Chapter 2427 The guizi scroll is peeled off, layer by layer

  But there are not only Dali Temple Ministers in Dali Temple, but there may also be Dali Temple's left and right Shaoqing.

  Although Shaoqing on the left and right sides of Dali Temple is only a fourth-rank official, does he have such a strong suppressive power over the prefect of Guide Prefecture, who is also a fourth-rank official?

   Or does a prefect need to respect Dali Siqing so much?

  Feng Ziying thinks it's hard to say.

The advantages of Beijing officials over local officials are still obvious. It is almost impossible for a magistrate to be directly promoted to a third-rank Beijing official. He has to go to the Secretary of the Procuratorate or the Secretary of the Procuratorate. You must be promoted to the third rank before you can say that you have the opportunity to be transferred to Beijing.

   Even so, there are still countless people flocking to it and breaking their heads.

   You need to know how many third-rank officials there are in the thirteen north and south provinces? And how tight are the third-rank officials in Beijing? You have no comparison at all.

  The minister of Dali Temple is an important minister in the capital, but even if you are a second-rank official envoy and a third-rank official envoy, you cannot be called an important minister.

If a third-rank servant like Feng Ziying is sent to a certain province to serve as a second-rank envoy, Zuo Buzheng, he will be relegated, and as a second-rank Zuo Buzheng, he will return to Beijing to serve as a third-rank servant, and he will also be promoted. , This is the reason and confidence for Beijing officials to see that local officials are one or even two levels higher.

   If you want to add the left and right Shaoqing, there will be too many, and it will be difficult to check.

In Feng Ziying's impression, in the past few years, that is, the years when Ding Deju served as the prefect of Guide, the officials of Dali Temple changed frequently. Not only the ministers of Dali Temple, but also the young ministers of Dali Temple also changed frequently. He couldn't remember the changes. A few stubbles.

  Dali Temple is the institution of final adjudication, and at the same time has the power to decide major and important cases. Although it is not as broad as the power of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is well-deserved number one among the five temples.

It is normal for the Dali Temple minister to be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment or the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. The local government still has enough respect for Dali Siqing and Shaoqing.

  If it is true that Shaoqing around Dali Temple greets a magistrate, maybe it is possible.

   "My lord, it's actually not difficult to investigate this matter. If you bring up the case again and investigate it, you will know the details. It's just that no one investigates."

   Seeing that Feng Ziying was still thinking, Zhen Baochen thought that Feng Ziying was thinking about how to find out the background behind this person.

  Of course Feng Ziying knew that it could be found out, but he was worried that it would turn out to be another big tiger, and he was about to become a tiger-fighting hero.

  Thinking of this, Feng Ziying felt that she still underestimated the power of this storm and the breadth and depth of its involvement.

This has only touched the Tang and Ding families, and a lot of officials have been involved. Although it cannot be said that all the officials involved have problems, according to Feng Ziying's own estimation, there is a possibility that there may be problems. Still big.

  Especially the latter one, say hello directly, what is this kind of behavior called? It's called interfering with justice.

For a while, Feng Ziying didn't want to continue to ask any more questions. The more he asked, the deeper and more complicated the questions became, and the backgrounds of the various characters involved became more and more prominent. Now that he is a third-rank, ask again. Maybe it's about to come out, Shangshuge is old.

However, this kind of thought is only fleeting. Feng Ziying has long been mentally prepared. Since he wants to move, he will definitely encounter various resistances and involve various officials. However, the imperial court originally intended to use this storm to cleanse the Jiangnan officialdom. , This should be the best opportunity, but it's good, it's a little difficult to do when it falls on me.

  At this time, Feng Ziying really hoped that Gu Bingqian and Chai Ke would come earlier, which Sun Dingxiang and Yang Lian alone could not hold back.

   After calming down, Feng Ziying saw that the two were still kneeling there, so she motioned for Li Qi to help the second daughter up, and then returned to the desk and sat down.

  After Li Qi helped the two daughters up, Feng Ziying asked Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu to sit down first, and asked Li Qi to go down to avoid it.

   "Well, let's continue. The Ding family, apart from Ding Deju, doesn't seem to have any special characters. Is there anything else worth mentioning?" Feng Ziying asked.

   "That's about all I know about the Ding family. I just heard about Ding Deju's situation by chance. I don't know about the others. I'm afraid Ding Deyi and Ding Zhongzhen should know more." Zhen Baochen shook his head.

"Okay, apart from Tang and Ding's family, your father's private salt business has attracted people from many places, such as Ningguo Mansion, the loss of salt courses, and basically all of them are filled with private salt. The Tan family almost covers the sky with one hand. ..."

  Feng Ziying picked up the tea and took a sip, keeping her face calm.

   Zhen Baochen also knew that this topic would be asked sooner or later. The profit of private salt is so huge that everyone may know it, and it is impossible to avoid it. She and her father have long been prepared.

   It's just that once the lid is lifted, it's appalling.

  As the saying goes, Jiangnan accounts for half of the wealth in the world, and salt accounts for 30% of Jiangnan's wealth. From this we can see that the salt benefits are very important.

  No matter which dynasty, this salt class is well-deserved as the largest source of income for the household department, which has also created countless people who want to get a spoonful from the court.

  This is also the only reason why private salt has been banned and investigated repeatedly.

  Salt merchants can get rich even if they are qualified to sell official salt from the imperial court, let alone bypass the layer of exploitation by the government and enjoy the huge profits of private salt?

  So in this case, no matter how severe the court's punishment measures are, they cannot be banned.

   And those who dare to engage in this industry are almost full of powerful people standing behind them, black and white, royal family members, government officials, green forests in the world, and even violent smuggling of salt with the **** of bandits, which is not uncommon.

After a moment of silence, Zhen Baochen lowered his voice slightly: "The Tan family, in fact, the Tan family is not the most powerful family in Ningguo Mansion, but when the Zhen family chose to choose the most powerful family in each place, they did not consider choosing the most powerful family in each place, because they want to prevent them from turning their backs on customers. , let the Zhen family become a vassal, but the Tan family expanded rapidly after engaging in this business, and instead became the largest powerful family in Ningguo Mansion."

  If the Tang family and the Ding family can still be said to be implicated because of the Zhen family's in-laws, then it is too broad to say that they are involved because of private salt.

In the past twenty years in Jiangnan, because Prince Yizhong has deliberately regarded Jiangnan salt class as his "internal treasury" private money since he was the prince, he thought about it when he thought he could take over the position of emperor steadily He wanted to take the Jiangnan Salt Department into his own pocket like the Lianghuai Salt Administration, which created a fait accompli and forced the imperial court to admit it.

Who would have thought that the succession of Emperor Yonglong broke his plan, so under such circumstances, Prince Yizhong would recklessly instigate the Zhen family to traffic in smuggled salt to destroy the court's salt tax system in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time grab huge profits for himself For him as the main source of funds for operation and maintenance.

   "Well, I also know this. The Tan family has grown stronger in the past ten years, right?" Feng Ziying nodded, "To be precise, it was thirty-five years after Yuanxi."

Thirty-five years after Yuanxi, Emperor Yonglong and Prince Yizhong changed positions and became the prince, which marked a huge change in Prince Yizhong's salt policy in the south of the Yangtze River. Cooperation, and then became the beginning of the Jiangnan salt course system getting out of control.

"Yes, in less than twenty years, the head of the Tan family, Tan Zongzheng, was ruthless and powerful. Even his father said that this man was too fierce and difficult to deal with. During the period of cooperation with him, the Zhen family had always been at a disadvantage. Prince Yizhong He is not satisfied, but Naihe can't beat him in Ningguo Mansion. He has used various means to control the previous prefects. Fortunately, Tan Zongzheng passed away the year before last, and his son Tan Yanghao is far behind. The Tan family's cooperation has slowly brought back the situation, but now..."

   Zhen Baochen smiled self-deprecatingly, all of this has become false, and it will also become evidence against the Zhen family and the Tan family.

"Tan Zongzheng has controlled the Ningguo Mansion for twenty years. We have cooperated for so long, so there must be some secrets, right? I mean, if the imperial court wants to attack Ningguo Mansion, what aspects can it start with?" Feng Ziying did not shy away, and directly pointed out ask.

  Zhen Baochen smiled wryly, "The imperial court came with the general trend. For such a powerful place, do you need any excuses?"

  Feng Ziying waved her hand, "It's not the same, you have to have a reason for taking advantage of the general situation, otherwise you won't be able to convince the public, Miss Zhen, don't you think that the court is stealing for no reason?"

Zhen Baochen was not convinced in his heart, but it was difficult to refute, and he was too lazy to argue, "It's also very simple. The Zhen family has some accounts, and adults can basically follow the vines if they hold them. Tan Zongzheng used a beauty trick to get the only one who refused to submit, and then used the power of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate to force the other party to give up the crown and leave... "

   "Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate? What year did it happen?" Feng Ziying attached great importance to it. The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate is Sun Dingxiang's domain. If this censor is still in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will be a ticking time bomb.

   "Yonglong six years, the last prefect of this prefect, I remember that prefect's surname is Shao,... But I don't know which censor you want to say, but my father should know."

  Zhen Baochen recalled what his father had mentioned to him specifically. She had a good memory, and his father had never put these words on paper.

Feng Ziying silently wrote down that it seems that the few censors of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate may not be really safe. Sun Dingxiang kept saying that these censors have passed his identification and inspection, but Tan Zongzheng can handle it Yes, other people can handle him as well, which is quite dangerous and needs to be dealt with in time.

  (end of this chapter)