Chapter 8: Criminal Criminal Cracking (III)

Zhu Yinglong also thought of Mao Wenlong, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to threaten Huang Taiji to hand over Mao Wenlong. However, he knew Huang Taiji's ambitions. Mao Wenlong's life was not even as good as a dog in his eyes, but Mao Wenlong was a symbol. Han generals like Mao Wenlong who were almost all princes in the country took the initiative to surrender. With such an example, when he entered the Central Plains in the future, the Han people who were afraid of death surrendered to him. Therefore, for his great ambitions, even if he killed Mao Wenlong, he would not return Mao Wenlong.

Of course, although Zhu Yinglong was worried, he was not anxious. The person who was anxious was not him, but Huang Taiji.

Sony, the special envoy of the Later Jin Dynasty to Beijing, ran to Lifanyuan almost every day. He had already managed all the way, but he couldn't wait for a definite reply. Seeing that Huang Taiji was urging him, people gave him Taiji. The threshold of the Lifanyuan Secretary Liu Hongxun's family was almost broken by Sony. There was no substantial progress.

Just when Sony was helpless and at a loss, a rumor came from the inner palace that the Ming court insisted on banning the border horse farm because Mao Wenlong, who had rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, would as long as the Later Jin Dynasty agreed to put the rebel Mao Wenlong and others back privately and hundreds of thousands of people, the court would consider opening the ban on the horse farm, and it would be easy to say if it was added.

Sony didn't know whether the rumor was true or false, but after he lived in Beijing for more than half a year and his ideas about Han court officials, he could basically figure it out. After thinking about it carefully, there was still some truth. The Han people were ambitious, talked empty talk, and had a deep impression on him. So the young and energetic Sony ignored the opposition of several Han deputys and gave Huang Taiji a way to send Mao Wenlong and other rebel generals in exchange for the Ming court's border horse farm to open the ban.

This was originally a suggestion to Huang Taiji by Sony in his private name. Logically speaking, only Huang Taiji or a few extremely trusted ministers could see this, but he did not expect that this almost secret memorial caused a huge wave on the upper level of the Jin people.

In particular, it caused many Han officials to be in panic all day long, and even hid at home on the grounds of being sick and refused to go to Chongzheng Hall to discuss matters.

"This Sony!" Huang Taiji was so angry that the Ming people had not yet put forward the conditions. This was good. His ministers first helped them to propose it, and it made a lot of trouble. Of course, subjectively, Sony was young and had too little political sensitivity to it, so he gave himself such a memorial. Objectively, he was used by others. In fact, many people in the Later Jin Dynasty have been affected and degenerated by the trend of pleasure and luxury. These people were not thinking about the country's further strengthening, but about the fact that such a drunken life can continue in this way. He also began to realize that the dangers of the Ming people opening horse farms on the border and importing a large amount of luxury goods such as silk and porcelain, which was simply hurting people.

"Sweeping up with a big sweat, Sony is young and ignorant, but he has always been smart. As expected, this time, it is true, but not all the mistakes are on Sony. Those who can make Sony spend money without any precaution must be people who know Sony's temperament quite well. The old minister suggested that several Han officials who followed Sony to Beijing closely investigate and monitor. Some of them may have secretly betrayed Dajin and Dahan!" Fan Wencheng said in a statement.

Although Huang Taiji valued some Han ministers, he was still a Jin man in his heart. Even if he could focus on Han ministers like Fan Wencheng, this was only a very small number of Han ministers. For the vast majority of Han ministers, he stood on the same front with his subordinates, using both the Jin nobles and princes, and was both used and guarding against them. There was a difference in closeness and distantness. It was still impossible for the trust of Jin ministers and Han ministers to reach a complete equality.

After hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Huang Taiji became alert instantly, which made him feel that he had made a lot of Han ministers to a secondary position some time ago. Although the power was really in the hands of the Jin people, most of the Jin people were vulgar and illiterate reckless men, and they were not as smart as the Han people and good at managing them. I am afraid that soon, these Jin people in power would be underestimated by Han officials. Huang Taiji's face changed slightly, and this situation would definitely not be allowed to happen.

"Fan Aiqing, let's do this as you wish. I'm a little tired." Huang Taiji slowly closed his eyes and signaled.

The most unpredictable thing is the emperor's thoughts. Fan Wencheng could not guess what Huang Taiji was thinking at this moment, so he had to kneel down and take his leave first.

"Xiong Rulin, you did a good job this time. A small rumor made Sony mess up. He is worthy of being the top scorer!" In the southern study of Yangxin Palace, Zhu Yinglong praised Xiong Rulin, the head of the Lifan Academy, who wrote the top scorer.

"It's all the emperor's strategy, and the minister just provided some information for the emperor's reference." Xiong Rulin said respectfully. Huang Dingchen, the second-ranked second in the same period, is now two levels higher than him. With such a gap, how could Xiong Rulin, the top scholar, be willing to fall behind?

"Have you ever thought about working in a local area?" Zhu Yinglong suddenly said to Xiong Rulin seriously.

"This, little minister..." Xiong Rulin is the new top scholar after all, and his ambitions are above governing the country and benefiting the people. When he was transferred from the Hanlin Academy to the Lifan Academy, the boss was unwilling to do so. Now he has done a good job in the Lifan Academy and has made some achievements, so he can walk around the emperor. Therefore, he thinks that the Lifan Academy is not bad. He always plays psychological tactics with the envoys of the vassal states, just like when fish are in water, how can he bear to leave?

"If you don't want to, then I won't force you." Zhu Yinglong asked casually, without any special meaning.

Xiong Rulin himself had misunderstood the appointment of the official. He never saw the emperor ask which official he meant. What a great grace and glory. If the emperor had the idea that he was unwilling to share his worries for the king, then his future in his life would be completely ruined. He hurriedly knelt down and remedy: "My little minister is willing, and the emperor will go wherever he wants me. I am so heartless and unwilling to refuse."

Zhu Yinglong thought for a while and said, "Jiangnan is short of people, so you can go to Jiangnan and become a prefect first."

"Thank you for your kindness," Xiong Rulin hurriedly kowtowed. The result was not too bad. Jiangnan is a prosperous place. It is already very good to be a prefect there. The only regret is that I may not have been able to return to Beijing after going there.

Three days later, Xiong Rulin received the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel and went to Jiangnan to serve as the prefect of Ningbo. However, Sony, who had already figured out the dealings with it, took over the contact with Sony, but the person who took over the contact with Sony became Huang Dingchen.

Sony secretly hated the clever and had to accept this fact. He repeated what he had done for more than half a year and understood Huang Dingchen, the second-tier new student, in all aspects.

Just when the relationship between the imperial court and the Later Jin Dynasty turned evil, Zhu Yinglong wrote an edict, and issued an edict to use three months and half a year to severely crack down on local evil forces, including those so-called green forest heroes who robbed their families and used their original term in time and space, and called it "severe crackdown"!

Immediately afterwards, an edict was issued to ask the Ministry of Justice to clean up prisons in various prefectures and counties across the country. All prisoners who had no conclusive evidence were acquitted. At the same time, an edict was issued to revise the new "Da Ming Law" and renamed the "Da Ming Empire Constitution", which determined that the "Da Ming Empire Constitution" was the fundamental law of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, based on the development of the country, a system was formulated to be revised every five years, and the "Da Ming Empire Constitution" was included in the supplementary examination of the imperial examination. In other words, even if the juren who took the imperial examination passed the Jinshi examination and did not pass the "Da Ming Empire Constitution", he could only obtain the status of a Jinshi, but he could not be an official from the foreign side.

Another thing is a major event that shocked the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. The minor officials of the Ming Dynasty also need to be certified. In the existing prefectures, prefectures, counties, and yamen at all levels, all people who belong to the official category must obtain the qualification certificate issued by the court within five years. Small officials who have not been trained and studied will not be hired by the yamen at all levels. The power of officials to hire minor officials at will will be abolished and will be unified by the court. However, it will take five years or even longer to complete this process.

The promotion and change of officials also require the writing of the Ministry of Personnel, and the treatment of officials will gradually be carried out into the responsibility of the court, and the interests of officials are completely decoupled. However, if officials want to be officials, there are still some difficulties. After all, these are two huge disparity classes. If officials can also be officials, then why do so many scholars go to the imperial examination?

In this regard, Zhu Yinglong dared not take the blame for the world and forcefully flatten it.

In order to prevent the officials below from using the "severe crackdown" of the imperial court to harm the local area, Zhu Yinglong expelled hundreds of people to observe the wind and delegated them to the whole country in one breath. At the same time, strictly control the intensity and time of the "severe crackdown", and at the same time increase the review of criminals arrested during the crackdown. Once the facts are found to be inconsistent with the reports of the officials below, the officials below will be held accountable, resulting in the officials below not daring to neglect their duties and resent their lives.

Cracking down on corrupt officials, bullies, and unruly people who are disobedient to the control of the court are all about "critical crackdown".

The prisons that were cleaned up were used to provide new prisoners who were arrested during the crackdown. They were strong and strong. According to their own situation, some went to build roads, and some were sent to the opened wasteland for labor reform. They found that those with special talents were absorbed by special departments of the court. They signed a contract to sell their bodies for a certain degree of freedom and did their work for the court. They actually found a lot of talents, including all walks of life.

North Korea has lost its country. Although there is still some resistance in the country, Jeju Island is equivalent to falling into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The Korean royal family came to Beijing from the sea and lived in the beheaded Marquis of Ruofengcheng. Zhu Yinglong also took the time to meet the members of the Korean royal family. Seeing them crying and bowing, they both sympathized with them and hated them for uselessness. Then they put them under house arrest in Beijing in disguise. It was not until North Korea became the territory of the Ming Dynasty that it was fortunate to return to their hometown several years later. Things have changed.

With 50,000 high-quality war horses, Huang Taiji was so distressed that he dripped blood. Zhu Yinglong finally agreed to reopen the horse farm, but the condition was that 50,000 high-quality war horses, and the prices of several items were very high. In addition to making a lot of money from the Ming Dynasty, the court also received generous rewards. From beginning to end, Zhu Yinglong did not mention Mao Wenlong and a rebel general. After this, Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief, he became even more worried. Everything the Ming court did was to continuously enhance his strength and then constantly weaken himself. He had realized that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not the yellow-mouthed child he imagined, but a master who did not play according to common sense and a difficult opponent.

What can I do if I kill Mao Wenlong? Even if I can force Huang Taiji to hand over Mao Wenlong and let officials of the Later Jin, Jin, Mongolian and Han tribes exclude each other? Although Huang Taiji has compiled the Eight Banners of Han, his power is too weak and he may be eaten by the Eight Banners of the Jin people and the Eight Banners of Mongolia at any time. Mao Wenlong's surrender has increased the power of the Eight Banners of the Han. In the short term, this is a shame for the Ming court, and it is not an exaggeration to kill it. However, in the long run, a dead Mao Wenlong is far less beneficial to the Ming court than a living Mao Wenlong.

When Mao Wenlong was alive, the court had an excuse to attack the Later Jin Dynasty at any time. This was one. Second, accelerate the assimilation of the Jin people by the Han people. You should know that Mao Wenlong brought hundreds of thousands of Han people. How many Jin people were there in total? Third, Mao Wenlong was there, and the Han officials' power among the Jin people would inevitably increase, which would at least make the Han officials' power rise. The imperial court of the Jin people was transformed into the Jin people. Fourth, Mao Wenlong was also a considerable burden to the court. Now with Jeju Island and a navy, the strategic position of Dongjiang Island is of great importance, but it is no longer as before. Even if Mao Wenlong did not surrender to the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji would not be worried that there would be someone snoring beside him.

Zhu Yinglong is even more worried about another Mao Wenlong. Now that the imperial court has just won the southern expedition, Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou have received good news. How many people can truly be like Mao Wenlong? Even if there are many, who would hope to be a traitor for thousands of years without the juncture of life and death?
Chapter completed!