The power of the Yansheng Mansion is huge, but it is only Zhu Youzhen's words to deal with it, this is the power of the imperial power!

Of course, as an emperor, you can't be unscrupulous, and you can't mess around as you like, otherwise you will make the world unhappy.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen made trouble by clearing the matter of Wang Tian, the king of Chade, Zhang Shize took down Kong Yinzhi and a group of stewards of Yansheng Gong by thunderous means, and then drove everyone in Yansheng Mansion to attack each other, and completely opened up the secret and filth of Yansheng Mansion, plus countless people who had been bullied sued Yansheng Mansion, setting off layers of huge waves, Zhu Youzhen did it again against Yansheng Mansion, which can be described as justifiable!

The officials in the court in Beijing, even if they were dissatisfied with the disposal of the Yansheng Mansion, and saw so many dirty things done by the Yansheng Mansion, most of them were speechless. The behavior of Kong Yinzhi and others is tantamount to smearing Kong Sheng's face, how can they speak for Kong Yinzhi?

Besides, most scholars do not respect Kong Yinzhi, but the identity of Confucius Sheng, Zhu Youzhen did not plan to completely eradicate Kong Sheng, but chose the descendants of Confucius with high moral character as sacrificial officials, and there was no disrespect for Kong Sheng, and it was enough to block the mouths of many readers.

The matter of the Yansheng Mansion was so determined, the descendants of Confucius who had been entrenched in the land of Qilu for thousands of years were completely declined, and only an empty Confucian Mansion was left in the future, and the position of the Confucian Temple priest was only, if there was no court call, the Confucian Temple priest would not even be qualified to meet the emperor.

Putting aside the affairs of the Kong family, Zhu Youzhen focused on Jinan Mansion again.

The matter of King De was brewing for a period of time, involving a large number of officials in Jinan City. Chen Yingyuan, the political envoy of the left and Jiao Yuanqing of the right, Xu Rijiu, the procurator of the prison and the procurator, as well as a large number of officials of the political secretary and the judicial department, were all found to have something to do with the affairs of King De.

As for whether it really has something to do with it, the actual evidence of the crime is naturally investigated by Jinyiwei, but for most Ming Dynasty officials, as long as they investigate, they will definitely be able to find out a series of problems such as corruption and bribery, and it doesn't matter if they have an affair with King De at that time, I am afraid there are few really honest officials except for Hai Rui, who has long since died.

Oh, Shandong Governor Shen Xun is still incorruptible, at least Jin Yiwei did not find out that he had corruption during his tenure as Shandong Governor in a short period of time, because this person is from the Wujiang Shen family, is a large family in Jiangdong, Wujiang Shen family operates silk, printing and dyeing workshops, has thousands of looms, employs thousands of workers, and has a family of more than one million, this kind of family does not need corruption and bribery.

Shen Xun's performance in government affairs is average, Ping Suli likes opera, likes to write books and lectures, and when he was in charge of Guizhou Patrol, he once wrote "According to the Guizhou Shu Manuscript", and now he is writing the book "Fu Qi Shu Manuscript", vainly hoping to leave a literary name for future generations.

Since he couldn't find Shen Xun's corruption, Zhu Youzhen gave up, he couldn't arrest all the officials in Jinan City, and he had to keep one or two.

In fact, the three divisions and yamen in Jinan City, as well as the Jinan Mansion and Licheng County Yamen, have all been arrested.

The government prison was full of people, all of whom were prisoners in the city of Jinan. At present, Jinyiwei is continuing to follow the vine and touch the melons, preparing to do it to the officials of the various yamen, the classics, the six-room scribes, and the heads of the three classes, in a sense, these officials really grasp the power of the local government, and many things that collude with the gentry and the common people are done by these officials.

If you change to anyone at other times, it is impossible to take out the entire Jinan officialdom at once, but Zhu Youzhen is different, he is the emperor, the emperor with 6,000 elite troops to escort him, he can do whatever he wants in Jinan Mansion, and he is not afraid of taking too many people and paralyzing the local government.

However, before Zhu Youzhen could make a move, Governor Shen Xun came to ask for a meeting.

"Your Majesty, there are too many officials involved in the case of King De, the three divisions of the Yamen, Jinan Mansion, and Licheng County, the officials are almost empty, and there are still officials in the yamen to support them, I heard that now the officials of the yamen are all investigated by Jinyiwei, if these officials are arrested again, I am afraid that the local government affairs will have to be paralyzed, and please Your Majesty not to be implicated too much." Shen Xun pleaded.

As a high-ranking official of the governor's territory, although Shen Xun is not in the imperial court, he knows a lot about the affairs of the imperial court, he knows that four years ago, when the emperor was in turmoil in northern Shaanxi, he really cleaned up the officialdom in northern Shaanxi, and the county officials and local gentry were almost killed.

As a governor and a member of the gentry class, although Shen Xun is not from Shandong, he also has something to do with the Shandong gentry, and he talks about literature and poetry together on weekdays, and Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, where the Tianwen Sect is located, Shen Xun doesn't want the emperor to kill in Shandong and slaughter the gentry and officials. The emperor is now making a move on the officials in Jinan, and it is difficult to say that the next step will not involve the gentry, once the emperor kills in Shandong, it will inevitably make the gentry officials in the world frightened, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have a big mess. As the seventy-year-old governor of Shandong, he is about to reach the age of Zhishi, and Shen Xun doesn't want such a thing to happen in office.

"What? Does Shen Futai have anything to do with those officials, why do you want to intercede for them? Zhu Youzhen said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is not interceding for them, but he doesn't want to be paralyzed by government affairs." Shen Xun sighed and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, if Your Majesty uses this method of arresting people, the entire Shandong officialdom will be swept away, and then I am afraid that there will be no officials and no officials, who will govern the people for Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Shen Futai is bad, it is difficult to find anything else in this world, but there are many people who want to be officials, and I am not afraid that there will be no officials available." ”

Shen Xun shook his head: "Your Majesty, forgive the old minister's bluntness, when Taizu was embezzled, he would peel the skin of daylilies for embezzling sixty taels of silver, and he was extremely strict with officials, but could he stop corruption?" People have desires, and the same is true for officials, if Your Majesty is demanding, I am afraid that there is really no official available. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked rhetorically: "In that case, why aren't you greedy Shen Futai?" ”

Shen Xun said: "The reason why the old minister is not greedy is because the old minister has money in his family, and he doesn't need to exploit these small people. But other people are different, twenty years of cold windows, countless expenses, and the success of the examination to get an official and a half-job, naturally they have to get back all the money spent in the past, otherwise why become an official?

Your Majesty, since ancient times, the rule of officials is the most difficult to govern, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, you need to take your time, instead of directly overturning the pot and killing all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials!

The old minister knew that His Majesty wanted to make great efforts, to prosper the Ming Dynasty, and to make the people of the world live a good life. However, it is important to know that many things cannot be achieved quickly, and many things need to be done slowly.

The old minister is sick and old, and his time is short, so he dares to speak in vain, and hopes that His Majesty will forgive his sins. ”