Nanxun Town, Huzhou Prefecture.

The notice of the governor of Nanzhili strictly prohibiting disrupting market order and cracking down on criminal gangs has been posted for three days.

But the local forces in Nanxun Town did not take this seriously.

Yaxing is still bullying the market, while the green gangsters still rely on the support of the powerful to collect protection fees and extort.

Even the magistrate who was responsible for the jurisdiction of Nanxun Town did not care. On the one hand, the local forces would give him benefits. On the other hand, he did not want to offend local forces for the imperial court's orders, so he still stayed in Huating County and still followed the rules of governing inaction and not going to the countryside.

The Police Department has not developed into these new towns and can only control the surrounding areas of the county.

However, now, the Jinyiwei, who is specifically responsible for the rectification, is here.

Yuanheng, the Jinyiwei Baihu, brought a team of Jinyiwei to Nanxun Town at this time.

Free development can also be said to be the fact that Nanxun Town, which is not concerned about the emergence of the Jinyiwei, was not interested in the emergence of the Jinyiwei at the beginning, and still only did its own things.

Even Magistrate Mei was too lazy to take care of the Jinyiwei after knowing that the Jinyiwei appeared. Now he is still worried that a noble man would come to him a few days ago and would he lose his black hat if he didn't treat him.

Mr. Zhai has not taken these Jinyiwei seriously yet. Now he is instigating his Haonu to stop a merchant who is unwilling to buy goods from him and prevent the merchant from unloading the goods.

"Just say, if you refuse to sign a contract with our Zhai family for one day, our Zhai family will not let the porters here unload the goods for you in one day! Let your goods be unable to be sold on the river!"

The rich slave from the Zhai family said.

"But, your Zhai family has kept the price too low. We traveled thousands of miles to Nanxun Town to sell it, and we will get a discount on the purchase!" said the merchant.

"Your grandpa, I don't want to talk nonsense to you! I will put it here. If anyone helps this merchant named Wei, my Zhai family will beat him to death and let his wife and daughter be sold to the kiln by the people of his clan!"

As soon as the Haonu of the Zhai family finished speaking, Yuanheng, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, came over: "Is it possible for your Zhai family to succeed or the heavens in Nanxun Town? Can it represent the king's law?"

"My Zhai family is in Nanxun Town, that's the king's law!"

After the Zhai family Haonu finished speaking, he found that there was a knife on his neck. When he looked back, it was the Jinyiwei. He was stunned for a moment, and his initial arrogance disappeared into the sky.

Yuanheng of Jinyiwei pulled the knife hard, and the head of the Zhai family Haonu rolled to the ground.

The whole person present was shocked.

"After the special law, after the notice is announced, all those who still bully the market will be killed!"

When Yuanheng of the Jinyiwei Baihu said, several other Jinyiwei also killed several other noble slaves on the spot.

The merchant was frightened to see this and forgot to put the goods in a moment. When Yuan Heng saw this, he said: "That merchant, you can put the goods now. The husbands who put the goods should not think about raising the price on the ground, otherwise our sword will kill you!"

The merchants and the gang members replied tremblingly: "Yes, yes!"

At this time, Zhai Yuanwai was instructing his housekeeper: "Don't throw away this batch of moldy rice first, and then transport it to Ningbo to sell it. The Navy will come to collect military rations in a few days. This batch of moldy rice can make a good price!"

As soon as Mr. Zhai’s butler agreed, Yuan Heng broke in with the Jinyiwei.

"One was let go!"

Yuan Heng said first, then drew his sword and cut the butler into half, then pointed at Mr. Zhai with the knife: "How much moldy rice is left at home? Where is it hidden?"

"There are three hundred stones, which were all famine last year. I wanted to sell them for a good price, but unexpectedly, the Ministry of Agriculture transported many sweet potatoes, which were not sold. They were all hidden in the cellar. Jun Ye spared your life! Xiaomin was just doing business, and his family still had some money, and he was willing to offer it to Jun Ye!"

Yuan Heng asked Mr. Zhai to find all the moldy rice, and then ordered someone to burn the rice.

Zhai Yuanwai and several of his business partners were dragged to the place with the most traffic in Nanxun Town, and they were all scratched on the spot! The heads fell all over the ground!

...

Such things continue to happen throughout Jiangnan.

The Fan family, a juren from Xiaotang Town, Huating County, relies on his identity as a juren, openly instructed gangsters to collect protection fees from the people and merchants to enrich their family in Xiaotang Town.

A certain team of Jinyiwei broke through the door and killed all the head of the Fan family, more than 100 civil servants and 300 land refugees, and even used firearms.

Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, had to close his eyes and cut his knife at Zuo Zhong, a gentry in Jiangning who lends money and forces others to destroy others.

A puff!

After killing one person, Xu Pengju did not fail to attack the others.

...

For a moment.

The entire Jiangnan was disgusted by the Jinyiwei. Whether it was a gentry, bully or a green-skinned gangster, there were tens of thousands of people killed.

Zhu Houzhao found that the police force set up in Nanzhili also strengthened its control force, especially after several corrupt police officers were also executed.

The local evil forces that affect the public security of Jiangnan and disrupt the commodity economic order of Jiangnan have decreased significantly, and local officials in Jiangnan are also trembling and dare not shelter local forces anymore. They even have to strictly control them under the pressure of the court.

In order to consolidate this achievement, Zhu Houzhao planned not to leave Jiangnan for the time being within two or three years. He wanted Jiangnan, a region where capitalism was sprouted, to truly establish modern civilization, from humanistic literacy to the people's economic living standards and municipal service standards, and to become a benchmark for the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

Now is just the first step, which is to eliminate the evil forces that hinder the development of the commodity economy in Jiangnan and stabilize public security.

Hua Chen, a businessman from Guang'an, Sichuan, came to Wangdian Town, Jiaxing County with 500 stones of grain. He saw that Wangdian Town had no tyrants who occupied the dock. He couldn't help but ask the people from Yaxing: "How dare you ask Boss He? Isn't it usually a merchant who will charge the dock standing fee when he comes?"

"So you know, Boss He was executed by the Jinyiwei last year, and all his seventies were eliminated as black forces! The Qianhe River in Wangdian Town has been popular for many days, and blood is everywhere!"

The man from the tooth said.

"Didn't this say that there are relatives behind Boss He who are doing business in the court? Why would they be killed by the Jinyiwei?" asked the guest Hua Chen.

"The court cracked down on the army and transferred the army. Not to mention the relatives of the court officials, even the relatives of the Minister of the Pavilion will be killed. Your Majesty will be in charge of Nanjing and will rectify local public security. No one dares to anger the dragon's face! Now, no one can buy or sell freely in the entire Jiangnan, and no one dares to bully the market anymore. Now these gangs must abide by the rules," said the gangs.

"This is really a great emperor's kindness. If I had known, I would have transported more food. This year, Shu was harvested. I heard that Nanzhili had a severe drought and flooding, so I had only traveled thousands of miles to sell it. But I was worried that I would be robbed in Puyuan Town like the previous year, so I only transported 300 stones!"

The merchant said with some regret.

Like this merchant, other merchants who came to Jiangnan found that the business order in Jiangnan had improved significantly. For a time, the number of merchants who came to Jiangnan to trade increased significantly, which also led to a sharp increase in the trade volume in Jiangnan.

Moreover, because the court had not established a complete commercial tax system, many towns were just free trade, and local forces were suppressed by the court, and most of the income was also entered into the hands of civilians, which greatly increased the income of the people in Jiangnan and greatly increased the wealth in Jiangnan.

But Zhu Houzhao naturally would not be satisfied with this. Letting the people have money is only a primary purpose, because the free economy market is a market for survival of the fittest. If this continues, it will only go out and become richer and poorer. As the court, it is necessary to avoid this phenomenon and spend the wealth of social growth on public utilities that benefit everyone.

"The governor of Nanzhili Wu Wending, the inspector Dai Jin, and you left and right governors and censors. Now Jiangnan can maintain public order, and the people can trade and produce freely. No chaos happens. It depends on the army, and the Jinyiwei is maintaining it! But the severe punishments can only be controlled for a while, not for a lifetime, and the court cannot use the army that has been tempered forever to maintain local public order. As local officials in Jiangnan, you must shoulder this responsibility!"

Zhu Houzhao started to instruct local officials in Jiangnan in this way.

Wang Shouren also said from the side: "Your Majesty is very saying, the current situation is changing, and the system must also change. Jiangnan is different from other places. Seventy percent of the people are working and doing business, and there are also merchants from Huizhou, Taiyuan, Zhaoqing, Chengdu and Wuhan who live here. Sixty percent of the refugees in the world are concentrated here. They are all working and doing business. Naturally, we can no longer manage them like we used to manage farmers!"

"Report to Your Majesty, there are also cabinet masters. The officials in charge of Nanzhili for many years. They believe that the main illegitimate policies of Nanzhili are as follows: First, the tax authorities are unclear and the local scattered are chaotic; Second, the rogues are dominating one side, colluding with officials and clerks to bully the people; Third, the number of officials is insufficient, and the governance is disordered. The officials of a county do not know how many new cities and towns are added under their jurisdiction! "

Wu Wending also said at this time, and said, "So, I think that the current officials need to be changed first and then taxes, and the administration should be delegated to local governments. I suggest that the establishment of officials in Nandu Jing were abolished. I boldly said that these ministers of the Nandu Department and the officials of various temples were of no use except to disturb the local government! In the court, there were officials of various departments in Beijing to take charge of the world's government affairs and dispatch everything. The officials of Nanjing could only restrain themselves. In the south of the Yangtze River, the officials of Nanjing only seek personal gain, not for the welfare of the people in the south!"

Wu Wending's words were like a bomb blew among all officials. Nanjing's left-level censor Bian Xian immediately stood up: "You are nonsense! The Ming Dynasty implemented the two capital system, which is an old rule during the reign of Emperor Taizong (Here Yongle has not been changed to the posthumous posthumous by Zhu Houzhao, and in history it was changed to the posthumous posthumous by Jiajing). You are arbitrarily changing the posthumous system! Besides, Nanjing still has six ministries and other prisons, which is of profound meaning."

"What is the deep meaning? I am worried that if the north will not defend, the south will be established again!"

Wu Wending said it very directly, and then bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I dare to say that according to the ethics and ability of these Beijing officials in Nanjing, even if the world changes in the future, there will be losses in the north. They will only surrender and sell their country, and will never defend themselves, because they have no blood in addition to bullying the people in Jiangnan and holding the people in Jiangnan to fight against the central court!"

Zhu Houzhao admitted that Wu Wending's prediction was correct. In history, after Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng and then fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, the old and young people in Nanjing did not defend Nanjing, and the surrenders did account for the majority.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Wu Wending, a civil and military genius who was promoted to governor for quelling the rebellion of Ningwang and was promoted to the governor, fired such a big cannon at this time and directly attacked the entire Nanjing official system. These were thousands of bureaucrats. Although most of them were eating and drinking, they were mostly experienced.

"What do Wang Qing think?"

Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Shouren that Nanjing has a central official system which is a historical legacy of the Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that Nanjing's Beijing officials have no meaning. Therefore, he did not know whether to withdraw, but decided to ask other officials.

Wang Shouren also knew that many Nanjing officials were idle positions, but it is undeniable that many military and political affairs in the south, especially in Nanzhili, were still managed by Nanjing officials. After all, the capital is far from the south. Due to geographical factors, many southern affairs are more efficient in handling natural conditions in Nanjing.

What Wang Shouren could guess was that the reason why Wu Wending, the governor of Nanzhili, dared to bombard various departments in Nanjing was simply because he, the governor of Nanzhili, did not want him to be constrained by this group of experienced officials in Nanzhili.

Therefore, Wang Shouren only said: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, Nanjing officials should not be withdrawn. After all, the household and military affairs in the south still need to be presided over in Nanjing. Every year, grain transportation in the north and coastal defenses in the southeast must be unified and dispatched by Nanjing officials. However, the words of the Governor Wu Wending must be considered. The power and responsibilities of Nanzhili and Nanjing need to be distinguished. Nanjing officials are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of Nanzhili, and the responsibilities of Nanjing officials must be clear!"

Wang Shouren said this, both the Nanjing officials and Wu Wending had no objection. For Nanjing officials, it would be good not to revoke Nanjing officials and not allow them to order them to retire. For Wu Wending, he really did not expect the court to give all the thousands of Nanjing officials in Nanjing. He was just bombarding him to achieve the goal of his own as the governor of Nanzhili, who could completely rule Nanzhili.

Zhu Houzhao thought that these officials knew the officials. If it were him, he would really think that Wu Wen would have to remove thousands of Nanjing officials, and he was indeed impulsive in his heart to eliminate Nanjing's functions.

"It's very good. After Nanzhili moved to Suzhou, Nanjing officials were not allowed to interfere in the local affairs of Nanzhili. However, the three bad policies proposed by Wu Wending hit the nail on the head. Now the special management district system is banned. Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces began to pilot reform the official system. First, the provincial level must have various departments in household management, criminal affairs, military affairs, official affairs, academic affairs, rituals, and work affairs. Extended to the prefectures, corresponding departments, and corresponding departments, and then to the county, and there must be various departments, increasing local administrative power, and each village implements an autonomous system. However, all townships and above need to appoint court officials."

Zhu Houzhao also said: "Now the provincial government department, the inspector department, and the command department must be dismissed and reset it to the department. Each department will set up various government affairs according to various types of government affairs. The department plans to be a magistrate, the fourth rank, and the prefectures and counties have no subdivision. According to the rules, it is a magistrate to manage military affairs and proclaim officials to be in charge of criminal affairs. In the end, there are few officials but unknown positions. Therefore, the prefectures and counties need to set up various bureaus according to various types of government affairs. The same is true for counties. The original prefectures, prefectures and counties have been changed to bureaus. The bureaus set up by the prefectures, prefectures and counties will naturally have to inquire about the government affairs of the county under management."
Chapter completed!