Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 421: Corruption eradication and reform, extending the prosperous life for thirty years

Peng Yi returned from an inspection tour of Henan.

Henan is also undergoing a top-down purge, and numerous officials have been arrested and investigated, involving an arms smuggling case.

Fifty-five years after Jingtai, the population of Gyeonggi was too large.

The Gyeonggi industrial chain will gradually be transferred outwards.

The largest ordnance factory in the Ming Dynasty was transferred from Tongzhou to Jizhou, and then from Jizhou to Kaifeng. In the past few years, all supporting factories of the ordnance factory were gradually transferred to Kaifeng.

Kaifeng has become the largest ordnance factory in the Ming Dynasty. At one time, the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army was moved to Kaifeng, and then moved back.

The officials involved were found and accidentally implicated in an arms smuggling case with a suspected amount of more than 50 billion.

Peng Yi came back to report the matter specifically.

This matter was a case discovered during his inspection, and it can be regarded as his political achievement.

He also received the news about the accident in Dali Province. This time when he came to Beijing, he wanted to explain it to Zhu Jianji personally.

However, on his way into the palace, he was arrested by the Jin Yiwei.

Enter the Jinyiwei prison.

At this time, there were overcrowded people, and there were wailing sounds everywhere. Peng Yi knew many people, including his colleagues, students, and disciples.

Entering the cell, he saw many people being tortured until they were covered in blood and paralyzed on the ground. They could not even eat. There were no doctors to treat them, and they were worried about life and death.

Peng Yi was not tortured, but the sound of torture he heard every day made him uneasy. He fell ill on the third day after moving in.

He was taken to the infirmary, where doctors treated him.

Only then did he realize that most of the people who were tortured were low-level officials, mainly because senior officials were so powerful that the imperial guards had to avoid their sharp edges; secondly, they were investigating civilian cases, and it was useless to torture high-ranking officials. Swatting flies was far more effective than hitting tigers.

A high-ranking official like him will not be sentenced without conclusive evidence. Anyway, those petty officials and businessmen will spit them out sooner or later. It is only a matter of time.

Therefore, those high-ranking officials who are in constant panic now do not dare to seek connections because the factory guards are keeping an eye on them. Anyone who makes any unusual move will be arrested, and they will be caught accurately.

But on the ninth day of his stay, he was taken out and brought to the interrogation room.

He was shackled and carried into the interrogation room by two policemen. He saw an old man in a black robe sitting upright.

At that moment, it was really social death.

"Jingyi, I never thought it would be like this when you and I meet again." Zhu Jianjian looked at Peng Yi.

Peng Yi closed his eyes and wanted to go back to prison. He really wanted to hang himself immediately.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Peng Yi still greeted him.

"Jingyi, His Majesty is seriously ill but he still cares about you. He promoted you with his own hands. He loves you very much. He even wants to keep you to assist the government after he passes away."

Zhu Jianjian spoke slowly, with a trace of ridicule flashing in his eyes: "Jingyi, what do you think after listening to His Majesty's words?"

Peng Yi trembled all over and slowly lowered his head: "I am ashamed of Your Majesty's grace. Your Highness, can you please let me explain?"

"I am here to listen to your excuse, Jingyi. Considering the fifty years of friendship between you and me, I will only give you one chance to defend myself."

Zhu Jianjian could completely regard Peng Yi as a model, put the shit basin on his head, and use him as the first fire.

But he is the prince, so he has to consider everything.

It is impossible for the future emperor to kill everyone around him, so who will sacrifice their lives for him in the future?

In the eyes of the absolute superior, corruption, personal ethics, etc. are not big things. What he wants is loyalty, and loyalty to him is more important than anything else.

He is responsible for cutting the cake. He only needs to hold the knife to cut the cake in his hand, and he has already done a beautiful job. If he kills all the people who assist him in cutting the cake, there will be no way to divide the cake.

Therefore, for top ministers, if they sit in this position, as long as they do not fail to take sides, their family will be a political family for generations.

Unless they are die-hard loyalists of the other party, for example, die-hard loyalists of Zhu Jianqi, they will die only if they don't kill those who can't do it in Zhu Jianjian.

That's how the power game works.

Therefore, when Zhu Jianji talked to Peng Yi, he could not operate on Peng Yi. Unless Peng Yi sided with Zhu Jianqi, otherwise Peng Yi would be fine.

We know from the torture of officials by the factory guards that they tortured small officials, businessmen, monks and Taoists, thugs, etc. We looked for clues from them and finally determined the evidence before we could interrogate the high officials.

After nearly two months of purging the court, they killed one minister, four chief envoys, and two patrol envoys, and they were gone.

The imperial court was very restrained and tolerant towards high officials.

This was also Zhu Jianji's political wisdom. If he had been a fool, he would have probably killed all the people in the court. He did not have the intimidating power of Emperor Taizu, and it was impossible to shake the court in this way.

Moreover, when he purged the court, he obtained the consent of most of the court officials. The important point was that the old emperor supported him.

It's fine for high-ranking officials, but very unkind to low-level officials.

In the past two months, nearly 20,000 officials have been executed, ranging from local officials to county magistrates. More than 700 officials above the county magistrate have been executed.

More than 170,000 people have been exiled, sentenced, and dismissed from office!

More than 500,000 local officials have been sentenced, including 120,000 who have retired. Someone has died, and his sons will serve the sentence.

There is no precedent in the Ming Dynasty for anyone to be found dead. It is only natural that a father's debt should be repaid by his son.

Moreover, purging the officialdom and arresting the big ones are no big deal to the common people. Instead, they make the little devils difficult to deal with. The flies in the place are the people the common people hate the most.

The capital has built more than 10,000 stolen goods and punishment warehouses, and now they are all full.

Zhu Jianzhen was spending money every day, and he proposed a policy to renovate old bungalows, and provide policy subsidies to local people who have not yet lived in buildings, so that all people can live in buildings.

The amount of pensions and medical insurance has also been increased, the social welfare system has been improved, and a number of benefits that benefit people's livelihood have been added.

Provide financial assistance to large, medium and small enterprises to stimulate consumption.

After careful investigation, honest officials will be identified, awarded integrity awards, and given priority for promotion.

The imperial court cut leeks from corrupt officials and used them to benefit people's livelihood. Zhu Jianji received unanimous praise from the people. Anti-corruption became the first label for Zhu Jianji.

"Ugh."

Peng Yi sighed: "Your Highness, I really don't know about the affairs of Dali Province."

"The old minister has been serving as governor of Dali for two years. Indeed, this official's performance is not up to standard."

"But I have never deceived the Holy One with a single word."

Unfortunately, Zhu Jianji would not believe this statement.

Dali Province is extremely involved in organized crime. In one month, more than 300,000 people were arrested. Those who have not yet been arrested are all officials involved from Dali Province to the southwest and even to the central government. They all have umbrellas!

This anti-mafia storm has also spread to Nanzhao and even the entire southwestern provinces, which are all fighting against the mafia.

Peng Yi was caught here, which shows that he has a deep relationship with it.

"People say that Dali is governed by the Ming Dynasty during the day, and by the dark forces at night."

Zhu Jianji said: "As for this black force, if there is no umbrella above it, I would not believe it, and the people in the world would not believe it!"

"Jingyi, I'll give you a chance to speak."

"You must cherish it."

Peng Yi looked directly at him: "His Royal Highness, if you think about it this way, I am trusted by His Majesty and a highly respected minister. If you want to commit corruption, how many state-owned enterprises are there in the capital? Is there a few hundred million?"

"But I don't like yellow and white things! I have known you for half my life. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"

"Row!"

"Even if the old minister is corrupt, why would he plunder a poor province? Dali and Nanzhao are two provinces so poor! How much money can be plundered?"

"It's still a big case involving gangsters and disregarding human life."

"Once the fire is set on one's body, wouldn't the old minister tie himself up in a cocoon? Is this what a smart person does?"

From the perspective of greed for money, Peng Yi does not have this need.

However, the water here is quite deep.

"He Zhi, your disciple, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Jingtai. He was the first magistrate of Luchuan Prefecture, and he was recommended by you."

"After that, He Zhi rose up all the way. Didn't you have your strength in this?"

Zhu Jianjian stared at him, still giving him a chance: "Gu comes to you because I'm giving you a chance, Jingyi, don't let Gu speak out, otherwise the friendship will be gone."

It turned out that He Zhi was arrested.

Peng Yidao: "Indeed, He Zhi did follow my path, but he is talented. I recommend him because of his talent."

Zhu Jianji interrupted him: "It is true that under his governance, Luchuan Mansion completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty."

"However, Luchuan Mansion has become his base for gang involvement."

"Everyone in Dali Province knows that the Emperor of Dali is not His Majesty, but He Zhi! They all call him Nine Thousand Years Old."

"Dali is his Dali. He has more than a dozen societies and hundreds of thousands of people working for him."

"Hundreds of thousands of people are enough to rebel!"

"Guess he has ever thought about splitting the earth and becoming a king?"

"Do you know how many people died when the court arrested him?"

"Do you know all this?"

Zhu Jianjian was very disappointed with Peng Yi: "Jingyi, you and I have known each other for many years. There is no need to pretend to me. Let's be honest."

"Where is He Zhiren?" Peng Yi asked.

"Prison."

Peng Yi slowly closed his eyes: "Yushan, if I said that I only know about it but have never participated in it, would you believe it?"

"Jingyi, you lied to me for the second time."

Zhu Jianjian said: "Do you think I will believe it?"

"I do know something about He Zhi's involvement in gangs. During the two years when I was the governor of Dali, I also sent people to secretly investigate, but nothing was found."

"nonsense!"

Zhu Jianzhen interrupted him and was very dissatisfied: "The bad guy is right next to you, you can find out nothing! If you were still the Peng Jingyi you knew back then, you would grab him directly and risk your life to save him, and so would you It will be made public!”

"But you didn't. You suspected that He Zhi was involved in the underworld, but you didn't investigate in depth. Instead, you sent a few people down to do a casual investigation and scrawled an explanation to the top!"

"Jingyi, you have changed!"

"The upright Peng Jingyi has disappeared!"

"You have become the protective umbrella of the evil forces, you have become a clay sculpture of Zuodu Yushi, you have become an official bastard who dare not tell the truth! You have become the person you once hated the most! "

"Peng Jingyi!"

"I missed you so much."

Peng Yi's eyes were dull and motionless, and he slowly lowered his head: "The old minister has indeed changed. He is older and timid in doing things, so they took advantage of him."

"However, the old minister has not become the annoying person he once was."

"As the censor of Zuodu, I went to Henan to inspect, and reported all the situations in Henan to the central government. Even if it was He Zhi's matter, I only knew a little bit about it, but I didn't know the details, and I never got involved because of personal affairs. Reuse him and promote him.”

"Even if he is promoted, it is because of his political achievements. He can vouch for it as the merit-examination doctor in charge of Jingcha."

"He has outstanding political achievements and is the favorite disciple of the old minister. He will receive some care, but not much..."

Zhu Jianjian interrupted him: "Nonsense, he is the emperor of Dali, what political achievements can't he achieve? You let him be the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and see how he can achieve political achievements?"

"Your Highness, being an official depends on the right time, place, and people. He Zhi's ability to make a career in Dali on his own shows his ability. If He Zhi does not get involved in gangs, his career as an official will be smooth."

Peng Yi was still arguing: "Your Highness, appointments in the central government are all based on political performance. As long as you pass the performance assessment, you can be an official. This is official governance."

"Even though the veteran has been suspected of negligence, he has never done anything evil."

"I have never protected He Zhi..."

Seeing that Peng Yi was still quibbling, he avoided the important and ignored the easy, refusing to admit his mistake.

Zhu Jianjian's tone was cold, and there was no need to take into account any friendship: "Okay, He Zhi's matter can be considered an oversight on your part."

"What about this time? I asked you to inspect Henan. What did you find out?"

"The amount of arms smuggling is more than 50 billion. Should you continue to investigate such a big case? Why did you suddenly return to Beijing? Aren't you afraid that the suspect in this case will escape?"

"Jingyi, why don't you check?"

Zhu Jianjian stood up slowly: "Because you received the news that He Zhi was arrested, so you panicked. You have to go back to Beijing to explain to Gu."

"Jingyi, you are the censor of the capital!"

"He's in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

"Your duty is to patrol the local area and report local affairs. When encountering a major case, you should sit in charge of the local area and find out the truth, instead of returning to the central center without permission for your own selfish interests!"

"If all the officials in the world were like you, then how could we govern the country? Can the Ming Dynasty still exist?"

Zhu Jianjian said coldly: "Jingyi, you keep saying that you have done no evil, and you even say that you know it but don't understand it deeply. Do you believe this? Huh?"

"He Zhi became the local emperor of Dali. What did he do for that?"

"Just to control tens of millions of people, do you dare to risk the disapproval of the world?"

"Hmph, he controls Dali, secretly grows black grass and provides it to the people above! He controls Dali, controls the women in the province, brainwashes these women, and uses these women to control the officials above!"

"Do you know all this?"

"Do you know how many big nets there are on He Zhi's head? These big nets cover him and protect him!"

"Let him do whatever he wants! Let him harm the people! Let him destroy the Ming Dynasty!"

"Okay, I believe you don't know."

"But those who indulge in evil are more hateful than those who do evil!"

"And you, Peng Yi, are the one who indulges in evil!"

"For the sake of acquaintance, I asked you to speak in defense, but you were vague, avoiding the important and choosing the light, not asking about the common people or ghosts and gods."

"Peng Yi, ask yourself, will the spirits of those who were killed by He Zhi hate you in heaven?"

"Those women controlled by He Zhi, do they hate you?"

"Those people whose families were ruined by Wu Xiang, do they hate you?"

"Peng Yi!"

"You are no longer the upright Peng Jingyi I knew, who was able to lift three-foot-high green peaks and take things easy in the world. You are a selfish power monster with no king or father, no common people and no ideals! No, you are just a monster. !”

"You don't deserve to be valued by His Majesty, and you don't deserve to be Gu's friend! You don't deserve to be in such a high position as Zuodu Yushi!"

"Qingliu Yanguan, you should be a clear stream, but you fell into hell and became a turbid stream. No, you are not even worthy of the turbid stream. You are a stinky ditch!"

"A stinky ditch that makes me nauseous even if I smell it!"

Zhu Jianjian originally wanted to just take back the knife, but there were some people who, although they didn't stop him from taking back the knife, he just couldn't stand it anymore.

Many of those who once risked life and death for the dynasty have changed.

Then kill it!
Let's make a bright future.

"Your Highness!"

Peng Yi knelt down suddenly: "I have a secret report from the old minister about the Henan incident!"

At this moment, he stopped pretending.

He is a coward and a selfish man. He wants to use the last information to save himself.

Zhu Jianjian stopped and slowly turned his head: "What do you want?"

"I dare not ask for anything extravagantly. I only ask Your Highness to give me a good name after my death. I am willing to commit suicide in prison and my whole family will never serve in official positions. I beg Your Highness to grant this!"

Peng Yi was very smart and exchanged his life for his name and the future of his family.

"Jingyi, this is the backup plan that Xiushuigou should keep. I didn't call you wrong, Xiushuigou."

"As a friend, I will reward you with a bowl of decapitated rice."

"Let's cut off all grudges." Zhu Jianji didn't agree.

Peng Yi's expression changed sharply: "I request to commit suicide..."

Zhu Jianjian left the interrogation room: "Ling Chi!"

But on the way back to the palace, he was in a bad mood. He still had some ideals left, but how many of his friends from back then were left?
Liu Jian was waiting for him.

Liu Jian, who was wearing a suit and looked very decent, was waiting for him outside the Meridian Gate. Since he no longer had an official position, he didn't want to act like an old official, so he simply waited outside the door.

"Xixian?" The relationship between Zhu Jianjian and Liu Jian is not particularly close, but they can be considered friends.

"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Jian bowed on his knees.

Zhu Jianjian waved his hand and asked him to get in the car.

"Your Highness went to meet Jing Yi?" Liu Jian asked. In fact, Liu Jian and Peng Yi were sworn enemies, and the relationship between the two had always been bad.

"Gu and Peng Yi have severed all ties. Don't mention him again." Zhu Jianji knew Liu Jian's purpose and it was time to reach cooperation.

It means that after cooperation, we can no longer kill people so wantonly.

However, if he had negotiated the conditions before meeting Peng Yi, he would have reached a cooperation.

But now, he feels that the time has not yet come, and the purge should continue. Some people should not occupy the court, some people deserve to die, and those who have fallen behind should be allowed to go down.

Ming Dynasty needs to make things clear.

Zhu Jianjian was thinking about this along the way. He should negotiate well after getting the knife back, or go ahead and kill everyone in the court.

"Your Highness, the common people are here today..."

"Xixian, we are not outsiders. There is no need to call me so outsider. Just call me Yushan or Laosi." Zhu Jianzhen didn't like red tape.

Liu Jian was observing Zhu Jianji's every word and action.

"Then I'm not welcome."

Liu Jian smiled and said: "Yushan, I heard about Jingyi's incident. I'm not trying to intercede for him, but I want to advise you. Thirty years have passed. The Ming Dynasty has changed, and people have also changed. You can't Seeing people with old eyes.”

"What do you mean?" Zhu Jianyan frowned.

The horse-drawn sedan entered the East Palace, and Zhu Jianji walked into Fengchen Palace. Fengchen Palace was used by Zhu Jianji as a reception room.

The eunuch prepared the tea and no one disturbed them.

"Dali and Nanzhao provinces are extremely involved in organized crime. The reason is not local, but the central government."

"The imperial court doesn't pay enough attention to these poor provinces, so evil forces breed." "In the future, if the central government pays more attention to it, this kind of thing will decrease."

Liu Jiandao: "Yushan, you don't have to be picky. These things are bound to happen in development."

"The so-called development means uniting to accomplish great things."

"But people are selfish. If you want people to unite, you need a leader. People are not afraid of officials but most afraid of the dark. To put it bluntly, good people are afraid of gangsters."

"As for governance, we must use good gangsters."

"When His Majesty purged the capital, he also re-employed local ruffians, which led to today's prosperous age."

"The same goes for local governments. These local gangsters are also sharp swords in the hands of officials."

"Of course."

"I'm not saying that a hooligan is fine, but a monkey has a monkey's tying technique. In the eyes of the superiors, they are all useful."

Liu Jian is also quite unreasonable.

Zhu Jianjian narrowed his eyes: "You mean, Dali's surname He is better than his surname Zhu?"

"The common people don't dare to say that, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Liu Jian panicked: "Just give me an example."

"Xixian, have you changed too?"

Liu Jian rolled his eyes crazily: "Fourth, the ordinary people have returned to their hometowns. What has changed?"

"I'm just saying that rogues have their own uses. I'm not saying that rogues are good. It's just that rogues can be disposed of after use. But can good people do it?"

"Fourth Brother, when did you become so suspicious? Common people see that you have changed too!"

These words made Zhu Jianji laugh loudly: "Liu Xixian, you are not timid. You dare to say that I am jealous and suspicious? Do you know what will happen if the emperor and his ministers are jealous?"

"You and I are not monarchs and ministers. I have returned to my hometown as an official. I am just an idle old man. You are the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I am an old man in the market. Will I be beheaded if I say a few words to you?" Liu Jiantui This step is a wonderful retreat.

From a central official to an old man in the market, he no longer has to be in the whirlpool of power.

On the contrary, Li Dongyang, who did not retreat, was the most dangerous.

Zhu Jianzhen laughed loudly and poured tea for Liu Jian: "I was very happy chatting with Xixian. Did you know that when I was young, I hated you the most?"

"Because I'm smarter than you."

Liu Jian smiled and said: "I am loved by His Majesty because of Master Xue..."

"Is that called love? My father just has to whip you with a whip every day!" Zhu Jianjian exposed his attempt to beautify himself.

Liu Jian smiled dryly: "It is precisely because of His Majesty's encouragement that I am able to become a highly respected minister and the leader in the world."

"To be honest, I have always hated you when I was a child. After I became a vassal, I missed you occasionally, but never liked you. So we rarely exchanged letters over the years, but when I was in my forties, I began to like you. ”

"Because I think about my life alone."

"The achievements Gu achieved in Eastern Europe were not due to his outstanding abilities or his ability to fight well."

"Simply because I was born into a royal family and have a good father, that's all."

"But you Liu Jian, the son of a mere teacher, can leap over the dragon's gate and become the leader in the world. You can't replace me with me."

Zhu Jianjian said: "So at that time, Gu started to dislike you less."

"As I learn about your achievements in the Ming Dynasty, Li Mou and Liu Duan are prominent in the world. Li Dongyang is Fang Xuanling, and you are Du Ruhui."

"From then on, I started to like you."

Liu Jian rolled his eyes. Needless to say, his ability would not have been the chief assistant for more than ten years, and even Li Dongyang would be inferior to him.

Veterans such as Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, Yu Zijun and others did not become chief ministers.

This shows Liu Jian’s ability.

"However, after returning to the country to succeed the crown prince, Gu began to worry about you and be afraid of you."

Seeing Liu Jian about to explain, Zhu Jianji waved his hand: "I am old, even if I become emperor, how many years can I last? How old is my grandson this year? How old is his eldest son?"

"Having an old monster like you sitting in the center is both a good thing and a bad thing."

Liu Jian's body trembled, his eyes dim.

It seems that the fourth child no longer intends to complete the political deal, he wants to continue killing.

Peng Yi stimulated to this extent?
"Although the cabinet is the prime minister, it is not the prime minister."

Liu Jian argued: "Besides, how can civil servants rebel?"

"Civil officials do not rebel, but they can fool the emperor."

Zhu Jianjian stared at him: "Gu and Peng Yi were friends, but he lied to Gu, Xixian, would you lie to Gu?"

Pfft!
Liu Jian knelt on the ground: "A commoner will never deceive His Highness."

"How much do you know about Peng Yi?"

"You two are mortal enemies."

Zhu Jianjian said coldly: "Isn't it for the court?"

Liu Jian swallowed his saliva. He immediately understood that Zhu Jianji wanted to use his hands to kill Peng Yi and use Peng Yi's life to tell the world that the world's surname was Zhu!
But as for that?

That's really it.

The good and prosperous age has actually been corrupted from the root and has begun to rot. A wave of repairs can bring back a wave of health.

Zhu Jianji knew very well that he had the ability to clean up the mess, but his children and grandchildren did not have this ability.

The purpose of this purge was to continue the prosperous age for thirty years.

"His Royal Highness is worried that the court is controlled by capital."

"It allows the imperial capital to access all the capital in the world, whether it is the leader or a subordinate investment."

"This is the promise I made to Your Highness!"

Liu Jian directly stated the purpose.

Zhu Jian was very inhumane, so he asked him to kneel down and speak.

The imperial capital controls the capital of the world. This is to reassure the court. Of course, it is also for the continued expansion of capital. After all, everyone has become a family. The faster the expansion, everyone will make money together.

This was originally Zhu Jianji's original purpose.

Seeing that Zhu Jianji didn't say a word or let him get up, Liu Jian was a little angry. Why are you so harsh on me, an old friend, just because I scared you when you were peeing when you were a child?

Liu Jian is not a thing either. When Zhu Jianji was secretly peeing on the palace wall when he was a child, he stood behind and frightened Zhu Jianji, scaring a seven or eight-year-old child until he peed. Afterwards, he would say to everyone he met, It became one of the stains in Lao Si’s life.

"We agree to what we discussed before."

This was a sign that the civil service group had surrendered to the royal family.

"End?"

Zhu Jianjian was very dissatisfied: "It's been dragging on for so long, and it's just such a nonsense, and it's still going on!"

"As I said before, I can get it without you giving me anything!"

"Last time Fengyi came, I told him!"

Liu Jian knew that it would be difficult to talk, but he said: "Your Highness, the common people are old and weak, can you let the old ministers stand up?"

"No!" Zhu Jianjian said angrily: "You are an old man from the market, but you are bargaining with the Ming Dynasty's prince. What's going on?"

"If the common man were an official, he would not dare to bargain with the prince, but the common man is an old man in the market. Isn't it too inhumane to let an old man kneel like this?" Liu Jian rolled his eyes, you are taking revenge.

Yes, I will take revenge on you.

After a while of fussing, Zhu Jianjian still asked him to stand up and poured him a cup of tea to calm his shock.

However, Liu Jian saw through Zhu Jianji's thoughts and wanted to continue purging the court.

"Xixian, I have one more request. If you and the others are willing to cooperate, everyone will be happy."

Zhu Jianji said: "Continue to clear the court and scrape the bones to cure the poison."

"What is poison?"

Liu Jian thought that Zhu Jianji had gone too far, and explained: "Everything has two sides, it is poison and medicine."

"When will the purge of the court end? Will it end on my head? Or will it end on your head?"

"Old Fourth, you are the king and I am the minister. Let's all eat together in the pot of Ming Dynasty."

"If you keep quiet, you will wipe out the pot of Ming Dynasty."

"There is no official who is not greedy!"

"Let's just say that I, Liu Xixian, have never been greedy at all on the surface, but if you really want to check carefully, I have really not confiscated a box of tea from others? A box of snacks?"

"Okay, even if these don't count, what about my children and grandchildren! They are doing things outside under my name. Does this count as me being corrupt and perverting the law?"

"Of course forget it!"

"You are not a sage. Can I, Liu Xixian, really kill my children and grandchildren and keep my six roots pure?"

"Even if I can do it, can millions of officials in the world do it?"

Liu Jiandao: "Old Fourth, purging is a technique, just stop it in moderation and achieve your goal!"

"Indeed, during the period when the prince was deposed and in power, civil servants did steal imperial power."

"But you are back, and we are willing to return the imperial power in full."

"If you want to collect interest, let me kill you! Let you vent your anger!"

"If you want to control the world's capital and prevent capital from controlling the court, you can!"

"As long as you don't change Ming's ways, we all agree that we can make a few more concessions! We can let you kill for another two to three months!"

"But!"

"There must be a reason for killing! If you continue to kill, you and I will lose, and Ming will lose."

"Okay, I won't intercede for the officials who were killed and dismissed, but I will say that you want to replace the officials. Can you guarantee that these people are all upright officials? Can they make decisions for the people?"

"For a typical example like He Zhi, we won't stop you from killing as many as you want!"

"Even when Peng Yi was buried with He Zhi, no one said anything!"

"But if you continue to kill endlessly, you will only alienate the monarch and his ministers, the central government and the localities. In the end, the world will collapse, and you, Mr. Zhu, will lose everything!"

Liu Jiandao: "As a friend, I advise you to stop as soon as possible. As your minister, I also want to advise you."

"Ruling a country cannot be solved by killing."

What Zhu Jianjian wanted has actually been obtained. He only needs to clear the channels for officials to rise and reform the administration of officials, and this political show can come to an end.

But Zhu Jianji wanted to eliminate the expansion.

This is terrible.

No official in the world has a clean bottom. If we have to find out clearly, then everyone will die.

But you can't check it like this.

That night.

When Zhu Jianji went to the Yangxin Hall to serve the decoction, he told his father what Liu Jian had said.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Liu Jian is right."

"Killing people won't solve the problem."

"Such serious corruption and gang involvement are systemic problems."

"This is not your fault, it's mine."

"In order to seize the imperial power, I controlled the power within a small circle."

"Let's just say that all the maids in the palace are rich ladies from powerful families."

"And my princes and princesses marry the children of powerful families, which leads to the solidification of power."

"The root of the solidification of officialdom in the world lies with me."

"Fourth Brother, you need to reform. Reforming the system is the most correct thing."

"No matter how much killing is done, it will only relieve temporary anger. Only an excellent system can benefit future generations for thousands of years."

Zhu Jianji fell into deep thought, how to carry out system reform?
"First, restore the ancestral system and stop marriages. Rich ladies from powerful families will no longer serve in the palace, and the emperor's harem will no longer marry the daughters of ministers."

"There is a big problem here. Why did I order the richest lady in the world to serve in the palace in the first place?"

"Because I want to save my life, they are my talismans; secondly, I need to teach them so that they can become the seeds of new ideas for reform, spread among the people, and teach their sons."

"By marrying a minister, you are creating relatives so that I can use them."

"Actually, Emperor Taizu thought that drafting women from among the people would prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, Sichen Sichen."

"But he never thought that future generations would be incompetent and unable to control the imperial power."

"Emperor Taizu always compares himself to his descendants. In fact, it is impossible. In China's six thousand years of history, there have been only a few great men like Emperor Taizu? No more than ten!"

"How can future generations be great men from generation to generation? How can we ensure that the imperial power will last forever?"

"And what he doesn't even know is that after Taizong Jingnan ascended the throne, he made large-scale magical changes to his system. As a result, the current ancestral system is actually the ancestral system established by Taizong and has little to do with Taizu."

"For an emperor whose imperial power is divided up, it is better to have a strong relative than a relative who has no power at all."

"Including me, I also need to use my relatives to stabilize the government."

Zhu Qiyu said: "So, in this aspect of reform, you must overcome these two points: first, take care of yourself; second, hold on to the imperial power and don't lose it."

"Second, break the rules of talent promotion and restore the ancestral system. When I employ people, I usually use close servants. I will reuse people who have been with me for a long time. This is a model of employment, and now it has been figured out. So it became a shackle.”

"Over the years, the longer all the Jinshi have served me, it proves that I am more dependent on this person and will use him more in the future."

"And one's senses can be deceiving."

"Let's talk about He Zhi. In fact, he has been with me for two years, and I was deceived by him."

"When a person has a good impression of another person, he will naturally get close to him and trust him, so I am also blind."

"However, there is an advantage here, that is, the servants around me are more loyal, and they are all natural royalists, and there will be no chaotic parties. In the previous dynasty, I could also control them through these people, even if I couldn't North Korea can also control the overall situation.”

"I did this to weaken the power of the civil servants of the imperial court."

"How did the civil service group form? Through rounds of examinations, the reliable relationship formed by the examiner, the same year, the same exam, and the same hometown gradually formed a magnificent civil service group."

"I use these Jinshi as my close servants. They don't have to go to court, they just need to serve me well. Therefore, the civil service group has been weakened by me, and these Jinshi have become a loyalist party."

"The disadvantage is that the officials and officials are solidified. They are all the people around me. I think they are my confidants. When they get to the place, they will definitely corrupt the local officials and officials."

"As long as the ancestral system is restored, you must be prepared for two things: firstly, there will be constant party disputes in the court, and you have to judge who can be used and who cannot be used; secondly, be prepared to prevent the civil servant group from getting bigger."

After all, the reason for the solidification of officialdom lies with Emperor Jingtai.

In order to protect himself, to open up the sea, and to occupy the whole world, he continued to give benefits to officials all over the world and tied them up with benefits, forming a huge group. After these groups were completely corrupted, they became what they are today.

It's easy to cut out a rotten wound.

But it is difficult to cure it.

Either go back to the historical track, and everything will go back, but a larger civil servant group will be formed, the emperor's safety will not be guaranteed, and the imperial power will continue to shrink.

It is not certain whether the emperor will be able to eradicate corruption by then.

"Dad, is there no other way?" Zhu Jianjian still felt that Jing Taichao's idea was more correct.

No matter how powerful the emperor is, he is still a human being. He must protect himself first and then consider other things.

By reusing the people around you in this way and ensuring their interests, you are ensuring your own life safety.

So no matter how counter-revolutionaries are suppressed, some people will not move.

"Fourth, there is no best of both worlds."

“There is no policy that lasts a lifetime.”

“Everything must keep pace with the times and be constantly revised.”

"Just say that what I have used over the years is no longer effective. I need you to figure out a new system bit by bit and then implement it."

"This opportunity is very good. You are very suitable for reforming the government."

Zhu Qiyu patted him on the shoulder: "While I am still here, the New Deal will not end without any problems, so go ahead and do it."

On Zhu Jianji's way back to the palace, news came that Peng Yi had committed suicide in fear.

"Although it is not Lingchi, it is still considered dead. Let's confiscate the house and exile the whole family." Zhu Jianjian didn't care. He was thinking about how to reform and how to get started.

The purpose of purging officials is to reform.

But how to change it.

He asked Liu Jian to enter the palace, but Liu Jian pretended not to hear, and was finally carried into the palace on a bed board by the guards. After seeing Zhu Jianji, Liu Jian was so angry that he jumped to his feet and cursed.

"Xixian, let me tell you something serious." Zhu Jianji told him that he wanted to reform the administration of officials, which was his final goal.

Reform officialdom?

Liu Jian's eyes lit up. As long as he did not change the ways of the Ming Dynasty, everything else would be fine, and reforming the administration of officials would make his reputation last forever.

Such reforms in the middle of the dynasty were all about changing the soup without changing the medicine. A small change would suffice, and you could still earn reputation.

But after hearing what Zhu Jianji said, he turned around and left. This was not reforming the administration of officials, but a moth flying into the flame!

He, Liu Jian, is not that great yet, and he doesn’t want to be that moth.

"Your Highness, you should continue to kill. The common people will wait until they finally kill the common people, and the common people will kill them when they are provoked."

Liu Jian knelt on the ground: "If you are killed by then, the ordinary people will still be able to leave a good name for a lifetime. If you follow the reforms, the ordinary people will not only lose their heads, but also their reputation."

"I don't want to be Shang Yang, let alone Chao Cuo. You'd better let me go."

Liu Jian immediately said: "Binzhi is more suitable for this matter, you should go to Binzhi."

He sold Li Dongyang directly.

　I have a cold again and feel uncomfortable. The key new book will be released in these two days. Oh, I am so miserable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)