Li Shanchang did his best, even if those court officials still wanted to obstruct Enke, they couldn't deal with Li Shanchang's methods. If they are a thousand-year-old fox, then Li Shanchang is a 10,000-year-old turtle spirit, and when it comes to cultivation, there is still a 9,000-year-old gap in the middle.

Enke proceeded in an orderly manner, and a total of tens of thousands of students participated in the exam, and in the end, 527 people were selected. These people were given the official status of the six-grade tax envoy by Lao Zhu on the spot of the palace examination, and the tax department was directly announced at the court meeting the next day.

It is worth mentioning that the post promoted by the tax department was actually held by Yan Xizhe, the former secretary of the Ministry of Households. I heard that Yan Xizhe took the initiative to go to the emperor and asked to be transferred to the newly established "Tax Promotion Division". This move really surprised everyone, you know, the household department is the second rank, and the tentative title of the tax promotion department is the fourth grade, Yan Xizhe is transferred, it is no different from asking to move to the left.

But Lao Zhu's move towards Yan Xizhe was a great joy. Although Yan Xizhe's qualifications are shallow, he can't convince the officials in the household department, but it is just right to be promoted as a tax department. After all, he was also a dignified second-class officer, and a tax department was more than enough for the general leader. Moreover, the functions of the tax department were originally separated from the household department, and Yan Xizhe, the former secretary of the household department, served as the first leader, which can be regarded as familiar.

As soon as Yan Xizhe took office in the Tax Division, when he took a large group of new science and technology scholars who had just been admitted to sharpen their knives, the first knife was cut to the former old post household department. Although he was just a clay sculpture scholar, he was also clear about the filthiness of the officials of the household department, and many of the new scholars under him were the officials of the original household department. Now that this knife is cut down, the officials of the household department will not be able to parry it at all, and in just one day, the assets of these officials' families will be counted upside down.

"What a big bold!" Lao Zhu threw the latest piece handed over by Yan Xizhe to the ground. "Just one household, those waiters and court officials at the bottom, the annual profits of the family can reach as much as one million!"

"Those imperial villages and imperial stores under our command are not as rich as these big dog families in the household department! How much of the people's fat and people's ointment have they snared? ”

"Is this world our Zhu family, or are they officials?"

The emperor was furious, and the crown prince Zhu Biao's face was also ugly. "The household department took advantage of the convenience of being in charge of the world's money and grain, wantonly swallowing the people's profits and intercepting wealth, and it was even too much!"

"It has obviously become a problem for my Mingming. The child implored his father to find out! Be sure to remove this cancer for me! ”

"Check! Of course you have to check! Not only the household department should be investigated, but also the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs...... All six ministries, no, all officials are to be thoroughly investigated! ”

"We thought that now that the founding of the country has not been established for a long time, the Ming Dynasty will not be rotten to that extent...... Now it seems that the four major cases in history were launched too late! ”

"We regret not doing it now, we shouldn't have tolerated these dirty officials these days...... We should have pulled out these tumors at the beginning! ”

"Even if a strong man breaks his wrist, it is much better than letting these tumors suck blood on my Da Ming's body for a few years!"

Zhu Biao's face was slightly moved, remembering that more than a year ago, when Hu Weiyong's case occurred, he had persuaded his father to put the stability of the dynasty first. Hu Weiyong's case did not spread widely, partly because his father listened to his own advice. Now these giant rats can be raised so fat, and they also have part of the "credit", and they can't help but feel a little ashamed.

"Everything is in the interests of the country...... Zhu Biao muttered silently, completely suppressing the compassion of a woman's kindness in the depths of his heart, and then arched his hand to Lao Zhu and said: "Father, my son, please don't tolerate your father this time, you need to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to deter future generations and not continue to poison the people." ”

"The child asks for his life, and the child will come to the general to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the officials, so that I will be clear from now on, and there will be no more corruption!"

"I don't need you for this!" Lao Zhu waved his hand. He turned his head to look at Zhu Biao, his eyes full of satisfaction and relief. "Biao'er, you can think like this, it can be seen that you have grown up."

"However, we are still a father now, and it is not time to use you yet."

"Look at our methods, and after a while, we will naturally arrange for you to come out and clean up the mess. At that time, it is the time for you, the prince, to show his talents. ”

Lao Zhu said as he spoke, with a pair of squinting tiger eyes, an extremely dangerous and shrewd light flashed.

Yan Xizhe completely became the emperor's minions, he took a group of Jinshi who came out of Enkekao, and took the entire household without any care, and it can be said that even the foundation was left for the household. The long-silent Jinyi Wei commander made Mao Xiang reappear in the sight of the officials of Yingtian, and the Jinyi Wei rode out in all directions, arresting the household officials everywhere, even those who were not in the capital and scattered all over the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan who temporarily signed the Jinyi Guard Yamen, was busy confiscating the official property, and he took the Jinyi guards to run around in the Ming Dynasty, and seized countless good land and goods. If the owner can be found, these illegal gains will be returned to the owner on the spot, but there are also many bad debts from the previous Yuan period, or the people concerned have long been wiped out by these officials and big households. This part of the goods can only be nationalized first. The mere seizure of these people's belongings led to an unexpected windfall in the state treasury.

It is worth mentioning that when Jinyiwei went out of Beijing to do business, he was attacked by unknown people, and several Jinyi captains died for this. There are even local big households who instigate the people who don't know why to besiege Jinyiwei. Zhu Di was furious about this matter, and rushed to the scene with the newly formed Yanwang Guard, fearlessly put himself in danger, and directly attacked several large households involved in the tax case with thunderous means, and hung their heads on the local city gate.

And using the method taught to him by Zhu Su, he organized the people to conduct a public trial, and made public the crimes of these big families who relied on their families to be officials and prestige in Beijing, successfully won the hearts of the people, and returned all the illegal gains that could be found to the source to the people.

Because of this incident, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, became famous, and he had the potential to overpower Zhu Su, the king of Wu. Jinyiwei actually has a good reputation because of this, although among the officials is still talked about by everyone, but among the people, the image has warmed up, and some people regard it as the emperor's law enforcement guard specially used to punish corrupt officials.

The paralysis of the household caused most of the officials to die and the foxes to grieve. Many court officials jointly wrote a letter to admonish Lao Zhu Wanmo for being too implicated. If this continues, the government will be suspended.

The implication: It's okay if the household department suffers, don't continue to implicate us. Without us working for you, how can your old Zhu family rule the Ming Dynasty?

(End of chapter)