Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 349 Re-sealing the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the female shopkeeper of Yingchunfang

Many of the officers and soldiers in the first town of the Imperial Guards were from the peasant army under the command of the former Hong Niangzi or Zhang Xianzhong, and they would not be polite to these officials who might corrupt the money of the Ming Dynasty.

They acted quickly and decisively, and quickly controlled all the people, accounts, and warehouses in the household office.

People were dragged to other places and placed under house arrest, while accounts and warehouses were sealed up on the spot.

Previously, because of the fierce faction between the eunuchs of the Hongguang Dynasty and the Donglin Party, and the eunuchs Ruan Dayue who held the main power were also corrupt, naturally they would not manage the small officials under various departments.

Under such a good environment for corruption, these petty officials have gone too far than before.

Now seeing that the imperial guards have sealed off the yamen of the household department, making it clear that they want to investigate corruption in the household department, many officials collapsed on the spot.

This kind of officials clearly has problems, and their mental quality is still poor, so they just serve as a breakthrough for examining the officials of the household department.

As a result, several of those who collapsed and looked abnormal were all detained by the imperial guards in separate houses for interrogation.

Officials of the six ministries and six subjects of the Ming Dynasty all worked in several large rows of houses in front of the Wuying Hall.

Therefore, when the imperial guards first came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, officials from other departments and departments noticed.

At this time, seeing that the household department was closed, and the officials inside were taken away one by one, and even some were carried away, they were all shocked.

None of these people expected that Aimee Zhu, who had just entered Nanjing City in the morning, would make such a big move in the afternoon, as if she wanted to use the household department as a knife.

It should be noted that under the circumstances that the authority of the Ministry of War has plummeted and there is no one in charge, the household department led by Wang Duo has become the most popular department among the six departments in Nanjing.

Even the bureaucracy that Ma Shiying personally led before was inferior by three points.

After all, the most important things in this troubled world are swords, guns and money.

After the management of the household department was taken away, the officials of other departments who were watching came back to their senses.

Many people have ugly faces, even pale.

There are also some people who, when they returned to the value rooms of the various yamen, started discussing with their colleagues——

"Jian Guo actually rectified the household department today, and the people in the household department are miserable."

"Hey, even if you want to investigate the household department, you should first discuss with the courtiers and send officials to investigate. Now you are directly sending a group of Qiuba to block the yamen and arrest the officials. It is really gentle and sweeping."

"What's the point of being gentle and sweeping the floor? I'm afraid that many people's lives will be lost."

"Everyone, will the Supervisory Council investigate other departments?"

"···"

Hearing this, the people participating in the discussion were silent for a while, and some even showed nervous and apprehensive expressions.

"Probably not?" Someone whispered after a while, "After all, the first day of entering the city, it is already cruel enough to attack the household department, and I probably won't do anything else..."

The man shut up before finishing his sentence.

Because there was another slight vibration from the ground under his feet—this was caused by the Imperial Guard trotting neatly.

Immediately, someone's expression became tense.

Fortunately, the neat footsteps did not stop outside the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but ran to the Ministry of War.

Immediately, a general read the decree aloud outside.

"According to the decree of the state of the prison, immediately seal the office of the Ministry of War, and all officials of the Ministry of War..."

This decree is similar to the previous seal of the Household Department Yamen.

So the rest of the officials, such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and even the Ministry of Rites, were all panicked.

These days, which department has few corrupt officials?

After all, as long as you are brave enough, each of the six imperial courts has something to gain.

Just when some officials of the other four ministries panicked and even hesitated whether to find a reason to escape from the Forbidden City, or destroy some corruption evidence, a louder voice came from outside.

It was the voice of a loudspeaker, and the officials of the six ministries had basically seen it before when Hong Niangzi was guarding Nanjing.

"This is Quan Zhixuan, the guerrilla general of the first town of the imperial guards, and here is a special statement from Jian Guo: the closure of the household department and the military department is because the two departments are implicated in the corruption case of the Beijing camp.

The officials of the other four ministries should work normally, so as not to delay state affairs.This! "

The meaning of these words is very clear, today is only in the household department and the military department, and will not implicate other departments.

After listening, some officials breathed a sigh of relief, but some still looked uneasy.

But no matter what they think or what they plan to do, they can't hinder the actions of the Praetorian Guards.

Gu Yanwu came out of the duty room and saw a group of soldiers from the Imperial Guard breaking into the courtyard of the Ministry of War, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

He has only come to the Ministry of War to serve as the ninth-rank secretary for less than a month, and he has never received a salary, nor has he participated in any corruption, so he is not guilty.

However, she was still somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that the princess directly blocked the Ministry of War with a large army.

After being taken to a gallery on the east side of the Meridian Gate and locked up, the leading general said: "You will write down your home address later, and we will send someone to inform your family members that you will be in the Forbidden City for several days. You can go home when you're done."

This is obviously to prevent the family members of the officials from worrying, and it is out of good intentions.

Although the officials were all glaring, they all wrote their addresses sincerely in consideration of their families.

When Gu Yanwu came to Nanjing this time, he only brought a middle-aged male servant with him. He was afraid that the servant would be worried, so he naturally wrote down his address.

He didn't think that this kind of checking of the accounts of an entire department could be completed in a few days, and he felt that it would take at least a month or more.

So, after writing the address, he said again: "Please ask our family to send some change of clothes."

The rest also took the opportunity to make demands, or complain.

"Yes, yes, if this is locked up for a month, how can we live?"

"I have a stubborn illness and need to take medicine every night. You are detaining me for keeping me here."

"I need a servant to warm the bed before I can fall asleep. Can my servant come over?"

"···"

Faced with the requests of these officials, although the officers of the Imperial Guard were displeased, they did not refuse all of them.Everything that is reasonable is promised to be conveyed.

This made someone as innocent as Gu Yanwu feel at ease.

As for those who have ghosts in their hearts, they can't feel at ease no matter what, and instead take the opportunity to make a fuss.

Facing this kind of person, the imperial guards were not polite, they gave fists and feet, and violently suppressed them.

Blocking the household department and the military department's yamen, and putting relevant officials under house arrest, only used a total of soldiers and horses from the first town of the Imperial Guard.

More people were sent to do another task, recruiting accountants or shopkeepers in Nanjing who knew how to check and settle accounts.

In the afternoon of that day, bulletin boards in various places in Nanjing posted warning notices that there should be a seal of supervision. At the same time, the imperial guards were divided into small groups to visit various shops.

At the same time, there were people from the Second Town of the Imperial Guard patrolling the streets, on the one hand, they were responsible for the security of the city, and on the other hand, they publicized the discipline of the Imperial Guard.

In this way, we can try our best to prevent the officers and soldiers of the imperial guards from taking the opportunity to blackmail merchants and people.

After all, there are tens of thousands of people in the town of the Imperial Guard, and it is inevitable that a few of them have poor morals and are not well educated.

This kind of people can't be seen when they move with a large force, but when they move in a small group, they are easy to make mistakes.

With the guards from the second town in charge of patrolling, and the two sides supervising each other, we can minimize the occurrence of such incidents...

The "Yingchunfang" incense powder shop opened not far from a bulletin board.

As a small and time-honored incense powder shop, because women are the customer group, it has been passed down for generations with the daughter-in-law or daughter as the shopkeeper.

It was the turn of this generation, and the main house had a difficult heir, leaving only Wei Yao, a daughter.

Because her mother became ill ten years ago and gradually became unable to manage the business, Wei Yao learned to manage the shop at the age of eleven or twelve; when her mother died of illness four years ago, Wei Yao became a shopkeeper.

Due to various reasons, although Wei Yao is 22 years old, she still hasn't recruited a son-in-law she likes.

The old father, who is also in poor health, has been worrying about her marriage all day long, and is already considering handing over "Yingchunfang" to someone from another room in the Wei family to take care of it, and then marrying off his daughter.

I just hope that my daughter will marry and have children soon, so that a grandson named Wei can continue the incense of his house...
Seeing that there were many people around the bulletin board diagonally opposite, and there were more imperial guards on the street than before, Wei Yao said, "Qing Dai, the imperial court has posted a new notice, go and see what it says."

"What can I say, the tax must be raised again." Qing Dai said something, but still went out to look.

After a while, Qing Dai came back, with a strange look on her face, and said: "The imperial court will recruit accountants or shopkeepers who know how to check and settle accounts from all shops to assist in checking accounts.

It is said that all applicants will not only be given wages, but will also be awarded the imperial court's "first-level accounting certificate".

Miss, what is this 'Level [-] Accounting Certificate'?is that useful? "

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)