It has only been more than a month since the news of the new salt law was sent out from the Qianqing Palace.

But in such a short period of time, Shandong officialdom has been reshuffled, and Zhu Youxiao has nothing to do.

Corruption among officials, the growth of wealthy families, and the opposition to the new salt law in the local government can only be forced to fight back and wipe them out.

The new salt law has caused enough trouble, and it's time to put an end to it.

The next day, the morning meeting.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair, looked around at the ministers below, and ordered Wang Chengen to pass on the recitals of Wen Tiren and Wei Zhongxian respectively.

Wang Chengen was originally a protégé of the great eunuch Wang An, but after Wang An's downfall, he joined Wei Zhongxian's camp for fear of being implicated.

Because of Wei Zhongxian's operation, Wang Chengen successfully entered the duty of the celebrant supervisor and came to Zhu Youxiao's side.

Now he is far from being a eunuch with a pen, but he has also become a small chief steward because of his alertness and good deeds, and he is in charge of three or five small eunuchs.

Today, it is he who is on duty in the Imperial Palace to accompany the court.

Wei Guangwei, the first assistant of the cabinet, is the first Wenchen, and naturally he is the first to get Wen Tiren's performance.

He saw from this that Wen Tiren was still quite effective after he went to Shandong to take charge of the salt administration, and soon found out the source of the civil uprising in Qingzhou, that is, the local state government concealed the content of the new salt law and disturbed the public.

This is indeed a major event that has never happened, and even Wei Guangwei did not expect that these local heroes and officials would have such courage.

After he read this, he received Dongchang's secret recital about interrogating Tang Wanfeng.

The latter didn't know what he had experienced in the prison of the General Administration of the Shandong Supervision Department, but he actually confessed to all the crimes, and by the way, he also brought out a big man, Wang Weijian, the governor of Shandong.

Seeing this, Wei Guangwei's eyes were slightly stunned.

Wang Weijian was involved, which means that although this matter seems to have basically ended the local chaos, it has reached a new height in the overall court situation.

It's okay if Wang Weijian is really a hard bone, if he can't bear what to recruit, Shandong officialdom will suffer turmoil.

At that time, it is not known that the local government offices in the coastal areas will be affected.

Although Wei Guangwei was shocked after reading it, he didn't say anything first, turned around and handed over the two copies of the book to Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry behind him.

Looking at the ministers looking through it, Zhu Youxiao didn't have much patience to wait for them to finish reading, and said slowly on it:

"Shandong Salt Administration has found out clearly, the Tang family of the Le'an Salt Farm in Qingzhou Prefecture, the Li family of the Haiyang Salt Farm in Dengzhou Prefecture, these families who have been the salt officials of the imperial court for generations in the local area, are now too big to lose."

"As for the civil rebellion in Qingzhou Mansion, it was even more instigated by Tang Wanfeng, and there were also local civil and military officials who were ineffective in punishing and conniving at civil unrest!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao's tone gradually became heavier:

"The scourge left over from the ancestors' salt control law is now in my hands, and it must be solved so that the coastal people can live and work in peace and contentment."

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he sat there quietly waiting for the reaction of the ministers below.

Not surprisingly, the ministers had a lot of discussions, and they had all kinds of expressions, but Shandong had arrested so many people, and no one dared to come out and openly oppose it.

Zhu Youxiao immediately looked at one person and asked:

"Li Yangzheng, you are the secretary of the Criminal Department, and you are most familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Come and talk to me and Zhuqing, what should be done with the Li family and the Tang family?"

Li Yangzheng thought that he would be fine if he honestly didn't say a word, but if he didn't think about it and was named, then there was nothing he could do.

I can't avoid it, so I can only bite the bullet, even if I offend the officials of Shandong officialdom, as well as my own group of Donglin old acquaintances, I have to say it.

Looking at Li Yangzheng's grinding appearance, Zhu Youxiao sneered in his heart.

This time he was called out on purpose, as early as half a year ago, Zhu Youxiao was observing this Donglin-born criminal department book.

The reason why he was kept was because this person had real talent and learning, and he worked very hard during the trial of the Donglin case, unlike those Donglin parties, who tried their best to shield their fellow parties.

But half a year has passed, and Li Yangzheng is still like this.

Li Yangzheng's thoughts, Zhu Youxiao could guess a little.

Now he neither dares to shield the Donglin Party, nor does he dare to get too close to the Wei Party, he wants to stay out of the matter and not offend both sides.

But how can there be such a good thing in the world?

I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet.

Li Yangzheng didn't move himself, so Zhu Youxiao had to push him hard to help him completely break off his relationship with his old friends in Donglin.

If Li Yangzheng was asked like this, he still replied ambiguously in the court, and Zhu Youxiao was really disappointed in him.

Although he won't say anything in front of the court, it is inevitable to kick him out in the future.

To put it seriously, if you can't understand things at this moment and are still hesitating, there is basically no good end, and if something happens in the future, this is all uncertain factors.

With Dongchang, although the secretary of the Criminal Department is not a particularly important position, he is also a minister.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao freed up his hands to clean up the court and the locality, and he couldn't stand it anymore and continued to be a bad person and be a two-faced person.

Li Yang is a person who understands, so he naturally knows what the emperor means.

In a few breaths, he had already made countless choices in his heart.

After a while, Li Yangzheng stood up and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the new salt law, the people who manage the salt works for the imperial court will privately hoard official salt, collude with local officials, and punish the nine clans!"

"As for Lu Daqi, the prefect of Dengzhou, he is guilty of corruption and perversion of the law."

"Later, it was unauthorized to change the official notice, which had a bad impact, and indirectly contributed to the civil change in Qingzhou Mansion.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied.

Li Yangzheng governed local corrupt officials in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be fair, and there is no heart to cover up.

What's more, this time, for the disposal of Li Eel and Tang Wanfeng, what Li Yangzheng said was based on the new salt law of the imperial court, not the old Tianzhong law.

Once this implementation measure continues, it will be an opportunity to consolidate the status of the new salt law and give a clear signal to the rest of the local government and departments.

That is, the new salt law is not the so-called trial implementation stage, but a new law that is real and effective at the local level, and local governments and departments can punish crimes in accordance with this law.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it and hesitated:

"Killing the Nine Clans, will it be too heavy?"

Li Yangzheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood something, and immediately bowed:

"Your Majesty, the new salt law is the foundation of the imperial court's rectification of salt administration, and since it has been implemented, the local government must abide by each of them."

"If even the imperial court does not handle the salt policy in accordance with the new salt law, how can the local government dare to comply with it?"

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said with a smile:

"The secretary of the Criminal Department is reasonable, and he is worthy of being the pillar of the country, do you have any suggestions, Shoufu?"

Li Yangzheng hurriedly stood back, it seemed that the golden bricks and stones in this hall were very hot.

Wei Guangwei also slowly stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the words of the criminal department Shangshu are indeed loyal words, and since the new salt law has been implemented, the imperial court should handle it accordingly." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, got up and said:

"In that case, go back and do your own thing!"