Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 339 The money is rolling in
Wenhua Hall.

cabinet.

"The emperor lives in Xiyuan, so the incident can be treated as if it never happened? Let's not mention the issue of the imperial title for the moment, let's talk about the establishment of a special military council, and the station will be located in Wuying Palace. This has never happened in our dynasty. Waiting for the old rules and the old system?”

"Loyal advice is harsh to the ears but beneficial to action! Good medicine is bitter to the mouth and is beneficial to the disease! The emperor is arbitrary in doing things and blocks his voice when encountering problems. If this continues for a long time, I am afraid that our country will be in trouble!!"

"Yuan Fu, no matter whether the emperor summons us or not, when we go to Xiyuan to see His Majesty, the cabinet must advance and retreat together. Otherwise, how can we stop the long talk between the government and the public?"

In this area, you can hear it even from a very far distance. The first assistant's office at that time has long lost its peace and majesty in the past. Now it feels like a food market, extremely noisy!

The people from Zhongshushe who gathered here to work did not dare to breathe, for fear of making any noise and being reprimanded by some pavilion elder!
Ever since the Emperor Qiangang made an arbitrary decision to reward the princes with the victory of Liaozuo, he even set up a Military Affairs Council without any warning, which caused an uproar among the government and the public.

After that, many people went to Xiyuan every day to deliver signs to His Majesty. Even some ministers knelt all day long, hoping to be summoned by the Emperor, but Zhu Youxiao ignored them and just kept to himself. If there are any problems with the memorials, the eunuchs in front of the emperor will issue oral instructions to urge them.

All in all, just one sentence, you quarrel with you, I will do mine, and we will not interfere with each other. This kind of behavior made many ministers dumbfounded.

This feels so familiar to them.

This was the case in the Wanli Dynasty.

This was the case during the Jiajing Dynasty.

The key matter did not end here. Some attentive ministers were keenly aware that as public opinion continued to heat up, some people appeared, and there were even several new government offices in the capital, among which the most eye-catching one , none other than the Capital Police Admiral's Office.

To be honest, in fact, for the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, they were not afraid of the emperor's absurd extravagance, but they were afraid of the emperor's messing around, because if he messed around, it meant that the situation would change, and it meant that variables would appear.

However, Zhu Youxiao loves to toss the most. The key is that every time he has to do it, he doesn't show off his integrity. There is no news at all in advance. Who can bear this?

"Mr. Wangge, don't you have anything to say?"

In the chief assistant's official room at that time, Sun Ruyou narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Xiangqian who had been silent. "According to what I know, the Shenshu, Fifth Army, and Shenji battalions have recruited a group of generals. Mr. Wang Ge will serve as the military department." Minister, a well-deserved Grand Sima, could he do such a thing without going through the Ministry of War? The British Duke Zhang Weixian and Shi Yongan, who assists in the military affairs of the Beijing camp, are bent on getting closer to the Military Affairs Council."

Facing Sun Ruyou's inquiry, Wang Xiangqian could feel the eyes of some people, and he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. How could he, the minister of the Ministry of War, not know about the above-mentioned situations? He even knew about the newly established capital police admiral's office. After so many years in the official career, Wang Xiangqian knew exactly what he wanted to do.

But the key to the problem now is that there is no good intervention point to stabilize the current turmoil.

On one side was the noisy court, and on the other was the emperor who ignored everything. Even if he was the minister of the Ministry of War, it was difficult to change some things.

"The cabinet is quite lively."

In such a delicate atmosphere, a voice sounded, which shocked everyone present, and the cabinet ministers who were sitting next all stood up from their seats.

"I heard the voices of the ministers from a long distance away."

At that time, outside the official room, under a ray of sunshine, Zhu Youxiao, wearing a dragon robe, walked towards the official room with square steps and his head held high, with a faint smile on his face.

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty!"

Led by the first assistant Zhu Guozuo, all the cabinet ministers gathered together and bowed to the emperor.

"It's all free."

Zhu Youxiao kept smiling, waved his hand and said, "I am tired of waiting in Xiyuan, so I want to come to the cabinet for a visit. Some people say that I am neglecting government affairs and only want to have fun in Xiyuan."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present showed different expressions.

Ask yourself, does the emperor really neglect government affairs?
not at all.

Even in Xiyuan, there were many memorials circulating from the imperial court every day, but the emperor did things his own way, regardless of the situation of the court, which made many people express dissatisfaction.

The emperor can be arbitrary, but don't be too absolute!

If you don't listen to anything, then what else do these ministers do?
It would be better if only one emperor remained in this court.

The struggle between imperial power and ministerial power is like this. There is me among you, and you among me. Even though the battles and games between each other continue, it is undeniable that neither side can do without the other. This is the special meaning attached to power. "Come in, everyone, and let all the cabinet ministers take a look."

When Zhu Youxiao walked to the front of the case, he did not sit on the chair. Instead, he looked outside the official room and said calmly: "Let's see what the Integrity Institute has achieved."

humming~
For some reason, when they suddenly heard what the emperor said, Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan and other cabinet ministers all had different emotions in their hearts.

What should come will come after all.

Especially Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian, and Sun Chengzong looked at each other. Well, during the previous chaos in the court, they all knew that the matter was far from over.

"All come in."

Following Cui Chengxiu's order, dozens of officials from the Integrity Agency walked into the official office in an orderly manner, carrying piles of memorials and documents.

"Zhu Qing, I remember that the Integrity Council jointly submitted a memorial before, right?" Zhu Youxiao patted the official hat chair beside him, looked at the frowning Zhu Guozuo, and said with a smile: "The cabinet is very opposed to this. Big, you can say whatever you want, and in the end the matter will be settled."

Accountability!
After hearing the emperor's question, Zhu Guozuo, who was looking at the officials of the Institute of Integrity, immediately thought of something.

"Your Majesty, this is the case."

Under the gaze of some people, Zhu Guozuo bowed and bowed.

"It's good that this is the case."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, then stretched out his hand to pull the official chair, flicked his robe sleeves and sat down, but the smile on his face disappeared at that time, "I came to the cabinet today for no other reason than to think about it." Together with you, please listen carefully to the Beizhili Cangchang deficit case supervised by the Integrity Commission. How much money was embezzled, and how the group of corrupt officials who were arrested were able to abuse their power for personal gain without even realizing it!! "

The atmosphere here changed quietly.

Sun Ruyou and others, who were very excited just now, all lowered their heads at this moment, without any righteous words just now, but under this situation, no one paid attention to this anymore.

"Cui Chengxiu, in front of all the cabinet ministers, please tell me what the Institute of Integrity has achieved this time." Zhu Youxiao lifted his robe sleeves, leaned on the official hat chair, looked at Cui Chengxiu and said, "By the way, please tell me to have a good time." Open your eyes.”

"The minister obeys the order!"

Cui Chengxiu hurriedly bowed and said, "After the first round of rough screening and accounting by the Integrity Administration in Beijing, a total of 4179321 taels of stolen silver, 467812 taels of gold, antiques, porcelain, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings were confiscated, as reported by officials assigned to the Integrity Agency from various places. etc. It is roughly estimated that the price is 2187631 taels of silver."

"In addition, the grain reserves in various places are too scattered and the number of cellars is different, so it has not yet been counted. The farmland and shops involved have been handed over to the Shaofu to take over the statistics. According to the current income, more than 127 million acres of farmland have been identified. And this is only part of it..."

Cui Chengxiu spoke very quickly to explain the situation, while Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan and other cabinet ministers standing aside all had expressions of astonishment on their faces as they supervised the Beizhili Cangchang deficit case. They knew that a lot of gold and silver would be confiscated, but they never expected that so much would be confiscated.

"Listen, the corrupt officials and evil spirits involved in the Beizhili Cangchang deficit case have nearly [-] million taels of silver in just the initial inspection. This is richer than the national treasury!"

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and glanced at the people gathered in front of him, "I really didn't expect that the officials in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom would be so corrupt. Everyone was shouting about the lack of money, but everyone was extremely rich. I’m just curious, what’s going on?”

For such a situation, Zhu Youxiao is not surprised at all. The Beizhili warehouse deficit case is just a media. If you are greedy for various types of grain storage in the warehouse, you will inevitably be greedy for other things. If you don't use your power, but others are reaping the benefits, doesn't this show your inadequacy?

Zhu Youxiao has always stated in the past that he will strictly investigate, and his attitude is very determined. He just wants to expose certain disguises and expose all the tricks of seeking power for personal gain and practicing favoritism!
This time, with the help of the Integrity Commission to supervise the Beizhili Cangchang deficit case, not only local corrupt officials were arrested, but also a large number of scholars, gentry, merchants and other groups, all of whom had considerable wealth! !

Weren’t you opposed to the accountability system before?Don't you want it to show up?
OK!

Then implement it in the most direct way. Zhu Youxiao has many ways to deal with certain civil servants!

"Don't just talk about the overall accounting, give me a house to talk about!"

Seeing that everyone in front of him was silent, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said to Cui Chengxiu: "I also want to hear how these traitors usually play tricks!"

"The minister obeys the order."

Cui Chengxiu didn't dare to hesitate and immediately bowed in response.

(End of this chapter)