In the East Warm Pavilion, sandalwood curls up from the copper furnace. Zhu Youzhu looked at Hu Guangxun and pressed Jiang Hong's recital, and didn't know why he had such a bold idea.

It's just that he knows that this salt government is like a cake that has been crawling with flies and little mice, and it has come to the time when he has to see blood.

The salt disadvantages of Daming are not at all solved by Zhang Min's kind of reform, only by beating these flies and mice to death can this kind of cake be able to keep the cake that the court should have.

In fact, this is true in any era, once there is a steady stream of money or benefits, then there will inevitably be interest groups.

Even in the era of later civilizations, there is no shortage of moths in some fields, and they eat away at the sugar in this field through various means.

The Zhou Dynasty, to which the civilian-bureaucratic clique aspired, is largely a fairy tale, set two thousand years ago, and officials of any era must have selfish motives.

As for Zhu Xi

The concept of "Gu Tianli, destroying people's desires" may be a way to govern the world, but there are a few officials who can

"Sanctification"? The land under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is two capitals and thirteen provinces, and there are more than 1,400 counties under it, but how many Jingshan counties exist here, and how many people like Li Guangming exist?

When Zhu Youzhu saw these notes handed over from the local government to impeach Wang Yue, not only did he not waver in his desire to reuse Wang Yue, but he also wanted to kill these officials as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, this is the song that was just sent from the Huiji Gate!" Guo Yong came in with a bunch of concerts and reported again.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but reach out and rub his forehead, there are enough of the three provinces in Beijing, but some of the Beijing officials below are not at ease.

Due to the early days of the dynasty, the number of recitals has increased rapidly, and the number has exceeded the number of recitals sent by the localities.

It would be fine if these Beijing officials honestly played government affairs, but they were all handed to them, saying that it was good to listen to it was direct advice, and saying that it was bad was actually teaching themselves to be people.

Zhu Youzhu opened a book, and said bitterly: "It's Ma Wensheng again?" ”

"Your Majesty, these three are all Ma Wensheng's songs!" Liu Jin knew that Ma Wensheng, the new Imperial Emperor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had become the number one thorn, so he picked up the other two books and reported carefully.

Zhu Youzhu directly threw aside the music in his hand, but he didn't bother to take another look. Ma Wensheng, the imperial capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had just arrived from Nanjing, seemed to have taken medicine, and several copies of the music were handed over every day, and there was a strong sense of disrespect between the words.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu both liked it

The courtiers of "direct advice" have a great reputation in later generations, and they are known as the three gentlemen of Hongzhi along with Daxia. Compared with these talkative officials, he prefers doers like Wang Yue, the former only has such a clever mouth, but the back is a real thing.

Whether he is flipping through or reading history books, Zhu Youzhu has always been thinking about what this official has done in that context, rather than easily judging who is good and who is bad.

Zhu Youzhu was unwilling to waste his energy on these people, and suddenly thought that Song Cheng hadn't seen anyone for a few days, so he ordered to summon them alone.

"This time the new monarch is so nonsense, we are the courtiers to admonish him, how can we let the new monarch make mistakes again and again!" Ma Wenhua not only handed over a few letters every day, but also openly spoke.

Ma Wenhua is a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, the first imperial history, and then the patrol according to Shanxi, Huguang and Guangzhou, was originally the book of the Nanjing Military Department, and now he was elected to Beijing to serve as the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

Although he is now over sixty years old, his body is still very healthy, even if he is missing a few teeth, his voice is loud and powerful, and he is still a famous mouth of Daming.

Like Wang Shu, he usually likes to find trouble when he has nothing to do, but now he has to find something when he has something. Regardless of whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, anyway, we have to make a fuss first.

When he returned to Beijing at this time, he learned that his fellow villager Li Min had been arrested and imprisoned, and he was furious.

He had a close relationship with Liu Min, and even wanted to form a family with his children at one point, but his son committed some things, and finally the family affair was stopped.

Now Zhu Youzhu sent Li Min to prison and raided his house without real evidence, in his opinion, Zhu Youzhu was not even as good as a tyrant, so he directly carried the banner of anti-imperialism.

It's just a pity that no matter how many letters he handed over, it was still a stone in the sea. It happened that the time came in November, and the weather in Beijing was getting colder and colder.

Shuowang Dynasty, this is the first and fifteenth day of each month in the Fengtian Hall held in the court meeting, by the four grades or above the Beijing officials into the palace to participate, only the court and do not discuss political affairs.

Zhu Youzhu did not quit the Shuowang Dynasty, and went to the Fengxian Hall in the palace early in the morning to worship the ancestors. Whether he admits it or not, now he has the blood of the Zhu family's royal family, and the spirit cards in front of him are his nominal ancestors, and Juzheng is naturally the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Youzhu has been on this throne for a long time, but the person he admires the most is Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. If the system formulated during the Taizu period was not out of shape, the current Ming Dynasty would definitely be stronger, and even the country and the people would have been rich.

Of course, this is actually a fantasy full of fairy tales, and it is actually an inevitability that Yanzheng will be eaten up by interest groups, and the destruction of Kaizhongfa will be the inevitable result of Huaiguan's growth sooner or later.

"Hundreds of officials enter the temple to worship!" As Zhu Youzhu came to the dragon chair in Fengtian Temple, Guo Yong immediately sang.

At this time, Honglu Temple praised the class and made music.

"Blessed is the Holy Bow!" Chen Qiong, the new left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, has arrived, and because he was fished back from the Nanjing nursing home by Zhu Youzhang, his eyes when he looked at Zhu Youzhu were obviously more grateful, and he sang in a proper manner.

"Blessed is the Holy Bow!" Wan An and Liu Ji led all the Beijing officials above the fourth rank into the hall to listen to the sound of the bell, but respectfully bowed and bowed.

According to the weekly ceremony, the officials originally had to take off their boots and enter the hall to show respect, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not a person who liked this kind of red tape, so he specially issued an edict stipulating that all officials who entered the hall should not play that set of false rules, and put on all the boots for Lao Tzu.

Zhu Youzhu knew that this court meeting was actually just a process, he came here to accept the worship of the Beijing officials above the fourth grade, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites read a bunch of them, and then dispersed.

"Blessed is the Holy Bow!" Outside the officials below the fourth rank stood under the Danqi, and they also bowed to Hongzhi in the hall and bowed three times.

Chen Qiong, the new left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, performed the duties of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and sang again: "Return to class!" "At this time, Zhu Youzhu can retreat, but the hundred officials have to salute when they leave the palace.

"The minister has his own music!" Ma Wensheng, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, saw that Zhu Youzhu was about to leave, and suddenly came out of the queue.

Liu Ji, the second assistant of the cabinet, saw that Ma Wensheng did not understand the rules so much, and immediately stood up and scolded: "Ma Zongxian, today is the Shuowang Dynasty!" ”

"Your Majesty has been out of office for as many as five or six days, and the ministers have not seen His Majesty's holy face when they go to the capital. Ma Wensheng naturally knew that it did not meet the regulations, but he still said strongly.

Zhu Youzhu actually saw Ma Wensheng for the first time, and found that his face was relatively thin, with deep eye sockets, the tip of his nose, small eyes, and a beard on his chin, with the image of a Hui person.

just met the other party's gaze, and resolutely wrapped himself in a posture. Zhu Youzhu knew that this kind of thing might be true

"I can hide from the first day of junior high school today, but I can't hide from the fifteenth", when even suppressed the anger in his heart: "Play it!" "Huh?

When Li Yu and other officials heard Zhu Youjiao's answer, they immediately smelled a smell of gunpowder, and then faintly turned their heads to look at the little old man of the Hui nationality next to him.

In fact, anyone can see that Ma Wensheng came from Nanjing this time, one is to rescue his fellow villager Li Min, and the other is to make his name Ma Wensheng.

Now the imperial court is still Wan Ge and Liu Ji, two old papier-mâché pavilion veterans, and Xu Pu, a Hanlin scholar who has high hopes, has lost his armor, and Ma Wensheng wants to take advantage of this to carry the banner of Qingliu.

Looking at the current six Shangshu, Li Yu and Du Ming have completely defected, Li Si, the Shangshu of the Household Department, has no commanding power, Jia Jun, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is still in prison, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is vacant.

Ma Wensheng, as the second grade of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, can be said to be the most prestigious Qingliu now, and he naturally has to carry the banner of Qingliu unyieldingly.

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to play four things this time! The first is to ask Li Min, the original secretary of the Ministry of Households, to stop copying family affairs, Li Min's greed for ink can not only rely on a book from the people to arrest the minister and have no family wealth, such a practice has never been seen for eternity, and it is also inconsistent with the law of this dynasty, so please set things right. The second is to ask Wang Yue to take up his post, and on the day of his recovery, it is convenient for Jingshan County to slaughter Li Guangming, the former prefect of Shunde, and Jingshan Zhixian, and then behead a total of four officials in Anlu Prefecture. The third is to take back the sword book, Shang Fang sword represents the supremacy of imperial power, has always been used in the army, only when the emperor awarded the leading general, and now the more used in this sword to poke local officials a lot, so please stop! Fourth, please pardon Qingyunhou Zhou Shou, after investigation, Qingyunhou did not participate in Zhou Lie's rebellion, and Qingyunhou is the Empress Dowager's brother, and Qingyunhou has hurt the Empress Dowager's heart, this is an unfilial act, so please stop! Ma Wensheng submitted four things in a sloppy manner, and at the same time stated eloquently.

The officials present couldn't help but silently exchange glances, and found that to deal with Hongji, they still had to rely on such an official from the Taoist who dared to say anything.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at the officials who were about to move, and said lightly: "If any of you agree to Ma Yushi's request, all stand up!" Xu Pu weighed it and didn't plan to stand up, not that he didn't agree with Ma Wensheng's plan, but that he simply didn't want to strengthen Ma Wensheng.

Liu Jian, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, looked around, and was about to take a step forward, but the second assistant Liu Ji had an itchy throat and coughed, making him shrink back again.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Feng Guan, the secretary of Dali Temple, Hu Gong of Guanglu Temple, and Zhu Yonghe, the secretary of Shangbao Temple, exchanged glances, and stood up and said.

Ma Wensheng saw Dali Siqing Feng Guan and the other three standing up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. Even though it is rumored that this new monarch is different from the time of the crown prince, he always believes that he has brains and eloquence on his side, how can he still be at the mercy of a young emperor.

"In that case, let's do it one by one! Li Min, the former secretary of the household department, wants to be exonerated from the crime, do you want to help him as a guarantor? Zhu Youzhu looked at the four officials in the hall and asked.

"The ministers didn't mean that!" Feng Guan, the secretary of Dali Temple, naturally couldn't bet his net worth and life on Li Min, even if he denied it.

Shangbao Temple Qing Zhu Yonghe explained tactfully: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that Your Majesty's imprisonment of the minister under insufficient evidence will chill the hearts of the world's scholars, so please stop!" ”

"That's right, the ministers don't need to testify for Li Min, this matter is Your Majesty's fault first!" Ma Wensheng naturally couldn't risk his life, so he responded loudly.

"These four old foxes!" After Li Yu heard their expressions, even though he shook his head silently, he knew that officials, including Ma Wensheng, were well versed in officialdom.

Zhu Youzhu naturally knew that the officials under him were all slippery, so he couldn't help but say sarcastically: "You want to ask for mercy, but you don't want to take any responsibility, you really have a good calculation." As he spoke, he glanced at Guo Yong, who was standing next to him, and said, "Read it!" Guo Yong had already made preparations, and when he cleared his throat and said: "This is the note that Liu Zhong has just delivered in the Guangxi Shilang of the Household Department, and the miscellaneous family will read it to everyone!" Liu Zhong of the Guangxi Shilang of the Ministry of Weichen Household Department: The minister went to Yongcheng to raid the Li family, but the Li family's mansion got very little stolen silver, fortunately Yongcheng Zhixian Gou Youzhong provided the Li family kiln silver hidden in the 10,000 acres of the Ziyun Academy in the woods, after many days of careful search, found the place to hide the silver in the ghost house, more than 100,000 taels of gold in the kiln, 650,000 taels of silver, and countless jewels...... "Ah?

As soon as these words came out, the officials present couldn't help but be stunned. Although everyone knows that Li Min's hands and feet are not clean, not to mention that when he was appointed as a local governor, there were already huge rumors of greed and ink when he was the governor of Caoyun alone.

It's just that no one thought that Li Min was so greedy that the total value of the silver taels he was greedy for had exceeded one million taels, and he was the first greedy after Guo Huan, the left servant of the original household department.

Of course, what they didn't expect the most was that the Li family's kiln silver was found by a small Tobu Lang, and this fig leaf was officially revealed.

Zhu Youzhu also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ma Wensheng and said sternly: "If Li Min is really as clear as water and doesn't take a penny, but I don't know where the more than one million stolen silver comes from?" Ma Aiqing, please give me an explanation, so that I can think that I have done something wrong, I should not raid Li Min's home, and let Li Min return to his hometown to live forever! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Such a greedy person should be punished!"

"Your Majesty, all the relevant officials in the account book should be thoroughly checked!" …… Knowing that Liu Zhong had confiscated so much gold and silver in Yongcheng, the attitude of the officials immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and they immediately expressed their positions.

Ma Wensheng's head was buzzing, and he was sweating like rain, there was no Li Min who was greedy for so many silver taels, and he was really found out by the officials who confiscated him.

Dali Siqing Feng Guan and the other three were also like ashes, looking at Guo Yong who read out Liu Zhong's performance in a daze, and never thought that the person who wanted to rescue was the first greedy of the Ming Dynasty.