Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 661 There Are No Spies, They Are All Good Citizens (Second Update)

He Jinzhao is extremely concerned about the use of firearms by the officers and soldiers.

In the future, firearms and artillery will play an extremely important role on the battlefield.

At that time, Gao Yingxiang's heavy cavalry and his own infantry formation will suffer major blows.

Who can withstand the shelling?
"I have a fellow villager who played well with firecrackers, so he was called away by Zuo Guang first. Before he left, I treated him to a drink and said that he would be reused in the future, and he would no longer have to worry about being a thief. "

He Jinzhao hummed, and wrote Zuo Guangxian's name on the side.

In any case, Wang Chengyin, Tang Tong and others had to inquire about the specific number of firearms, and it was best to buy off the craftsmen of the army.

"Marshal, what are you going to do with me?"

"Go back to the village, what should you do?"

"Go back to the village?" Yang Xiu stood up abruptly, and was pushed to sit down by two hammer bandits: "Marshal, I was reported by someone, you have to give me the ten catties of mutton."

"Hey, you are just an ordinary refugee, and you want to pretend to be a spy of the dog officer, you just want to cheat ten catties of mutton from me!

Do you really think that the sheep raised by Lao Tzu fell from the sky out of thin air? "

He Jinzhao waved his hand: "Go back to Lao Tzu and farm the land well. If you are talented, let the doctor prescribe some medicine for him to take away, so that you don't get a fever and get dizzy. You don't know where to go. It's a spy."

Yang Xiutou was dragged out of the hall, and handed over to Village Chief Wu, who brought him here, for a recipe.

"The commander-in-chief has an order to tell him to go back to farming. If he has a fever and wants to eat mutton, he is crazy, and he dares to lie to the commander-in-chief's mutton." He hurried away with his own people.

After hearing this, Village Chief Wu laughed loudly: "Brother Niu, I knew that the people under my command could not be spies of the dog officer army, so it's good to work on weekdays.

This idiot Yang Xiutou is waiting for me to beat him up when I go back, he's so damn burnt out. "

"Village chief, I'm not, I'm not, don't listen to his nonsense."

Snapped.

Yang Xiutou was kicked by Village Chief Wu and staggered: "You shameful thing, go back to the village with me."

Niu Youcai smiled when he saw Yang Xiutou being dragged away by Village Chief Wu with one hand.

"Brother Yang, why did he become a spy of the government army?"

"Yeah, I've never seen a spy working for a traitor."

Woods seemed to be in a daze, and sat beside him, not knowing what to say.

wow.

The door was pushed open, and a gust of cold wind poured in.

Everyone looked up and saw Village Chief Wu beating Yang Xiutou on the head with one hand: "Your boy is called Xiutou! I think he is a fool."

"Village chief, wrong amount, wrong amount, don't hit me, it's too embarrassing."

Yang Xiutou was kicked all the way back by Village Chief Wu. When people said that he had a fever and fainted and wanted to eat mutton, he had to say that he was a spy.

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this.

Although it is much better to be able to fill a [-]% full stomach now than before, but who doesn't look forward to eating meat?
It's a pity that the New Year can only be celebrated once a year, not every day!

Woods and the others watched Yang Xiu head in with disbelief.

Village head Wu put the medicine hanging on his arm on the table, took a breath and said:

"Whoever is cheating, taking medicine when you have a fever, don't always want to eat mutton, although the doctor said that mutton can resist the wind and cold, but if you want to eat mutton, work hard to earn it yourself, don't think about pretending to be from the commander-in-chief. The spies tricked the mutton into eating."

"Brother Yang, isn't he a spy?" Woods swallowed heavily and asked.

"I think you are a spy." Village Chief Wu stared at him immediately: "I think you are a spy."

"I'm not, I'm not, there are no spies in our village, they are all good people." Woods said with a chuckle, "I knew Brother Yang was not a spy either."

Yang Xiutou couldn't figure it out, he was clearly a spy, why did He Jinzhao say that he was not a spy, and let him go back?
"Okay, Yang Xiutou, you rest for two days." Village Chief Wu stood up:

"Okay, let's continue to work, lest next month, you will not be rated as an advanced collective, let alone have no mutton to eat.

Don't try to take shortcuts all day long, I can raise sheep, that's what I got back with one hand in exchange for my life on the battlefield. "

Everyone sent Village Chief Wu out, and they were tired of hearing his daily bragging about killing Tartars on the grassland.

"Brother Yang, you are really confused."

"Hey, the commander scolded me badly."

"Hahaha."

In Beijing.

The eunuch Liu Yunxie, who was sent to Shanxi by Chongzhen, did not receive a "bribe" from governor Xu Dingchen. After returning to the capital, he reported to Chongzhen.

It is said that Xu Dingchen's words are all illusions, especially the discord between the governor and the governor, and the hammer bandits are powerful.

Chongzhen became more and more suspicious of his courtiers. What he worried most were the enemy situation in Liaodong, the mobs in Shanxi and Henan, and the lack of finances.

In these aspects, the courtiers were not only unable to share his worries and solve his problems, but often even deliberately deceived him, making him unclear about the basic situation.

That's why Chongzhen sent his trustworthy eunuch to investigate. After checking today, he finally found out the problem.

Governor Xuanda and the governor of Shanxi sat and watched each other, lacking the intention of fighting against each other.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and wrote to the two of them to criticize them. If the suppression of bandits is not effective this year, and they dare to shirk each other, they must be dismissed and questioned.

Upon seeing this, the eunuch Liu Yunxie added another sentence. After verification, Ma Shiying, the governor of Xuanda, embezzled 6000 taels of treasury silver.

Chongzhen immediately ordered Ma Shiying to be investigated, and it was useless to give him a chance. He dared to embezzle Kuyin when he first took office. Would he dare to surrender the thief in the future?
With an order, the court was in an uproar.

This seemingly simple and fairly handled corruption case caused a lot of injustice among the court officials.

According to the old rules of the Ming Dynasty for many years, every newly appointed governor should immediately send a large sum of money to the key departments in Beijing after taking office, and the amount is regulated.

Unlike Xu Dingchen's governor of Shanxi, no one was willing to go and let him fill in the hole, so there was no money spent.

But Ma Shiying is not the kind of person who is forced to die to fill a hole. The new governor usually does not have such a large amount of money, so after taking office, he first advances it from the treasury bank, and when he has money (by accepting bribes, of course) Make up the pads.

Therefore, although what Ma Shiying did did not comply with laws and regulations, it is what everyone has done for many years, and it is in line with the practice!
For court officials, these stereotypes are their own rights and should not be violated.

Otherwise, the extremely meager salary given by the royal family would not even be enough to make ends meet, let alone set up a family property.

You are amazing to be an emperor!

Why move our cake?
But Chongzhen didn't want to think about the courtiers' property purchase and property establishment. He just hated the courtiers' fraud and greed, and didn't understand this set of procedures at all. Instead, he thought that the eunuchs he sent were really useful.

The training of the eunuch army in the palace had caused dissatisfaction among the ministers, and now Chongzhen decided to expand the power of the eunuchs and let them supervise all officials.

The confrontation and conflict between the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty became more and more obvious.

(End of this chapter)