The Red Mansions

Chapter 590 After the chaos, there should be a great order!

Chapter 590 After the chaos, there should be a great order!

Kaifeng Fucheng

Following the imperial decree, Jia Jiaheng was awarded the title of minister of the Ministry of War, and was assigned the governor's dispatch. All the officials in the governor's office were shocked, and followed the tall and straight young man in the python suit to re-enter the official hall.

In fact, even if it is the Tianzi Sword, if I come in person, it doesn't mean that it can be used at any time.

Especially in the ranks of civil servants, the more authority is used, the worse the perception of civil servants will be.

After a long time, there will be comments about the domineering generals, which will be spread in the official circles of Shilin.

Moreover, even though Emperor Chongping granted Jia Heng control over the military affairs of the five provinces, he did not grant Jia Heng all the powers related to political affairs. This was a subconscious reservation of a mature emperor.

Names and utensils cannot be faked from others.

As for Jia Heng's status as an imperial envoy, he was only a special commissioner for suppressing bandits. For example, the imperial envoy who supervised the inspection of salt before, it was impossible for him to ignore the official on the road because a commoner blocked the way and complained, and acted as a guest judge.

Of course, when imperial envoys pass through the border, local officials must be respectful and treat them like angels.

Now the governor of the military administration is justifiable. Although the post of governor given to Jia Heng at this moment is a temporary assignment, he can also intervene in river affairs to a certain extent.

Jia Heng glanced coldly at Jiang Yuanwu, the earth-colored Youshenzheng, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the people are coerced by bandits, and they follow the bandits. Firstly, because of the drought and locusts, the people's livelihood is difficult. Secondly, the officials in the prefecture and county Lawlessness is rampant, and the people have grievances that are difficult to appeal! From now on, the judges will send judicial officials, escorted by the soldiers of the Beijing camp, to patrol the prefectures and counties, accept the county and township people's grievances and complaints, and pick up the wrongdoers. The people are wronged, cooperate with the government officials to record the incident, file a case for investigation, and investigate the perpetrators who oppressed the people for 30 years!"

As soon as this remark came out, Liao Mingkun, the vice envoy of the police, and Xue Liangyi, the officer of the police, all changed their expressions, and they already had a premonition that a bloody storm was brewing.

This is an iron-handed minister who has just wiped out the bandits and is in the heart of the emperor!

Jia Heng saw the changes in everyone's expressions, and said in a deep voice: "Where officials are destined to be traitors, and officials protect each other, I will never tolerate and support traitors!"

Governing the Central Plains, he intends to start from two directions.

First, drought relief, combined with money and food relief, statistics on household registration and disaster situation, to a certain extent solve the livelihood problems of the people.

Second, judiciary and prison litigation to identify injustice.

Judicial injustice is the greatest social injustice. When the people cannot resort to the judiciary, they will no longer trust the government. Then bandits and gangsters will rise together, and the people will naturally respond to it.

At this point, it is necessary to use the clues provided by the thieves and Ding Fu to thoroughly investigate the corruption and illegal deeds at the county and township level in Kaifeng Prefecture and even the entire Central Plains, and to investigate the crimes that have been entrenched in the county and township for a long time. The country gentry and village tyrants carried out a thorough cleanup, confiscating their ill-gotten gains to the government, returning all their fields to the oppressed people, and compiling their crimes into the list of villains, and announcing them to the world.

In the end, a batch will be killed and a batch will be shut down to realize the physical purification of grassroots officials and gentry, and then some honest officials who do not want to join forces will naturally be selected and go to the corresponding positions to fill the real quota.

This is to punish the country and use heavy codes!

As for the country gentry and village tyrant, will he take the risk?The imperial court's tens of thousands of troops are suppressing here, and these are not decorations.

Will he report his tricks to the court through various channels?No, because...the dead will not sue!

What is a feudal official?

The big officials in the frontier, who clearly abused the evil government, clearly disregarded human lives, clearly deceived the superiors and concealed the facts, and clearly acted as a domineering, all dared to be angry and dare not speak out.

Why can evil officials be unscrupulous and even rise to the top, while honest officials are full of scruples and unable to move an inch?

Because good people are too shameless, good people are not mean and shameless enough, and good people are not cruel enough!

He is a majestic minister, using the judicial system to sue, with justification and evidence, to investigate local lawlessness with great fanfare, and then to rule the people with peace and justice, and rule a province with an iron fist. Whoever dares to oppose is the biggest accomplice in stirring up civil uprisings.

The government of a province was destroyed by civil uprisings, which can only explain one problem. It is rotten from top to bottom. The government needs to be severely punished. If the problem cannot be solved, the people who caused the problem must be solved.

After chaos, there should be great order!

And he also has the confidence, he has just succeeded in suppressing the chaos, the bell of the Sacred Heart, the governor of the military and government, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the cabinet at this moment must avoid him.

In addition, let Xianning help to write the diary of purging officials and appeasing the people, as well as the evil reports of related judicial cases, and deliver them to Emperor Chongping in a hurry, so that the emperor can experience the dire situation that the people are enduring and why they are attached. From the thief.

The people are not afraid of death, how can they be afraid of death?

He then wrote a summary of the rectification of officials. It is not that there are people of insight in the court. At that time, the upright officials will be inspired to follow. Although the number is not large enough, it is a new force, which just makes up for his vain foundation and weak power. lone weakness.

Jia Heng suppressed his calculations and looked at Song Xuan. This was a 26-year-old tall young man, and said in a deep voice: "Song Zhi County, you are the magistrate of Xiangfu County, and you know the inside of Kaifeng Mansion very well. Literary officials, the reason for the interrogation of the common people who have surrendered themselves to be thieves, and those who report meritorious service, once verified, can be reduced to hard labor. After the matter is completed, I will recommend the magistrate of Song County to be the magistrate of Kaifeng."

Leading the matter by a relative of the state can also share the criticism from the court to a certain extent.

In fact, apart from being an official, the common people will only applaud this matter, and the original Ding Fu must actively report it in order to reduce his sentence.

As for whether the administration of officials can be completely eliminated?As long as the soil that breeds flies is still there, the flies cannot be completely removed.

However, as for flies, if you slap them to death, there will be one less.

Song Xuan's complexion moved slightly, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty will obey your lord's orders."

This Uncle Song Xiaoguo, after spending the past two days with Jia Heng, has been deeply impressed by the vigorous and resolute methods of the young man in front of him.

Jia Heng turned to look at the two divisions of Fan and Standard and several magistrates under Kaifeng Mansion.

There are two vassals participating in politics, the left participating in politics, Liu Anqu, died for the country together with the chief minister Sun Long, and currently only the right participating in politics, Jiang Yuanwu, and there are three other counselors, who supervise food, supervise books and guard various ways.

The standard department is headed by Liao Mingkun, the deputy envoy of the inspector, and there are two inspectors below him.

The governor of Kaifeng and related officials such as Zhizhong and Tongju were robbed and killed by bandits after the city was broken.

As for the capital, not to mention killing them all, even if there are survivors, because of the responsibility of guarding the land, they must be questioned for their crimes, sent to the capital, and severely punished according to the law.

Jia Heng said: "Everyone, the Central Plains are in turmoil. The bandits ascended the heights and the people gathered in all directions. It can be seen that the local corrupt officials and the evil gentry are colluding and oppressing the people. It will take more than a day to cause people's resentment and public opinion. Today, I can suppress it." Catch the thieves, tomorrow the thieves will reappear, and the common people will rise up to respond, so what should we do?"

The eyes of all the officials present were vacillating, and their hearts were filled with horror beyond words, they were already shocked by the courage that this young Jiang official had just revealed in just a few words.

Feng Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself, this is to redefine the latitude and longitude, and recreate the universe.

That is, this young man who wears the sword of the emperor and is a favorite of the emperor can do it.

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Jia Heng glanced at Jiang Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Canzheng will hand over the affairs in hand, and I will assign another person to take charge of the river affairs."

Jiang Yuanwu's complexion changed slightly, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only cup his hands and say, "Yes, my lord."

At this moment, it is different from Jia Heng's place where he used to be the governor of the Beijing camp, after all, it is separated by one floor. Now it is the governor's military and political control platform, and the two divisions of the governor are both subordinates of the governor.

Jia Heng looked at Jiao Jingxing, the magistrate of Weishi County, and said, "Jiao Zhi County, you should immediately select and dispatch people to conduct statistics and verification of the drought situation in Xiazhou County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and register and compile records.

Jiao Jingxing's heart was shocked, and he surrendered.

Jia Heng assigned tasks to the three counselors, and then sent away the officials of the two divisions, and said to Liu Jixian: "Notify all the magistrates and county magistrates under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture to go to the government office for discussion within three days. Those who commit crimes will be severely punished!"

Investigate illegal activities and dredge river courses, starting with Kaifeng Prefecture, and after the pilot project is completed, it will be implemented throughout the province.

After everyone left, Jia Heng looked at Feng Lian and said solemnly: "Mr. Feng, I wonder how the recruitment of military doctors is going?"

Previously in Luoyang, Jia Heng asked Feng Lian to help find a doctor, purchase medicinal materials, and help diagnose and treat Beijing soldiers injured in the war.

Feng Lian smiled and said: "37 people have been hired with a lot of money, and now they have all entered the city. Under the arrangement of the generals of the Beijing camp, they are helping the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng Prefecture to diagnose and treat trauma."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Mr. Feng really helped me a lot."

As he said that, he looked at Feng Lian with burning eyes, and said softly: "Duke Feng is in the prime of life, young and vigorous, why don't you come out of the mountain to share the worries of the court?"

From the purchase of military supplies and other items this time, it can be seen that Feng Lian's organizational skills are good.

Feng Lian sighed, and said: "I'm old and weak, my morals are shallow and my talents are weak, and I have a heavy responsibility. Besides, I still have an old mother at home who needs to be taken care of."

Why didn't he want to be hired again? He just raised his fame and assumed the status of a foreign relative. The young man in Shenjing City was not very trustworthy, and was even far inferior to the young man in front of him.

In fact, even Song Xuan and other relatives are not as trusted by Emperor Chongping as Jia Heng. It can be said that there is no comparison at all.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "Nowadays, there is no one to supervise the river affairs. If Feng Gong does not give up, he can be requisitioned by me. He has the right to supervise the river affairs, and the officials will dredge the branch canals along the Bianhe River. If both sides of the Bianhe River are fertile fields. , can also benefit the people of the Central Plains.”

According to his estimate, if he stays here for two or three months at most, he will have to return to Beijing. During this period, he will need to start various projects.

After that, he took advantage of the opportunity to recommend Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding as the governor of Minzheng to continue his various measures here, so that this piece of Central Plains land can be temporarily included under his command.

There is no need to doubt whether Zhongjinghou will listen to him. When he transfers Shi Ding, who has longed for the position of feudal official, Shi Ding has to listen to his arrangements if he wants to secure his position.

The four big families are connected with each other, even Wang Ziteng only thought about it from the beginning to the end, he was the person in charge, and never thought about letting the four big families fall apart and kill each other.

As for Feng Lian, if he wanted to rule and defend the two feudal clans of Zheng, he still needed the help of the Feng family.

Feng Lian hesitated for a while, seemingly hesitant.

Jia Heng smiled and said: "I also hope that Duke Feng will not refuse. If the river is successfully cured, I will ask the Holy Master for credit for Duke Feng."

Feng Lian smiled wryly, and said: "The old man would rather be respectful than obedient."

In fact, I am still a little excited.

Jia Heng nodded and said: "In the matter of repairing the river, apart from the penalty of hard labor for bandits and bandits, I plan to use work as relief, and the first-timers will be used as labor, and no longer distribute corvee to ordinary people."

As for where the money for work relief comes from, it is naturally obtained from corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry.

By cracking down on illegal things at the bully level, and then confiscating land, houses, and property, the deep-seated purpose of clearing up the land and suppressing land annexation is achieved.

This is just talking but not doing, learning from the cruel officials of the Han Dynasty who cut the powerful leeks. Of course, these are small bosses, and the big bosses are the two feudal clans of Wei and Zheng.

The previous recovery of arrears of grain and tax was only the first step, and the reduction of the clan's salary and the investigation of the merged land were the second step.

Feng Lian nodded, he accepted the errand, and then accompanied a few clerks to get busy.

Jia Heng finished handling the affairs of the front office, and returned to the back hall with a silent expression. It was noon at this moment, and the slender, beautiful and quiet girl was already arranging dishes in the wing room where the back house lived.

Seeing the boy in the python suit entering the wing room, Princess Xianning was overjoyed, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and asked in surprise, "Sir, are you done with your work?"

Jia Heng nodded, and looked up at Princess Xianning.

Xianning is wearing a plain white and pink dress today, which is a bit more cute and playful than the cool colors such as green and sky blue in the past, but the beauty is beautiful and bright. The temperament almost soaked into the charm of the eyebrows and eyes.

Her hair is tied into a flying fairy bun, her earlobes are decorated with earrings, her snowy cheeks are painted with light rouge, her lips under her nose are like peach blossoms, her neck is smooth and delicate, her neck is icy and delicate, clear and moist .

The appearance of a woman who pleases herself, Xianning has no longer had a plain face these two days, and she has put on light makeup.

"Sir, I heard from Xia Hou that the imperial father has come?" Princess Xianning also fixedly looked at the young man opposite, seeing the young man looking at her, her heart was happy, and she said happily.

In the past few days, after discussing matters in the front office, Jia Heng would often return to the backyard to talk and eat with Princess Xianning, just like a couple.

Jia Heng nodded, and said: "The Holy Majesty gave me the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and granted me the power of governor of the military and administration, and let me govern this place."

While talking, he was so close that he came forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness's cooking is very rich today, and His Highness's cooking skills are getting better and better."

Thanks to the good education of Concubine Duanrong, Xianning can not only sing and dance, but also cook well.

Princess Xianning's bright eyes sparkled, and she said with a light smile, "Mr., wash your hands quickly."

Jia Heng complied, and came to the washbasin stand beside him.

Princess Xianning said softly: "Sir, do you want to stay here to appease me?"

"Probably not, just stay here for two or three months at most. After all the affairs are preliminarily decided, the Holy Majesty will call me back. In fact, I can't do much here. At most, I can only start a business. Later Then find someone reliable to take over." Jia Heng finished washing his hands, picked up a towel beside him and wiped it, and said in a warm voice.

It is impossible for a military minister like him to stay away from the political center for a long time.

Then, if you want to intervene in local government affairs, you can only control personnel and general direction.

Speaking of which, there are still too few talents in the sleeves, or in other words, there is no chance to win over talents and intervene in local internal affairs before gaining an absolute right to speak in border affairs.

What he is doing now is nothing more than an attempt to reform the bad government in the name of investigating the illegality, and at the same time do his best.

Princess Xianning thought for a while, her beautiful eyes sparkled, her pink lips parted slightly, her voice was like flying jade, and she said: "Imperfect internal affairs, corrupt officials are rampant, people have no livelihood, things like Gao Yue will happen again, yesterday I talked with my little uncle and my little aunt, and the local malpractice is so deep that it has reached the internal organs. Even if my little uncle is in Fuguo County, if he wants to do something practical, he still has many obstacles. Stretch your legs."

Jia Heng nodded, looked at Princess Xianning appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, it is really the right time to bring His Highness down this time."

It is really rare for a female stream to have such insights.

Princess Xianning was mixed with embarrassment and joy when Jia Heng looked at her with admiration and love. She pursed her pink lips, her clear eyebrows and eyes were full of seriousness, and said in a clear voice: "Mr. I thought that the Ping Fan in Guanzhong was just my father who couldn't leave you for a while, what a pity."

After getting in touch with each other for a long time, she felt that the husband was really a genius born in the world for hundreds of years, and he was proficient in almost every aspect of military affairs and internal affairs. However, when she thought that such a man was actually her lover...

Thinking of this, the bottom of my heart becomes more ashamed and joyful, bursts of sweetness surge.

Speaking of which, I still want her to thank Chanyue...

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, his eyes flashed brightly, and said: "There are priorities, border troubles are the most serious troubles for my big man, the most urgent thing now is to interrupt the trend of rejuvenating the country by building slaves, and only then can we get rid of the long-standing evils and reopen for the big man. Eternal peace."

Hearing this, Princess Xianning, with a charming face and bright eyes, stared fixedly at the young man's stern face, with indescribable admiration welling up in her heart, she gently took Jia Heng's hand, and leaned her head against the In Jia Heng's arms, he said almost infatuatedly: "What you said is true, but unfortunately there is only one gentleman in the world."

If it wasn't for Mr.'s lack of skills, maybe they can all go hand in hand.

Jia Heng stretched out his hand and embraced Princess Xianning's shaved shoulders, sniffing the fragrance of Princess Xianning's hair through his nostrils, and was a little absent-minded for a moment.

Jinyang and Xianning always gave him the feeling that the political brains of the old Chen family were all grown on the female relatives.

"Perhaps this is the painting style of Dream of Red Mansions. "Today, the wind and dust are busy and nothing can be achieved. Suddenly, I think about all the women of that day, and compare them one by one. I feel that their behavior and knowledge are all higher than mine?". "

Thinking of this, Jia Heng gently supported Xianning, and couldn't help but sigh: "How good would it be if His Highness was a man?"

Princess Xianning: "???"

What do you mean sir?

Could it be sir...

Immediately, I realized that it wasn't that meaning, but... my mind was a bit complicated, and I pressed my cheek to Jia Heng's heart, feeling the strong heartbeat, and said shamefully: "If you are not a daughter, you can't stay with Mr. ... um~"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the shadow approaching, and the familiar breath came in again.

Princess Xianning's heart skipped a beat, her eyelashes fluttered, hiding a shadow of shyness, her cheeks were rosy and rosy, and she was gorgeous.

I don't know how many times the two have met in the past few days.

Young men and women who have just made love, their relationship is already advancing by leaps and bounds.

Jia Heng embraced Princess Xianning, sat down on the rusty pier, grabbed her slender hand, and said with a light smile: "Your Highness, it's noon now, let's eat first."

Princess Xianning's cheeks were on fire, and she let out a "hmm" sound like a mosquito, as if she hadn't escaped from the trembling just now, she just snuggled up to Jia Heng.

(End of this chapter)