There is still some chill in Beizhili in March, but this so-called chill is insignificant compared to the atmosphere of the capital.

The study room of the Qi Palace, which is not wide, is crowded with officials at this moment, and at any glance, they are all members of the fourth rank.

It's just that these big people who can move the wind and clouds at will are silent at the moment with their heads down, looking at their noses and noses......

"Whew...... For...... Wow......"

In the position, Zhu Youzhen's hand beat rhythmically on the table, and every blow seemed to hit everyone's hearts.

In such a dead and silent environment, Zhu Youzhen suddenly said: "Cui Yingyuan......"

"Humble duty!"

Cui Yingyuan walked out in a cold sweat, his feet were weak, and he knelt directly on the road left between the two rows of officials on the left and right.

"The drought in the eight provinces, how many gentry and strong people have been fattened, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, are you blind in the eyes of Fusi in Nanzhen?!"

"Humble duty is guilty, but humble duty really doesn't know about Weibei, humble duty according to your Royal Highness's meaning, since the five years of the Apocalypse, since the white disaster in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, every quarter to send out patrols, but the people who come back have reported the health of the people in Shaanxi, humble duty...... Humble ...... This one...... That ......"

"What's this, that!"

Zhu Youzhen grabbed the music and slapped it on Cui Yingyuan's face, and the thick stack of music was evacuated to the place, all of which were Sun Chuanting's music that was constantly sent to the capital in three days.

"Despicable capital offense!" Cui Yingyuan threw himself into the ground, while Gu Bingqian, Lu Wenzhao, Wang Chengen and others were nervous.

"Soldiers and Horses, Criminal Department Officials, County Yadali Temple, Huangdian, Huangzhuang ......"

Zhu Youzhen read out the departments he had arranged in the local area one by one, and his eyes scanned everyone sharply:

"With so many pairs of eyes, except for the six Yanshan officials in Luochuan County, are the rest of the people blind?!"

"We are ...... capital offense"

Gu Bingqian and others took the lead in kneeling, and this kneeling was followed by more than 30 fourth-grade adults.

"Capital crime, capital crime! I only know that I talk about life and death, but I don't talk about the solution, is it possible that you and others have also received the following silver? ! ”

Zhu Youzhen has always maintained a questioning tone, invisibly putting pressure on everyone, Gu Bingqian immediately took the lead and said: "I don't dare to ...... it"

"We don't know about this Weibei incident, Your Highness, you should all know, we mainly live between the household department and the Ministry of Rites, the Soldiers and Horses Division and the government are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple is independent and autonomous, and the cabinet can only deal with it, we really don't know about this matter......"

Gu Bingqian's words were sincere, although their group of people were also greedy for money, they also knew what they could and couldn't be greedy for.

The matter of the great hunger in the eight provinces, they are all actively handling, if they really want to say that they are greedy for money, that is, they will eat some kickbacks from it, how can they do something like Weibei.

Those who can become more than four grades are all human spirits, they may not be able to lead troops to fight, and they may not be able to govern their families and countries, but they are definitely good at playing with people's hearts.

The appearance of the Weibei officials is too ugly, and they are completely forcing the people to do with them.

If Gu Bingqian and them go, it is impossible to do this, but they will select some people from the disaster victims as representatives to tell the difficulties of the imperial court, and then control the food to the point where no one will starve to death.

A person is elected from among the disaster victims to be empowered, and the person elected is not a person who has a head and a face among the disaster victims and can gather people's hearts, but the kind of person who will be despised, gossiped, and looked down upon all year round.

Once this kind of person takes power, he will rectify all the people he once looked down on, and wantonly use the power in his hands to oppress the victims.

When the person's grievances reach a certain point, the officials can stand up, blame the matter on the person's head, and use his life to appease the people's grievances.

In the end, the problem of official corruption was resolved, and the breath of relief in the hearts of the people was relieved.

As long as it doesn't make a big fuss and doesn't attract the attention of the people above, the officials can simply be greedy for rice and wheat, because after the people are angry, they won't think about where the rice and wheat will go if they are embezzled.

Or, the officials said that they would find out the corrupted rice and wheat, and then let the victims eat some good food, and then push one person up after a few days, and the cycle repeated.

This method is a commonly used method in politics, and it is even more common in the operation and management of some companies.

The boss can't directly conflict with the employee, and at this time, the support management is needed to squeeze the employee.

However, the difference is that in ancient times, there was not much pressure and moral code to restrain those who were once despised, whereas modern management needs to withstand this pressure.

After a few months, a year and a half, and finally the management was tired and tired, and he proposed to resign, the boss had to pretend to be reluctant, but in fact, he was happy to death.

Disperse the focus, transform the main body of contradictions, use the bottom people to manage the bottom people, and tilt each other......

This is known as the "bottom-level management model" in modern times, and in ancient times it was called "the art of controlling the people".

With this method on their bodies, Gu Bingqian and the others naturally knew how to control the people, and Zhu Youzhen didn't think that they would do such a stupid thing.

On the contrary, the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and the shameless eunuchs who are becoming more and more ineffective can do this kind of thing.

The reason is very simple, the officials within the Qi Wang Party know and know one thing.

His Royal Highness King Qi is a person who likes to be strict inside and outside, and he is strict with outsiders, and he is often not held accountable, and once he is strict inside, he will often be dealt with by Jinyi Wei.

Old Port, Annam, and Little Western Inspectorate...... There is also the soon-to-be-established Nanzhou Propaganda Division.

These are all places where you can go and get money and come back with a clean face.

At present, most of the "pen silver" of Gu Bingqian and other senior officials above the fourth grade also comes from officials who want to go to these places.

Officials who go to these places will constantly hand over "polishing silver" in order to keep their positions.

Zhu Youzhen is very clear about this, but he has been keeping one eye open and one eye closed.

The Ming officials are too low, and it is very sad to be not greedy, and it is impossible for him to be the same as Hai Rui and Yang Lian.

Therefore, he did not blame everyone, but only spoke after Gu Bingqian said himself:

"How many places in the land of the eight provinces are the same as Weibei?"

"Imprisoning Yanshan officials, reselling grain stamps, embezzling money in exchange for work, and falsely spreading the name of forced labor, so that the people can bring their own dry food to work......"

"And the united gentry raised the price of grain, and annexed the "divided land" that the imperial court had expressly banned from being traded, what else was there? How many other places are doing this? ”

"Not to mention the corruption of the joint local officials of Yanshan who dare not report it, the eunuchs of Huangdian and the Jinyi Guard of the Fusi of the North and South Towns."

"Your Highness is angry...... Lu Wenzhao, Wang Chengen, and Li Ruolian knelt down one after another.

"The Supervision Department has taken several actions, and each time it has checked thousands of people in the Imperial Horse Prison and thousands of Jinyi Guards, I really thought that those who were left behind were Qing officials."

Zhu Youzhen showed a hint of mockery on his face, while Lu Wenzhao and the others buried their heads deeper.

"Jinyiwei's Supervision Department doesn't dare to investigate, right? Then do you want the East Factory and the West Factory to check it?! ”

Zhu Youzhen drank lightly, and Lu Wenzhao had to speak:

"Your Highness, it's not that the Jinyiwei of the Supervision Department doesn't dare to investigate, but the roots of the Jinyiwei have been broken, and among the more than 80,000 people, in addition to the more than 20,000 people who entered later, the remaining 60,000 people are all old people left behind in the Wanli period."

"This is a batch of checks, a batch of hits, and a batch of rats, which is really full of rats, and it is difficult to eradicate ......"

"The same ......is true of the imperial shop and the imperial village of the Imperial Horse Supervisor," Wang Chengen lowered his head, and Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath and said:

"Okay, it's because I'm not aware enough?"

"It's not...... His Royal Highness ......" Lu Wenzhao and Wang Chengen hurriedly explained, but the next second Zhu Youzhen said:

"The fourth class of students in Yanshan graduated ahead of schedule, and after referring to Enke ten days later, they were divided into Jinyiwei, Huangdian, Terracotta Division, Ya Gong, and Dali Temple......"

"Sun Chuanting was then appointed as the governor of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hexi provinces, holding the lonely marching army, and acting as the governor of the four provinces."

"If you encounter corrupt officials, you don't need to ask for instructions, and the evidence can be disposed of in accordance with the "Da Ming Law"!"

"I'll take the order......" Gu Bingqian and others responded one after another, while Zhu Youzhen's side had just become angry, but the eunuch party's side was in chaos.

Cui Chengxiu, who was still the secretary of the ministry, summoned all the officials above the fifth rank of the eunuch party, and suppressed hundreds of officials to gather in Cui Chengxiu's mansion.

Regarding the civil uprising in Shaanxi, some of them were anxious, some whispered, and some were uncertain.

Obviously, the matter of the Shaanxi people's uprising is inseparable from the eunuch party.

Outside the hall, there were hundreds of dignitaries in a variety of shapes, but there were only a few more than 20 people sitting in the hall.

Cui Chengxiu sat on the main seat, and next to him sat Wang Tiqian from the palace, and the two tacitly held the tea and took a sip from time to time.

Below them are Yao Zongwen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and other three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and other parties who formed a party to protect themselves.

When the incident broke out, they quickly abandoned the Chu Party officials, and the Qi Party began to weaken since Qi Shijiao, Zhou Yongchun, and Han Jun resigned and were deposed one after another.

It can be said that in the current five-party alliance of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kunming, the Qi Party has existed in name only, and the Chu Party has also been abandoned with the incident of the Shaanxi people's uprising.

Zhejiang, Xuankun and other three parties with southern Zhili and Zhejiang as their territory have preserved themselves.

The current leader of the Chu Party is Huang Yanshi, who supervises the imperial history, but Huang Yanshi at this moment is obviously a little difficult to protect himself.

With the strength of the Chu Party, after being abandoned by the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuan, and Kunming, it will inevitably become a victim of this political shock.

Now the only way for the Chu Party to survive is to tightly hug the thighs of Cui Chengxiu, Wang Tiqian, Wei Zhongxian and others, and become a real eunuch.

Cui Chengxiu knows a lot about this, but he also has a headache.

He wanted to completely annex the Chu Party, but this time he had to face the Qi Wang Party, which made him have to throw a mouse.

However, the person who really had a headache this time was actually not him, but ......

Cui Chengxiu glanced at Wang Tiqian vaguely, and Wang Tiqian was also scolding in his heart.

With his status, he shouldn't actually be involved in this situation right now, but there is no way, he has to come and wipe the butts of a few people.

Why didn't the Huangdian and Nanzhen Fusi in Weibei know about it? This question involves two people, these two people are Wei Liangqing and Hou Wenxing who are in Jinyiwei.

These two fools got the money and got the disaster relief money, which made Wang Tiqian have to go down to the field to do the off-site rescue.

"Alright...... Everyone has arrived, so let's start the discussion, Cui Shangshu ......"

Wang Tiqian finally couldn't help it, took the lead in putting down the tea in his hand, and urged Cui Chengxiu.

"Naturally, naturally, ......" Cui Chengxiu didn't want to offend King Qi, but he couldn't offend Wei Zhongxian either, so he had to laugh, and then turned his head to look at the people in the hall:

"In the case of the Shaanxi civil uprising, Han Chao, the magistrate of the county, and a number of Weibei officials should be killed, but they ......"

Cui Chengxiu accentuated his tone, then glanced at the officials in the hall before he spoke:

"But the people have changed and killed officials, this kind of thing can't be indulged, and more than ten people including Liu Si, the head of the thief, should be arrested and brought to justice!"

Cui Chengxiu's words, all the officials in the hall kept silent, obviously not supporting Cui Chengxiu's position.

To put it bluntly, Cui Chengxiu's hand is to shift the focus and shift the focus of the original official corruption to the killing of officials in the popular uprising.

But the problem is that everyone knows that there was a rumor in the Qi Palace's mansion this morning, and Zhu Youzhen also made a conclusion about this matter, and Liu Si and others are not guilty.

In other words, Choi Chengxiu has to launch an offensive against the royal party for something at the moment......

"It's not ...... Looking for death......"

Understanding Cui Chengxiu's thoughts, Yao Zongwen and the others couldn't sit still.

The Jiangnan party is the best at judging the situation, like duckweed in the wind, picking up water, fertilizer and grass to land.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty is very clear, the Qi Wang Party is already a monopoly in the case of Zhu Youzhen's lack of support, if Cui Chengxiu launches an offensive now, and annoys Zhu Youzhen, what is the situation? Who can control it?

The emperor of the day? Zhu Youxiao?

Don't laugh anymore......

Since the Battle of Fuliao, Zhu Youxiao has not been able to grasp the sudden rise of the Qi Wang Party at all.

After the reform of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, Zhu Youxiao could not control the government and the opposition, and it was all up to Zhu Youzhen to move forward with the burden.

Who can control the eunuchs who seem to defend the imperial power on the surface?

Wei Zhongxian? Choi Cheng-so? Or Wang Tiqian?

Just these three people, their weight is not enough to control the eunuch party.

The eunuch party is actually a group of officials who do not want to integrate into the Donglin Party or the Qi Wang Party, so they can only take refuge in Wei Zhongxian in order to gain the emperor's trust.

They didn't choose to join the Qi Wang Party at the beginning, because the Donglin Party was the most powerful in the temple at that time, and the Qi Wang Party was inconspicuous and undewy, which made them unite and join Wei Zhongxian and form an organization called the Eunuch Party.

The so-called eunuch party, the main force is just the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Cui Chengxiu, plus a group of officials under Cui Chengxiu who were originally non-party.

Their original idea was very simple, that is, to bring down the Donglin Party first, and then clean up the Qi Wang Party.

As a result, the Qi Wang Party gradually expanded its influence with the help of Zhu Youzhen, and finally reached the point where it could no longer influence.

Such a scene made many officials who defected to the eunuch party regret it one after another.

Knowing that the Qi Wang Party was powerful, they went to join the Qi Wang Party.

What does the current eunuch party take to fight with the Qi Wang party?

The Qi Party exists in name only, the Chu Party is half-defeated, and the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kunming examine the seizure again, thinking about self-preservation all the time.

If Zhu Youxiao stepped down, Yao Zongwen and the others even figured out how to take refuge in Zhu Youzhen.

Because in their opinion, Zhu Youxiao, who does not have Zhu Youzhen, is a dough emperor sitting in a temple.

There is no military power in Zhu Youzhen's hands, Yanshan students, and imperial horse supervisors......

Even if Zhu Youxiao has internal money in his hands, the three guards of the imperial city and the generals of the Han Dynasty, as well as the East Factory and the West Factory, it is difficult to compete with the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kunming.

As long as Zhu Youzhen remains neutral, after the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun jump out, they can still suppress the imperial power.

Zhu Youzhen's example cannot be replicated, and it is impossible for the entire Ming Dynasty to find someone who is so young, so capable of fighting, and knows how to innovate and collect taxes and play with people's hearts.

Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao steps down, then Yao Zongwen and others can wait to see a good show.

It's just that Cui Chengxiu is not stupid, he can't really clash with the Qi Wang Party, because if he really dares to do it, he will be the first to be convicted at that time.

Therefore, what he just said was just to test the minds of hundreds of officials.

With just a glance, he roughly figured out the thoughts of the hundred officials, so his tone changed instantly:

"But...... Indeed, as His Royal Highness the King of Qi said, it is excusable for the victims to kill officials, and although Liu Si and others are people, they are disaster victims, and they should not be punished with the treatment of ordinary people. ”

"Liu Si and others are innocent, but the officials in Weibei must be guilty, so long live Ming, please quickly arrest all the officials in the sixteen counties of the three prefectures of Weibei and enter Beijing, and the three divisions will make a judgment immediately after the trial."

Cui Chengxiu's words changed so quickly that many officials outside the hall frowned, but Yao Zongwen and the others were tired of hearing it.

The Weibei Civil Rebellion most directly involved Han Chao, the prefect who had been killed, and Han Chao was a Chu Party official.

In other words, the Weibei civil uprising should be directly implicated by the Chu Party, why should a person like Cui Chengxiu, who is unprofitable and cannot afford to be early, ask for a quick decision on the matter of Weibei, and look like he is in a hurry to wipe the butt of the Chu Party?

"Could it be that Huang Yanshi gave Cui Chengxiu any benefits?"

Yao Zongwen and the others glanced at Huang Yanshi vaguely, but saw Huang Yanshi's slightly puzzled eyes.

The three of them were a little puzzled for a while, and couldn't think of what it was for, and Cui Chengxiu also spoke:

"This is the case, please sign a joint letter to return the Weibei disaster victims to a blue sky."

After that, Cui Chengxiu stood up with a teacup, and the officials also got up, and after returning the salute, they left Cui's mansion with puzzlement.

It's just that when they left, Cui Chengxiu also looked at Wang Tiqian, and Wang Tiqian also said:

"The affairs in the palace were handled by Mrs. Fengsheng and the Factory Guild, and you did a good job......

"Xie Bingbi ......" Cui Chengxiu smiled in return, and Wang Tiqian also got up and bowed slightly, and then left Cui's mansion.

At the same time as he left Cui's mansion, Yao Zongwen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and the other three came to a mansion in the inner city, got off the carriage and walked into the mansion.

Led by the servants, they passed through the pavilions and pavilions, and finally came to a study.

"Pavilion ......"

The three of them stood in the courtyard outside the study, facing the study, and a familiar voice came from the study:

"Come in......"

Hearing this, the three of them immediately walked into the study, and saw Fang Congzhe sitting on the main seat and wearing a Taoist robe at the main seat of the study hall.

Since Fang Congzhe returned to Beijing, he has privately advised Yao Zongwen and others, and it is precisely because of this that under Zhu Youzhen's successive blows, the Qi Party exists in name only, the Chu Party is half unsuccessful, and the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kunming are still alive and kicking.

Fang Congzhe's methods, which were honed in the Wanli years, although Zhu Youzhen's methods are very clever, Fang Congzhe can also be resolved.

"The matter of the elder and the people of Shaanxi ......"

Yao Zongwen and the three of them sat down, and then told all the things they had discussed when they went to Cui Chengxiu's mansion today, and Fang Congzhe, who was holding a book and watching it with reading glasses made by the imperial store, did not immediately respond.

Yao Zongwen and the others waited for a moment before he spoke:

"Jinyiwei, Huangdian, Terracotta Division, Ya Gong, Dali Temple, ......"

"In these places, do you think that long live without burying nails?"

"Buried naturally." Yao Zongwen and the three of them responded back and forth, but Gu Tianjun said:

"But even if the nails are buried, Zhu Youzhen should know that since he hasn't moved these nails before, it is impossible to move these nails now, right?"

"The world is impermanent, and we can't deal with it in a static way." Fang Congzhe said without raising his head:

"If the nails are rusty, it will affect the stability of the house, and it is more in the interest of the owner of the house to pull out the nails to replace the wood, and then re-nail the nails to re-insert new ones."

"But nails can't be found casually, in case they don't fit the hand, then ......" Tang Binyin picked up the conversation, but Fang Congzhe said:

"The current house is different from the previous one, which had only one owner, but the current house has two."

"Zhu Youzhen cares about the idea of long live, why not long live?"

"Don't you think that Zhu Youzhen will blindly connive at long live?"

"This ......" Tang Binyin and Gu Tianjun glanced at each other, a little undecided.

At this time, Fang Congzhe put down the book in his hand, took off his reading glasses, rubbed his mountain roots and eyebrows before slowly speaking:

"Disaster relief can't be a child's play, you and the others are because they are too child's play with Su Changhu and Song, which led to Suhu Changsong being stolen from his official position by Zhu Youzhen and giving grace."

"At present, the people in Shaanxi are in turmoil, and what Zhu Youzhen has to do is not as simple as cleaning up the Imperial Horse Supervisor and Jinyi Guard, as well as the surrounding yamen."

"What he wants to do is to take down all the gentry and heroes involved in this civil uprising."

"Didn't you hear about the situation of the treasury during the Great Dynasty Meeting?"

Fang Congzhe looked at Yao Zongwen and the three of them with hatred of iron, and taught earnestly:

"This year, more than 5 million taels of silver, more than 40 million stones, rice and wheat, how can this little thing cope with drought, side affairs, disaster relief, immigration and many other actions?"

"If all of this is to be done, the deficit in the treasury will only be a matter of months."

"Historically, the treasury has been empty, either the idea of the common people and businessmen, or the idea of the gentry and the powerful."

At present, the four divisions of the "Salt, Wine and Tea Market" levy taxes on the people and merchants, how can the gentry and heroes be spared? ”

"What does Elder Ge mean......" Yao Zongwen and the three of them asked tentatively, but Fang Congzhe picked up the book again, put on reading glasses and slowly spoke:

"You don't have to wait for anything at the moment, it's enough to wait and see what happens."

"Don't look at Zhu Youzhen's scolding of the officials in the Qi Palace's palace right now, but things are going according to his plan, and his methods are far more than you think, and more than Wan Sui thinks."

"Hibernation, it's the only thing we can do right now......"

The afternoon one is estimated to be updated around five or six o'clock, after all, after the number of words increases, the writing is not as fast as before.

(End of chapter)