"This morning, I went to the old man to sit for a while, and an old friend came over to do business, so we chatted for a while. This friend had just returned from the capital. He heard that someone impeached Lord Liu to collude with court officials, embezzled and accepted bribes, and ate at ease.
Six major crimes, including pay, falsely reporting military merits, poor control of subordinates, and affair with Japanese pirates! It is said that the emperor has sent people to Zhejiang to investigate this matter strictly!”
Fang Jinglan said.
"This is actually the case!"
Lin Xu was very shocked!
However, according to his understanding, these six crimes are not all groundless!
For example, Liu Mingju's head is Yan Shoucheng, the current chief minister of the cabinet, and he is also a well-known core member of the Yan Party. According to his relationship with Yan Shoucheng, it is not wrong to say that he colludes with the court officials, but this is all
It has been many years, why are you suddenly attacked now?
As for corruption and bribery, Lin Xu felt that Liu Mingju's personality was not like a person who could do such a thing, but it was hard to say that because the salaries of officials in Daning were very low, and officials like Liu Mingju had a year's salary.
, After conversion, it was only more than three hundred taels of silver!
For ordinary families, more than 300 taels of silver a year is a lot, but for Liu Mingju, this little money is enough, and it is not enough to support a whole family!
Get some Bingjing, Carbon, and collect some gifts during festivals. This is already a secret rule for officials to make some extra income. If you don’t do this, you can only drink the Northwest Wind!
As long as it is not done too much, no one will pursue such things.
Let’s talk about the matter of vain salary and lying about military merits. According to Lin Xu’s understanding, most of the Daning army today are corrupt. It has long been unwritten regulations for vain salary and lying about military merits. If these two things are to be investigated,
If things go wrong, I'm afraid that none of the troops across the country are clean!
Relatively speaking, the Southeast Army under Liu Mingju may still have the least problems!
Lin Xu thought that the rule of not being strict in control was purely slander, because he lived with the Southeast Army for more than a month and had seen with his own eyes how strict the discipline of the Southeast Army was!
As for the last one, the annoying Japanese pirates, this... Lin Xu really doesn't know what to say!
Did that guy who complained really know what to write? In order to make up six items, he actually came up with such a bad reason!
Liu Mingju has been guarding the southeast for more than ten years, but is the number one hero in the fight against the Japanese. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a national hero!
Liu Mingju is the Japanese?! Stop being funny, okay?!
What really surprised Lin Xu was not the six reasons for complaining, but the emperor's attitude!
Daning cannot be without the southeast for a day, and Liu Mingju cannot be without the southeast for a day!
This is a consensus reached by the imperial court a few years ago!
Emperor Jiaqing also said in person that Liu Mingju is the pillar of the country!
According to common sense, if someone complained to Liu Mingju for his illegitimate complaint, especially among the crimes, there is also the "pity of Japanese pirates", it is estimated that the emperor will be angry after reading it!
However, this anger will not be aimed at Liu Mingju, but at the guy who complained!
According to Emperor Jiaqing's temperament, at the least, he would scold the person who complained, and at the worst, he would spank and be in power to guard the border!
However, Emperor Jiaqing actually sent someone to Zhejiang this time to investigate Liu Mingju strictly!
Could it be that Emperor Jiaqing no longer trusts Liu Mingju? Or is it that behind this incident, there are actually deeper reasons?
For example: Party struggle!
After pondering for a moment, Lin Xu asked, "Brother, do you know who was the one who wrote a memorial to impeach Liu Mingju?"