When Wang Yue knelt on the ground, he found that the air suddenly became quiet, and an inexplicable tension suddenly surged in his heart, and he could even hear the thumping of his heart.

Since the year before last, he has been "doing whatever he wants" in the local area, perhaps because he is too far away from the royal capital and does not have a strong sense of imperial power.

It's just that now when he really comes to this son of heaven, he really feels the emperor's prestige, and feels that his fate is actually controlled by the person in front of him.

In essence, he can be said to be the person who feels the most about imperial power today.

Back then, he was so beautiful as the three sides of the Weiningberg general system, but just because of a poem that was deliberately misinterpreted, he was cut off and lived in Anlu, and he felt the cruelty and ruthlessness of imperial power.

During the period of living in Anlu, he saw Hu Daniu being forced to death by Li Guangming and Xiao Zhixian together, but he deeply felt his helplessness and weakness. It's just that when the emperor's grace descends, he can behead officials with a knife in a grand manner, and he also feels that the imperial power can make the dead wood spring.

Imperial power is like thunder, like rain and dew, but as a courtier, it can only be interpreted as "thunder and rain and dew are all royal graces".

Now although he has the merits of Prime Minister Yan Zheng, and even led the Ming army to level the Annan Li Dynasty, it is actually not worth mentioning in the face of absolute imperial power.

East Warm Pavilion, sandalwood rises.

Zhu Youzhu naturally couldn't send thunderous anger to Wang Yue, and at this moment he was more curious about this celebrity in later generations.

He found that although Wang Yue's figure was tall, he was not burly, and he lacked the general's murderous aura, but more like an iron-clad literati.

It's just that no matter what, it was the old man in front of him who cut off the salt for himself, and he led the Ming army to successfully defeat the Li Dynasty, and he had to be grateful.

Zhu Youzhu came back to his senses from his thoughts, and gently raised his hand and said gently: "Flat body, give a seat!" ”

Hey?

Liu Jin was slightly stunned at first, but immediately complied.

Looking at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the only official who can get this kind of courtesy is Wan An, the head of the cabinet, but now this Zuodu Yushi who has returned from the place is so valued by His Majesty.

Wang Yue got up in thanks, and he was also flattered.

In fact, he has always had a question in his heart: he obviously has no contact with Zhu Youji, but since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he has not only been revived, but also can be said to have received the strongest support in the local area.

Not to mention the direct grant of Shang Fang's sword to a person who lives in the city, when Yangzhou was in danger, it was also this son of heaven who arranged for Wang Zhi to lead the Nanjing Shenji Battalion to support in time.

Now that he has returned to the capital, he has been given the treatment of being given a seat for the first time in front of the saint, so why he has to search his belly and dig his belly in exchange for such a holy favor.

Liu Jin sent a stool and made a gesture of please.

"Wang Qing, how hard you have been this year!" Zhu Youzhi knew that what Wang Yue did was not easy, and he also opened his mouth to praise.

Wang Yue heard the emperor's personal commendation, and his heart was also moved, so he hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty is dedicated to the people, and the ministers should go to the soup and fight the fire, but they dare not speak hard with a little effort!" ”

"I have lived in Guying for more than two years, and the past is sad and helpless. It is the joy of the autumn harvest, and I don't know that the salt government has become a tiger. The poor family wants salt, and the land of a hundred miles is idle. Today, the emperor's grace suddenly arrived, and the old man held the knife and then the young. Zhu Youzhi recently rekindled his interest in poetry, and he recited Wang Yue's old works.

Wang Yue thought of the resentment and determination at that time, and it was as if it was just yesterday.

It's just that in more than a year, he can be regarded as having fulfilled the oath at that time, made remarkable achievements in salt administration, and was a feat of slaughtering hundreds of officials in Yangzhou in one day.

Wang Yue didn't know what the Son of Heaven was thinking at this time, so he naturally chose to be safe and modest: "The minister's clumsiness is difficult to get into the elegant hall, which makes Your Majesty laugh!" ”

"Old man with a knife and young man, I like this poem very much!" Zhu Youzhu said pointedly, and then changed his words: "It is said that you should be reinstated after such military exploits, but do you know why I didn't do it?" ”

"The minister does not dare to speculate on the holy will!" Wang Hua vaguely guessed Zhu Youji's true intentions, but he still expressed his position in a proper manner.

Zhu Youzhu knew that the situation of the knighthood needed to have a clear statement, so he looked at Wang Yue seriously: "Once you are reinstated, according to the ancestral system, the ministers can only be made earls, and they are not allowed to pre-empt the affairs of the nine secretaries." Even if I am the emperor, it is not good to do things that violate the ancestral system, so I have to put aside the matter of your reinstatement first, and promote you to be the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

"Your Majesty is so gracious, the minister can only serve Your Majesty with broken bones!" Although Wang Yue had already guessed, he was also moved to kneel down and express his position at this moment.

It is said that the Ming court really owes him an earl, and it is impossible to be worse than Wang Hua for so many military achievements.

It's just that Zhu Youji's starting point is not to break the ancestral system of "not pre-empting the affairs of the Nine Emperors", so His Majesty will not give him a reward, not a ruthless emperor who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge.

In terms of power alone, if the Fu Jue can only go to the border to serve as the chief soldier or governor in the name of an earl, but now he can stay in the capital as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and naturally the latter is more powerful.

In fact, it is up to him to choose, and he also hopes to be able to enter the court to do things, rather than being squeezed out by the civil official group at the border with an earl at the border.

If there was still an unwilling mood earlier, but now I heard Zhu Youzhi personally explain the reason for not reinstating, and there is only one kind of gratitude in my heart at this moment for meeting Bole.

"Wang Qing, I actually still hope that you can be young with a knife, cut off those moths for Daming, and create a real prosperous era of China with me!" Zhu Youzhi knew that Wang Yue was a literati with the people in his heart, so he looked at Wang Yue seriously.

Wang Yue met Zhu Youji's gaze, and also realized that the emperor in front of him had lofty ambitions, and he also expressed his eyes firmly: "The minister is willing to do his best for His Majesty, and then die!" ”

Liu Jin stood by and witnessed this scene, and faintly felt that the court in the second year of Hongzhi would become very different.

"With Wang Qing's help, I won't be afraid anymore, sit first!" Zhu Youji's heart is also a lot more stable, even if he comes up with a plan that has been drawn up a long time ago.

Wang Yue took a seat, and then took a plan sent by Liu Jin.

"If the Metropolitan Procuratorate really wants to do things, it will inevitably encounter some hard stubble, and it will also need more manpower to conduct investigations, so I have decided to increase the number of personnel in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and prepare for the establishment of a search hall subordinate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. For the time being, the search hall is divided into five groups, and the rank of each group leader is set at the level of 1,000 households, mainly recruited from among the soldiers and warriors who have made meritorious contributions to the south, and each group is responsible for assisting an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Beijing to verify the hundred officials. Zhu Youzhi saw Wang Yue browsing his plan, so he simply said the plan.

The corruption of the Ming Dynasty was caused by a variety of reasons, and the original vanguard of the anti-corruption was Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but these two yamen have long been infiltrated.

In particular, there are not only hereditary officers, but also the children of Wuxun and the second generation of officials are constantly stuffed in, so that there are fewer and fewer Jinyi guards who are really officers, and even they will treat the officials ordered by the emperor to arrest as ancestors.

Originally, the most effective anti-corruption was the West Factory, but the civilian clique naturally did not allow such a terrifying department to exist, and in the end, even the factory governor Wang Zhi almost died.

After Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne, he actually thought about cleaning up Jinyiwei, and also planned to support Wang Xiang, but this is not after all, not a sentence or two can make Jinyiwei reborn.

Hereditary, second-generation, and people who have long been loyal to them, and even have a lot of eyeliner, it is not at all possible to change the commander of the Jinyi Guard to solve the problem.

The most effective way to solve the problem is to start anew, the West Factory is actually another stove of the East Factory, and now it can also be turned from the inspection hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to another stove of Jinyiwei.

Originally, this idea was difficult to implement, after all, the search hall was under the jurisdiction of civil officials after all, but Wang Yue's return made this matter also operational.

A person who dares to slaughter hundreds of officials in one day can naturally sharpen his knife and cut at other people's corrupt officials.

Wang Yue read the plan very quickly, but suddenly reminded seriously: "Your Majesty's move is suspected of making the Metropolitan Procuratorate support the army!" ”

"The search hall is full of more than 100 people, and it is divided into five groups, so there is no talk of supporting troops!" Zhu Youzhu knew that there had never been a precedent for officers to be included in the central yamen, so he was lightly qualified.

Wang Yue knew that the civil official group must not want a strong Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he reminded bitterly: "Your Majesty, whether it is a support for the army or not, I am afraid that there will be no small resistance to this matter. ”

"Wang Qing is too worried, this little resistance will not make me give in, you just need to wait for the personnel to arrive!" Zhu Youzhu shook his head slightly, and then directly arranged: "I heard that when you were in the place, your grandson Wang Yu helped you a lot, and your righteous grandson Hu Jun is also a talent that can be created, so the two of them will be the deputy leaders of the first group of the search hall to help you supervise the hundred officials!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Yue didn't expect His Majesty to do this, and he also gave a thankful salute.

If you have your grandson and Hu Jun, you will not only be more comfortable in doing things, but also have a good future for these two juniors.

Regardless of whether the deputy leader of the group is a deputy thousand households or a hundred households, he can work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his identity and status cannot be compared with the local military ranks.

Of course, what excites him the most is the establishment of the search department, and only with more capable generals can he do things well, instead of going to the entire civilian group to fight as a bare-gun commander.

Zhu Youji's original intention was to let Wang Yue do things better for him, so he officially threw out a difficult problem and said: "I have always had clear rewards and punishments!" Now that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a search hall, it can also give you greater personnel authority in the future, but I happen to have a very tricky matter in my hands right now that you need to deal with! ”

"Will Changhou's case be?" Wang Yue heard about this case as soon as he arrived in Beijing, and immediately guessed.

Zhu Youzhu shook his head slightly, and then handed a piece of information to Liu Jin: "In the process of investigating the case of the Marquis of Huichang, Shuntianfu raided the Changsheng pawnshop and found that this pawnshop has always been dominated by Beijing debts. In one of the secret books, although the names of the officials were not indicated, the amount on it was staggering. ”

Beijing debt refers to a kind of debt activity in which loan sharks in the capital lend money to officials who are candidates or about to take office in Beijing. Because its interest income is very high, more and more powerful people are involved in it, and it is also showing a more and more popular trend.

Even later generations of technology companies know that lending is the most profitable, not to mention today's agrarian society, this Beijing bond is simply the pillar industry of Beijing.

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, it is common for many officials to borrow Beijing debts to take up their posts!" Wang Yue was slightly stunned at first, and then reminded him seriously.

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly, and directly explained the truth: "If you borrow it, it is a few thousand taels, do you still think that this is just as simple as raising travel expenses?" ”

"Huh? How can there be so many? Wang Yue's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he asked in confusion.

Zhu Youzhu sighed secretly in his heart, and shared the results of his investigation: "After investigation, these loans are no longer limited to road expenses, but are mainly used to bribe officials in the capital, or perhaps to pay tribute. ”

Involution is prevalent in any era.

Originally, the selection of officials in the Ming Dynasty was very strict, and there was a complete set of operating mechanisms. It's just that a small group of officials in order to seek a future, or to protect officials, so they use the method of borrowing Beijing debts to pay bribes.

The official in charge of verifying the hundred officials is not a saint after all, but a mortal in the flesh, and naturally hopes to get benefits. In the face of the bribe money sent by the Hou Guan, he finally chose to accept it, and then the selection of officials was almost always based on money.

Seeing that the selection was becoming more and more unfair, local officials also chose to follow suit, borrowing Beijing debts to seek officials, and as for how to repay them, they naturally returned to the local government and tried to make money.

It is precisely in this way that there is a big greed like Li Zhiqing in Yangzhou, and more and more local officials are squeezing the people to repay their debts.

Wang Yue was also secretly frightened, and couldn't help but express his indignant attitude: "Since you have fallen to such a point? ”

"If the Beijing debt is prevalent, it will destroy the rule of officials! Originally, I wanted to be run by Dongchang, but now I want to leave this matter to you, I hope you can find out all the money lenders, and I want you to catch them all! Zhu Youzhu was clearly aware of the harm of Beijing debts, and he also entrusted the Tao.

Wang Yue once again felt his heavy responsibility, if it was said that the rectification of the salt policy was to allow the people to eat low-cost salt, and now the removal of Beijing debts is to save the people from being oppressed.

Even officials who originally cherished the lofty ideal of governing the country and the country, once they fell into the quagmire of Beijing's debts, they could only take risks and choose the path of corruption.

The best thing to do now is to cut off the source of this evil, so that those newcomers to the officialdom who have the concept of governing the country and the country will not be polluted by the general environment, but can be good officials who are masters of the people.

Wang Yue was no longer an impulsive person, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister has a request!" ”

"Say!" Zhu Youzhu looked at Wang Yue's serious appearance, and also looked at Wang Yue's eyes seriously.

Wang Yue swallowed and foamed, and then put forward a request: "The minister hopes that this year, a few young officials from the new branch jinshi will be selected to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as a political jinshi, and let them do things for the minister!" ”

"You don't believe those officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate! It's just that when it comes to this, I'm afraid you need to do it yourself! Zhu Youzhi knew that Wang Yue really wanted to do something, but he said mysteriously.

(End of chapter)