Chapter 347: How Can a Corrupt Official Be Dealt with, and How Can the Country Be Saved From Danger?

The civil servant group can make their appeals for interests, but whether they will be listened to and whether they will be adopted naturally depends on Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang found Jin Ling, the most difficult Lian Meiren fan, that night, and conquered this wild little woman like taking medicine.

From the beginning to the end, he knew very well that his real enemy was never from the outside, but these hypocrites who talked about benevolence, justice and morality, and the maggots that were everywhere in this empire.

But from today's conversation, we can also figure out the thoughts of the civil servant group. They want to take advantage of the empire's financial crisis and prepare to put pressure on themselves, the emperor.

If they are acquitted and the Ministry of Punishment is new, and the law that civil officials' corruption can atone for sins is written into the law, then they will help them share some financial pressure.

Zhu Youtang gritted his teeth. After this conversation, it inspired him to have a stronger desire to conquer, but he didn't believe that the world would stop turning without these civil servants.

don't want……

Fan Jinling's long and slender legs were raised high, and the golden bell tied to her ankles could not ring. In the end, she could not withstand the impact, and her pretty face looked painful as she begged for mercy.

She is fun-loving and a good person, I am afraid this is the woman she is talking about.

It was naturally impossible for Zhu Youtang to call a truce, not to mention that the majestic emperor had no reason to be dissatisfied, so he continued to vent for half an hour before letting go of the woman who had become as soft as a ball of mud.

In fact, he also reflected that maybe he was too strong, which was why he had difficulties in having children.

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival holiday is over.

Officials in the capital returned to their posts one after another, and the gears of the empire started turning again.

If you are careful, you can find that even after a recuperative vacation, the speed of operation is obviously slow, and every gear seems to be drowsy.

The situation is most obvious in the Criminal Department, which accumulated a lot of cases during the Spring Festival.

Now, cases from the Ministry of Justice in the two capitals and thirteen provinces have been sent to the desks of various departments of the Ministry of Justice, but many officials have begun to work hard, and even find an excuse for unclear handwriting and send them back to write again.

"Since we don't agree, then we have to lie down!"

"Haha... If we don't work hard, let him rule the world by himself!"

"Now that we don't even accept the suggestions of our wise ministers, then let's wait for the Ming Dynasty to fall!"

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Seeing that the emperor neither acquitted He Qiaoxin, the Minister of Punishment, nor had any intention of adding those regulations to the "Regulations on Punishment", many middle- and lower-level officials decided to "color" the emperor.

Qiu Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, knew the importance of rescuing He Qiaoxin, so he silently promoted this sabotage incident behind the scenes.

It is indeed difficult for a person to accomplish something, but if he just lies down, it is a very relaxed thing.

"Now that the project is so tense, you are still here leisurely having tea? If you really don't want to do it, get out of here!" Jia Jun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of the river control project in full swing, found that the officials under him were not working in the government office. To live is to go directly to the path of anger.

Several officials from the Ministry of Industry who were working on foreign goods were frightened when they noticed Jia Jun's appearance.

Gong Tao, the eldest doctor in the Ministry of Industry, faced the accusation and immediately defended himself: "Master, we have been discussing the plan here. Now we have some tea to satisfy our hunger. What's wrong?"

"Did you just discuss a plan? You were talking about Jiaofang Si Toupai's poems, and you were discussing an appointment with the Ministry of Industry to have a drink together in the same year!" Jia Jun, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, only got angry after listening outside for a while. At this moment, he exposed the lie angrily.

Faced with his lies being exposed, Gong Tao said without shame: "We, the sergeants, are all learned men, so we are all passionate about poetry and songs. I'm afraid you can't understand this. As for the relationship with other yamen Colleagues drinking together are also for better collaboration among the yamen in the future, why not?"

Gong Tao is over forty years old. He was a second-class Jinshi in the 14th year of Chenghua. He was born in a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River. He has good connections in the officialdom and has strong ability to do things. Now he has become a doctor in the Ministry of Industry. His career is promising. Infinite.

Several officials from the Ministry of Industry nearby couldn't help but secretly give Gong Tao a thumbs up. Not only did they give a reasonable explanation for their actions, but they also took the opportunity to ridicule the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

They are all arrogant Jinshi officers, and most of them are still second-class Jinshi. Now they are suppressed by a small move, which makes many people feel dissatisfied.

"Mr. Gong, we'll have to deal with this later! I already told you a year ago that you must hand over the Bailu Dam plan after the year. Why are you still missing?" Jia Jun, the Minister of Punishment, didn't want to start a verbal dispute. , then let’s get down to business.

Bailu Dam is a key link in the current river management. Since no plan has been put on my desk, I decided to visit it myself, but I didn't want to see these people working hard here.

Several other officials from the Ministry of Industry had already guessed Jia Jun's purpose, but they silently turned to look at Gong Tao.

Gong Tao suddenly felt relieved, but he didn't even raise his eyelids and said: "I didn't go back to the Ministry of Works to work during the Spring Festival. That plan involves so much, we have to wait for at least three more days!"

"Okay, I'll give you three more days, we'll see!" Jia Jun felt like his lungs were about to burst with anger, and he turned around and left after saying a harsh word.

Although he knew that some of his officials were dissatisfied with him because of Juren's background, after all, everyone performed their duties, and there was never any emergency situation.

It's just that the river control project is so tense now, but Gong Tao not only talks about love and romance here, but also procrastinates on the things he has been told to do, and now he has touched his bottom line.

In fact, it doesn't matter how these people slander him in private, but the river control project is related to the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. These people who procrastinate like this should all go to hell.

"It's over, Mr. Jia has come to the Ministry of Personnel!"

"I expected this from him, it doesn't matter!"

"Why should I be afraid of him? Can the Ministry of Personnel dismiss officials for this?"

"Even in this year's Beijing inspection, which one of the old age, inaction and corruption did I commit?"

...

Soon after Jia Jun left, an official hurried back and reported Jia Jun's whereabouts, but Gong Tao and other officials seemed fearless.

Although Gong Tao and others are now thorns, they still have some real skills and their business capabilities are more outstanding than most officials.

Not only are they in their prime, but they never take things they shouldn't take, which makes them full of confidence now.

Although they knew that Jia Jun's sudden visit to the Ministry of Personnel must be related to the conflict just now, they were not panicked at all because they knew the rules of the officialdom game.

Although the Minister of Works and the Ministry of Personnel Yamen were separated by only an aisle, since both yamen were facing east and west, they had to go around an alley to reach the door of the Ministry of Personnel Yamen in front.

Ministry of Personnel Yamen, signing room.

Jia Jun had a good relationship with Li Yu. When he came to the Ministry of Personnel Yamen, he smelled a strange smell in the air and saw that Li Yu's face was black.

"Just now, the duty room was flooded, and some important information was burned. This Beijing inspection has to start all over again!" Li Yu was a little tired and looked very depressed.

Although the Beijing inspection was the most glorious moment for the Minister of Personnel, who controlled the fate of officials below the fourth rank in the capital, it was actually the busiest node.

Even if you want to target a person, you have to list the reasons, and you have to know what stains and bright spots are on the other person's resume, and you can't dismiss him just because you don't like him.

It was just a careless fire just now, not only did those well-organized Beijing official materials go up in flames, but also he, the dignified Minister of Personnel, almost died in the sea of ​​fire.

After Jia Jun knew that this unexpected incident had occurred, Li Yu would be busy next, and he swallowed the words that were on his lips: "In this case, then you go ahead and do your work!"

"Okay!" Li Yu didn't care what Jia Jun was looking for him for now. Now that he had made a major mistake in his work, he could only race against time to start work.

Not only the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Personnel, but the other four yamen had more or less problems, so that some people described: the yamen reopened, but it seemed that it was not open.

In the capital, the public opinion about He Qiaoxin did not stop, and even showed a trend of intensifying.

The fist of the Censorate worked. Originally, these scholars were not in the right, and now they were beaten and had no place to complain, so the scholars who made trouble restrained themselves.

"Anyone who dares to make trouble at the gate of the Censorate will be punished severely!" Wang Hua, the new boer of the Imperial College, has always been gentle, but this time he issued a direct and severe warning.

Although he advocates Confucianism, he is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong. Now He Qiaoxin took a hundred thousand taels of goods and even accepted ginseng worth a thousand gold to open the door for Huang Yu, the president of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce. What injustice can he say?

The current emperor is a wise ruler rarely seen in a century. Everyone should work together to create a prosperous era, instead of trying to pull the empire's legs here.

Although his son was in danger when he went to Luzon to inspect the gold mine, he never resented the emperor in his heart. The empire should have worked hard to open up a new situation.

As for his son, it was just an accident, or maybe, as Wu Jinghou guessed, he was probably involved in another conspiracy.

That's right, he might not be able to restrain others, but his students in the Imperial College were so indiscriminate that he didn't mind expelling people from the Imperial College.

The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop.

In the next few days, the efficiency of the government offices in the capital obviously dropped a level.

After all, people pay more attention to their own interests, not to mention that they have been slowly forming their own circles since they took the imperial examinations. After entering the officialdom, they are connected by the relationship of classmates, fellow townsmen, and teachers and students.

If history has not changed, then the most active group in the early Hongzhi Dynasty must belong to the Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai. This year, they gave birth to the chief minister Xu Pu, the cabinet university scholar Peng Hua, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue Li Min, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel Li Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment He Qiaoxin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites Liu Ji, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue Li Si, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue Ye Qi, etc.

Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, not to mention that these are the elites of the empire.

"Why are there only a few documents from the Ministry of Justice?"

"Why hasn't the Lantern Festival from the Ministry of Rites been delivered yet?"

"What's wrong with the Ministry of Works? Where is the test data of the Zhiyuan treasure ship?"

...

Even Zhu Youtang, who has been staying in the palace, has noticed something strange. There are obviously fewer memorials sent from the government offices in the capital, and some things have to be urged in person.

As night fell, the East Warm Pavilion lit up with bright lights.

Zhu Youtang knew the importance of information. Although the West Factory was not established, the Jinyiwei had completed the cleansing, the East Factory was also operating in an orderly manner, and he also understood the local area through the eunuchs guarding the place.

In addition, after Ye Zisuo came out of nowhere, he also gave some trusted officials locked boxes to submit secret memorials.

"So that's it!"

After reading the information about the capital, Zhu Youtang finally resolved his confusion. It turned out that it was because his subordinates did not work hard.

Faced with such disloyal behavior and this group of middle-level officials who wanted to stick together, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten one thing. They were facing the emperor who created the book of unruly people and the secret disclosure system. Could this little trick really stump the emperor?

As the time was approaching the Lantern Festival, the imperial Lantern Festival holiday was about to begin.

"This day is so cool!"

"I didn't do anything and I got a holiday again!"

"Hehe... I read four files from the Ministry of Justice in the past few days, and I sent them all back!"

"I heard that there was a courtesan in the Yingchun Tower on the city tower. When we get a holiday, we must go to show our support!"

...

The officials of the six ministries who were dawdling not only did not feel any guilt, but also seemed very comfortable. They had even started planning the Lantern Festival holiday.

The same was true for the Ministry of Works. Officials headed by Gong Tao, a doctor in the Ministry of Works, were still planning their vacations when they were suddenly informed that Jia Jun, who had just returned from the palace, had summoned them.

"It seems that he has bad intentions!"

"It is probably the emperor who is teaching Mr. Jia a lesson!"

"If so, he would not want to vent his anger on Mr. Gong, right?"

...

Several officials in the Ministry of Works who were eating tea and snacks got the news and could not help but speculate.

"Who cares? I am not greedy or robbed, what can he do to me?" Although Gong Tao knew that Jia Jun was dissatisfied with him, he did not take Jia Jun seriously at all, and immediately patted his butt and said.

Ministry of Works, signing room.

Jia Jun is over 60 years old and has always been gentle, but he has experienced too many troubles recently, so his face is restrained, and even his eyes have become sharp.

"Master Zhengtang, do you have any advice for me? No matter how much I urge you to do, I can't hand over the Bailu Dam plan until tomorrow!" Gong Tao saw Jia Jun's bitter and resentful expression, but he took the initiative with a smile.

Jia Jun didn't expect that Gong Tao, who was quite capable before, became so annoying. He said calmly: "No need, you can hand over the Bailu Dam matter to Liu Yuyu!"

"Liu Yuyu? That young boy doesn't know how to manage rivers at all. I'm afraid it will take even longer!" Gong Tao knew that Liu Yuyu was promoted by the emperor, and he said disdainfully.

Jia Jun sighed lightly and said solemnly: "Hand over all the work on your hands today. I have something to inform you!"

"What is it? Master Zhengtang, don't be so serious. You are not saying that I am already on the elimination list of the Beijing inspection?" Gong Tao has his own information network and smiled disapprovingly.

Jia Jun was a good-tempered old man. He looked up at Gong Tao and said, "The imperial examination hasn't even started yet, so it's impossible for you to be on the list! But you should know that the court's finances are having some problems right now, and they are struggling over the three million taels!" (End of this chapter)