chengen repeated Zhu Youjian's words word for word.
As he said one word after another, all the officials couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.
Harvesting an acre of land wouldn't exhaust them to death?
You can't starve them to death after fasting for 2 days?
Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money.
From ancient times to the present, has any dynasty had official salaries as low as those in the Ming Dynasty?
Nowadays, is there anyone who can let someone do that and still be regarded as a high-ranking official?
'No, no. It is necessary to stop His Majesty's wrong decision. '
"Your Majesty, I have my own foundation. The foundation of royal government lies in farming. When farming is busy, it is the time to collect taxes..."
"Master Zhang, starting from the third year of Tianqi, Yangzhou salt merchants have to pay 800 taels of tribute every year.
In the 6th year of the Apocalypse, he collected 600 taels of silver from a wealthy family in Cangzhou to help his son escape the sanctions of the Ming Dynasty.
Apocalypse 6..... "
Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, and Li Zhong, the commander of the Jinyiwei on the side, hurriedly came out and scolded him.
As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, although he does not have Zhu Youjian's absolute trust, he still understands the most basic sense of words and expressions.
His Majesty's move is to take advantage of this anti-corruption campaign and force the power of Beijing officials to push forward this decree.
It's not that the officials don't understand, it's because the royal family is so kind to these officials that they forget who is the master of the world.
"Drag him out. Search his house." Zhu Youjian directly sentenced the other party to death in one sentence.
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Your Majesty is wise."
If the leader is beaten, the rest of the people will naturally not dare to be presumptuous. After all, this is not the Hongwu period. After so many years of indulgence, how many honest officials are there?
Even if you are not greedy, who can guarantee that you and your tribe have not done anything illegal?
Although His Majesty's two decrees may cost me half my life in the future, it is better than losing one life now.
And everyone knows that the emperors of the old Zhu family generally do not live long, and His Majesty is such a monster. Maybe it will disappear one day.
. . . . .
"His Majesty has decreed that next year each household will be exempted from taxes on 3 acres of cultivated land!
His Majesty has ordered that in order to avoid the situation where officials are unaware of the sufferings of the people, all civil servants under the age of 60 and members of the Ming Dynasty royal family must take time to harvest 1 acre of land during the busy farming season. During this period, the Jin Yiwei and the people will supervise together. No one is allowed to help. Those who violate the order will be dismissed and investigated!
His Majesty has ordered that from now on, within 3 months, everyone must report the land and the concealed population according to the actual situation. Anyone who has concealed it will be severely punished!
His Majesty has ordered that from now on, within 3 months, previously corrupt officials will hand over the corrupt funds. They will only be exempted from their duties and will not be held accountable for other matters. If they fail to hand over, they will be severely punished!
……. "
With the issuance of the imperial decree and the deliberate publicity of the secret guards and the Qiming Chamber of Commerce, the entire news quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Suddenly, countless ordinary people at the bottom couldn't help but kneel on the ground and shouted: Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live your Majesty.
But there are also countless high-ranking officials, nobles, landlords and wealthy people who secretly want to eat Zhu Youjian alive.
Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.
If it had been left in the past, Zhu Youjian would not have dared to do this.
Suddenly offended almost all powerful people in the country.
But now, Zhu Youjian is really not afraid.
Things in Liaodong have been stabilized, and Mongolia's strength has been greatly reduced.
In addition to the more than 100,000 elites of the imperial court who stayed in Liaodong, an army of 400,000 elites of the imperial court is now near the capital.
In addition, "Meishan" has been upgraded to level 6, and the Liaodong victory is here. Zhu Youjian is really not afraid of trouble.
As for the rebellion, Zhu Youjian was not worried at all.
Not to mention other things, over the past year, Zhu Youjian felt that he was still qualified as an emperor.
Putting aside foreign wars for the moment, just a few major events such as exempting 300 yuan from wages, lowering salt prices, providing relief with work, and properly resettling millions of Shaanxi victims due to drought are enough to ensure that Zhu Youjian is a leader in the hearts of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty. Mingjun.
In addition, Zhu Youjian was playing a conspiracy, and coupled with the speed of information transmission by the secret guards and Qiming Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Youjian did not want to believe how many ignorant people those people could confuse.
There are no innocent people as a shield, and Zhu Youjian has taken a step back. Next to the heads of Horqin's senior officials. Zhu Youjian didn't believe how many people dared to rebel at the risk of confiscating their homes and destroying their ancestors.
