Daming reckless man

Chapter 556 The Cunning Yan Song

Chapter 556

Xu Jie heard Zhang Hao say that the officials they reported, including the feudal kings, were very surprised. He didn't know about this, and they also knew that Jiajing was very dissatisfied with those feudal kings now.

You say it’s fine for them to make money, but they still want to meddle in the affairs of the court. Jiajing definitely can’t tolerate them, so now Jiajing has been guarding against those vassal kings, and those vassal kings are also secretly united to deal with Jiajing .

"Yes, but none of the people you recommend are from the vassals, but there are a few people who are actually showing signs of corruption. Although we haven't got direct evidence yet, they do have a part of the money that is not clean. , Therefore, His Majesty is dissatisfied with the person you recommend!" Zhang Hao nodded and said.

"Okay then, let's go back, and we'll talk about it when the time comes. As for the matter of those people being imprisoned here, forget it!" Xu Jie nodded and said after hearing this.

"Alright!" Zhang Hao nodded, and soon, Zhang Hao followed Xu Jie to Xu Jie's residence.

At this moment, Xu Fan is still entertaining those cabinet ministers. In addition, there are some students from Xu Jie who came to visit today, and they are also received by Xu Fan. There is no way, Xu Jie went out.

After Xu Jie came back, Yan Song and the others saw that Zhang Hao was also coming, so they all stood up and saluted Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao's Master Hou was super quality.

"Yeah. There's something else to do today. There's nothing we can do about it. So many people have been arrested in the cell. We still need to interrogate, but we can't handle an unjust case!" Zhang Hao sat down and said with a smile, while Xu Jie sat down to make tea position above.

"Marquis Lu An, we just want to know why His Majesty made the list of officials this time. These people are carefully selected by us and have passed the examination of the officials. Why can't they?" Yan Song sat There, looking at Zhang Hao, he asked.

"On the way here, I told my father-in-law, about this matter, you were deceived by the people below. There are many problems in the list you reported. One is that some officials are inherently corrupt. , It's just that no evidence of them has been found yet, but their money is indeed from an unknown source.

The other one is, some people, they are actually the people of the vassal king. As you all know, if the vassal king wants to intervene in the affairs of the court, can your majesty not be furious?Therefore, His Majesty is not satisfied with the people you recommend, you should hurry up and continue to choose people! Zhang Hao said to them with a smile.

"What? People from the feudal lord?" They heard this and looked at Zhang Hao in shock.

"That's right, I won't say who the people of the feudal lord are. You should think about it for yourself and ask those you want to recommend. The feudal lord is becoming more and more courageous now. They have seen that we cleaned up last year. King Jin wanted to know more about the dynamics of the court, so he recruited a large number of officials to inquire about the news for them, which is not acceptable!" Zhang Hao said with a smile while sitting there.

They look at me and I look at you. Some of them really don’t know about this matter, but some of them pretend to be confused. None of them thought that the reason for being shot down was this.

"Anyway, you can figure it out on your own. I can't help you here. You continue to recommend. I suggest that you don't let the official department recommend all at once, but arrange them one by one. Your Majesty disagrees. Just continue to replace people and recommend them, in this way, I believe the efficiency will be higher, and you also know which people His Majesty is not satisfied with!" Zhang Hao sat there and suggested to them.

"Lu Anhou is right, it will work this way, if you recommend less at a time, you will be able to get things done!" Zhou Yan nodded and said when he heard it.

"Well, Marquis Lu An, His Majesty will continue to exempt taxes this year. At that time, the Household Department will still need to ask His Majesty for money. This is not good. At the end of last year, the Household Department clamored for money for salt and customs duties. It was not unreasonable. , now the Ministry of Households doesn’t have enough money, so it’s not easy to do things right?” Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and said.

As soon as Zhang Hao heard it, he looked at him, not knowing what he meant, but still wanting to focus on those two aspects of money, hasn't he learned the lesson yet?
"Marquis Lu An, we also know that the money for salt and tariffs cannot be moved now. Your Majesty is going to use it to buy land. We can understand, but can you allocate more money to the Ministry of Households, so that the Ministry of Households can handle things better!" Yan Song continued to face Zhang Hao said.

"Oh, but, isn't it possible to apply for the work of the Ministry of Accounts? And your Majesty has not withheld the Ministry of Accounts, right? I think His Majesty is very generous!" Zhang Hao immediately looked at Yan Song and said.

"That's what I said, but the money, after all, is still to be found by His Majesty, so what we mean is, you go and talk to Your Majesty, and see if you can increase the expenditure by 200 million taels this year?" Yan Song continued to look at Zhang Hao and said .

"Which aspect?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Repair those rivers to reduce floods, and the water conservancy facilities also need to be repaired to ensure that there is enough water to irrigate my fertile fields in Daming!" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"Then you can apply by yourself. Why do you still ask me? I don't care about the money. If you tell me, you might as well tell Lu Fang!" Zhang Hao looked at Yan Song and the others in puzzlement and said.

"Marquis Lu An, you don't know, His Majesty trusts you. Tell me, it's more effective than all of us combined. This matter still needs your help!" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and said with a smile.

The others also nodded with a smile, except Xu Jie, who sat there making tea and didn't speak.

"That's no good, I don't want to make something happen. You also know that if I go to talk about the matter of the Ministry of Accounts last year, when there is a problem with the Ministry of Accounts, His Majesty will have to deal with us.

You should talk about this matter. Besides, I am not an official of the Sixth Department, and there is no reason for me to say that although I am the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, there is no shortage of money in Shuntian Prefecture. It's still possible, and there are a lot of things to do this year, so I can't help this matter! Zhang Hao said with a smile and waved his hands.

They don't want to be fooled by those people. They want to put themselves in front. There is no benefit, and they still need to take responsibility for things that happen. They won't do such stupid things.

"It's useless what we said!" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao with a embarrassed face.

"I can't say it, any of you can say it, but I can't!" Zhang Hao still waved his hand and said.

"Well, here, Mr. Xu Ge, let's go and talk about it when the time comes?" Yan Song immediately looked at Xu Jie and said.

"Alright, listen to Mr. Yan Ge!" Xu Jie nodded, anyway, he would definitely go by himself, if he didn't go, the officials below would have opinions.

But if you want to persuade Zhang Hao to say it, you can't do it. Anyway, you can't let Zhang Hao take risks in such a matter.

"Well, then Lu Anhou, those officials over there in the cell, how will they deal with it at that time, do you have any news from His Majesty?" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"If you ask me, you might as well ask Elder Zhou Ge. He is very familiar with the law of the Ming Dynasty. They have corrupted so much money, and the worst thing is to be beheaded. If it is serious, the whole family will be exiled, and the female relatives will be sent to the Jiaofang Secretary." , If it is more serious, it will be a whole family of robbery, there is nothing to say? According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, basically, among these officials, the whole family is enough!" Zhang Hao said to Yan Song with a smile.

It was impossible for him to find out the news from his own mouth.

"This, all of them are copied and executed. This, it is not easy to write in the history books, and His Majesty's reputation will not be good at that time!" Yan Song immediately said to Zhang Hao in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with writing, Taizu didn't kill corrupt officials, it's not good, the people applauded, after so many years of development in my Ming Dynasty, if I don't kill those corrupt officials, those people don't know What I’m afraid of is that these heads need to be used to warn them, to see if they still dare to corrupt?” Zhang Hao immediately refuted Yan Song’s words.

"This, after all, is still a bit bad, Marquis Lu An, you still need to persuade Your Majesty about this. For those who are not serious, you can focus on education. Since the house has been confiscated, let them out. Anyway, if they come out, they will have nothing. !" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and said.

He was also worried in his heart that if he became a prisoner one day, he would be executed all over the house. If so, it would be troublesome, and his family might not be able to keep it.

So now, Yan Song wants to ask Jiajing to be lenient to those ministers, if he can be lenient to them, once he has something to do, Jiajing can also be lenient to himself, saving those corrupt officials is also saving himself.

"It's useless for me to say that I also act in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. It is better for you to go to His Majesty to talk about this. Besides, they have nothing. In the first two years of the Ming Dynasty, the common people were forced to rebel, and they have nothing to do with it. Does it matter? The common people have been forced to rebel, and they can’t even eat enough. They are not guilty. According to my temper, the whole family of these people should be killed. Coming from the capital, if it weren’t for those corrupt officials, would the border defense of Ming Dynasty be so weak?”

Zhang Hao didn't listen to Yan Song and let them go?Who let the people go?The common people are like this, they are still corrupt, the Ming Dynasty is like this, they still don't know how to restrain themselves, what's the use of keeping them?
It's better to kill them all, so as not to waste food. Anyway, Daming has no shortage of people, nor does it lack of officials. Since you are an official and dare to corrupt, you have to consider the consequences. The laws of Daming are clearly written. They are going to kill themselves, who can do it?
"You still need to talk to His Majesty about this matter!" Yan Song was very surprised when he heard Zhang Hao's words. He didn't expect that Zhang Hao hated those people so much.

(End of this chapter)