Although the appointment of a woman as the leading official of a new important yamen made the officials above the court very unhappy, since the emperor issued the decree, the two cabinet elders did not continue to object, and the other officials were reluctant to come forward to oppose it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Taizu expelled the Tartars and restored China, the income of my Ming officials has always been low, so that the Ming officials have been consumed by fire from top to bottom, drenched in spikes, drifted, summer and winter, and even resold military funds, sold warehouse grain to make money---"

"The ministers are guilty, and my emperor is angry!"

Hearing Zhu Youzhu point out the corrupt methods one by one, all the ministers below broke down in a cold sweat, and they all knelt down and kowtowed in horror. For a time, only Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated stood above the court like a flock.

Looking at the ministers kneeling in front of him, Zhu Youjiao's face was extremely indifferent, and he continued without stopping:

"Today, corruption is rampant all over the world, and there are almost no corrupt officials, and the poor people in the world have been greedy for a long time! This is my sin, the fault of all the Ming officials. However, if they are not greedy, the life of the low-level officials will be as miserable as the poor people, how can they expect it to benefit the people. Therefore, from this month onwards, the Ming officials' salaries will be increased to three times as much as they are now, and in the future, they will be appropriately adjusted according to the amount of income of the imperial court.

Ladies and gentlemen, before today, I am not to blame for how much corruption there was. But from today on, I will give you a good life, and I hope that you can spare the people of the world and stop taking food from the bowl of the small people who are already eating chaff! The people of the Ming Dynasty have thanked all Aiqing! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhu stood up, took two steps forward, and bowed respectfully to the hundred officials kneeling below.

Baiguan looked at Zhu Youjiao, who was bending down to salute, and a chill broke in his heart. They know how sincere the emperor's attitude is today, how ruthless the knife against corruption will be in the future!

"The ministers will live up to the expectations of the emperor and the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

Pavilion elder Xu Pu stood up first, and in the same posture as Zhu Youjiao, he bent down and saluted. Other officials, whether they were sincere or not, also followed Xu Pu's example and saluted and promised.

This extremely special grand meeting of the Hongzhi Dynasty ended in an extremely strange atmosphere, and all the officials returned to their posts with endless horror, and at the same time spread the news of what happened at the court. For a time, it swept through the entire city of Beijing like a stormy wave, and as time went by, it swept the entire Ming Dynasty.

There are some Ming officials who are jubilant, and some who don't take it seriously, what is the original situation, and what do they want to continue. But the expectations of the hundred officials above the court were right, at the same time as the moon was sent down, Zhu Youzhu ordered the rebuilding of the West Factory, but the newly built West Factory was different from the previous West Factory, its functions were limited to the supervision of corruption of detective officials, and the members were no longer limited to the eunuchs of the inner court, but were mixed by Jinyiwei, the eunuchs of the inner court and the Beijing camp.

The West Factory was re-established, and immediately reconnoitred and rode out, scattering all over the Ming Dynasty, investigating the corruption of Ming officials on both sides. In just five months, more than 100 taels of corrupt officials and more than 5,000 officials were found guilty of corruption during the five-month period, all the proceeds of corruption were confiscated, officials were dismissed, and they were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from three to 20 years. More than 1,000 taels of officials and 27 officials were corrupted, and all of them were beheaded and the proceeds of corruption confiscated.

For a time, the Ming officialdom was in turmoil, and the officials were all trembling. Combined with the fact that it is three times the size of the previous one, such a severe and ubiquitous anti-corruption action has greatly curbed the trend of corruption.

Of course, corruption is rooted, and many people still can't control their inner greed. Even because Zhu Youzhang's actions were too intense, some people took risks and gave birth to thoughts that they shouldn't have.

Chen Quan didn't pay much attention to these things. In the past five months, he and Dongfang Undefeated were busy with the initial work of the northern construction and the preparatory work of the construction management department. Finally, after five months of busyness, the functions of all parties were sorted out, and the corresponding full strength was delegated to the hands of the subordinates, and it ran smoothly.

After the material allocation was basically in place, the initial project started smoothly, and the personnel of the Construction Management Department also arrived in various places and began to work, Chen Quan set his sights on the rivers and lakes.

At the same time as the Ming court set off a huge storm, a huge storm was also set off on the rivers and lakes.

What kind of rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes of the smiling and proud rivers and lakes?

Maybe everyone will say that this Jianghu is a group of people who have learned the way of politicians with knives, calculating this and calculating that all day long.

There is no arrogance, no righteousness, no feelings for the family and country, and even the battle between good and evil is so impure.

No, such a group of heroes made a big show.

It was only a month after Huashan officially announced that Linghu Chong, who colluded with the Demon Sect, would be expelled from Huashan, and there were as many as 1,000 gangsters around Linghu Chong, and these gangsters were not those former Sun and Moon God Cultists who were cleared out by Dongfang Undefeated, but all kinds of big hooligans, small scoundrels, mountain bandits, bandits, water bandits, and even horse bandits scattered in all corners of the rivers and lakes.

Under the leadership of Ling Hu Chong, these people called friends and friends, and did their best to be arrogant, and gathered towards Songshan in the name of asking Shaolin to release Miss Ren.

At the same time, after collecting the scum that had been abandoned by the undefeated East and uniting several forces, Ren Wuxing also found some of the old feelings, and came to Songshan with great momentum.

In the face of such a situation, Shaolin once again showed the momentum of Taishan Beidou in the rivers and lakes, and widely issued heroic posts, inviting all major factions in the rivers and lakes to gather in Shaolin to jointly deal with Ren Xing and Ling Hu Chong. As a proud disciple of the head of Wudang and a top master in the rivers and lakes, Chen Quan was naturally invited.

Originally, Chen Quan just wanted to watch the play, but after he learned that the two allies who let me go, one was a Japanese warrior and the other was a Tibetan lama, he immediately became interested.

In all versions of the Xiaoao Jianghu, the Japanese warriors have appeared, but the Tibetan lamas, who seem to have never seen them, did not expect to be pulled onto the thief ship by any of them. This made Chen Quan interested, and I don't know if this group of lamas still has the strength of the Song Dynasty.

Bidding farewell to the undefeated East, she took Heimu Cliff as the headquarters of the Construction Management Division, and regarded the remaining disciples of the Sun Moon God Sect as supernumerary employees of the Construction Management Division, and devoted herself to the supervision of projects in various parts of the north.

"Chen Daxia, please stay!"

Before Chen Quan arrived at Songshan, a group of strange-shaped guys stood in front of Chen Quan, and the person at the head was Ping Yizhi.

"Ping Yi finger, the six immortals of Peach Valley, the old man, and the black and white bears, you two beasts who want to hide from me for eight hundred miles on weekdays, what makes you have the courage to stand in front of me?!"

Looking at the ten people in front of him, Chen Quan's eyes were full of murderous intent. In addition to Ping Yizhi, which is still a little valuable, the others, in Chen Quan's eyes, are all garbage that should be cleaned up.