Zhu Houzhao sometimes really wonders if this living official is hiding at the foot of the bed where he and the queen are sleeping, otherwise how can he know so clearly.

However, Zhu Houzhao's shouting made Lin Kui startled again, thinking that this companion is a companion to the tiger and the ancients did not deceive me, so he hurriedly asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, where did the minister remember wrong?" ”

"How do you remember it so clearly, from the truth!" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"The sound of the dragon chanting and the phoenix chirping, even if the minister is on duty in the study, he can hear it clearly."

Lin Kui couldn't help but lower his head, he was also smart, and he insisted on describing the voice made by Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the Empress as a dragon chanting and a phoenix, which made Zhu Houzhao laugh.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't say more when he heard Lin Kui say this, so he only said:

"Yogurt is to improve people's health, I don't want to let the courtiers of the world learn from me to use it in the room, in the future, I don't have to remember the affairs of the queen in such detail, so that the young people in the world listen to how bad, not conducive to their body and mind, living note, should remember the major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood, the emperor's private affairs can be saved, and no one in the world will be interested in the emperor's private affairs, understand?"

Zhu Houzhao said this is naturally his own basis, he believes that people in the world will not care about how the emperor sleeps every day, after all, just like the starting point of later generations, readers will not be interested in the affairs between the protagonist and the concubine every day, for example, there is an author named Yixi Qiuyue who pounces very miserably if he doesn't believe in evil.

"The minister understands, how the minister should record, please show your majesty", Lin Kui replied.

"You remember like this, the relationship between the emperor and the queen is harmonious, and it is expected that a new emperor and heir will be born, so that future generations will naturally understand what it means!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Lin Kui hurriedly said yes.

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao instructed again: "Every time the list of Jinshi is compiled, I will first look at it, and after I pass it, it will be printed and distributed to the world, so that the people of the world can evaluate its merits and demerits!" Twenty people in one phase! ”

Lin Kui also complied with the order, thinking that in this way, he was afraid that it would cause an uproar again, and make the corrupt officials and cool officials in the world panic and uneasy!

……

"Yu Tai, the 114th Tongjin Shi of the 15th year of the Hongzhi Kedian Examination, a native of Wuxi, the word Guochang, and the number Zhengzhai. At the beginning of the household, the officials participated in the politics of Shandong. He was dismissed on suspicion of corruption.

When Huaiyang was hungry, the emperor was very worried, and he was invited by Cao Du to allocate 300,000 salt taxes to buy grain in Shandong, and Yu Tai and other officials were greedy for ink from then on...... Later, Yu Tai used the people's fat and people's ointment to open the south of the city, raised prostitutes, seized the people's land, and forced five people to die. The people say fast! Later, he copied out 60,000 official silver, 10,000 gold, and a huge greedy ear! Good painting, when he was an official in Shandong, his subordinates bought it with a thousand taels, and he liked poems. "Youfangzhou Manxing Collection", at a high price of 500 taels per volume, was purchased by his protégé who was then the official of Yanzhou, Shandong! ”

Lu Zhaoji, the left attendant of the original ministry, didn't expect his new "List of Filial Piety Sect Jinshi" to record the deeds of his nephew Yu Tai in such a way, and he couldn't help vomiting blood in anger:

"What is the court going to do, to record the scholars like this! The flaws are not hidden, the false is not true, and for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, in order to advocate the way of cultural governance, it should not be so stubborn and must be remembered, this is not to make future generations think that I am greedy for ink and nonsense! What nonsense! How can this be! ”

When Lu Zhaoji was so angry, his friend Qin Si hurriedly came to visit and said, "Lu Gong, you are now about to become infamous, you should think of a way!" You said why didn't you clean up in the first place! ”

Lu Zhaoji didn't understand what his friend Qin Si was talking about, but when he looked at it, it was the "Daming Monthly" that was commenting on the top ten luxury artworks, and his calligraphy work with only two words "Shouzheng" ranked first.

Because this piece was sold for a full 100,000 taels!

One hundred thousand taels can be said to be an astronomical amount in the era of the Ming Dynasty, and of course, it has also caused great discussion among the people.

Tang Bohu was the first to fire the cannon and discussed on the front page of the Huangming Daily:

"Recently, the "Daming Monthly" commented on the top ten luxury works of art in recent years, and the word of the former official left Shilang Lu Gong was pointed out as the champion, with a word of 50,000 taels! It was purchased by Lou Ancai, a wealthy businessman in Taiyuan, and later his brother Lou Anguo moved to the left to transfer the two Huai envoys, Tang believes that we should have reason to suspect that this is a typical case of collusion between officials and businessmen! is not only the collusion between officials and businessmen, but also the suspicion of selling official positions, because at that time, Lu Zhaoji was the official department of Wen Xuan Shilang, and he was in charge of the power of Quanxu! ”

Lu Zhaoji couldn't help but be shocked after reading it, and saw a message from a reader in the newspaper saying: "Lu Zhaoji is a huge greed!" …… Lu Zhaoji's name is selling words, but in fact, he is selling officials, and he is disappointed by the imperial court, is it true that he thinks that his words are as valuable as Yan Zhenqing or Liu Gongquan? ! …… Huge greed! ”

Lu Zhaoji didn't expect to be scolded so badly, and couldn't help but be furious: "Presumptuous! They are slandering the court officials! They are slandering the old man! Can't let these people be so presumptuous! The old man wants to face the saint and let the Dongchang Jinyi guard take care of them! ”

Lu Zhaoji was really angry and asked to see Ma Yongcheng, the commander of Dongchang, overnight.

However, Ma Yongcheng didn't dare to care about this matter, because he knew that Tang Bohu and the others had His Majesty's support behind them, so although Lu Zhaoji bribed him with a thousand gold, Ma Yongcheng didn't agree, and only said: "We can't manage this matter in the East Factory, we can't manage the people in the East Factory, this is the rule, and our family doesn't dare to go against the holy will!" ”

"If there is anything else you can't manage in Dongchang, you can take care of it, who dares to say that you, Ma Gonggong, you can't let those Diao people manipulate public opinion and slander the court officials!"

When Lu Zhaoji said this, Ma Yongcheng just smiled faintly, if it weren't for Lu Zhaoji's enough silver, he wouldn't have bothered to take care of him, but now he could only patiently reply to Lu Zhaoji:

"This is not thanks to you civil officials, impeaching us every day for ignoring the king's law! Your Majesty has set rules for us! ”

Lu Zhaoji heard Ma Yongcheng say this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, he didn't expect that his civil official group tried their best to let His Majesty restrain Dongchang, and as a result, one day these civil officials would not be able to use Dongchang's hand to suppress the people.

But Ma Yongcheng is not a person who doesn't help after taking the money, and seeing that Lu Zhaoji has nothing to say, he said again:

"Lu Gong, it is because you resigned that our family dares to say more to you, otherwise, our family will not dare to see you at the risk of Ling Chi, please go back, we can't help you in this matter, if you really want to punish them, you have to go to the Criminal Department to report the case!"

When Lu Zhaoji heard Ma Yongcheng say this, he had no choice but to say goodbye.

As soon as Lu Zhaoji left, Ma Yongcheng sneered: "I want to borrow the hands of our Dongchang to rectify the people, and your civil officials will be the masters of the people when the time comes, and pour dirty water on our Dongchang, it's really a good calculation!" But my Ma Yongcheng will not be fooled by you, I really think that my Ma Yongcheng will not be able to do without these silvers, if there is anyone in this world who can compare to Your Majesty in terms of wealth and wealth! ”

Lu Zhaoji did have the idea of borrowing the hand of the East Factory to come forward for himself, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated Ma Yongcheng, thinking that Ma Yongcheng, the commander of the East Factory, was not a person who saw money in the end.

Although Lu Zhaoji hit a wall here in Dongchang, he still couldn't ignore the fact that he was a huge greedy person among the people, so he went to the yamen of the criminal department.

However, at this time, the yamen of the Criminal Department had already been surrounded by the surging people, including students from Beijing Normal University, students from Guozijian, students from Shuntianfu Higher School, and some literate people at the bottom, all shouting.

"Please Da Sikong call the shots for us and punish the huge corruption Lu Zhaoji!"

"Lu Zhaoji sells the official mantle, and it is bad for me to rule the Ming Dynasty, and it is not enough to correct the law of the country if I don't get rid of it! Please come forward to administer justice! ”

"Two characters are sold for 100,000 taels, and the brother of the buyer of the painting overmoved the two Huai transfer envoys in a blink of an eye, such ugly things, if the princes of the court do not uphold justice, it can only prove that the princes of the court and Lu Zhaoji are in collusion!"

……

Lu Zhaoji looked at so many people gathered around the yamen of the Criminal Department, and trembled with anger: "How can this be reasonable!" It just doesn't make sense! Someone must have manipulated public opinion and dared to besiege the Criminal Department, they are rebelling! It's a rebellion! ”

After Lu Zhaoji said indignantly, he didn't know what to do, he now regretted that he had resigned at the beginning, otherwise he would not have done anything about these people at this time.

……

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also learned about Lu Zhaoji.

Zhu Houzhao was extremely angry, and angrily reprimanded Hang Huailai, the imperial history of the left capital: "Are all the imperial historians of the Imperial Court blind!" Such a huge greed who sells official beards has never been aware of it, is it waiting for him to corrode my Ming foundation! Check, you must check with me! All the officials recommended by him Lu Zhaoji are strictly investigated! Otherwise, I will dismiss you! ”

"The supervision of the ministers is not clear, please punish Your Majesty!"

Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai hurriedly asked for the guilt, and he was so frightened that he couldn't help asking: "It's just that Your Majesty, now let the people manipulate public opinion and report officials, is there something wrong, after all, this is also the following crime!" ”

Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai is indeed aware of the constraints on himself as a court official after the people participate in political public opinion, so he can't help but ask Zhu Houzhao.

"The people have the right to redress their grievances, we naturally can't stop it, the power to deal with these corrupt officials and cool officials is still in our hands, and these people are not considered to be guilty of the following, and we are going to create a peaceful and prosperous world for the people, after all, the people are important, the monarch is light, and the society is secondary, but in general, I don't want to rely on the people to purge the officials, so in this case, why do I want you to be judged!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai didn't dare to say anything more.

At this time, Xu Hao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also had to carefully ask Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think should happen now?" Does this Lu Zhaoji really want to be caught? ”

"Obey the will of the people, the will of the people cannot be violated!"

After Zhu Houzhao said, Xu Hao took the order and left.

Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai also hurriedly retired, he knew that the focus of his work would have to change in the future of the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, and he could no longer stare at whether the emperor would make mistakes, but should stare at whether the court officials had committed crimes!

Here, after Xu Hao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, got Zhu Houzhao's permission, he immediately ordered Lu Zhaoji to be arrested.

Therefore, when Lu Zhaoji had just returned home, the errand officer of the Criminal Department walked up:

"Lu Zhaoji, right, now you have been arrested by the Criminal Department, because you were suspected of taking bribes during your tenure as the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and you were suspected of selling your official beard!"

"Nonsense! You guys are talking nonsense! You guys! You guys! The old man understands, understands, it's you, you villains in the court are deliberately manipulating the old man, the old man wants to see Your Majesty, the old man wants to see Your Majesty! ”

Lu Zhaoji struggled, but obviously to no avail.

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