Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 548 No, you Ouyang Lun want to fight corruption? ! (Subscribe!!)

Just when Li Shanchang was thinking silently.

The emotions of the Huaixi Party officials became increasingly excited.

"We have followed the Emperor through thick and thin to have the status we have today, but Ouyang Lun just married the princess and made a few contributions, and now he has been made a marquis and appointed a prime minister!"

"It would be fine if Ouyang Lun was on equal footing with us, but now he is riding on our heads. How can we accept this!"

"Lord, why don't we find an opportunity to kill him directly!"

"Enough!" Just as these Huaixi Party officials began to use dirty tricks, Li Shanchang could no longer hold back and shouted angrily: "Don't you think the current situation is bad enough?"

"Assassinate the current emperor's son-in-law? You're so smart that you can think of that. If you want to die, don't drag me along!"

"What was Hu Weiyong's fate? I don't need to say more, right?"

When Li Shanchang mentioned Hu Weiyong, the scene suddenly became quiet.

"My Lord, we brothers are unwilling to let Ouyang Lun become the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. You must know that this position should have been yours!" said Duke of Song Feng Sheng.

"That's right. If you were the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, there would be so many problems. I don't know what His Majesty was thinking. He actually chose Ouyang Lun to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. The key is that the Supreme Emperor chose to support him!" Lan Yu said in great confusion.

"What do you know? His Majesty has his reasons for appointing Ouyang Lun as the Prime Minister. Perhaps it is because we have been too active recently that His Majesty wants to balance things out. As for the Emperor, he does not support Ouyang Lun at all, but supports His Majesty! He supports the Zhu family!"

Li Shanchang said in a deep voice.

"Well, it's just that Ouyang Lun became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. It's not like the sky is falling. Besides, the sky won't fall. The emperor and the emperor have the same opinion, which is not something we can change. Instead of thinking about how to retaliate against Ouyang Lun, you might as well think about how to get a better position in the next military reform. As long as we control the army, Ouyang Lun will never be able to defeat us!"

"Yes, Lord!"

"Don't worry, my lord. I, Lan Yu, am now the general of the military cabinet and I will never treat my brothers unfairly."

"I hope so."

Ouyang Lun was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Major newspapers and periodicals rushed to report the news, and soon the news spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Even little kids knew that Ouyang Lun was the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

The people naturally supported Ouyang Lun as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, especially in the four southern provinces. Everyone said that following Ouyang Lun, they could eat full meals every day, but following Li Shanchang, they would go hungry for nine meals in three days!

But for the officials of the Ming Dynasty, this was not good news, because after Ouyang Lun became the Prime Minister, the first thing he did was not to introduce economic policies, but to punish corruption! !

That's right!

Ouyang Lun chose to punish corruption as the first thing he did after taking office as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

No, you, Ouyang Lun, want to fight corruption?!
The key is that Ouyang Lun's anti-corruption efficiency is very high. With the help of data from the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Inspection Bureau, it becomes clear who evades taxes and who embezzles or accepts bribes.

For example: An official’s annual income is only two thousand taels, but he ends up spending ten thousand taels. Where does the eight thousand taels come from?

You mean the accumulation from before?

No problem, I'll check your data from the past five or even ten years. Doesn't match? Sorry, tell me the truth!

Some corrupt officials were afraid of being discovered, so they hid the embezzled money in a remote house, and also recast the gold and silver into pillars, walls, chairs, benches, etc.!
Then he built himself up as an honest official.

You don't plan to use it in the short term, so you think it won't be discovered?

The Tax Inspection Department started directly with the businessmen and officials who had taken bribes, and found out that large sums of money were missing and that taxes had not been paid for a long time. After some investigation, they directly locked on to the target.

As corrupt officials were exposed one after another, the officials who had previously not taken it seriously began to feel the horror!
At the residence of Duke Liang.

At this moment, a large group of people had gathered in the mansion.

Most of these people were officials from the Huaixi Party, and there were also some officials who were close to the Huaixi Party.

They looked a little panicked.

Ouyang Lun's anti-corruption actions made them terrified. After all, they were all corrupt. They were confident in facing the investigation of the Jinyiwei, but they had no chance at all when facing Ouyang Lun's Tax Inspection Department.

So far, none of the officials targeted by the Tax Inspection Department have been arrested by mistake.

Many officials seemed to be honest, but when the Tax Inspection Bureau presented evidence, everyone was dumbfounded.

He was extremely panicked, so he ran to Lan Yu to seek help.

"General, Ouyang Lun is too corrupt. Since the anti-corruption campaign was announced, the Tax Inspection Department has arrested nearly fifty people! This efficiency is even higher than when the emperor was in power!"

"No one who is targeted by the Tax Inspection Department can escape."

"General, we have to find a way!"

Listening to the complaints of the surrounding officials, Lan Yu said impatiently: "Why are you panicking! Hasn't Ouyang Lun investigated you yet?!"

"And why are you all running to me? Wouldn't it be better to go to Elder Li? What good ideas can I come up with for you?"

The officials responded immediately.

"General, we went to Lord Li's place, but the door was tightly shut. No matter how we shouted, no one opened the door!"

"So we can only come to the general."

"Ouyang Lun said he wanted to fight corruption. No matter who it is, as long as they are corrupt, they will not be spared. But everyone knows that this is aimed at our Huaixi Party!"

"They are trying to use our Huaixi Party as a sacrifice to show off their prestige as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet!"

"General, we can't just sit there and wait for death!"

Lan Yu waved his hand, "Okay, stop talking. This general knows everything about this matter. What you need to do now is to clean up your butts after you go down, and don't be targeted by the people from the Tax Inspection Department too easily. Don't make trouble recently, and stop all your shitty things!" "The Tax Inspection Department is a group of dogs raised by Ouyang Lun. Their noses are more sensitive than those of the Jinyiwei. You better be careful!"

"Alright, I'm tired, you guys should leave now. If the Jinyiwei and the Taxation Inspection Department find out, they will definitely conduct another investigation!"

"Yes!"

The Huaixi Party officials felt a little disappointed, but since Lan Yu had said so much, they couldn't stay any longer.

"Master, everyone has left!"

The butler walked in slowly to report.

"Okay, close the door quickly and don't meet anyone today!" Lan Yu said in a clear voice.

"Yes, sir." The butler quickly left the hall and closed the door.

After everything was done, Lan Yu ran to the door and looked outside to make sure no one was eavesdropping. Then he shouted into the hall, "Lord, I have sent everyone away. Come out now."

As Lan Yu finished speaking, several people soon walked out from the back of the hall. These people were none other than the core members of the Huaixi Party, including Duke of Han Li Shanchang, Duke of Song Feng Sheng, and Duke of Ying Fu Youde.

"Lord, those people who just came are all the backbones of my Huaixi Party. Why don't you want to meet them?"

Lan Yu was quite puzzled.

"These people are so anxious to come to you and me, I think they are not clean. In this situation, even if we do our best, we may not be able to save these people!" Li Shanchang said in a deep voice: "Since we can't save them, let's just not meet them."

"But those people are our own people after all. Are we just going to watch Ouyang Lun arrest them all? How will others view our Huaixi Party and us? The people below will probably be panicked. Once the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead this team!"

As a general, Lan Yu naturally knew the importance of military morale.

"Yes! Lan Yu is right. Ever since Ouyang Lun became the Prime Minister, there has been tension within our Huaixi Party. Many people are worried about Ouyang Lun's revenge!" Duke of Song Feng Sheng followed up and said, "Now that Ouyang Lun has taken office, he doesn't start with the economy or speed up the military reform. Instead, he goes against his usual practice and starts arresting corrupt officials!"

"It's hard not to suspect that Ouyang Lun is targeting our Huaixi Party."

Duke Ying Fu Youde also spoke up, "But it's very strange. Ouyang Lun has been arresting corrupt officials for a while. Although he has arrested many of our people, he has arrested more people. I heard that there are more than 30 people in total, while less than 10 of our people have been arrested. It's hard to say that Ouyang Lun is targeting us!"

"This is just Ouyang Lun's self-torture trick. He arrests his own people just to shut up others!" Lan Yu said in a deep voice.

"I don't think Ouyang Lun is rehearsing. After all, even if he wants to cover up, there is no need to arrest so many of his own people, and one of them is the head of the Ministry of Revenue!" Yingguogong Fu Youde shook his head, "I really can't figure out what Ouyang Lun is trying to do!"

"Humph, he is smarter than any of us. He is cleaning up his own team!" Li Shanchang said in a deep voice.

"What do you think, Lord? Why do you make such a judgment?" Duke of Song Feng Sheng asked hurriedly.

"If you were Ouyang Lun, and now you are the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, what would you fear most?" Li Shanchang did not answer directly, but asked a question.

"Of course he is afraid of our Huaixi Party! We are the number one political force in the Ming Dynasty. Even if Ouyang Lun is the Prime Minister, he is not as strong as us. We are definitely his biggest worry now, and the existence he fears the most! He must be worried that he will be driven down by us!" Lan Yu said with confidence.

"They should be most afraid of Your Majesty and the Emperor Emeritus. Everything Ouyang Lun has was given by Your Majesty and the Emperor Emeritus. They can take everything away from them at any time!"

"I think what Ouyang Lun fears most right now is not having any political achievements. Catching corruption is the fastest way to achieve political achievements and show your strength to everyone!"

However, after listening to it again, Li Shanchang shook his head and said, "No, in my opinion, Ouyang Lun is not afraid of our Huaixi Party, nor is he afraid of His Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor. He is not worried about the lack of performance. What he is afraid of is problems within the team!"

"Over the years, the power of the Prince Consort Party has been expanding because of Ouyang Lun. Now, it can almost keep pace with my Huaixi Party. However, they are developing and expanding too fast, and the people in them are mixed, just like the county magistrate who embezzled the demolition funds before. If there are more people like this, the Prince Consort Party may fall apart without our intervention!"

Upon hearing this, Song Guogong Feng Sheng was the first to react, "Lord, do you mean that Ouyang Lun realized this, so he wanted to use the power of the cabinet chief to clear up the internal affairs of the Prince Consort Party?"

"Tsk tsk, this Ouyang Lun is really stupid! Now is the time to use people, but he arrests all his own people. How can he get anything done?" Lan Yu said with a smile.

"So that's how it is. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Ouyang Lun is still too impatient. It won't be long before many officials from the Prince Consort's party will flee! Haha! This gives us a good opportunity!" Ying Duke Fu Youde said with a smile.

"You are all wrong. Ouyang Lun is the smart one. Haven't you ever thought about how terrifying the Prince Consort Party would be if Ouyang Lun succeeded in catching the corrupt officials this time?" Li Shanchang continued slowly: "A force without corruption is probably more terrifying than the clean officials and censors!"

"In the future, we may not have to face Ouyang Lun alone, but a group of people!"

As Li Shanchang spoke, he looked at the people around him, and finally set his sights on Lan Yu. "The majority of Ouyang Lun's consort party members are young people. They are young and energetic, and have a bright future. If a few more years pass, the power of the consort party will only grow!"

"On the other hand, our Huaixi Party, except for Lan Yu, relies entirely on us old bones to support us. I'm afraid we will become weaker and weaker!"

"As one side gains, the other loses, the future of our Huaixi Party is worrying!"

Having said this, Li Shanchang's expression already seemed a little lonely.

Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, Fu Youde and others also looked anxious.

"Lord, is there any way we can solve this problem now?"

"We absolutely can't do nothing!"

"If it really doesn't work, the method those people just mentioned is not impossible. Let's take the initiative!"

Hearing these words, Li Shanchang shook his head, "Strike first to gain the upper hand?! Haha, didn't you see that? Ouyang Lun has already attacked us!"

"We've already missed the chance to strike first!"

"But I have thought of a way, but I can't accomplish this by myself. I need your cooperation!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others lit up.

"Lord, now that the situation has come to this, just tell me what you have to say!"

"That's right, whatever method you come up with, we will definitely fully support it!"

"As long as we can stop Ouyang Lun, we are willing to do anything. Of course, the best thing is to completely defeat Ouyang Lun!!"

(End of this chapter)