Back in the autumn of the thirteenth year of Wanli after Zhu Yijun ordered Hai Rui to reinstate his original position, after this incident, the Queen Mother did not mention King Lu again.

Lu Shude was escorted to Beijing at this time, and was interrogated by the Three Law Divisions, and was finally found to be guilty of adultery and incest, and was sentenced to be hanged.

"Why!"

"Why are you so strict, can you be completely clean yourself?!"

On the eve of Lu Shude's hanging, he was very unwilling to ask Wang Zongmulai, the servant of the criminal department.

Wang Zongmu said: "We are not as excessive as you!" Even the daughters-in-law of their own people have committed adultery, is this the work of a man? ”

Lu Shude sneered, and then roared loudly: "It's not forced by the restructuring faction!" ”

"I have to set the benefit of the people as one of the goals of governing the country, and as a result, there are fewer and fewer people who sell their children, and I want to find a new chick to live under the moon before the flower, and I have to suppress this desire, and in the end I can't help but attack the people in my own clan, but if I don't have this, how can I do such a virtuous thing?!"

"If you force a person who wants to be a saint into a thief, aren't you afraid that you will become a thief yourself?!"

"According to what you say, is it wrong to exercise benevolent government to the common people?"

"Besides, is it wrong to suppress human desires?"

"And, if this is the case, does it mean that if there are saints in this world, we need the people to be like mustards?"

Wang Zongmu asked coldly.

Lu Shude didn't speak again, only tilted his back and pursed his lips.

But he had already tacitly agreed that Wang Zongmu's words were right.

It didn't take long for Lu Shude to be tightened by the rope that twisted him, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to, and was finally strangled to Yu Shi.

Since the implementation of the system of allowing the common people to report to the emperor at the post stations, the sins of many officials and gentry have indeed been exposed in large numbers.

There are a lot of people who need to be killed and reinforced, not to mention many who are just immoral, in short, there are things written in the classical world such as Jin Zhumei and what are not written.

Zhu Yijun had to issue an order of leniency, so that those who could be filled with the army would be changed to those who could be filled with the army, and those who could only be dismissed would not be sentenced.

Because although the Ming Dynasty needs to rectify the bureaucrats and gentry, it is also inseparable from the bureaucrats and gentry, and they need to maintain local stability and be responsible for coordinating the contradictions and disputes between the government and the common people.

If all of them were to be liquidated strictly, many places would become completely under the control of officials and bandits and bullies.

These forces were more brutal and direct than the village gentry in oppressing the common people.

Unlike the village sages and gentry, many people still care about the long-term interests of the entire landlord class, and appropriately provide disaster relief or call on the villagers to cooperate with the government, or use civilized methods.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun had to be lenient and benevolent, focusing on publishing newspapers and compiling canons.

But this still made many scholars very unbearable, and they wrote letters to Shen Shixing, who was in charge on the spot, hoping that they could stop this and save Shilin's face, saying that if this continued, it would shake the foundation of science and make people in the world feel that science is very unrealistic.

But Shen Shixing and other rulers are also mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect themselves.

That's right, after the implementation of the whistle-telling system, their relatives and friends were also involved.

Shen Shixing's son-in-law, Li Hong, was reported to have cheated in the Shuntianfu Township test.

However, the good thing about this is that the evidence is not conclusive.

Although Shen Shixing resigned because of this, Zhu Yijun did not agree to dismiss him because of this, but only issued an order that after the order, the children of the senior members above the fourth grade will open a separate subject in the hospital examination and the township examination, called Enxian Branch.

In order to favor the children of the sages, a number of places were allocated to the Enxian Branch on the basis of the original quota, which is equivalent to letting the children of these eunuchs and the children of the Han family be recorded separately, so as to avoid the suspicion of forcibly seizing the advanced resources of the children of the Han family.

But in fact, it is also equivalent to the imperial court's extra favor to the children of the eunuchs.

Because the children of the eunuchs originally had to compete with the children of the poor families for the fixed quota of Jinshi every year, but now because there are separate places, the admission ratio is lower, and the hope of the first place in the township examination and the general examination is greater.

This is naturally happy for the children of the eunuchs.

The children of the poor family are also very happy, because their places are not small, and because the children of the eunuchs do not compete with them, it also makes it easier for them to win the first place.

Generally.

Zhu Yijun's will is beneficial to the powerful and the poor, and the only price is that the imperial court needs to arrange more jinshi and raise more scholars.

If this continues, if the country does not expand, it will cause serious redundancy and redundancy, which will then cause great financial problems.

You must know that the Song Dynasty has already implemented this system of taking care of both the poor scholars and the children of the eunuchs, but it is precisely because of this system that it has caused a great financial burden, and there was a serious problem of redundant officials and redundant personnel in the era of Song Renzong, which made the people hungry and cold, and Fan Zhongyan and others had to think about reform.

Therefore, if Zhu Yijun wants to avoid this problem, he must expand and increase productivity, that is, make the cake bigger, so that the increase in jinshi can just make up for the bureaucratic shortage that has arisen after the new territory.

Zhu Yijun was determined to continue to expand and increase productivity, so he was not afraid to do so.

As for whether the kings of later generations would rather lay out redundant personnel, streamline institutions, and increase internal taxes, but also stop expansion and reduce killings, he could not be sure.

But Zhu Yijun believes that the general trend of the world, together for a long time, it will be divided, and it will be combined for a long time, after all, China is a civilization disguised as a country, and his demise is not the extinction of civilization, but the change within civilization, maybe the Ming Dynasty will inevitably let his empire die quickly because the descendants of the Zhu family will not be emperors in the future, but once the Han civilization takes root in a new territory, it will be difficult to become another civilization, and it will always be unified when a strongman appears.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun doesn't care what the people behind him do.

He now wants to govern the Ming Empire as a civilization, that is, to let the civilization expand, to eliminate backward civilizations, and to improve the advanced level of his own civilization, perhaps in the future, he will completely throw off other civilizations, and even not be in the same dimension.

No further ado.

Among the ruling ministers, it was not only Shen Shixing who was sued for the secret accusation system.

Pan Sheng and Xu Xuemo were also implicated, and it was their children who were found to have committed illegal acts with conclusive evidence, and in addition, when they rectified the Jinyi Guard, they also found out that their family members opened shops to collect money and even prevented the Jinyi Guard and the Soldiers and Horses Division from inspecting, so they resigned soon after the appearance of the secret reporting system.

"It's time to make some space for the people behind, so as not to let the family be arrogant and even more lawless, the prime minister of the peace should not be too long, otherwise he will sharpen his spirit!"

After Pan Sheng resigned, he also directly instructed his family to prepare to move out of the official residence, and expressed his resolute resignation to Shen Shixing, Xu Xuemo, etc.

"Yes, although we are the imperial party, we should also clean up from time to time to be a police group."

Xu Xuemo also followed.

Shen Shixing nodded: "It's okay, at the moment, everyone in the official gentry is in danger, and if the newcomer is not allowed to advance to the minister, I am afraid that the complaints will be greater, and there will be more informants!" ”

Thereupon.

Pan Sheng and Xu Xuemo were both approved to resign by Shen Shixing.

Zhu Yijun also knew the truth that flowing water does not rot and the household hub does not beetle, so he agreed to Shen Shixing's vote, and asked the two to return to their hometown.

Then, Yang Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also hated the rank of Shilin too much, and resigned from the office, and it was also approved.

(End of chapter)