Chapter 57 Zhu Youzhen Dialectically Look at Corrupt Officials (Ask for a Monthly Pass Collection)

Zhu Youzhen said: "You just threatened that if I don't change the will of killing Han Yi and Huo Weihua, I will admonish them with death, aren't you forcing me?"

The imperial history quibbled: "To admonish him with death, it is only the responsibility of the minister as the imperial history, this is the same as the ministers made a mistake and asked Your Majesty for the guilt and said, 'Weichen will die', can Your Majesty really give the minister ten thousand deaths?"

"Okay, good!" Zhu Youzhen pointed at Yu Shi and scolded with a smile: "I use this to treat you for capital crimes, you are afraid that you will never accept it, Wang Chengen, you can tell me what crime he has committed!"

Before the court meeting was held, he expected that the civil officials, especially the imperial historians, would definitely rise up to oppose his will.

Therefore, he drew the evidence of the imperial history from the factory guard archives early in case of emergency, and now it really comes in handy.

Wang Chengen took out a copy of the guilty plea from a pile of memoranda, and after confirming that he was on the same page as the imperial history, he preached aloud: "Fujian imperial history Wei Guangxu, in August of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, accepted a bribe of 30,000 spirit stones from Liu Yifang, the governor of Fujian, to cover up the case of his nephew Wei Wuping breaking into the house and killing people.

In May of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he accepted a bribe of 50,000 spirit stones from Lin Wanshen, a large landowner in Quanzhou, to cover up the crime of hiring bandits to massacre 356 people in Xiaxi Village due to the annexation of fertile land.

In addition to these two felonies, Wei Guangxu also committed crimes such as embezzling fertile land, abusing and killing young prostitutes, and bullying and dominating the market.

Wei Guangxu, what else do you have to say?"

Wei Guangxu thought that he stood up and spoke up for the Donglin magnate Han Yi, and he could gain the favor of the Donglin party;

Second, he can step on the face of the Son of Heaven, gain a reputation for himself who dares to speak out, and gain great political capital.

As everyone knows, his own old bottom has already been picked up by the factory guards, and Zhu Youzhen was thinking about how to clean him up, and he just jumped out.

Hearing Wang Chengen elaborate on his crimes, Wei Guangxu, who was a thief, collapsed at once, and the whole person collapsed to the ground, like mud.

The ministers originally thought that if Wei Guangxu's charges were fabricated by the factory guards, as long as Wei Guangxu stood up to refute and refused to admit his guilt, they would stand up in solidarity with Wei Guangxu.

But now when they see Wei Guangxu's performance, they still don't know that Wei Guangxu's crimes are all facts, and the factory guards have not wronged him.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wei Guangxu in disgust, and said: "Come on, drag this corrupt official who has brought disaster to the country and the people out of the noon gate and behead him, and hang his head on the tower of the city gate, declaring the subjects of the Quartet to set an example!"

"Yes!" The two guards stepped forward and dragged Wei Guangxu away, and soon disappeared in front of everyone.

Wei Guangxu's frightened face was like earth, and before the hundred officials could react, he was dragged outside and cut down.

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After returning to the palace, Zhu Youzhen thought carefully, and roughly divided the domestic officials into the following categories.

The first category is officials who are clean and self-conscious, have excellent ability and vision, and have the world in mind, and take Zhongxing Daming as their own responsibility.

But for various reasons, people who failed to enter the center of power, such as Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengtao and others.

From the perspective of later generations, this type of official has many of the same political ideas as Zhu Youzhen, so Zhu Youzhen wants to vigorously promote them.

The second type is self-clean, but because they are too honest and upright, they will not be flexible, and their ability is slightly insufficient.

For example, Shi Kefa, who is comparable to Wen Tianxiang, as well as Fan Jingwen, Liu Zongzhou, including Li Banghua, Kong Zhenyun and so on.

This kind of official has good moral character, but for various reasons, he does not have the corresponding ability, which Zhu Youzhen hopes to cultivate.

The third category is corrupt officials. Zhu Youzhen knows that corrupt officials cannot be killed, and he will not hate corrupt officials brainlessly.

No matter what kind of world it is, there is light and darkness, and existence is reasonable.

Because Zhu Youzhen needs corrupt officials in this world now, corrupt officials will exist.

Emperors need corrupt officials to check and balance the clean officials and virtuous ministers for him, because the ideas of the clean officials and virtuous ministers are not necessarily the thoughts of the emperor.

Moreover, corrupt officials can also attract public resentment for the emperor and make the emperor clear himself, and the clean officials need corrupt officials to show their existence.

From the above, everyone needs corrupt officials, how can corrupt officials disappear?

How many scholars have high aspirations before entering the officialdom, but how many can maintain it in the end?

Zhu Youzhen wouldn't really think that this was just because of their personal morality?

If it is really such a superficial opinion, it is a big mistake, simply put, because the surrounding environment requires them to become corrupt officials, so they are corrupt officials.

Some people say that corrupt officials cannot be eliminated because of the system, but I say that this has nothing to do with the system, no matter what kind of superior system, as long as people's selfishness cannot be eliminated, then corrupt officials cannot be eliminated!

Since corrupt officials are difficult to eradicate, from another point of view, doesn't it prove that such corrupt officials are necessary to maintain a country?

The corrupt officials that Zhu Youzhen really wants to eradicate are the kind of corrupt officials who spare no effort to exploit the country's loopholes, damage the public and private interests, and spend all their money on alcohol and extravagance with the wealth that encroaches on the interests of the state.

But when the country was in trouble, these people hid their heads and tails one by one, disappeared, and even helped outsiders to harm the interests of the country!

To sum up, corrupt officials are also divided into two categories, the first type is that although they are greedy, they also know how to do things, and they may be a little lacking in ability, but they understand that the Ming Dynasty and themselves are complementary to each other, and the truth will be attached if there is no hair in the skin.

For example, some people in the eunuch party such as Huang Liji can be classified into this category.

For this kind of people, although Zhu Youzhen doesn't like them very much, he won't dislike them, but he just knocks them from time to time to warn them not to be too greedy.

If there is any natural or man-made disaster, or when necessary, Zhu Youzhen will also launch one or two as scapegoats to eliminate public grievances.

The second type of corrupt officials is those who are greedy and do not do things, and even smash the pot instead.

This kind of person Zhu Youzhen is extremely disgusted, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is hateful, such as those salt merchant spokespersons of the Donglin Party, and then Liaoxi Jiangmen and so on.

For this part of the people, once Zhu Youzhen catches the opportunity, then he will definitely chase and beat him fiercely, and he will never let it go. will not give the other party any respite, just press to death!

Wei Guangxu in the early dynasty was such a person, so Zhu Youzhen didn't give the hundred officials time to open their mouths and cut them first, and after they reacted, Wang Chengen had already announced his retirement from the dynasty.

For what has become a fact, the people of the Donglin Party can only stare dryly, and the mountain shouts long live to see Zhu Youzhen leave.

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As soon as Zhu Youzhen had just sorted out his thoughts, a small eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Taiji is scolding outside the city again!"