My Daming New Empire

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However, Chu Song couldn't help but feel proud when he thought that he lived in such a magnificent era and had a future emperor with the world in mind.

After crossing the Daqing River, there were only five or six miles left, and Tang Sai'er arrived home.

There were five or six people who came to welcome Tang Sai'er, and they stopped riding their horses, and walked and chatted while leading the horses.

Only Bin Hong rode back to report the letter first, and let people prepare meals by the way.

Chu Song noticed that the wheat seedlings in the fields on both sides were much more withered and yellowed than in other places. It was the end of the new year, and the wheat seedlings in other places were three inches high, but the wheat seedlings here were only emerging.

After asking Lin San, Lin San sighed: "The Yellow River is flooded with mud and sand. Every time the flood not only washes away the fertility of the land, but also leaves countless sand. It takes at least three years for a flood to restore the fertility of the land.

However, the Yellow River breaks its embankment twice a year, and there are major floods every few years. The common people will live in poverty for two or three years at most. "

Chu Song also knew that Shandong was heavily taxed, but natural and man-made disasters happened year after year. He couldn't help but said: "The people in Shandong are really suffering! When I return to the capital, I will definitely report to His Highness to lighten the burden on the people of Shandong."

Lin San shook his head and said: "The key is that corrupt officials are rampant. I only found out when I went to the capital this time that most of the court's regulations were for the sake of the common people, but they were distorted by those corrupt officials when I went down. Your Majesty will reduce taxes, and if corrupt officials are not eradicated, the people will not be able to calm down."

Chu Song nodded and said: "This is the so-called tyranny is fiercer than a tiger. I, Jin Yiwei, are fighting for the imperial court. In the future, we should also strengthen the supervision of all levels of government."

Lin Sanchang bowed: "Although I am going to go to the Northland and enjoy the world from now on, I still thank you for the people of Shandong. If I have more honest officials like you in Ming Dynasty, it will be a blessing for the people."

"I don't dare to do it. I, Chu Song, have only studied for a few years. I can't do big things, so I can help His Highness behead a few more corrupt officials."

Lin San couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart, the officials of Ming Dynasty, the higher the official position, the more peaceful, there is no airs, and they really think about the people.

On the contrary, those officials below the seventh rank, even small officials, became more arrogant, oppressing the people, and doing evil in the village.

In the past, I only knew that Jin Yiwei was the emperor's minions, vicious and vicious, but the officials of Jin Yiwei I met this time are more reasonable and righteous than those so-called "good officials" who are full of benevolence and morality.

The two leaders of Jinyiwei this time are Feng Xiaonian and Chu Song.

Feng Xiaonian is good at investigation and handling cases, while Chu Song is a know-it-all talent and good at communication.

So Chu Song was able to come to the Tang family easily and enjoy the warm hospitality of the Tang family.

But at this time, Feng Xiaonian was caught in a busy entertainment.

Starting from Jiaozhou, along the way, the navy is responsible for arresting people, and he is only responsible for collecting the accounts every time he arrives.It is better for those who honestly show the account books, and officials who cannot produce the account books will be arrested and imprisoned regardless of their official positions.

So although he wanted to go all the way to Jinan Mansion to start checking the accounts, but when he got to Weifang, he couldn't leave.

It's not that someone is embarrassing, but that too many officials have been captured, and the navy has sent 1000 people, which are not enough now.

So he requisitioned the Transshipment Department where the internal supervision was located in Weifang, and put the case investigation camp directly in the Transshipment Department where most of the personnel were detained.

Before he came, Zhu Zhanji told him that he didn't need to check the detailed rules, nor did he need to check every account, but just calculate the general ledger first.

Over the past few years, the Neijian has shipped more than 300 million shi of grain to Shandong, and since March last year alone, the amount of grain shipped up to now has also reached one million shi.

How much grain is unloaded in Jiaodong, how much grain is unloaded in Laizhou, how much is shipped out through what channels, how much needs to be distributed in each place, and how much is the difference in accounts.

You only need to look at the general ledger, and then according to the amount received by the local governments, the amount distributed is matched with each other, and it is clear at a glance whether there is any problem.

The accounts before March last year were a little more complicated, because there were people who were corrupted, and because the amount was not large, the accounts were easy to balance.

But since March last year, apart from the coastal area of ​​Laizhou, most of the inland states and counties have never seen a single grain of grain, so it is enough to check which step has not been handed over.

Now Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to deal with any one person, but the entire corrupt class.

Such a large case involves such a wide range of areas.Whether it is the navy, or the internal prison, including the local government in Shandong, I am afraid that none of them are clean.

If he wants to supervise the country, he must establish his prestige, and these people are the targets of his prestige.

He didn't want to find everyone's criminal evidence at all, he just needed to control everyone and let each of them prove their innocence.

As for how to deal with it in the end, he will definitely delay it until after Zhu Di goes out to fight, and then deal with it according to his own needs.

Although this is unfair to some people, there is no fairness in this world.

Feng Xiaonian is the oldest, and he was also one of the first group to follow Zhu Zhanji, so he has a good grasp of Zhu Zhanji's mentality.

Since Zhu Zhanji asked him to only check the general ledger and control everyone, as for who committed what crime, Jin Yiwei didn't care.

He knew very well that what the grandson wanted was not the truth of the case, but a truth that was in the interests of the grandson.

Of course, Feng Xiaonian also understood that this was Taisun's protection of Jin Yiwei, and it was also a defense against Jin Yiwei.

With the power of investigation and interrogation, Taisun is unwilling to let Jin Yiwei intervene.

But that's fine, Jin Yiwei has lost his reputation and benefited from this investigation, so he doesn't have to worry too much and offend too many people.

He was in contact in Weifang, allowing the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to play a powerful role.

When the navy personnel were not enough, he immediately asked Meng Ying, Marquis of Baoding, to send another [-] musketeers to assist in the investigation.

Now, in order to prove his innocence, Yi Xin dare not be sloppy with any request from Meng Ying.He is the first Zhonglian Bo, and he still wants to pass it on from generation to generation!

However, such a big move by the imperial court does not mean that everything will be beneficial.

Although many people have been arrested, it is not easy to find out the context of the whole case.

More and more people are being imprisoned in the prisons set up by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the case is becoming more and more complicated.

They are different from Jin Yiwei, Jin Yiwei only needs to convict someone, but they need to find out the severity of the crime.

Taking all the facts of the case together, everyone seems to be less guilty than what they have done, because all the blame points to the inner jailer.

The fleet is the internal supervision, the transportation is the internal supervision, and the distribution is also the internal supervision.

It seems that the officials in all links, they just did what they should do, nothing more than serving as the accomplices of the internal supervision officials.

For example, Yao Shizhuo, the commander of the Laizhou Shuizhai who was most involved in the case in the navy, was only responsible for issuing a list of grain entering Hong Kong for the internal supervision officials, and he did not participate in any grain distribution interests.

The cases in Shandong got deeper and more murky as the investigation got deeper, but after careful investigation, they all seemed to be very minor crimes.

All the blame seems to belong to the officials of the internal prison, and even the food was transported away by themselves, which has little to do with the officials in Shandong.

When the news was rushed to Yingtian Mansion by [-] miles, Zhu Di was overjoyed.

What he is most afraid of is big cases and nest cases. When he is eager to go west, everything should be stable.

His decree greatly praised the investigators and asked everyone to find out the guilt and give a lighter punishment.

But in Zhu Zhanji's order to Feng Xiaonian, he was asked to delay the case and find out one thing.

That's why officials in Shandong are not tempted when faced with life-saving food, but are willing to cover up for officials in the internal prison for petty profits.

The occurrence of any event has its causes and consequences, even if it is an accidental event, there are also basic factors for the occurrence of this event.