Gan Dashou, director of the Zhejiang Officials Selection Department, received the news of the collapse of the Quzhou officialdom. He sat there for a long time and finally uttered two words: "It's over!"
Regarding the selection and promotion of officials at all levels, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is only responsible for county magistrates and above.
The Provincial Officials Selection Department can directly appoint officials of the seventh rank and below in prefectures and counties. If there are vacancies for officials of the fifth rank and below, they can directly appoint agents. Officials of the seventh rank to the fifth rank can be recommended to the Ministry of Personnel and attached with their resumes.
The department will decide whether to use it after review. It has great power!
The responsibilities of the Civil Service Bureau of Fuzhou County are similar to those of the Civil Service Office, but the grades of officials they can manage are different.
So many prefecture and county officials were arrested in Quzhou Prefecture, and Gan Dashou was 100% held accountable.
This old man was born in Juren, and captured General Yang Jiamo and went to Zhao Han. He first became the magistrate of Xiangshan County, then the magistrate of the prefecture, the magistrate, and the director of the official selection department. He was promoted step by step, and he was able to participate in politics (this official position has been restored).
, the deputy governor in charge of specific affairs), or even transferred to the Ministry of Personnel to be the right minister.
"check!"
After being devastated for a while, Gan Dashou suddenly stood up, slapped the table and shouted: "Zhejiang Officials Selection Office, immediately investigate and correct themselves to find out which bastard has colluded with Quzhou officialdom!"
The only thing we can do is to make amends. Maybe we can catch one or two moths, and then Gan Dashou can make up for the mistake.
While the officials selection office was in a state of panic, Zhang Ruohai from the Zhejiang Integrity Department was about to burst into tears. Of course he had heard about the situation in Quzhou Prefecture, but due to the difficulty of managing his face, he didn’t think there was a big problem.
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Who would have thought that those guys would go so far as to break the law and even seize farmers' land?
After thinking about it, Zhang Ruohai simply wrote a letter, hoping that Hu Dinggui could help and plead for mercy.
After writing a letter asking for help, Zhang Ruohai became even more depressed and secretly burned the letter. Firstly, Hu Dinggui was in Liaodong and could deliver the letter in the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse; secondly, he knew the emperor's temper, and intercession from important ministers might have the opposite effect.
When Hu Dinggui first led the army, he worked as a historian of Nanchang for a year, while Zhang Ruohai was the magistrate of Nanchang County at that time.
The friendship between Zhang Ruohai and Hu Dinggui is like Liu Anfeng and Chen Maosheng. They are as strong as ever. Since it will not help, Zhang Ruohai does not want to trouble his friends, and it will be even more difficult to deal with if Hu Dinggui is implicated.
After burning the letter asking for help, Zhang Ruohai wrote another memorial, admitting that he was a vegetarian, but that he had absolutely no corruption or bribery. He asked the emperor to thoroughly investigate the Zhejiang Integrity Department. After the investigation, he would take the blame and resign.
Someone was sent to Nanjing to send the memorial, and Zhang Ruohai personally took action to seal all the files of the Office of Integrity and no one was allowed to come in and touch them.
It also restricted the officials of the Anti-corruption Department, and no one was allowed to leave the city of Hangzhou unless ordered by their superiors.
After doing all this, Zhang Ruohai guarded the archives room and sat slumped in the chair, heartbroken.
He was born in a peasant family. He was not even considered a boy, let alone a scholar. He only had a few years of elementary school education. If he had not followed Zhao Han in rebellion, he would never want to be an official in his life.
Now he is not only an official, but also a fourth-rank official. He is really proud of his ancestors.
As the leader of Zhejiang's anti-corruption system, Zhang Ruohai knew how strict the court was in investigating and punishing corrupt officials, so he never dared to be corrupt from beginning to end. But he didn't want to offend the central boss, so he chose to turn a blind eye to some things.
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To put it bluntly, he is just a mediocre official and a fool!
Now I've fooled myself into it.
Zhang Ruohai really wants to go back to those years. Although he only covers half of Jiangxi, everyone is very passionate and motivated. He led the county officials and people to fight floods and provide disaster relief. The people sincerely supported him and regarded him as the blue sky to help the suffering.
Grandpa.
How did it get to where it is now?
Zhang Ruohai remembered that when he was studying, he hated corrupt officials, mediocre officials and ignorant officials, and now he has become a mediocre official.
Liu Anyong, the co-president of Quzhou Prefecture, was reported two years ago. Zhang Ruohai knew that there was something wrong with this person a long time ago. But he just pretended not to know and became completely blind and deaf. Quzhou's officialdom was ruined to the end, and Zhang Ruohai would definitely not be able to escape.
blame.
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Zhao Han said that Xiao Huan would try the case in person, but there was really no need for the top procuratorate to come forward.
So the second in command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came.
When he heard that Zou Guangdi was presiding over the trial, Liu Anyong was immediately stunned.
Like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, I say whatever I want without even trying to hide anything.
Zou Guangdi once carried out a massacre in Guangzhou, not only dealing with local officials, but also dealing with bribery businessmen, which made the then Integrity Department famous in one battle!
"How?" Zou Guangdi asked.
Dai Wenmeng replied: "I don't want to say anything. I just keep doing it. I guess I'm still thinking that someone will come to rescue me."
Zou Guangdi said with a smile: "No tricks?"
"When the President comes in person, what other means are needed?" Dai Wenmeng also laughed.
Although Zhao Han has repeatedly emphasized that torture is not allowed to extract confessions, this is impossible. No matter Hei Wuchang or Bai Wuchang, or there are local departments, there are still some invisible methods of extorting confessions.
Zou Guangdi walked into the interrogation room, where Zheng Hongyi was closing his eyes to rest.
Zou Guangdi pulled up a bench and sat down, and said, "What a pity, Mr. Zheng."
Zheng Hongyi showed no reaction and didn't even bother to open his eyes.
Zou Guangdi continued: "Mr. Zheng is a well-known good official in Nanjing and has won many awards from His Majesty. People say that within ten years, Dr. Zheng will become a minister. It's a pity, it's a pity that I met a father like you.
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Zheng Hongyi finally said: "I'm not guilty. It's all my clan members who broke the law. The most they can say is that I'm not strict in running the family. As for Quanzi, it has nothing to do with him. He hasn't returned to Quzhou for several years."
Zou Guangdi said: "Your Majesty also knows that Mr. Zheng was wronged, but what you have done is too great, so you can only kill Ma Su with tears. Thinking of the old relationship, Your Majesty still has room for it, and he only demoted Mr. Zheng to the fifth level and threw him to the
Lu Song goes to be a minor official."
"This matter has nothing to do with Quanzi, I want to see His Majesty!" Zheng Hongyi became excited.
"Listen to me," Zou Guangdi sighed again, "Mr. Zheng is pure, how can there be any stain? With the emperor on one side and his father on the other, how should he deal with himself? Mr. Zheng... sigh!"
Zheng Hongyi felt something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong with my son?"
Zou Guangdi stared at the other party and said word by word: "Xuan... Liang... commit suicide!"
As if all the bones in his body had been torn apart, Zheng Hongyi simply collapsed there.
Zheng Hongyi is a "love-minded" person who would even protect his relatives from committing crimes, let alone his most promising son.
His family was in decline, and his marriage was regretted. At that time, many bank accounts came to collect debts.
Zheng Hongyi asked one by one for a grace period for repayment, but only the Feng family agreed. Hearing that he was going to reorganize his business, Mr. Feng also lent him five hundred taels.
After Zheng Hongyi made a comeback, he regarded Mr. Feng as his benefactor and asked to marry the Feng family's granddaughter. He took great care of the Feng family, so he protected his brother-in-law again and again even when he was misbehaving, and even helped him clear out of murder charges.
Now, the Zheng family is finished, and so is the Feng family.
Zou Guangdi added: "You have harmed many people. Mr. Li Ge was deprived of his title, and Liu Shangshu resigned and returned home. The two of them were implicated for no reason. Will their disciples and former officials let you go? Will the Zheng family let you go?"
Let your Feng family go?"
Zheng Hongyi's eyes were blank and he stared blankly at the wall, his soul already flying to the sky.
His son's suicide was a huge blow to him, and he was completely devastated.
"I heard that you smoke?" Zou Guangdi clapped his hands.
Someone brought in smoking utensils.
Zou Guangdi opened the tobacco bag himself and put the cut tobacco into the pipe: "Would you like to take a sip of the fine Nangan cut tobacco?"
Zheng Hongyi subconsciously took the pipe, opened his mouth and bit it, waiting for Zou Guangdi to light a cigarette for him.
Zou Guangdi took out the fire knife from his pocket and struck it with a match a few times. The match was quickly ignited and he slowly walked to the smoke pot.
As the tobacco burned, Zheng Hongyi took two strong puffs. Tears flowed down his cheeks. He reluctantly sat up straighter and said, "If you have anything to say, just ask."
Zou Guangdi nodded to Mei Zhuyou, who immediately began to study ink.
“Iron ore is being mined across the border and occupying farmers’ fields,” Zou Guangdi asked. “Who is taking money there?”
Zheng Hongyi said: "We also know Liu Anyong."
"Only him?" Zou Guangdi confirmed.
Zheng Hongyi said: "He is the only one in the iron mines. The other officials get their money elsewhere. Give me the pen and I will write it out myself."
After a while, he wrote down a list of officials.
Zou Guangdi asked again: "Are there any officials in Hangzhou who are colluding with you?"
Zheng Hongyi said: "Hangzhou is too far away and we don't have many contacts. I have a nephew who was probably also arrested by you. He is the county magistrate in Longyou County. This official position was given to Li Jisi, the Zhejiang Official Selection Secretary, with three hundred taels. Zhejiang
Hu Yue from the Integrity Department came to Quzhou Prefecture for inspection early last year. There were three of them. Hu Yue received 200 taels, and the other two received 100 taels each. The three of them often visited the West Lake Boat, and that boat was mine.
.They invited people to visit the lake, and I paid for the expenses on the boat."
Zou Guangdi asked: "Where is Zhang Ruohai, the director of the Zhejiang Integrity Department?"
Zheng Hongyi shook his head: "I have never made any friends. He is very cautious and does not meet guests in private or meet merchants at the Yamen."
Zou Guangdi asked: "Many of the Zheng family members have become town mayors and village chiefs, and they also bought official positions?"
Zheng Hongyi replied: "Wang Yi and Ouyang Fang from the Quzhou Prefecture Official Selection Bureau, Pan Zhen and Hong Tai from the Xi'an County Official Selection Section, Qin Zhensheng and Wang Huan from the Longyou County Official Selection Section... these people all accepted my
silver."
Zou Guangdi suddenly did not ask about the content of the crime, but curiously said: "I have investigated many cases over the years, and the people who committed the crimes are just for money. As far as I know, your bill number, jewelry, mine, even if it is normal
Legal business can be said to be a daily income. You collude with officials to do so many things, but you don’t seem to make any money. Instead, you pour money into it. Even if you make money, it goes into the pockets of your clan members. You risk beheading.
Danger, why do you do these things?"
Zheng Hongyi couldn't answer because he didn't know either.
After thinking for a long time, Zheng Hongyi said in an uncertain tone: "Perhaps it is for the sake of prestige. No matter where I go, everyone must be in awe, and everyone must call me Master Zheng. All my relatives near and far regard me as their master."
My ancestors provide for me and I don’t help them solve their problems, how can I still be an ancestor?”
Zou Guangdi was speechless, it was the first time he encountered such a principal criminal.
He did such a big thing and cheated his own son to death, all just for the sake of face.