However, it is also stipulated that if a father and a son are officials in the same dynasty and the father has not become an official, the son cannot serve as the commander of the eight imperial armies, the commander of the four battalions, and the commander of the frontier army. Without going through these positions, if you want to achieve the top military attache positions such as the commander of the Sima Infantry in front of the palace, or the deputy privy envoy, or the border army defense ambassador, don't even think about it.
Even the highest positions in the Guard, such as Jiedushi and Deputy Jiedushi, were simply impossible. What's more, his father is not the only son, but also has a Jinshi who later became a fourth-grade prefect. But because his father did not become an official, he could only serve as the younger brother of a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Etiquette.
What's more, the emperor is now more willing to use generals from civilian backgrounds. None of the commanders of the four major battalions are from aristocratic families. Even if he is the deputy envoy, he is the only one who is from a noble family. Deputy Ambassador Guo knew very well that if he wanted to develop in the future, it would be difficult for him to leave without someone he could speak to in the court.
Therefore, he did not want to stop at the position of commander and deputy envoy of the capital, and was far more concerned about the battles among the princes than his immediate superior. Even if you don't participate, you are paying close attention. However, he also knew that the emperor had problems with hiring people, so he still put his hope in the next emperor. After all, as he has just turned forty, he is still young and strong enough to wait.
With this kind of thinking in mind, although he had been watching the fight between the princes with a cold eye, he was fully aware of it. Originally, in his impression, these princes had always done anything to fight for power. Deputy Ambassador Guo, who was born in a noble family, was not very clear about the methods of these princes. Because more than one prince had tried to win over him.
But for Deputy Envoy Guo, who thought he had seen everything, the behavior of the British king who had just left the palace less than a year ago, or to be precise, what he had done since entering the Xiaoqi camp, made him unable to see it at all. well. If it had been another prince, he had finally seized the military power, but he still had to desperately place his own people?
But after the British king entered the Xiaoqi camp, he did not interfere in any military affairs. Even when troops were sent to quell the rebellion, the original members of the Xiaoqi Battalion were used, and not even a single person of his own was deployed there. If the King of England did this, it was because he knew what the emperor's bottom line was and did not want to get into trouble. But why was such a great opportunity to win over the people abandoned in vain?
With the current situation in Zhengzhou, there is no need to say what to do. As long as he, the powerful envoy to deal with Zhengzhou, comes out to appease the people, at least his popularity in Zhengzhou will skyrocket. If it had been anyone else, he would have pretended to love the people and care about their sufferings. But it happened that the King of England, who had repeatedly opposed the prince for the sake of the refugees, refused to show even a single face.
Although I am also very concerned about the people outside the magistrate's office who are complaining. But he refused to even provide the most basic comfort, which made Deputy Envoy Guo a little confused. It's just that he doesn't know now that it's not that Huang Qiong doesn't want to take care of it, but that he really has no way to take care of it at the moment. The paper is easy to receive, but implementation requires people to implement it.
At present, in the entire Zhengzhou Prefecture and the surrounding three states and twenty-one counties, civil servants are either being coerced into joining the rebel army or openly participating in the rebellion. The officials who now control the three prefectures and twenty-one counties in this prefecture are all military attachés sent by the Xiaoqi Battalion. The Xiaoqi camp is a large army organized by the imperial court, and there is no problem in fighting on the battlefield. But in this place of governance, seven or six of the six apertures are fully understood, and the rest are completely ignorant.
If those military attaches are asked to do these things, it is estimated that good things will turn into bad things. After all, only one of them, Master Yu, had served as a county magistrate and had transferred from a civil official to a military official. It will take time for the court to replenish officials. Before these newly added civil servants arrive, even if I want to receive these papers, it will be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
The most important thing is that Huang Qiong is now very jealous of the attitudes of those clans. Although there are only two princes named King Jing and Prince Duan in Henan, there are quite a few clans sealed in Hebei Road, Shandong Road and Shanxi Road around Zhengzhou. Especially Hebei Road and Shandong Road are the areas with the highest concentration of feudal clans in Daqi.
Just as the commander in the capital said, on the surface, the only way to solve this problem is to return the land occupied by Prince Jing's Mansion. But in fact, the root cause lies in the clan's unscrupulous methods of plundering people's land. It is true that one move can affect the whole body. If one problem cannot be resolved, he will become the mortal enemy of the entire clan of the Qi Dynasty.
In addition to these points, another point is the emperor's attitude. The emperor has not yet given an attitude on how to deal with the property of Prince Jing's Mansion, which undoubtedly makes Huang Qiong feel very troubled now. I sent out my thoughts on what to do with the property of Prince Jing's Mansion yesterday along with a note asking for credit from the Xiaoqi Camp.
But even though it was said to be eight hundred miles away, it was from Hulao Pass to Jingzhao Prefecture, and then from Jingzhao Prefecture to Zhengzhou. Even after receiving his own instructions, the emperor immediately approved it. But when it is transferred to one's own hands, it won't be possible without a few days. Before receiving a clear attitude from the emperor, Huang Qiong had to think twice even if he wanted to deal with it.
Huang Qiong knew very well that although the emperor gave him great rights, there were still many restrictions. The so-called right to make decisions on the spur of the moment is only given to oneself to handle the war. It was still up to the emperor to decide how to deal with Zhengzhou officials and the properties of Prince Jing's Mansion. If you kill first and report later, it will be difficult for the emperor to explain it to you.
Therefore, after much hesitation, Huang Qiong still waited for the arrival of the commander-in-chief of the capital and Su Changshi, the new prefect of Zhengzhou. Anyway, even if he came forward, he would not have the manpower to deal with it. Just saying that, Huang Qiong's brows furrowed when he saw the papers and the results of the property seizure of the officials involved in the rebellion.
Although he didn't invent fire, his somewhat ferocious expression showed the anger in his heart. Seeing Huang Qiong's somewhat ferocious expression, Deputy Ambassador Guo, who came to deliver the files in person, swallowed his saliva and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the confessions of those who were tortured, the things on these papers are basically true."
"Also, except for Prince Jing's Mansion, which has not been inspected for the time being because he did not follow the Holy Order, the other residences of officials who participated in the rebellion have been inspected. Although the inspection has not been completed yet because the Xiaoqi Camp lacks financial management experts. But only Judging from some of the belongings that have been counted, all the general can think of is shocking."
"Only the property in the Zhengzhou magistrate's house that was counted first included three hundred ingots of gold and more than one thousand two hundred ingots of silver. There were more than seventy silver notes from Wuwei Bank Wan Guanqi. The rest of the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and house deeds were at least The value is more than half a million guan. There are 23 land deeds, totaling more than 40,000 acres of land. In addition, according to the confession of his captured housekeeper, a large amount of property was transported back to his hometown."
"As for the chai soldier and horse envoy, the amount of gold and silver is not that much, but it is not too different. There are 500 gold and silver ingots each, and the total value of Wuwei Bank's silver notes is more than 300,000 yuan. But the land deeds are all over Jingzhao, Zhengzhou, Bianzhou, Guide, and even Hebei Road, Shanxi Road, and Shandong Road total no less than ten thousand hectares. In the mansion, all kinds of silk, brocade, and silk are piled up like mountains, and some of them are even rotten."
"In addition, a large amount of property was confiscated from the homes of officials at all levels under the Zhengzhou Prefecture. For one county magistrate alone, the property confiscated from the home was worth at least 150,000 guan, and he had more than 30 wives and concubines, most of whom were redeemed from brothels. Come out. Because there are too many wives and concubines, the method of summoning wives and concubines is to turn over the cards."
Speaking of this, Deputy Ambassador Guo, who was considered to be a child of a noble family and had a very broad vision, said with some emotion: "Your Majesty, Zhengzhou Prefecture was upgraded from Zhili Prefecture to a prefecture only after King Jing became the vassal. It will not be more than this year. Over the past few years, the officials of Zhengzhou Prefecture have made so much ill-gotten wealth, and the people of Zhengzhou have really been deceived."
"Our old man served in the army for half his life and held important positions, but the wealth at home is probably far inferior to that of a county magistrate. Those civil servants always say that we military attachés are vulgar, but when it comes to the means of making money, I am afraid that the people of the Qi Dynasty All the military attaches put together, oh, not counting the Chai soldiers and horse envoys. They are not as good as the Zhengzhou magistrate."
Deputy Envoy Guo's emotion made Huang Qiong silent. What could he say, what else could he say? Not to mention others, his cousin, the chai soldier and horse envoy, allowed smuggling when he was in the border army, armed smugglers, protected private interests, and even killed smugglers who did not pay him protection fees. Does my own emperor really know nothing about it?
Without the connivance of my own emperor, my so-called cousin would not dare to make money like this even if he had the courage. If we were to count the origins of how these officials got to where they are today, I am afraid that I, the emperor, would be the first person responsible. If he was really iron-fisted, how could the government be so corrupted as it is today?
As for how much money these officials made, Huang Qiong can now be said to be numb. The rows of numbers on the file no longer represent anything to Huang Qiong. In his eyes at this moment, it is not uncommon for officials to be corrupt at this time. It would be truly rare if there were such honest officials.
But what makes Huang Qiong angry is that the person in his second brother's house actually used his own hands to make a lot of money. The second manager of Prince Jing's Mansion, who was not even a humble official, had a fortune as high as 100,000 yuan, more than 1,000 acres of land to his name, and more than ten wives and concubines in his outer house. Most of these wives and concubines were snatched away by him relying on the power of Prince Jing's Mansion.
As for Liu Hu, the family-destroying enemy, he is known as the number one bully in Prince Jing’s Mansion and is also the chief steward of the Prince Jing’s Mansion. It can be said that he did all kinds of evil in order to protect the power of Prince Jing's palace, rape other women, and seize people's property. As long as the wives and daughters of the common people in Zhengzhou City fell in his fancy, almost none could escape his clutches.
It even developed to the point where they would take a fancy to someone's wife and daughter while walking on the street. Follow him directly to other people's homes and commit adultery in front of other people's husbands and sons. I have had enough fun, and I let my thugs continue to do it. Over the past few years, he had insulted countless wives and daughters in Zhengzhou Mansion. But under the powerful protection of Prince Jing's Mansion, the families of the victims were unable to find any way to seek help.
In addition to robbing women by any means necessary, unlike other people who are interested in land, this person is more interested in other people's businesses. As long as he likes a shop, he will do whatever it takes to get it. Over the past few years, most of the pawn shops, antique shops, and grain shops in Zhengzhou City have been occupied by this person.
Relying on the power of Prince Jing's Mansion, those who had their shops, wives and daughters occupied did not even have a place to complain. In recent years, there have been even more interferences in development. Anyone who wants to file a lawsuit will lose even a reasonable lawsuit if he does not give him benefits or gifts.
The files in front of us are no longer just the blood and sweat of the people of Zhengzhou, but the blood and tears of the people of Zhengzhou. These people have made a lot of money, but the people of Zhengzhou have suffered. No wonder Liu Hu once said that when he met him for the first time, his emperor sent a disaster star to Zhengzhou.
