Zhu Houzhao did not open up to the criminal officials in Baoding and Shunde Mansions, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple examined the facts of land encroachment.

In the end, they not only had to vomit out their seized property, but also faced prison terms ranging from five to eight years, and at the same time, there were several more names in the "Daming Daily".

At that time, he felt that punishing these corrupt officials should be very refreshing, but in the past few years, the emperor has not felt this feeling at all.

Instead, it is sad that everyone who can get to the prefect position may be the next very capable official. But in the end, they became evil officials who brutalized the people.

So much so that when Liang Chu, the secretary of the ministry, and Gu Zuo, the commander of the Shaofu, were playing the right game, they could feel the emperor's emotional changes.

Zhu Houzhao himself gradually understood that he used to think that this was very cool, because he watched it from the perspective of a small ordinary person, plus the rendering of so many TV series.

But if it's really the emperor, who would still take killing corrupt officials as a kind of fun?

“…… If there were no such things, you, the secretary of the ministry, would not have bothered so much to select officials to fill the vacancies, let alone compete with Gu Liqing for the sake of a fourth-grade official. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be sad, even in a rare prosperous era like the rule of Zhenguan, there will always be three or two corrupt officials in the world, Your Majesty punished them and sought justice for the people, which shows the virtue of Mingjun, and I believe that the people of the world will also be grateful for Your Majesty's grace."

"Maybe." Zhu Houzhao shook his head, not thinking too much, "Tell me about you, what's going on?" ”

"Let's talk about it first." Gu Zuo made a gesture, and then said: "Your Majesty said that he was competing with Master Liang, but it was not. It's just that an official in the Shaofu, Weichen was originally going to send him to do business, which happened to be a bit in conflict with Bachelor Liang's list. After all...... It is a fourth-grade official, and it still has to be reported to His Majesty's ministers before he dares to decide. ”

Zhu Hou illuminates white.

Because of the list of Liang Chubao, he has already approved.

Appointing who and what officials is one of the concrete manifestations of imperial power. If Gu Zuo found that one person above couldn't give it to him, then Liang Chu couldn't say that he would change it.

Zhu Houzhao thought it was interesting, the so-called old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, and after a few things, it seems that another talent has emerged.

"It must be not easy for the two of you to come to me to fight for his stay or not. What is it called? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this person's surname is Lu, and his name is En. It was the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, but after the middle of that year, he refused to be granted the official position of the Ministry of Rites by the imperial court. ”

"Since you refused to be an official, why did you come back to be an official?"

"It should be for the old mother at home."

It's that set again, "Filial son? ”

"Filial son!" Gu Zuo nodded heavily, "In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, he couldn't resist his mother at home, and asked someone to find a county in Tongzhou, three years later, it happened that His Majesty was in Beizhili to branch the Guanzhuang field, so he got the opportunity to show his talent, Tongzhou more than 40,000 acres of Guanzhuang, he was divided one acre by one acre, and in the end, it was not bad to deceive a person. According to the rules, such a cadre will inevitably be rewarded after the assessment of the officials, but until the fourth year of Zhengde, he is still a county official. ”

Zhu Houzhao originally thought it was an old routine, but when he heard this, he became a little interested, "Why?" ”

Liang Chu added, "The Ministry of Officials promoted him by one level at that time, but he still refused. Said to serve his mother. Not only that, but he still felt that the county of the eighth grade was big, and he also invited himself to be a nine-grade warden. ”

"What does this mean? Is he going to be an official, or is he not going to be an official? ”

Gu Zuo explained, "This person has an arrogant and eccentric personality, usually speaks little, does not like to contact people, and is not used to the interpersonal contacts above the officialdom, so he wants to make the official smaller and smaller, so that there will not be so many people looking for him." ”

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the list of Liang Chu, "Then you still let him be the prefect?" The hot face is pasted with a cold butt, not to mention, the key is pasted, and people's butts are still cold. He's not willing to take office, so what's the use? ”

This is what Gu Renyi told him. A while ago, His Majesty sent Gu Renyi to take a boat to make an envoy, and when Lu Ending's worries ended, he went to Gu Renyi and said that he would go to sea together. But he was rejected, unless he really calmed down and became a good official. ”

"Since he is a talent, why did Gu Renyi reject him?"

Gu Zuo smiled, "It's because of his character, he is unruly, despises the powerful, and refuses to be awarded and promoted by the imperial court, such an official doesn't even know how to obey the imperial court orders, won't he be embarrassed by His Majesty after being brought out?" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Gu Renyi still knows what I think." There are tens of millions of people in the world, some people are official fans, and some people don't want to be officials, since they don't want to, they don't have to be reluctant, and they sit in the yamen and accumulate grievances, so what's the point? The Ming Dynasty didn't fall without anyone, right? Not. ”

Gu Zuo probably also knew the emperor's temperament, so he originally wanted Prince Liang to decide for himself, and such trivial matters and small people did not need to be detailed.

However, Prince Liang knew that Emperor Zhengde's rules had already been set, and he couldn't change them secretly.

"Your Majesty," Gu Zuo wanted to intercede for him, "Since ancient times, talented people have a different temperament from others, they are careful and capable, and they are dedicated to the people, and they are honest. The so-called Maxima is often there, but Bole is not often. The minister wants to ask His Majesty to be a Bole. ”

"Maxima also has the difference between being fierce and not being strong. You leave this person to me, you all go back and re-elect people, I still say the same thing, the Ming Dynasty does not lack him a Luen. ”

Gu Zuo and Liang Chu were surprised in their hearts, what did the emperor want to do with such a thorn?

While muttering, he led the order to retreat.

And as soon as they left, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered, "Go and bring people into the palace and go to the back sports field to find me." If you go early, let him wait a while. ”

"Yes, slave and maid."

After seeing these two ministers, Zhu Houzhao loosened his clothes and led his group of guards to the sports field that had been opened up to bow.

This is routine, so Mei Huaigu has already changed her clothes and is waiting here.

Seeing them kneeling on the ground, Zhu Houzhao raised his hand, "Get up, Huaigu, come here." ”

"Your Majesty."

The emperor pinched his waist and twisted his body, and said while warming up: "Is there a result of looking for Western teachings now?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister is already looking for him, and if he is soon, he will be able to arrive next month. When they arrived, the ministers would teach them court etiquette, and then they would bring them for His Majesty to take the school examination. ”

"It's going to take three months, to say the least."

He himself knew that he was in a hurry, so he didn't talk about it again.

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After Gu Zuo went back, he continued to worry about his business hoarding.

This has been done by merchants before, so there is nothing difficult, and Datong itself is also a place of business hoarding.

So Datong actually still has some foundations.

In the past two months, Wang Shouren has been measuring the acres of land very quickly, and he has heard back soon when he sends a letter.

After Zhou Zheng was asked to leave by Gu Renyi, he was now even more short of manpower, so he had to find Wang Xian after thinking about it.

After Dao Ming, he handed the letter to him, "Wang Bo'an is a pragmatic person, he said that Datong has 300,000 acres of land, which is absolutely indispensable." Originally, you weren't needed, but everything was difficult at the beginning, and it was best to straighten it out at the beginning. Seeds and oxen, the official will go to the household department to ask for some silver, and you must know the people who are hired. And...... What is the difference between the imperial court and the merchant......"

Wang Xian's ability doesn't need to be said, "Gu Fu rest assured." I understand that the court is not hoarding to make money. ”

With his words, Gu Zuo was much more relieved.

Businessmen must be profitable, but they are not. In the vicinity of Datong, there is no need to worry about the lack of a market for the grain produced, and it can be sold as military rations.

In this situation of supplying military rations, they can even bear a certain loss, because it is all the court's own money, which is nothing more than from the left hand to the right hand. In this way, they don't have to squeeze the people who farm the land too much.

Again, making money is the least important purpose of business hoarding, and its fundamental purpose is to use the power of the state to organize, organize a group of poor people to serve a good piece of land, and the amount of food grown can be regarded as an increase in the output of the whole country.

As for being in the Loop, it is even less important to make money. In fact, this is also to remove part of the tasks of the military cantonment from the army, and the army has become a vested interest class, which is not so easy to handle, but the civilian officials of the Shaofu who run some businesses do not have that kind of power.

(End of chapter)