Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 58
In the imperial study room, Taichang looked at the pile of "On My Dirty Official Career" in front of him, and couldn't help showing a sullen look on his face.

These dirty dogs really can do anything!

Most of the officials in Nanzhili were corrupt, which he had expected a long time ago. Most of these officials considered themselves corrupt, and all the members of the household department were corrupt, and all of them pleaded guilty.

However, corruption seems to be nothing in the things these people have committed.

These bastards, what cronyism, random placement of cronies, robbing women and even subordinate women, robbing merchants of money, robbing farmers of good land, forcing craftsmen to work for themselves, occupying other people's houses, tying slaves to murder, tying relatives to murder, I don't know how many bad things I have done in the countryside and so on!

That's it, it's definitely not all. They should have just confessed the things they couldn't cover up. If they really want to investigate, they don't know how many dirty things they can find out.

It's a mess, lawless!

He really wanted to drag these dogs out and chop them up!
However, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

He didn't kill for the sake of killing, he killed, just for the sake of establishing his prestige, in order to rectify the officialdom in Nanzhili, it would be too absurd to cut off nearly [-]% of the officials in the officialdom in Nanzhili. Never done that.

Besides, in order to cut through the mess quickly and straighten out the officialdom in Nanzhili as soon as possible, he promised that as long as these people can plead guilty, they will be punished lightly.

A person must keep his word, and can't live up to his word, especially him who is an emperor.

If he, the emperor, talks like farting, makes a promise today, and breaks his promise tomorrow, then the officials below will definitely follow suit. By then, everyone will talk like farting. Everyone laughed out loud!
Alas, forget it, let's spare the lives of these dogs.

However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped.

Taichang picked up these crimes and took a general look at them. His eyes could not help but light up. These corrupt officials have corrupted a lot. If they were asked to spit them all out, there would be at least more than 100 million taels.

If that's not all, it's a lot.

Well, they must be made to spit it out. If all the recruits spit it out, their punishment will be exempted, and they will only be dismissed from office. If they don’t spit it out, then go to jail!
As for the others, alas, there are too many messes here, what should I do?
He thought for a while, and said loudly to the door: "Go, let Shi Gao come over."

It seems that the emperor really needs to have cabinet ministers. He has been busy for a long time before going through all the crimes. If the rest is left to him to decide how to punish one by one, I am afraid that he will not be able to finish today. Bi Maoliang to help.

Bi Maoliang is really free right now, because he is not an official of Jinling, and he does not have any duties here. If the emperor does not look for him, he is just an idler.

However, he didn't wander around, after all, he was the emperor's entourage, it would be bad if the emperor couldn't find him.

So, he simply sat in the Wenhua Palace and read a book without going anywhere.

When the emperor called, he naturally came quickly.

Taichang didn't talk too much, and directly threw all the crimes except corruption to him, and asked him to sit on the small table next to him and write the bills one by one, just follow the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", and just reduce the crime by one class.

Bi Maoliang used to be the magistrate of Nanjing, so he must have memorized the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" better than him, and he should be able to handle it much faster than him.

Sure enough, Bi Maoliang's processing speed was quite fast, he could write almost as soon as he picked up the pen, brushing and brushing like flowing water, without stopping to think.

After these people have dealt with it, it is time to consider the issue of reorganizing the small court in Nanjing. Jinling officials, [-]% of them have gone to [-]%, Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and Liubu Shangshu, these powerful officials have committed crimes, so it is certain that they will be dismissed from office. Yes, just to save him a lot of trouble.

Question, he doesn't seem to have so many cronies to take over, what should he do?

Next, he will try some new routines in Nanzhili. Of course, it is best to control these important yamen in the hands of his cronies.

After thinking about it, he picked up his pen and started to write.

The eunuch guarding Nanjing is easy to handle, as long as you are loyal, choose the Wei Dynasty.

Nanjing's garrison nobles, this must be one of our own.

The problem is that Jinling is basically full of nobles and nobles, and there are no people of their own, so what should I do?

This time, Xu Yunzhen's performance was not bad, and he had to work hard without credit, so let Dingguo's mansion move to Nanjing.

Zuodu Censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't think about it, it's already decided, Bi Zisu.

There is no need to think about this, Minister of the Nanjing Household Department, it has been decided long ago, Bi Ziyan.

Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, this position is very important, he must come from his own people, the problem is only a few of his cronies!

It seems that only Sun Chuanting was transferred here.

Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, this position is also very important. After all, 200% of the officials in Jinling have gone, and more than [-] officials will be added in the future. If others make random arrangements, his rectification this time will almost be for nothing.

Problem, there is no suitable candidate!

None of his cronies seemed to have served in the official department.

No, there is one, Wang Xiangchun, the left servant of the official department who has just been promoted out of the ordinary!

It is just right for Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Although this talent has just been promoted in an extraordinary way, so what if he is promoted again in an extraordinary way.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, let Shi Wancheng, the prefect of Huizhou, come here.

Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, this, uh, this, who should choose, it seems that there is no one left!

Forget it, let Lu Xiangsheng also come to exercise, at worst, he will be transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of War at that time.

Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs of Nanjing, there is really no one here!

Then Xiong Mingyu could only be allowed to come. Xiong Mingyu was in charge of the Ministry of Punishments, and Huang Gongfu was promoted once again, and was promoted to the left deputy capital envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yes, just do it.

He just wrote it in one pass, as if ordering food, is it really that simple to appoint a second-rank court official?

Of course not, it stands to reason that officials of the third rank and above must go through court discussions, and several suitable candidates will be recommended for each position, and finally handed over to him, the emperor, to choose.

In other words, the matter of nomination is not up to him as the emperor, but to the officials participating in the court meeting. He can only choose from the candidates proposed by others.

The same is true of the big court in Beijing, and the same is true of the small court in Nanjing.

Of course, this is not without workarounds.

He directly raised the list in his hand and said to the busy Bi Maoliang: "Shigao, come, let's take a look at this first. When the court meeting is held tomorrow, you can recommend it according to this, and I will make a decision."

Bi Maoliang quickly and respectfully took the list.

He looked down and was stunned.

Your majesty, you don't play like this!
You asked me to mention the chief officials of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six ministries. Don’t you make Jinling officials want to skin me!
Why do I always have to do this kind of thing?

He hesitated for a moment, but still said cautiously: "Your Majesty, in general court meetings, everyone proposes a bunch of lists for discussion, and one person mentions all the seven high-ranking and second-rank officials. There is no such precedent!"

Taichang smiled slightly: "If there is no precedent, let's create a precedent."

Uh.

Bi Maoliang simply gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, people will definitely not accept us playing the double reed like this! After all, this is not a yamen, but the seven most important yamen in Nanjing. Many people must have ideas."

Dissatisfied?

Then give it a try and see who dares to refuse!

Taichang said confidently: "You don't have to worry about this, I will let them obey when the time comes."

Old Zhu's family has a fine tradition, if you don't accept it, do it!
If you are not convinced, do it until you do!

(End of this chapter)