"Wang Wenyan, I heard that Wei Wei asked for 40,000 taels at that time, as long as there are 40,000 taels to ensure that Xiong Tingbi does not die, why do you want to charge 50,000 taels? I have long heard that when you were a guard in the county prison, you were already a person with hands and eyes, and you were called the contemporary Song Jiang, and later a person like you, who had no background and no identity, actually became Lang Zhong of the Criminal Department, and now you are the secretary of the cabinet, I really have to admire your hands and eyes to the sky. Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to continue to entangle with him, and directly pointed out his old bottom.

Although Zhu Youxiao only said a rough idea, Wang Wenyan felt that Zhu Youxiao seemed to know everything, "The minister should die, and ask the emperor to forgive him!" ”

"Take Wang Wenyan." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

After taking Wang Wenyan down, Zhu Youxiao said to Xiong Tingbi: "Take Xiong Aiqing to clean up, I will have something to find him in a few days." ”

After dealing with Wang Wenyan, Zhu Youxiao was ready to expose the evidence of the Donglin Party's alliance and selfishness, and he wanted to crack down on the Donglin Party at the court meeting.

"Wang Wenyan is also a member of your Donglin Party, I remember that Mr. Gu (Gu Xiancheng), the leader of the Donglin Party, once said two sentences, the first sentence is 'Puppet Lanxi, Siming, Baby Shanyin, Xinjian is just to curb the emergence of Loujiang River', and the second sentence is 'People also know that Fuqing Zhi was able to settle in his position, thanks to Lou Jiangzhi's failure...... The secret revelation is passed on from Cao Fuye, isn't it the first merit of the society? 'Elder Ye Ge, I didn't talk nonsense. ”

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Ye Xianggao's heart trembled, even if only a handful of people had heard of these words within the Donglin Party, he didn't know how Zhu Youxiao knew so clearly, such words were definitely rebellious, and now it was a matter of losing his head, Ye Xianggao didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Rank ministers, some people may not understand at once, I explain, the first sentence of the four place names represent the four ministers in the Wanli period, three of them are the former first assistant, in the eyes of Mr. Gu, they are just three puppet babies, the second sentence, everyone should understand, Fuqing is Ye Ge Lao, Cao Fu is Li Daofu, Ye Ge Lao, I am not wrong." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." Ye Xianggao's psychological defense line was completely defeated, and he fell to his knees with a plop.

Ye Xianggao's actions undoubtedly admitted that Zhu Youxiao's words were true, and the Donglin Party members present were completely suppressed by Zhu Youxiao at this time. What do these words represent? It represents the evidence that this is the Donglin Party forming a party for personal gain and controlling the government.

Now Zhu Youxiao makes people think, is this still the previous emperor? The current Zhu Youxiao gives people the most intuitive feeling that his hands and eyes are open to the sky and unfathomable. At today's court meeting, he not only controlled the eunuch party with his own strength, but even crushed the Donglin party to death.

"Mr. Gu is indeed a talented person, thousands of miles away, a common man treats my minister as nothing, but he still manipulates the government, it can really be described as calling for wind and rain, and his hands and eyes are up to the sky. Of course, some of the Donglin Party members are indeed upright men and gentlemen, but it is inevitable that there will be uneven situations, for the sake of power, they ignore the country and the people, form parties for personal gain, and exclude dissidents. When I was seriously ill, I saw Emperor Taizu Gao, and he told me that my Ming Empire was suffering from internal and external troubles, and the building was about to collapse, and my Ming Dynasty would die at any time. Some of you may want to change the dynasty and continue to be officials, but my Ming royal family can't do it, and I will never allow such a thing to happen. Zhu Youxiao said impassionedly.

Zhu Youxiao's voice became louder and louder, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became. The ministers below saw Zhu Youxiao so impassioned for the first time, and they didn't know how to deal with it, and most of them lowered their heads at this time, not even daring to touch Zhu Youxiao's gaze.

"I will continue to reuse the Donglin Party, many of you are talented people, but you must remember that you are first and foremost the ministers of my Ming Empire, not the ministers of the Donglin Party. The post of secretary is not suitable for the Donglin Party to continue to hold, I feel that Cui Ziqiang is the most suitable, he does not belong to any party, and he is an honest official, and he is also upright, so he is the best candidate. And Zhao Shangshu is an honest official, a pillar of talent, only trapped by the party struggle, and I have another important use. Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"No." The crowd replied.

Zhu Youxiao did not wait for everyone to react, and continued: "Since the opening of Longqing, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be obtained every year, and the sea is banned again in the second year of the Apocalypse, but the smuggling is more serious, the loss is the imperial court, but the rich are profiteers. ”

"Your Majesty, the bureaucrats are strong and colluding with merchants, and will bring prohibited goods to the sea, go to Fanguo to buy and sell, collude with barbarians and even pirates such as Franco, and plunder the good people. Zheng Sanjun, the left deputy capital Yushi, said.

"Now I have strong captives outside the Ming Dynasty, disasters inside me, lack of pay for the soldiers, lack of food for the people, all of which need money, and now the treasury is empty, I now not only need money, but also need a lot of money, where does the money come from? Can the ministers show me the way? Don't talk about giving more to the people, now the people are almost out of stuttering, and adding more money is just forcing them to rebel.

I know that I have money in the Ming Dynasty, and there is enough money to buy a few Ming Dynasty, but the money is not in my hands or in the treasury, and we all know who it is. In this court, many people are richer than me. It is said that I am rich in the world, but the money in the world is not in my hands. Am I right? If anyone can use the lives of the Nine Clans as a guarantee to get me 100 million taels of silver in two years, I will do what you say? What do you think? Who would dare to make a military order? Zhu Youxiao looked around, but no one dared to stand up.

"Why, no one among the ministers can do it?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he could issue an order to increase the salt class." Cabinet Minister Han Yi said.

"I said that I will never increase my taxes from this day forward, and I only hope that those who have not paid taxes before will take the initiative to pay taxes." Zhu Youxiao looked at the ministers below and said.

But after Zhu Youxiao's words were finished, none of the ministers present stood up and said that they would take the initiative to pay taxes, the honest ministers could not pay taxes at all, and the greedy ministers still did not want to pay taxes.

"If you can't do it, then follow me. You can't save this Ming country, I must save it, I will definitely cut the flesh, and I will never hesitate. From now on, the fields of Huangzhuang will be re-measured, and the tax will be paid according to the field, thirty taxes and one, and I will take the lead in paying taxes from today. Zhu Youxiao said.