Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Giving a benevolent government to ministers is to slowly divide the cake to appease the courtiers and gentry who were oppressed by the first generation of monarchs, so as to win people's hearts, so that the second generation of monarchs can sit firmly and hold stabilize rights.

Normally speaking, Daheng is naturally the same.

He, the founding emperor, used heavy codes in troubled times, changed the world, and made all the officials breathless. In the future, he will inevitably fight south and north, and in this way, it will inevitably consume a lot of people's power!

In this case, Daheng's next generation of monarchs must, like those monarchs in history, practice benevolent governance and benevolent to the world.

This is also the inevitability of the appearance of this memorial.

Under his oppression, the officials were out of breath and unable to resist. They could only pin their hopes on the next generation of Emperor Daheng to solve the root cause of their harsh living environment under his rule.

Now the princes are generally only one or two years old, and some people will show up. You don't need to think about it. When the prince is a little older, all kinds of ghosts and monsters will inevitably show up.

He has no doubts at all that no matter how unusable, cowardly, and inhumane his princes are, as long as they show benevolence, they will definitely win the support of the officials.

Even if it is a dog, as long as he knows how to separate the bones, he can also be praised by the literati as the emperor!

The Son of Heaven sneered, and casually threw the memorandum into the brazier beside him.

Since ancient times, the word benevolence has always had two completely different interpretations.

The benevolence touted by countless literati has never been the benevolence that broadens the people of the world, allowing the people to have clothes to wear and food to eat, but the benevolence that treats officials and gentry with leniency, and is the benevolence touted by literati and gentry, and the eternal prosperity that literati and gentry tout!

As for whether the people at the bottom are treated with kindness...

What does it have to do with the official?

The emperor doesn't like it, the emperor doesn't like the word benevolence very much.

Whenever an official flatters him, he knows that either the officials are scared by him or forced to do nothing, or he has done something to make the officials happy and satisfy their wishes.

At this time, perhaps it is time for him to reflect.

The word benevolence is too empty!

The emperor likes harshness!

Only by exercising tyranny and treating officials harshly can we benevolent to the people!

Giving benevolence to officials is tyranny to the people!

The reason why he has come to the present is that he has never been a literati gentry, but a commoner who struggled from the bottom, put on a battle armor, picked up a sword, and fought north and south under his will. With countless dead bones, he was forged. The supreme throne with a promise!

"Prince Chu..."

The emperor whispered...

He has disappointed the officials so many times, how could he make them happy this time!

Two generations of tyranny are inevitable!

No one can stop it!

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Chapter 499 Unprecedented Rights Since Ancient Times

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In the side hall on the side of the account book storeroom, rows of tables are neatly arranged. On the table are piled account books. Behind them, there are officials in official robes playing with the abacus. The crackling sound of the abacus is almost day and night. It resounded endlessly in this side hall.

A famous official shuttled among them, and the summed up results one by one were also sent to the desk case of Liu Qiyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of household affairs.

According to the review team set by the imperial court, the person in charge was originally the left servant of the household department, but since the review began, Liu Qiyuan, the minister of the household department, has almost never left this side hall, and even the official affairs of the household department have been banned. He moved to this temple to deal with.

"My lord, you have not rested for two days,"

An official walked up to Liu Qiyuan's case and couldn't help admonishing him.

"It's okay!"

Liu Qiyuan stared closely at the account book in front of him, but his eyes were shining with indescribable excitement.

"My lord, some of the account books here are not correct..."

Another official stepped forward to report.

Liu Qiyuan still waved his hand indifferently. It seemed that the secretary of the household department who was in charge of the review, the second assistant to the cabinet, was not thinking about this review.

In fact, the same is true. Liu Qiyuan's attention has long been no longer on this review, but on the meaning behind the account books, item by item of expenditure and income.

"So it is! So it is!"

At some point, Liu Qiyuan seemed to wake up from these accumulated account books, leaning on the back of the chair, his eyes sparkling, and muttering to himself.

He has never underestimated the role of Qianzhuang Commercial Bank in Daheng, but until these days, through these extremely detailed account books, he seems to have really glimpsed the true face of this behemoth. An emperor, the ambition to change the world!

If we say that the invincible armies stationed all over the world are a big net that covers and suppresses the world on the bright side.

This bank and firm that covers the whole world of Daheng is another big net that covers the whole world!

From Liu Qiyuan's point of view, this net is even more terrifying than that army of millions!

In today's Daheng, under today's ban, the entire Daheng world, the bank, only the Daheng bank!

The big and small banks in the past were either annexed and squeezed as early as the rise of Daheng Bank, or disappeared under the will of today's emperor after he ascended the throne.

A bank that covers the whole world, swallows the wealth of the whole world, even military pay, pensions, silver rewards, and taxes in those border towns, all go through the bank system.

The banknotes issued by banks have already replaced gold and silver!

According to these books, the headquarters of Daheng Bank has at least a team of several hundred accountants, who coordinate the changes in the accounts of the branches all over the world almost day and night, and intervene at any time.

It is completely conceivable that such a fully operational bank with such a large scale will have such an impact on Daheng!

Although everything is in a dark place that cannot be seen, once it moves, it will be earth-shattering!

And this is just a bank!

Once upon a time, the former Qin Gong and the current emperor used the wealth of the bank to open business firms and enter various industries.

Up to now, in the pre-Ming Dynasty, the local gentry and landlords have occupied salt and iron, and they have been completely controlled by these commercial firms. The most important food, according to the statistics of these accounts, in the territory of Daheng, there is a line of grain, Changlong rice line, Already occupied three or two!

In other industries, various commercial firms are also involved. In the entire Daheng world, everything that people can touch is within the reach of these commercial firms.

Through this big net, it is completely possible to influence any place in Daheng with ease. This kind of influence is even far stronger than the imperial court's order!

What the imperial court can't do, can be easily done through this big net!

For example, the imperial court tried their best to promote high-yield crops, but a little carelessness might turn good things into bad things.

But it is extremely simple to start promoting high-yield crops through this large net.

As long as grain banks in various places buy high-yield crops at high prices, under the trend of profit, people will naturally plant them one after another.

For example, in the pre-Ming Dynasty, the local gentry and rich merchants who had given him a headache but were unable to solve it at all manipulated market prices and squeezed the people. Through this big network, they can also be easily solved.

No matter how intricately entrenched local gentry and rich merchants are, can they compare to this big net that covers the world?

Obviously impossible.

With the money bank as the center, the commercial activities involving all walks of life in the world are the tentacles, and the order of the emperor determines every move of this giant beast.

Coupled with the millions of troops guarding all parts of the world...

In this world, who can break through the two big nets of light and darkness?

Not to mention the turbulent gentry everywhere, even if the major military and political border towns jointly rebel, it is impossible to break through this big net!

The military judiciary has an independent military system, supervises all ministries, and the existence of the General Staff has deprived generals of their right to make decisions with one word since ancient times. The possibility of contacting money and food!

In this way, not to mention the mighty emperor, even an emperor who hastily ascended the throne, as long as he controls the bank and business that belongs to the inner court, it is enough to easily grasp the power.

And this is enough to affect the banks and commercial firms in the world, but it is impossible to compete with the emperor for power like the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs!

Banks and commercial houses belong to the inner court, and the eunuchs in the inner court are all slaves of the emperor. Any eunuch, even the emperor who hastily ascended the throne, can decide his life or death with a word from the emperor.

As for the Qianzhuang Commercial Bank, as far as he knows, until now, even the chief manager of Daheng Bank is of no rank or rank. As long as the emperor wants to, a government servant is enough to take him down.

"Is the tail too big?"

Thinking of this, these words suddenly appeared in Liu Qiyuan's mind, but then he shook his head again.

If he said before, he thought that the emperor let his courtiers get in touch with the inner court's bank and business firm because of the incident of Changlong rice, but now, he understands that even if there is no such incident, the emperor will find other An excuse to let Chaotang intervene in this bank firm.

The emperor wants to use the hands of these civil servants to supervise and balance this behemoth, so as to avoid what he just thought... the tail is too big to lose!

And even if they knew this fact, they would be willing to be used by the emperor!

It is difficult for literati and eunuchs to get along well, and they must be opposed. As long as they are opposed, and the opposition and supervision are opposed, then it must be extremely limited.

Just like before, and even now, the Inspectorate inspects the prefectures and counties where the civil servants of the Military Academy work. It is estimated that since the establishment of the Inspectorate, the inspectors and censors are the most dedicated and conscientious.

And this is still under the premise that there is no benefit at present, and it can even be said that there is no profit. If the emperor attributes part of the benefits of this behemoth to the court...

He didn't need to think about it, as long as the emperor grasped the balance, these courtiers would probably be like cats smelling fish, staring at them with wide-open eyes, and would find out even the slightest problem!

"Inherit the Ming system, use the Ming law..."

Suddenly, Liu Qiyuan shook his head and smiled.

What kind of Chengming system is this? Use Mingfa!

Zhao Wu trembled, this was just the beginning, and everything was completely changed. Even he, the minister of the household department and the second assistant of the cabinet, if it weren't for the emperor's special order to let them review this time, he would not even know the operating rules of the Daheng world. I can't figure it out!

This Ming system, Ming law, and even this court hall are probably the rags in the hands of the emperor. If you want to use them, you can use them. If you don’t need them, you may not even know where to throw them!

Even, if necessary, with this two big nets of light and darkness, the emperor can completely ignore the court, all the officials, and even the officials of the world, and directly do whatever the emperor wants to do!

And they don't have... any power to resist!

Obviously, at this moment, the emperor's power has surpassed that of any emperor since ancient times!

And this mastery will only get deeper and deeper in the future.

And the most frightening thing is that the emperor who holds such power seems to have never walked an ordinary path!

The great changes of the ages, where will this world go, and what will it become in the future...

I'm afraid no one can predict it except the emperor!

"A great change that has never been seen in the ages..."

Liu Qiyuan muttered to himself, in his heart, he didn't know whether he should be happy or worried...or both...

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Chapter 500 Boiling Public Opinion

"Eunuch, please forgive me!"

"I was wronged, father-in-law!"

"Forgive me..."

Wails and begging for mercy filled the yard overgrown with weeds. A eunuch and court lady, bound hands and feet, was shoved and escorted into the yard.

Er Dezi, who had already been promoted to be the eunuch in charge of internal officials, looked like a dog in fox fur. Surrounded by eunuchs, he stood in the gazebo in the courtyard, watching the scenes of begging for mercy, with joy in his eyes, as if nothing don't hide.

In the past, many of these people beat and scolded him. In the past, he didn't dare to offend people with small words, but now, of course, they are revenge for revenge, and revenge for injustice!

If he didn't catch the pigtails, he naturally didn't dare to move, but if he caught him, then he would be embarrassed!

"Kill them all!"

Er Dezi grinned, making no effort to conceal the arrogance of the villain Dezhi.

Qiang Qiang Qiang, a famous eunuch drew his sword out, bloody, immediately dyed the grassy land red, the killing continued for a moment, and the wailing and begging for mercy in this courtyard also stopped abruptly.

Broken corpses slumped to the ground, and the strong smell of blood filled the courtyard.

Er Dezi covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief, and waved his hands in disgust. A group of eunuchs immediately stepped forward and threw the corpses onto the ox cart that had been prepared.

And in the capital city, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, leading teams of yamen servants and patrolling soldiers, ran around the capital, and the accountants of the bankers and commercial firms fell from the dust in an instant, and were escorted to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation. , waiting for the final trial of the three justices.

Not only in the capital, but also in the entire Shuntian Prefecture, such scenes were staged one after another.

But looking at the whole world, it has already been covered by the horror of the tax case that has been going on for several months.

With the support of the emperor spending money and material resources from the sea, the Jinyiwei today may have surpassed the heyday of the Jinyiwei in history.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jin Yiwei is even much deeper than the ruling tentacles of the imperial court!

The imperial court's rule stopped at the county level, and Jinyiwei even had spies in most of the villages and towns in Daheng.

In addition, the case was coordinated by Lord Yasukuni, the leader of the military ranks, with the assistance of the General Staff, who could also mobilize troops from all over the country. With such an ability to implement and implement, the strength of the thorough investigation can be imagined.

As early as two months after the tax case started, it had already swept the entire Daheng world with lightning speed, and those two months were also the most terrifying time for killing.