Glancing at Chen Hong, who was standing not far away, Zhu Youxiao said coldly with a calm face: "Go and find Wei Zhongxian!" ”

Chen Hong saw that his emperor's face was not very good, so he hurriedly bowed down and said respectfully: "Yes, emperor." ”

After saying this, Chen Hong hurriedly walked outside.

Looking at the back of Chen Hong leaving in a hurry, Zhu Youxiao showed a thoughtful expression.

This time, the matter of the noon gate can only be done by Wei Zhongxian, and Jinyiwei's side can't move for the time being, and they can't let the two converge. One day in the future, when you have to clean up one person, at least make sure that the other person can still use it.

Later, Emperor Chongzhen made a mistake, cleaned up all the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and even packed everyone into a eunuch, all of them were wiped out, and there was no way back for himself.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian's power was too great at that time, and the new emperor Chongzhen came to the throne at the beginning of the great treasure, and it was nothing to kill Wei Zhongxian. After all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, not to mention a powerful minister like Wei Zhongxian.

But Emperor Chongzhen can't kill everyone, like those people in Jinyiwei, they can be kept completely. Jinyiwei and they are already stinky on the street, and everyone wants to kill them.

Except for the emperor Chongzhen, Jinyiwei has nothing else to rely on, these people are the knife in Emperor Chongzhen's hand. You can do without, but be sure to hold the handle of the knife in your hand.

When you use it, you can directly take it and poke it out, but when you want to use the knife, you find that there is no knife to use.

For Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong, Zhu Youxiao adopted this strategy. Once one day Wei Zhongxian has to be abandoned, then Luo Sigong will be replaced outside the palace, and Chen Hong will be replaced in the palace.

This is the reason why Zhu Youxiao has been using Chen Hong.

Although Chen Hong is far inferior to Wei Zhongxian in terms of ability, there is one thing that Chen Hong is quite obedient.

Zhu Youxiao felt that if he couldn't find a more suitable person to replace Chen Hong, then there would be no problem in using Chen Hong in the future. When I use Chen Hong, it will definitely not be the situation I am in now.

After only a while, Wei Zhongxian came to the Qianqing Palace.

After entering the main hall, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao, "Long live the emperor!" ”

Looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was lying on the ground respectfully, Zhu Youxiao said casually: "Dongchang is quite idle these days, let's move." Didn't you say the other day that someone was in tandem? They should all be members of the Donglin Party, so let's catch some in Dongchang. ”

"Yes, Emperor." After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's whole person was excited.

He wanted to do this before, but the emperor didn't agree; Unexpectedly, this time the emperor agreed, it seems that those people did something to make the emperor angry. But it doesn't matter, I can finally do it myself.

"Alright, let's go." Zhu Youxiao nodded, waved his hand and drove away.

Wei Zhongxian got up from the ground, bowed down and quickly took a few steps back, and then quickly ran out, he was going to do something big.

"Emperor, Zhao Nanxing, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, asks to see you."

Soon Chen Hong came in to pass the word, bowed down and said, "Jinyi Weidu commanded Luo Sigong to come with him." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded, knowing that what he said earlier was effective.

You must know that before this, Zhu Youxiao said that he asked Jinyiwei to speed up a little faster and let Chen Hong pass it on.

Now that Zhao Nanxing and Luo Sigong have come over together, it seems that things have come to an end.

Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly: "Let the two of them come in!" ”

It didn't take long for two people to walk in from outside and salute Zhu Youxiao.

Waving his hand, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "It's not in the main hall, so these are exempt." The two of you are coming together, it should be that things have come to an end, right? Let's talk about it. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the matter has been clarified." Zhao Nanxing spoke first.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Then let's talk about it!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Nanxing agreed, organized the language, and then said: "After the detailed interrogation and investigation of the minister, as many as 90% of the officials involved in the Ministry of Industry were involved, and none of them were spared from top to bottom, and only some remote petty officials were not implicated. Among them, the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry is the most seriously corrupt. ”

"Here are the interrogation records and lists of the ministers." As he spoke, Zhao Nanxing bowed down and handed over a question book.

Taking the question book from Chen Hong's hand, Zhu Youxiao quickly flipped through it, glanced at Zhao Nanxing, and asked in surprise: "Why is Aiqing's name on it?" ”

To be honest, this surprised Zhu Youxiao. He knew that Zhao Nanxing was not clean, so he must have collected the money.

It's just that in the emperor's place, it is never the point that you collect the money, but whether you can do things or not is the point. As long as Zhao Nanxing uses it for himself and helps him do things, it doesn't matter if he collects some money.

is like what Emperor Jiajing once said in the TV series in his previous life: One or two pieces of silver, four coins belong to them, and twelve coins belong to the treasury, I admit it; Six coins belong to them, and ten dollars to the treasury, and I admit it. As a result, more than 1/3 was directly taken away, or even close to half, so Emperor Jiajing was anxious.

Now Zhu Youxiao is also a truth, if Zhao Nanxing took the money, he didn't say it himself, and Zhu Youxiao wouldn't ask.

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect Zhao Nanxing to write his name as well.

After looking at the amount at the back: 36,700 taels, Zhu Youxiao sighed. It doesn't seem like much, but it's being exploited layer by layer, embezzling up and down, and this amount is huge.

Putting down the question book in his hand, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing, waiting for him to give him an answer. In fact, Zhu Youxiao really wanted to know his answer.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the money that the minister collected before."

"The minister said a few words from the heart and lungs, the minister is in his hometown, and he can be regarded as having some family property, some field shops, and his life is quite rich, although the court does not have much, but the minister's expenses alone are enough, after all, to achieve the current position, the minister does not need to go to the point, so the minister is not short of these money."

"But there are some things that the minister doesn't want or don't want. According to the previous situation of the Ministry of Industry, if the minister did not take this money, the minister would not be able to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Industry. Please condemn Your Majesty, the ministers are not bold enough to expose them; The minister took care of his reputation, and was ashamed of His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to condemn his sin. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Nanxing took off his official hat and gently put it on the ground.

"Now Your Majesty has clarified the court, thoroughly investigated corruption, and made a clear sky. The minister was happy in his heart, and the minister did not dare to hide the sins he had committed before, so he told His Majesty the truth today. Although he was condemned by His Majesty, the minister's heart was willing. I hope that Your Majesty can prosper the Ming Dynasty and make my Ming stronger than the universe! ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing, not knowing how many of his words were true and how many were false, how much was out of his sincerity, and how much he showed for himself.

But in fact, it doesn't matter, what Zhu Youxiao wants is not Zhao Nanxing to tell the truth, never be, what he wants is his attitude.

Walking down from the dragon chair, Zhu Youxiao came to Zhao Nanxing's side.

Chen Hong on the side hurriedly came over and stretched out his hand to help Zhao Nanxing up. It was impossible for Chen Hong to let Zhu Youxiao help him, and at the same time picked up the official hat on the ground.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing and said with a gentle smile: "Aiqing's words today are very comforting. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao took Zhao Nanxing's official hat from Chen Hong's hand, but did not put it on Zhao Nanxing.

If Zhu Youxiao personally put on an official hat for Zhao Nanxing, the courtesy would be too much, and as an emperor, he must grasp this balance.

"Take it! In the future, I will do things well, and the Ming Dynasty needs talents like Aiqing. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Nanxing knelt on the ground again, stretched out his hands above his head, respectfully took the hat from Zhu Youxiao's hand, and put it on his head.

After putting on his hat, Zhao Nanxing respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao, and said gratefully: "The minister will never give up, thank Your Majesty for his grace!" ”

Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked back to the dragon chair, and said with a smile: "Aiqing do it well, I believe in Aiqing." ”

This belief is actually not valuable, whether it is Zhu Youxiao or Zhao Nanxing, the two of them are actually very clear in their hearts, this is just a reconciliation, a reconciliation of the previous things.

Zhu Youxiao will no longer take this matter to heart, and he will not chase the future account. As long as Zhao Nanxing does things well in the future, Zhu Youxiao will not pursue him again.

Zhao Nanxing also knew this, so he hurriedly said: "The minister will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up." ”

"Aiqing doesn't have to return the silver, it should be given to Aiqing by me." Zhu Youxiao said again, waved his hand, and directly lifted this matter.

Zhu Youxiao thought of something, and asked again: "What about Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, have you ever found evidence of his corruption?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Wang Zuo, be honest and honest as an official, and be good alone." Zhao Nanxing said respectfully.

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

The meaning of this sentence is obvious, that is, Wang Zuo did not take the money himself, but he knew that others took the money, and he didn't care, so he had the saying that he was alone.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at his side and asked, "Did Wang Zuo take the question book of the greeting a few days ago?" ”

This sentence was asked to Chen Hong, so Chen Hong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Back to the emperor, it's true." ”

There was such a big thing in the Ministry of Industry, and it was impossible for Wang Zuo to get out of the relationship, so he had already put on the question book and was ready to go home. It's just that whether you can go or not depends on whether Zhu Youxiao lets Wang Zuo go.

Wang Zuo has been waiting at home these days, and Zhu Youxiao didn't care about him. Because Zhu Youxiao is also waiting for the results, only after the results come out, can he decide what to do with Wang Zuo.

Now that the results are out, it is natural to dispose of him. So Zhu Youxiao said indifferently: "It's right." ”

This means that Wang Zuo can be let go home.

It's not that Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to kill Wang Zuo, but he needs to use Wang Zuo to set an example. That is, those who are corrupt will die, and those who do not take money will still live.

This is what Zhu Youxiao wants to convey to the outside world, because there will definitely be this kind of thing in the future, and you can't kill all the people who collect money, which is very important.

"The slave knows." Chen Hong agreed, took a step back and stepped aside.

"Aiqing will temporarily act as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. As for how to deal with those people, Aiqing discussed with the Criminal Department and drafted a question book as soon as possible and sent it over. Zhu Youxiao said.