Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 696 The Best Times
It is well known that Emperor Hongwu severely suppressed corrupt officials. Once the incident happened, corrupt officials would definitely not end well.

But to be honest, even under the severe suppression of Emperor Hongwu, corrupt officials still appeared one after another.In addition to being greedy for profit, it is also because many officials are taking chances.

There are actually some other factors here. Although the governance of officials is very important, it seems that there are some means.However, during the Hongwu Dynasty, in fact, there were still some relatively lacking systems for governing officials, and many of them continued the systems of previous dynasties.

Such a result, in fact, is the lack of some necessary assessments for civil servants, that is, a series of duties of the official department.

In fact, to be honest, the Jingcha system can be regarded as originating from the Hongwu Dynasty.It's just that this system has not been strictly implemented, and it is more because of Lao Zhu's terrifying authority that the system seems to exist, but it is not considered to be implemented all the time.

This is obviously not possible. What Zhu Yunying needs is for this system to operate for a long time, and it must always play a certain role. Only in this way can the government be better managed and the living space of corrupt officials will be smaller and smaller.

Jiang Yu Jiang Yu was ordered to meet with him, so the chief spy naturally knew what he should do.He has a lot of tasks now, so he has to be careful and careful, and he must be conscientious and work hard to handle the things His Majesty entrusted.

The matter of palm oil is actually more handled by Jin Yiwei, to investigate the source of palm oil, as well as the production process and so on.

Although Jiang Yu would also be envious of this task, but who made Jinyiwei have a lot of development outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty? Compared with Dongchang, it can't be compared with Jinyiwei overseas.

However, in the territory, especially in the capital, Dongchang is actually stronger than Jinyiwei in monitoring civil and military officials.Even Dongchang's supervision and constraints on Jinyiwei can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

Seeing Jiang Yu kneeling, Zhu Yunying asked, "How many people have connected in private these days?"

Jiang Yu immediately said at this time, "Returning to Your Majesty, Huang Zicheng, Minister of Taichang Temple, often walked with Qingliu. This time, when the grand plan of the Beijing inspection was announced, Huang Zicheng often walked with some officials. There were also words of resentment at the banquet before."

Zhu Yunying sneered, and said disdainfully, "I'm afraid I'm saying that I treat scholars harshly and insult gentlemen?!"

Jiang Yu grabbed the ground with his head, he knew the emperor was in a bad mood, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Isn’t that what happened? The status of Confucianism continued to be stabilized and elevated, especially after the Song Dynasty. It was a paradise for scholars.This also makes many scholars yearn for the Song Dynasty, thinking that is the era in which literati should live.

That is to rule the world with literati and bureaucrats, not to be a doctor, in addition to having an extremely generous salary and a detached social status. All these are the reasons why scholars yearn for the Song Dynasty. Being named on the Song Dynasty Gold List is the pinnacle of life. The society is also frantically pursuing scholars, which is something that Daming dare not even think about.

In fact, before the Song Dynasty, many people were relatively indifferent to the imperial examination system.But in the Song Dynasty, everyone knew that "the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu", and everyone wanted to be named on the gold list, because that is the real future.

It's not like now, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were beheaded and skinned, not to mention the salary that could only support their families, and they were humiliated and embarrassing by vulgar warriors from time to time.Even among those who seem to be civil servants, many of them are white, and there are even some low-level craftsmen and so on.

This is the greatest humiliation to scholars, even worse than Emperor Hongwu once moved Yasheng out of the Confucian Temple and Emperor Yingshi suppressed Yanshenggong.

After all, although Yan Shenggong is the spiritual leader of many scholars, he is the descendant of Kong Sheng after all, and there are indeed several unworthy descendants.However, there are some craftsmen and so on in the civil official group, which is more sensitive. The imperial examination should be the basic set of scholars.

Looking at Jiang Yu, Zhu Yunying said, "My Minister of Taichang Temple, you have been a little restless these years."

Huang Zicheng always felt that he was a little underappreciated, but he was the first in the general examination and the third in the imperial examination in Hongwu's 18th year.It should have been of an incomparably prominent background, even inferior to that of Ru Yu, who was born as a Gongsheng. Is it just because Ru Yu is also a 'child prodigy'?
He has successively served as an editor and editor, and he also served as an accompanist to the Eastern Palace and served as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. He was also a sacrificing wine for the Imperial Academy, and served as a praise guide when he was in charge of the court ceremony. It can be said that Huang Zicheng's official career seems to be very smooth for many people. Yes, it is also quite prominent.

But Huang Zicheng was suffering in his heart. His official positions were indeed relatively prominent, but they were all extremely noble.That is to say, most of the time, he is famous but not powerful, just a role model for a scholar set up by the court.

As for whether it is positive guidance or beating some scholars, that is up to you.

There is nowhere to display his political ambitions, and His Majesty the Emperor has never been close to him, and he will not listen to his suggestions and suggestions.

It would be a lie to say that he is not resentful. Huang Zicheng has always thought that he is talented, and he also thinks that he has the talent to help the world.It's just a pity that he didn't have such opportunities to display it at all.

He also once suspected that he might have been closer to His Highness Xu Wang and caused His Majesty's dissatisfaction, but now he has kept a distance from His Highness Xu Wang, but he still hasn't seen any signs of His Majesty's reuse of him.Even like the great Confucian Fang Xiaoru, he can only continue to be noble, and together with some scholars suspect that the court treats scholars harshly.

These are not just the feelings of Huang Zicheng alone, there are really not many scholars who share his thoughts, because the court seems to be doing it this way.

Jiang Yu's imagination is running wild now. As the chief of the secret service, he naturally knows that His Majesty doesn't like Huang Zicheng, and also knows that Huang Zicheng also had some resentment in private.But that doesn't seem to be a big deal, His Majesty doesn't seem to care about those rotten scholars who only complain.

But now I have to think more, although His Majesty can ignore the complaints of some rotten scholars in private.But those rotten scholars have been complaining in private, and when they think about it, they really feel a little disgusting and annoying. It is natural that His Majesty doesn't like these things.

Maybe they really want to do something, anyway, they are also Tianzi Eagle Dogs, so naturally they need to do their part as Eagle Dogs, and this can be regarded as some people's positioning of Dongchang - minions!
Zhu Yunying also ignored some of Jiang Yu's thoughts, and continued to ask, "The grand plan of the Jingchao has been rolled out. Is my Minister of the Ministry of Officials busy these days?"

Jiang Yu immediately replied, "Returning to Your Majesty, there are indeed many adults who have asked to see Ru Shangshu, but most of Ru Shangshu has not been seen, and only a very small number of them can be received by Ru Shangshu in the name of official business."

Jiang Yu didn't dare to raise his head, but continued to report the situation truthfully, "Lord Ru is only meeting the ministers in the yamen, and there are also some other adults in the hall. In addition, the other two young masters also did not come back to the residence, and the banquets of colleagues and classmates also shirked."

Hearing what Jiang Yu said, Zhu Yunying seemed a little satisfied, "So, my companion is cautious and self-loving, isn't that the reason?"

Naturally, Jiang Yu didn't dare to answer, because he was just an eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, and he only needed to report to His Majesty what he saw and heard.As for how to judge, that is His Majesty's business, especially when it concerns important officials of the court, we need to be more cautious in words and deeds.

It's not that he's worried about offending Ruyu, or that he has some desire to please Ruyu.It is simply because there is no evidence, so naturally he can't show his teeth to the important officials of the court and His Majesty's confidants.

Jiang Yu also knows that a companion is like a tiger. Even for a confidant like Ru Yu, His Majesty often does not trust him infinitely, and he never relaxes the necessary monitoring and so on.This is not just Ru Xun, but also some other ministers.

Jiang Yu, who has experienced the glorious period of Jinyiwei, knows better that when the Jinyiwei Tiqi rode out back then, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were in danger and frightened.In fact, the current Jinyiwei and Dongchang seem to have lost the power they used to have. At most, they have been taken back by His Majesty to interrogate them.

The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and this is obviously not just talk. Jiang Yu, who knows a lot of secret things, actually knows some of the emperor's character more clearly.

Zhu Yunying still understands Ruyu's character.It's just that even if you know more about Ru Yu's character, you should not take things lightly, because it is related to the administration of officials, and you must not be careless.

This is also because sitting on the dragon chair, even if you want to trust someone, it is difficult.There should still be some doubts. If the emperor trusts a person unlimitedly, maybe he will cause a lot of trouble because of it, which is obviously not good.

Hearing Jiang Yuzuo reported some things, Zhu Yunying felt a little more at ease.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Ru Xun is still cautious.He didn't meet any colleagues in private, and he strictly restrained his family members. This is obviously what a minister of the official department should look like.Especially at this cusp, absolutely no flaws should be exposed, and no one else should be able to take advantage of them.

This is something that should be done, because once Ru Xun reveals half of her flaws, many caring people can immediately cling to her.Just a small flaw, those people can tear a huge hole, and destroy Jingcha in one fell swoop.

When it comes to wooing people, or corrupting some people, there are always some people with powerful methods, and even some people who are originally upright and clean, will unknowingly sink deeper and deeper, and find it difficult to extricate themselves.

Zhu Yunying naturally knew this, but there was not much to do about it, because these things could be regarded as people's hearts.And a qualified official also needs to learn to resist some temptations.Otherwise, they have too many opportunities to make mistakes.

The grand plan of Beijing inspection has just been launched, Zhu Yunying naturally does not want to waste all previous efforts, at this time, more strict implementation is needed, and at this time, it is necessary to closely monitor the progress of these matters.

Zhu Yunying absolutely cannot allow things that fall short of success, and he will strictly require some people to do these things well.

When Jiang Yu left the Hall of Martial Arts, he also saw his rival Song Zhong, and immediately gave a cold snort of disdain. He has always looked down on Song Zhong.My former subordinate has become the commander of Jin Yiwei, and I feel unbalanced when I think about it.

But even if he was unbalanced in his heart, there was nothing he could do about it. Who made Song Zhong work under the current account early on?And Jiang Yu's allegiance to Emperor Xiaokang, who was expected to be loyal to Emperor Xiaokang, was only granted posthumously. How can there be any reason for this?
I can only say that my luck is bad. After all, Jiang Yu also understands that their status and position must be absolute confidantes.

As for Song Zhong going to the Hall of Martial Arts, Jiang Yu was not surprised at all, he knew that such a thing was normal.His Majesty's trust in Jinyiwei or Dongchang is not completely unreserved, and they both have to restrain each other, and many things also need to be confirmed.

What's more, even if I don't take care of some things now, I don't dare to intervene to do some things.But as the admiral of the East Factory, Jiang Yu still has his own news channel, and he knows many things, but he just pretends not to know.

His Majesty is currently busy investigating major plans in Beijing, and many people think that this is just targeting some civil servants.But this is just an illusion, His Majesty will not only do those things.

Now many Wu Xun think that the matter has nothing to do with them, but they will never think that a big net has been opened.Perhaps in the next period of time, some Wu Xun who had been on the sidelines and gloated will find that disaster is imminent, because the actions of some Wu Xun have already made His Majesty intolerable.

Now everyone can only see the uneasiness of some civil servants, but many honorable generals are actually under intense investigation.Once the chain of evidence is fully grasped, it will inevitably encounter His Majesty's iron fist.

Jiang Yu didn't doubt these things at all. Song Zhong was going to the Hall of Martial Arts now, and if nothing else happened, he would report those things.

Jingcha, this is not a disguise, and Jiang Yu has no doubts about His Majesty's determination to rectify the administration of officials.But he also knew that His Majesty could not just target civil servants, and His Majesty has never suppressed Wu Xun a lot in recent years.

It's just that some people didn't notice this, it's just that compared to what happened to civil servants, those martial arts seem to be a little easier.

No one wants to be comfortable, today's character is not lenient, and today's child is suspicious, harsh, and even mean.

This is not just talk, few people know more than Jiang Yu.The current Emperor Yingshi is almost the same as Emperor Hongwu.

But Jiang Yu doesn't care about these things, the reign of such an emperor is the best time for factory guards to live in!

(End of this chapter)