As mentioned above, Yang Sichang is a person with a mixed reputation, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, after he was defeated and died by the first assistant of the respected superintendent, although Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue it, but the scholars were generally scolded, which can be said to be slanderous all over the world, until later generations of historians objectively studied this period of history at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the positive evaluation of him gradually increased.

The reason why Yang Sichang was scolded by the scholars at that time, and even framed as the executioner who slaughtered the people, and the surrender faction who compromised with the outside world, was mainly because he was too responsible and too loyal to Emperor Chongzhen. cleaned up and cleaned up, and naturally offended almost all the court officials, so he was tragic.

Of course, that's all about the Chongzhen Dynasty, in this life, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, it's really hard to say whether Yang Sichang's character will suffer, but what kind of executioner who slaughtered the people, the surrender faction who compromised with the outside world, he at least doesn't have to carry the pot, because now the peasant army can't set off any storms at all, and he doesn't need to kill him at all, Houjin has also been beaten to the ground, and there is no question of whether to negotiate peace at all, and he is only a secretary of the ministry, not the head of the cabinet, and he can't make many 'mistakes' if he wants to.

How serious is he in his work? According to the 'custom' of the Ming Dynasty over the years, if the Jingcha plan is not for the purpose of forming a party for personal gain and excluding dissidents, then at most a few irrelevant officials will be dismissed, and officials above the fourth grade will basically not do much. Everyone wants to mean it in front of the emperor, just fool the past, why bother to offend people for no reason, but Yang Sichang is biased!

The emperor asked him to check it well, with his character, how could he be perfunctory, his order to each section to supervise the imperial history is that no matter what officials, no matter what good things are good or bad, as long as the wind smells of things must be investigated, and they will be recorded after the investigation as the basis for evaluation.

These are basically the Jinshi of the first branch of the Chongzheng Dynasty, it can be said that the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, and the emperor is supported by the emperor, they are afraid of a bird, so the officials in Beijing are basically checked to the bottom, and the results of the investigation are called a detailed ah, even the left imperial history Li Banghua is so upright and unavoidable to see that he is a little hairy, Lord Yang, you are going to offend people to death!

Of course, the results of the general investigation are not the final results, the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate just check once, record the results, and then hand over the results of the interview and self-presentation to the emperor together, as for how the emperor will deal with it, it stands to reason that they can't control it, but the emperor doesn't have so much effort to check them one by one, so as long as it's not too outrageous, the emperor will basically refer to the results they submit to deal with it.

Of course, Yang Sichang's recital is not too outrageous, good is good, bad is bad, there is a factual basis, there is no moisture, and it is very reliable. But many times it is too reliable but more amazing, when Song Chen was handed over to Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cijiong was taken aback, good guy, this is the core of the Ming court, the officials of the capital? It's outrageous!

According to the results of Yang Sichang's general investigation, less than half of the officials in Beijing are really outstanding, less than 10 percent are competent, more than 60 percent are lazy and slack, and nearly 20 percent of the officials have serious problems!

Not so exaggerated, right? Zhu Cijiong was a little suspicious and moved the big pile of officials classified as problem officials to him, opened the first one, and looked at it seriously.

Wen Tiren, the word Changqing, the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (AD 1598) Jinshi, successively served as Shu Jishi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, and the current left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

He is cautious and fierce, and the machine is deep and piercing. On the surface, he is honest, diligent, and kind, but in fact he is insidious, cunning, incorruptible, and shameful, and his relatives do not recognize him.

According to the investigation, Wen Tiren's charges are as follows:

First, forming a party for personal gain, excluding dissidents, Min Hongxue in the household department, Tang Shiji in the Ministry of Rites, and the right of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all their henchmen, and their accomplices frame their colleagues and promote the township party, so that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households are full of mediocre talents, and the corpses are everywhere.

Second, accepting bribes, buying and selling official positions......

Third, secretly marrying prostitutes and disregarding human morality......

Fourth, taking away people's property, lawlessness......

Just this first Zhu Cijiong looked at it and broke out in a cold sweat, one by one, where is this official, it is simply a bandit and a robber, on the surface, this Wen Tiren is indeed a humble gentleman, he thinks that this is a good official, but he didn't expect that he was such a person in secret!

Slowly, he seems to remember that there are two traitors in the Chongzhen Dynasty in a certain TV series, one surnamed Wen and the other surnamed Zhou, wouldn't that one surnamed Wen be this Wen Tiren, and the other surnamed Zhou? He immediately flipped it up in the recital, but only turned it once, and the second copy was surnamed Zhou!

Zhou Yanru, the word jade rope, Wanli forty-one years (AD 1614) Jinshi, the first place. He has successively served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the right Zhongyun, the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, and the current right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

turned out to be a champion, but the evaluation of him was that he was a vegetarian meal, immoral and incompetent, forming a party for personal ......, and the most terrible thing was that the party he formed was those Donglin Party people who were belittled!

He flipped through the next one, and it turned out to be a squire.

Chen Yan, the word hair saint, the second year of the Apocalypse (AD 1622) Jinshi, successively served as a Shujishi, edited by the Hanlin Academy, and then relied on the eunuch party to rise to the Hubu Langzhong, the current Hubu right waiter, no merit, but famous for corruption and bribery!

Zhu Cijiong didn't dare to look at it anymore, these were all members of the three grades of the dynasty, and they could participate in the discussion of politics in the early dynasty, he was very familiar with these people, but he didn't expect that he was blind to such an extent, so that these corrupt officials and corrupt officials dangled in front of him for a few years and didn't find out!

Looking at that big pile of Chen, he really didn't want to believe that this was true, it was nearly two hundred, and there were only a few officials in the capital, if these people really had problems, then he was simply an incompetent and faint king!

It's terrible, no wonder Daming has been stagnant in recent years, there are two percent of the officials in the capital who have problems, and sixty percent of the lazy and sluggish government, relying on the remaining two percent, how can Daming develop.

The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he shouted directly: "Cao Huachun." ”

Cao Huachun walked in quickly, saluted respectfully, and then lowered his hands and bowed his head to stand respectfully, waiting for his orders.

He pointed to the pile and said, "Go, check it out for me to see if it's true." ”

Cao Huachun said yes, and then resigned respectfully with the pile of plays.

Zhu Cijiong was dizzy, he has been exhausted in the past few years, desperately developing the military industry, desperately making money, desperately expanding the army, and finally repelled the Houjin, originally thought that the Ming Dynasty would be able to rise from then on, but he didn't expect that there were so many moths under his eyes, let them go down like this, how could the Ming Dynasty develop, it seems that it will not work if the government is not rectified.

For several days in a row, Zhu Cijiong was in no mood to do anything else, just waiting for the results of Cao Huachun's investigation. The so-called no wind and no waves, the results of Cao Huachun's investigation, what was written on the song Chen was basically true, and even some more secret things were found out by him, these people were even more excessive than what was written on the song!

It's all true, then there's nothing to say, all of them are dismissed and investigated, as for the candidates for replacement, Zhu Cijiong directly put a bunch of excellent scores in front of him, and they looked at each other.

Qian Shisheng, the word suppressed, the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616 AD) Jinshi, the first in the palace test. He has served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the left Zhongyun of the Zhan Shifu, and the current Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites. Honest and honest, respect for teachers, sincerity and ......filial piety.

What else is there to say about such a person, he was directly promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Fan Jingwen, the word Mengzhang, Wanli forty-one years (AD 1613) Jinshi, successively served as the official of Dongchang Mansion, the director of the Ministry of Auditing, the Wenxuan Lang, the current inspection of Langzhong, diligent and honest, and elegant conduct......

There is nothing to say, and he was directly promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Wu Fu, the word Luyou, Ming Wanli forty-one years of Jinshi, successively served as Fujian Shaowu, Jinjiang and Shandong Weixian County, two years of the Apocalypse, promoted to the imperial history. He once patrolled Henan and Shaanxi, and served as the governor of Shanxi. The current household department is honest and honest, upright and not .......

There's nothing to say.,Directly promoted to the right servant of the household.

Also, Cheng Guoxiang, the word Zhongruo, the thirty-second year of Wanli (1604 AD) Jinshi. Successively served as the county governor of Queshan and Guangshan, the right of Dali Temple, Taichangqing, and Nanjing, and the current left servant of the household department, who is honest and honest, and has no surplus wealth in his family, and his life is quite hard. He was fatherless since he was a child, his family was extremely poor, and when he was a teenager, he made horns and cow bone hairpins and sold them to support his mother. After learning Sheng Confucianism Guan Jue took pity on his talents, he gave it for free, he worked hard day and night, cold and summer, not a few years, read a full stomach of articles, and then even won the middle of the victory, until the Jinshi and the first!

Such a person naturally wants to be reused, hasn't the Hubu Shangshu come to the Taoist sect and resigned because of his advanced age, this time he directly agreed, and let Cheng Guoxiang take over as the Hubu Shangshu.

Also, Cai Guoyong, the word Zhengfu, the thirty-eighth year of Wanli (1610 AD) Jinshi, successively served as the scholar of the Zhongshu, the imperial history of Zhejiang Dao, Yingtian Xuezheng, the servant Zhengqing, the current Ministry of Industry right waiter, known for his prudence, diligence and integrity. He was responsible for supervising the repair of the city wall of the capital, and he supervised the construction site day and night. Once the stone needed to be urgently used, and it could not be transported in for a while, the relevant personnel were helpless, and he boldly suggested that the tartar prepared by Chongwen and Xuanwumen should be used, and it was completed in only five days.

Such a person naturally has to be reused, Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has also reached the age of returning to his hometown, and now he is basically a vegetarian meal in the corpse position, so let him resign, go home to retire, and let Cai Guoyong take over as the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Zhu Cijiong made drastic adjustments, cleared out all those who formed parties for personal gain, those who were corrupt, those who offered and accepted bribes, and those who bent the law for bribes out of the ranks of officials in Beijing, and promoted a large number of officials who were honest and honest and diligent in performing official duties.

At his behest, the Beijing News began to publicize the deeds of outstanding officials in a series of articles, and at the same time published a list of officials who had been dismissed from their posts and investigated and the crimes they had committed. All of a sudden, the officialdom of the capital was clear, some of the local officials were overjoyed, some were trembling, and some were terrified.