Daming reckless man

Chapter 181
Chapter 181

So many ministers were arrested, and other ministers were also panicked.

Many people don't know what's going on, but some who are well-informed think it's a good thing. If so many officials are arrested, then they will have a chance.

But Yan Song and the others were worried.

So many officials have been arrested, but they haven't been filled before, and now there are so many vacancies.

How does this make everyone work?There are no people in many key positions now!

But Xu Jie said that now the Ministry of Officials should investigate carefully.

"Investigate? Now that those officials have been checked, let those new officials take over. They don't even know how to do things. Now the emperor has money, so don't worry that the Ministry of Households can't get money. But, after checking those What about corrupt officials? How does the household department get money?" Yan Song sat there, looking at Xu Jie and said.

"Yes, now the emperor has money, but the household department has no money. Many things need to be handled by the household department, not the emperor! I can't do anything in the future, so I have to find the emperor?" Lu Ben sat there. , looked at Xu Jie and said.

"You two mean that those corrupt officials can get money? Those clean officials can't get money?" Xu Jie said dissatisfied.

"What do you think? Now you go to collect the following taxes and try to see how much land tax you can receive, and see how much business tax you can receive?
The income of the household department has not increased. It is not a matter of corrupt officials. It is because a lot of farmland has been concentrated in the hands of those who have fame, and there are still a lot of businesses. Behind them are some princes and ministers. How to collect taxes?Without corrupt officials, who will collect taxes?The emperor said before that we forced the people to rebel, but in fact, how could we force it? "Yan Song sat there, watched Xu Jie finish speaking, and then said with a sigh.

Yan Song is very clear about the current situation of Daming, it is not about those corrupt officials, but the whole court has problems from top to bottom.

There are so many vassals, so many people with fame, and those people with fame, their land is not taxed.

Many people hang their land in the homes of those who have fame, so that they can avoid taxes.

And those vassal kings all have business in their hands, and they don't pay taxes. Who dares to shake such interests, who can shake them?

I don't have the ability to touch the interests of those vassal kings, and I don't know how they will die when the time comes, and those honorable families, whoever controls the business, who dares to move?

"Hey!" Xu Jie sighed when he heard him say that, why didn't he know these things?
But now the emperor is staring at corrupt officials, and now he has no better way.

The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be full of loopholes. If you block this or that, who can do it?
At night, Xu Jie sat in the study, thinking about those things.

On the other hand, Zhang Hao continued to settle the accounts. The profit of the soap workshop is still very high, and a lot of money comes into the account every day, which is relatively stable.

Very late, Lu Bing arrived at Danfang and reported on the investigation.

Jiajing just nodded and didn't speak.

After Lu Bing left, Chen Hong came over to report and investigate the case, and the matter is becoming clearer now.

Three days later, a large number of concubines were given to death, Concubine Jing was placed under house arrest, and Concubine Kang did not show up.

Outside, more than 20 civil servants and more than 30 imperial doctors were arrested, as well as people who supplied medicinal materials outside, and the same was true, all of them were arrested.

Every day, corpses are carried out from Jinyiwei Prison and Dongchang Prison, and thrown into mass graves.

All of this had nothing to do with Zhang Hao, those people didn't need Zhang Hao to interrogate them at all, they said everything when they got to the cell.

It's useless not to say it, it's already like this now, so many people have died, they know it in their hearts, so Zhang Hao doesn't go to Jin Yiwei's side.

On this day, Zhang Hao was inspecting the canal.

Now Shuntian Mansion employs tens of thousands of people to repair the canals, and all the canals under the control of Shuntian Mansion have to be repaired. It costs a lot of money every day, and the reservoir is also being repaired.

At this time, the construction of reservoirs is all done by manpower, and three large reservoirs are built every day, just to hope to store water for irrigation.

In the evening, Zhang Hao went to Danfang and saw Jiajing sitting there watching the memorial.

Jiajing hasn't read the memorial for several days.

Zhang Hao arrived at Lu Fang's side.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Hao came to Lu Fang's side and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, the emperor's mood is much better today!" Lu Fang said to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao nodded, and then prepared to settle the accounts.

"Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao!" Jiajing called Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao ran over immediately.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter!" Zhang Hao came to Jiajing's side, looked at Jiajing and asked.

"Go and check someone, go check now!" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"Ah? Killed?" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing and asked.

"You, why are you always thinking about killing people? Go and investigate this person, Wang Bangrui, this person has a clear name before, you go and investigate! Go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to check his information and the official department, and then report back to us !” Jiajing said to Zhang Hao.

"No, Your Majesty, there is only one person, and I want to investigate. Why don't you ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials to send his information?" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing in surprise and said.

I don't want to go to those two places. It's no good to go there. Then I will really go there to read the materials.

"Go if you are told, why are you so lazy now?" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and said.

"I'm lazy? I just came back from outside the city, and now I have to settle accounts. If you do this to me, I won't do it. I'm going home!" Zhang Hao doesn't spoil him either. If you spoil him, he will still There are more things for you to do.

"You, are you going?" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and said.

"No, I'm tired!" Zhang Hao waved his hand immediately and said, but he just didn't want to go.

"Tomorrow!" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and shouted.

"Tomorrow I have something to do, and I have to go to see the reservoir I built. I have spent so much money and built more than 40 reservoirs, so there will be no problems!" Zhang Hao shook his head resolutely.

"Hey, you bastard!" Jiajing couldn't help coming down from the platform at this moment, wanting to beat this kid up.

No one has ever dared to disobey his own orders, but he dared.

"Your Majesty, it's not that there is no one left in Daming, you just ask someone to do it, why do you let me?" Zhang Hao stared at Jiajing and said very unhappy.

"Go as soon as I tell you. This person is a good official now. I want him to manage the Ministry of War, you know? Go!" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and shouted.

"Good official, really?" Zhang Hao felt relieved a lot when he heard this, but when he wanted to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he still didn't want to go.

Fearing that he would get used to it by then, Jiajing let himself do the job.

"Well, go!" Jiajing stared at Zhang Hao and said.

"Just one person, I have to go in person, I'm not that stupid, the emperor, what about those two people you sent me, find them!" Zhang Hao immediately thought of those two people,
Jiajing then looked at Lu Fang.

"It's hard to find now. They're still in the station. They were originally called to work with Zhang Hao, but they haven't even met Zhang Hao, and they don't know what to do, so they rest at the station!" Lu Fang immediately cupped her hands to Jiajing and said.

"Starting tomorrow morning, let them follow Zhang Hao!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang.

"Yes!" Lu Fang nodded immediately.

Zhang Hao went back and continued to settle accounts.

"By the way, is the date for the two of you getting married?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"No, my father is not free, and the date hasn't been fixed yet, but my father and Mr. Xu Ge have said that they will get married in the next year!" Zhang Hao said while sitting there.

As soon as Jiajing heard this, he pinched his fingers there, and then said: "The ninth day of the first lunar month next year is a good day, tell your father, let's just get married that day, and get married quickly, your elder brother, now you have to go to Li Yanwen to recuperate , who knows what it will look like?"

"Oh, when my father comes, the emperor will tell my father!" Zhang Hao nodded, looked at Jiajing and said.

"Yeah!" Jiajing nodded.

The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he still went to practice with his elder brother.

Now Zhang Hao has been ruthless in exercising his elder brother. He has taken so much money from himself, so he must take revenge.

After the exercise, Zhang Hao went back with Zhang Li on his shoulders.

"You bastard, don't force elder brother. Elder brother will tell mother that you still have tens of thousands of taels of silver in your yard!" Zhang Li said angrily, lying on top of Zhang Hao.

"Hmph, can you keep that money?" Zhang Hao also threatened.

"Mother still asks me for money? Just kidding!" Zhang Li said proudly from behind.

"Father will ask for it, but I don't have any money!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.

When Zhang Li heard this, he was depressed, and then he said: "Manzi, let's discuss it. You have so much money, what can I do with it? We are brothers, because 8000 taels of silver, you just toss your elder brother and me like this.

Don't forget, from now on I will be Duke of England, and you will be Marquis Lu An, I will deal with you when the time comes! "

Zhang Li lay there, and continued to threaten Zhang Hao.

"I'm afraid of you?" Zhang Hao said indifferently.

"Let's talk about it. I really don't have any money. Your sister-in-law took all the money. Would you like to let your elder brother go out to eat without money?" Zhang Li continued to persuade Zhang Hao.

"That doesn't need 8000 taels!" Zhang Hao replied.

"Brother will take you to the brothel in two days, okay?" Zhang Li continued to seduce Zhang Hao.

"Okay!" Zhang Hao heard, it's okay, he is not familiar with brothels, but his elder brother is.

"That's it, don't bother your elder brother like this!" Zhang Li agreed after hearing this.

After breakfast, Zhang Hao went to the yamen.

At this moment, an official wearing a seventh-rank official uniform and an official wearing a sixth-rank official uniform saw Zhang Hao approaching, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "My subordinate, Zhang Juzheng!"

"My subordinate Hu Zongxian!"

"Meet Lu Anhou!"

"Who?" Zhang Hao was dumbfounded. Why are these two people here?
"My lord, we were called by the emperor to accompany Lu Anhou to review the materials!" Hu Zongxian, who was wearing a sixth-rank official mansion, said to Zhang Hao, clasping his hands.

(End of this chapter)