Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 253: Traitor's Record

Zhu Youxiao is planning a big game. He wants to build Beizhili into a reservoir and become the core fundamentals of the Ming Dynasty. It will closely revolve around military industry, military struggle, opening up sea trade, and the state-owned economy as the main body. With a clear Clear development ideas and steady development and construction of Beizhili.

If this overall plan can be implemented steadily, whether facing war, disaster, or other matters in the future, Zhu Youxiao will not worry about constraints or calculations at all, and will only rely on the many industries supported and developed by Beizhili. , relying on a reliable land or sea transportation system to solve the many troubles ahead.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he must not be too stingy when doing things. He must dare to think and do things. The decline of the past dynasties told Zhu Youxiao that if he wants to get rid of constraints and turmoil, he must unswervingly follow the path of centralization. The only way Only by effectively mobilizing all resources and focusing on development within a certain region can the Ming Dynasty gradually bring order to the chaos and realize the goal of exploring and developing forward while rooting out bad governance inwards.

In the future, when it comes to the handling of government affairs in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to matters under the jurisdiction of Northern Zhili, sudden natural disasters, foreign officials should not even think about taking a tael of money from internal funds. If there are problems in the central finance, then try to solve them and let the national treasury handle them. Fill it up, otherwise what's the point of being an official?
At the same time, don't even think about apportioning funds such as Liao's salary through the central level. If local governments dare to mess around in private, they will be severely punished. Zhu Youxiao wants to make a clear attitude. Don't transfer the pressure to the bottom groups. The pressure I want to transfer it to you officials!
It is precisely the clarity of this Juche idea that determines the future path of governance. The development and construction of Beizhili will inevitably encounter various problems and contradictions. However, Zhu Youxiao is not afraid of these. Anyway, he has a lot of of time and energy to fight around these games and pulls!

"Brother Emperor, you are determined to open the Tianjin Port, which has aroused considerable opposition from the government."

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youjian was sorting out the piles of memorials. He looked at Zhu Youxiao who was busy at the desk with a wry smile, "Since you have kept all these remonstrances and impeachment memorials, why do you still need to sort them out? ?”

"What's the most important thing about being an enemy of your opponent?"

Zhu Youxiao put down his imperial pen, rubbed his swollen temples, leaned on the cushions, and looked at Zhu Youjian who was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed, "Our ancestors told us that knowing ourselves and our enemies will lead to victory in any battle. If we don't even know why they object, The emperor’s younger brother thinks that I want to open sea trade in Tianjin, can this be done?”

"No."

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said with a serious expression: "As for the memorials compiled by my brother, some of them involve the impeachment of Zhang Weixian, Zhang Qingzhen, Wei Shitai and other nobles. What they said is very tricky, and they list all their so-called transgressions. This is Ming came prepared.

Several memorials even mentioned Yang Lian, saying that his previous reports on river problems were just sensationalism. Even if there were real problems in river politics, they were definitely not what Yang Lian said.

In addition, these memorials involve officials such as the Integrity Council, Shaofu, Military War Bureau, Shuntian Prefecture, etc. The contents of the impeachment are even more diverse, and most of them are nonsense. "

"Then do you see any clues?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, and after speaking, took a sip of the cooled tea.

"Starting trouble?"

Zhu Youjian said with doubts on his face.

"That's right, that's not right."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and put down the tea cup, "They are expressing their dissatisfaction to me, and they are also demonstrating to the nobles in Beijing. If Tianjin's opening of sea trade cannot be shelved, then Ming Dynasty will have one more variable, and for For most officials, what they dislike most is variables.

Sticking to the rules and following the rules, this is what they like to see most.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty are really easy to do. It doesn't matter if they don't know how to govern. As long as they can do things and speak, their official positions will continue to rise.

The more they behave like this, the more I have to sing the opposite tune. Otherwise, how can Bi Ziyan, who is in the Ministry of Household Affairs, be able to promote all the innovations he wants? "

"But my dear brother, Bi Ziyan has also given me some advice."

Zhu Youjian frowned.

"That's what I asked him to do."

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said: "Everyone else is easy to say, but Bi Ziyan is actually the most difficult. The position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is not that easy to sit in.

Everyone else went to the court to urge impeachment, but he was the only one who refused to act with strict self-discipline. Shouldn't some people in the court think more?
What are you thinking?

I act so arbitrarily and block my opinions. Someone is actually deceiving me behind the scenes. Bi Ziyan is the first to bear the brunt. Who calls him the Minister of Household Affairs? "

This……

Zhu Youjian's eyes were wide open, and he was filled with surprise and doubt in his heart. He never thought that because of an incident at the Tianjin Port, an incident involving the Thirteenth Branch of Tianjin, and various incidents in the government, there were so many hidden secrets. , if his royal brother hadn't told him, he would never have thought of it.

"Being an official in the center of the Ming Dynasty, and being an official in the local areas of the Ming Dynasty, even if you want to do more practical things, realize your ambition of establishing a heart for the world, establishing a destiny for the people, inheriting the unique knowledge for the saints, and creating peace for all generations."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and picked up a memorial, "First of all, you must learn to be a human being. After all, you have power in your hands, and I have power in my hands. Even if I am not as powerful as you, there is someone behind me. If you dare to touch what you do, When it comes to my interests, let’s fight openly and covertly, which is why party strife is so hard to eliminate.”

"How dare they do this!"

Zhu Youjian glared and said: "With official salary, eating royal food, not wanting to do more things, but thinking about these things all day long, they..."

"Ha ha……"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head. Zhu Youjian's sincerity looked so cute. If the world was really like that, it wouldn't be called the world, but should be called heaven. But heaven only exists in fantasy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao fixed his eyes on the memorial he held, but the content inside made the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face disappear.

"Where is Cui Chengxiu?" Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

Liu Ruoyu, who was originally standing like a wooden stake, heard the emperor's question and hurriedly bowed and responded: "Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu handed over the sign this morning, but the emperor said he would not summon ministers from outside the court, so..."

"Go, send someone to the Institute of Integrity and summon Cui Chengxiu to see me."

Zhu Youxiao frowned.

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Ruoyu hurriedly bowed in response, then bowed his head and exited Dongnuan Pavilion, arranged for the eunuchs waiting outside the palace to leave the palace, and went to the Integrity Council to convey the emperor's oral instructions.

"Brother Imperial, what happened?"

Zhu Youjian got off the Luohan bed and looked at Zhu Youxiao nervously. He was talking and laughing just now, why is his royal brother like this now.

"A bunch of worms and scum, they all deserve to be killed!"

Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial and said with sharp eyes: "The matter in Cangchang has been found out. None of the officials who were arrested in the Institute of Integrity are clean, and even many people were betrayed. The two warehouses in Jingtong are rotten. , even the reserve warehouses, Changping warehouses, social warehouses, free warehouses, and Jinong warehouses under the jurisdiction of Northern Zhili are all rotten!"

Grain storage in warehouses was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and it played a great role. However, after so many years, it has been eaten by batches of moths, and it has long been regarded as useless.

If the Ming Dynasty dares to show signs of food shortage, even if it is a sign, it will definitely cause serious chaos. What will happen then is unknown.

The memorial submitted by Cui Chengxiu only involves the territory of Beizhili. It is not that no one mentioned other places, such as water transportation and warehousing in Shandong, such as the warehouses in Henan. However, Cui Chengxiu was also afraid. He could mention this matter. , but the emperor was so angry that he really wanted to thoroughly investigate the warehouses across the country. If too much noise was caused and local order was disrupted, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Royal brother, do you dare to go to the cabinet?"

Zhu Youxiao, who guessed this, pondered for a moment, looked up at Zhu Youjian and said.

"Brother, what do you mean?"

Zhu Youjian had doubts. He didn't know what his royal brother wanted him to do in the cabinet.

"Take this memorial and bring it to the cabinet. Don't worry about anyone's face."

Zhu Youxiao stood up, took the memorial, and walked towards Zhu Youjian, "Let me ask those cabinet ministers how they got their jobs. When the Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested these corrupt officials, each one of them It’s either impeachment or remonstrance. Now that the Integrity Council has found out these things, should we ask them whether they are true or false?”

Zhu Youjian's Adam's apple squirmed.

He has never done this kind of thing before.

"Brother Imperial, can I ask you something?"

Zhu Youjian took the memorial in front of him and expressed his doubts.

"Say."

Zhu Youxiao said concisely.

"What do you plan to do with these corrupt officials caught by the Institute of Integrity?"

Zhu Youjian asked.

"kill!"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were sharp and he said: "Now that they have been found out, the Ming Dynasty's laws are no longer just for show. Not only will I kill them, but I will also ask the Institute of Integrity to issue a record of traitors.

From now on, all those arrested by the Institute of Integrity will be registered as long as they are found guilty of corruption and perversion of the law. I want the world to know the evil deeds they have done. "

"Then Brother Chen knows what to do."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian's eyes were firm and he said: "Brother, please rest assured, I will take care of this matter."

"Go."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "I also clearly told Han Xu and the others about the traitorous people. I want to see what face they have left. They continue to criticize and criticize Tianjin Port. No one can make me worry!"

(End of this chapter)