I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 229 Shameless

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Sun Chengzong has always been prudent and mature, and there will be no trouble. I will communicate with Sun Chengzong and report at any time."

Hearing what Ye Xianggao said, Zhu Youxiao sighed that it would be great if this were true.

He thought that this matter was important, and the cabinet might still be unclear about the spread of the White Lotus Sect, so he still had to talk to Ye Xianggao about it.

"Zhang Chang, bring over the question book Luo Sigong wrote about the White Lotus Sect a few days ago and show it to Mr. Ye Ge."

Since the last report, Luo Sigong discovered some new information, which he presented to the emperor, so the cabinet and others did not know about it. Ye Xianggao became curious when he saw this.

"During this period, I have been asking Jinyiwei to investigate the White Lotus Sect in Shuntian Prefecture, and found that the northeastern area of ​​Shuntian Prefecture is the origin of the Eastern Mahayana Sect, a branch of the White Lotus Sect, and that the leader of the bandits, Wang Sen, has been preaching there.

Although Wang Sen has surrendered, the Eastern Mahayana sect has already split into two branches. One is led by Xu Hongru and operates in Shandong. The other is led by his son Wang Haoxian and his other disciple Yu Hongzhi and operates in Hebei. Activities in Yi and Jingzhou areas.

According to Jin Yiwei's knowledge, the Eastern Mahayana sect in the northeastern region of Gyeonggi Province is very widespread and is believed by many people, including businessmen and landlords. These cults have wanted to cause chaos as early as the Shenzong Dynasty. Fortunately, they were exposed and the thieves were jailed. Silence.

I didn't care at first, but Jin Yiwei came to report that these White Lotus cultists were active again. They had been spreading rumors about Maitreya's coming to the world and chaos in the world in Kaiping Mansion, Kaiyi, Shandong and other places. They probably wanted to cause chaos again. "

This is what Zhu Youxiao is worried about. Originally, the imperial court planned to implement farming and equalization of farmland in Jizhou and Kaiping in the northeast of Gyeonggi Province.Now Jin Yiwei has reported that the activities of the White Lotus Sect are rampant in the Kaiping area. If the movement of equalizing land is very big, it will be bad for the White Lotus Sect to wait for an opportunity to win over the gentry who were damaged in the equalizing of land and rebel and cause trouble together.

Zhu Youxiao is also happy to see this situation. He knows that the White Lotus Sect cannot make any big waves, so he will deal with them and the rebellious gentry at that time. This will not only deter other gentry, but also allow the equalization of land and uniform service to be further implemented throughout the capital. , let’s see who dares to object then.

It's just that the Beijing camp is not fully ready for training now, and it will take some time. Therefore, he is particularly concerned about the equalization of the fields in the capital, lest it become a catalyst for the White Lotus Sect's uprising. If the White Lotus Sect is allowed to start the uprising in advance, the court will be caught off guard. Defend.

After hearing the emperor's introduction, Ye Xianggao also opened the question book respectfully and started reading.

Ye Xianggao had heard about this Eastern Mahayana sect and knew that its leader had surrendered to the law. He originally thought that it had disappeared long ago, but he did not expect that it was still so rampant in stealing secretly.

"Your Majesty, if what Luo Sigong said is true, then the court had better make preparations early and order the local officials to seize him strictly and not to take it lightly."

"This is natural, but I want to complete my work in one battle. Now the court is aware of the movements of the bandit leader Wang Haoxian, but the other bandit leader Xu Hongru is still under investigation. After the Jin Yiwei find Xu Hongru, the court wants to dispatch the border troops Join forces with the Beijing camp to annihilate them with thunderous means.

But this time I thought that since there are many White Lotus believers in Kaiping, and there are many gentry and businessmen who also believe in heresies such as Maitreya's reincarnation, it would be better to catch them all and uproot these people. "

When Ye Xianggao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh that the emperor really had a plan. He had tried to equalize land and service in the capital before, but he might have considered this a long time ago.

No wonder he agreed to implement the equalization of land and service so easily. It turned out that the emperor was not afraid of the opposition of these gentry at all, and even united to rebel, so he had already kept a hand.If they rebel, then all these people will be eradicated and uprooted to serve as a warning to others.

After thinking about it like this, Ye Xianggao, as a smart man, knew the purpose of the emperor's explanation to him.

"Your Majesty has foresight and foresight. I understand. I will discuss it with Sun Chengzong when I get back. Let him start implementing this matter as soon as possible, but he will also be aware of the appropriateness and should not go too far." "Well, you understand."

Seeing that Ye Xianggao knew so clearly, Zhu Youxiao was quite approving of it. He couldn't break or establish. Time was running out now, and he didn't have time to argue with these people. Sometimes instead of others detonating the crisis, it was better to do it himself, so that he could control the rhythm of the whole thing. and initiative.

After this conversation, it was almost noon, so Zhu Youxiao asked Ye Xianggao to stay and have a simple meal with him. In the afternoon, he went to the cabinet to explain these matters to Liu Yishui and others, and asked the cabinet to quickly draft and issue them.

The Forbidden City has returned to its former tranquility, but as soon as the news from the cabinet comes out, it is tantamount to detonating another bomb in the officialdom of the capital.

This major case of clique formation and corruption caused by the Wenhua Palace's edict has finally come to an end.

One cabinet minister and three ministers were ordered to retire because of corruption, and many others were punished and convicted.

The biggest winner among them was undoubtedly Liu Yishen, the chief minister of the cabinet. He was originally a prey and turned into a hunter. He brought down so many people without looking down. From then on, no one dared to look down on him as the chief minister.

In addition, Shen Guan and Ye Xianggao are undoubtedly winners.However, their victory was achieved by betraying their allies, which made many court officials extremely disdainful and scornful.

Especially Ye Xianggao, who was clearly the mastermind of the entire incident and should have been deposed.But in the end, he was pardoned by the emperor and returned to serve in the cabinet without any problems. This made the courtiers find it incredible and even doubted whether the emperor had reached any deal with Ye Xianggao, or that the emperor had been deceived by Ye Xianggao.

But the imperial censors ignored this and wrote letters one after another, cursing Ye Xianggao for being shameless and a traitor, hoping that the emperor would not be deceived by him.

But what was even more shameless was the news I got from nowhere. It was said that the three ministers were just leaving their crimes at home. It was Ye Xianggao who proposed that they should be dismissed for several crimes and punished at the same time. He also proposed punishing the gentry in Jiangnan who were corrupt and violated the law.

This made the Zhejiang Party and some Donglin people who were close to him even more disdainful of him. They never expected that Ye Xianggao was such a person. Compared with him, Shen Guan and Liu Yishui both looked bright and upright.

But they were the only ones who felt disdainful and impeached Ye Xianggao.

Other court officials did not bother to impeach Ye Xianggao at all. Although this major case of party formation and corruption shocked the world, the next matter was the focus of concern of officials all over the world, especially those in the capital.

Nowadays, the official positions of two bachelors, three ministers, and five ministers are vacant. The appointment of these half of the court officials is what these people are most concerned about.

Among them, there are people who are secretly trying to find an official position, and there are also people who are secretly trying to help others get started.

It's just embarrassing that the people who can decide these positions now are Liu Yishen, Shen Guan, Ye Xianggao and others who "rebeled and abandoned their relatives".

Therefore, a strange scene occurred next. Many invitations from people who had been reviling Ye Xianggao and Shen Guan reappeared on their documents.

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