I want to be emperor

Chapter 382
Looking at Luo Zhixue's rising career in recent years, you will know that this person is not simple, at least for contemporary people, whether he is a courtier of the Great Chu or to their enemies, the Ming court, Luo Zhixue is not an ordinary role.

For the general public, Luo Zhixue is full of miracles and even mystery.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, 15-year-old Luo Zhixue passively joined the thieves, and became a military adviser among the thieves in a short period of time.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Luo Zhixue has become the leader of the Funiu Mountain bandit army, and has won the trust and support of everyone.

In the first year of Chengshun and the eighth year of Chongzhen, Luo Zhixue led his army to seize most of the northern part of Chu, and in the autumn and winter of that year, he drank the horses along the Yangtze River, and then proclaimed himself emperor in Hanyang. In that year, Luo Zhixue, who became emperor, was only 17 years old. That's all.

In the second year of Chengshun and the ninth year of Chongzhen, Luo Zhixue first led his army to capture southern Chu, and in the second half of the year he led his army eastward to capture Jiangxi, Jiangnan and other places. This year, Luo Zhixue.

In the third year of Chengshun and the tenth year of Chongzhen, this year, the Great Chu Empire launched the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Battle of Fujian and Zhejiang. It is just around the corner to seize the four southern provinces, and is also preparing for a large-scale Northern Expedition, with the intention of unifying the world and becoming the lord of Kyushu. .

This year, Luo Zhixue is nineteen years old, even according to traditional concepts, he is only 20 years old.

This kind of Luo Zhixue, you can easily be fooled just because he is young, he is a refugee, he took soldiers to shoot down most of the world, and pointed his sword at the young emperor of Kyushu!

And such a majesty, wouldn't he know that there are so many corrupt officials in the world, no matter how hard they kill them, they can't kill them all?
Doesn't he know that corrupt officials under the rule of the Great Chu Empire are the norm, and it is impossible to completely eradicate them?

Would he not know that even today, no matter how furious he is, no matter what policies and strengths the Great Chu Empire puts out, it is impossible to completely eradicate corruption?

No, he must know!
Now that you know, why are you still so angry?
And rose to the level of the foundations of the empire?
And as Luo Zhixue's speech became longer and longer, when it finally came to discussing taxation and national policy, several people grasped the key point at once.

Especially Guo Quanshu, the Minister of Counseling and Minister of Civil Affairs, immediately grasped the key points of Luo Zhixue's speech.

It's not some old-fashioned corruption, but a shake-up of the national tax policy.

This is something that Luo Zhixue has never said before on important formal occasions.

But now that it is brought out today, and the taxation is directly linked to the basic national policy, the political implications of it are already very obvious.

Some people wantonly criticized and even resisted taxation, which caused His Majesty to go crazy today!
At this time, if you still don't understand why Luo Zhixue is so angry today, then Guo Quanshu can't hold on to the position of minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and just beg for the bones to go home to take care of him.

Because if you can't understand such a clear political signal, then there is no need to continue to be the Minister of Counselor and Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, otherwise, I am afraid that the end will not be very good.

Together with him, there are many scholars who have turned to thieves early, but only a few people can climb so fast, and they have never been left behind during the growth of the Great Chu Empire, and they have always been in high positions.

He Guo Quanshu is one of them!

As for the others, they all fell behind one after another, and some who couldn't see the situation clearly and couldn't get out of it were even more likely to be dismissed from office or even imprisoned.

For example, Xu Yangze, the former Minister of the Patrol Department, was from an old supply camp. Because he could barely understand a few words, he was one of the earliest civil servants under Luo Zhixue's command. In a short period of time, all boats rose and became Minister of the Patrol Department.

But this person's ability is really limited. As the control area of ​​the Great Chu Empire grows larger and the security affairs become more and more onerous, he will not be able to handle it.

For a long period of time, the law and order problem in the Great Chu Empire was actually quite serious. Even in the cities, and even in the previous Han Tianfu, the law and order was not good. The gang, the guild will do evil and turn a blind eye!
He also allowed domestic slaves to occupy large tracts of other people's land, even taking away tens of thousands of acres of official land, and built luxury houses on the outskirts of Wuchang. The cost of food and drink was even more exaggerated than Luo Zhixue...

Before going east last year, Luo Zhixue hinted to him, saying that you have worked hard these two years, Lao Xu, and it's time to enjoy your blessings.

In the end, this person couldn't understand the hint or said he was confident, and continued to go his own way...

A month later, dozens of people jointly reported the impeachment of Xu Yangze, listing dozens of crimes, large and small. Luo Zhixue personally ordered the Procuratorate to investigate and the Trial Court to conduct a trial, and within half a month he was beheaded for public display.

But there are also some smarter ones who know how to advance and retreat.

For example, Huang Chengxuan, former Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, Guo Quanshu's early friends...

He also felt that his ability could not keep up, so he asked to be relegated to the second line. Fortunately, the emperor saw that he had done a lot of hard work, and he actually had some abilities. It was just that he was not able to manage the financial and financial affairs of the whole country as a secretary of the Ministry of Finance, so he was released to work in the south of the Yangtze River. governor.

But as a consolation or as compensation, Luo Zhixue added a second-rank prince and grand teacher to Huang Chengxuan.

Therefore, Huang Chengxuan's status as governor of Jiangnan is one level higher than that of other governors.

After all, the ranks of other governors are generally from the second rank. Only the governor of Jiangnan is more special. When it was first established, it was directly added the title of the second rank of the prince and grand master. The others are basically ordinary second ranks without titles. governor.

The addition of false titles is also a means used by Luo Zhixue to balance the positions and ranks of senior officials, the most important of which are the false titles of San Gong San Gu, San Shi San Shao.

The current official system in the Great Chu Empire is partly based on the official system of the Ming Dynasty, and partly modified to better meet its own needs.

For example, three lords and three orphans, three masters and three young masters, these positions have evolved into pure honorary titles in the Great Chu Empire.

And according to the functions of the three lords and three orphans, the three divisions and the three young masters in ancient times, the functions were differentiated. Taishi, Shaoshi, Prince Taishi, and Prince Shaoshi, these four titles are specially awarded to civil officials in the administrative system.Both the grand master and the young master are analogous to the first rank, the prince and the grand master follow the first rank, and the prince young master is the second rank.

Taibao, Shaobao, Taizi Taibao, and Prince Shaobao are specially awarded to generals. Taibao and Shaobao are analogous to marshals, and Prince Taibao is analogous to generals, and Prince Shaobao is analogous to lieutenant generals.

Taifu, Shaofu, Prince Taifu, and Prince Shaofu are civil officials awarded to the judicial system.

However, although there are regulations, there are still relatively few people who are actually awarded. For the time being, no one has obtained the six false titles of the first rank of the three males and the three orphans.

At the level of the Three Masters, currently seven Ministers of Counseling have been granted titles. According to their respective positions, they have been awarded the titles of Prince Taishi, Prince Taifu, and Prince Taibao respectively. They belong to the rank of Wen Cong and General Wu. The highest level of civil and military officials in the Chu Empire.

There was no one else but these seven.

There are more three masters of the second rank, that is, Prince Shaoshi, Prince Shaofu, and Prince Shaobao. The ministers of the Council of the Senate all bear the title of three masters.

Apart from these assistant ministers, there is only one Huang Chengxuan.

On the one hand, Huang Chengxuan is the governor of Jiangnan. This place in Jiangnan is so important and special that it is necessary to give him the title of Prince and Young Master.

On the other hand, Huang Chengxuan, who was originally the second-rank minister of the finance department, was transferred to serve as the governor of Jiangnan.

At the same time, the Great Chu Empire did not have the title of Du Yushi, so he simply used the title of Prince Shaoshi as a title, so that Huang Chengxuan's grades would not be equal.

As for the other governors, for the time being, no one has been able to obtain the title of Prince Shaoshi. They are all ordinary second-rank governors, and their rank is one level lower than Huang Chengxuan's first-rank second rank.

Through this special honorary title, one or two Huang Chengxuan can be appeased. After all, Huang Chengxuan was kicked out to become a governor... Even if he was kicked out, he could still be a governor, but it also proved that he was far away from the mainland. The power core of the Chu Empire.

And he is a veteran again, although his ability is a bit weak, but it is not without. Luo Zhixue thinks that he can continue to use it, so he still needs to appease him to some extent.

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Huang Chengxuan released it to the outside world. This is actually an ideal and even compromised solution in all aspects.

This is something that can't be helped. In recent years, Huang Chengxuan has been the Minister of the Finance Department, and his work can only be said to be quite satisfactory. There are no obvious mistakes, but there is nothing outstanding. Luo Zhixue has long wanted to replace him.

But at least he is an old courtier, and although this person is a little less capable, he still has some, and his attitude is very correct.

In the past, when the empire was only entrenched in Huguang, he did a good job, but after the eastward expansion, he occupied more and more territories, and more and more financial and financial affairs, so that Huang Chengxuan was unable to do what he wanted, so he took the initiative before I found Luo Zhixue and said that my ability is limited, and it is difficult to undertake many tasks such as national finance and financial systems.

In the end, Luo Zhixue saw that his ability and attitude were not bad, and he had been engaged in financial and other economic affairs for a long time, so he simply asked him to go to Jiangnan to be a governor.

Anyway, Jiangnan was right on the edge of Jinling City, so Luo Zhixue would know immediately if there was any disturbance, and even if Huang Chengxuan made a mess, he would be able to find out and make up for it in time.

If he can't be the governor of Jiangnan, then Luo Zhixue has no choice but to give him a title, give him money, and let him retire...

This ability is not good enough to occupy a high position, which is not good for himself, and even worse for the empire!

Even if Luo Zhixue could bear it, a whole bunch of officials waiting for his superiors would not be able to bear it!

(End of this chapter)