My life skills in Daming Liver

Tong An looked at this scholar. There were many scholars like him in the Imperial College, and they talked about the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty every day.

But in fact, those who can study in the Imperial College are basically from good families.

They don't understand the lives of ordinary people at all.

Tong An shook his head. Of course there is a market for these words in the Imperial College, but if you say them in this tea shop, you will only be contradicted by others.

What happened next was beyond Tong An's expectation.

Just when this scholar was talking loudly, he agreed with the article in "Shandong Xinbao" and believed that the imperial court should not continue to be weak and should immediately organize and launch a counterattack against the southeast.

Suddenly two tea drinkers stood up and cut off the arms of this eloquent scholar.

"We are fans of Shuntian Mansion!"

One of them took out a wooden waist tag. When the tea shop doctor saw the waist tag, he trembled with fright.

"Let me go! Let me go! Who are you!"

The scholar who was caught was still talking harshly, but the gangster who caught him was not soft-hearted. He exerted force with both hands, and the scholar wailed.

Another gangster walked to the wall of the tea shop, pointed at the sign saying "Don't talk about state affairs" and said:

"Did you see? Don't talk about state affairs? You scholars like to slander the imperial court when you have nothing to do! We followed the order of the governor. Today, a group of spies from the southeast came to the capital to spread unfavorable remarks about the imperial court. Did you see the sign? Say these words and take me away!"

After saying this, another gangster snatched the scholar away like a chicken.

The ruffian took off the tea shop's "Don't Talk About State Affairs" sign and said to Dr. Tea:

"Master Fu Yin has ordered that if anyone gathers together to discuss state affairs, they will immediately remove the sign!"

"I took this sign off. Go to Shuntian Mansion to replace it quickly, or else I will arrest you too next time!"

After saying this, the ruffian walked away directly.

Tong An heard Dr. Tea's cry. After he finished crying, he sat directly at the door of the tea shop and wailed:

"This scholar wants to commit suicide himself, and he must drag this little old man to die with him! This brand costs five taels of silver a piece, and this tea shop is our family's livelihood!"

The people around were also frightened, and the few employees who came forward to refute the scholar were also afraid that they would be implicated, so they put down their tea money and left the tea shop.

Xiangzi couldn't bear it, so Tong An sighed, left two coins on the table, and walked out of the teahouse with Xiangzi.

Xiangzi sighed and said, "Look at the scholars who are not rich either. This is causing trouble for the family."

Tong An nodded. He often went to Shuntian Mansion to help the Federation recruit people, and he was very familiar with the Yamen.

Anyone caught in a yamen must first be identified.

Of course, this is not because we are afraid of arresting the wrong person, but because we want to find out the origin clearly.

If you are rich but have no power, you are a "fat sheep" and you need to be treated well.

If they are powerful, they must be put back immediately, and even the captured people must be punished.

If you have no power or money, there are even more ways to do it.

For those ordinary people who have little wealth, they should come to their homes and threaten them, slowly causing trouble.

If you are powerless, have no money and no family, then you should still show your value.

First, slap a meal on the board and send it to the cell, so that the other fat sheep in the cell can see the miserable end, and then they will hysterically ask for help from home, so that the oil and water can be squeezed out faster.

As for those poor souls who were beaten up and thrown into damp cells, they basically couldn't last more than a few days. When the time came, they had to be covered with white cloths and carried out with great fanfare, which had a final shock effect.

Everyone who enters the public gate has their own role.

Tong An has had more contact with these people, and he understands why the Ming court is hopeless.

From the governor of Shuntian to the most junior officials, everyone is busy making money.

The Mo Tan Guo Shi sign that was taken away from the tea shop, if he doesn't go to Shuntian Mansion to replace it as soon as possible, then next time the government officials who manage the market will come and seal the tea shop and arrest the owner.

Nowadays, in order to maintain their own brands, some restaurants will take the initiative to contact Shuntian Mansion to arrest people when they meet those scholars who talk loudly. Several unlucky classmates in the Imperial College were arrested and a lot of blood was shed.

These are pretty good. After all, he studied in the Imperial College and won't be sentenced to prison.

If you are a scholar with no fame and fame like just now, you may have to shed a layer of your skin even if you don't die.

Tong An sighed, now the capital is in turmoil, and the situation is worse than when Zhang Juzheng was in power.

The government refused to let the people discuss it, but it had nothing to do with Shandong Xinbao.

Li Chengliang was a powerful local faction. Shandong had money, food, and soldiers. This newspaper was supported by Li Chengliang, and the Shuntian governor did not dare to ban it.

Tong An also knew that Shan Hao Xian's articles were often openly discussed at literary gatherings of some dignitaries, and some radical censors also agreed with his statement.

Ordinary people dare not speak out, but these newspapers publish it openly, while dignitaries discuss it unscrupulously.

Even Tong An can't understand this strange phenomenon.

Forget it, just keep busy with your own affairs.

Tong An was completely disappointed with Ming Ting like this. He was going to the next workshop to read the newspaper and then organize a meeting of the workshop's federation.

At the same time, in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Nanjing, Su Ze looked at the report sent by the Supervisory Minister Tan Lun.

After the reorganization of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, not only scholars with imperial examination backgrounds, but also some representatives of the Constitutional Assembly entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise local work.

After reading this report, Su Ze also felt a little tight in his chest.

After all, Southeast is still on the rise. There are still no large-scale corruption cases, but various small cases continue.

Especially in the area of ​​grassroots official governance, there are quite a few problems.

Tan Lun said: "This time the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the representatives of the Constitutional Assembly have basically not had any big problems with the local supervision of the county-level officials. The few who lacked the ability to work have been dealt with in the assessment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. , will be transferred to work elsewhere."

"But there are still problems with grassroots governance."

Su Ze looked at several particularly serious problems. The biggest case was a case of official evaluation fraud in a county in Zhejiang.

Since the officials in some areas were recruited by the prefectures and counties themselves, the officials responsible for printing the examination papers disclosed the examination papers to several colleagues before the examination so that their children could pass the examination.

Later, it was because there were too many officials' children who passed the exam, which aroused the dissatisfaction of those who failed, and this matter was brought to the inspection censor.

The inspection censor summoned those officials' children who had passed with high scores and issued a paper on the spot to retake the exam. Many of these candidates did not even get a passing score. The inspector censor immediately put them in jail, and soon they were Learned the truth.

This case was later thoroughly investigated, and it was found that the county magistrate and the county academic administrator were indeed not involved, but they were punished for poor supervision and were demoted.

Seeing this case, Su Ze didn't find it strange.

For most officials, they do not have much political ambition, especially those with obvious ceilings.

The family is passed down from generation to generation, and one's position is passed down from generation to generation. This is almost the pursuit of these officials who have been entrenched in the local area for a lifetime.

Su Ze said to Tan Lun:

"Zili, we still need to strengthen supervision. In addition, this time the representatives of the Constitutional Convention also played a big role at the local level. This kind of local supervision is sometimes more effective than superior supervision."

Tan Lun nodded and said:

"Of course, the representatives to the Constituent Assembly are elected locally, so they naturally have to speak for the people who elected them."

This time, many cases were discovered by local representatives of the Constitutional Assembly and reported to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At the beginning, Tan Lun was still very worried about the representatives elected by ordinary people. Some of these people were simply illiterate.

However, relying on the cooperation of local constituent assembly representatives and the inspection censor, many local collusion cases were eliminated, which impressed Tan Lun.

Su Ze said: "This is normal. Cheating in the civil service examination will infringe on the interests of other candidates. Naturally, they will be the most closely watched. This kind of thing can always be dealt with as long as supervision is strengthened."

Tan Lun also nodded. After this case came out, county governments in various places paid more attention to the official examination. In some places, the county magistrate even set the examination questions on the spot to prevent local cheating.

After all, the county magistrate is an official in a different place, and he has no friendship with these local powerful children. If he loses his position for them, it will be more than worth the loss.

Su Ze sighed and said: "Local competition is good, but disorderly competition is the biggest problem."

Su Ze said to Tan Lun: "A few days ago, the Suzhou Prefecture reported to the Ministry of Industry that they wanted to expand the dock in Taicang. Several prefectures near the sea in South Zhili also submitted letters requesting to open ports and build docks locally, and even Several counties have already begun construction on their own."

Tan Lun said doubtfully: "Grand Governor, not all places are suitable for building ports, and building ports in many places requires repeated investment."

Su Ze nodded and said: "That's it. In fact, with Su Song's cargo output, the current wharf is enough, but Suzhou government wants to let more goods go to sea from its own port, so their taxes can be increased Do the math.”

Tan Lun suddenly understood that this was a local competition for political achievements!