After the action started, the scene was very grand!
In the entire Henan officialdom, there are only 506 officials above the county magistrate, but this time there are 476 people who need to be arrested, and even more than 200 people should be killed! So the scale of arrests is unprecedented! Even more severe than when Zhu Chongba was tortured when he founded the country!
So after the arrest operation started, the scene was unprecedentedly spectacular... Take Luoyang, the provincial capital of Henan Province, as an example. After the arrest operation started, the entire Luoyang city acted together. The three thousand mysterious armors brought by Yang Shanlu The army is the main force, and every 100 Xuanjia army is equipped with two sergeants from the Supervision Department. In this way, according to the picture, one household is ransacking its home!
Even after the start, all the four gates, including Luoyang City, were shut down and locked, and there was no way to escape!
Even after the start of such a large-scale arrest operation, the corrupt officials were scared to death! Originally, in their cognition, they felt that they would not receive such treatment, because they had already understood in advance, it was like when Yang Shanlu was ruling Shanxi, although he also killed a lot of corrupt officials, they were all The result against him.
Even after the corrupt officials are found out, Yang Shanlu's methods are still relatively mild, and many of them just need to resign by themselves, so they still have illusions... If they are really bad, they can leave, so why don't good officials do it? But now
Of course, because there are too many people to be arrested, Luoyang City alone has reached nearly a hundred people! So there are a few officials who were lucky enough to break through the blockade and ran to Yang Shanlu crying bitterly to beg for mercy, but as a result, Yang Shanlu didn’t meet them at all, but asked the concierge to pass it on to them. In a word... Why should I have known today
And the reason why he has such a tough attitude is also very obvious, because now is different from the past... When he governed Shanxi, his wings were not full, so he still had some scruples, and he acted cautiously, so as not to cause such a large-scale counterattack!
But now, with the world’s strong army in hand, and the absolute support of Emperor Chongzhen (all told the whole world that Yang Shanlu is his servant), so with such good conditions, wouldn’t it be possible to kill all these corrupt officials? Time
So starting from April 5th, the arrests went on for three consecutive days, and during these three days, the entire city of Luoyang seemed to be boiling!
At the beginning, the ordinary people didn't know the inside story, they all shouted in fright: "The soldiers are starting to arrest people!"
"The soldiers are starting to grab money!"
Because after the house was ransacked, the stolen money and stolen goods were pulled out by carts, and it looked like it was indeed, and even many people lamented when they saw it. It seems that this is a new robber entering the city!
After just waiting for a while, they discovered that those soldiers in armor did nothing against ordinary people like them, except for those who lived in luxury in the past and rode on the heads of the people as domineering blessings. After the corrupt officials suffered one after another, the common people began to understand... I rely on, this is the opposite of usual! It only targets corrupt officials and does not infringe ordinary people!
Even after the next day, even the most dull people began to understand, and the streets and alleys began to circulate such remarks: "Li Erjia, have you heard that, Wang Zhizhou and Wang Papi have been arrested!" I heard that thousands of taels of gold have been copied from home! How many things have been done to give birth to a son to accumulate so much money!"
"Cut, what's this!" The neighbour next to it seemed to be a well-informed person, who was publishing the latest developments: "I heard that even the prefect of Zhao Juxiang has been arrested! This is the brother-in-law of the governor! I’ve also been arrested now! Of course, this is nothing. The most amazing thing is that his dogs were scared to death when they were arrested!"
"Ah! How could a dog be scared to death?" The neighbor next to him was completely incomprehensible.
Then that person explained: "Uh, I don’t know much about this, but I heard from the lively neighbours who watched the scene say that the dog was later killed and found that the body was full of fat, and the blood vessels were as hard as stones. Then I listened to the young officials who maintained the order at the scene and said, what is the three highs..." (Myocardial infarction caused by high blood pressure, high blood lipids, etc.)
Then you can imagine whether these people should be killed! The poor people wanted to eat a full meal and were forced to flee everywhere. However, the dogs of the prefects, because they eat too well every day and have too much nutrition, trigger the three highs. So, should such a corrupt official be killed?
So after such exchanges, the common people are sure that such corrupt officials should be killed! And the new envoy is really a blue sky!
Even to the end, while continuing to copy these corrupt officials, many people came to watch spontaneously, including every time they saw an official who used to be a domineering official who was caught out by the five flowers, they clapped their hands. Applause... These three days of raids in the whole city were the three most vented days for them!
In addition, Yang Shanlu paid great attention to the methods used in arresting corrupt officials. For example, for some of the most outrageous corrupt officials, he organized public trials, or complaints.
It's like the dog raised in the family who suffers from the three highs of Zhao Ju, the prefect of Zhao Ju, and other corrupt officials. A total of ten people were selected, and it was an honor to be the subject of a public trial.
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That is to say, the officials first issued the notice, and then when the prescribed time came, these corrupt officials were taken to the execution grounds for killing people, and then the crimes committed by them were announced one by one.
Even because these corrupt officials have done too many bad things, thousands of them, they can only pick the kind of important reading, and then find the victims who were victimized at that time, and let them come to the court to appeal, so as to convene a public trial meeting.
And the effect of this is very good, even after the public trial conference began, it has received strong support from the people... The scene was surrounded by water!
Because after being arrested at the beginning, they still don’t know how much punishment they will be punished, whether they will be the same in the end, thunder and rain, or something big or small, etc., but now what?
So when they saw that they were taken directly to the execution ground, even the official uniform was stripped off, their hair was broken, and a wooden sign was inserted behind them. As for the arrogant look in the past, I am an official. Master, your expressions are assholes, and even after you have completely disappeared, what's the point of being polite!
Many suffering masters on the field began to criticize them in tears. As for the bad things they did to give birth to their sons, that would be too much, forcing good for prostitution, making money and killing... Anyway, there is only you can't think of it, there is nothing they can't do !
Even after the public trial was held, the suffering masters on the court were already crying, including the people off the court, they all heard tears, I have seen shameless people, I have never seen such shameless people! Even if it weren't for Yang Qingtian to kill the people, how many people would be killed by these corrupt officials in the future! But now
So when the public trial was halfway through, the scene was a little out of control... What rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, etc., it rained on the heads of these corrupt officials!
Then these corrupt officials were tied up and could not be avoided, so almost all of them were hit. The face was called a yellow, white, or even black shit, everything was there, and the colors were very rich...
As for these, the Xuan Jia army who maintained the order on the spot, as well as the young officials, also had a rare "malfeasance" once, pretending not to see it... Of course, this was also from Yang Shanlu's instruction... Common people Are you angry in your heart, shouldn't they be allowed to vent
As a result, these corrupt officials were miserable. Even in the end, a few corrupt officials seemed to be doing anger and resentment. Originally, after the public trial meeting was over, the next link was the canonical punishment, and the decision was executed on the spot. But now
These people have also been'guided'... Anyway, these soldiers don't care, so in the end, the canonical punishment of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been announced. These corrupt officials have already died... because they are all alive by the ordinary people. Killed! You punch me and kick me, this is called a happy fight!
Even some corrupt officials seem to be doing too much bad facts, and they are beaten into an inhuman form... even if they are beaten to death, they will be beaten! It can be seen how angry the people are! Of course, for their fate, it is also to blame! And such an ending is also called a dead body!
After the public trial was over, the result was reported to Yang Shanlu, and Yang Shanlu was not dissatisfied... because this is the popular opinion!
In fact, he learned this hand from Taizu Grandpa, mobilizing the masses and clearing away all ugly phenomena! But now it seems that the effect is still very good. It not only effectively punishes corrupt officials, but also eases social conflicts and enhances the credibility of the government. The effect is very good.
So after these three days, the entire Henan officialdom was a major earthquake from top to bottom, anyway up to the governor of a province (killing such a person needs to be reported, but Chongzhen did not disagree, including specific interrogation. Dali Temple or something, I don’t dare to cover it at all! With all the evidence of crime, do you still dare to cover it? Or if you dare to cover it, then you are a co-convict! Waiting for the Zhenguo general to come to you for trouble?)
Therefore, as many as the governor of a province and the magistrate as low as a county, more than 200 people were killed! There are more than one hundred people locked up, and they are all imprisoned for life. The kind who sit through the prison, and the rest will be in prison for 20 years! Such rectification efforts...
Of course, after this April storm, not only did the officialdom be eliminated, but also a lot of money was harvested!
Just like a Henan officialdom, this time it copied a huge amount of stolen money!
Remove those land deeds, real estate, calligraphy and painting antiques that cannot be used directly as silver, and copy out a total of 200,000 taels of gold alone! The silver has copied a full 2 million taels!
Then Yang Shanlu calculated it for them, and exchanged one tael of gold for twelve taels of silver. This time, 476 corrupt officials were punished. The total amount was four million taels of silver seized! On average, every corrupt official has corrupted at least 10 thousand taels! And this is just cash at home! What other property title deeds, calligraphy and painting antiques, but also more valuable!
And the per capita corruption is ten thousand taels, what is the concept? According to normal circumstances, ten thousand taels should be the salary they could not earn in a few lifetimes, or even dozens of lifetimes, but what about now? Is it just cash in their home? So killing their heads is obviously not wrong at all!
After harvesting so much gold and silver, Yang Shanlu is still quite satisfied. These worms in Henan are now using your money to help the victims, and is this called taking from the people and using it for What about the people
"Money basket, should the funds be enough for the next assistance plan now?" Yang Shanlu asked with a smile when he saw the money basket that had been compiled.
"Haha, enough, enough! Enough enough! I really didn't expect these corrupt officials in Henan to be so rich!" And Qian Lanzi was also very happy, because this way, there will be no problems in the future. !
On the contrary, Yang Shanlu, although Chongzhen gave him full power to govern the four provinces, but this time there is such a big disturbance, it is necessary to inform him.
So Yang Shanlu, on the one hand, asked people to sort out the evidence of the corrupt officials, and attached the signatures of those supervising censors, which were all written into a thick memorial, and then they asked them to choose some precious jewels and pretend to be The two carts were sent to the capital together, and in this way, there would be human and physical evidence, and it would be possible to fill up Chongzhen's empty small vault a little bit.
And after killing so many corrupt officials, there is another trick... that is, many positions can be vacated, many of which are still lacking.
In this way, Yang Shanlu can arrange for people he trusts, including some of the more honest officials in the Donglin Party, and talents such as Du Yinxi (he made Du Yinxi the academic and political affairs of the province). , In charge of education), in this way it serves the purpose of expelling bad coins and purifying officialdom.
Of course, Yang Shanlu also knows that such rectification is actually a temporary solution rather than a permanent cure. If fundamental reforms are not carried out, at most it will remain clean for a few years, and then it will become dark again!
So after a certain stage, he will push forward deeper reforms, which is a two-pronged approach... The first one is high salaries to nourish integrity and completely overthrow Zhu Chong’s salary system, which is forcing everyone to take responsibility. Hai Rui! But is that possible
Then the second is to implement an effective monitoring system. After such a two-pronged approach, I believe that the officialdom can be maintained at an acceptable level!
After copying out so much money, the assistance plan can be further developed. For example, the self-cultivating farmers who had a hard life in those days had to rely on themselves to plow the land, but now, as long as the population reaches the standard village (Usually 50 households), the government can equip two farming cows for free, so that the farming cows can be used to cultivate the land and liberate manpower.
In addition, we can also provide low-priced hoes, half-price fertilizer, etc., to effectively help them in production.
In short, after removing the malignant tumor of corrupt officials, the entire game of governance has been revitalized.
However, as the saying goes, there are people who are happy and others who are worried. Yang Shanlu is an official who is dedicated to the people, and he has carried out drastic reforms. Of course, the people applauded and even thanked God and sent them a Yang Qingtian!
But this angered some people's Ni Lin... Do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand? dream! (End of this chapter)