Of course, this is just the beginning. The artillery department and cavalry department, which Zhu Youxiao attaches more importance to, will also start classes in the near future, and more officers will enter the martial arts school.

"Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, and Tao Lang, the secretary of the ministry, played first: The matter of drifting and corruption has been investigated, and there are many officials involved, please ask for instructions on how to deal with it."

Liu Ruoyu reported to the emperor the three parts of the return together, and looked at the emperor with an inquiring gaze.

"Confiscation of family property, stripping of nationality, exile." The young emperor didn't think twice, and spat out a bland but somewhat cold disposition in his mouth.

"Yes!" Liu Ruoyu's heart was awe-inspiring, and his mouth should be.

Zhu Youxiao is no stranger to the word drifting, and he has seen it many times in the novel, and he is deeply angry at the shamelessness of those civil officials.

At that time, the Ming army stationed at the border, military salaries, grain and grass were all escorted by the higher-level civilian officials in the locality. Even things like armor and blades were escorted by civilian officials, so there was a saying about drifting.

Specifically, it is to send ten to eight, or ten to six, of which two, three or forty, the civilian interpretation is "drifting". It means that these things have an accident on the road and are gone.

In fact, it was the water that was wet, and the officials were all greedy for ink.

The same is true of food and silver, and the same is true of armor and weapons. And the freight is separately issued by the imperial court, and it is not deducted from the "drifting".

It's not sea freight, the ship sank in the wind and waves, and no one can do anything about this loss. Can those silver, armor, and weapons still fly along the way?

Historically, the drifting quota of Dongjiang Town was "100,000 per year, and the end was 60,000 or 70,000, and the rest was repaid as drifting".

When the civilian officials drift, the generals can only be deducted, and the soldiers are miserable, resulting in low combat effectiveness and refusal to fight to the death, and the source is the corruption of civilian officials.

Zhu Youxiao had already asked the factory guards to conduct a secret investigation, and handed over the evidence found and the list of officials involved to the three new Shangshu.

How could the three Shangshu not understand what the emperor meant, and clean up the door by themselves, this is the face given by the emperor, and it is also an opportunity for their new officials to take office and establish authority.

It's just that there are indeed a lot of officials involved. Sun Chengzong and the others also wanted to be cautious, so they asked for instructions to see whether the emperor was light or heavy.

For civil officials, demotion and dismissal are nothing, but the reduction of membership is a very serious punishment.

First of all, he was removed from the official status and was the same as the common people. Strictly speaking, you can't even wear the clothes of a scholar.

This face-saving matter is nothing, the key is that after the nationality is reduced to the people, the privileges and benefits enjoyed by the original are all gone.

Not to mention collecting money in the cabin, even if you farm the land, you have to pay taxes normally, and you have to serve as an errand and pay for food like the common people.

Therefore, the officials who have been cut down will not only be a problem of losing face and smashing their jobs, but their livelihoods will be seriously affected in the future.

Zhu Youxiao's punishment is very heavy, this is an outsider's opinion, but compared with Zhu Baba's peeling and grass, Zhu Youxiao still feels that it is too lenient!

"Drifting" was originally an unspoken rule that could not be explicitly stated, but in the late Ming Dynasty, it became a semi-public rule, and civil officials took it with peace of mind, and others thought it was normal.

Taking greed for granted, this is simply terrible, the scene of the end of the dynasty!

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao thinks that if he is appeased and does not have to be governed with an iron fist, no matter how hard he tries, the Ming Dynasty will be finished.

Wang Tiqian walked into the hall lightly, which still alarmed Zhu Youxiao. He motioned for Liu Ruoyu to pause and turned his gaze to Wang Tiqian.

"Emperor, His Royal Highness King Xin is waiting to see you outside." Wang Tiqian hurriedly bowed down and prayed.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Let him come in!" ”

There was not much time, and the new letter Wang Zhu entered the palace and thanked the imperial brother.

After overturning Li Sancai, and having a house and silver, Zhu Youxiao did all the things about the king's house. The house was not overhauled, and Zhu Youzhen was about to leave the palace and move in.

"My brother doesn't have to be polite." Zhu Youxiao stretched out his finger and said with a smile: "Sit down and talk." ”

Zhu Youzhen sat down and looked at the imperial brother with a little respect.

"Even though I am out of the palace to open the mansion, I will often come to see me in the future." Zhu Youxiao said with a pleasant face: "You must also study diligently and study well, don't be ridiculous." ”

Zhu Youzhen arched his hand and said: "The emperor's brother's teachings, the courtier's brother remembers." ”

Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile: "The imperial court newspaper in the past few days, as well as the "Daming Forum", have you read it?" ”

"The royal brother has instructed me, and the younger brother does not dare to slack off, they have all seen it."

"How do you feel about the dismissal of officials?" Zhu Youxiao pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, with the meaning of examination.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "Brother Huang is wise, such a person who forms a party and slanders the country and the people, and should be deposed." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said: "Xu Zhaokui, who was deposed, and Zhao Nanxing, who was allowed to resign before, are said to be very upright, and there are quite a few people who are aggrieved, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help scratching his head, he was still young, and he was a little dizzy by this repeated questioning.

"They, they are also forming a party to defend the corrupt Li Sancai." Zhu Youzhen finally thought of the reason, and looked at the imperial brother with blinking eyes.

Zhu Youxiao picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said slowly: "This is what I did on purpose, that is, to drive these useless officials who claim to be 'righteous', but stick to the rules and sit and talk about the way from the court. ”

Oh, Zhu Youzhen's eyes widened, looking a little surprised.

Although he also has a teacher, when it comes to the emperor's scheming, the teacher just sees it, and he doesn't dare to tell him in depth.

"Usually impassioned, but there is no way to do anything; The offender bluntly admonished the royal family not to be greedy for money and profit, but the financial embarrassment was helpless, and he had to save the emergency. Zhu Youxiao sneered, "What's the use of selling fame and selling straight?" ”

Zhu Youzhen seemed to understand whether he understood or not, blinked his eyes, but still nodded.

Zhu Youxiao said: "I am not afraid of how it will be written in the history books, and I must be a responsible and accomplished king." If you don't have the courage to bear the stigma and govern the country carefully as a writer, how can you resist foreign aggression and keep the country safe and secure? ”

"Brother Huang is very right." Zhu Youzhen seemed to have an understanding and said: "Let those people talk about it behind their backs, the country is well governed, and the imperial brother is the king of Yao Shun." ”

My brother should be Yao Shun!

Zhu Youxiao remembered the expectations of Emperor Tianqi for Chongzhen when he was dying in history, and when he heard these familiar words, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Don't believe those "righteous" civil officials, you must be responsible, or you are not afraid of bearing the stigma, Zhu Youxiao felt that he had already raised some education, so he told him again, and then let the young Zhu Youzhen retreat.

In case, in case I am harmed, try not to let you bastards cheat the rookie Zhu Youzhen and harm the country.