The next day, the Cabinet issued an edict, three major events, each of which was enough to shock.

The first case: the imperial court set up a clean government institute, and selected capable personnel from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Dali Temple, the Jinyi Guard and other departments to investigate corrupt officials.

The first dean, recommended by Xiao Feng, was served by Hai Rui, who had made meritorious contributions in Miaojiang.

The second is to abolish the temporary supervision of the army and hand over military command to military generals. The inspector still cooperated with the military generals for a long time and was responsible for the ideological work of the army.

Governors and commanders in various places are transferred in turn, and when they are transferred, only personal soldiers are allowed, and subordinate generals are not allowed.

The third item: the increase in income, all officials collectively increase the income, and the increase in proportion to the official position.

The third thing smoothly quelled the commotion caused by the first two. It's just that Pan Huang took Liu Tong and others to pull out the abacus beads out of the spark in the household department, and he was still a little worried.

"Lord Liu, with a word from Lord Xiao, our household money and food will suddenly be tight. With so many officials, the price has risen, what a lot of money! ”

Liu Tong turned a deaf ear, lowered his head and concentrated on pulling his account books and abacus, as if he was suddenly deaf.

When he returned home, Liu Tong complained to his wife: "This little bastard is out of the limelight, but it is me who suffers, and I have been complained by my colleagues for a day, how can this be reasonable!" ”

Madame was very happy today and didn't care about Liu Tong's complaints.

"Oh, didn't you come back yesterday and say that you were going to raise your salary? And now I say it again! Don't worry, Xiao Feng must have a way! ”

Liu Tong saw the pastries wrapped on the table, and his eyes lit up: "Xue'er is coming home?" Why didn't you stay to eat? I also made a point of instructing the butler to buy meat and bones......"

Madame attached to his ear and whispered a few words, Liu Tong's eyes brightened, but his mouth hummed dissatisfied.

"This little bastard has lied to us for so long. Xue'er is also yes, and she helped him deceive us! I'm just going to say why hasn't there been any movement......

Who said there was no movement, Xiaomei was the first to disagree. She listened distraughtly to the movement next door, and wanted to cover both ears.

I still wondered before, my uncle and Miss have been married for so long, and they have been so quiet, I thought it should be like that!

Now I know that the real movement is like this!

It's so annoying, it's either bigger enough for me to hear clearly, or it's smaller so I can't hear it! It's not big, it's just too inhuman!

Xiaomei sat up angrily, secretly leaned against the wall at the head of the bed, turned the teacup upside down, put her ear in the mouth of the teacup, and the voice was a little louder.

“…… Xianggong, you ...... You turn sideways! Go a little down! ”

Xiaomei nodded secretly, this is the way of reasoning of Mrs. Protestant, it is said to be a trick to deal with the master, but Xiaomei is very skeptical about the effect.

Although a move is a good move, the effect depends on the individual's talent. Miss's reasoning is not as big as that of Madame, and I am afraid that the effect will be limited.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the reason to be explained, and my uncle turned against the guest and no longer listened to the lady's reasoning.

"Cher, you turn to the side and ...... up a little bit"

What kind of move is this? With doubts, Xiaomei slowly fell asleep, and the teacup slipped off the bed. I was so sleepy that I hadn't slept well for days.

I heard the master say before that if you can't get into the Jinshi, you have to wait for the call of the imperial court to replace the vacant officials before you have the opportunity to become an official.

But the call of the court is very random, and some people can't wait for that call for many years, and those people are really pitiful......

In fact, the household department is not short of money for the time being, and it is so difficult to do so. In the past two years, the war has been won, the income is good, the mutual market makes money, and it is easier for the peasants who cultivate with peace of mind to collect taxes.

What's more, after Yan Shifan was killed, the money he left in various places was successively brought back by Jinyiwei according to the map. Jiajing was not embarrassed to swallow it all, and divided a part of it to the household department.

It's just that the income has increased, and there are more places to spend money. Spring and summer disaster relief, preparation for the construction of water divisions, frontier student assistance, and the establishment of national squares. Although Xiao Feng said that Guofang would make a lot of money in the end, it is still in the investment stage after all.

Pan Huang asked his colleagues to put pressure on Liu Tong, purely as a precaution, hoping to put pressure on Xiao Feng, so that Xiao Feng could give the household a reassurance as soon as possible.

This trick is actually very effective, for example, Xiao Feng stroked Liu Xueer's curve at this time, and Liu Xueer put pressure on Xiao Feng.

"Xianggong, my father said that everyone in the household department was worried that the money was not enough to spend, and he was so worried that he couldn't eat.

I said I don't care about it, women can't ask about things outside the house. But Peng'er said that Dad really only ate two steamed buns for dinner......"

Xiao Feng smiled and covered Liu Xue'er with a quilt: "Don't worry, go back and tell Master Yue-in-law that there will be no shortage of money." As long as the country is safe and secure, will there still be a shortage of money? ”

The next day, Liu Tong went to duty very nervously, and he didn't expect that the household officials were all smiling and relaxed. Pan Huang patted Liu Tong affectionately.

"Lord Liu, yesterday was a loss of words, I didn't expect that early this morning, a sum of silver entered the treasury of the household department, it seems that Lord Xiao has already planned!"

Liu Tong was puzzled: "Where did the silver come from?" ”

Pan Huang whispered: "On the day Yan Song fell, many Yan Party officials were demoted and dismissed, and they also checked their family property at that time, but not much.

This time, Hai Rui took the Incorruptible Government to kill a horse gun, and these officials, whether they are in office or not, suddenly came, and they gained a lot! ”

Liu Tong was stunned: "If you have been dismissed, do you still want to investigate?" I've never heard of it before! ”

Pan Huang nodded: "Check, I heard that not only the dismissed officials are investigated, but even those who are already dead, they will continue to investigate!"

Some officials are honest on the surface, but in fact, they separated from their children early and put all their wealth in their children's homes, and this was also found out!

There are also some officials who are more interesting, reconcile with the lady, and then put all the money in the hands of the lady, and this was also found out! ”

Liu Tong smiled bitterly: "These people can really think of any way to embezzle, and it's really difficult for Hai Rui." ”

Pan Huang said with a smile: "Actually, it is not the saddest thing to be found out, the saddest thing is that after the divorce, the lady took the money to marry someone else."

That's why the dumb person eats Coptis chinensis, and he can't tell if he suffers. I didn't dare to complain, and I didn't dare to take revenge. The green hat you brought with you is still bought with your own money! ”

Seeing that the two of them were talking lively, the right attendant couldn't help but come over and say.

"This is not outrageous, I heard that there are two coastal officials, who are too greedy, and they are afraid of being found out, so they hired a big fishing boat overnight!

The whole family hides in a fishing boat with gold and silver treasures, and wants to abscond to Japan! It turned out to be found out by a patrol boat! ”

Liu Tong nodded: "Then he must have been arrested and tried!" This crime is worse than corruption! ”

The right attendant shook his head again and again: "It's good that I can come back for trial!" When the patrol boat found the fishing boat, there was blood all over the cabin! It's miserable.

It was because the fishermen threw their bodies into the sea that attracted sharks, and the patrol boat tracked them down, and the interrogation revealed that there were still children who died. ”

Although Liu Tong is not very corrupt, he does not dare to say that he has not been greedy for a tael of silver, and his legs and stomachs are a little tendoned.

"This and this are really miserable. The incumbent is also checked, the dismissed officials are also checked, the Zhishi is also checked, the left is also checked, and the separated families are also checked.

If you don't run, you are waiting to be investigated, and if you dare to run, you may cut off your children and grandchildren, and the whole family will die, it seems that you really can't be greedy! ”

Seeing Liu Tong's face pale, Pan Huang knew that he was timid, and comforted: "It's not so strict, I heard Zhang Juzheng say it today."

Hai Rui's investigation of the case was too meticulous and strict, and if people were greedy for ten taels of silver, he also reported it, and Lord Xiao rejected them one by one.

Lord Xiao said that if you were greedy within 500 taels in the past, recover the stolen money, and the officials will make a bad comment in the past.

The point is that from today onwards, the price has risen, and everyone's life is better, let alone five hundred taels, who dares to be greedy for one or two more! ”

Liu Tong's face suddenly improved a lot, and he silently calculated the total amount of corruption he had embezzled over the years in his heart, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Xiao Feng set a buffer amount, there were still many officials who were arrested, both civilian officials and military generals.

These people were either dismissed from their posts, imprisoned and exiled, or even lost their heads.

The family members and relatives of these people naturally cried and scolded the earth. And the one who was scolded the most was not Xiao Feng, but Xu Jie.

The Ming Dynasty did not have short videos, nor did they have the Internet, so people knew one thing, one relied on court notices, and the other relied on folk rumors.

The clear explanation on the imperial court notice is that Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, asked for a request from Banzai to strictly investigate corruption, can the notice be wrong?

As for the folk rumors, there is no doubt that Lord Xu was in the lobby of Shuntianfu, facing the people of the capital, shouting loudly.

"This official must ask for an order, strictly investigate corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and let the people see the determination of the court! It's not easy for anyone to stop me today, I don't share the sky with corruption! ”

Therefore, the vast majority of people believe that this anti-corruption storm was set off by Xu Jie! What an iron-clad Xu Jie, with two sleeves and a breeze!

Lord Xu is wise! Xu seconded the proposal and couldn't die well! The above two voices represent the most direct thoughts of people in different camps.

Xu Jiexu, who was so wise that he couldn't die well, seconded the proposal, and at this time in his mansion, his face was as black as Bao Qingtian, and he drank glass after glass.

Xu Fan looked at his father and didn't dare to speak. I wanted to help my father fight a beautiful turnaround battle, and a father and son soldier went into battle, but I didn't expect to be directly beaten by Xiao Feng and put down half of the household registration book.

The housekeeper came in with trepidation and reported: "Master, the Hubu Langzhong talks about the same, and the Criminal Department Langzhong Liutai, jointly visit the master." ”

Xu Jie stopped his wine glass and said coldly: "The two of them don't talk about something in the court, what are they doing in the old man's private house?" Missing! ”

The housekeeper turned around to leave, and Xu Jie suddenly said, "Slow, let the two of them go around in a circle, come in through the corner door, and don't let others see it!" ”

The housekeeper turned to leave, and Xu Fan whispered: "Father, these two people have a bad reputation, they were both the backbone of the strict party before, and now they are like lost dogs."

They all fell from the left waiter Lang to Langzhong, and when my father saw these two, would it have an impact on my father. ”

Xu Jie glanced at his son: "Of course it has an impact, otherwise how could I drive them away from the main gate and sneak in through the corner gate."

You're right, they're lost dogs now. Moreover, Hai Rui is now so close to investigating corruption, I am afraid that in a few days, he will not even be able to be a lost dog.

They came to find the old man just to find a new backer who could escape this catastrophe. ”

Xu Fan frowned: "In this case, it has been a few days since the Yan Party fell, so why didn't they come before?" It's a shame that they can figure it out in such a hurry. ”

Xu Jie shook his head: "Fan'er, don't underestimate these people. They have all been to Zuo Shilang, they are dignified three-grade masters, and they are only one step away from Shangshu!

They are not fools. They came to the Father, but the Father would not see them. What's more, there was no investigation of corruption at that time, and they hoped that people would forget about them and try again.

But now that Hai Rui is so tight, our father and son just happened to have a big fight with Xiao Feng, their noses are very smart, and this time is well chosen. ”

Xu Fan was silent for a moment: "Father, do you want to help them?" Father, our Xu family is not completely innocent in this regard, but I am afraid that we will get burned. ”

Xu Jie sneered: "To help or not, it depends on what conditions they can come up with." If it's useful, it's not impossible.

If you want to rely on gold and silver or something, isn't my Xu family so poor that they can't eat, can they see it? The initiative is in my hands, and it doesn't hurt to listen to it! ”

While talking, Tan Tong and Liu Tai walked in one after the other. Xu Jie's previous Xu seconded the proposal, and these two people were also frequent visitors to the court, and they were very familiar with each other.

But after the two were demoted to Chenglangzhong, they lost their qualifications to go to the court, and Xu Jie was promoted to the first assistant, so it was naturally rare to have time to go around the ministries. So it's been a long time since we've seen each other.

At this time, as soon as they met, Xu Jie was also taken aback, the two of them had changed too much.

Tan Tong was a little better, but he looked very sluggish, panicked like a frightened bird, and even the sound of Xu Fan putting down the wine jug was frightened.

Ryutai's mental state was the opposite, a pair of eyes widening with excitement, like two small eggs, panting and holding his arms, like a mad dog ready to fight.

Xu Jie smiled and gave up his seat, then asked his son to avoid it, and ordered the servant to pour tea, before picking up the tea bowl and slowly speaking.

"Two brothers came to visit late at night, what are you doing?"

Talking about the same thing, he stopped talking, and stabbed Liutai, Liutai looked around, leaned forward, and was about to speak, stopped, and looked around again.

Xu Jie frowned secretly, he felt that Liu Tai's mental state was indeed not quite right, there was no such thing as mental illness at that time, and it was collectively called phlegm obsession, which was quite a precursor.

After Liu Tai repeatedly confirmed that there was no one around, he lowered his voice, with an inexplicable excitement in his voice.

"Lord Shoufu, the two of us are here to take refuge in adults, hoping to serve the adults and horses!"

Xu Jie sneered in his heart, there are many people who want to serve me, how old are you. But he was very deep in the city, and he still smiled.

"It's serious, it's serious, Lord Liu's words, the old man doesn't dare to take it. We are all working for the imperial court, and we must not say such things. ”

Liu Tai was anxious, and said in a daze: "What are you afraid of, my lord?" We are both faithful to the Lord. I was loyal to Yan Shoufu before, but now I follow the adults, so I will naturally be loyal to you! ”

Xu Jie's heart trembled, this person is really a little abnormal, this kind of person is a smoking cannonball, maybe it will explode at some time, don't be entangled.

So he stood up and stretched: "It's late at night, if it's okay, please go back." The old man has to get up early tomorrow to go to court. ”

This sounds polite, but it is actually a very subtle mockery. The old man is going to the court tomorrow, you two are not even qualified to go to the court, get out, don't talk nonsense here!

Liu Tai was stunned, he didn't speak for a long time, it was normal to talk about the same, and he quickly took over the conversation.

"My lord, Brother Liu has been a little nervous by the people of the Incorruptible Government in the past few days, and he didn't make it clear.

Brother Liu recently accidentally learned a big secret. This secret is related to Xiao Feng, Lu Bing, and the old Tao of the concept of entering the WTO, and even to Long live.

With this secret, adults can force many people to form alliances with adults, and they can also make Xiao Feng and many people turn against each other! ”

Xu Jie's heart moved, and he looked at Liutai, who nodded eagerly, his eyes glowing.

"I would like to dedicate this secret to your lordship, and I will look forward to it for your lord from now on. I just ask the adults to protect the two of me, so that the two of me have a chance to make a comeback! ”

Xu Jie's mind quickly turned around many times, and then he smiled slightly and sat down.

"Guests come to tea and wine on cold nights, although they are elegant, but they are too stingy, we are all ordinary people. Come on, add vegetables, warm wine! ”

At noon the next day, Xiao Feng and Jiajing were also drinking, it was Tao Zhongwenlian's medicinal wine, which was fragrant, and after drinking, the whole body was hot, and it was very comfortable.

Jiajing had already drunk half a pot first, and then suddenly felt that something good was to be shared, so he sent someone to call Xiao Feng from home and drink it together.

Xiao Feng didn't dare to ask the formula of this elixir, anyway, Jiajing's small body could bear it, and the evil fire in his body had been integrated with Yu Dayou's internal strength, so there would be no problem.

When the two brothers were drinking happily, the little eunuch at the door ran to the door and yelled at Huang Jinlian. Huang Jin trotted over, and after a while, ran back to Jiajing's side.

"Long live, Liaodong urgently, Liaoxi Province found a large number of Rakshasas entering the country, and a big war broke out with the Mongols and Jurchens. The Liaodong General Army asked for an order, should he come forward to mediate? ”

Jiajing frowned: "Where is it?" ”

Huang Jindao: "On the periphery of Liaoxi Road, the Ming Dynasty has no garrison there. This is the news transmitted by the Jurchens of Jianzhou, and the Jurchen tribes in western Liaoning have asked for help from Jianzhou. ”

The periphery of Liaoxi Road, that is, beyond the actual jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, is the coldest place in Heilongjiang, not only did the Ming Dynasty not send troops to actually govern, but the Russians also did not have a permanent population.

Where birds don't poop, why did they suddenly fight? Xiao Feng raised his own questions.

Huang Jindao: "The specific situation is not very clear, according to the news from the Jianzhou Jurchens, it is said that there is a drought in Russia and Mongolia this year, and there is a shortage of food.

Therefore, fishing and hunting teams were organized to fish and hunt in the uninhabited areas on the periphery of Liaoning West Road. Unexpectedly, this year, the Jurchen tribe in Liaoxi Province also arrived there in advance due to food shortages.

The three parties were originally old enemies, and after they collided, they naturally met each other. The Mongols and Jurchens formed an alliance against the Rakshasas.

But according to the messenger, the Rakshasa muskets were quite sharp, and the cavalry was also tall and fierce, and had the upper hand. ”

Jiajing glanced at Xiao Feng: "What does the junior brother think?" ”

Xiao Feng drank all the wine in the cup and stood up: "This year, there is rain in the Ming Dynasty, and there are sweet potatoes to replenish, and the grain is still abundant, but there is a shortage of food in other places.

This is exactly the opportunity of Daming. We cannot sit idly by and watch this. Senior brother, I'll go to Guanwai again to deal with this matter. ”

Jiajing shook his head again and again: "Senior brother, even if Da Ming wants to participate, you can't go." Outside the West Liaoning Road, it is extremely bitter cold, and the road is too far! ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "I don't have to go, someone will." It's just that the benefits of Daming's dispatch of troops this time are for me to talk about! ”