Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 30 Sharpening the Knife
The shocking thing that Wang Chengen revealed was the current situation of selling officials during the Chongzhen period.

From the early years of Chongzhen, due to vacancies in the central government or local officials, in addition to being selected from among new Jinshi as usual, they were also selected from among prefectural and county officials who had served for a certain period of time.As a result, selling officials also came into being.

Lumai, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, was only because he and Zhou Zhengyi, the younger brother of Zhou Tingru, a great scholar, were relatives of his son and daughter. Relying on this relationship, he actually set up "[-] Qiuci Lin (Hanlin Official), [-] Qiuke (Give Shizhong), and [-] Qiudao". (Supervisory Censor)" price, openly accepting bribes, and seeking officials on behalf of others.

Just imagine, if this kind of thing is made public, what does that mean?In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, collusion, favoritism and fraud have reached the extreme.

In the Ming Dynasty, logically speaking, such a situation should not have happened, because there were factory guards.

In fact, at the beginning, the factory guard did impeach such fraudulent behavior.But their purpose is not really to correct the atmosphere and severely punish the evil, but to participate in a share of the pie.

Therefore, during the annual assessment and selection, the Ministry of Officials will send 2 taels to the East Factory, and then the East Factory will no longer be in charge of the assessment and selection of the Ministry of Officials.Of course, Jin Yiwei's side is also indispensable.

The Ministry of Officials has no supervision, and the price is openly called. The officials of the Ministry of Rites are 2000 taels, and the Ministry of War does not have much money to fish, only [-] taels.Moreover, it is very market-oriented, and there are often biddings, and the highest bidder wins.Someone bought an official position with a lot of money, but before he took office, he was snatched away by someone else at a higher price!
Buying officials was quite common in the late Ming Dynasty. Even Song Yingxing's elder brother, who was famous in later generations, was born as a Juren, but because he had money to buy officials, he had a county magistrate.And Song Yingxing didn't have the money to buy it, so he could only become a teacher in the most unwanted county town.

The saying that money can make ghosts grind, was very well confirmed in the Chongzhen Dynasty.No matter what, as long as you have money, there is nothing you can't do.But if you have no money, then I'm sorry, no matter how capable you are, you can't do anything!Anyway, at this time, everything is about money!
In this context, if nothing else, just talk about those who buy officials.After they take office, will they serve the people wholeheartedly?The vast majority of officials still want to get the money back, and it is conceivable who will suffer in the end!

All the yamen are thinking of ways to make money, ignoring what the money is going to be used for!To put it bluntly, this is much fiercer than the stock market of later generations!After all, the stock market goes up and down, and in this Ming Dynasty, when the money goes out first, before the final destination is reached, the fat person will definitely become thinner, and the skinny person will become a skeleton!
Although Emperor Chongzhen already had a psychological expectation for the official administration in the late Ming Dynasty, he did not expect it to reach such a point.Can this great Ming Dynasty be saved?

At this moment, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought!
But soon, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smiled wryly again.Regardless of whether he can be saved or not, since he has become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he must go to save him!

There are difficulties to overcome difficulties, prescribe the right medicine, and solve the problem step by step!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen slowly regained his fighting spirit.And this, in fact, is his character, even in later generations, he is also this unyielding character!

Live another life, fight another life!
As a person from later generations, there are naturally examples to refer to in this situation.For example, the ICAC, before and after the establishment of the rectification of officials, has a very good reference value.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this so deeply that he even missed some of what Wang Chengen said.

At this time, he was still thinking about how to rectify the administration of officials.At some point, he suddenly realized that it seemed that Wang Chengen had finished speaking and was waiting for his will.

So, he put the things in his mind aside first, and decided to continue to follow the previous plan, to solve Cao Huachun's matter first, and to rectify the East Factory at the same time, which can be regarded as hanging over the heads of all officials. The rusty knife is re-sharpened!

Emperor Chongzhen stood still, turned around to look at Wang Chengen, and said with a hint of relief on his face: "After all, you did not disappoint me, very good!"

In fact, he only heard about selling his official position.

In fact, Wang Chengen did not tell everything. He was a little worried. Hearing the emperor's affirmation, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He quickly apologized and said: "I was blinded by lard before. I deserve to die!"

"It's good to have this understanding. Get up and talk!" Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said calmly.

But when Wang Chengen stood up according to his words, he suddenly said: "Now the court is extremely short of money, military pay, disaster relief and so on all need money. Since you have not disappointed me, I will not care about it anymore. However, your illegal income I still have to hand over the remaining silver to me, I need money urgently, do you understand?"

Without waiting for Wang Chengen to speak, Emperor Chongzhen added: "Actually, if it weren't for Daming's lack of money, forget about the past and start over. I can't help it. I can get as much as I can with illegal gains. What I want is As long as you show this attitude, I will never pursue the past matters!"

In fact, there was originally a concern here. If all the previous illegal gains are taken out, the amount will be large. Doesn’t it mean that the previous illegal things were serious?The number is low, and the emperor will find out later, what should I do if I pursue it again?
Even Wang Chengen has such concerns.However, he heard Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly emphasize the lack of money. As a person close to the emperor, he did know that the court was very short of money.However, although the emperor said that he would not pursue it anymore, should this be believed?
Emperor Chongzhen seemed to know what he was thinking, so he said: "I actually understand that my salary in the Ming Dynasty has been very low after more than 200 years. I am sorry for everyone when I work for the court but cannot support my family. I said that the past is not to blame, and it is because of this reason that the previous ones, which have been used up, should be regarded as compensation for everyone, and I will not go into details! People's salaries will increase! If you do things for me, I will definitely not treat you badly!"

Saying this is very unfair to a few honest officials.If I knew this earlier, shouldn't I be an upright official?

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were too few honest officials.As long as you are an official, you will be able to gain benefits directly, indirectly, actively and passively through the power of being an official.And this is precisely the biggest reason why everyone wants to be an official.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen said now was aimed at people who were corrupt, but to them, it was reasonable and reasonable, and it was somewhat of a reassurance.

It was only at this time that Wang Chengen had the chance to play back and said: "This servant deserves death, and I must take out all the money!"

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not believe it, and the ghost would take out all the money.But no matter what, if you have money, you can take it out.

Thinking of this, he said to Wang Cheng'en again: "Cao Daban was an old man when I was hiding in the mansion, and he is my confidant. Although he is sorry for me, I still want to give him a chance. You send someone to tell He, let him follow your example, and I will let the past go!"

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