However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, Qin Yu may not be without benefits if he leaves, at least those people will not suspect that this battle for succession was directed by him and Qin Yu himself.

"Your Majesty, the king will see you with Ji!" The secretary of the criminal department entered the door to make a big salute.

"Excuse me!"

Wang Yongji has been in a hurry recently, and many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and the local government have become defendants, and the evidence is conclusive. In normal times, the fall of any one of those people would be a big deal, and now they are being accused one after another. He, the secretary of the criminal department, became the person who was roasted on the stove mountain.

If he doesn't eat or sleep well all day long, punishing any of them will offend a large group of people.

They are not the only ones who are members of the DPRK and China, and nepotism will involve a large number. This is the characteristic of the Chinese feudal dynasty, and every official has a network behind him.

If those big people were all individuals, it would be simple.

The point is that they are not.

Even if some new imperial examination people had no relationship before, after gaining fame, they would recognize a teacher and become someone else's protégé, and have a relationship with those powerful and powerful.

It is very difficult for an independent individual to gain a foothold in the DPRK and China.

This is the biggest characteristic of the bureaucracy of the feudal dynasty - the pun party.

The ancients were not officials in the feudal dynasty, but they were sophisticated, and they were also top-level sophisticated. He is treacherous, and has even formed a set of high-level 'wisdom'.

The officials of the ancient feudal dynasties spent more than 90 percent of their energy on dealing with human affairs.

Only 10 percent of the energy is spent on getting things done.

Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty once wrote a famous "Theory of Friends" to the emperor: The ministers heard the saying of the friends, which has existed since ancient times, but fortunately, the king distinguishes his gentleman and villain......

He wrote more than 1,000 words on this piece of friends, clarifying the truth that friends have existed since ancient times, so that the emperor does not have to talk about tiger color change, as long as he distinguishes between the villain's friends and the gentlemen's friends. A gentleman forms a friend because he has the same interests, and a villain forms a friend because of interests, these are the laws of nature.

This article of his is to whitewash his friends.

Ouyang Xiu himself has a group of friends.

In Ouyang Xiu's view, the friends formed by literati because of like-minded interests are harmless, but they don't know that civil officials will also form a civilian-official group, a Qingliu group. In the late Ming Dynasty, the harm of Qingliu civil officials was even greater.

Therefore, as long as there are friends, it is impossible for officials to be clear.

Moreover, the masters behind the accused officials seem to be the current princes, which makes Wang Yong even more frightened. Dealing with them is tantamount to offending the prince, who knows if those Yan kings, Qin Huang and Shu kings will give him small shoes to wear in the future?

"The king uses Ji!" Emperor Zhu seemed to have seen through all his thoughts and what he was worried about, and said, "You can do it boldly and boldly, and we will support you." ”

"As long as there is evidence, it should be arrested, and it should be killed."

Your Majesty, what you said is very good, can you keep your ministers for the rest of your life? Can you guarantee that those people won't wear their shoes afterwards? Their intrigues are unguardable! Framed and framed, once the minister accidentally touches their way, maybe he will be wrongfully killed, Wang Yongyan thought secretly in his heart.

Obviously, he didn't think that Emperor Zhu could protect him.

Although Emperor Zhu had great talents, he still couldn't compete with the customs of China for thousands of years - the sophistication of human feelings. Others use hidden arrows, and it's easy to dodge and difficult to defend against hidden arrows.

"Humph! Hum! Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "If you dare to cheat for personal gain and shield them, we will be the first to kill you!" ”

Wang Yongji's heart was cold: I am a mouse in the bellows - angry at both ends.

Since ancient times, those who offend the emperor have no good end. There are too many people who have offended in the court, and there is no good end. The difference is that if he dares to resist the decree, there will be no good end immediately.

Now he has to make a choice, whether to help the emperor, or to succumb to the sophistication of human feelings...... It's like you're going to die.

In fact, before he came to meet the emperor, he had a good countermeasure, that is, to submit his resignation to the emperor, which was not the secretary of the criminal department. However, judging from the current situation, he can't get out if he wants to.

"There is a thing here, please take a look at it." Wang Yongji could only stiffen his head, took out a booklet, and respectfully presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and opened it to take a look.

Immediately, his expression froze: what was recorded in it turned out to be evidence of corruption by more than 300 officials in Jiangnan Province!

More than 300!?

Except for the people with names and surnames on the list, there seem to be few officials left in Jiangnan Province. No wonder there is an old saying among the people, all of them are arrested and killed, and none of them are innocent.

Wang Yongji peeked at Emperor Zhu's face, all of them were on the list, how did you let the minister do it?

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked at first after seeing it, and then calmed down.

Because Qin Yu had already told him the tricks of logistics for marching and fighting in ancient times. Jiangnan Province was his rear in those years, and in order to get him money and grain, Li Shanchang had to make deals with those gentry landlords, who gave him money and grain to support Emperor Zhu's frontline war, and they got local positions large and small.

Before, they were just rich, but now they are all officials.

These people have spent money to buy officials, but they can't lose money, they have to make a little money back, and they even want to make a lot of money.

They don't trade at a loss.

Moreover, at the beginning, those local gentry and landlords were intertwined and interacted with each other, and they all had nepotism.

To put it simply,

The local bureaucratic system in Jiangnan Province has formed a huge group of friends.

The aristocratic leaders of Jiangnan Province also wanted to climb the high branches and wanted to go to the next level, so they participated in the battle for succession, and bet on supporting Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

Where there is money, everyone will welcome it, and they have been relied on by Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

Then they were taken down by the prince's men.

So, this evidence appeared in Wang Yongji's lobby and appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial case.

Or Zhu Di, the king of Yan, took down their evidence and gave it to the emperor. Because King Yan has already understood that this battle for succession is just a big game of chess jointly played by his teacher and father.

He also has to contribute.

Those feudal nobles in the south of the Yangtze River probably never dreamed that the people they wanted to take refuge in betting on the treasure were actually the ones who betrayed them. I hit the muzzle of the gun myself, and I don't know how I died.

Looking at this list of evidence, Zhu Yuanzhang's face kept changing. It seems to be weighing the pros and cons, more than 300 officials, if all of them are taken, how to deal with the aftermath?

If the current Jiangnan Province is a dilapidated machine, barely running on rusty parts, those rusty parts can at least maintain its normal operation.