Zhang Cong's general idea is: Nowadays, corruption is common in the officialdom. The ministers in the ministry are the treasury of the cabinet. If things are not rectified, the local governors will become the treasury of the ministers.

It's just that Zhang Cong, who was promoted too quickly, has not yet seen the full picture of Ming Dynasty politics, nor the truth behind corruption.

The root cause of the corruption system in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom did not begin with capital officials bribing ministers, but with a group of local officials who were bent on "seeking advancement."

It was the abundant rent-seeking space of Huohuayin that closely connected local officials, capital officials and the current bigwigs, forming a community of interests with the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

It's no wonder that Zhang Cong was squeezed out by the civil service group. After all, Zhang Cong's crackdown on local corruption would have indirectly affected the income of all officials in the capital, but he was on the opposite side of the civil service group.

On the contrary, Xu Jie was much shrewder. On the one hand, he constantly pushed for more taxes and levies on the people, but on the other hand, he was very vocal about the administration of officials.

Lin Haoran looked at the property in the room. Even though he had never taken the initiative to be greedy, the "filial piety" of his subordinates was shocking.

This is because he has always maintained a clean image and has always refused outright gifts that are too generous. Otherwise, the wealth in this house will only be more.

Lin Haoran realized that he had underestimated the "long flowing water". He turned to look at the dozens of large boxes on the right and ordered: "Open all the boxes and let me take a good look!"

Lin Jinyuan immediately took the order and led two tribesmen to open the dozen cash boxes one by one.

A dozen large wooden boxes were filled with gold and silver jewelry. Under the light of the fire, these gold and silver jewelry were shining with a different kind of alluring light.

Lin Haoran didn't have a strong idea about gold and silver, but he couldn't accurately estimate how many thousands of taels these dozen large wooden boxes contained. He walked closer, reached out and grabbed a handful of pearl strings from a box and said, "This is how it goes.

, as long as I stay where I am now for ten years, we can really fill this house!"

"If that's the case, it can really fill this room!" Lin Jinyuan didn't know whether Lin Haoran's words were self-deprecating or contemptuous, but he nodded seriously.

Since Lin Haoran was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites in the 40th year of Jiajing, all kinds of warnings, warnings and warnings have come like a flood. He has witnessed the growth of this treasury at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Since the daily expenses of the Lin Mansion are not diverted from here, this warehouse is simply a gold-swallowing beast that can only get in and out. It will undoubtedly be a matter of time before this room is filled.

In fact, let alone ten years, with Lin Haoran's current power, even five years would be enough to fill up this warehouse.

Lin Haoran threw the pearl string in his hand back into the box and sighed helplessly.

The reason why Yan Song and Xu Jie became extremely corrupt is probably not only due to their own greed, but also closely related to the bad habits of today's official circles.

From problem discovery to problem solving, this has always been his process.

If we just want to solve the problem of local officials corrupting ink through burning money, the most effective way is undoubtedly to "return burning money to the public". This can not only reduce the "rent-seeking space" of officials, but also make this gray income illegal.

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It’s just that he knows better than anyone else that this hornet’s nest cannot be poked yet. The money consumed by fire is not only the income of local officials, but also an important source of income for officials in the capital. It effectively makes up for the inherent shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty’s official salary system.

In addition, he did not really agree with the "returning the fire to the public" approach of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, and hoped that the Ming court's policy would be to give light to the people.

The essence of returning Huohao to the public is to continue to exploit the people. The so-called Huohao is actually the government asking the people to collect more taxes that they should not pay. This thing itself is extremely unreasonable.

Lin Haoran's inner pursuit is to bring things back to fairness, either by rebuilding a sound monetary system in the Ming Dynasty, or by making the bank notes of the United Bank the official currency.

Once banknotes or silver coins can replace the status of silver as official currency, there will no longer be a problem of burning silver in standardized currency denominations, and the shortcomings of burning silver will naturally be cured.

After Lin Haoran left the warehouse, he immediately came to the study and quickly made a work plan for the new year.

He first wanted to promote the registration of unruly people nationwide, use the improved Ming Dynasty's finances to rebuild the salary system of Ming Dynasty officials, and then throw out the policy of supporting honest banks.

Of course, the most important thing is to promote the financial construction of Ming Dynasty and strive to make the banknotes of the United Bank a global currency for the entire earth.

The tree wants to stop, but the wind does not stop.

Although it is during the Spring Festival and all officials have been on vacation for the New Year, there is always an undercurrent in the Ming Dynasty's court.

In the close exchanges between officials, officials led by the Shanxi Gang were once again ready to make a move, but they were planning to push the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Yijun, to the crown prince position.

Although Queen Chen has been pregnant for half a year, from a probability perspective, the ratio of Queen Chen giving birth to a prince or a son is close to 1:1.

In particular, they learned from various channels that the pregnant Empress Chen did not like sour food very much, which undoubtedly proved that the probability of giving birth to a girl was greatly increased.

Once Empress Chen gives birth to a princess, the first heir to the throne will still be the emperor's eldest son Zhu Yijun, which undoubtedly gives them hope of a comeback.

Just like this, officials headed by Shanxi official Wang Guoguang were unwilling to fail and were quietly planning to push the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Yijun to the throne of the crown prince.

Not only the officials were like this, but there were also undercurrents surging within the palace, and many eunuchs were quietly participating in this invisible "battle for the establishment of the crown prince."

The eldest princess once again played the role of a troublemaker, and even publicly stated: "It has been more than two years since the emperor ascended the throne. Now we can no longer delay. The emperor's eldest son Zhu Yijun should be canonized as the crown prince immediately!".

After all, she was a powerless eldest princess, and her flirting with the groom had already become an object of contempt for the people in the capital, but few people took her words seriously.

It is precisely that the current court does not have the basis for the two parties to compete, and this undercurrent that just emerged quickly disappeared.

Among the voices supporting Zhu Yijun, the eldest son of the emperor, Lin's party also directly expressed their displeasure, but they proposed that they would conduct a "quiz" on officials in the capital after the year.

When the news came out, Wang Guoguang's mansion was suddenly deserted, and those officials who had originally planned to take the risk turned into cowards.

Nowadays, Lin Haoran is not a loner like Xu Jie, but has many party members in the court. Zhu Heng, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was single-handedly supported by Lin Haoran, and he can be said to take life and death from ordinary officials.
Chapter completed!