When Yang Shiqi rushed to Xuanwu Lake with a stomach full of worries, the first thing he saw was Ma Enhui and others sitting together rubbing mahjong, and Wen Kui playing with a slingshot not far away.

"I've seen the queen and a few maidens."

Hurriedly lowered his head, Yang Shiqi bowed respectfully.

"Old Yang Ge is here, let's face the saint."

Ma Enhui glanced at it and continued the work in hand: "Your Majesty is fishing behind the palace, Wen Kui, take Yang Ge Lao to find your father." ”

Zhu Wenkui snorted and ran over.

Introducing the saint, where is the reason to let the eldest prince lead the way?

Yang Shiqi's heart moved slightly, and he shirked on his face: "How dare you, the minister is looking for the past." ”

"It's nothing, anyway, when I go back to the palace in a few days, Wen Kui will move into the Qianqing Palace, let him get closer to Ge Lao, and in the future, Lao Ge Lao will bother to teach Kui'er a few words."

I want my life!

Where does Yang Shiqi not understand in his heart, when he sees that this posture must be something wrong with the emperor, and it is also a moth in family affairs, otherwise Ma Enhui, who has no head and no brains, would not say such a thing.

"Your Highness."

gave a salute to Zhu Wenkui, and then didn't dare to respond more, and followed Zhu Wenkui towards the place where Zhu Yunwen was fishing.

This time, Zhu Yunwen was fishing quietly, and Shuangxi whispered.

"Let him come."

"Your Majesty."

Before he had time to salute, Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand and drew it to his side: "Sit by yourself, don't be polite." ”

Yang Shiqi moved his steps at this time, and he sat down and told everything about Fang Cai.

"Huh."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head lightly and smiled bitterly: "Don't take it seriously, the queen is angry with me." ”

"The eldest prince is clever and intelligent, and he is also benevolent and filial, indeed..."

Waving his hand to interrupt Yang Shiqi's words, Zhu Yunwen said, "Let's get down to business." ”

These officials of the outer court are looking forward to the position of the prince being decided as soon as possible, because then they will be safe.

If the emperor really left the emperor in suspense, how could these bureaucrats make political investments? If you stand on the wrong team, you will lose your head, and if you don't stand in line, how can you get the power of the dragon, so as to rise to the top.

That's risk versus reward.

And if the prince is selected early, there will be no problem of standing in line, everyone will flock to the prince, just wait until the new monarch ascends the throne, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the big guy will line up for promotion.

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was a little impatient, Yang Shiqi kept silent and stopped mentioning the matter, and turned to report.

"The matter of anchoring the field is almost in trouble, because the matter of Jishui has been dragged on and has not been dealt with, and there are many greedy people in Shilin provinces like Zhejiang and Nanzhili, who have jumped out and are unwilling to let go of the land deed."

Zhu Yunwen hummed softly, still staring intently at the fish pond in front of him.

"What are your plans?"

"The Imperial Division, together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, will go directly to the place to arrest people."

Yang Shiqi is also a ruthless person, and he is murderous when he speaks.

"All the officials involved in the case, who shield, protect, and collude, will be executed on the spot!"

Zhu Yunwen was suddenly happy.

"The fish in this pond got caught on the hook in order to eat the bait, and they were put on the cutting board and died."

Hearing Zhu Yunwen use fishing as a metaphor, Yang Shiqi couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and felt that it was really very appropriate.

"Fish can fill my stomach, and the heads of these greedy people can help me add a lot of fame."

Zhu Yunwen turned his head to look at Yang Shiqi and asked with a smile.

"I suddenly thought of the conversation between Yu Wentai and Su Yujunchen in the history books, and Qing Ke was impressed."

Hearing Zhu Yunwen talk about this historical material, Yang Shiqi also smiled slightly, but still shook his head and said: "The things here cannot be compared with it." ”

"But after all, the essence in their bones is the same, it was I, the emperor, who released the thief in their hearts, didn't they?"

The dialogue between Yuwentai and Su Sui can be called a classic in history.

Yuwentai was the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. When he imitated Cao Cao and became the prime minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty and "coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven", he met Su Sui, who was as famous as Zhuge Liang and Wang Meng. Yuwentai asked Su Sui for advice on how to govern the country, and the two talked secretly for three days and three nights.

Yu Wentai asked: "Why is the country established?" ”

Su Sui replied: "Gu Guan." ”

Yuwentai replied: "How to be an official?" ”

Su Sui replied: "Use corrupt officials, anti-corrupt officials." ”

Yu Wentai asked puzzledly: "Why use corrupt officials?" ”

Su Sui replied: "If you want to ask others to work for you, you must give others benefits." And you don't have so much money for them, so give him the right to use the power in his hand to loot the people's fat and ointment, and won't he get benefits? ”

Yu Wentai asked: "Corrupt officials have benefited from the power I have given, what benefits will they bring me?" ”

Su Sui replied: "Because he can get the benefit because of the right you give, so he must defend your right in order to protect his own benefit." Isn't your rule, then, secure? You have to know that everyone wants to sit on the emperor, and if there are no corrupt officials to maintain your power, then how can you consolidate your rule? ”

Yu Wentai suddenly realized, and then asked puzzledly: "Since you use corrupt officials, why do you want to rebel?" ”

Su replied: "This is the essence of power. If you want to use corrupt officials, you must fight against corrupt officials. Only in this way can the people be deceived and the regime consolidated. ”

Yuwentai was puzzled when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Aiqing, tell me the mystery." ”

Su Sui replied: "There are two advantages to this: first, how can there be an official in the world who is not greedy? Officials are not afraid of greed, but they are afraid of not listening to you. In the name of fighting corruption, eliminate corrupt officials who do not listen to you, and retain corrupt officials who listen to you. In this way, you can eliminate dissent, consolidate your power, and gain the support of the people.

Second, as long as the official is greedy for ink, his handle is in your hands. If he dares to betray you, you will destroy him under the pretext of greedy ink. The corrupt official is afraid that you will destroy him, so he can only listen to you obediently. Therefore, the 'anti-corruption officer' is the magic weapon you use to control the corrupt officials. If you don't use corrupt officials, you will lose the magic weapon of 'anti-corrupt officials', so how can you control the officials? If everyone is a clean official and is deeply supported by the people, and he is disobedient, you have no excuse to get rid of him; Even if it is removed by force, it will attract public sentiment. Therefore, you must use corrupt officials so that you can clean up the ranks of bureaucrats and make them all supporters of you. ”

He said to Yu Wentai again: "And what! Yu Wentai widened his eyes and asked, "What else?" ”

Su Sui replied: "What if you use corrupt officials to provoke public resentment? ”

Yu Wentai was taken aback, but he didn't expect this, so he asked: "What is the best way to get rid of this trouble?" ”

Su Sui replied: "Raise the banner of anti-corruption, increase publicity, and prove that you care about the people." Let the people mistakenly think that you are good, and the bad ones are those officials, and put the responsibility on them, and do not let the people think that you are the culprit in the appointment of corrupt officials. You have to make the people think that you are good. There are so many problems in society, not because you don't want to do a good job, but because the officials below do not implement your policies well. ”

Yu Wentai said repeatedly: "I understand! I see! ”

As a result, the dialogue between Yuwentai and Su Sui has become a perfect template used by the kings of all dynasties to harvest the hearts of the people.

Maybe many of the acts are not directly copied, but they all have a bit of charm in their bones.

In the matter of attaching to the field, Zhu Yunwen only needs to pull out a typical example, which is enough to scare the greedy lawbreakers in the world to be honest, but Yang Shiqi suggested that Zhu Yunwen drag it down and deal with it until the whole world has learned from it, as if he is acquiescing to the officials in these places to embezzle.

When they make a mistake, they will cut off their heads under the banner of anti-corruption.

"Anti-corruption, anti-corruption, the more anti-corruption, the more greedy you are."

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Taizu peeled the skin of corrupt officials back then, but the corrupt generation still followed one after another, and even became more and more greedy.

The whole world was complaining, saying that it was because the income was too low, and I gave them more money. But what about after the addition?

The Du family is a scholar, and it stands to reason that they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and the family also has a lot of land, so there is no need to be greedy anymore.

But they are still not satisfied, they are greedy for the people's land and are unwilling to return it, they have more land than two more meat dishes on the table every day, and the people will starve to death without these lands, and they will rebel.

Today, they have released the thieves in their hearts to covet the land of the people, and tomorrow they will dare to be greedy for the taxes of the imperial court, and gradually they will be like Shandong Shengren, greedy for project silver, and even greedy for pension silver and disaster relief silver.

When will there be no corrupt officials in this world, even if it is as Su Sui said, it is not easy for the emperor to take care of them, and I am very happy. ”

"It's easy to break the mountain, but it's hard to break the heart."

Yang Shiqi said silently.

"When the world is peaceful, the hearts of officials will be ready to move, because they always feel that they are superior to others, and they should be the best in all aspects, and they must not only have more power than the people, but also worry about being richer than the merchants."

Zhu Yunwen sneered: "If you want to get rich, don't be an official, don't want to be an official, don't want to get rich if you become an official, whoever dares to stretch out his hand, I will cut whom!" ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yunwen's mood suddenly fell.

"Do you know, when Taizu was dying, he summoned me to talk in front of the emperor and talked about some unknown secrets in the Hu Weiyong case and the Lanyu case, and I was very touched at that time."

In the early days of each dynasty, most of the officials were always very incorruptible, but as time passed, the officials gradually could not restrain themselves, and the 'thieves' in their hearts woke up, and they felt that they should make a lot of money, so the foundation of a dynasty was slowly hollowed out, and finally collapsed.

"What a capable prime minister Hu Weiyong is."

Zhu Yunwen said with emotion: "I looked at some of Taizu's accounts back then, but this Hu Weiyong was very talented, he said that he would catch up with Zhenguan in ten years, and he really did it."

Hongwu Dashi was established and realized on a piece of ruins, looking at the twenty-first history, which dynasty and which generation did it?

So even if this Hu Weiyong is tyrannical and domineering, Taizu can endure him, in order to live the lives of the people in the world.

But after the world was peaceful, the people's power gradually rose, and this Hu Weiyong couldn't control his hands, and took the Huaixi Xungui group to invade the fertile land, and swallowed it county by county! A large number of people have become tenants of his noble group!

Grandpa killed so hard that tens of thousands of heads fell to the ground. ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Yang Shiqi: "I don't want this, I'm afraid that in the future, my Ming officials will repeat the same mistakes like this, and it will be the people who will suffer and the country will collapse." ”

"There have been corrupt officials in all dynasties, and this is inexhaustible."

Yang Shiqi sighed and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister is the first assistant of the cabinet, and the status of the minister has already reached the top, so there is no need for the minister to be greedy."

However, those middle- and lower-level officials, some of whom are about to reach office, and some of whom have no hope of being promoted, will take advantage of the fact that they still have power in their hands to engage in corruption, and they can make as much money as they can, and this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace. ”

"yes, yes."

Zhu Yunwen echoed: "So what we have to do is to constantly improve the law, so that the whole country's system is sound, and we will make up for any problems that arise." What we need to do is to eliminate the 'thieves' in the hearts of officials, and if the 'thieves' are not eliminated, the country will never be able to do well, and if the 'thieves' are not eliminated, the country will have to be crossed out sooner or later. ”

In later generations, Zhu Yunwen saw a lot of tigers and flies in the city government organs, behind the glamorous and glamorous of these people, where are the vicissitudes of life, all dirty!

Power and money trading, power and sex trading, political interaction.

The phenomenon of large circles and small hills emerges in endlessly, and it can be said that once you set foot in the official career, you must start to stand in line, stand in line, and stand in line again.

When you enter a certain circle, you have to learn the rules of certain circles.

If everyone is greedy, you must be greedy!

Otherwise, they will be ostracized, squeezed, and finally kicked out of the circle and into the political cold palace.

The matter of queuing up for the top position is completely out of your reach.

After a long time, there will be fewer and fewer honest officials, and more and more corrupt officials, which can be described as another manifestation of bad money driving out good money.

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to fight against corruption strongly, and tigers and flies will fight together.

Don't stretch out your hand, stretch out your hand and you will be caught!

"It's not terrible for a person to be greedy, but one person is greedy and will arouse the thief in the hearts of others, and it will become ten people greedy, a hundred people will be greedy, and finally a thousand miles of embankment will be destroyed in an anthill."

Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"That's why I'm going to kill! Whoever is the first to stretch out his hand, I cut off his head.

One man is greedy for the other! Ten people are greedy to kill ten! If you are greedy for a hundred, you will kill a hundred! ”

Listening to the firmness in Zhu Yunwen's tone, Yang Shiqi also looked solemn.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely keep an eye on this matter of throwing into the field, and anyone who has interests involved in this case will not let go!"

Zhu Yunwen nodded at this time.

"I killed them not as Su Sui and Yu Wentai said, just to let the people support me, I killed them to tell the world that officialdom is not a pond, and when the water is clear, there are no fish.

Don't tell me anything, honest officials are not easy to manage, and I am not easy to kill.

Why did I kill the officials? They don't obey and don't do things, so it's a big deal for me to replace someone to do it, why do you want his head? ”

Yang Shiqi silently received his order and retired and left.