Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1117 Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou
There is nothing new in officialdom.

During the Qianlong period, droughts were reported in Gansu for consecutive years, which resulted in successive financial allocations. This confused a monarch like Qianlong who had a strong desire for control. In the end, the marching generals reported that heavy rains made it difficult to march, and the truth was found out.

You must know that the secret system began as early as the later years of Kangxi, and expanded to hundreds or thousands of people during the Yongzheng period, but it was still kept secret from Qianlong.

Without him, interest.

Manchu and Han officials swallowed up millions of taels of disaster relief money and food every year and could no longer care about anything.

Just go to Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The millions of Liao salaries every year have already supported a number of interest groups, which reached its peak in Yuan Chonghuan's slogan of Liao people guarding Liao soil.

Imperial power is no longer enough in the face of interests.

Yunnan's annual fiscal revenue is only about 200 million yuan, and only one million yuan is retained. The profit of 50 million yuan a year from Yunnan Copper is enough to deceive people's minds.

Zhu Yixi made a rough calculation and found that at least a few hundred yuan could be equally divided between the upper and lower levels of the officialdom.

Yunnan Provincial Government, which eats a lot of money, has tens of thousands of yuan per capita.

At least, the governor can bite off 5 yuan.

In the salary system of the Shaowu Dynasty, the governor received 500 yuan of silver and [-] shi of grain a year, which was at least ten times his annual salary.

With such huge benefits, who can give up?

As for deceiving the court, this seems normal.

Even in later generations, under perfect surveillance, if dozens of people in the bank and the group embezzled 2000 billion, who would be able to detect it?
Zhu Yixi also understood them. If he was in that position and didn't exploit the people and harm the place, he could get ten years of salary for a slight change of conscience. Who wouldn't be tempted?

But then again, the butt determines the head.

As an emperor, he naturally hates corrupt officials.

Because this is digging into the foundation of Ming Dynasty and coveting his money.

Because of the loss of Yunnan copper, the court lost at least one million yuan in profits.

Of course, for Zhu Yixi, the most intolerable thing is deception.

You know, although there are only a hundred or so people in the secret box system, there are also three or five people in Yunnan, but there is no news.

This means that the secret box system cannot resist in the face of interests.

As for expanding the secret box, as soon as it came to mind, it was blocked again.

If it were expanded to the whole country like the Qing Dynasty, then there would be nothing. If everyone in the officialdom had a letter, who would dare to tell the truth?
Because civil servants all have flexible thinking, the bottom line in their hearts is to fight without defeat.

"check!"

Zhu Yixi ordered in a deep voice: "Find it thoroughly!"

"We will not hesitate to overthrow the entire Yunnan officialdom."

"The sin of deceiving the emperor is unforgivable!"

"Yes!" Du Yinxi on the side raised his eyebrows and could only agree.

You know, if the investigation continues, hundreds of prefecture and county officials will all go to Nanyang to eat bananas!

This is the first major case since Shao Wu.

Previous anti-corruption campaigns were not that exaggerated.

Turmoil is inevitable.

If the entire Yunnan officialdom is replaced in a silent manner according to the wishes of the cabinet, the people will not be in turmoil.

But the emperor just wanted to act like a bolt from the blue, which made the cabinet uncomfortable.

"In addition, the post of General Magistrate was originally designed to supervise local officials, but now it is in name only. Regardless of whether they are corrupt or not, all of them have been taken down."

Zhu Yixi's anger became increasingly intense: "The chief officer went to Nanyang to eat bananas, while the second officer went to the northwest to herd sheep. We must not tolerate it."

"The cabinet will draft a list of appointments as soon as possible and replace them in a timely manner."

"Yes!" Du Yinxi didn't expect that resignation could be divided into two parts, with a look of astonishment on his face.

As everyone knows, the emperor was completely disappointed with Yunnan at this time. At the same time, he felt the importance of calming the place, so he said:
"Removing the position of Governor of Luzon, Zheng Sen, appointed him Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, with the title of Minister of War, supervising the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, and also taking charge of Myanmar affairs..."

Du Yinxi was not surprised at all by this appointment and dismissal, but he was surprised by the establishment of the post of governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

This position has been brewing for many years, but I never thought that it would come at the right time. It’s just the right time.

After arranging the cabinet, Zhu Yixi met with Chu Yu, the commander of the Jin Yiwei:

"Jinyiwei has made a great contribution this time, but the Yunnan Qianhu Office has turned a blind eye to the corruption of Dian Copper for several years. It is already rotten to the core, so I will resign them all."

"Yes!" Chu Yu was shocked and hurriedly bowed down.

Good guy, even the Jin Yiwei has to make a big move.

But the emperor still had more to say: "You have been engaged in espionage for many years, and also planned Gao Jie's mutiny and the Taolin Army uprising. You have worked hard and made great achievements to reach the rank of Viscount."

"Now that the Yunnan Copper Case has been solved, it can be regarded as a remarkable achievement and must be rewarded."

"I will promote you to the title of Dongchuan Bo, and you will have two thousand households in the city."

The food here refers to the annual salary. Two thousand households have an annual salary of two thousand shi and 2000 silver yuan.

This is a huge number, and it is also the best compliment.

You must know that an earl is a nobleman, also known as a nobleman. He can be hereditary and reduced to a baron. The family has been noble for generations.

In the nobility system of the Shaowu Dynasty, those with less than [-] households were barons, those with [-] to [-] households were viscounts, [-] to [-] households were earls, [-] to [-] households were marquises, and those above [-] households were dukes.

Under the same title, the superiors and inferiors were distinguished by their food and fiefdoms.

Two thousand households is already quite high among the earls.

"I thank your Majesty Long En!"

Chu Yu was overjoyed.

Wu Bangfu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards in the Shaowu Dynasty, finally just took the viscount home to live in his old age. He was promoted to earl, which can be said to be No. 1.

At the same time, in the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, he was also the first person to be knighted for solving a major case.

This is also the best compliment for Jin Yiwei.

As soon as this news came out, the whole court was in panic.

Everyone is afraid that if Tiqi comes out, his family will be destroyed.

In fact, after Chu Yu became famous, Zhu Yixi felt that it was time for him to step down as the commander of the Jinyi Guards.

Without it, it is just a check and balance.

A well-known Jin Yiwei commander is equivalent to having his own leader, which is unfavorable to the imperial power.

Therefore, a count is both a compliment and a comfort.

There won't be any flying birds, and all the good bows are hidden.

Kunming, Yunnan.

"Dong, dong..." The drum beat, and the tone of the harp also joined in.

A group of Bai women dressed in linen and leather clothes filed in, with feathers in their hair and white hair all over their bodies. They walked quickly to the middle of the hall and danced to the sound of drums.

They are dancing girls, but their dance is very different from that of the Han people. They are flexible and changeable. Their movements are uniform, like deer in the forest. Their legs and feet are raised high when they step, and the gongs and drums in their hands dance at any time.

For a moment, the hall seemed to be back in the primitive forest, mysterious and unrestrained, and the atmosphere also changed accordingly.

The officials smiled broadly and watched with gusto.

In the final analysis, it is just the distribution of interests.

Selling 50 kilograms of Yunnan copper, and it is still fine red copper, can make a profit of 20 yuan, or more than 33.

After the copper ship set sail smoothly, everyone dared to breathe a sigh of relief.

The governor of Yunnan smiled and raised his glass: "Everyone, after a few months, the money and goods will naturally be included in the account. It will not be too late to be happy then!" "But there is one thing I want to explain. If someone leaks it later , No, as long as you offend us, all my colleagues and classmates in life will be punished. Even if you have the kindness of the emperor, you will not be able to last long in the officialdom."

The wine at the banquet was fragrant and everyone was intoxicated.

The smell of spices in the nose makes people linger.

At this time, suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

Amid everyone's look of astonishment, a big man wearing a fish dragon robe walked over.

He came to Shishi with a knife in his hand and a smile on his face, a contemptuous and exaggerated smile:
"Gentlemen, I have good news for you. Starting today, you are going to Nanyang to eat bananas."

For a moment, everyone was afraid.

Even the governor of Yunnan kept mumbling: "It was leaked, who leaked it?"

He was furious and questioning, but no one paid any attention to him.

All the officials were in a state of disarray and in disarray.

The arrival of Jinyiwei means that the emperor is aware of this matter.

For Shaowu, an emperor who was benevolent on the surface but extremely ruthless in reality, who didn't know his fate?

If you go to Nanyang to eat bananas, you will definitely not go to Mobei to herd sheep.

Beijing.

"Squeak!" A wooden door opened, and the scenery outside immediately came into view.

As soon as Du Yinxi returned home, he opened the back door of the living room hall.

The sun was already hanging in the west, and he was no longer prepared to pay attention to official matters today.

As the residence of the Prime Minister, it is naturally extremely spacious.

Not far from the back door is an artificial lake. There are some lotus roots planted in the shallow water beside the lake. It has been covered by ice and snow, leaving only a white patch.

There are trees on the shore. If it is the turn of spring and summer, there are a few pear trees among them, and the pear blossoms will bloom to their fullest. The petals will flutter in the wind and fall on the lake, embellishing the quiet lake with small red and white colors.

At that time, this place was really a beautiful place.

But at this time, even if the lake surface is covered with ice and snow, there is always a strong atmosphere there. The trees with frozen branches are too stiff to move, like puppets, ready for anyone to draw.

And such quiet scenes are extremely rare in the inner city of Beijing.

He seemed to be thinking about something in his silence, but Du Yinxi didn't think about anything at this time. He just felt a little tired.

At this moment, I heard a noise behind me. When I looked back, my wife, Mrs. Chen, walked in dignifiedly and called softly: "Master, are you back?"

Du Yinxi didn't answer and pulled out another stool by the wall.

Seeing this, she frowned and asked again: "Would you like some tea? I'll make you some tea."

Du Yinxi said irritably: "I won't drink anymore. I don't have much appetite in this winter."

"Go, take out the Go chess!"

Amid the astonishment of his family, Du Yinxi played a game of Go by himself, and he played for a full hour before he stopped.

At this time, he was mentally exhausted and did not even eat dinner, but went to sleep directly.

The next day, when he was on duty, he heard comments in his ears.

Several pavilion elders hesitated to speak in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Du Yinxi knew what they wanted to say.

In the huge officialdom of Yunnan, there are thousands of officials, who is not related to them?
Who wouldn’t feel uncomfortable if it’s just like this?

Du Yinxi was even more uncomfortable.

His nephew became the magistrate in Yunnan, which he had specially arranged for last year, because the border officer had a high official rank, but little did he know that it had harmed him.

When he thought of this, how could he go to meet his wife's family?
Sitting down, Du Yinxi rubbed his eyes:
"You also know His Majesty's thoughts. We would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. Our cabinet must also share the worries with you, and all the corresponding dispatches must be arranged..."

Naturally, a few people did not dare to speak nonsense, so they could only accept it with a grimace.

There are only about [-] candidates for each section of the imperial examination, but there are more than [-] official vacancies. How can we get so many officials?

Of course, the ones here deserve to be qualified rather than just pretending to be qualified. After all, there were so many people in the Ming Dynasty and there were countless people who wanted to be officials.

But in order to maintain the dignity of the imperial examination, which is also the prerogative of Jinshi, the rules must be strict and no mistakes can be made.

At least most of the officials who sit in court are Jinshi.

……

At the same time, the spacecraft headed south and reached Luzon.

Zheng Sen is busy with Lu Song’s 22-year plan in Shaowu.

Naturally, he would not swallow up the financial surplus, but would transform the entire Luzon.

Official affairs, social studies, mining, logging, everything is a major event.

In particular, the establishment of the Hunan Kingdom required a large amount of material transportation, and Luzon accounted for the majority.

This made Zheng Sen extremely busy, and he couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw the boatloads of food supplies being transported.

Raising these vassals is really no different from raising a son.

"Angel?"

In his astonishment, he resigned from the post of governor of Luzon and became governor of Yunnan and Guizhou that year.

Naturally, congratulations came from all over Luzon.

Although the Governor-General of Luzon was also a Governor-General, it was nothing more than a Governor-General's Palace, equivalent to a governor of a province.

The governor of Yunnan and Guizhou is different. He is above the governor and can be said to be a frontier official.

Take promotion as an example. When a governor enters the central government, it is easy for him to be a minister, but the one who stands out is the minister.

The local governor must at least be a minister.

Because what he wears on his head is basically the title of Deputy Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

Zheng Sen was also very happy. He was promoted after only two years of service in five years. It was really a great joy.

In this way, the day of entering the cabinet is not far away.

He took a boat to go north without any delay. He didn't even go to his hometown in Fujian and went straight to Beijing.

Entering from Chongwen Gate, one encounters a huge procession of sending off brides, with endless playing and singing, and the dowry reaches 120 taels.

"Which princess is this getting married to?"

"Sir, this is Princess Shang Guangping, the Crown Prince of Myanmar. It's her big day."

Zheng Sen secretly groaned inwardly, it was such an unlucky time.

Sure enough, after entering the palace with a dusty face, he was sent back to see him again someday.

Nowadays, the whole city of Beijing is most concerned about the wedding at Princess Guangping Mansion.

Although she was just an adopted daughter, she couldn't bear to marry the heir of Burma, so there must be no mistakes in the etiquette and it was extremely grand.

Also to express respect, Myanmar arranged the wedding to be held in Beijing, which made the court feel a lot more comfortable and looked better.

As a result, Princess Guangping's dowry reached 10 yuan, and she also had [-] books, [-] craftsmen, and [-] servants.

Even Yunnan's criminal officials packed up hundreds of people and prepared to send them to Burma.

Sun Zhenghao was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

(End of this chapter)