"Muddy...... Syllable! ”

"Entering the class—"

On August 17 of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, with the singing of Honglu Temple, the Chang Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, which had been absent for a long time, was held again.

In the Imperial Palace, more than 200 officials above the fifth grade have entered the class, which is too much less than a few years ago.

All of this is naturally because of Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry.

It is undeniable that Zhao Nanxing does know the harm of "redundancy" to Daming, and he has always emphasized the elimination of redundant officials, and has been doing so.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, the number of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty increased to more than 20,000, and the number of military attachés increased to more than 90,000.

In three and a half years, the number of military attachés dropped to more than 43,000 after Zhu Youzhen's removal of the guard center and Jiubian, while the number of civilian officials dropped back to 16,000 in the tenth year of Wanli under the dismissal and examination of merit by Zhao Nanxing.

The number of civil and military officials decreased, but it did not affect the administrative efficiency of the Ming Dynasty at all, but increased a lot, which is why Zhu Youxiao has not moved the Donglin Party.

The reason is very simple, Zhao Nanxing's group of people are indeed very capable.

It's just that at this time, the number of civil officials can no longer be reduced, and the party struggle has begun to break out violently, and the Donglin Party should be cleaned up.

"Upper Dynasty ......"

"Bell—"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray......"

When Honglu Siqing sang again, Zhu Youxiao, who was the emperor, also walked out of the screen and sat on the dragon chair.

Honglu Temple Qing struck the bell, and the hundred officials pushed the kneeling of the golden mountain and the jade pillar to salute, and then got up in Zhu Youxiao's "flat body".

It's just that when the hundred officials got up, the officials of the Donglin family instantly stood up:

"Minister Li Tengfang, impeach the admiral Cao Jiang's right imperial history Liu Zhixuan for embezzling military salaries."

"Chen Yuting, impeached Liang Menghuan, the director of the Taifu Temple, and Ni Wenhuan, the director of the Taifu Temple, for indulging the officials who were greedy for ink and gold, and the price of horses and silver ......"

"Minister Wei Dazhong and impeachment of the deputy imperial envoy Li Kuilong accepted bribes and connived at Jiangnan's private salt."

"Minister Yuan Huazhong, impeachment of Nanjing officials, Shangshu Fan Jishi, selection of materials with pro-......"

"Minister Zheng Sanjun ......"

"The ministers and grandchildren live in the ......"

"Ministers stretch ......"

For a while, more than a dozen Donglin backbones stood up one after another, holding a wat board, and told the person they needed to impeach and the other party's crimes.

"Ridiculous!"

"The world's ridiculous!"

"Isn't it demented when you hear about it?"

When the backbone of Donglin said bluntly, the eunuchs who were very calm in the past made a fuss, and the palace of the emperor was also noisy, like a vegetable market.

"Bell—"

"Silent ......"

Honglu Temple Qing struck the bell and sang, and the hundred officials who heard the bell also closed their mouths, but their afterglow was still looking left and right, and their ears were waiting for the emperor's opening.

"Present ......"

Zhu Youxiao spoke, he asked Wei Zhongxian to ask someone to present all the music and wat boards, and at this moment Wei Zhongxian was worried and his steps were weak, but he still signaled the eunuchs to collect them.

After a cup of tea, all the music and wat boards were collected in front of Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao slowly read them.

After a long time, in the uneasy mood of the ministers, Zhu Youxiao put down the last note, and then said:

"Zhao Nanxing, in the opinion of the ministry, are these things true?"

"Long live it, it's true...... Not only is it true, but it is also missing. Zhao Nanxing took a step forward and said in a loud voice:

"The DPRK and China such as Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji, Yan Mingtai, Liu Zhao, Xue Zhen, Wu Chunfu, Cao Qincheng, Li Chengzuo, Tian Ergeng, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe, and even cabinet ministers Wei Guangwei, Feng Quan and others have committed unscrupulous acts!"

After Zhao Nanxing's words were finished, even the sound of dripping water could be heard clearly in the silence of the Imperial Palace, and Ye Xianggao, as the first assistant of the cabinet, was working quickly in his mind, wanting to resolve this situation.

Because in Zhao Nanxing's mouth, not only the current eunuch party and the former five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun are involved, but also a large number of Qi Wang parties.

"This matter should be investigated by the Criminal Department......

Zhu Youxiao said lightly, and wanted to expose the matter, and Zhao Nanxing also knew that the emperor would do this, so he did not hesitate to stand up and say:

"Long live, the minister has been diligent in his official duties since he became an official in the second year of Wanli, cultivating talents for the imperial court, and governing the peace."

Seeing this, Emperor Shenzong promoted his ministers to be the head of the household department and participated in the administration of the "One Whip Law". ”

"In the twelfth year of Wanli, the imperial court hired ministers as literary anthoralists and foreign langs, and at that time, the ministers once expounded the "four major evils" in the world

"That is, in order to seek official positions, the officials of our DPRK slander each other, and they are not pragmatic and retreat, which is the harm of "doing progress."

"The treacherous villain slanders the loyal ministers, so that the ministers resign, and the traitors gain their will, which is the "harm of danger"

"When selecting and appointing state and county officials according to the procurators, they are too casual, they rise and fall too quickly, and they do not examine the ability and conduct of the officials, but select them according to the self-interests of the officials who choose them, so that local officials are greedy and the people's livelihood is withered, which is the "harm of the state and county"

"Retired officials have even greater power than the prefect and county orders, and they allow their families to run rampant in the township without any scruples, while officials who dare to sanction their families are difficult to get promoted, which is the "harm of township officials"

The seventy-three-year-old gray-haired Zhao Nanxing talked about his past, and there was a trace of memory in his eyes, but soon the memories turned into resolute words:

"At that time, the minister advised Emperor Shenzong that if these four evils were not eliminated, it would be impossible for the court to be governed, and after the song came out, the ministers of the court and the central government all thought that what the minister said was right."

"But all the officials criticized by Shuzhong were sheltered by the high-ranking officials of the court, so the ministers were almost demoted, and finally went home due to illness."

Later, due to the serious "redundancy" in the court, the minister was re-employed by Emperor Shenzong as the test merit Langzhong, and in the twenty-first year of Wanli, he organized the Guisi Jingcha to eliminate a group of officials who only knew corruption and bribery for the imperial court, and the minister was also impeached as a high-ranking official and was cut to the people. ”

"When the first emperor succeeded to the throne, the old ministers were already nine out of sixty, and they did not resign from the conscription."

"It wasn't until you urged again and again that the minister came out again at the age of seventy, wanting to get rid of the world's ills for Banzai."

Zhao Nanxing's actions made everyone hold their breath, they all knew that Zhao Nanxing was forcing Zhu Youxiao to make a decision, but they also knew that what Zhao Nanxing said was the truth.

There are capable ministers in Donglin, but there are more mediocre ministers than capable ministers.

For example, if a person like Zhao Nanxing can live to the Chongzhen period, with the group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp in the court during the Chongzhen period, it will not be enough for him to clean up.

It's a pity that most of these people have been cleaned up by the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and Wei Zhongxian with the help of Wei Zhongxian, leaving only a group of Donglin mediocre people who can only fight against the same party and dozens of rising people who are not in power.

Zhao Nanxing understood Donglin's current predicament, and he did not resent the emperor and King Qi for using such means to clean up some mediocre people who were attached to Donglin.

What he said was not to force the palace as the hundred officials thought, but to say to Zhu Youxiao that if he continued like this, then he, an old minister, would really not be able to withstand such a toss anymore.

"Long live...... Zhao Nanxing looked directly into Zhu Youxiao's eyes, and took another step forward and said:

"The people on your table are all traitors who are harming the people and the country, if such people are not removed, how can the Ming Dynasty prosper?"

"......" Zhao Nanxing's words came out, and only the sound of breathing was left in the quiet of the Imperial Palace, and Zhu Youxiao's brows became tighter and tighter as Zhao Nanxing's words grew.

From the perspective of future generations, the eunuchs took advantage of Zhu Youxiao's protection to do evil, and the so-called Cui Chengxiu and others levied a salt tax twice as much as the previous salt class, which was actually looting the people's fat and ointment.

The eunuch party looted 10 million taels, handed over 1 million taels to the emperor, and swallowed 9 million taels for himself, and Donglin was only the dozens of people who were determined to be incorruptible, and the remaining hundreds of officials were no different from the eunuchs.

Which is better, Eunuch or Donglin? If you really want to find gold in the pit, you can only choose a not very smelly Donglin, which Zhu Youxiao understands.

But now that he understands, why did he still attack Donglin?

This is not only explained by listening to Zhu Youzhen's point of view, the actual reason is that although Donglin can use it, he can't stand his disgusting.

A "party with the same and different forces" is doomed to Zhu Youxiao's impossibility of using them.

Above the court, there has never been a time when one is dominant, and in the Ming Dynasty, the situation of one dominance is only Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde and Jiajing.

This dominance spanning half a century led to the Ming Dynasty becoming more and more introverted, and it was not until Jiajing destroyed the unity of the Pan-Jiangnan Wenchen that it came to an end.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to kill Donglin, what he wanted was for Donglin to check and balance each other with the Qi Wang Party and the Eunuch Party.

But right now, the names of the people in these lists sent by Zhao Nanxing are almost all the backbones of the eunuch party.

If he approves them all, then the eunuch party will fall to the bottom from then on, and the situation in the court will become a situation of "Donglin Party-Qi Wang Party-Eunuch Party".

Once Donglin is strong again, it will be difficult for the Qi Wang Party and the Eunuch Party to support it.

Zhao Nanxing thought very simply, he wanted to eliminate all the mediocre and corrupt people, but he didn't think that after eliminating this group of people, the emperor would have nothing to check and balance the Donglin Party in the court.

Can't, really let Zhu Youxiao interfere with the court by force, right?

Once this head is opened, then the situation in the middle and late Tang Dynasty is the future of the Ming Dynasty.

The generals in charge of the military will gradually lose their attention to the center, because in their opinion, as long as they have military power, they can kill Wenchen at will.

This reason cannot be opened, which is why Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen held the army, but did not use the simplest and most violent means to destroy the civilian system.

Even if the two of them can suppress the generals and military leaders below, what about them?

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian can only use the students of Yanshan Academy to boil frogs in warm water, and now there is only one year left before the first batch of Yanshan students graduate.

A year, in this time, the present is a very critical juncture.

If he belittles the backbone of the eunuch party, Donglin will instantly become powerful, and then pull up a force against the imperial power within a year.

If he belittles the backbone of Donglin, the eunuch party will also be powerful, and then change from an obedient domestic dog to a vicious dog that protects food.

Wei Zhongxian would not betray him, Zhu Youxiao knew, but he also knew that Wei Zhongxian actually had no ability to control the eunuchs.

Don't look at the eunuch party who listens to Wei Zhongxian's words very much at the moment, but once interests are involved, Wei Zhongxian may also be abandoned by them at any time.

Zhu Youxiao understood that this was also why he said to Chongzhen in history, "Loyalty and virtue are available".

It's a pity that Chongzhen didn't understand, thinking that killing Wei Zhongxian and the backbone of the eunuch party would disintegrate the eunuch party, but he didn't know that this gave the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun a chance to change their faces.

"Hooray......

Suddenly, the silent court was broken by the appearance of a person, and everyone heard the sound and saw that Wang Chengen, who was not much in the outer court.

Wang Chengen walked up to the high platform, presented a note with both hands, and whispered: "Your Highness sent a fast horse to send ......"

"Well......" Hearing that it was sent by his younger brother, Zhu Youxiao took the recital, and then opened it in front of the ministers.

He finished reading the recital with the same face, and then closed it.

The ministers were all curious about the content of the song, as for who sent it? Although they didn't hear it, everyone knew who Wang Chengen was.

Facing the gaze of the ministers, Zhu Youxiao's brain was also running rapidly.

The content of the note sent by Zhu Youzhen is very simple, that is, to take this opportunity to solve the Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun officials in the eunuch party, and the officials who are closely attached to Wei Zhongxian can stay.

As for Donglin's side, all the Donglin Yanguan who were arrested and imprisoned were also resolved, but Zhu Youzhen hoped that Zhu Youxiao could save Yang Lian's life......

"......" recalled his younger brother's plea in the song, and Zhu Youxiao thought for a few seconds.

To be honest, Yang Lian is a person like him, he doesn't want to stay, what he needs is that others don't dare to disobey him anymore, and Yang Lian, who always likes to give direct advice, is contrary to his ideas.

But after all, it was his own brother who spoke......

"The three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will try the officials who have been impeached, and the officials in the edict and prison, regardless of their official positions, will all be exiled to Yunnan!"

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he stood up, didn't give Zhao Nanxing a chance to refute, turned around and left.

Zhao Nanxing, who heard this, saw Zhu Youxiao's actions and knew that the emperor was suppressing the three parties, so he shouted angrily:

"Where is the Great Han General? Escort the offending officer to the prison of the Criminal Department! ”

Zhao Nanxing spoke, but the Han general did not move, until Wang Chengen opened his mouth to let them do it, they walked into the hall in a uniform manner, and the officials who were impeached were "invited" to the prison of the Criminal Department.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also stepped forward, and rushed towards the Qianqing Palace with a gloomy face.

Along the way, Wei Zhongxian looked at his nose and nose, and did not dare to speak.

Although his means are not good, but his ability to observe words and emotions is first-class, and his face is not good-looking after seeing the emperor seeing King Qi's recital, he did not pretend to be clever to sow discord, but waited for a person's mouth.

Bu Yuan came to the gate of the Qianqing Palace in such a wait, the Jingjun opened the palace gate, and the Bu Yuan was carried into the Qianqing Palace, crossed the long palace road, and finally put down in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao also got up and stepped over the chariot and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace, but when he entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, the Hakka clan happened to walk out of it.

At this time, in the back that Zhu Youxiao couldn't see, Wei Zhongxian said two words vaguely with his lips: "King Qi"

"......Long live the slave maid," the Hakka family saw Wei Zhongxian's actions, and then immediately saluted with a smile, and then said:

"The crown prince and the eldest princess have already fallen asleep, long live or deal with it in the side hall."

"Well......" Hearing the news of his children, Zhu Youxiao's face improved a lot, and he turned around and walked into the side hall next to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Wei Zhongxian also ordered someone to put the master of ceremonies and supervisors on the dragon case in the side hall.

Just looking at this piece of music, Zhu Youxiao didn't mean to deal with it, just looked at them, frowning slightly in a daze.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian also vaguely signaled the Hakka family to come out, and the Hakka family also walked out when he saw this.

When they walked out of the Qianqing Palace and walked more than a dozen steps away from the other slaves and maids, Wei Zhongxian spoke:

"Long live seems to have seen King Qi's recital, and his face is a little unsightly, you can go and ask what happened......

"I asked?" The Hakka gave Wei Zhongxian a blank look, and then said:

"You old eunuch, don't you let me ask about Banzai and King Qi?"

"Let me tell you, no one should get involved in the affairs of Your Majesty and King Qi, and whoever gets involved will be unlucky."

After saying that, the Ke clan shook his willow waist and turned to leave, and when Wei Zhongxian saw this, he followed after a few sighs.

By the time they returned to the side hall, Zhu Youxiao was already dealing with the recitals, and it seemed that he had relieved himself of the uncomfortable emotions in his heart.

However, when the music was only processed for three or four copies, Zhu Youxiao impatiently put the music down, and then said to Wei Zhongxian and Hakka:

"Zhongxian will deal with it, and Kebaba will let the internal officials supervise the shipyard to prepare wood."

"Yes......" Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family responded separately, and Zhu Youxiao also got up and walked out of the side hall.

After he said "go to the shipyard of the inner official supervisor", the eunuchs waited for him to go to the shipyard, and then Zhu Youxiao went to the shipyard that could calm his mind.

He was not angry with his younger brother, he was angry that the Donglin Party obviously had a lot of powerful and capable civil officials, but they wanted to muddy the waters for that group of incapable officials.

Yanguan should have been reformed a long time ago, and Zhu Youxiao has wanted to do this for a long time.

But right now, except for his younger brother, everyone is preventing him from reforming the civil service.

In this regard, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the chariot, could only take a few deep breaths, and then sighed secretly in his heart: "One year, wait another year......

As for him sighing secretly, he also recalled the evidence held by the Donglin Party today and the time sent by his younger brother Songshu.

Thinking about it together, he quickly made a decision and a conjecture.

"It is rumored that Cui Yingyuan and Li Ruolian went to the shipyard of the internal official supervision ......"

"Yes......"

Zhu You proofread the eunuch next to him and spoke, and the other party also responded honestly, and sent someone to summon Cui Yingyuan and Li Ruolian.

When Bu Yuan arrived at the shipyard, the once prosperous shipyard became empty after Zhu Youxiao lost interest for a while, and only more than 100 craftsmen were left to make furniture here.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at it and led people up to the second floor, and at the same time, Cui Yingyuan also received a summons from Zhu Youxiao.

When he received the summons, his first reaction was that he was weak, and then he took the command and was ordered to go to the shipyard.

Just on foot, his mind was racing, constantly wondering why the emperor had summoned him.

No matter what the question might be, he prepared and answered it in his mind, and when he arrived at the shipyard, he filled in the answer to the last possible question.

So, when he walked up to the second floor and saw Zhu Youxiao, he was already very calm, and said honestly: "See long live......

"Let's say, Donglin is holding a lot of ministers' handles, is my brother asking you to do it......" Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes and looked down at Cui Yingyuan, who was half-kneeling on the ground.

"Yes......" Cui Yingyuan chose to answer without hesitation, and after Zhu Youxiao heard it, his face also showed an expression of "sure enough".

However, after revealing his expression, he leaned forward a little and asked:

"Did my brother say why he did this?"

Zhu Youxiao had already seen Zhu Youzhen's recital, and naturally knew that Zhu Youzhen wanted to do this to clean up the real power faction of the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kun, but he still asked Cui Yingyuan.

He is confirming, confirming that Choi Yingyuan was not rebelled by Donglin.

"His Royal Highness didn't say it, the minister's actions were all carried out under the instructions of Cao Bingbi and Wang Bingbi, and the previous actions were also instructed by His Royal Highness to the two, and they were conveyed by the two or Lu Commanders."

Cui Yingyuan was very smart and did not choose to deceive Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes when he saw this, judging Cui Yingyuan's words, and then said:

"Donglin's side, if you have a handle, it's best to give it to Cui Chengxiu."

"The minister commands ......" Hearing the emperor's words, Cui Yingyuan knew that the emperor wanted Donglin to suffer a heavy blow.

The arrest and exile of only a dozen officials could not deal a blow to Donglin at all, and Donglin had to disappear some of the real power factions in order to control their forces and restore the tripartite balance.

Although most of the Donglin officials in Beijing are capable, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care about the ability of the Donglin officials at all.

He was heartbroken, Donglin's capable officials always love the party and fight, but this does not mean that he has no way to leave this group of people.

There are millions of scholars in the world, nearly 10 million literate people, one group of officials has fallen, and another group will take the stage, and he has never worried that there will be no one to use.

"What happened to the Nanyang affair and the complex matter......

After the affairs of the court and the central court were finished, Zhu Youxiao also began to care about the affairs of the foreign court.

In this regard, Cui Yingyuan paused, and then spoke: "Long live, these things are only known to Beizhen Fusi......"

"Hmm......" Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, just answered, waiting for Li Ruolian's arrival.

After a tea time, footsteps appeared, and Li Ruolian also went up to the second floor, and saluted in parallel: "Long live......"

"Let's talk about Nanyang and the complex set...... Zhu Youxiao held a piece of wood suitable for carving in his hand, and kept carving wood in his hand, and in the face of his inquiry, Li Ruolian subconsciously replied:

"The matter of Nanyang is already being prepared, and His Royal Highness has ordered all the grain and silver coins harvested in the autumn harvest of the military tuntian in Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang to be transported to the Ryukyu Prefecture."

"If nothing else, the army should set off in early October to regain the South Seas."

"As for the Loop...... The 116,000-strong army in Shaanxi and Shanxi has already begun to recruit people, and according to the current progress, a large number of people should join the army after the autumn harvest is over. ”

"The war should start in the lunar month or the first month......

"Hmm...... Got it. After listening to Li Ruolian's words, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and motioned for them to retreat.

However, when Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan got up and prepared to leave, Zhu Youxiao added:

"Tell my brother that if you don't have enough money, you will come and ask me for ......."

When the words were spoken, Zhu Youxiao smiled a little, and Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it, and turned around and left after answering......

There is a change at four o'clock

(End of chapter)