The New Year passed quickly, and the joy of the New Year receded in the hearts of many people.

At the first great court meeting, the holy decree was issued, announcing the change of the Yuan Hongzhi, and this year is the first year of Hongzhi. Amnesty will be granted to the world, and all those who commit adultery and criminal punishment and fail to meet the conditions for beheading will be released.

Then there is the reward for the three armies, of course, this is only a symbolic reward, after all, a million border troops, plus the guards in various places, if everyone really sends two taels of silver, maybe the treasury can be emptied.

Liang Fang, who was imprisoned, was also released because of the amnesty in the first year of Hongzhi, and he was the only one among those eunuchs who survived. The others had already been killed last year, and the eunuchs who kept shouting about the emperor were even sent directly to Maoling in November.

At this court meeting, a thing was determined that made hundreds of officials panic.

Led by Wang Shu, the secretary of the ministry, and supplemented by Zhang Ru, the Marquis of Dingbian, a large-scale Beijing inspection was launched.

This is the first large-scale purge of this kind since Emperor Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne. Of course, last year's Jinyiwei's purge of the capital cannot be counted.

Before deciding on Jingcha, Zhu Youzhu specially called several humerus veterans to the imperial study for questioning, and symbolically asked the opinion of Shoufu Liu Ji, the most enlightened emperor in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, very decisively adopted the Jingcha plan proposed by Zhu Yong, a scholar of the Cabinet University, and Qiu Jun, a scholar of the Cabinet University.

Of course, Liu Jian had a lot of complaints after the plan was determined, and he felt that Zhang Ru, the Marquis of Dingbian, should not be involved.

However, Bao Guogong blocked Liu Jian's stomach full of complaints in a sentence at a critical time, he said that there was no brocade to protect those powerless officials in the Ministry of Officials, how many directors of the Ministry of Officials were enough to kill those bold local officials?

These words reached the hearts of all the old ministers.

Don't look at these ministers, they are all members of the first and second grades of the Ming Dynasty, but in real terms, their power is not as big as that of a small county in a remote mountainous area. Those people relied on the mountains to be far away from the emperor, and there were many bandits under their rule, and there were people above them to take care of them, so they did not do such evil things as killing Qincha.

Not to mention anything else, in the seventeenth year of Chenghua, Chen Guang, the political envoy of Guangdong, was killed by bandits when he went to work, and he didn't know where his head went. Left and right to participate in politics directly in a word, this is what the bandits here did. In addition, according to the envoy, everyone said that it was the bandits, and in the end, the matter was settled. It was not until September 21 of Chenghua that Ji Wei, who participated in politics in Liangguang Province, was denounced by the newly appointed prosecutor Liu Guang for corruption and bribery, and the truth of Chen Guang's assassination was revealed.

So Zhu Yong found out this reason, which is the best reason to block Liu Jian's mouth.

After the small meeting, Zhu Youzhu returned to the Qianqing Palace with a belly full of laughter, rolling on the ground with laughter.

This scene, Qin Ji frowned, and deep down, this old eunuch who had accompanied the prince in the East Palace for more than ten years, was more and more jealous of Zhang Ru.

Huaien returned to the celebrant eunuch, and the position of a eunuch with a pen is indispensable, but Huaien is very kind and doesn't like to fight for power and profit, so he resigned from the appointment of the superintendent of the East Factory.

Fortunately, he knows how to advance and retreat, otherwise he is afraid that this righteous eunuch, who is rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty, will be killed by Qin Ji, who is becoming more and more ambitious, if he lives a happy life in the capital for a few days.

Zhang Ru was very busy, he didn't attend the small meeting, and even avoided Wang Shu several times, because he was planning a big thing, a big thing that Zhu Youzhu couldn't refuse-getting married.

Su Qiqi's life with himself is not short, although the old man has the identity of a Wuwei sect leader, which is more or less in conflict with his identity as an official of the imperial court, but he has to give this woman a name.

He loves her, so he can care about what his father-in-law is.

The invitation Jin Yiwei has been sent to Datong with an expedited horse of eight hundred miles, whether it can be delivered to the hands of the cheap old man is still unknown, a few years ago, I read the newspaper that Tang Long's blow to the White Lotus Sect in Datong is quite strong, and he estimates that this old man's life is not very good.

Su Qiqi is ready to be a wife, and she has been carefully preparing at home for the past two days.

She hopes that her father can appear at her wedding, Zhang Ru said that she has sent someone to invite her father, she believes, so what she has to do now is to wait patiently.

The Dingbian Hou Mansion is preparing for a happy event with great fanfare, and it is naturally impossible for the magnates in Beijing not to know that Zhu Hui and Zhu Youqi, two idle people, have basically become busier than the housekeepers of the Hou Mansion. What are the three media and six appointments, what is the employment of the maid and the mother-in-law, and what is the order of cakes such as wedding cakes.

As long as it can be imagined, both of them will find a way to intervene.

This jubilant scene almost didn't make Wang Shu angry, on this day, he came to Dingbian Hou's Mansion for the fifth time, and while pacing at the gate of the Hou Mansion, he thought: You Dingbianhou only have marriage in his heart, and he doesn't even care about such a big event as the capital.

The old man is a resolute character, otherwise he would not have been condescending to Jinling Nanjing in the era of Xianzong and was not allowed to enter the center of the capital.

From noon to dusk, Wang Shu, who only sent a few pancakes with water, was bright, and finally waited for the person he was waiting for.

Zhang Ru on the horseback also saw Wang Shu, his face changed slightly, he wanted to turn the horse's head, but he couldn't help but see Wang Zhou on his side. In desperation, it is worth letting out a silent sigh and riding forward.

Wang Shu, who had been waiting at the gate of the Hou Mansion for a day, walked quickly and grabbed the reins of the war horse: "Lord Hou, the lower officials have finally waited for you." ”

Zhang Ru turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to Wang Zhou, who had just shouted a grandfather on the side, and said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, my lord, I am getting married for the first time, and I have to be busy with many things, and I can't take care of it all the time." ”

Wang Shu glared at Wang Zhou behind Zhang Ru, and then whispered to Zhang Ru: "Master Hou, the affairs of the family and the country are the most important. Hou Ye wants to get married, the lower officials can understand, Hou Ye has no relatives, many things need to be done by himself, and the lower officials also understand. But His Majesty has already issued an order to inspect the capital, but now even the officials in the capital can't check, and the officials are helpless, so they have asked the Hou Ye to come forward several times. If you embarrass Hou Ye, please be considerate and considerate of the lower officials. ”

According to Wang Shu's temper, it is already very good to be able to talk about this.

Zhang Ru knew this, and borrowed the slope to get off the donkey very interestingly: "The boss is serious, you are an elder, just call me Wenxuan." Come, come, sit in the house, sit down and speak. ”

After entering the house, Wang Shu was given his place, and after Zhang Ru drank a bowl of tea very gracelessly, he said: "The boss is here for the matter of Jingcha?" ”

Wang Shuxin said: You kid still know that the old man is here for Jingcha's business! Lao Tzu was so anxious that his mouth was about to bubble, and you were like a nobody.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhang Ru snorted and said: "Don't be angry first, after listening to the kid's explanation, if the boss is still angry, the kid will be disposed of." ”

Wang Shu said lightly: "You said this. ”

Zhang Ru said: "I said it." ”

Wang Shu said coldly: "Listen to me." ”

When Zhang Ru was avoiding him, he couldn't wait to beg Zhang Ru to come out and do things immediately, but when Zhang Ru really lifted him up, Wang Shu put up a shelf instead.

If it were someone else, the hot-tempered Zhang Ru might be two or two big-eared scrapers to drive people away, but the old man in front of him was not only the secretary of the court, but also Wang Zhou's own grandfather.

After clearing his throat in embarrassment, Zhang Ru whispered: "The boss should also know that the matter of Jingcha is something that makes tens of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty nervous. Even last year, many people began to move around Beijing under the pretext of New Year's greetings.

His Majesty issued an order to Jingcha, making it clear that he wanted to rectify the rule of officials, and the first of them was the officials under the boss.

Others saw that the boss was sitting comfortably in the position of the secretary of the ministry, but the kid didn't think so.

The boss's upright temperament has long spread in the officialdom, and in fact, it is also very wise for His Majesty to let the boss preside over Jingcha. But if the old man does Jingcha at this time, it will be to roast himself on the fire. ”

Wang Shu frowned: "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that Jingcha still has to divide the time? ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "Don't you think it's strange? I have already entered Beijing to do some work last year, but no one has gone to you, the mansion of the official department. ”

Wang Shu nodded, and said suspiciously: "What's going on?" ”

Zhang Ru squeezed his eyes: "The old man really doesn't know?" ”

After mentioning this point, thinking of the people he offended in the officialdom and his own character, Wang Shu immediately came up with the answer.

Those officials who were released did not dare to come and go, because they were afraid that stealing chickens would not lead to rice, and you must know that he Wang Shu was the master who once threw the bribes of others to the river yamen.

He smiled and said, "You go on." ”

Zhang Ru said again: "If the boss does it at this time, he will indeed be able to catch some moths, but these moths in the capital will not necessarily be caught." Last year, Jinyiwei made a big fuss for a month, but in fact, not many people were caught. You don't see the heads of people rolling down at the entrance of the vegetable market, it looks like there are one or two thousand people, but in fact, there are only thirty or forty officials who really committed crimes, and the rest are just Zhulian.

What we need to do now is not to start in a hurry, but to wait and see what happens, only when those people are impatient and take the initiative to find, we can change from passive to active.

When the time comes, the boss is still afraid that he will not be able to really dig out these silverfish that corrode the foundation of the Ming Dynasty? ”

After listening to Zhang Ru's explanation, Wang Shu suddenly realized: "You kid has dug a pit and plans to let people jump into it!" ”

Zhang Ru said: "What is the boss talking about, the kid really has no time because he wants to get married." Wang Zhou, later, I will trouble you to drive your grandfather out in a rough way. ”

Wang Zhou was stunned: "Huh? ”

Da Ming, who puts filial piety first, asked his grandson to drive his grandfather out, which is a big rebellion.

Wang Shu disagreed: "Hou Ye can do whatever he says, don't worry too much." ”

Wang Zhou didn't understand, but the old fox already understood. When he walked out of the Hou Mansion, Wang Shu couldn't help but think in his heart: Is this bad Dingbian Marquis a blessing or a curse for the Ming Dynasty?

But he didn't have time to think about it, because he had to go back and prepare, ready to wipe out all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials.