After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

But Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it again, Qin Yu's leaving might not be bad, at least those people would not suspect that he and Qin Yu personally directed this battle for the heir apparent.

"Your Majesty, the king will knock on you!" The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments entered the door and made a big salute.

"Free gift!"

Wang Yongji is in a state of desperation recently, and many high-ranking officials in the court and the local government have become defendants, and the evidence is solid.In normal times, the downfall of any of those people would be a big deal, but now they are being accused one after another.He, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, became the one who was roasted on the stove mountain.

It made him unable to eat or sleep all day long, and punishing any one of them would offend a large group of people.

Those senior officials in the DPRK and China are not the only ones themselves, and nepotism will involve a lot of chains.This is the characteristic of the feudal dynasty in China. Every official has a network of relationships behind him.

It would be easy if those big officials were all independent individuals.

The point is they are not.

Even if some new imperial examination candidates had no relationship before, after gaining fame, they would recognize a mentor and become someone else's disciple, and gain relationships with those powerful and powerful.

It is difficult for an independent individual to gain a foothold in the court.

This is the biggest feature of the bureaucracy of the feudal dynasty - crony.

The ancients were officials in the feudal dynasty not to fight and kill, but to be sophisticated, and they were also top-notch sophistication.Intrigues and treacherous Bo Yun, and even formed a set of advanced 'wisdom'.

The officials of the ancient feudal dynasty spent more than 90.00% of their energy on dealing with the world.

Only [-]% of the energy is used to do business.

Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty once wrote a famous "Party Theory" to the emperor: "The theory of friends has been heard since ancient times, but fortunately the king can distinguish his gentleman from the villain...

He wrote more than 1000 words eloquently on this crony theory, which clarifies the truth of cronyism since ancient times, so that the emperor does not have to talk about changing his face, and only needs to distinguish between the crony of the villain and the crony of the gentleman.Gentlemen form cliques because of the same interests, while villains form cliques because of interests. These are the laws of nature.

His article is to whitewash cronies.

Ouyang Xiu himself has a group of cronies.

In Ouyang Xiu's view, the clique formed by literati because of like-mindedness is harmless, but he does not know that civil servants will also form a civil official group, the Qingliu group.In the late Ming Dynasty, Qingliu civil officials were even more harmful.

Therefore, as long as there are cronies, the administration of officials cannot be clear.

Moreover, the masters behind the accused officials seem to be the current princes, which makes Wang Yong even more frightened.Dealing with them is tantamount to offending the prince. Who knows if those kings of Yan, Qin, Huang and Shu will give him little shoes in the future?
"Wang Yongji!" Emperor Zhu seemed to have seen through all his thoughts and what he was worried about, and said, "You can do it boldly, with our support."

"As long as there is evidence, it should be arrested and killed."

Your Majesty, what you said is very nice. Can you keep the minister for a lifetime?Can you guarantee that those people won't wear Chen's little shoes afterwards?Their conspiracies and tricks are hard to guard against!Planting and framing, once the officials accidentally followed their ways, they might be wronged to death, Wang Yongji thought to himself secretly.

Obviously, he didn't think Emperor Zhu could protect him.

Although Emperor Zhu had a great talent and general plan, he still couldn't compete with the customs of China for thousands of years-the sophistication of the world.Others are using hidden arrows. It is easy to hide an open gun and difficult to defend against an hidden arrow.

"Humph! Humph!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "If you dare to cheat for personal gain and cover them up, we will be the first to kill you!"

Wang Yongji felt a chill when he heard the words: I am a mouse in a bellows - I am getting angry at both ends.

Since ancient times, those who offend the emperor will not end well.There are too many people offended in the court, and there is no good end.The difference is that if he dares to resist the order, he will end badly immediately.

Now he had to make a choice, whether to help the emperor, or to succumb to the ways of the world... It seemed that he would die no matter what he did.

In fact, before he came to see the emperor, he had planned a countermeasure, that is, to submit his resignation letter to the emperor, and he should not be the minister of the Ministry of punishment.However, judging from the current situation, he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

"I have something here, please look it over, Your Majesty." Wang Yongji had no choice but to bite the bullet, took out a booklet, and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and opened it.

Immediately, his expression froze: what was recorded inside turned out to be evidence of corruption by more than 300 officials in Jiangnan Province!

More than 300! ?
Apart from the names and surnames on the list, there seemed to be very few remaining officials in Jiangnan Province.No wonder there is an old saying among the people that they were all arrested and beheaded, and none of them was innocent.

Wang Yongji took a peek at Emperor Zhu's face, all of them are on the list, what do you want me to do with this Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he was shocked at first, and then calmed down.

Because Qin Yu had told him long ago about the logistical tricks of marching and fighting in ancient times.Jiangnan Province was his rear area back then. In order to get money and food for him, Li Shanchang had to make deals with those gentry and landowners. Position.

Before they were just rich, now they are all officials.

These people have spent money to buy officials, so they can't lose money, they have to get back more or less, and they even want to make a lot of money.

They don't do business at a loss.

Moreover, the gentry and landlords in those places were intertwined, and they had nepotism when they interacted with each other.

Simply put,
The local bureaucracy system in Jiangnan Province has formed a huge crony group.

The aristocratic chieftains of Jiangnan Province also wanted to climb to the next level, so they participated in the battle for succession and chose to support Yan Wang Zhu Di.

Where there is money, everyone will welcome them, and they have been heavily relied on by the King of Yan, Zhu Di.

Then they were taken down by the prince's people.

Therefore, this evidence appeared in Wang Yongji's lobby and in Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial case.

Or Zhu Di, the king of Yan, took their evidence and gave it to the emperor himself.Because King Yan already understood that this battle for the heir apparent was nothing more than a grand game of chess jointly played by his teacher and his father.

He also has to contribute.

Those feudal aristocrats in the south of the Yangtze River probably never dreamed that the person they wanted to bet on was actually the person who betrayed them.Hitting himself at the muzzle of the gun, he didn't even know how he died.

Looking at the list of evidence, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression kept changing.It seems to be weighing the pros and cons. If all the more than 300 officials are taken down, how will the aftermath be dealt with?

If the current Jiangnan Province is a dilapidated machine that barely runs on rusty parts, those rusty parts can at least maintain its normal operation.