Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 92 Money Is Just One Word
Seeing Cao Huachun lead the decree to leave, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help rubbing his forehead.It's all worrying, and there is no good news!
A group of cabinet ministers must be selected, but not everyone can enter the cabinet.If you are not familiar with political affairs and have no years of experience, it is difficult to handle the drafting of major events in the world.

According to the practice in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the selection of high-ranking officials had to be recommended by the court.It can be said that the court recommendation system is a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the court recommendation system is not static. When it evolved to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the original Emperor Chongzhen would summon on the basis of the list of candidates recommended by the court, and then select through interviews. That is to say, if the interview passed, then A serious official recognized by civil officials and recognized by the emperor.

Otherwise, it will be easy to attract criticism, that is, non-legitimate officials may resist taking office, or the Ministry of Officials will not handle entry procedures and resist appointments.Such examples have happened many times in the nearly 300-year history of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, during the reign of Chongzhen, the ethics of officials were basically gone.Most of the officials were specially promoted by the emperor, that is, they were promoted through unorthodox means, and not many people cared about it.

However, in this way, the original Emperor Chongzhen always listened to what others said about XX, and he thought it was okay, so he called him over for a few interviews, and he succeeded in taking office after being fooled.And this is also one of the reasons why the senior officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty changed so diligently.Because selection in this way is often unreliable.

First, the so-called recommendation is not necessarily based on someone's true talents and learning, but is likely to be a collusion of interests.Therefore, after taking office, the performance often disappoints the emperor.

Second, if it is not the result of compromise between officials, it will often be attacked by political opponents.At this time, if you can't distinguish right from wrong, you will often be punished based on the emperor's whims (being deceived), such as downgrading, dismissal, or even dismissal.

Of course, no system can be perfect.As far as the end of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the civil service group is already rotten, and it would be strange to ask them to compromise and come up with a result.In this case, if you meet a promising king, with a discerning eye and a special promotion, it will be an efficient and useful method.

But the crux of the problem is that the original Chongzhen Emperor could not be discerning.And the current Emperor Chongzhen is a newcomer, and he doesn't know the history of the late Ming Dynasty as well as the contemporary characters like some time-travel novels.How history is is not written by future generations.All in all, after all, you have to see with your eyes and analyze with your heart to know how a person is.

Therefore, the final decision made by Emperor Chongzhen was for the civil court to recommend multiple assistant ministers (if not specified, usually two people, one master and one backup), and he himself would interview after the list came out.He believed that looking at it from his own perspective, it should be better than the original Emperor Chongzhen.

However, it is a little different from the original one. Before the civil official court pushed, Emperor Chongzhen decided to cite the conditions for him to ask for a job, just like later generations.When the Ministry of Officials and the chief seal officer of the Ke Dao pre-select candidates, they must meet the conditions he set out.If the candidate given does not meet the requirements and is verified by the factory guard, the Ministry of Officials and the official of the Ke Dao will be jointly and severally responsible.

That's it, the selection of cabinet ministers has a preliminary conclusion.Then, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about another thing.

All the cash confiscated in the Yumajian case has been spent, but the follow-up money has not yet been settled.It is not a problem to just rely on ransacking the house, there must be a steady stream of money coming in!

But now it will be the New Year's Eve in two days, and then it will be the 12th year of Chongzhen.The top priority right now is the Manchu Qing army raging near the capital.Everything has to make way for this.In this way, the source of money, I am afraid, can still only rely on copying the house.

Of course, there are already people who ransacked the house.It is the original official of Jinyiwei.Li Ruolian, the new Commander of Jinyiwei, has presented all the crimes of those people, and everything is ready, just waiting for the last person.

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking that the time he gave had passed, and Dongchang sent the confession letter of Luo Yangxing, the former commander of Jinyiwei.

Emperor Chongzhen opened it and looked at it, and found that Luo Yangxing didn't know what was going on outside and was taking a chance. He only wrote a few minor mistakes in the confession book.This is far from the accusations about him provided by Li Ruolian.

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to talk nonsense, and ordered Li Ruolian to have an audience.Let him go to Dongchang to bring Luo Yangxing back, and bring him back to Jinyiwei Prison for interrogation. After the results come out, they will confiscate the homes of these former Jinyiwei officials together.

That's it, Jin Yiwei's matter has been set as the tone for handling it.

Thirty miles away from Jinzhou, Lu Xiangsheng led the troops and was stationed here.At this time, he had already learned that the main force of the Manchu Qing army was attacking Jinzhou.However, the Manchu Qing army's scouting horses were placed far away and powerful, which basically blocked the possibility of the Ming army's night hunting to investigate the battle situation in Jinzhou.

In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng was also a little helpless.At this time, the army under his command, after the battle of Julu, was like a person who had exhausted his strength and was still hungry, and it was impossible to fight immediately.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng has a very big feeling about this.

Wang Chengen watched all this from the sidelines, and for the first time deeply realized the importance of logistics to the army. Even a capable person like Lu Xiangsheng would be helpless without the support of logistics.

In this regard, facing Lu Xiangsheng with a serious face, he could only comfort him: "Don't worry, my soldier, our family sent the news of the victory to the capital as soon as possible. I believe that after the court heard the news, there would be some expressions. .”

Director Gao Qiqian at this time, has no responsibilities, and is extremely relaxed. Thinking of the 2 taels of silver that he took out of his pocket, he can't help but feel distressed, and his words are a little bit weird: "It's hard to say, even if there is good news How about it? Does the imperial court still have money to reward? This matter should not only be known to our family, but the prince also knows it in his heart, so there is no need to say these words of comfort, lest the soldiers have expectations and then be disappointed!"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he was a little dissatisfied, and immediately glared at him.You Gao Qiqian said these depressing words at this time, wouldn't it make things worse!Do you know that it affects the morale of the army?

Lu Xiangsheng saw the expressions of both of them in his eyes, and he actually had expectations in his heart.The imperial court is notorious for having no money. Since the three major Wanli levies, it has been borrowing from here and there, and even levied additional taxes, but the treasury still has no money.

At this time, he agrees with what Gao Qiqian said, so what if the good news is passed back, can the imperial court still have the money to allocate it?At most, it is just a reward for individual generals, and it is useless to improve the morale of the army at this time!
He was thinking about it when suddenly the guards outside the tent shouted loudly: "Your Imperial Envoy has arrived!"

(End of this chapter)