Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 151 The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works all settle accounts at the same time!
Zhu Youtang was furious. All matters in the border town were related to the peace and stability within the Ming Dynasty.

The border towns of the Ming Dynasty are the Achilles' heel of the Ming Emperor. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the border towns will only end up dead!
However, the generals in the border towns all have soldiers under their command.

Every large border town has at least 100,000 troops stationed there.

If the border generals issue is not handled properly, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!

"Which generals in Xuanfu were involved in smuggling?"

Zhu Youtang's voice was low and his tone was full of anger.

When Mou Bin heard this, he became even more frightened and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"It has not been found out yet. The eldest son of the Wang family who was caught by the White Tiger could not bear the torture and died!"

"The Royal Guards are incompetent, please punish them, Your Majesty!"

After Mou Bin finished speaking, he knocked his head hard to the ground.

Zhu Youtang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and closed his eyes in thought.

The border of Xuanfu was involved in smuggling, and among the smuggled items were armor and firearms.

Only the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty can make these things, only the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty can allocate money for their manufacture, and only the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty can decide where these things go.

If the border generals of Xuanfu were smuggling firearms and armor on a large scale, then the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue would certainly not be able to escape responsibility!

Zhu Youtang opened his eyes, looked at Mou Bin, and quickly gave several orders.

"Go, call Liu Jin, the supervisor of the East Factory, and Tu Yu, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, to come to me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Mou Bin bowed and accepted the order, then quickly left Hongde Hall.

Afterwards, Zhu Youtang handed the written imperial edict to Wang Zhi and ordered: "Let Xu Chang return to the court immediately, and come back as quickly as possible!"

"Remember, don't enter the pass from Hamiwei. Let him cross the grassland outside the pass and enter the pass from Xuanfu!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Wang directly received the imperial edict drafted by Zhu Youtang, bowed respectfully, and immediately left with Zhu Youtang's order.

On the other hand, Mou Bin also sent his Jinyiwei to deliver Zhu Youtang's summons to Liu Jin and Tu Yu.

When Liu Jin received the order from Zhu Youtang to summon him, he was overjoyed. He immediately put down the work in his hands and ran over happily.

Liu Jin had not been in power of the East Factory for long, and had only been doing some daily cleanup work. Now he urgently needed a major case to help him establish his prestige in the East Factory.

Now that he had received an urgent summons from Zhu Youtang, his intuition told him that a major case was about to occur.

And the East Factory is the first choice to handle this case.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Compared to Liu Jin's excitement, Tu Yu had more doubts in his heart, and even a hint of fear.

Since Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, he has been using the Censorate to monitor all officials, and the power of the Censorate has been greatly weakened.

But today, Zhu Youtang suddenly summoned him into the palace to discuss matters.

That only means that this matter is extremely serious, and has become so serious that it cannot be solved by the factory guards alone.

Thinking of this, Tu Yu's steps became a little heavy.

But no matter how heavy the burden was, Tu Yu still walked into the Hongde Hall and came in front of Zhu Youtang.

"I, Tu Yu, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"No gift."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

When Tu Yu stood up, he discovered that Liu Jin, the director of the East Factory, was also in the room.

Tu Yu was even more confused. What kind of thing could make Zhu Youtang mobilize two major supervisory agencies at the same time?

Zhu Youtang didn't say anything more and gave orders directly to Liu Jin and Tu Yu at the same time.

"You, the Censorate and the East Factory, should immediately send personnel to the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works to check the accounts of the past ten years."

"Just check the number of armour, firearms and other weapons, clear out all the information related to the weapons and compile them into a separate volume!"

"Check it as quickly as possible. I want to receive this information in two hours."

When Zhu Youtang finished speaking, Tu Yu's face turned horrified and his eyes widened unconsciously.

Your Majesty will simultaneously investigate the three major departments: the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works.

This... this is going to be another bloody storm!

The capital has only been peaceful for a few days. Your Majesty is going to kill people and cause bloodshed again? !
Tu Yu looked unhappy, but Liu Jin was smiling.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"The East Factory will investigate these three departments thoroughly. I will investigate any corruption or abuse of power..."

"How dare you! I only asked you to check the arms accounts. Who asked you to check other things?!"

Liu Jin's flattery hit the horse's leg. Seeing Zhu Youtang was angry, Liu Jin's body softened and he knelt down very smoothly.

"Yes, yes, yes, I will only check the arms accounts, never check randomly! Never check randomly!"

Liu Jin's face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Liu Jin certainly worked hard, but the problem was that he worked too hard.

When investigating cases, he was very clear about the severity of the crimes and wanted to lock up all the officials in the world in the Dongchang prison.

Therefore, Zhu Youtang could only give him a warning in advance to make him restrain himself.

Zhu Youtang's angry rebuke awakened Tu Yu, who was in shock. Tu Yu quickly accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"I will go back to the Censorate to organize personnel and station them in the three ministries to conduct an investigation."

"Well, remember, you, the Censorate, must work together with the East Factory, and you must never act alone."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Wei Chen retire."

Tu Yu secretly sighed in his heart. It seemed that His Majesty still trusted these factory guards more. "Then Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

"Go back."

After Liu Jin kowtowed, he quickly left Hongde Hall.

After leaving Zhu Youtang's sight, Liu Jin felt relieved.

But he did not dare to neglect Zhu Youtang's order and immediately went back to the East Factory to organize manpower.

After Tu Yu left Hongde Hall, he immediately returned to the Censorate and prepared to organize all the imperial censors in the Censorate.

After Liu Jin and Tu Yu left, Zhu Youtang gave another order.

"Fu Dahai!"

"Yes! The servant is here!"

Fu Dahai, who was guarding outside the Hongde Hall, heard Zhu Youtang's call and hurriedly walked up to Zhu Youtang.

"Go, call the Minister of Revenue Xu Pu, the Minister of War Liu Daxia, and the Minister of Works Jia Jun to come to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fu Dahai, who received the order, immediately took the order and left, asking the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department to invite the three ministers.

After Huai'en's death, the position of the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department remained undecided.

This is the highest official position among the Twelve Agencies and the Twenty-Four Yamen of the Inner Palace, and everyone in the palace is keeping an eye on him.

Now, Fu Dahai, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, is a big shot in front of the emperor and the eunuch most likely to get this position.

So when he ordered the young eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department to obey him, they were all very obedient and none of them dared to disobey.

When the young eunuch from the Imperial Household Department brought the emperor's summons to the three ministers.

The three ministers who were urgently summoned were in a heavy mood.

They instinctively felt that something big must have happened.

Moreover, based on past experience, whenever something big happens in the capital, their civil service group is usually the first to bear the brunt.

They were confused about what kind of incident had happened, and they were also afraid that this incident would implicate themselves.

But no matter what, they rushed to the palace as soon as possible.

After entering the palace gate and walking towards the Hongde Hall, the three ministers walked together tacitly.

"Minister Xu, Minister Liu, do you know why His Majesty wants to summon us to the palace to meet him?"

Jia Jun shrank his neck, put his hands in his pockets, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

Now is the snowmelt season, the coldest time of the year.

It’s unclear whether Jia Jun looked like this because he was frozen or scared.

Jia Jun seemed to have become much less courageous since the last incident when Zhu Youtang renovated the palace.

Xu Pu shook his head: "Xie Qian is on duty today. I am not in the palace and have not received any news."

"To be honest, I'm a little unsure right now."

Liu Daxia also frowned: "We have one Minister of War, one Minister of Revenue, and one Minister of Works. His Majesty summoned three ministers at once."

"I think... this trip is extremely dangerous."

The three of them walked and talked, and even though they were unwilling, they had to bite the bullet and walk into the Hongde Hall.

"Your humble servants Xu Pu, Liu Daxia, and Jia Jun pay their respects to Your Majesty."

The three men came before Zhu Youtang and saluted respectfully.

"Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The three of them stood up and sat down. Even though they were full of doubts, they could only wait anxiously for Zhu Youtang to speak.

Zhu Youtang looked at the senior officials in front of him, and his complexion had returned to normal.

He took a memorial beside him and asked casually, "The Ministry of Personnel impeached the governor of Ganzhou for taking a day off without reason."

"What do you think should be done about this matter?"

The three ministers looked at each other in dismay. For such a small matter, did His Majesty need to mobilize a large army and call three ministers to hold a joint trial?

But since Zhu Youtang asked, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and seriously analyze the pros and cons and give suggestions.

While the three ministers were holding a trial in the Hongde Hall, Liu Jin and Tu Yu had already organized their personnel in the East Factory and the Censorate.

East Factory.

Liu Jin summoned nine hundred Dongchang men and divided them into three groups, led by himself, Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng respectively.

"Zhang Yong, take a team of soldiers to the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts."

"Ma Yongcheng, you also take a team of soldiers to the Ministry of Industry to check the accounts."

"The rest of you, follow me to the Ministry of War to check the accounts!"

"Remember, the only thing missing is the accounts of arms!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

At Liu Jin's command, three teams of Dongchang soldiers immediately set out and headed straight for the six ministries.

In the Censorate, Tu Yu also gathered all the imperial censors who were still in the Censorate.

At the same time, they were also divided into three groups. The Left Censor-in-Chief led a team to check the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Right Censor-in-Chief led a team to check the accounts of the Ministry of Works.

He himself led a team to check the accounts of the Ministry of War.

After assigning the tasks, Tu Yu led this group of censors out of the gate of the Censorate and headed towards the six ministries.

These censors from the Censorate and these men from the Eastern Depot met face to face on Qipan Street, where the six ministries were located.

Liu Jin and Tu Yu bowed to each other, and then walked into the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Works in tacit understanding, and began to settle the accounts!
(End of this chapter)