Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 138 Cleaning
The Donglin is about to end, and from now on the court will be dominated by miscellaneous families!

Wei Zhongxian couldn't bear the ecstasy in his heart, and walked away happily.

Taichang looked at the "Donglin Dianjianglu" in his hand and frowned slightly.

He knew very well that many people in this recording were not the real Dong Lin.

Both Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli said that only those who went to Donglin Academy to participate in the Donglin Conference are the real Donglin. It is estimated that many officials in the record are the kind of officials who are accused of being Donglin and are too lazy to deny it.

Wouldn't it be a waste if there were capable officials like Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli among them, and they were all purged?
He is short of manpower right now.

No, I have to find a reliable person to get to know him well. The truly capable ministers and officials cannot just be purged in vain.

Thinking of this, he stuffed "Donglin Dianjianglu" into his arms and walked directly to Chengguang Hall.

There are really many people in Chengguang Hall at the moment, such as those who make copper skins, pipes, clay molds, reamers, polishers, etc., all kinds of craftsmen are house by house.

Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua are all leading people to build steam engines, while Wang Zheng is leading people to work on the wheels outside.

For the convenience of modification, they finally chose dual-piston drive, that is, two pedals, and a steam piston was added to each pedal. In this way, the internal structure of the wheel cockpit did not need to be changed.

Moreover, the two pistons can also act as a switch for each other. As long as the steam is passed in, the two pistons will continue to cycle back and forth, and the speed is much faster than that of a person's two feet.

Of course, the use of dual-piston drive is not without disadvantages. The most obvious point is that the demand for pistons has doubled, and there is no steam machine tool at the moment, making pistons is troublesome, so Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua will work together to manufacture them. For the steam engine, only Wang Zheng was left busy on the boat.

After Taichang came to Chengguang Hall, he went directly to the place where the steam engine was finally assembled and tested. Because the steam was burning inside, the temperature was not usually high.

It's cold and windy outside, but inside it's hot even in a single coat.

At this moment, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua were sweating profusely and leading others to work. The emperor came in, so they naturally saw it.

However, Taichang had already said that he didn't need to stop to salute when he was busy with business, so they just nodded respectfully and got back to work.

Taichang didn't care, he just sat down at the large table where the blueprints were drawn, and immediately waved: "Meng Hou, take a rest first, I'll ask you something."

Among his cronies, brothers Bi Maokang and Bi Maoliang have the most experience as officials and know the most people, because these two were both high school scholars in Wanli for more than 20 years, and they have been officials for more than [-] years, and they are still transferred from place to place. That kind, they almost traveled all over the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi is different, because Xu Guangqi spends most of his time studying technology in the Imperial Academy. He has written books and said that he has hardly ever worked in Beijing.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to find Bi Maokang to understand the people and things in the officialdom.

Bi Maokang took a look at "Donglin Dianjianglu", and immediately frowned.

He frowned for a while, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, do you want to clean up all the people here?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "There is no way, in order to end the party struggle as soon as possible, we can only cut the mess quickly."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang couldn't help sighing slightly: "Oh, most of these are honest and honest people, what a pity. Your majesty, I dare you to think twice!"

But Taichang said firmly: "Integrity is very good, but you can't fight for power and profit under the guise of incorruptibility. Donglin and his fellows keep saying that they serve the country and the people, but they only think about internal struggles, To control the court, I want to make me listen to them! To put it bluntly, they are the guys who help the insiders fight the insiders and the outsiders, what is the use of such people?"

Alas, this factional struggle is really detrimental to the country!

Bi Maokang said helplessly: "What the emperor said is that it's really not okay to fight like this. However, not all of these people are patronizing those who fight among themselves. Wei Zhongxian is obviously trying to eliminate dissidents by cleaning Donglin!"

Sure enough, he was very familiar with people and things in court.

Taichang said calmly: "Oh, you also know that many of them are not from Donglin,"

Bi Maokang sighed slightly: "Of course this humble official knows, in fact, only a dozen or so people attend the Donglin Conference each time, and after Gu Xiancheng passed away, the Donglin Conference has not been held a few times, so where are there so many Donglin from the court. Most of these people are Qingliu who are against Wei Zhongxian, alas, it's a pity, some people are not fighting for anything, they really can't understand the eunuch's behavior!"

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but asked with great interest: "Oh, what do you think of those people is a pity, do you mean that there are still capable ministers and officials among these people?"

Bi Maokang said without hesitation: "Other humble ministers dare not say that this official minister, Zou Weilian, is definitely a competent official. When my brother was appointed as the inspector of Fujian, this Zou Weilian happened to be an official in Yanping Prefecture, Fujian. This person is the real one. He is very capable. In just three years, he investigated all the unsolved and suspicious cases accumulated in Yanping Mansion for decades, and his handling was quite fair. Mentioned earlier."

It really takes a bit of skill to solve the case, especially the unsolved and suspicious cases. In three years, all the unresolved and mysterious cases accumulated by the government for decades were solved, which is indeed amazing.

Wait, Fujian, Zou Weilian.

This person seems to be the one who led the Fujian Navy to defeat the Dutch colonial fleet!

Of course, at this moment the Dutch colonial fleet had not yet begun to attack the southeast coast, and Zou Weilian was not the governor of Fujian yet.

However, Zou Weilian was indeed a capable man. He led a navy from Fujian Province to defeat the maritime overlord at that time, and used a bunch of small boats to overturn the building and gunboats. This is indeed not something ordinary people can do.

Thinking of this, Taichang nodded repeatedly and said: "Well, this Zou Weilian is indeed a capable official, and I will issue an order to transfer him to Zhan Shifu later. If there is anything else, tell me about everything you know."

Bi Maokang stared at the list for a while, and suddenly said: "Cao Yubian, the censor of Zuoqian capital, is also a capable official. When the humble minister was the censor of salt inspection in Shandong, Cao Yubian was the governor of Huai'an government. Officer. This person is also like a god in judging cases, and he is able to see clearly. He has been repeatedly commended by the procuratorate and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. His ability to judge cases is undoubtedly the best in the world!"

Well, to be able to settle cases like a god in the place where the Lianghuai Salt Administration is located is indeed capable.

Question, don't keep telling me about the case, can you talk about something else?
Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, this person is indeed capable, and he has also been transferred to Zhan Shifu, is there any more?"

Unexpectedly, Bi Maokang shook his head with regret and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not speak nonsense about this kind of thing. If you want to talk about being honest and honest, many of them are famous for being honest and honest. If you want to talk about the ability to do things, what I really understand is These two are gone, the others, I have never heard of how powerful they are."

Uh, just two?

All right, apart from Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, I haven't seen anyone who has left any shocking achievements in the history. Perhaps there are a few capable officials among these people, but let's forget it.

Compared with finding a few capable ministers and officials, it is much more important to end the party struggle in the court as soon as possible.

Besides, he can't take this "Donglin Points of General Record" to ask around. If Donglin finds out about this, then Donglin will not resist desperately!
You know, once the people on the record are cleaned up, Donglin is basically finished.

If the news of this kind of thing leaked out in advance, Dong Lin would definitely resist with all his might, and by then the court would be in chaos again.

Taichang thought about it again, and could only sigh regretfully: "Okay, don't mention this matter to outsiders, it will be bad if it causes chaos in the court."

This Bi Maokang naturally knew that if Donglin knew that Wei Zhongxian was going to clean them up, he would have a big trouble.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I understand, the emperor can rest assured that I will not mention this matter to anyone."

(End of this chapter)