Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 244 Zhu Qiyu curses

Wang Zhi stood there to plead guilty, while Zhu Qiyu sat there and continued to make tea, which made Wang Zhi feel very bad!

However, what Wang Zhi didn't expect was that after Zhu Qiyu made the tea, he just smiled and waved his hand, then motioned for him to sit down and said with a chuckle: "If the corruption of officials is all blamed on the officials, Who dares to be an official in the Ministry of Personnel? But there are two types of oversight. One is selected despite knowing that there is a problem. This is called intentional oversight. The other is that the officials below hide it very well and the Ministry of Personnel fails to discover it. This is You can’t blame the officials, right?”

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty!" Wang Zhi still didn't dare to sit down and just stood there with his hands raised.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care whether he sat down or not, but continued: "The list you reported recently said that Yang Qijun, the head of the household department, has been the head of the household department for many years, but do you know that Yang Qijun purchased more than 3,000 acres of land in his hometown and built a The mansion covers an area of ​​twenty acres and is said to be very luxurious!"

"Ah, I don't know this, please punish me!" When Wang Zhi heard this, his eyes widened and he was shocked.

Zhu Qiyu held the tea cup and said: "So I called the staff back to the staff and asked them to re-elect them! Or if the staff thinks these people are indeed suitable, then they should do a good investigation and convince me! Is that right?"

Wang Zhi nodded quickly.

"Well, sit down. I also know that it will not be easy for you. I have more than 20,000 officials in the Ming Dynasty. As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, it is impossible for you to know and know everyone!

But there are so many officials in the Ministry of Personnel, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the local Procurators and Envoys Department. Why is it out of order? Wang Shangshu, I have a hard time understanding this! In the past two days, I have prepared six ministries and nine ministers. Of course, the main officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also come together. Let's discuss some things. What should we do about the Ming Dynasty's official administration? "After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he drank tea with a tea cup.

Wang Zhi's forehead was sweating. Zhu Qiyu really wanted to rectify the officialdom!

It was right to rectify the officialdom, but he was worried about the expansion. Once it expanded, countless people would be unlucky!

This is why civil servants compete with the emperor for power. Civil servants hope to rectify it themselves, but if they rectify themselves, what can they do? Not to mention being ineffective, it may even increase the rate of corruption in officialdom.

"As the Minister of Civil Affairs, I hope to see your suggestions! I also know that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, but the water cannot be too muddy. If it is too muddy, the fish will not survive!" Zhu Qiyu put down his words. Teacup said calmly.

Wang Zhi immediately raised his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I have thought about this matter in the past few days!"

"Well, what do you want from me?" Zhu Qiyu then asked.

Wang Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report on what the official department has done recently. I wonder if your majesty has time?"

"Well, I'm here now. I still want to listen if I don't have time. Sit down and talk. I'll pour you tea!" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile!

The news has been released by itself, and it depends on how the ministers below will react. Zhu Qiyu really wants to know the reactions of the officials below. Only in this way can he decide what approach to take!

He has been on the throne for more than half a year, and he knows a lot about the affairs of the court! Not when I first ascended the throne, I didn’t understand anything!

After Wang Zhi finished his report, Zhu Qiyu encouraged him and let Wang Zhi go.

Then Zhu Qiyu picked up the investigation information sent by Zhu Ji yesterday, and ordered Cheng Jing to go outside and inform the officials that he would not see anyone today!

As he said that, he started to look through it.

But after reading for a while, Zhu Qiyu almost vomited blood. According to the investigation data, there was a magistrate who served for five years and had twenty concubines. His family seemed to have shops in Hangzhou, Yingtian, and the capital, and... There are more than seventy children in total. How can a prefect's salary support so many people? Moreover, before becoming an official, this prefect was also from a peasant family, which shows where the money came from!

There is also a county magistrate whose hometown has more than 5,000 acres of land, and his courtyard covers an area of ​​15 acres. It is decorated extremely magnificently!

Zhu Qiyu became more and more angry as he read it, and almost tore up the information.

There is not a penny in the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but they are all very rich. Moreover, the people will only scold him, saying that he does not know how to manage the court and officials, and that he is complicit with those officials. Who knows, the Ming Dynasty The Chao Dynasty is similar to those common people, they all have no money at home!

"These bastards! A bunch of wolf-hearted people, a bunch of extremely hypocritical people, they chant the words of saints and ancient people every day! Is this how they imitate saints?" Zhu Qiyu couldn't help it anymore, stood up and cursed loudly.

Most of these civil servants passed the imperial examination, and they are all outstanding scholars!

I don’t expect all of them to be honest officials, but you can’t exceed 50% of them to be corrupt officials! Will my Ming Dynasty be over soon?

Zhu Qiyu walked around the study room angrily several times, almost unable to watch anymore, but he had to watch it!

Therefore, after walking around for a few times, I returned to the desk and continued to pick it up and read it. I went back and forth like this countless times.

Zhu Qiyu was so angry that he wanted to send people to Zhejiang and Jiangxi now to arrest all the corrupt officials and kill them all, but no, if he was so impulsive, he would have to cause chaos!

It was not until evening that Zhu Qiyu finished reading the information. Of course, this was also related to the fact that he couldn't stand it anymore and put it aside for now!

On Lin Cunde's side, Lin Cunde was on the march today and was still one day away from Qianbei Town. Moreover, Yang Xiangzheng also sent over the information on the interrogation of Ha Ming, Jiang Chenlong and other officials. Lin Cunde read it over and ordered it to be sent to the capital. Zhu Qiyu needed to know these things!

In the evening, Lin Cunde was still marching. It was too hot during the day. Not to mention the soldiers, he could hardly stand it. He could only choose to march at night, which would make him more comfortable. He chose to sleep in the woods during the day!

When the march arrived, Lin Cunde wanted to rest, but the message from the soldiers below was that he wanted to continue the march. Since there was no battle now, it was better to march all night and rest during the day tomorrow!

Lin Cunde thought the same and continued marching!

It was just after dawn that Lin Cunde ordered the army to stop. However, Lin Cunde was less than twenty miles away from Qianbei Town.

After Cao Yi woke up, he learned that Lin Cunde and the others had arrived at a place less than twenty miles away from Qianbei Town for repairs, so he led the two deputy generals and the commanders to visit them. They had received the order from the court. , all the troops, civil and military officials in Liaodong Town were under the control of Lin Cunde.

Therefore, Cao Yi did not dare to neglect and could only lead those officials there.

Cao Yi and the others rode horses, but they didn't run wildly. They just ran for a while and then started to let the horses go faster!

"Sir, will there be any trouble if we go there?" a commander asked Cao Yi.

Cao Yi didn't know how to answer. Who knew if there would be trouble? I want to know!

Moreover, Lin Cunde deliberately took a day off and delayed coming. Who knows if he was dissatisfied with them? Moreover, they could have continued marching in the morning. Two hours was enough for twenty miles, and it was also morning!

But Lin Cunde didn't seem to have any intention of going to Qianbei Town for repairs!

Is there any reason for distrust here?

"Sir, what should we do if Lin Cunde makes things difficult for us?" Another commander said worriedly. There is a problem in their Liaodong Town now. Someone surrendered to the Supreme Emperor, and even brought Wala in. Such a crime is not a crime. Jiang Chenlong can afford it!

Cao Yi was also worried in his heart. If Jiang Chenlong couldn't afford it, he would have to bear it himself!

"Let's talk about it then! What I and everyone did was with a clear conscience!" Cao Yi reassured the generals and said, this is also the truth!

Lin Cunde arrived at the resting place. Just after breakfast, he learned that Cao Yi and the others were coming. Lin Cunde hurriedly went out to greet them!

Cao Yi is not young now, with a dark face. At first glance, he looks like someone who often eats and sleeps in the open, and the generals behind him are basically like this.

Lin Cunde walked over quickly and saw the leader Cao Yi. Although Lin Cunde didn't know Cao Yi, he also knew that the person being followed by the generals was staring at Cao Yi!

Lin Cunde held his hands in greeting and said with a smile, "But Mr. Cao?"

Cao Yi also quickly raised his hands and said, "But Uncle Luling, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan?"

"Exactly, Commander Cao, why are you here?" Lin Cunde looked at Cao Yi with a smile and asked.

Cao Yi also smiled and said: "My lord, this place is less than thirty miles away from Qianbei Town, so the general will naturally come to greet you!"

Cao Yi also kept his attitude very low. After all, he still didn't know what the court's attitude was towards these generals? Although Cao Yi believes that Lin Cunde only came here to gild this battle, and the actual command may have been Shi Heng. Otherwise, Shi Heng would not have appeared in Yizhou Acropolis. Lin Cunde would not be able to fight at all, but he was an earl. , and I heard that he was deeply trusted by His Majesty and liked by those generals, so naturally he would not offend him.

"Oh, I marched until dawn last night. I originally thought I could arrive at Qianbei Town this morning. Unexpectedly, it will still take two hours, so I can only order the soldiers to repair! Hurry, please come inside!" Lin Cunde smiled at Cao Yi said!

"Okay, please!" Cao Yi also made a gesture of invitation to Lin Cunde!

Lin Cunde and Cao Yi were walking in front, Cao Yi was half a step behind Lin Cunde, and all the other generals followed Cao Yi!

When they arrived at the tent, Cao Yi also began to introduce the generals to Lin Cunde, and those generals also gave Lin Cunde a fist pump and said hello.

"Well, sit down, everyone, sit down!" Lin Cunde greeted them, while Lin Cunli began to arrange for the guards to make tea.

However, Lin Cunde also took out the imperial edict at this moment, handed it to Cao Yi, and said: "Your Majesty's imperial edict, please read it to them!"

"This!" Cao Yi didn't know what the content of the imperial edict was, so he looked at Lin Cunde hesitantly.

"Read it out, it's okay!" Lin Cunde said calmly.

Cao Yi could only unfold the imperial edict, but all the generals knelt down on one knee, and Lin Cunde stood beside him!

The imperial decree was the same as before, which was to let Lin Cunde concurrently serve as the chief military officer of Liaodong Town, and the civil and military officials of Liaodong Town, all under Lin Cunde's control.

(End of this chapter)