Chapter 148: One Hundred Million Reward
An undercurrent quietly began to flow throughout nearly the entire land of Lu.
Few people in the capital thousands of miles away know about it.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year in the second year of Shengwu, all officials in the imperial court were back to work, even busier than last year.
Because they submitted a plan for this year to His Majesty years ago.
There are goals in the plan that they are going to achieve.
For this matter, the Cabinet, Military Cabinet, Ten Ministries, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate and other departments were almost reprimanded by His Majesty.
It is said that their vision is too short-sighted, they have no ambition, and their goals are too small.
I revised it at least once before it was approved by His Majesty.
Now that the goal is set, if you can’t do it, haha.
The senior officials of various departments in the imperial court did not think that His Majesty would let them off easily.
For this reason, during the Chinese New Year, they were all full of pressure.
Department bosses are full of pressure, and their subordinates are of course even more stressed.
As soon as the court officials started to go on duty, they felt something was wrong in the atmosphere.
The pressure from Shangguan increased.
The senior officials of various departments were not mistaken. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Houzhao held a grand meeting.
At the court meeting, he directly confessed the matter.
“Years ago, each department of the imperial court proposed a plan to me, which included the goals that each department will achieve this year.
Wei Jinzhong, come and read it to all the officials. Let’s talk about the planning goals of each department,” Zhu Houzhao said with great interest.
Many officials were stunned.
Your Majesty really wants to make a big fuss out of this matter.
Wei Jinzhong responded and read it loudly to thousands of officials.
“The goal of the Ministry of Personnel’s planning this year is to assess the performance of all civil servants...”
Thousands of officials, including many senior officials, most of them do not know about other departments The specific content of the plan is just heard.
After hearing this first article, many officials felt a little numb.
Now the Ministry of Personnel's authority to evaluate officials has obviously been taken away by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section. The Ministry of Personnel has become ruthless.
Anyway, His Majesty has not abolished the assessment authority of the Ministry of Personnel, and wants to regain the status of the Ministry of Personnel.
It’s just hard on the officials.
The assessment we face will be more stringent.
The expressions of the officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section changed slightly, and they looked at the officials from the Ministry of Personnel with hidden hostility.
How can we let go of the power we have?
“The goal of the Ministry of Revenue’s planning this year is to conduct a preliminary inventory of taxes from various government agencies...”
“The goal of the Ministry of Rites’ planning this year is...”
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Unknown meaning flashed from time to time in his eyes as he looked at the officials around him.
The general meaning is that you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, have set such a high goal.
Don’t you want the officials to live?
The goals of the cabinet plan are announced last after all civil and civil departments have read them out.
Because the cabinet is equivalent to the prime minister and is responsible for the whole, the goal set is to improve the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty by 10%.
How to assess this 10% depends mainly on Your Majesty.
After the civil servants came the military attachés.
The military attache aspect is even simpler. Reorganizing the army, this is the most important thing for military attachés now.
The only commander-in-chief of the military pavilion is still organizing the army in Jin.
The military attaché’s goal this year is to initially reorganize the guard posts in Northern Zhili, Shandong and Yunnan.
After the goals planned by all departments were finished, most officials felt waves of pressure coming down like mountains and seas.
Just thinking about it makes them feel dark.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao stood up under everyone's eyes, as if the dragon chair made him uncomfortable.
Every time they saw him stand up, the civil and military officials felt nervous, and had a premonition that His Majesty was going to do something difficult again.
“I have kept in mind the goals planned by various departments of the imperial court. This goal is not just for me.
It is also established for yourselves and the people of Ming Dynasty.
Can it be done? I am watching, the entire imperial court, and countless people in the Ming Dynasty are watching, and I am supervising you.
Understand? "Zhu Houzhao shouted softly.
"I understand. "Many officials responded in unison, sighing helplessly in their hearts.
They all said this, if they can't do it, how can they have the dignity to continue to stay in their positions?
Your Majesty is forcing them nakedly.
"Well, let each Chief Secretary also report a planning goal for this year as soon as possible. All reports must be submitted before mid-February.
The cabinet will supervise it." Zhu Houzhao ordered.
"Yes." Liu Jian said in his heart. Sure enough, His Majesty has not spared the provinces.
“By the way, I would like to remind you and all the Ming Dynasty officials that if someone does deceit or harms the people in order to achieve their goals.
Hum, I will definitely chop him up. "Zhu Houzhao said with a arrogant attitude.
No one among the civil and military officials present dared not believe it.
Because His Majesty has really chopped up some officials, including princes and second-rank senior officials.
The court meeting dispersed, and the atmosphere in various departments in the capital became more solemn, like a running carriage, moving quickly, no longer the leisurely posture of the past.
No matter what the officials thought, Zhu Houzhao saw it anyway. I'm very happy. I continued to go to the Dragon Cavalry Camp of Emperor Wu, supervise various departments, and practice martial arts, and ten days passed in the blink of an eye
The various departments of the imperial court that are accelerating are different.
The case of Shanxi officials jointly reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei found that most of the disputes were reduced, and it was finally over in a flash.
Overall, there are certainly unjust and wrongful convictions, but they are only a very small number and do not affect the overall situation.
After the review is completed, a series of things can continue.
Zhu Houzhao said gold, and the reward of nearly 100 million taels was generously given out.
The second cleanup of Jin Land brought a total harvest of nearly two billion taels of silver to the court.
One-twentieth is nearly one hundred million taels of silver.
Of course, even the Ming court at this time could not afford nearly 100 million taels of real gold and silver.
So, 70 million taels of it were exchanged for real estate, martial arts, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc.
This did not disappoint the factory guards and the corresponding people.
Because what many people want most is really not money.
A martial arts that suits you is the most rare thing.
Many people are very fond of antique calligraphy and paintings, and some people want real estate, such as factory guards in Jindi.
There are also those who want expert guidance, those who want to treat their relatives, etc. The resources the Ming Dynasty now has are enough to meet the needs of most people.
Therefore, the middle and high-level people who received rewards this time basically received physical rewards of corresponding value.
Only the lowest level earns most of the money.
In the end, in total, the reward was worth nearly 100 million taels of silver.
Jin Yiwei received nearly 50 million taels, occupying the largest share.
The Jin army received about 19 million taels, occupying second place.
Dongchang received about 13 million taels,
Qinglonghui received about 10 million taels.
Xichang received about three million taels.
There are other departments, which received a total of about three to four million taels.
As real rewards continue to be distributed, other departments aside, the factory guards are completely excited.
Too many!
There are still many people who find it unbelievable.
Then there is madness.
No matter how many guarantees and imperial edicts we received before, they are not as good as the actual distribution of rewards this time.
The top people are excited, the middle people are boiling, and the bottom people are crazy.
The guards in the capital factory immediately sharpened their knives, their eyes seemed to be red, and they looked at every official as if they were looking at money.
Factory guards in other places also quickly learned the news and could no longer bear it.
Factory guards attacking officials quickly spread throughout almost the entire Ming Dynasty.
Fortunately, the factory security executives are sober and know not to mess around.
In addition, most of these senior management and masters are new to the company. Most of them are decent and cautious, and they can control the factory guards from messing around.
In addition to the factory guards, many people in the martial arts world were also jealous.
Most of them are individual tourists.
The imperial court is really too generous now, and it doesn’t seem to be a big deal to be a court eagle.
That is all real money, peerless martial arts, expert guidance, glory and wealth, and so on.
With Beizhili as the center, more and more people from all over the country want to join the Jinyiwei.
There is no shortage of people with righteous forces.
The senior management of the factory have been waiting for this time, seizing the opportunity, and began to recruit experts and expand.
"Brother Li, have you heard? The Three Swords of Taihang have joined Dongchang. They are all innate masters. I didn't expect them to be willing to be the imperial eagle dogs!"
"What! The Three Swords of Taihang Joined Dongchang?”
“Yes, I thought they were heroes before, but I didn’t expect them to be lackeys of the imperial court.”
"How did they join? They have killed many people from the righteous forces. It is said that Emperor Shengwu will not rub sand in his eyes, and those who kill will have to pay with their lives."
"I heard that as long as they don't harm ordinary people, it will be fine. As for the fighting between people in the martial world, Emperor Shengwu doesn't care."
"Okay, okay, that's how it should be, hahaha!"
"Brother Li, what's wrong with you. ?”
“I also want to go to the factory guard.”
"Brother Li, are you crazy? How can you be a court eagle dog?"
"No, you are too stupid. How can it be a court eagle dog? It is obviously an official and a glorious ancestor.
>If you can be an official, earn a lot of money, have peerless martial arts skills, and marry a wife and have children openly without fear of retaliation, who the hell would want to be a lone traveler?
Stupid? Right?”
“Brother Li, Li, what you said seems to make sense!”
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The wave of people in the martial arts community who want to join the factory guards is very fierce.
The senior factory guards are all surprised. Innate masters who were rare in the past are now appearing in front of the factory guards one after another and recommending themselves.
With this momentum, some of the budding moves caused by the rebellion of the Lu clan's children were immediately suppressed.
Many people secretly cursed that they were willing to become a court eagle dog!
But some people couldn't help but start to think about it. It seemed like it would be good to join the imperial court.
Some people are just thinking about it, and some people are taking direct action.
(Chapter 3, thank you for your support.)
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(End of this chapter)