Few officials of the previous dynasty went to the government office early in the morning. They usually set off from their residences to the palace, as was the case with Zhang Tongju.
Sitting in the official sedan, Zhang Tongju's eyes were filled with blood.
Last night, he almost didn't sleep a wink all night.
As the saying goes, if you don’t do bad things, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.
Last night, Zhang Tongju was thinking about someone, Han You, and he tossed and turned all night long, unable to fall asleep.
The emperor's personal army has a lot of power, a strong brand, a very strong style of doing things, and a very long hand.
Big, hard, straight and long, come from three words, cut first and play later!
Many people have a misunderstanding. They think that killing first and reporting later means killing someone first and then reporting the crime.
In fact, this is not what it means. Different dynasties and generations have different interpretations.
Let’s just talk about the previous dynasty and this dynasty. Even the generals of the Yidao Guards and the soldiers of the Yidao Camp did not just go up and cut down whoever they wanted. After they cut down, nothing happened. The phrase “cut first and then report” here means that there must be a “cause” first. ".
For example, during a normal case investigation, if a certain person or minister is targeted and the evidence is conclusive, he cannot be taken down or killed directly. Instead, he needs to be reported to the superior first. This is the normal case handling process.
So once you can kill first and then report, there is no need to ask for instructions. As long as the evidence is solid, regardless of whether it is framed or not, you can directly take down the person. Take the person first and then report it, or even kill him first and then report it.
But there is a major premise, that is, you must have a "cause" and investigate the case first.
The punishment is not as good as that of a doctor, and the courtesy is not as good as that of a common man. In fact, there is another sentence behind it, which is that the law is not applied to the venerable.
This means that court officials cannot be tortured, there is no need to show courtesy to ordinary people, and people with high status cannot be restrained by law.
The emperor's own army's strategy of beheading first and then showing off actually means that they don't have to think about this kind of thing, they can capture it directly and even be punished.
This is the scary thing about Yida Guards, they don't follow the rules.
Let's talk about another question, regarding stereotypes, including Han You, who thinks that most officials are greedy and greedy for money.
This is an extremely narrow perception, believing that officials are all greedy, and they are so greedy that they will not let go of even a penny.
In fact, this is not the case. This idea is deeply insulting to those officials who come from wealthy families, it is also insulting to the ancients, and even insulting to corrupt officials.
There are so many aristocratic families in the world, how many officials there are in the imperial court. If a family carefully cultivates a hundred children, only ten of them may serve as officials in the capital, and among the ten, only one may serve in the Six Ministries and Nine Temples.
Is this kind of competitiveness just to squeeze out the little oil and water from the common people? Of course not.
The greed of these officials lies in their vision, long-term plans, and an invisible protective force. Greed for money is just the lowest behavior.
The first thing a true official from an aristocratic family considers is the interests of the family. For the interests of the family, the first thing to ensure is a stable official position. After being stabilized, the second thing is to climb up. Once he has climbed to a certain position, he will do the third thing. , fight for the interests of the family, and the fourth thing is to act as a protective umbrella for the family while fighting for interests.
For example, Zhang San came from a wealthy family in Pingzhou and served as Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites.
Above the court, Zhang San was about to submit a memorial. There was a severe drought in Pingzhou this year. The court should allocate money as soon as possible to relieve the victims.
Just like what Da Lao Huang said, the greatest wealth of the family is not the land, not the money, not even the official position, but the common people, the poor common people.
The common people are their greatest wealth. As the largest wealthy family in Pingzhou, the Zhang family is displaced and has nothing to eat. People die in batches, and the Zhang family's wealth will continue to be lost. No one will give them land to farm. People make cows and horses for them, and no one creates wealth for them. This is what scares the family the most.
If there is no disaster, Zhang San, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, will encourage students to study and improve the "reading rate of the people". Of course, he will persuade his hometown to let the court strongly support the establishment of more private schools and schools in Pingzhou.
The more private schools and schools there are, the more places there will be to take part in the imperial examinations. The more places there are, the more children of the Zhang family will take the examinations and become officials. The more children of the Zhang family will become officials, the more children there will be. People seek benefits for their families.
In addition, there are taxes and corvee. Policies in different places are different, so everyone has to argue. Wherever the court policy tilts, it will benefit. Not only must we win policies for the family and hometown, but we must also create policies that favor the hometown. If you benefit, the family will benefit.
Even if Zhang San does nothing, he can serve as a protective umbrella for the Zhang family for one day in the court.
Two groups of people in Pingzhou started arguing and wanted to start a fight. They couldn't tell the difference between right and wrong for a while. At this time, they started to mention people. My family's name is Zhang San. He is a member of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing, Wailang. You have to admit your weakness because you can't fight, so you have to admit your mistake.
Of course, if his son's name was Zhou Ke, then the Zhang family would have to admit their mistake.
However, this situation should not happen, because Boss Zhou is famous for being the one who stabs the whole family, and the lone star of Tiansha has no family.
As ordinary people think, there are few, very few, low-level officials who cherish their wings in order to climb up. Those who can be officials are generally not poor, and officials who are not poor will not care about petty profits.
Just like those foreign congressmen and governors in later generations, who are not rich people? After leaving office, most of their assets have doubled several times. This is not because they seek personal gain with power. In fact, foreign countries have extremely strict management of this aspect. Since it is not The answer is self-evident as to why the assets have increased several times due to the use of power for personal gain.
In a situation like Zhang Tongju's, he was almost the only one in the entire DPRK who directly took advantage of the border army's food and salary.
Even in this case, it was not for money that Zhang Tongju did, but more for his Zhang family and the Zhu family above.
In order to live stably in the North, the Zhang family first married the Zhu family. If the Zhu family wanted to compete with the Ma family, they had to get the support of other aristocratic families. But if they wanted to get the support of other aristocratic families, they had to share the benefits equally and let them It is definitely impossible to pay for it yourself, so you can only attack the country, and eventually take the lead in embezzling military food, wages and supplies.
There was no problem in doing this in the previous dynasty. There were people above the court covering up for them. This kind of thing happened all the time. The problem is that it won’t work in this dynasty. Who is Zhou Ke? Can he be comparable to the sick, consumptive ghost and foolish king in the previous dynasty? .
But the Zhang family couldn't stop, and Zhang Tongju couldn't stop either. They had already stepped into the abyss. They would go ashore as soon as they said they would. How could it be possible?
I can't stop, I can only continue like this.
This is why Zhang Tongju is worried. Han You, the commander of the emperor's personal army who can kill first and then report, came to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Even though everyone thought it was to reform the business tax system, he was still worried.
As the same saying goes, if you don't do something bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Once you do something bad, even if someone looks at him twice, he will feel that the matter has been exposed.
People always find reasons for themselves. In addition to fluke, they also defend themselves and constantly hint to themselves deep in their hearts.
It’s not like I’m just greedy. Everyone is greedy. Anyway, you don’t have any evidence. I didn’t take the money directly. I was forced to do so.
But no matter how you hint to yourself, how you comfort yourself, how you deceive yourself, deep down in your heart, you know that you are wrong!
Since it is wrong, I will be afraid.
Zhang Tongju, who had not slept all night, was like this, guessing and guessing Han You's true purpose, constantly assuming, constantly overturning, and constantly summing up the results that were beneficial to him. In the end, it was to no avail and he could not sleep peacefully.
He came to the palace in a daze, went to court absent-mindedly, and returned to the government office and the wardroom mentally and physically haggard.
This is the great thing about Da Lao Huang, he understands people's hearts too well.
He had long expected Zhang Tongju's psychological changes. If Han You suddenly appeared at this time and said that I am here to check you, just saying such a sentence would completely defeat Zhang Tongju's psychological defense. Once Han You showed that I would also force him to As a last resort, things will develop in the direction Huang Youwei predicted.
It's a pity that Da Lao Huang understands people's hearts, but he doesn't understand Han You. He didn't expect that Han You would do something wrong again.
"who!"
Zhang Tongju, who returned to the squad room, looked pale and shouted out the window: "Who has entered my squad room, who has touched the accounts on my desk, who is it!"
Things eventually developed in a direction that Huang Youwei had not expected.
