Today there are three major shortcomings in the government: redundant officials, redundant soldiers and redundant taxes.
The Liang Dynasty has been established for more than three hundred years, and its shortcomings have become very obvious over the years.
Among them, the problem that needs to be solved most is the problem of redundant troops.
Now that we have regained control of part of the military power, this problem can be solved relatively well.
Although we were attacked at night this time, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
The entire imperial city's garrison has been replaced.
The chief guard in the imperial city was replaced by Zhou Heng, and Wang Po was in charge outside the imperial city...
It can be said that Zhang Yuanhai's many years of management in the imperial city have come to nothing at this moment.
This time Zhang Yuanhai's assassination was not only unsuccessful, but also lost a lot of money.
Although Zhu Youde was still angry on the surface, he was smiling in his heart.
Wang Po, who had just been released, was equally happy to see so many positions vacant in the imperial city.
Due to Zhang Yuanhai's suppression, many of Wang Po's relatively good generals could not get a good position, and some were even sent to guard the city gates.
The guards within the imperial city, whether in terms of treatment or other aspects, are stronger than the troops outside.
Wang Po is also confident that the soldiers under his command, even if they are retired, will be better than the original soldiers who were idle.
Zhu Youde was still reviewing official documents, but Wang Zhonghou came over holding a file.
"Your Majesty, this is what you asked me to find two days ago, Zheng Ling'er's file."
Wang Zhonghou was afraid of disturbing Zhu Youde, so after speaking, he put it on Zhu Youde's slip, and then withdrew.
Zhu Youde picked up the file with some confusion on his face.
The file in my hand feels quite thick to the touch.
I just asked them to look for an ordinary woman. How could it be so fast?
Is it possible that Daliang’s intelligence system is so powerful?
With such a doubt in mind, Zhu Youde opened the file.
What caught his eye was not Zheng Ling'er's file, but an official named Zheng Zhongxia.
There is an introduction in the file that this person was originally a water transport officer in the Jiangnan area.
The so-called water transportation is a transportation method that uses waterways to transfer public grain to the capital.
In this era, most public grain collection was carried out by water transport.
Because the river is very winding, it is not easy to transport it from Jiangnan to Kyoto City.
It is necessary to interrupt the land route several times in the middle before it can be transported to the capital.
This Zheng Zhongxia was the water transport officer responsible for transporting grain from the Jiangnan region to Kyoto last year.
However, when we were about to reach Kyoto City and take the land route, we suddenly encountered a group of horse thieves.
That gang of horse thieves robbed all the food in the Jiangnan area last year.
Because transporting this kind of official food is extremely secretive.
And along the way, there were some soldiers escorting them.
The soldiers escorting him at that time were all transferred away by Zheng Zhongxia for unknown reasons, so they were snatched away by those horse thieves.
This incident also caused an uproar in the court at that time.
After all, the amount of food that was stolen at that time amounted to millions of dan.
Not to mention the past few years, even in the past few decades, there have not been that many horse thieves.
Therefore, Zheng Zhongxia was directly sentenced to death without any discussion.
Even their whole family was executed, but Zheng Ling'er escaped because she received the news in advance.
Even so, this Zheng Ling'er has become a fugitive prisoner.
Probably because of this reason, Zheng Ling'er hated Zhu Youde deeply.
But looking at this file, Zhu Youde always felt that something was wrong.
The main reason is that if Zheng Zhongxia really joined forces with the horse thieves, it would be impossible for him to not escape during the chaos, or even command the soldiers to fight back.
Moreover, the number of the horse thieves was said to have reached two thousand.
Since there are two thousand people, why did they disappear inexplicably after doing this only once, and no trace can even be found.
At that time, Zheng Zhongxia was just a water transport officer and had no power to command those soldiers.
These questions were not even mentioned in the dossier.
This case was handled by Zhang Yuanhai himself, and this matter should be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
Although Zhang Yuanhai is the Prime Minister, there is no need to do these things personally.
It was probably because of these things that Zhu Youde was particularly confused.
In addition, Zhang Yuanhai's financial savings over the years can be said to be in the millions.
But now there is no trace of the finances he had collected, as if they had disappeared.
These things have become very confusing points for people.
Zhu Youde could not directly use military force to suppress Zhang Yuanhai because of this consideration.
If he were to be killed, the finances he had accumulated over the years would probably remain a secret forever.
Zhu Youde also asked the Plum Blossom Guard to investigate, but even the Mei Blossom Guard, who was extremely capable, could not find any information at all.
Zhu Youde slowly put down the file, thinking about these things in his mind.
In today's Daliang, the official system is actually very complete.
However, there was one thing that made Zhu Youde a little dissatisfied.
In fact, the supervision system is not independent. The supervision of officials is actually directly under the chief minister.
Moreover, the location is not too high, which makes Shoufu a dominant family.
Of course, this is not something that has happened since ancient times, but was done by Zhu Youde himself after he took office.
The originally independent supervisory censorship was directly abolished by Zhu Youde, and the censorship was even placed under Zhang Yuanhai.
From this point of view, it is now necessary to re-establish the supervision system.
Of course, Zhu Youde currently does not have a more suitable candidate in his hands.
Moreover, the supervision system is actually related to Zhang Yuanhai's lifeblood. Zhu Youde had already taken away all his rights as Minister of Civil Affairs and supervision of private treasury.
Now if he touches this lifeline again, it is estimated that Zhang Yuanhai really wants to fight Zhu Youde.
You should eat the rice in one mouthful so as not to choke.
"Here comes someone." Zhu Youde shouted loudly.
Wang Zhonghou quickly entered the palace: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhu Youde's face was solemn: "You hand this case to the Ministry of Punishment, and the case will be retried."
Seeing Zhu Youde's face, Wang Zhonghou naturally knew the importance of this matter.
Nodding, he immediately took the file to the Criminal Department.
Zhu Youde was preparing to use this case as a breakthrough.
It has been less than half a year since the food was robbed, and there is a high probability that the food has not been taken away.
At this time, Zhu Youde returned to the palace first, not to sleep, but to find a way to meet Zheng Ling'er...