"So, you grinded a foreign worker on the road? Walk thirty miles today, forty miles tomorrow. The emperor just wants to see what will happen to you Li Jiantai in the end? Anyway, your soldiers are gone, and you can't fight. ”

"Huh! Your Li Jiantai's ability is really not small, when you arrived in Dingxing, the magistrate was afraid that you would lead troops into the city to harass the people, and you actually took the prince's sword given to you by the emperor and pointed at the magistrate of Dingxing and scolded, and you also used the sword of the Son of Heaven to behead people, you are so majestic! Who gives you the power? ”

"Li Jiantai, I really didn't expect that you had a very good way of attacking the city, and five or six hundred soldiers took Dingxing County without much trouble, you said that if you use this ability to deal with Li Zicheng, how much merit do you have to make? Let me tell you, how many whips did you beat Dingxingzhi County? After a few kicks, I'll count them for you. ”

This is completely Zhang Ping's bragging, but bragging can sometimes bluff people.

Immediately, Li Jiantai was confused, how many whips did I whip Dingxing Zhixian? How many kicks? Why can't I even remember?

It's a ghost to remember, who beats people so badly, remember to count yourself? This is entirely Zhang Ping's use of memory errors.

Wei Zaode was about to drop his jaw in shock when he heard this, how many whips and kicks did Li Jiantai beat, this guy knows? How did he know? By the way, there must be eyeliner next to Li Jiantai, the emperor is the best at playing this set, Li Jiantai is stupid, he doesn't even know anything, and he deserves today's fate!

But, Lao Li, don't tell me about the five hundred taels of silver you gave me, I will accept you this time, if I am dealt with by the emperor because of this, I am unlucky.

Only Zhu Youzhen knew what was going on in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, this kid was really in charge of the Intelligence Bureau, and he handed over the Intelligence Bureau to him.

Wang Chengen is also very impressed, this kid's ability to bluff people, our old king can't do it, he is willing to bow down, and he will come to visit and learn seriously in the future, no, please come to the home to apprentice.

"Probably you know that it will definitely not work to go to Shanxi, and it is useless to go! Your family's property was robbed by Li Zicheng, and your wives were also divided by others, the key is that Li Zicheng is better than you can fight, you still have this number. Let's go back to Beijing? There is no way to explain to the emperor, so you have to get by and rub on the road, do you say that you are a person of such an age who is stupid? Aren't you uncomfortable when the wind and sand blow in this spring? Whoever is in the tent at night and you don't feel cold? In the end, you think you always have to come back, so you just look for someone, don't you? ”

Wei Zaode was taken aback when he heard this, my mother! Does he know about Li Jiantai looking for me?

Paralysis! This time it made Li Jiantai miserable.

I only heard Zhang Ping say: "Li Jiantai, I don't understand who you are?" You said that your family is so rich, how good it is for you to stay at home! Forty or fifty wives, it is estimated that your head is green several times a day, why do you still come out to be an official? ”

Everyone is amazed, dig a groove! What he said was simply to humiliate Li Jiantai to death, and everyone had to admire Zhang Ping's ability to sarcastically mock people.

Some petty officials stood behind and couldn't help laughing, Li Jiantai, I want to be as rich as you, I will never come out to be an official, and I won't marry so many daughters-in-law, just ten or eight, you can't stand it if you have more wives, the key is that people can't stand it, right? Green deserves it!

Of course, no one dared to really laugh, dared to be presumptuous in the court, and went to the Supervision Institute to write an inspection after dispersing.

Zhu Youzhen also sighed, there are too many officials like Li Jiantai in the court, and all the special people don't want that face, why is this child's mouth so damaged?

However, Zhu Youzhen felt very happy, a bastard like Li Jiantai would be so damaged.

Wang Chengen felt that he was very lucky, and the words that Zhang Ping said to himself yesterday belonged to the joke series.

"Oh! Li Jiantai, it's right that you want to be an official, you can't study in vain, right, your head is hanging over the beam and the cone is piercing, but you are doing it well? You don't even have the feelings of a scholar to help the world, the country is like this, you don't forget to make money, the world's scholars have let you lose everything, shame on you, your family is so rich, you are still greedy, let me ask you, where did your eight big boxes of silver come from? Where to put it now? ”

Li Jiantai was so shocked that he couldn't move, my mother, it turns out that my every move is really so clear by others? Even I know that I have eight chests of silver.

It's all at this time, don't defend yourself anymore, and strive for leniency, "Du, all, all at home, just came back yesterday, and the lockdown hasn't been lifted yet." ”

"Really not opened?"

"Not really! It's not too late yet. ”

Zhang Ping turned to Zhu Youzhen and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, this Li Jiantai is not only greedy for life and afraid of death, but also a corrupt official. Some time ago, you called on noble officials to donate money to help the country, Li Jiantai, a corrupt official, actually pretended to be honest and said that he had no money, Your Majesty, do you know how much silver he embezzled and bribed? Eight large boxes were packed, totaling 178,600 taels, these money may have been corrupted and bribed recently, and there must have been more corruption in the past, it is estimated that those are shipped back to his hometown to be cheap Li Zicheng, and the emperor asked the emperor to immediately put Li Jiantai in prison and raid Li Jiantai's home. ”

Zhu Youzhen was shocked, and he didn't believe Zhang Ping's claim that Li Jiantai had embezzled and accepted bribes of more than 100,000 taels.

A little Li Jiantai, who is not the biggest official, has not been the longest official, and has embezzled so much, how much money should those who have been in the official position bigger and for a longer time have? No wonder Zhang Ping said that the nobles are not good people? Which of those nobles is not more powerful than these officials? Alas, I was so deceived so bitterly! It turns out that the poorest person in the world is still I, the son of heaven who claims to be rich all over the world.

Li Jiantai embezzled so much money? With the war still with him, everyone can't help but be shocked, could it be that Li Jiantai took the opportunity to send troops to transport silver home again, right?

"Your Majesty, Li Jiantai's corruption and perversion of the law must be strictly examined, and see where he got all the money from!"

"That's right! A thorough investigation is required! Let's see who gave it to him. ”

"Li Jiantai is really a scum, wearing a human skin in vain, he has lost the face of officials in the world, and he should be cut with a thousand knives."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are still people in the court who are in the same stream as Li Jiantai, and they must be thoroughly examined!"

"That's right! With such moths, how can the country be better? ”

……

All right.

"Escort Li Jiantai to the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, strictly censor, give me a cruel trial, don't care what means are used, Wang Chengen immediately arranged for Jinyi Wei to raid Li Jiantai's home!" Zhu Youzhen was really angry, seeing that Li Zicheng was about to hit the Beijing Division, I called on the honorable and hundreds of officials to donate money to save the country, everyone even said that there was no money, this Li Jiantai, as a university scholar, embezzled as much as he could, so he donated three hundred taels of silver, and what was even more hateful was that his father-in-law even defrauded the queen of two thousand taels of silver, is there still a credible person in this Manchu Dynasty?

The angry Zhu Youzhen really wanted to cut off Li Jiantai's head directly.

Wang Chengen waved his hand, and the Jinyi guard who was on duty at the door immediately rushed in.

It stinks! Many officials covered their noses.

It turned out that Li Jiantai was so frightened that he pulled it into his pants.

The hall stinks so badly that if it weren't for the emperor's presence at the court meeting, some people would want to run out to change the air.

Wang Chengen followed, needless to say, he must have arranged for someone to raid Li Jiantai's house.

Jianji Hall was suddenly silent.

Wei Zaode was a little scared, yesterday Li Jiantai sent someone into the city to find him and sent five hundred taels of silver.

Don't think about it, this time the imperial court will definitely set off a hurricane, whether he confessed to receiving Li Jiantai's five hundred taels of silver? Wei Zaode's ideological struggle was very fierce, and finally decided to go to Zhu Youzhen to tell the truth when he dispersed the dynasty.

He understands very well that the paper can't contain the fire, and I'm afraid that Li Jiantai will be the first to confess to him.

The most uncomfortable thing is the nobleman kneeling on the ground, the emperor didn't say let him get up, no one dared to get up, ouch! Oh my legs! Oops! My old waist.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, "Get out!" ”

Li Banghua took a few steps forward and knelt on the ground, "The old minister was derelict in his duty and asked the emperor for his guilt, and the minister, as the imperial history of the Zuodu of the Inspectorate, had the responsibility of supervision, but he didn't find out that Li Jiantai was a big corrupt official." ”

Zhang Ping looked at Zhu Youzhen a few times, and Zhu Youzhen immediately understood that he wanted to control his anger! There are many major and urgent matters in the country, you can't be excited if you want to hold the fire, Li Banghua is one of the loyal ministers who follow him, you can't implicate these people because you are angry, "Lao Aiqing, please get up!" ”

Two people went over to help Li Banghua up, but Li Banghua broke free with all his might, which means that I am not old.

Then, Li Banghua said to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, the corruption of officials has reached the point where the country can be destroyed, and the ministers ask the emperor to make great efforts to rectify the rule of officials, there is so much wealth in the world, and if the officials are corrupt, the people of the world will be gone, this is by no means a trivial matter." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, "What Aiqing said is very true, let the Inspectorate assign people to review Li Jiantai's corruption case with Jinyiwei, officials are corrupt, what about the army?" ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, Li Guozhen was taken aback, the emperor shouldn't check the troops, right? If you really want to investigate, you must first check the troops under my Li Guozhen's management, who let us be under the emperor's nose?

"Your Majesty, there is no pure land in the world, I am afraid that the army is also corrupt, for so many years, the state has invested countless funds to suppress bandits, why do you often lose wars? I am afraid that it has something to do with corruption, and the minister Li Guozhen asked the emperor to thoroughly investigate the use of funds allocated by the Ministry of War to various places. ”

Zhang Ping looked at Li Guozhen, and said that this guy is sharp-tongued, and it is true, this guy is not only sharp-tongued, but also the bag is not given in vain, this doesn't want to be a gentleman! As soon as Emperor Zhu Youzhen talked about how the army was, he immediately echoed and said that there was no pure land in the world, and immediately asked for a thorough investigation of the funds transferred by the Ministry of War to various places to suppress bandits.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there must be corruption in the army, maybe it will be more powerful, but it will be difficult to find out for a while and a half, and there is no way to conduct a thorough investigation at present, the focus of the current army is not to investigate corruption, but to check whether it has combat effectiveness, and Li Zicheng has not gone far, and may take action at any time, so he has to prevent it!"

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, then stood up, "The minister thinks that what the Governor said is extremely true, guarding against Li Zicheng and other rogues is the top priority, the top priority!" ”

Zhang Jinyan, now forty-four years old, Ming Chongzhen four years of Jinshi, the first grant of Qingjian Zhi County, soon transferred to the three original Zhi County, ten years, the head of the relocation department, eleven years as the editor, the military department to give the matter, once wrote to impeach Yang Sichang, sixteen years, the military department Shangshu Feng Yuanbiao saw that the general trend had gone, said that he was sick and resigned, recommended Li Banghua and Shi Kefa to replace himself, Chongzhen did not listen, and promoted Zhang Jinyan to the secretary of the military department, and he was also regarded as the same as Wei Zaode who rose up on a rocket.

Judging from the qualifications, it should be said that Zhang Jinyan did not have big corruption, or that there will not be a lot of corruption, and it is impossible to say that there is no at all, and there are very few officials who are not corrupt at all in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Ping felt that Zhang Jinyan was not greedy, which came from Zhang Jinyan's original errand.

After the Hu Weiyong case, the elder Zhu carried out a drastic reform of the imperial court institutions in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and the three major power organs of Zhongshu Province, Dadu Governor's Mansion and Yushitai were all abolished, and the six ministries were under the direct leadership of his old man, and as a result, the six ministries became the highest administrative body in the country.

How do you supervise the officials of the six ministries? Elder Zhu has a way to set up six sections that are opposed to the six departments.

The main responsibility of the Sixth Division is to supervise the six Divisions.

Elder Zhu believes that when the officials are big, they will be in the same stream, so the level of the officials of the six departments is very low, the highest is five grades, and most of the things given by the general departments are seven grades or from the seventh grade.

Everything is given to the middle of the matter, that is, the head of the ministry is given to the matter.

Don't look at the fact that the officials in the matter are not big, but the power is not small, because the six departments belong to the supervision body, which is neither subordinate to the six ministries, nor to the inspectorate of the highest supervision body in the country, but a complete independent body.

In the six sections, the place of work is in each ministry, and it is stipulated that the six departments are responsible for the attendants, admonishment, supplementation, gleaning, auditing, sealing and refuting the edict, refuting the edicts of the hundred divisions, supervising the six departments and departments, impeaching the hundred officials, and complementing each other with the imperial history.

In addition, the six sections are also responsible for recording and compiling the edicts, supervising the implementation of the edicts, serving as examiners in the township examination, serving as examiners in the guild examination, serving as the examiner in the palace examination, canonizing the clan, the feudal domains or admonishing foreign countries, serving as the chief and deputy envoys, and accepting unjust lawsuits.

Let's put it this way, the Shangshu of each ministry is the second grade, but if he decides to do something, the six departments oppose it, and he can't do it.

But this is also an errand that only offends people, and it belongs to the work of making wine without fragrant acetic acid, so it is unlikely that the officials of the six departments will be corrupt, if you want to get rich, someone has to send it to you?

From this, it can be inferred that Zhang Jinyan is not likely to be corrupt.

The reason why Zhang Jinyan agrees with Zhang Ping's proposition is that the country's military situation has reached a very grim moment, and he is under heavy pressure as the secretary of the military department, and he has just become the secretary of the military department, and many people below are not convinced. Therefore, Zhang Jinyan absolutely does not agree with Li Guozhen's opinion.

The existence of the country depends entirely on the defense of the army, and what the original plan to do today is to investigate and punish Li Guozhen by reviewing the three armies of Gyeonggi, so as to truly reorganize the three armies of Gyeonggi into a great wall of steel to protect the safety of the capital, how could Zhu Youzhen easily change the original plan, of course, I understand Zhang Ping's reminder.

"Hmmm! Zhang Jinyan is right, the army is the pillar of the country's existence, and it is also the only guarantee for defeating Li Zicheng, eliminating the rebellion, resisting the invasion of Jianyu, and recovering the lost territory. I really don't feel at ease, so if I want to check the situation of the various armaments, let's start with the Gyeonggi troops, Li Guozhen, I order you to immediately mobilize the three armies in Gyeonggi to conduct a parade, and hundreds of civil and military officials will parade with me. ”

"This? Your Majesty, the addresses of the various camps in Gyeonggi are scattered, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to assemble for a while. Li Guozhen immediately replied.

What is Li Guozhen's thoughts, how can Zhang Ping not know, "Your Majesty, Li Guozhen's statement is not right, the three armies of Gyeonggi are the main combat forces to protect the capital, if the three battalions of Gyeonggi can't be mobilized for a while, is it possible that Li Zicheng is here, let him attack the capital?" ”

These words directly grabbed Li Guozhen's seven inches, and the truth is here.

"Not bad! Li Guozhen, after the mobilization in one hour, I want to parade! The location was chosen outside Chaoyang Gate. ”