With the fall of Wynne, a great reckoning quietly unfolded in the inner court.

Since Liang Fang had already sent someone to target Huaien, who Huaien contacted after he returned, and who he received bribes, these things have already been recorded.

In fact, when Huaien was imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi, Liang Fang had already ordered all Huaien's comrades to be imprisoned.

Although Huai'en Tuming overcame his greedy hands, there were no shortage of greedy people under his hands, especially Chen Zhun, his godson who was relied on by Huai'en.

During the reign of Emperor Chenghua, a large number of eunuchs were sent to the local government to supervise the construction of fortifications and serve as important positions such as the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Division, so that the eunuchs with power in the capital had a lot of room for rent-seeking.

These eunuchs don't need to do it themselves, and the disciples and grandchildren sent to the local area have already made money for them, so they have fattened up many big eunuchs.

Chen Zhun is one of the representative figures, he first relied on Huai'en's favor, and then he was the master of ceremonies and the supervisor of the East Factory for many years, and he was resolutely a leader in the inner court.

Zhu Youzhu learned that Chen Zhun had accumulated a lot of money over the years, and even ordered the raid of Chen Zhun's house in the capital, he ended up stealing 500,000 taels of gold and silver, jade plates, and countless treasures from Chen Zhun's home.

Before Chen Zhun, the number one greedy eunuch in the Ming Dynasty was Wang Zhen.

When Wang Zhen was confiscated, he copied 60 vaults of gold and silver from his house, each of which amounted to more than 6,000 taels, a total of more than 400,000 taels of gold and silver, more than 20 coral trees six or seven feet high, more than 100 jade plates, and countless treasures.

You must know that the current military expenditure of the nine-sided town of the Chenghua Dynasty is only 400,000 taels a year, and as a result, the amount of corruption of this eunuch has exceeded the military expenditure of the nine-sided town.

"The harm of the eunuchs has never been heard of for a long time, if Your Majesty reuses the eunuchs, the national treasury will not be thick!"

"If the eunuch takes one point, the people will lose one point, and if the people lose one point, they will have no livelihood, and the country will be in endless chaos!"

"Taizu has training, and eunuchs can't interfere in politics! Today, the son is heavy on the eunuch and light on the minister, this is the sorrow of the poor man and the villain! ”

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With Chen Zhun being confiscated 500,000 taels of gold and silver, setting a new record for corruption among Ming eunuchs, these civil officials made a big fuss about this matter as if they had collectively beaten chicken blood.

Facing the music that flew like snowflakes, even Zhu Youzhu couldn't bear it.

Although everyone knows what these ministers are thinking, they just want Zhu Youzhu to alienate the internal officials, so as to reuse their "incorruptible" ministers.

On the contrary, Zhu Youzhu can't say that they are wrong.

After all, eunuchs still have to be guarded against being greedy for ink, once they are too indulgent, even if the eunuchs under their noses are very incorruptible, the eunuchs who are released will inevitably continue to run rampant.

Zhu Youzhu saw that the song had spread from the capital to the surrounding prefecture and county officials, even though he had already made preparations in his heart, he also felt that his head was as big as numbness.

"Your Majesty, if you don't confiscate Chen Zhun and other eunuchs, how can you get 500,000 taels and so many treasures?" Guo Yong knew that Zhu Youzhu would definitely not be able to get along with a full 500,000 taels, so he smiled and said.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but feel better when he thought of the 500,000 taels in the account, but he still said melancholy: "As soon as Chen Zhun's matter comes out, these Wenchen are afraid that they will make a fuss about this matter again and again in the future, what should they do?" ”

The reuse of eunuchs remained an important part of his plan.

After all, there are too many corrupt officials in the local area, and the civil official group has a natural party-forming attribute, if it is not supervised and restrained by eunuchs, then the local corruption will definitely be inexhaustible.

"Your Majesty's wisdom is the best in the world, and the slave and maid think that it will be difficult for Your Majesty!" Guo Yong thought of Zhu Youji's exquisite layout earlier, even if it was a compliment.

Outside, the north wind blew so hard that a whimper was heard.

Zhu Youzhu looked up at the gently swaying sandalwood smoke, and asked seriously: "Guo Yong, do you think your internal supervisors are greedy or Wenchen is more greedy?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slave is not easy to answer, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of favoritism!" Guo Yong grabbed his crotch and looked bitter.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at him, and said seriously: "I may not be able to fully believe you, I will distinguish between the true and the false, you just say it!" ”

"When Wang Zhen was in power, every time he received the filial piety of the local magistrates and Beijing officials, it was a few hundred taels, and later someone gave him 3,000 taels to seek the post of Shangshu, so he asked, 'Sir, why is I worth?' , but at that time, the amount of ice and charcoal that the local magistrate gave to Bachelor Yang was already at this number. Our eunuchs are all from poor backgrounds, even the slaves and maids are like people who have never seen money, and a few hundred taels in the past are enough to support the elderly, but as everyone knows, it is not worth mentioning at all. Even if our eunuchs are greedy for money, they don't necessarily want mountains of gold and silver, and in the end, who can this mountains of gold and silver pass on to in addition to causing trouble? The slave maid didn't know how Wenchen was, but according to the humble opinion of the slave and maid, they were more greedy than the eunuchs and others, and I heard that Li Min was asking for horses and recruiting good hands who knew martial arts! Guo Yong talked eloquently.

Zhu Youji's heart moved slightly, and he immediately asked seriously: "I remember that Li Min seems to have been promoted from the governor of Caoyun to the head of the household department, how did he squeeze out the original left attendant of the household department, Pan Rong?" ”

"I don't know about this matter, but Pan Rong has served as the head of the household department for many years, and it is indeed he who is more suitable to take over as the head of the household department, but he was squeezed to Nanjing!" Guo Yong looked thoughtful.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't judge whether Li Min took Xu Pu's path or used the money in private, but he faintly felt that Li Min had a problem, so he asked seriously: "Did Li Min leave Beijing?" ”

"I shouldn't have gotten up today, and I went to the old Wange's house yesterday to congratulate me, and it seems that I want to say goodbye to everyone one by one before I leave to return to Hehenan!" Guo Yong shook his head lightly.

Zhu Youzhu had an idea in his heart, and when he even instructed: "I don't worry about other people's affairs, you can personally touch Li Min's bottom again, especially the situation during his tenure as the governor of Caoyun!" ”

"Slave obeys!" Guo Yong realized that Zhu Youzhu was trying to solve the problem with Li Min, even if he was respectful.

Zhu Youzhu watched Guo Yong leave, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Originally, he was reluctant to start by raiding his family, after all, this practice would undermine the confidence of the subjects of the world in the right to property security, but now that he is in a hurry, he can't care so much.

Chen Zhun's greed for ink surpassed Wang Zhen, and now this matter is being held on by the civil official group, if he doesn't try to break the situation, then he will be more resisted if he continues to reuse the eunuchs.

Although he can act arbitrarily as a great tomorrow, if he really makes Xu Pu and these ministers lose hope, then they will probably no longer control the place for themselves.

It is precisely in this way that the best solution is to tear off the underpants of the civilian clique, so as to shatter the "incorruptibility" that they are proud of.

It's just that the official is as smooth as oil, even if he has doubts about Li Min, it is still difficult to find out the evidence of Li Min's greed for ink, but he can't raid Li Min's home without evidence.

Liu Jin came in from outside and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Song Cheng, a member of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division of the Criminal Department, asked to see him, and he said that he had solved the case that His Majesty had just issued to the Criminal Department!" ”

"I think I've just arrived at the Criminal Department! In that case, let him in! Zhu Youzhu was slightly surprised, and even let people come in.

Since the Beizhen Fusi investigated the cause of Huaien's death for many days and still had no clues, he used the case question to evaluate the officials of the Criminal Department today, and wanted to let capable officials investigate the case.

The topic of the case is: In the sixteenth year of Hongwu, a merchant surnamed Li in Suzhou planned to go to other places to do business, hired a boatman's boat, and agreed to board the boat in Hanshan Temple outside the city the next day. Before dawn the next day, Li Yuanwai left home, and then the sun shone on the east window, and Li's wife heard the boatman knock on the door and shouted: "Sister-in-law Li, sister-in-law Li, open the door quickly!" After Li's wife opened the door, the boatman asked anxiously: "Sister-in-law Li, it's not early, why hasn't Li Yuanwai arrived?" Li's wife panicked and searched for someone all the way to no avail. Question: This case was reported to the county government, and you are the county official, how should you deal with it?

"Song Cheng, a member of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Ministers, respectfully invites Sheng'an!" Song Cheng was a dark-skinned young man who knelt down respectfully.

"St. Ann! Have you solved the problem? Zhu Youzhi had a little impression of this Song Cheng in the earlier assessment of the Criminal Department, so he asked seriously.

Although Liu Jin has also read that question, and Li Yuanwai has not been missing for a long time, I am afraid it will not be too difficult to investigate, the main thing is to have a logical and rigorous charter, and I can't help but look at Song Cheng curiously to know the answer.