Chapter 185: Yi Donglin (Page 1/1)

Nanzhili's officialdom earthquake caused by the investigation of tax evasion and leakage soon spread to Zhejiang, and Zhejiang officials were really panicked after the Jinhua prefect was found to have participated in tax evasion and was dismissed.

"Daming Weekly" participated in the whole report, and in this report, as long as the officials who committed the crime had studied in Donglin Academy, or had a relationship with Wang Ji and others in Donglin, or even their disciples, they would publicize this connection, making people feel that many of the officials who committed the crime were from Donglin.

This made Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and others extremely dissatisfied, and after inquiring about Wang Chengen to no avail, they came to the emperor together, hoping that the emperor could ask Wang Chengen to reduce this contact when reporting, so as not to affect the reputation of the Donglin people.

After listening to their intentions, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Master Ye has not been treated by the orthodox Donglin people in the past few years, and Yang Shangshu is regarded as a traitor by the Donglin people, but the two of them speak for Donglin at this time, which really makes me admire." ”

Ye Xianggao's face was not very good, and he said: "There are indeed some people in the Donglin Party who have forgotten the words of the sage when they were studying and turned to pursue the desire for money, but these are not the mainstream. However, in the report, Wang Dujian deliberately associated corrupt officials with Donglin people, creating the impression that Donglin people are greedy, and the old minister thought it was unfair. ”

Yang Lian said: "Although the minister is regarded as a rebel by most Donglin people, but the minister still regards himself as a Donglin lineage in his heart, and indeed some Donglin people have done too much and should be punished by the national law, but Wang Dujian did this, obviously against Donglin, so I am afraid that Donglin's reputation will be greatly damaged, which is what we Donglin people do not want to see." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "I understand what the two Aiqing mean. Speaking of deliberately targeting Donglin people, I want to ask the two of you, did I deliberately target the two Aiqing? ”

Ye Xianggao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's kindness to the old minister is as deep as the sea, and he is not biased to regard the minister as a native of Donglin. ”

Yang Lian said: "The minister and His Majesty often disagreed, but His Majesty did not alienate the minister because of this, and entrusted him with important tasks, how can he deliberately target the matter?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Just like Zuo Guangdou, Li Banghua and other ministers, they are all recognized Donglin people, but I still trust Yijia, so it seems that I did not deliberately target Donglin people." However, I do have the intention of targeting the people of Donglin. ”

Ye Yang and the others were shocked in their hearts, both of them were understanding people, the emperor said very clearly, he did not deliberately target Donglin, but he had intentions in this regard. That's a lot of sense.

Zhu Youxiao took a file from his desk and said: "This is a statistical data of Nanzhili's tax inspection, you might as well take a look." ”

Ye Xianggao took the dossier, handed it to Yang Lian and said, "Wen Ru will take a look and talk to the old man, the old man's eyes are really not good." ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian called a little eunuch and gave a few orders, and the little eunuch took the order. Yang Lian looked at the file, his face became more and more ugly, and after finally reading it, he sighed and said: "Master Ye, all the officials involved in tax evasion in Nanzhili, more than fifty percent are from Donglin or have a close relationship with Donglin. ”

Ye Xianggao's face changed greatly, he took the file, and tried hard to find evidence on it that could refute what Yang Lian said, but he couldn't read the small words on it clearly. At this time, the little eunuch came in with a small box, and Wei Zhongxian took it and said, "Master Ye, this is our improved glasses, you can try it." ”

Ye Xianggao looked at the glasses in the box and said, "Is this the sling?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "The word "叆叇" is too complicated, I named it glasses, so that people can try it, so that the old people can see the small characters." ”

It appeared earlier in China, but it was not popularized on a large scale, so Ye Xiang Koko knew his name but had not seen the real thing. He picked up his glasses, and Wei Zhongxian said, "How about letting the Sprinkle family show Master Ye?" ”

Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "Thank you, Lao Er has heard of how to wear it, and let Lao Er try it." ”

He put on his glasses, held up the file and looked at it, saying, "Sure enough, it is a good object, the handwriting is clear, and the old man is blessed." ”

Yang Lian was a little impatient in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. Ye Xianggao finally remembered what he was going to do, he looked at the file carefully, and sure enough, as Yang Lian said, the officials who committed the crime in Nanzhili were counted in the file, and the number of them related to Donglin reached fifty-two.

His face turned pale, put down the file and said, "The old minister understands what His Majesty means. Donglin people don't know self-love, which is all self-inflicted. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "I don't distinguish subjects by a certain label, and I don't think it will happen just because I am a member of the Donglin Party, but I looked at this statistical result and found that there are too many Donglin people." The two Aiqing are from Donglin, can you solve my confusion and why this happens? ”

Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian were silent, and the file not only listed the proportion of the criminal officials in the Middle East, but also the proportion of all officials in Nanzhili, which was far less than fifty into two, accounting for only three out of one. In other words, it can be concluded from this statistic that Donglin officials are more prone to corruption.

Zhu Youxiao said: "I sometimes think about this problem, but I actually think that we should start from the aspect of party struggle. When Donglin was first formed, Gu Shi said that the formation of a party is used to compete with each other, not to complement each other. He believes that most of the party struggles arise from differences of opinion and become from the excitement of spirit. Eavesdropping on the noisy discussion in Chang'an, the corner of the door stands, A takes B as evil, B takes A as evil, A takes B as the party, and Yi also takes A as the party, which is different; At first, the gentleman attacked the villain, then the gentleman attached to the villain, and finally the gentleman attacked the gentleman, which is different. In the long run, there are unspeakable people who brew poison. It can be seen that the sages of Donglin actually have a clear understanding of the harm of party struggle. ”

Ye Xianggao nodded, the emperor is holding the middle of the opinion. He said: "In terms of Zou Yuanbiao, who was degraded by His Majesty, he also once said that if the party is the same and different, he will be disloyal in the country and unfilial at home." It can be seen that the Donglin people are fighting for the opposition party. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "It's true, Donglin is an opposition party. But Master Ye naturally knows that in the past few decades, has there been a time when Donglin has not had a party dispute? ”

Ye Xianggao's face was slightly red, and he said impressively: "Your Majesty, since Wanli, Donglin has been mired in the quagmire of party strife. Only in recent years, His Majesty Shengming has made it seem that the people in Donglin are not much involved in party disputes. ”

Yang Lian interjected: "It's not a matter of not mixing, it's that Your Majesty didn't give us a chance to mix." The minister used to be like this, obsessed with Qing discussions, focusing on the battle of names, and wishing that everyone in the world would take the standards of the Donglin people as the standard, otherwise it would be heresy, villain, and evil way. Now that I think about it, it's really embarrassing. ”

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