"Sir, Ma Qianhu wants to see you..."
Liu Qingzong heard the announcement outside the door and opened his eyes.
"Please come in Ma Qianhu."
"Yes, sir."
After a while, a burly man wearing green casual clothes and a hat walked in.
Liu Qingzong also stood up symbolically to greet him.
In fact, Liu Qingzong did not have much goodwill towards these Jinyiwei and Dongchang people. In his view, these violent institutions held such great power, which was a great disruption to the normal operation of a country's criminal law system.
Deep down in his heart, he even felt that Emperor Taizu Gao had made a bad start.
"Ma Qianhu, please sit down."
"Thank you, sir..."
With that said, the burly man turned around and sat on a chair on the right.
This Qianhu's name is Ma Tang, and he ranks twelfth among the thirteen Taibao of Jinyiwei. He once served as the prisoner of Qianhu, and solved many major and important cases. He is the most capable group of people in the Jinyiwei system. middle.
The southwest borderland will no longer be the borderland of the Ming Dynasty.
After the annexation of An'an, if we want to stabilize Ming's rule in Annan for a long time, there must be no chaos in the southwest.
Of course, there was a saying in the political circles of the Ming Dynasty before that the Yao people had the final say whether there would be chaos in the southwest.
But Zhu Jianshen knew that the rebellion of the minority groups would not cause any big trouble, but if the Han people in the southwest could no longer survive and rebelled, it would be a big deal.
Therefore, in Zhu Jianshen's opinion, Liu Qingzong did the right thing.
This is why Zhu Jianshen clearly knew that Liu Qingzong, a rigid person, had received many memorials to impeach him, but he ignored them. Even if he acted excessively on certain sensitive issues, he chose to remain silent.
And in the middle of the year, a thousand households of Jin Yiwei were dispatched to Yunnan to cooperate with Liu Qingzong's duties as governor.
This thousand households is Ma Tang.
Zhu Jianshen also has the same view as Liu Qingzong.
Zhu Jianshen didn't want to hear the words of the suffering people for a moment.
The imperial court spent money, allocated grain, and fattened local officials, but the people got very little benefit. Zhu Jianshen couldn't bear this, but Zhu Jianshen appreciated Liu Qingzong's willingness to bear this infamy. M.biQuge.biZ
"In each of the three provinces in the southwest, a magistrate committed suicide, and the blame was all pointed at you. I went to investigate, and it was different from what you thought. These county magistrates did commit suicide, and they were all relatively honest officials. , not much ability.”
After listening to Ma Tang's words, Liu Qingzong's expression did not waver at all.
"If you don't have the ability, why don't you resign and let the capable person take over? A county magistrate faces the people directly, but he can't fight against the powerful. He is coerced by the nobles and cannot implement the laws of the court. He takes the money allocated by the court, but things can't be done. It’s not good, isn’t it a shame?”
"But these officials have a very good reputation among the people..." Ma Tang sighed.
"The imperial court's great favors cannot be carried out, but my own small favors are not missed at all. When encountering some setbacks, I think of committing suicide. If the officials of the Ming Dynasty were like this, how could they be strong..."
Liu Qingzong stood up and said coldly.
Maybe he is a little confused now.
"Although your Excellency is dedicated to serving the public good, the people in the three counties hate you extremely. They say you are a cruel official. Now you have the responsibility. Some officials can't do anything to you. But what will you do if you return to the capital? Where you are..." Ma Tang sighed.
He personally visited these three places and what he said was what he saw.
As a member of Jinyiwei, Ma Tang had nothing to say to Liu Qingzong, but he had received the order.
Wang Miao didn't do anything, but Liu Qingzong did things too hard.
Two extremes.
Zhu Jianshen then taught Ma Tang face-to-face, and at some point gave some advice: Those who are too strong will easily break, those who are good at being gentle will not be defeated, those who are good at fighting will not fight, and those who are good at losing will not be confused.
Liu Qingzong gave a wry smile: "No matter if you are scorned by thousands of people, or if you are burdened with infamy, it is nothing compared to my own sincerity and magnanimity..."
After Ma Tang listened, he had nothing to say. This is the way to choose the path of life. Some people go with the flow and are happy and relaxed, while some people go against the current and are covered with scars...
Different choices lead to different paths down...
Even after such a long time, Liu Qingzong still remembered that there were a large number of local officials who bribed important ministers without being punished. In the memorials, this issue was pointed out more than once, but Zhu Jianshen ignored it...
Because once we take action in the southwest, local administration will be paralyzed, and there will be big trouble.
Therefore, Zhu Jianshen wanted to do it slowly, but Liu Qingzong felt that he needed to cut through the mess quickly.
Both of them are not wrong. It can only be said that they are in different positions and look at the problem in different directions...
Although Liu Qingzong was far away in the southwest, he still used memorials to express his different views on the emperor's southern tour.
All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the governors and governors of various places all obeyed.
Liu Qingzong was the first to report directly and bluntly commented on the emperor's southern tour.
The emperor visited the south, and the imperial court was exhausted. The six ministries and departments were deeply affected by the chaos, which caused the people to be displaced and greatly damaged the people's interests. Therefore, a gentleman is safe but does not forget danger, survives but does not forget death, and governs without forgetting chaos, so that he can be safe. As the country can be protected, I ask Your Majesty to bear in mind the dangers, be cautious of the bad times and suspend the southern tour.
At first, Zhu Jianshen was very angry when he saw this memorial, but because Liu Qingzong was working in the southwest, he was not punished. However, Liu Qingzong's memorial was also sealed and few people knew about it.
Of course Liu Qingzong knew that a memorial of his own would have little effect on the court's major political decisions, and would even arouse the emperor's disgust, but he still submitted it.
He is a public speaker. If you did not do well, I must say it.
Liu Qingzong believed that if each government office performs its duties, and the emperor also performs his duties, simply by respecting heaven, the Ming Dynasty will prosper...
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Late at night, Xu Youzhen hurriedly came out of her house and boarded the carriage that had been prepared in advance.
The carriage went straight to Park Ningmei, the outer house where Park Mier lived.
When Xu Youzhen arrived, as soon as she entered the door, she heard the clear cry of the child, and she was a little startled and gave birth.
At this time, the midwife he had arranged in advance trotted out.
"Congratulations, sir, you are a young master..."
After hearing that it was a son, Xu Youzhen laughed out loud, thinking that her official career was going smoothly, and she was getting stronger and adding more people to the old Xu family, which was a double happiness.
Xu Youzhen took out a tael of silver from her arms and gave it directly to the midwife, then strode into the room to see her son.
In these years, Xu Youzhen had no children born, and he thought it was the sequelae of his practicing the forbidden method.
This was an unexpected surprise.
Xu Youzhen was very excited. She did not return to the Xu Mansion for several days. She stayed at the residence of Park Ningmei and others, holding the child in her arms. It was so happy...
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