prosperous age

Chapter 26
For Emperor Jiajing, it was a very embarrassing thing for the Alda Khan to come to the capital in August.

And after the Tartars withdrew their troops, it was natural to clean up the battle, reward those who made meritorious deeds, and punish those who did wrong, and the corruption of Qin Wangwei also occurred.

On November 29th in the 1550th year of Jiajing (42), he was ordered to investigate the abuses of Nanjing [-] Wei Tuntian's occupation and exploitation. Those who had escaped from other households' tenants would all sign their names to make up for the army. Recruit troops to give it.

Originally from the imperial edict of King Qin arrived at Yingtianfu, the accompanying capital, in late August, the guarding eunuchs in Nanjing, the Nanjing Garrison and the Nanjing Ministry of War immediately dispatched troop orders to the guards, urging them to gather troops to go north to King Qin as soon as possible.

But the actual result was that the guards were so corrupt that they could not be used, and the whole process was procrastinated. Even after the Jiujiang guards passed through Nanjing and went to Zhenjiang, most of the guards had not yet gathered. The actual situation of the guards can be seen.

Although the chief official in Nanjing at the time tried his best to suppress the rumors below, the news still spread to the Inspectorate several months later.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, developed from the Yushitai of the previous generation, is in charge of supervision, impeachment and advice.

Together with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, it is called the Sanju Division. In case of major cases, it will be tried jointly by the Sanju Division, which is the joint trial of the Sanju.

The chief officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the left and right censors, and there are deputy capital censors and Qiandu censors under them to assist in the management of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

According to the thirteen chief ministers (equivalent to provinces), it is divided into thirteen departments, and the supervisory censors are set up to patrol the prefectures and counties, and they specialize in the inspection and impeachment of officials.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty had the right to "make judgments on major matters and make decisions on minor matters", and it was almost the highest supervisory organ.

The political structure designed by Zhu Yuanzhang is very interesting. Big officials have little power, and small officials have great power is a characteristic of Ming Dynasty officialdom, and this characteristic is even more obvious in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Rumor has it that Mad Dog is another name for the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In the party struggles in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the thirteen censors and the six divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were often the vanguards of the battle, and they were the so-called officials of the division.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only a seventh-rank official, but he can impeach officials of all sizes, and according to official rules, once impeached, the impeached official will usually go home to wait for investigation to express his innocence. He will use his power to overwhelm others and let the facts speak for his innocence.

Such an official position that can override various ministries and yamen, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not set up a department that can monitor them. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, very few imperial officials were rumored to be involved. Either the emperor did not like it, or they were caught. Evidence of corruption and breaking the law will be dealt with.

Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang gave a very low grade when designing this department, and that's why it checks and balances each other.

But this time, the performance of the surrounding guards in Nanjing was really outrageous. The Metropolitan Procuratorate found an opportunity to impeach the chief officials of Nanjing and various ministries successively.

And Emperor Jiajing also discovered the serious decline in the military strength of the Ming capital when the Tartars approached the city, and directly dismissed the twelve regiment battalions established by the Zhengde Dynasty and returned to the model of the three major battalions of the capital.

After handling the defense work in Beijing, he turned his attention to Nanjing.

This time, the Emperor Jiajing wanted to check the shortage of the main guards in Nanjing and take back this part of the farmland. He just made it clear in the decree that the farms will not be used as officials, but recruited and assigned again. This is to restore the guards. force.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and the most important thing is to implement them.

In fact, the policy was good at the beginning of formulation, but it changed in the process of top-down implementation.

The so-called tyranny is actually mostly caused by muddled execution, and the responsibility should be on middle and lower level officials.

And with this order, the officials of Jiujiangwei who wanted to redistribute the garrison fields should be honest. Soldiers make up the shortfall.

If it is done according to the will, that is, after the land is taken back, the land must be returned to the thousand households and the hundred households below to raise soldiers according to the old system. How can it be done?
You must know that most of the land in the guard is divided by the upper-level military officers, and there are at most some rations in the guard. When encountering hundreds of households who are greedy, they don't even distribute the rations. This is the origin of the deserters.

All things considered, it remains the same.

This is the choice of the current guard command organization, and the previous topic will naturally come to an end.

Well, maybe Wei Guangde's protagonist aura is at work, Emperor Jiajing accidentally helped Wei Guangde's family solve a huge problem.

Along with this news, the "big hero" Qiu Luan entered the capital to supervise the three major battalions of the capital.

Of course, this news has nothing to do with the Wei family. By this time, every household is already preparing for the approach of the new year, which will be 30 years since Jiajing.

Although Jiangxi is located in the south of the Ming Dynasty, the weather is getting colder this season, but it has not yet reached the point where dripping water turns into ice in the north.

And Wei Guangde still got up early every day, washed up and went out after eating, and rushed to Master Sun's place to study in the cold wind.

Because in this era, people's thinking is relatively narrow, and their understanding of things is relatively simple, and their views on many things are similar. Therefore, the article written by Wei Guangde in his own language after combining two model essays was not only not scolded by Mr. Sun for plagiarism, but also by Mr. Sun. praised.

Well, Master Sun thinks that Wei Guangde has learned the thought that the author wants to express by studying those two fan literatures.

Perhaps, what later generations said, "Can a scholar's business be considered stealing?" comes from this.

Wei Guangde picked up the strengths of many families, and tasted the sweetness, so he would naturally intensify, plagiarizing a lot, no, it should be learning other model essays.

Relying on super memory, everything seems to be so logical.

Of course, Wei Guangde's articles are naturally not good, and there are still occasional mistakes and omissions, which need to be pointed out by Mr. Sun. Of course, Mr. Sun enjoys such a process, and he enjoys it.

After three months, Wei Guangde's brush calligraphy has become more and more beautiful after practice. "At least I can meet people", these are the original words of Master Sun.

As the new year approaches, Master Sun's private school will naturally be closed. Although there is no such thing as a winter vacation in this era, it is always the New Year.

Today is the last day of this year. After school, the private school will be temporarily closed for the holiday.

By this time, the children in the school were naturally more excited.

Just kidding, no matter what the weather is now, it is still very hard to get up early every day, it is far better to be happy in bed.

And those who can come to private schools to study are naturally not children from families who have problems eating, and naturally have the qualifications to stay in bed.

As usual, after finishing their daily homework, when school was over, the children stood up respectfully and said New Year's congratulations to Master Sun.

(End of this chapter)