The court was furious. On the same day, the cabinet's schoolbag Liyou and Yan Yingyuan, the new director of the Security Headquarters, led 500 police officers to Xiang County that day.

Seven days after arriving, Yan Yingyuan destroyed twenty-seven bandits, died on the spot, and arrested more than 300 people, including more than 40 gentry, Xiang County Magistrate, County Magistrate, Dian Li and other officials were arrested, forty-eight people, and almost all the troops were wiped out!

Three days later, as many as 126 people were sentenced to death by the local junior court and as many as 300 people were exiled!

The execution of so many people at one time is still led by the cabinet, and the Ming Dynasty has never been released since ancient times!

As a result, the government and the country were shaking abnormally, and Sun Chuanting's power was already so great!

The chaos inside and outside the Ming Dynasty suddenly became severe. Whether in rich or poor places, various forces accelerated their collusion.

The number of bandits and their strength was increasing. The "rebels" suddenly became quiet and lurked. The gentry and officials accelerated their collusion. Those who opposed the "New Deal" were even more inflated, thinking that they were just dissatisfied, but this time, they were afraid and could no longer do anything.

The Qinhuai River, which is a fairyland in the world, has been empty overnight. Those academies that criticize the government and criticize current affairs, famous mountains and rivers, etc., are empty.

The storm was turbulent, and the gods and ghosts showed it, and the excitement of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have just begun.

These are all later stories. On the day Bao Li left Beijing, Guo Guangxin, as the inspector of the government, was already in Shandong and Yanzhou Prefecture, and was conducting open and secret investigations.

In an ordinary shop, Guo Guangxin, the retired former Minister of War, was drinking tea slowly.

The one who poured tea and handed him water was his nephew. Because he had been a playboy since childhood, he had no hope of fame and fame. The family gave him a shop and let him relied on his own. As he grew older, his children changed their temperament and had a lot of duty.

Guo Guangxin took a sip of tea and said, "You have done well in the past few years. Your father wrote me a letter asking me to give you a quota and guarantee you to study in the Zhengyuan. Don't you want to go?"

The name of Guo Guangxin is Guo Quande. He stood in front of Guo Guangxin and smiled bitterly: "Let the third uncle laugh, my father was so shameless that he wrote to the third uncle with a thick face."

Guo Guangxin looked at him and said, "According to the regulations, even if you cannot pass the joint examination, you will be given a 7th-rank minor official after graduation. You will have an official position and will be more brilliant when you speak out. If you do well, you may be awarded a rank of Jinshi and a fifth-rank..."

Guo Quande was embarrassed and interrupted, "Uncle San, I'm not that material at all. My shop is still managed by my wife..."

Guo Guangxin shook his head and said helplessly: "Okay, I'm too lazy to say these nonsense. Let me tell you my father, and I've done my best. By the way, you have to pay taxes in this shop, right? How did the State Administration of Taxation collect it?"

Guo Quande poured a cup of tea for Guo Guangxin and said, "Uncle San, you have been in the capital for a long time and are in a high position. Maybe you don't know that this tax should be handed over to the government office. The tax bureau is just a brand. How can you fight for the yamen with such a few people..."

Guo Guangxin frowned and said, "I remember the Taxation Bureau, the State Administration of Taxation collects a lot of money every year..."

Guo Quande chuckled and said, "This is simple. If the yamen collects it, I will give the taxation bureau a little bit. The taxation bureau dares not mess with the yamen, and I am happy to save trouble..."

Guo Guangxin's face was slightly dark and he said, "Don't the governor's yamen care?"

"Share you, why don't you?"

Guo Quande said: "The Governor's Office once sent people to inform the government of the door to door that there must be a letter from the General Administration of Taxation. The tax must be paid to the tax bureau. But if we don't hand it over to the government, it will be sealed in just three days. What can we do? The Governor's Office has no choice but to change the prefect and arrest many officials, but these have never changed..."

Guo Guangxin understood and nodded, "Because the prefect has to listen to others, and the 'other' is here, the yamen must be obedient. Therefore, no matter how many appointments the prefect is changed, the things he does are as usual, and there is no change..."

Guo Quande said: "Uncle San is talking about it, not just the tax bureau, but the commerce bureau has not been established yet. I heard that it was smashed several times. The gate of Dali Temple was neglected and the Governor General Yuan reads newspapers and drinks tea. These are well known to everyone..."

Guo Guangxin suddenly turned his head and looked at a patrolman behind him, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

The patrolman kneeled down with a thud and said anxiously: "Sir, the official, the official has also been deceived... Say your life, sir, sir..."

Guo Guangxin did not expect that his patrol officer was bought out and kept it from his eyes!

Guo Guangxin's face was gloomy, staring at the person kneeling on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "You are so confident that you can hide it from me?" I never thought that I would sit in this small shop, or other patrol officers, local officials, local vendors, etc., come to report the news?"

The patrolman knelt on the ground, shivering, and said, "Sir, please spare me. This is not the idea of ​​the governor. The governor has to force him to... Not only did the governor collect the money and was caught, but there were many people, not only the people you brought. On this street, all those with great prestige were greeted. There will be many things in the governor's yamen today, and those adults have no time to pay attention to Yanzhou Prefecture..."

Guo Guangxin understood why Bi Ziyan could only barely maintain it for so many years, and there was no breakthrough in the "new policy"; and why Sun Chuanting was worried and impatient.

Local problems are really too complicated. After more than two hundred years of ruling, all problems are pervasive and deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Once it has penetrated into the bone marrow, you need to scrape the bone to cure the poison!

As the former Minister of War, Guo Guangxin has always been decisive in something wrong. He turned his head and waved his hand expressionlessly.

Guo Guangxin's personal guard rushed in and pulled the patrolman out.

"Sir, please spare me, please spare me..." The Censor shouted, in great fear.

Guo Quande was frightened by the side, not daring to say more, lowered his head and trembled all over.

Guo Guangxin waved and a personal guard walked quickly forward.

Guo Guangxin's eyes flashed and said, "I don't believe that everyone has been bribed. You go to the secret investigation and don't contact the people of the court, stare at them."

Most of these personal guards retired from the imperial guards, which are relatively simple.

"Yes!" The guard responded and quickly left.

Guo Guangxin turned to look at Guo Quande and said, "Prepare me some pens and ink, and you will go back to your hometown in a few days. Don't stay here."

Without Guo Guangxin's words, Guo Quande is also ready to run away. If he stays here, he will not have a good life.

"It's the third uncle." Guo Quande quickly left and prepared.

Guo Guangxin picked up the pen, waved his hand and retreated from Guo Quande, and began to write a letter.

The first letter was written to Shandong Governor Feng Jiangfeng, which strictly explained his experiences and spoke sternly, accusing him of not strictly enforcing the cabinet's decrees and having the problem of perfunctory responsibility.

The second letter was written to the cabinet, but after careful consideration, he did not finish it.

He decided to conduct in-depth investigations in Shandong and conduct a survey of grassroots issues.

In addition, the letter to Feng Jiangfeng was also received.

On the other hand, Xu Dahua, Liao Changyong and others also discovered the same problem. The local governments' tricks on imperial envoys were full of methods and varied, and they were hard to guard against.

Even if an old official like Xu Dahua was almost sent to the brothel after a banquet, it would have been another big scandal if his personal guards had not arrived!

Even without the reward of the Censor, Sun Chuanting still had too many channels to learn about the real situation in the local area.

Li Youtang, the new director of the State Administration of Commerce, accompanied Sun Chuanting to inspect some weaving workshops in the east of the city, and said something in a serious tone.

"Although the court has long formulated tax rules for the weaving industry and transferred the tax collection rights to the General Administration of Taxation, in actual operations, all of these are operated by local governments, and some governors' yamen even participated in it personally to alleviate the tense finances..."

"Their taxes have always been complicated and far higher than the regulations of the court. There are private grants and mutual embezzlement. Almost every yamen has their 'treasury', and the use of these silver is also varied. The officials heard that the expenses of some local officials' visits to prostitutes actually report their accounts from here..."

"The total number of people in the State Administration of Commerce is currently 120. It will take two or three years to expand to the whole country... The State Administration of Taxation has been established for many years, and it has only 500 people so far. When it is allocated to the local government, there are only three or five people in a yamen, and there is no courage to speak loudly with the local government..."

"The newly formed departments have been treated coldly in the government and the opposition, believing that they are temporary institutions and will be abolished sooner or later. Therefore, local governments have tried their best to suppress, exclude, and isolate..."

Sun Chuanting and a group of people were walking and watching. He was accompanied by the Minister of War Zhang Guowei and others, and they all looked solemn.

Sun Chuanting took a newly woven silk from the shelf and asked, "How much is this kind of silk silver?"

Li Youtang naturally put in some effort when he took over as the director of the State Administration of Commerce and said, "Sir, this kind of silk is not high-quality. It costs about six or seven taels of silver in our Ming Dynasty, but if it is sold overseas, it may be as high as twenty taels. In the Suzhou and Hangzhou area, there are excellent silk brocade, one piece of as high as twenty taels, and even more as high as hundred taels overseas..."

Sun Chuanting looked slightly different and said, "How many horses can I build in a year in Ming Dynasty?"

Li Youtang thought carefully and said, "Sir, there is no data on the specific officials, but in the 40th year of Wanli, it was 500,000, and in the third year of Chongzhen, the cabinet touched the bottom once, which was about 600,000. In recent years, the imperial court abolished the people's fixed silk and mulberry clothing, and the maritime trade was booming. Not only in the Suzhou and Hangzhou area, weaving workshops in the capital were developed everywhere. The officials estimated that more than one million horses a year..."

Sun Chuanting stopped, thought for a while, and said, "Millions of horses, profits of nearly ten million, so how much tax does the court have for such huge profits?"

Li Youtang said faced with a narrow face, "Last year, about 200,000 taels."

Sun Chuanting looked indifferent and walked forward again, saying, "You're going to speed up."

Li Youtang, Zhang Guowei and others didn't know what Sun Chuanting was referring to, so they followed him forward.

After walking for a while, Zhang Guowei couldn't help but speak, "Sir, the amount of money and grain used by the General Administration is increasing. Although the treasury situation has eased this year, the disaster has never eased. There will inevitably be something else. If the General Administration is uncontrollable, not only the treasury cannot bear it, but it may also cause unpredictable consequences..."

As the Minister of War, he was in charge of daily affairs and could not hide his every move of the General's Office.

Sun Chuanting was not surprised by this and said, "Old Master Sun and Deputy Marshal Qin are all loyal ministers of the court in the four dynasties. I believe they have their own qualities. In addition, with the emperor in charge and the assistance of this official, there will be no major mistakes. Your Ministry of War must not have any minor thoughts. If you let me know that you are secretly stumbling and dragging you down, don't blame me for sending you to the Heavenly Prison!"

Zhang Guowei quickly raised his hand and said, "It is related to national sports affairs, so I dare not do anything to the officials!"

Sun Chuanting glanced at him, and was about to leave, his eyes suddenly showed a sharp look and said, "It is related to the national system, no one should do anything! If someone is behind the court and the emperor's back, he will discuss peace privately, ignore the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and regard the corpses of the frontline soldiers as if nothing is in their eyes, and there is no king or father in their eyes. This official is brave enough to punish God, so he will be executed on the spot!"

Zhang Guowei looked shocked and said hurriedly: "Your Highness has no intention. Please do not make any guesses!"

Sun Chuanting said that there was a reason for this. During the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to North Korea to conquer Japan. It was a big victory, but some people actually negotiated peace behind the court's back, causing a big storm. Many officials were implicated in this and ended up miserably.

At the critical moment of the "New Deal", Sun Chuanting did not want to have such a problem.

Li Youtang and others had numb scalps. They could feel that this was the key to Sun Chuanting. Whoever dared to touch it would be crushed to pieces!

Sun Chuanting is also preparing for the future and warned some people to ensure that this kind of thing would not happen.

He knew that his tone was too heavy, so he said, "Tonight, the emperor invites us to the Qianqing Palace to have dinner with him. Come and prepare what should be prepared. Don't be speechless when the emperor asked him, and lose the face of Master Bi Ge."

Zhang Guowei was panicked and raised his hand and said, "Sir Xie, the official understands."

Sun Chuanting let out a light "yes" and continued to walk forward.

Li Youtang and others looked at his back and felt heavy. This "prime minister" was becoming more and more majestic. He could use some tricks at will without any trace, but it continued to add his authority, making people unable to resist.

When the lights were first on, the lanterns of the Qianqing Palace were hung everywhere, and the crowd was like a tide.

Zhu Xu rarely invited the foreign court in the Qianqing Palace. Even those foreign envoys would entertain him in the cabinet. There was no longer the grand occasion of emperors discussing affairs in the Qianqing Palace and banqueting the ministers and guests in the Qianqing Palace.

Speaking of which, Zhu Xu succeeded to the throne for more than ten years and held court in the Qianqing Palace and the Huangji Palace several times.

"You said, in later history books, would you think I am extremely lazy and refuse to attend court?"

Zhu Xu was in the East Warehouse, looked at the hourglass not far away, and smiled at Cao Huachun, and Liu Shimin said.

Cao Huachun leaned over and said with a smile: "The emperor's diligence is comparable to that of Taizu Taizong, who dares to say that the emperor is lazy?"

Zhu Xu waved his hand to stop his flattery and said, "Okay, are you all here?"

Liu Shimin stepped forward and said, "All the elders, Deputy Marshal Qin, and the officials of the six ministries have arrived, and the meals in the imperial kitchen are almost ready."

Zhu Xu said 'um', stood up, and said, "Let me tell me someone about the news and record it. If it is tonight, the front page tomorrow."
Chapter completed!