Yinzhen was busy dealing with the Cheng family's affairs, and he didn't need to personally oversee things, but he felt he should still keep an eye on this matter because it was just too infuriating.
Yinzhen's men acted swiftly, and within a few days they had thoroughly investigated the Cheng family. Soon, Shandong began to descend into turmoil, with many merchants and officials either falling from grace or being demoted. The same was true in Suzhou, where one or two hundred people lost their heads. As the family that was exposed at the beginning, the Cheng family naturally suffered the most casualties.
It has been almost ten days since this matter was completely resolved.
Yinzhen started sending letters to the capital again. After all, when officials were dismissed, new officials had to be sent to fill the vacancies. Fortunately, Yinzhen had been cultivating talent in recent years, and there were some capable people in the capital. As long as the letters were delivered, that was enough.
There has also been some progress on Yunrong's side.
Yunrong handed the plan she had written to Yinzhen.
Yinzhen asked, puzzled, "What is that?"
Yunrong was also a little embarrassed. This was the first time she had written something like this. Because her previous long articles were all professional papers, Yunrong wasn't particularly confident.
"I've written something. Take a look and see if you can use it. If you can, that would be great. If not, then forget it."
Yinzhen was quite curious about what it was, so he picked it up and examined it closely.
He was immediately engrossed in it, and then looked at Yunrong: "Although the idea is still a bit immature, it can be used after a couple of revisions."
Yinzhen truly did not expect that Yunrong would give him such a plan. The collusion between officials and merchants was serious, and even under the emperor's nose, it was unavoidable, let alone in the tempting and prosperous Jiangnan region.
If the Yunrong Plan is implemented as it is, although it cannot be completely avoided, it can be mitigated, and the people can benefit more. This is conducive to the long-term development of the Qing Dynasty.
Yunrong's method was simple, but it involved using public opinion supervision, which was different from newspaper supervision. Here, reporters would conduct investigations and then publish the information anonymously.
As for journalists? They'll naturally come from the Journalism Academy; if that's not enough, we'll build more.
Public opinion supervision alone is not enough; it must be accompanied by changes in some systems. For example, some officials hold too high a position and can control everything. For instance, the county magistrate is the most powerful person in a county. If the place is remote and he has connections, he can become a local tyrant.
Therefore, some official positions must be divided into two, and it is also necessary to ensure that the two positions have conflicting interests, so as to avoid collusion between them.
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