Under the threat of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, the on-site arresters all retreated. None of them wanted to stay on the scene, and they vaguely felt that this incident was not so simple.

"Damn, this is a fairy fight, let's go farther, don't be implicated." One of the catchers muttered and quickly left the scene with the people.

A little brainy, a little insightful, it is natural to be able to feel something unusual from the atmosphere of the scene. And those ordinary people who don't know much about the political pattern obviously don't know that they are being used as guns.

Historically, all kinds of mass revolutions have been mostly controlled by careerists. Use the people to kill the enemy, and then reap the fruits of victory.

But why can't the emperor harness the power of the masses?

Obviously, yes, too.

It is still a good decision to let the people criticize the bureaucracy. In advance, it is necessary to have enough prestige in order to mobilize the people. Moreover, in the process of mobilization, it is necessary to strictly prevent the bureaucracy from fooling the people and fooling the people into criticizing the people. Once the people start killing each other, the consequences are very severe. The initiators will inevitably be infamous in the end, and the bureaucrats will be the victors.

As a traverser, this is all a lesson in history. Zhu Youxiao, who learned this lesson, only controlled the scope of the people's campaign to criticize and fight the bureaucracy in the capital, so that he would not be dragged to the end because of his sudden big step. After all, the scope is small, and it can be controlled.

If it's a nationwide criticism, then it can't be controlled.

However, Zhu Youxiao's current prestige is limited to mobilizing the people in Beizhili. Moreover, this time he did not shout the slogan of criticizing the bureaucracy, but only criticized the Donglin Party, and it will not continue to spread afterwards.

Jingying rushed to the scene to maintain order and avoid violent clashes among the people during the protests. At the same time, it is also to control the situation and prevent further development of the situation.

After all, as long as Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the situation this time, he didn't need these ordinary people to fight and kill. Just pull up some banners, shout some slogans, wave flags, and you're good to go. In fact, it is not a criticism, but a protest.

To do a full set of plays, Jingying arrived at the scene, and after expelling the catcher, he immediately began to maintain order on the scene.

Poles and spears were placed in front of the soldiers, forming a fence and forming a cordon to prevent the scene from getting out of control.

At first the workers were a little scared, there was some commotion, and some of the workers were scared away. However, the factory guards who incited the workers to protest encouraged the workers at the scene, and the soldiers in Beijing did not shout and shout to kill, but only gently formed a cordon, which reassured the workers and began to carry out continuous protests under the leadership of these factory guards.

Then the two sides began to shout and began to do a full set of dramas.

"Fellow workers, we will truthfully inform the emperor of your requests, and please disperse first, and the emperor will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation." A Beijing battalion officer shouted.

"Donglin traitors mislead the country and harm the people, Ye Xianggao is a tiger, and if he doesn't give our people a way to live, all of them must be severely punished."

"If we don't defeat the Donglin Party, we won't leave."

"Yes, we're not leaving. Defeat the Donglin Party and severely punish Ye Xianggao. ”

The scene soon turned into a denunciation rally, and a group of workers, instigated by the factory security intelligence officers, still gathered at the scene and did not leave.

Snowflakes began to fall in the sky again, and the people continued to protest in the bitter cold.

By noon, many people were hungry. At this time, a group of enthusiastic businessmen suddenly came, shouting the slogan of defeating the Donglin Party, and sent a large number of steamed buns and pastries.

These are all royal businessmen, and they are all operated in joint ventures with royal capital. There are almost all walks of life, and Daming Bank has developed a lot of joint ventures this year. In those very ordinary industries, there are several joint ventures. The joint venture method is also relatively simple, that is, the royal capital injects capital into these royal businessmen, and then conducts commercial operations. Usually, several businessmen in an industry will be selected to make joint ventures, and then let them compete in a healthy manner.

The protest morale of the people at the scene suddenly soared, eating the food and water sent by these merchants, and continued to block Ye Xianggao in the mansion.

So much so that Ye Xianggao couldn't go out at all, and he couldn't even send out his resignation. At first, when Jingying arrived at the scene, Ye Xianggao breathed a sigh of relief, but Jingying was simply here to make soy sauce, and was only responsible for maintaining order at the scene, and did not drive these protesting workers away at all.

As time passed, an ominous premonition began to grow stronger and stronger in Ye Xianggao's heart.

It's time to come after all.

When the workers gathered until evening, a decree finally came.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the system said: Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet, behaved badly, causing the people to protest with public indignation. and embezzlement and bribery, the evidence is conclusive. Therefore, he was dismissed from the post of first assistant, confiscated his family property, and sent to prison for questioning. In addition, the imperial court will severely punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and will not tolerate a single person, and all the gathered people will disperse immediately, waiting for the result of punishment. ”

"Your Majesty."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The factory security agent who was kneeling on the ground immediately shouted loudly at the top of his voice, and the other workers who participated in the protest reacted and hurriedly sang loudly. However, it is not as neat as when the hundred officials went to court, and it seems a little noisy. Ordinary people who have not participated in such activities are a rabble, and it is impossible for them to come to protest spontaneously. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that someone has organized and planned in it.

"Scattered, scattered. Let's all go back! ”

"All back, back. The emperor will definitely give everyone a satisfactory explanation. ”

"What a saint! I knew that the emperor would definitely not sit idly by. ”

A group of workers stood up, and immediately they were all elated and excited to talk. In the cheerful atmosphere of the workers, the protest finally came to an end.

However, the people did not disperse immediately, and many people still gathered in front of Ye Xianggao's mansion to watch the excitement. Because a group of brocade guards had already arrived at the scene and were breaking in.

On the same day, Ye Xianggao was taken away by Jinyiwei for review.

At the same time, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were still making a big move, arresting more than 30 people in one night, but they were all important players in the Donglin Party.

The first assistant Ye Xianggao, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion Liu Yixi, the second assistant Han Yi, and Qian Qianyi, who had just made a comeback and served as the chief examiner in Zhejiang, Qian Qianyi presided over the Zhejiang examination room, and there was a fraud case this year, but before Zhu Youxiao mainly dealt with the Donglin Party in the capital, so he didn't pay attention to it, and the cabinet gave a fine.

This time, Zhu Youxiao attacked the Donglin Party, mainly to get some money by raiding his house, and naturally he couldn't let go of Qian Qianyi's grandson. This guy can afford to play ** and build a mansion, so naturally he has a lot of money.

Basically, from the cabinet to the six ministries, all the Donglin parties in important positions were killed.

Most of them have already been incriminating evidence, and the materials of Li Sancai's confession are too powerful. So that most of them can be convicted directly, and the remaining part has not yet grasped the evidence of the crime, so they will be arrested and tried first, and it will not be too late to release if they can't find the evidence of the crime, but the official position is not to be restored to the original state.

Those who have already been convicted will all have their homes raided and implicated in the three tribes.

This kind of punishment is really a bit high. In order to calm the mentality of the ministers, Zhu Youxiao immediately issued an order to investigate the implicated personnel of the three ethnic groups, and those poor relatives who did not participate in the transfer of benefits were all acquitted.

At the same time, it also allowed Wei Zhongxian to stabilize the morale of the army, and ventilated with the organized Ma Zai, implicated the three clans only against the Donglin Party officials who were caught with criminal evidence, and at the same time required these Ma Zai to declare their assets, and those who embezzled in the past will not be blamed in the past, and those who dare to be corrupt in the future will be severely punished.

After all, at this time, Zhu Youxiao had not completely tied these horses to the chariot to share the benefits, and it was still a bit difficult to put an end to the corruption of these officials. Therefore, it is still necessary to catch corruption, but it is good to follow the normal mode, so as not to implicate the three ethnic groups.

Zhu Youxiao's will did not take any written form, after all, this kind of thing can only be said orally, and cannot be said on the surface.

But the effect was very good, and the gathered group of horses were immediately relieved. hurriedly reported the property, but after all, these horses did not have a high status before, and there were some family properties, but they were not particularly fat.

The emperor acquiesced in their previous embezzlement, which can be regarded as a small envelopment of this group of horses. At the same time, under the condition that the emperor strictly grasped corruption, he did not dare to be too blatantly greedy for the time being.

Corruption is such a thing, these officials can get money under strict investigation, and they can also get money unconsciously, which is also their ability. After all, corruption that is unaware of the devil is only a minority, and it cannot lead to qualitative changes in quantitative changes, and the danger to the country is not very great, as long as the procedures of strict investigation are followed, some fish that slip through the net do not need to be too concerned.

The bigwigs of the Donglin Party were wiped out this time, which is equivalent to saying that the big fat pig has been slaughtered, and the remaining Donglin Party does not need to be wiped out.

The Donglin Party still has talents, and Zhu Youxiao is only fighting corruption this time, not killing all the Donglin Party with a rod. And since the Donglin Party has been removed from the important positions in the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry, and the Ma Zai who has gathered is then inserted, there is no need to engage in any party disputes, and one will follow the procedure.

The next person who was found to be corrupt was still guilty of robbing the house. And the same is true of the group of horses that gathered, because all their previous embezzlements have been written off. If you dare to embezzle, you will also be punished.

However, in order to prevent corruption, the most important thing is the distribution of profits.

After all, the Ming Dynasty at this time was not in the early period of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at that time, people lived a simple life, officials were not corrupt, and a simple life also had a high social status. Now that the businessmen are so pompous, it is inevitable that there will be comparisons.

Obviously, it is time to increase the number of officials and further improve the relationship between the monarch and the minister. (To be continued.) )