Sun Chengzong was speechless after listening to Zhu Youxiao's words.

He had to admit that what Zhu Youxiao said was indeed a fact.

Even now Zhu Youxiao has increased the officials' salaries to three times, and even five times the original.

But now the corruption of Ming officials is still very serious, so serious that the Ming court simply cannot bear it.

Not to mention anything else, even Sun Chengzong usually can't avoid the contacts of officialdom, some students, and some former officials. have sent him expensive gifts, as well as the so-called ice respect and charcoal, which are even more indispensable.

When Zhu Youxiao said this, he was also a little indignant, saying that he had high salaries and was honest, but he increased the officials' salaries to three to five times, and all this silver was taken out of his inner pocket, and he also contracted the expenses for their carriage and horses to go out, and also built them houses for them to live in.

But what?

He still hasn't seen too many officials showing signs of reforming their ways, and those who should be greedy are still so greedy.

It's just that they have another difference from before.

That is, now they are not only greedy, but also have added a sum of money, so why don't they do it?

Zhu Youxiao sat down on the dragon chair, looked at Sun Chengzong fixedly, and was silent for a while.

After seeing Sun Chengzong's self-esteem, Zhu Youxiao began to say: "You don't have to care about how I used those 20 million taels of silver. ”

"Actually, I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, 20 million taels of silver is just a rumor, not that much at all, and I only spend 8 million taels of silver."

This is indeed a fact, Zhu Youxiao did only spend eight million taels of silver.

Because he didn't dare to guarantee that after he spent 20 million taels of silver, the East India Company's group of fools would not be hacked and find a way to hack his money.

If something like this really happened at that time, then he would become a joke that would be passed down through the ages, and he would naturally not be so stupid.

Sun Chengzong over there still wanted to open his mouth and say eight million taels of silver, which was also a remarkable number.

But Zhu Youxiao just reprimanded him, and the corruption has not been explained clearly, and he really doesn't have the courage to talk to Zhu Youxiao about these stock trading matters.

Zhu Youxiao still understands the Sun Chengzong in front of him.

"I took a fancy to Liu Hongxun before."

"I hope that Liu Hongxun will go to Zhejiang to serve as a political envoy, and after brushing up a wave of prestige, he will come back and give me the position of the imperial historian."

"I hope he can deal with these corrupt things for me, but I feel that if I only rely on a mere Liu Hongxun, it is still not enough."

"Sun Chengzong, how do I treat you?"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said with certainty: "Your Majesty is naturally very good to me, and it is the greatest luck in the life of the old minister to serve Your Majesty. ”

These words were extremely sincere, and Zhu Youxiao could also see that what the other party said was indeed heartfelt.

Zhu Youxiao was quite satisfied with this.

"I believe what you said, if I ask you to go with Liu Hongxun to investigate corruption, would you be willing? I will send Jinyiwei and Dongchang to assist you. ”

Sun Chengzong was shocked, he didn't expect that this matter would end up in his own hands.

It's just that this matter is not easy to do, how can there be officials in the world who are not greedy, and he is not easy to say directly.

He could only look at Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, after all, it is related to Your Majesty's safety." ”

That's right, more than ninety percent of the officials in the world are greedy.

So if Zhu Youxiao's methods are too tyrannical, it will always cause a backlash from officials, or maybe he will be like Li Changzhou.

If it was just one or two officials like this, Zhu Youxiao would still be able to withstand it, and if there was chaos all over the country, Zhu Youxiao's current army of more than 200,000 might not be enough.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, Zhu Youxiao naturally understands.

He sneered, "I didn't let you directly clean up the officials in the world, I'm not a fool, I don't need to say these things, I understand." ”

When Sun Chengzong heard Zhu Youxiao's words, his heart calmed down a little.

Indeed, judging from what Zhu Youxiao has done before, Zhu Youxiao is an emperor with a very plan and a very strategic vision, and it stands to reason that he should not be so irrational, but who can say this kind of thing.

For example, when Emperor Yang of Sui was at the beginning, he was not a Ming monarch, and he was eloquent?

Let's talk about it a long time ago, was the king of the dragon the image of the mediocre king at the beginning?

Not necessarily.

It's just that many monarchs have achieved lofty goals and made a lot of achievements at the beginning, and then they will slowly and naturally float, and if they float, something will definitely happen.

Obviously, the current Zhu Youxiao has not floated yet.

Zhu Youxiao picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

During the Ming Dynasty, civil officials went to other people's homes as guests, and other people's homes served tea to send guests, Zhu Youxiao obviously did not do this, he just moistened his throat, so that he could continue to talk to Sun Chengzong about the rest of the matter.

"If there is a large-scale cleanup of officials across the country, then it is only the Ming Dynasty that is in danger, and I don't want the Ming Dynasty to continue to be in chaos."

"So you first take some officials under the knife, as for what kind of officials you take to cut some officials, do you ever understand what I am thinking?"

Sun Chengzong thought for a while when he heard this, and then he reluctantly came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty probably plans not to deal with those officials who are only corrupt and do not have too many evil deeds, but plans to punish those officials who are both corrupt and harmful to the people first." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "That's right, I did plan to do so. ”

"These officials who are greedy for money and harm the people have a very bad reputation among the people, and even their reputation among the officials will not be much better."

"Most officials, although greedy, may not really do something to harm the people, but there are inevitably some officials who openly rob and secretly take people's lives, and this kind of person must not be kept."

Sun Chengzong stroked his palm and smiled, and Zhu Youxiao glared at him.

Sun Chengzong was shocked that this move was a little frivolous, and he honestly put down his hand, not like an official who has been in the officialdom for decades.

"Your Majesty's approach is really wonderful, and the old minister couldn't hold back for a while."

"In this way, we can get rid of a large number of corrupt officials, and second, we can also get rid of a large number of harmful brain officials."

"It can also form a very good impression in the minds of the people, which is of great benefit to your reputation, Your Majesty."

"Wouldn't it be nice to deter other corrupt officials, in particular? It's a multi-bird solution. ”

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and nodded quietly, "That's right, that's what I think." ”

"But to do these things first, I have to give you more names, and I will issue a holy decree later, in order to celebrate my defeat of Jiannu, and to put down the bandits of the Shaanxi political envoys, I have decided to open Enke this year and next year."

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.