When Feng Ziying came out of Qiao Yingjia's house, it was already dark.
Qiao Yingjia left the meal.
Feng Ziying will not be polite either.
Different from Qi Yongtai's light and simple diet, Qiao Yingjia's family pays attention to food, especially the dinner, which is extremely delicate and tasteful.
According to Feng Ziying's observation, although Qiao Yingjia is not that pedantic, he is still more particular about character.
Shanxi scholars have some kind of livelihood at home. Qiao Yingjia is very particular about food, but he doesn't care much about other things. The condition of his mansion is average, an old mansion, and there are not many wives and concubines. One wife and two concubines, which is a relatively standard scholar norm. , like Qi Yongtai, he is a model in this regard.
During this period, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Justice were in the limelight, and they had even overshadowed the original Tongcang case.
The Jingcang case was even more filthy than the Tongcang case, and it was even less meticulous. The four Jingcang ambassadors and deputy ambassadors were really good at catching it.
Under the extremely skillful interrogation and torture of the old officials in the Criminal Department, he quickly collapsed. Moreover, because of the shock of the Tongcang case, they unified their approach first and collapsed even more quickly.
They obviously underestimated the evil of human nature. When they were caught by the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they rushed to explain other people's problems. They even revealed all the previous collusive confessions in order to protect themselves. The result was that they poured beans through bamboo tubes and vomited all over. net.
In just three days, the number of criminals arrested in the Jingcang case exceeded that of the Tongcang case. This is also the result wanted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishments, which is to overwhelm the Tongcang case led by the Shuntian government office in the limelight.
Both "Today's News" and "Internal Reference" have dedicated special issues to introduce the detection of major cases in Jingtong Ercang. Although there is inevitably subjective conjecture, speculation, and exaggeration, this is the characteristic of news newspapers, so this has become this In the past month or two, it has been the most popular topic of conversation among the people inside and outside the capital city after dinner.
The emperor is wise and the court is powerful. These have become the most commonly used words in "Today's News" when publishing this case. It is nothing more than to show that the court's laws are inviolable and you will be caught if you stretch your hand. In short, everyone is happy.
The biggest beneficiary of everyone's happiness was the imperial court, which not only improved the law and discipline, but also gained a lot.
Especially when the National Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue entered the substantive preparatory stage due to the establishment of the Huaiyang Town of the Ministry of War and the huge expenses required, the sudden outbreak of the Jingtong Two Warehouses case ushered in huge benefits.
After several debates in the court, it was finally decided to recover the money collected in the two cases as soon as possible to supplement the shortage of the national treasury.
It is required that the first batch of one million taels of stolen money be recovered before the end of June, of which 600,000 taels will be handed over to the Shuntian Prefecture, and 400,000 taels will be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Justice. The second batch will be recovered by the end of September. The amount of stolen money approved was also one million taels, with Shuntian Prefecture, the Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment each receiving 500,000 taels. The rest of the stolen money would be handed over before the end of the year after being sold.
Since a lot of the stolen money that needs to be handed over exists in the form of property, houses, shops, and fields, a lot of energy needs to be spent on selling and monetizing these things. Therefore, under Feng Ziying's suggestion, Du Cha The hospital, the Ministry of Household Affairs and Shuntian Prefecture also formed a sales committee, with Qiao Yingjia, Wang Yongguang and Feng Ziying responsible for organizing the sale of these seized goods.
Feng Ziying went to Qiao Yingjia's house this time to discuss with Qiao Yingjia how to handle this matter.
Qiao Yingjia also didn't like such mundane tasks that were similar to businessmen's style. The Ministry of Revenue only wanted to put the one million taels of silver into the treasury as soon as possible. It was left to Shuntian Mansion to handle it. Of course, Qiao Yingjia also specifically told Feng Ziying that this matter should be handled as soon as possible, but it should not be handed over to others, and it must be done carefully and securely.
Feng Ziying had guessed before that this group of people would leave this matter to her. As expected, she really did leave it all to herself. Moreover, time was running out, and two hundred yuan would be sold before September. Come and hand over ten thousand taels of silver.
According to current calculations, the gold and silver equivalent is only about 800,000 taels, most of which exist in the form of various pearls and jade jewelry, furs, precious medicinal materials, shops, farms, and houses, of which the number of houses is as much as There are nearly a hundred places, mainly in the capital city, but there are also quite a few in places like Yangzhou, Jinling, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Ningbo. There are also farmhouses in the north and south, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. These all cost money. A lot of energy is spent on inventory and calculation, and only then can we talk about sales.
Fortunately, these things in this era are not as sophisticated and professional as later generations, especially the government operations, which are even more rough and direct. Find a few insiders to estimate the price, and in order to sell it as soon as possible, most of them have a low base price, and strive to sell it as soon as possible. , and there won’t be too much fussing.
After entering this world for seven or eight years, Feng Ziying realized more and more deeply that the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not bad in theory, but there was a big gap in practical implementation.
In other words, there are many people who have high ambitions and low power.
Either because they don’t bother to do things that are mostly performed by staff, or because they lack experience in this area, or because they don’t like to do this kind of thing in the first place, and would rather talk about the classics and meanings of moral study. , which resulted in inefficiency and prominent delay and shirk in the advancement of government affairs.
Although it is not said that all officials are like this, many officials Feng Ziying comes into contact with have this tendency, even Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia.
To be honest, Feng Ziying had the same feeling in Shuntian Mansion. Fu Shi was pretty good, but he was still jerky in using it. He still needed reminders from the staff on many matters, and Feng Ziying was also thinking about what would happen if she left these staff. If officials are used as a crutch, can these officials still do their jobs?
In contrast, officials like Situ Nan, Li Wenzheng, and Li Jianxing, who is preparing to succeed Li Wenzheng as the prison secretary, have all been immersed in various fields for many years. They are very familiar with these matters and can handle them with ease. The only thing they need to worry about is It’s their integrity, their professional ethics.
But having said that, do these officials have much better moral integrity than the officials? Feng Ziying feels that this is not necessarily the case. It is still a matter of institutional supervision.
As soon as the carriage entered Fengcheng Hutong, Baoxiang came out to welcome him, "Sir, the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion is here. He is at the gate of the mansion."
Feng Ziying frowned, Jia She is here again? This guy is simply haunted. Is he sure he can kill him?
I really don’t want to see this guy, but so what if I don’t see him? This guy comes to pester him all the time when he has nothing to do. How can I have so much energy to fight with him? You can't just not go home just because this guy is standing at the door, right?
Feng Ziying couldn't explain her emotions clearly. Firstly, she wanted to take Yingchun as her concubine. Secondly, because of Wang Xifeng's affairs, Wang Xifeng was also her daughter-in-law. Although they were reconciled, in such a big feudal family, reconciliation was not a good idea. She has not left home yet, and is still regarded as a member of this family in a sense, but she has made her pregnant. This makes her somewhat awkward when facing each other. Just like when Jia Lian comes back in the future, Feng Ziying will definitely feel uncomfortable when she sees Jia Lian. It would be a little uncomfortable, um, embarrassing.
He had a rough idea of Jia She's purpose of coming, and it was nothing more than the person he was speaking for.
As the Tongcang case progressed, some people who were not deeply involved in the case, especially those involved in the grain merchants group, began to be dealt with one after another. The prison cells in Daxing, Wanping and Shuntian Mansion could no longer accommodate them, and some of them needed to be dealt with as soon as possible. Unimportant people commit crimes.
This is also the happiest time for the Prison Director and his gang. Even if they have decided to release someone, they will use various means and procedures to hinder and delay them, thereby reaping benefits.
Not even Feng Ziying can completely stop this situation. This is an unspoken rule that has been formed for thousands of years. No official can completely get rid of it at once.
This is also the reason why Feng Ziying wants to get the office clerks in his hands. At least using his own people will make him feel more at ease and be able to draw a bottom line for them.
Although the Chief of Prisons and the Chief of Prisons are officials, many of the people who work under them are clerks. These people are responsible for the specific operations, and the staffing must also come from the clerk's office.
During this period, the Chief Prison Officer was the most diligent in his work. As Situ Nan took the initiative to resign, Li Wenzheng officially took over as the Secretary of the Prison Office. It turned out that Li Wenzheng's deputy Li Jianxing acted as the Secretary of the Prison Office, which caused harm to the entire Shuntian government office. A huge shock.
Who is Situ Nan? He has been working as a civil servant for almost ten years. He is only in his early fifties and in good health. Why did he suddenly resign and go home?
But when they saw that Li Wenzheng was appointed as the Secretary of the Li Fang and Li Jianxing was acting as the Secretary of the Xing Fang, everyone understood that this was a harbinger. The signal to clean up and stand in line had been sent, and it was up to everyone to see if they were sensible or not.
Even people like Mei Zhiye, Fu Shi, and Song Xian were greatly affected. Although Feng Ziying had no power to touch them, officials with good taste, they still relied on the people below to do their work. If Feng Ziying replaced and adjusted them as he pleased. If they can't stop the people under their command, then they will definitely lose their prestige and may even be sidelined.
It is even more difficult for the officials. Many of them have worked hard to get in. The adjustment of the official office means that the three shifts of yamen in the entire Shuntian government office have to be shuffled. There are more than 400 officers and deputies, and even they are dependent on them. All the assistants and assistants also have to be shuffled, including a group of jailers under the Prison Department.
Therefore, during this period of time, Hu Mingchan, the warden and prison chief, also frequently came to Feng Ziying to report, and the purpose was self-evident.
Jia She seemed to have sensed the "business opportunity" here, and even dared to take the initiative to contact Hu Mingchan. Fortunately, Hu Mingchan was not so mindless. He was just conceited. Without Feng Ziying's words, he would naturally not be ignored.
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