Zhu Di concluded with one sentence, which completely broke the current controversy.
At this moment, for Shi Zhongcheng, he had completely shut his mouth.
At this time, it is useless to talk too much. It is better to simply spread the matter and take a look at it.
For Shi Zhongcheng and others, in fact, they do not believe from the bottom of their hearts that the Postal Service can have any real evidence. Even if there is a little bit, they can completely find loopholes and overturn it.
It's not that they are confident, but deep down in their hearts they already think that this must be a fight started by Hu Mu who wants to take the opportunity to gain power.
The imperial court had a very bad impression of the ministers, thinking that they were all opportunistic people and not worth worrying about.
What's more, as a minister, Hu Mu's qualifications were meager. He was just a low-level official who had worked in the Railway Department for one or two years.
What can such a person accomplish?
Furthermore, checking household registration is the most arduous task in the world. The imperial court mobilized hundreds of thousands of officials to barely complete it. How can the Postal Service be so virtuous and capable?
The scholars in Wenyuan Pavilion are far less optimistic than Shi Zhongcheng and others.
However, it is obvious that we do not think that the Postal Service really has any real evidence. It is probably that the Postal Service found the loopholes in this investigation and then came up with some evidence to attack. Taking this opportunity, we hope that the court can conduct an inventory again.
But Xie Jin was still a little puzzled because he was thinking deeper.
Zhang Anshi must be behind Hu Mu's actions, but in any case, Hu Mu is also Hu Guang's son. Could there be Hu Guang behind this incident?
If there is still Hu Guang, then Hu Guang is too extraordinary. The previous people were harmless to humans and animals, and they were just smoke bombs.
And once you think about it this way, it becomes even more creepy.
How terrifying it must be for a person... to be harmless to humans and animals for decades, yet so many of the most astute people in the world have taken a blind eye.
What's even more frightening is that a person who has hidden himself for decades suddenly exerts his power in this place. So... what is his purpose?
If something is abnormal, it is a monster.
The further you think about it, the more terrifying and frightening it becomes.
Zhu Di was a man of action. As soon as he drove out of the palace, the ministers accompanying him, although they had different ideas, walked behind him honestly.
Hu Guang was in the team, but his heart was already in a state of confusion.
On the other hand, Zhang Anshi and Hu Mu were walking in front, whispering something in low voices.
When they arrived at the Postal Department, everyone in the Postal Department was completely unprepared. No one expected that the Emperor would come in person.
So immediately... officials from all over the department came to see him in fear.
Zhu Di only glanced at them and saw that they were all dressed up as ordinary officials, but compared to other government offices and ministries, these officials were much younger, and most of them were young people.
Zhu Di's gloomy face softened slightly, and he said warmly: "No need to be polite."
Immediately, he looked back at Zhang Anshi and Hu Mu and said, "Where is the evidence?"
Hu Mu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's in the warehouse at the back."
Zhu Di immediately took the lead and entered first, followed by the rest of the guard.
So Hu Mu led everyone into a warehouse.
At first, the monarchs and ministers didn't think it was strange, and the warehouse didn't seem to have anything special from the outside.
But it wasn't until I entered that my eyes lit up.
This is a bright spot in the physical sense, because here, there are lanterns hung one after another, so that the entire warehouse, although closed, is as bright as day.
Here, in addition to rows of office papers, there are endless bookshelves.
There are cabinets on every bookshelf, and there are locks on the cabinets. In addition, there are also signs one after another.
"This is……"
Zhu Di put his hands behind his back and looked at it carefully. In fact, he was not very interested in the documents. However, Zhu Di felt a little surprised at such a scale.
Hu Mu said: "Your Majesty, this is the postal code warehouse of the Postal Department."
"Zip code warehouse?" Zhu Di still found this name quite novel.
Hu Mu then said: "When delivering letters, sending packages, or even matters involving remittances, it is necessary to ensure that the post station can accurately identify the person. Because of this,... the post stations in various places must grasp the household registration address of the local population.
The post station controls the township and its subordinate villages, the post office controls the situation in the province, and the postal department naturally has to control the situation in the world."
Zhu Di said: "Really?"
The voice was faint, and all he could hear was mist.
Hu Mu continued to explain: "This warehouse stores and keeps all the documents of the Fujian Chief Envoy."
"Fujian Chief Envoy..." Zhu Di muttered, and then asked: "What's the difference?"
Hu Mu pointed to a bookshelf in the distance and said: "That place is Fuzhou Prefecture, and those rows of bookcases are Quanzhou Prefecture. Next door is Jianning Prefecture, and further away is Xinghua Prefecture.
Zhangzhou Mansion is here."
Hu Mu said as he strolled to the dozens of rows of bookshelves in Fuzhou Mansion, and continued: "This bookcase is from Min County, that one is from Changle County, and this place... Your Majesty, this is Fuzhou
Fuqing County."
In fact, the preservation situation here is very orderly and can be said to be clear at a glance. Therefore, even if Zhu Di did not understand the affairs of documents, he could understand them immediately after Hu Mu's guidance.
And this kind of document affairs are so organized that even a layman can understand them at a glance, which shows how orderly the situation here is.
Zhu Di also quickly walked to the bookcase in Fuqing County, Fuzhou Prefecture. Inside, there were neat cabinets, with the name of each township written on each cabinet.
Zhu Di pointed at Tannan Township among them and said: "Is there another Tannan Township in Fuqing County?"
"Yes." Hu Mu said eloquently: "Your Majesty, please see, in front of Tannan Township, there is the number 06261. That is to say, all letters with this number can be delivered directly to Tannan Township, Fuqing County.
, in this way, the person sorting the letters can see it clearly at a glance. Even...
Even people who are illiterate can be competent in the job of picking up after mastering simple numbers. In addition to sending letters and parcels, which require a lot of manpower, actually... sorting requires even more manpower.
Which letters and packages should be sent to where? This alone requires countless manpower."
After a pause, Hu Mu continued: "If there is no number, just based on the address, it will require the Postal Department to recruit tens of thousands of cleaning personnel, and these people need to be good at reading and deciphering, which is very difficult for a post station.
It’s really too difficult to say, even people who are proficient in writing and writing are probably not willing to clean out things repeatedly every day in this dark warehouse. Even if the salary is higher, no one is willing to do this."
Zhu Di nodded in agreement.
This is actually the truth.
The salary in the Postal Department is good. Now with the rollout of the New Deal, many scholars are willing to join the Postal Department.
But these people, whether they work as clerks or even as postmen, after all, such work still has some meaning, and everyone is willing to do their best.
But if you were to make these lucky scholars work boringly in the warehouse every day, picking up letters and sorting them into categories, you might even be afraid that ghosts would not come.
With the postal code, the situation can be greatly improved, and even people who are illiterate can become competent after simple training.
Zhu Di said: "That's it..."
Then he asked: "This Tan Nanxiang... what is inside?"
Hu Mu winked at the clerk beside him. The clerk understood, took the key, unlocked the door, and opened the Tan Nanxiang drawer.
Immediately, a stack of documents came into Zhu Di's eyes.
Hu Mu immediately took out one and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. This one is about the situation in Baliuli, Tannan Township."
Zhu Di raised his hand to take it, only to look down with a look of surprise in his eyes.
What I saw above was densely recorded information on a total of 79 households and 3,950 people in this village.
From his age, his place of origin, to his name, characteristics, and even his education and family situation, the records are extremely detailed.
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment. He looked at them one by one with dazzled eyes, but his brows furrowed more and more tightly. Then, he pointed at the document and said: "The 22 million households you mentioned came from here.
?”
Hu Mu said without changing his expression: "Exactly, the records are very clear. I made statistics and found that the total is 22.7 million households."
At this time, the ministers accompanying him had actually seen it very clearly. While they were amazed at the sophistication and orderliness of the warehouse, they also suddenly realized that the postal department... had really done something.
...the unimaginable.
The situation here is even more detailed than the Yellow Book of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Shi Zhongcheng and all the censors also changed their expressions, and could no longer see the full confidence of just now in their eyes.
I originally thought that Hu Mu was just finding irregularities in previous inspections and finding fault with them.
Unexpectedly, people actually started from scratch and came up with a completely new household registration system.
What's even more frightening is that it's so detailed.
Shi Zhongcheng subconsciously said: "Having said that, the household registration is so complicated and changeable. It is not easy to record everything. For decades, the imperial court has recorded yellow books, and there are still many omissions. This inventory has used a lot of resources.
I can’t say that the manpower and material resources are completely convincing..."
Shi Zhongcheng has begun to retreat in order to advance. He admitted that there were more or less flaws in the investigation.
But then, he said: "It's just... who can guarantee that what you wrote down can be convincing? Maybe the postman below deceived the superiors and filled in the reports at will, which is unknown."
Hu Mu, on the other hand, said calmly and calmly: "This is easy, because the responsibility can be assigned to the person everywhere."
He immediately said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, please take a look at the signatures and paintings at the bottom of Baliuli, Tannan Township."
Zhu Di continued to read.
Hu Mu explained: "Your Majesty, you see, the person responsible for registration is Deng Da, the postman of Tannan Post Station in Fuqing County. Dengda signed and signed here, and next, this is the local postmaster who is conducting random inspections to confirm
After passing the test, a drawing was also made. After that,
, as well as the signatures of Liu He, the clerk of the Fujian Post Office. Every signature is jointly and severally held responsible. If the postman Deng Da makes a mistake, he will be punished, and the postmaster is responsible for random inspections. After ensuring that the situation is true, he will naturally need to
Picture stamp. And..."
What he said was clear and logical. In fact, when it came to this point, everyone knew it already, not to mention that everything in front of them was based on real evidence!
Hu Mu continued: "What's more, every household has a postal code. If there is an error in the record, then there may be an error in the delivery of the letter. Then... once there is an error, you can confirm where the error occurred. This person was responsible for the registration.
postman
, there will be no escape. At that time, the Postal Department will have its own punishment. If you make one wrong entry, you will be fined. If you make two wrong entries, you will be punished. If you make three wrong entries, you may be dismissed... If you plan a facial makeup, once you notice it, you may even be dismissed.
Possibly punishable."
"Your Majesty, you are responsible, and if you are negligent, it will be easily detected soon. Not only that, there are corresponding punishments from the post office to the postmaster and then to the postman. Of course, I do not dare to guarantee that all the records are accurate, but I dare to
Using the head on the necklace as a guarantee, there will be no error in it. I would like to issue a military order..."
As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.
Zhu Di continued to look carefully. In front of him, the postman named Deng Da faithfully recorded the situation in the entire village. He even... had some supplementary explanations, such as... in this eight Liuli, someone was a wife.
As for the son-in-law, there is another person who is a widow and there is no male son in the family.
Zhu Di looked at it very seriously. After looking at it for a while, he looked away and then took a deep breath.
At this time, if you can't distinguish between right and wrong, you would be really stupid.
Zhu Di said slowly: "Everyone in the postal department can take responsibility. Even Hu Qing dared to use his head as a guarantee. So... all the ministers... dare to use his head as a guarantee?"
He was obviously asking Shi Zhongcheng.
His voice didn't sound harsh, but it made Shi Zhongcheng's expression suddenly change.
The censors at the back were too frightened to express their anger.
Zhu Di saw their reactions in his eyes, his eyes gradually became cold, and he continued: "There are so many officials in the world, and they have spent countless manpower and material resources, with the help of various ministries, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate has sent so many patrols.
Your salary... I have given you everything you deserve. If you want to be noble, I will give you a noble body and give you high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but... it is... there is a shortfall of 10 million households...
…”
Zhu Di carefully collected the documents in hand and put them back in the cabinet. He continued slowly and said: "Ten million households is almost equal to all the registered people in the world when Emperor Taizu Gao was the emperor, but...if not
It's the Postal Department, but they disappeared all of a sudden. Please come and tell me, what did you find out, and what did the inspectors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate find out?"
At this point, Zhu Di's face became extremely ugly, and his voice became louder and louder, saying: "I ordered you to patrol the prefectures all over the world and teach you to be my eyes and ears, but I am really ashamed that I was treated like this by you.
deceived, became blind and deaf,
I still believe in you because you have uncovered some hidden houses and praised you generously. Many of you have received my orders. These orders... I want to ask.
You, can you really... deserve it?"
Speaking of which, for many censors, there may be no shame, but there is too much fear.
Immediately, all the ministers bowed down one after another, knelt down and said: "I am guilty of ten thousand deaths."
Zhu Di looked at Shi Zhongcheng and said: "Just now, didn't the Shi Qing family speak plausibly? Didn't they talk so eloquently that they left people speechless? Now... just one sentence will lead to death? Where is the confidence of the Shi Qing family just now?"
Shi Zhongcheng's face turned miserable, and for a moment, he was unable to respond.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "Your Majesty... your Majesty... your minister... your Majesty... you are also deceived by Xia Touzhou County."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Di laughed, stared at him closely, and said sarcastically: "Xitouzhou County, when you report your merits, you also report your merits, and even... your patrols are even more meritorious.
Even greater, these merits... don't I have generous rewards? Now that something has gone wrong, I have become... deceived. In this way... does it have nothing to do with you? "
Shi Zhongcheng was frightened, and for a moment, he became even more frightened.
He understands Zhu Di. When Zhu Di tries to reason with you, it may... also herald the coming of disaster.
He was extremely flustered and hurriedly said: "I cannot shirk my responsibility. I did make a big mistake this time."
The corners of Zhu Di's lips were raised, but with a coldness, and he said slowly and authentically: "It's too early to talk about this now. I just have a question, why are the patrol officers I sent out so good, but when they arrive at the prefecture and county, they are like deaf and blind people?
How can they be deceived so easily? Many of you... have served as patrol officers, let me tell you..."
Zhu Di raised his eyes and saw a familiar censor, saying: "Zhou Qing's family, you can tell."
After hearing this, the censor was so frightened that he trembled subconsciously and said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I... I am really confused. When I get to the place... After I get to the place... I will tell the prefecture and county magistrate...
, too trusting, so...therefore..."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Di's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and a hint of murderous intent suddenly flashed across his face, and he said sternly: "Now, I still want to shirk the blame, and I dare to be so dishonest.
, He really deserves death! Someone, drag him down and hammer him to death with a pumpkin!"
After Zhou Yushi heard this, he was already out of his mind. Before he could respond to his plea, the guards accompanying him held him down and dragged him out.
Within a moment, a scream came from outside.
Everyone listened to this voice clearly, and their expressions changed.
Compared with everyone's fear, Zhu Di looked contented. At this time, his eyes were slightly squinted, but with a bone-piercing light, and he said coldly: "What I want to hear is the truth. Who can tell me anymore?"
If you dare to be dishonest, this person will suffer the same fate as you!"