Chapter 177 Censor and Salt
Since ancient times, the pursuit of official positions has always been the norm in Chinese society, and fame and fortune cannot be avoided.
Gao Xin is a censor. In the increasingly fierce trend of picketing, he seems to have a weak presence, but there is no way. The only thing the Censorate can impeach is the central court official.
To be honest, he envied the people in Taiyuan who could unscrupulously impeach the prime minister and all the officials in the court, and became famous. Even the Governor Li, who controlled the court, invited him to visit the mansion.
However, what can I do? Although he belongs to the Censorate, he is affiliated with the Censorate and supervises the local government. Although he can supervise the Six Ministry, he has long been in name only. Judging from the current situation, he is very leisurely.
The Censorate of the Tang Dynasty was the highest supervisory department, with its Taiyuan, Palace and Procuratorate.
If there is a particularly serious case, it can be tried together by the Minister of the Dali Temple, the Minister of Justice, and the Chief Censor of the Censorate, and is called the Chief Censor of the Three Divisions. The chief and deputy chief officers of the Censorate are the Chief Censor and the Chief Censor of the Censorate.
The Taiyuan, six censors, were under the sixth rank, and were in charge of picking up all the officials and impeaching illegal acts. They tried cases of special orders by the emperor and were also in charge of the ministerial officials of the Secretariat. They were divided into court and accepted unjust lawsuits. They were known as the "Missary of the Three Sessions".
In the palace courtyard, nine censors, who were from the seventh rank, were in charge of the ceremony of worship in the palace, inspected the court ceremony and reported the violations of the ceremony.
The Censorate, the Censor, was supervised by fifteen censors, and was in charge of supervising the fifteen local officials and six ministries of the Secretariat.
"This tea is good!" While drinking tea and listening to the accusations made by colleagues in his ears against the officials, Gao Xin listened, but his mind had already drifted to the distance.
Since the Censorate was valued by Governor Li, its status has risen sharply, and the supply of tea and pastries is available, and even the monthly salary is a little earlier.
All officials control the people, but they control the officials, but the officials above the officials are also appropriate.
"Some time ago, I made a mistake in front of the Tang Shaoqing Hall of Guanglu Temple. I should scold you!" A censor who was only about twenty years old said with a strong and powerful look, with bright eyes.
"It's reasonable, tomorrow's meeting, you'll speak!"
The Censorate has always been very relaxed about such innocuous trivial matters. Although the Censor has no power to control the speech, he controls the assessment. Generally, each Censor will review his impeachment with the doctor.
As the censor, Huang Zhen has a relatively straightforward temper, but he is good in private and has little power. The two chief ministers below can still supervise him, which is not much fun.
If he had dissuaded his subordinates from impeaching high-ranking officials in the past, he would have forgotten that today. Who wouldn't know that Governor Li likes the Censor's impeachment of all officials the most?
"Taixian, tomorrow I will impeach Mr. Zhong for the crime of lax supervision. The rich slaves in his family seized the land, and the people separated their wives and children..."
When Huang Zhen heard the impeachment of Xianggong Zhong, he became energetic in an instant, but when he heard it, he lost his energy again. The old tune was re-tuned? There was no meaning at all.
A few days ago, the Censorate made a big splash and impeached hundreds of officials. For a time, Dali Temple was crowded, and even the husband had to give him some shame and called Huang Xiantai.
But it doesn't work now. All the eunuchs in the court have been impeached. In recent days, they have not received heavy impeachment, so the Censorate is idle.
I have been having such a tea party today for several days, boring and boring.
An old censor like Gao Xin was drinking tea and tasting pastries freely. Only the new censors talked in great interest. After lunch, the day passed.
"I'm still too young!" sighed. At present, there are ten people in Lingshi in the Censorate, Gao Xin is one of them. When he lost the martial arts competition at the age of 19, he joined the imperial examination and had some skills. He was in the Censorate and was low-key on weekdays. He stayed there for ten years and got the position of Lingshi.
"Go back home-" Got the ox cart, Gao Xin moved her butt and lie down in a comfortable position. Now that she is happy, she is not famous or official, and her passion has gone into nothing. She is a bit regretful!
Just when he was regretful, the censor Huang Zhen rushed to call them back, saying that there was something big about discussing.
"What's the matter?" Along the way, the old censors asked lazily, obviously they were not comfortable working overtime.
"There must be no major case!" Gao Xin was inexplicably excited, and his heart, which had been dull for many years, was turbulent again.
Sure enough, Huang Xiantai brought a gratifying news, but it was only aimed at the prosecutor's office.
"The salt farms in Dongguan, Xinhui, Haiyang, Qiongshan, Ningyuan, Yilun and other places are insufficient in salt production, and the salt prices in the market have nearly doubled. The governor is very dissatisfied and urged our procuratorate to send special personnel to major salt farms for review, and no one can escape!"
I was happy and confused. The interests of the salt farm were broken, and the identity of a censor could not intimidate people.
"This time is extraordinary. Each censor inspected will be equipped with five clerks and ten guards. They are all individually assigned by the censor. Anyone who is not a crime can be included on his own."
Letting the censor form his own raft team is one of the changes Li Jia has made. A censor's combat power is limited, but if you gather the power of everyone and then use the identity of the censor, you will get a wonderful result.
The lack of salt in the market did not stop because of Governor Li's scolding, but instead became more and more intense. Not only did the people find it difficult to eat salt, but officials with a weak net worth were also unable to bear it.
Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Governor's Office used its ship power to transport salt from other places to Panyu, one for profit, and the other for reducing salt prices and regulating the market.
Li Jia actually wanted to capture those unscrupulous merchants and exploit them in a big way, but he treated the symptoms but not the root cause. He released so much sea salt. If he caught salt merchants, it would cause panic.
"Mr., so far, it's only half a month, and the income from selling salt is about 100,000 yuan!" An Guo bent over and reported.
"We made 100,000 yuan, but those salt fields buried million yuan. It's really too greedy."
Panyu City consumes more than ten thousand kilograms of salt every day, plus the amount of salt exported, Panyu's salt consumption is enough to be millions of kilograms per month.
Salt is one of the important people's livelihoods. As soon as the grain is stabilized, salt has problems. Li Jia is very sure that someone must make trouble, just to cause problems for himself.
Without salt, the price of salt may be too much, which will definitely affect the people's support.
"Can't the salt transported from Jianwu Town and Hainan still be supplied to Panyu?" Li Jia patted her forehead and asked.
"Not 20% of the original salt, and the salt sold on the market, plus ours, is not as good as 50% of the previous ones, and the price is extremely high!"
An Guo lowered his head and said.
Chapter completed!