In Qianguo, the names of military generals such as Zhengdong, Zhengxi, Zhengnan, Zhenbei, Andong, Anxi, etc., have become temporary military attachés, and they will be automatically revoked when the task is completed.

The general of the expedition to the west obviously belongs to this column, but this general of the expedition to the west has given him the power to lead the expedition.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Is there anything else that the Qing family has something to play?" ”

No one answered.

"Since the secretaries have nothing to do, then I will talk about one thing. In recent years, there has always been a deficit on the books of the household department, and every time there is a shortage of money, I will find me, and I will open the inner treasury to allocate internal funds for emergencies, and these internal funds are drawn from the taxes of 20%. Why don't you return it when the treasury is full? ”

The ministers were embarrassed when they heard this.

Zhao Junsheng knocked on the imperial case and said coldly: "The life of the emperor is tighter than that of ordinary people, and the life of you ministers is much more comfortable than me, eating fragrant and spicy food every day, wearing silk and satin, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and drinking elixir and jade liquid!" ”

"I tell you now that the royal family no longer needs to pay taxes to support from now on, all the taxes are charged to the treasury, and I don't want a penny, the royal family supports itself by opening shops, trading houses, and running granges, and I am also the same as the princes, I receive a salary, and all the expenses of the palace maids and eunuchs are borne by the royal family themselves, and I don't need a penny from the imperial court!"

A minister below asked: "Your Majesty, according to the regulations of the imperial court, each family has a maximum of 2,000 mu of land, I wonder how many mu of land the royal family wants to have?" ”

Zhao Junsheng pinched his fingers and calculated, "Now there are more than 800 eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and in the future, if I take a concubine, I will definitely increase the number of eunuchs and palace maids, and it is not too much for me to ask for 300,000 mu of fertile land, right?" ”

Minister Gao Yun stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the royal family runs the grange or something, and the ministers have no objection, but letting the royal family run shops and trading houses is not very good to say, after all, businessmen are cheap business······

Zhao Junsheng scolded: "Who told you that businessmen are cheap jobs? ”

"This ······ In the early years, His Majesty stipulated that ministers, officials, and their children's families were not allowed to engage in commerce, but now the royal family ······"

"Bang!" Zhao Junsheng patted the royal case and was furious: "You don't allow the royal family to run shops, trading houses, or engage in commerce, right?" Okay, let the household department pay back all the money and grain owed to the inner treasury over the years, I don't want interest, just repay all the principal, and the annual tax is still charged into the inner treasury, and the household treasury will be short of money in the future, don't look for me, and I will not open the inner treasury to the household department for emergency relief! How could the Imperial Doctor ever be there? ”

He Zeng stood up and saluted: "The minister is here!" ”

"Just now Gao Yun said that I had decreed in my early years that ministers, officials and children of the family were not allowed to engage in commercial activities, and his words reminded me that after so many years, I want to know how many people in the court have violated my will, since Gao Yun brought it up first, then start from his family! I give you full authority, presided over by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple cooperate! ”

"The Imperial Historical Observatory is an important yamen of the imperial court, you must perform your duties of supervising hundreds of officials, and you can't have a vegetarian meal in the corpse, otherwise what is the use of the imperial court setting up the Imperial Historical Observatory? What is the significance of your existence? ”

He Zeng broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister must live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

Cui Hao stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the idea of the royal family supporting itself is feasible and worthy of encouragement, and it is worth encouraging that you can earn a reputation for the royal family without taxes from the people, and the minister agrees with Your Majesty's decision!" ”

"The minister agrees too!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

One by one, the ministers bowed down one after another, but after a moment, all the ministers knelt down.

"Since you all agree, this matter is settled!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he got up and walked out.

The eunuch shouted: "Retreat!" ”

The ministers shouted together: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as Zhao Junsheng left, the ministers left one after another, and the ministers gathered in twos and threes to discuss the national policies set by the court on weekdays, and the pace of these ministers today is much faster than before.

In the afternoon, when they returned home from the Yamen, the ministers and officials called their families and children to inquire whether they would open shops outside and engage in commercial and trade affairs.

If the children of the official family did not take dry shares in some shops, or secretly ordered people to open shops and engage in business, how could they have the money to support their huge expenses? Eight out of 10 ministers or their children and dependents violated the rules.

These ministers knew that today's affairs at the court meeting would not be extinguished like this, and the imperial history platform had already received the holy order, and they would definitely not dare to disobey the emperor, and they were afraid that a huge storm would be set off next.

Ministers and officials who had shops and merchants in their families sold their shops and goods for fear of being caught.

Several officials did not have time to sell it, and the next day they were found by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the shops, trading houses, and goods were confiscated on the same day, and at the same time reported to the emperor.

Zhao Junsheng received the impeachment letter from the Yushitai, and without thinking about it, he ordered the confiscated shops, trading houses, and goods to be cashed into the state treasury, and these officials who violated the regulations were suspended from their posts for half a year to reflect on themselves.

As for whether these officials can be reinstated after half a year, and whether they can continue to be officials, only God knows.

Zhao Junsheng's decree to strictly investigate whether the ministers of the imperial court and their children and their families were engaged in commercial and trade activities triggered a huge turmoil in the government and the opposition of the Qianguo State, and for more than ten days in a row, many ministers and officials were confiscated of their properties, stopped their official positions, and reflected at home.

Some people are afraid to sell off their shops and properties, some people think that this is just a gust of wind, and the past will be fine, and they all transfer the shops and properties to the names of collateral relatives or family members, and there are many more ministers and officials who had the foresight a long time ago, and they only took shares and dividends in the merchants' industries, or they have long since attributed the property to the names of the family members and servants, so that even if the court wants to investigate, there is no evidence.

Zhao Junsheng also knew the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, so after this storm raged for half a month, he obviously controlled the number of officials and ministers who were investigated and punished.

On this day, the imperial envoy He Zeng held a stack of impeachment chapters to the audience.

"Your Majesty, these are the officials who have found out the problem in the past two days, these people themselves or their families and children have engaged in business and trade openly and secretly, although some people have sold their shops, but this is the matter of the past few days!"

Zhao Junsheng flipped through these impeachment chapters and asked, "Is there no problem with Gao Yun?" ”

He Zeng said: "There is a problem, Yushitai does not know whether he himself is involved, but one of his sons obviously secretly controls five restaurants, four trading houses, two carriage and horse shops, three green buildings, and there are relatives in their family and eight people in the family have reached the prescribed 2,000 mu of land!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he patted the impeachment chapter and asked, "Then why didn't Yushitai impeach him?" ”

He Zeng smiled bitterly: "Because there is no evidence, there is no written evidence to prove the relationship between their family and these properties, and the nominal owners of these shops also stubbornly refused to admit that these properties are related to the Gao family when they were questioned by Yushitai!" ”

Zhao Junsheng knocked on the imperial case and said, "Do you think the ministers of the court are all fools? Only those fools with their tails in the sky will blatantly engage in business activities, and only these people dare to disobey my will! If you can't find it from the outside, why not check it from the inside? Why do these people have so many valuable gold, silver, jade, and antiques in their homes? Why were their cellars full of gold, copper coins, and jewels? Do they have so much? ”

He Zeng suddenly realized, slapped his head, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty's words woke up the dreamer!" Minister, let's do it! ”

The laws of the Qianguo State clearly stipulate that officials are not allowed to accept bribes or embezzle, but in normal times, no one will investigate them, and once the higher authorities pay attention to them, they will certainly be strictly investigated, and a number of people will certainly be dismissed from their posts and investigated.

"Wait!" Zhao Junsheng stopped He Zeng, he took out two copies from this stack of impeachment recitals, these two impeachments are two irrelevant officials, Zhao Junsheng replied on them with a red pen: "Dismissal investigation, hand over to Dali Temple for trial and judgment!" ”

Zhao Junsheng withheld several other impeachment chapters and handed them to He Zeng: "Dispose of them according to my approval!" ”

"Yes!"

The ministers who were impeached in these books that were not published by Zhao Junsheng are obviously problematic, including Cui Hao, and even Kou Qianzhi, Kou Qianzhi himself has no problem, it is his disciples and grandchildren who have problems, and his disciples and grandchildren are uneven, and some people rely on his position in the court to do evil, and it is common for them to secretly control shops to occupy cadres and take dividends.

Of course, Zhao Junsheng can't wipe out all the ministers of the DPRK and China because of this matter, only those who are disobedient are the targets of his attack with this means.

Gao Yun is obviously this kind of person, Gao Yun is very talented, but he has two sets of standards, he is strict with others and lenient with himself, some things he can do, but he can't allow others to do them.

Gao Yun's political views were different from others, he advocated limiting the power of the monarch, and often contradicted Zhao Junsheng, so a group of ministers around him had faint signs of fighting for power with the emperor.

This is something that Zhao Junsheng can't tolerate, if he behaves inappropriately or has a loss in virtue, Zhao Junsheng doesn't mind the ministers speaking out against him, but Gao Yunhe and a group of ministers close to him compete with him for power and interests, which makes Zhao Junsheng very angry.

Two days later, at the court meeting, there was an imperial history to impeach Gao Yun's family for a huge amount of wealth from unknown sources, if it were not for corruption and bribery, with his money and rewards, his family would not have had so much money.

Zhao Junsheng took the impeachment chapter from the eunuch and looked at Gao Yun.

Gao Yun knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, the minister has been loyal since his allegiance to His Majesty, and he does not dare to slack off in official affairs, and the minister has never been greedy for the property of the government and the court, let alone accept bribes from others, and please Your Majesty be clear!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head, "Then where did the millions of money, five thousand gold, and thousands of jewels and jade in the cellar of your house come from?" ”