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"good,"

Zhao Yuan said,

“I already warned the officials in Jiangxi last year,”

"Officials in various prefectures and counties, in order to fulfill their duties,"

"The whole city was arresting beggars and sending them to Hunan."

"These beggars have nothing,"

"The immigration work along the way wasn't done well either,"

"This led to a large number of people dying from disease, starvation, and freezing during the migration!"

Zhao Yuan asked, "Did the censor reveal this?"

“There was an imperial inspector named Zhang Xin,”

"While passing through Xuanfeng Town in Yuanzhou,"

"On a whim, I went to investigate the local mass graves."

Zhao Yuan grew angrier as he spoke, and slammed his fist on the table, saying:

"He discovered that one section was newly buried,"

"More than forty beggar corpses were unearthed."

"After asking around among the nearby farmers,"

"I only just learned that local officials were arresting and relocating beggars."

"Then it was reported to the imperial court as an achievement in immigration."

“Properly resettling beggars is also acceptable,”

"But they just sent a few constables to escort them,"

"They didn't even bring enough basic food for the trip!"

Zhao Yuan said, "The actual situation is probably more complicated."

"On the one hand, there were local gentry who were unwilling to let go of the landless peasants,"

"It's estimated that old debts will be used to constrain [the debt]."

Chapter 319 Reforming the Labor Service System

"On the one hand, officials want political achievements and must respond to the central government's call,"

"But they didn't want to bother dealing with the local officials and gentry."

"So they arrested beggars to deal with it,"

"It's estimated that the government has also allocated funds and grain,"

"But it was embezzled by those who carried it out."

Zhao Yuan was somewhat surprised: "You are indeed incredibly insightful."

"The results of the investigation by the censor,"

"It's very similar to what you described."

"The magistrate did indeed allocate the grain,"

"But most of it was divided up by the old officials of the county government,"

"They don't care whether those beggars will starve to death."

"What's so hard to guess?"

"Just put them in their shoes,"

"How do you plan to punish him?"

Zhao Yuan said, "Throughout Jiangxi, officials at all levels involved in such cases,"

"From the province to the prefecture, and then to the county,"

"The top two leaders were all demoted but retained in their posts."

"Give them a deadline to conduct a thorough investigation,"

"Bring out all the corrupt officials."

"Those who fail to investigate and punish within the time limit will be dismissed from their posts."

"If corrupt officials are found to be guilty,"

"The entire family will be exiled to the borderlands."

"Household registration cannot be changed within three generations!"

Demotion with retention of post means that the official position remains unchanged for the time being.

However, its rank was lowered as a result.

Then, these officials were made to conduct their own investigations while bearing the consequences of their actions.

Clean up officials involved in cases in government offices at all levels.

Only after a thorough investigation is completed within the specified timeframe can the project be considered合格 (qualified/compliant).

If the censor discovers there are still problems...

Then it wouldn't be a demotion with a retention of office.

Instead, he was stripped of all his official positions and sent home to farm.

Don't think the punishment is light.

Even if it's just a demotion with retention of office,

It's like carrying a huge stain on your record.

It will be extremely difficult for him to get promoted in the future.

"Jiangxi is a tough nut to crack in the reform of land administration,"

"That area suffered the least from the impact of war,"

"There were also a large number of scholars from Jiangxi serving as officials in the imperial court,"

Zhao Yuan finally got to the point.

"Your father-in-law wants to resign from his official post and return to his hometown,"

"I've already asked to resign three times and resigned twice,"

"I intend to approve it this last time."

"He was the leader of the Jiangxi officials,"

"If he were still the Grand Secretary in the imperial court,"

"Local officials find it difficult to effectively implement central government orders."

Zhao Yuan laughed upon hearing this: "After all that beating around the bush, is this all you wanted to say?"

"After all, he's your father-in-law, so we have to give you a heads-up."

"Otherwise, you'll definitely overthink it."

"Fine, I'll resign then."

Zhao Yuan said,

"It just so happens that this is the time to reward meritorious officials,"

“Give him a noble title so he can resign with dignity, and after his death he can be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.”

A group of founding ministers,

As long as you don't commit a serious crime

This is basically the same process.

Including Gao Jingshan, who passed away earlier,

It was also a posthumous conferment of a title.

He was also granted the honor of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Zhao Yuan said, "Besides Jiangxi, there are also Zhejiang, Huainan, and Sichuan."

"The agricultural administration of these four provinces,"

"We must wait until the Jin dynasty is destroyed,"

"We'll crack down hard once we have enough money."

"Then we won't have to worry about causing chaos,"

"A large number of people must be killed,"

"Only by integrating the poll tax into the land tax can it be truly implemented."

"In future unofficial histories,"

"Wait until the time comes to make a move,"

"By the way, I heard Gao Qiu died in the winter?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"That's right,"

Wen Huanzhang nodded.

"His three sons are fighting over the inheritance,"

"The third brother took the eldest and second brothers to court."

"They said the two older brothers ganged up on their younger brother."

"The day I returned to Beijing,"

"I heard the Gao family is embroiled in an inheritance lawsuit."

Chapter 320 Internal Strife within the Gao Family

The eldest brother's name is Gao Yaokang.

The second son's name is Gao Yaofu.

The third son is named Gao Bing.

You can tell what's going on just by hearing the name.

Not only were they not born of the same mother,

Moreover, the third child's name didn't use any generational characters.

Although the third son's biological mother was a second wife,

But her own mother's family is powerful!

These three sons,

None of them held official positions in the Ming Dynasty court.

They all belong to the spoiled brat type.

After they divided the property

It is estimated that it can make a significant contribution to Fanlou.

These three are indispensable in Beijing's high-end entertainment venues.

Within one or two generations,

That could consume most of the family fortune.

Speaking of Gao Qiu, Zhao Yuan suddenly thought of Cai You: