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  Chapter 539 536 [Why bother? 】

  Hangzhou.

  Gan Dashou, director of the Zhejiang Official Selection Office, got the news of the landslide in the Quzhou officialdom, sat for a long time, and finally spit out two words: "It's over!"

  For the selection and promotion of officials at all levels, the Ministry of Officials is only responsible for magistrates and above.

  Provincial-level official election halls can directly appoint officials below the seventh rank in prefectures, prefectures and counties. If there is a shortage of officials below the fifth grade, they can directly appoint agents. Officials from the seventh rank to the fifth rank can be recommended to the Ministry of Officials with a resume, and the Ministry of Officials will decide whether to choose after review. Great power!

  The official bureaus and official departments in prefectures and counties have similar responsibilities to the official election hall, and the officials they can manage are of different grades.

   Quzhou Prefecture was arrested so many county officials, Gan Dashou was 100% held accountable.

   This old man was born in Juren, and he arrested the general soldier Yang Jiamo and went to join Zhao Han. First, I will be the magistrate of Xiangshan County, followed by the magistrate of the prefecture, the magistrate, and the head of the official election department. I will be promoted step by step, and I will be able to participate in politics (this official position has been restored, and the deputy province in charge of specific affairs), and even transferred to the Ministry of officials. Be the right servant.

"check!"

   Lost for a while, Gan Dashou suddenly stood up, slapped the table and shouted: "Zhejiang Officials Selection Office, immediately check and correct yourself, which **** has colluded with the Quzhou officialdom!"

   It can only be repaired after the dead, maybe one or two moths can be caught, so that Gan Dashou can make up for it.

  While the official selection hall was flying like dogs and dogs, Zhang Ruohai from the Zhejiang Clean Government Office was about to cry. Of course he had heard about the situation in Quzhou Mansion, but he didn't think it was a big problem because of his face.

  Who would have thought that those guys would pierce the sky, and even seized the farmers' land by force.

  Unable to think about it, Zhang Ruohai simply wrote a letter, hoping that Hu Dinggui could help him intercede.

  After writing a distress letter, Zhang Ruohai became even more depressed, and quietly burned the letter by himself. Firstly, Hu Dinggui was in Liaodong, so he was able to deliver the letter in the Year of the Monkey; secondly, he knew the emperor's temper, and pleading with important ministers might be counterproductive.

   At the beginning of leading the army, Hu Dinggui did a year of history of Nanchang classics, while Zhang Ruohai was the magistrate of Nanchang County at that time.

  The friendship between Zhang Ruohai and Hu Dinggui, just like Liu Anfeng and Chen Maosheng, is so strong that it can't be stronger. Since it doesn't help the matter, Zhang Ruohai doesn't want to bother his friends, and if Hu Dinggui is implicated, it will be impossible to deal with it.

   Burned the distress letter, Zhang Ruohai wrote a memorial again, admitting that his body was a vegetarian, but he absolutely did not take bribes. He asked the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation of the Zhejiang Integrity Department. After the review, he would take the blame and resign.

  Sent someone to send the memorial to Nanjing, and Zhang Ruohai personally took action to seal up all the files of the Integrity Department, and no one was allowed to come in and touch it.

  The officials of the Office of Integrity are also restrained, and no one is allowed to leave Hangzhou City for half a step unless they receive an order from their superiors.

   After finishing all this, Zhang Ruohai guarded the file room, slumped on a chair, feeling ashamed.

  He was born in a family of self-cultivating farmers, not to mention being a scholar, he was not even counted as a child, and he only studied for a few years in Kaimeng. If he hadn't rebelled with Zhao Han, he would never have thought of being an official in his life.

  Now he is not only an official, but also a fourth-rank official.

  As the head of the clean government system in Zhejiang, Zhang Ruohai knows how severely the imperial court investigates and punishes corrupt officials, so he never dared to be corrupt from the beginning to the end. But he didn't want to offend the central boss, so he chose to turn a blind eye to some things.

   To put it bluntly, it is a mediocre official and a fool!

   Now fooling myself into it.

  Zhang Ruohai really wants to go back to those years. Although there is only half of Jiangxi's territory, everyone is very passionate and motivated. He led the officials and people of the whole county to fight against floods and rescue disasters. The common people sincerely supported him and regarded himself as the master of the blue sky who rescued the suffering.

  How did you get to where you are today?

  Zhang Ruohai remembered that when he was studying, he hated corrupt and mediocre officials, and now he himself has become a mediocre official.

  Liu Anyong, the co-prefect of Quzhou Prefecture, was reported two years ago, and Zhang Ruohai knew that there was something wrong with him early on. But he just pretended not to know, and became completely blind and deaf. Zhang Ruohai was absolutely to blame for Quzhou's officialdom.

  …

  Zhao Han said to let Xiao Huan try the case himself, but there is really no need for the head of the procuratorate to come forward.

  So, the second in command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came.

  Hearing that Zou Guangdi presided over the trial, Liu Anyong fainted from shock.

  Like beans in a bamboo tube, say what you have to say, and dare not hide a little bit.

  Zou Guangdi once massacred in Guangzhou, not only dealing with local officials, but also dealing with bribery merchants, making the then Secretary of Integrity famous!

   "How?" Zou Guangdi asked.

  Dai Wenmeng replied: "I don't want to say anything, I have been working all the time, and I guess I still think that someone will come to rescue me."

  Zou Guangdi said with a smile: "Didn't you use any means?"

   "The chief constitution is here in person, what else is there to do?" Dai Wenmeng also laughed.

  Although Zhao Han has repeatedly emphasized that torture should not be used to extract confessions. But this is impossible, no matter Heiwuchang or Baiwuchang, or local departments, there are still some methods of extorting confessions that cannot be seen.

  Zou Guangdi walked into the interrogation room, Zheng Hongyi was resting with his eyes closed.

  Zou Guangdi pulled a bench and sat down, and said, "It's a pity for Mr. Zheng."

   Zheng Hongyi didn't respond, he didn't even bother to open his eyes.

Zou Guangdi continued: "Mr. Zheng is a well-known good official in Nanjing, and has won awards from His Majesty many times. People say that within ten years, Mr. Zheng will be a minister. It's a pity, a pity, to meet a father like you. "

  Zheng Hongyi finally said: "I am not guilty. It is all my clansmen who broke the law. At most, I will be judged as lax in family management. As for the dog, it has nothing to do with him. He hasn't returned to Quzhou for several years."

Zou Guangdi said: "Your Majesty also knows that Zheng Langzhong was wronged, but what you have done is too big, and you can only kill Ma Su with tears. Thinking of the old feelings, Your Majesty still has room for demoting Zheng Langzhong to five ranks and throwing him to the court. Lu Song will be a petty official."

   "This matter has nothing to do with the dog, I want to see His Majesty!" Zheng Hongyi became excited.

   "Listen to me," Zou Guangdi sighed again, "Mr. Zheng is innocent, how can he be stained? One side is the emperor, and the other is his father. How should he deal with himself? Zheng Langzhong... Sigh!"

   Zheng Hongyi felt a little bad, and asked, "What's wrong with my son?"

  Zou Guangdi stared at the other party, and said word by word: "Hang...beam...self...death!"

  As if all the bones in his body had been removed, Zheng Hongyi was paralyzed there.

   Zheng Hongyi is a "lovely" person who even protects his relatives who commit crimes, let alone his most promising son.

  His family was in decline, and his marriage was regretted. At that time, many banks came to collect debts.

  Zheng Hongyi asked for a grace period for repayment one by one, but only the Feng family agreed. Hearing that he was going to rectify the business, Mr. Feng also lent him five hundred taels.

   After Zheng Hongyi made a comeback, he regarded Mr. Feng as a benefactor and asked to marry the granddaughter of the Feng family. He took care of the Feng family to the extreme, so his brother-in-law was messing around, so he protected him time and time again, and even went so far as to help him get cleared of the murder charge.

  Now, the Zheng family is finished, and the Feng family is also finished.

Zou Guangdi said again: "You have harmed many people. Mr. Li Ge was deprived of his title, and Liu Shangshu resigned and returned to his hometown. The two of them were implicated for no reason. Will your Zheng family be let go by their former disciples? Let your Feng family go?"

  Zheng Hongyi lost his focus, staring blankly at the wall, his soul has already flown into the sky.

  The son committed suicide, which was a big blow to him, and he was completely ashamed.

   "I heard you smoke?" Zou Guangdi clapped his hands.

  Someone brought in the smoking set.

  Zou Guangdi opened the cigarette pouch himself, put the shredded tobacco into the bucket: "Do you want to have a sip of the best Nangan shredded tobacco?"

  Zheng Hongyi subconsciously took the pipe, opened his mouth and bit it, waiting for Zou Guangdi to light his cigarette.

  Zou Guangdi took out a fire knife from his arms, and struck a few times with a match. The match was quickly ignited, and he slowly approached the smoke pot.

  The shredded tobacco was burning, Zheng Hongyi took two sharp puffs, tears flowed down his cheeks, and he sat up a little bit: "If you have any questions, just ask."

  Zou Guangdi nodded to his plum and bamboo friend, and the latter immediately began to study ink.

   "Crossing the border to mine iron ore and occupy farmers' land," Zou Guangdi asked, "Who is taking money inside?"

   Zheng Hongyi said: "Liu Anyong, the prefect of the government."

   "Only him?" Zou Guangdi confirmed.

   Zheng Hongyi said: "He is the only one in the iron mine. Other officials get their money from other places. Give me the pen, and I will write it myself."

   Not long after, I wrote a list of officials.

  Zou Guangdi asked again: "Over there in Hangzhou, are there any officials colluding with you?"

Zheng Hongyi said: "Hangzhou is too far away, and I don't have many contacts. I have a nephew who was probably arrested by you as well. He is the county magistrate in Longyou County. This official position was given to Li Jisi of the Zhejiang Official Selection Office for three hundred taels. Zhejiang Hu Yue from the Anti-corruption Department came to Quzhou Mansion for inspection early last year. There were three of them, Hu Yue received two hundred taels, and the other two received one hundred taels each. The three of them often went to the West Lake for a painting boat, and that boat was mine. .They invited people to swim on the lake, and I paid for the expenses of the boat trip."

  Zou Guangdi asked: "Where is Zhang Ruohai, the director of Zhejiang Anti-corruption Department?"

  Zheng Hongyi shook his head: "I haven't made friends with him before. He is very cautious. He doesn't meet guests in private, and he doesn't meet merchants in the yamen."

  Zou Guangdi asked: "Many Zheng family members have become mayors and village chiefs, and they also bought officials?"

Zheng Hongyi replied: "Wang Yi and Ouyang Fang from the Officials Election Bureau of Quzhou Prefecture, Pan Zhen and Hong Tai from the Officials Selection Section of Xi'an County, Qin Zhensheng and Wang Huan from the Officials Selection Section of Longyou County...these people all took my money. "

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 perpetrators are only for money. As far as I know, your ticket number, jewelry, mine, even if they are normal It’s a legitimate business, and it’s all worth making money every day. You colluded with officials to do so many things, and you didn’t seem to make any money. Instead, you poured money into it, and even if you made money, it went into the pockets of your relatives. You risked beheading Dangerous, what is the purpose of doing 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 majesty. No matter where you go, everyone has to be in awe, and everyone has to call Zheng Ye. My relatives, near and far, regard me as a The ancestors are offering sacrifices, if I don’t settle their troubles for them, how can I be an ancestor?”

  Zou Guangdi was speechless, this was the first time he met such a principal criminal.

   To do such a big thing, to kill his own son, it's all just for face.

  Why bother?

  (end of this chapter)