Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 883: Lifanyuan (1)

A snowstorm came quietly.

It's getting colder.

"This Cui Chengxiu, does he really think that others are unaware of what he did?" In the east warm room, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed, had a cold face and heavily threw the memorial in his hand.

Li Ruo Lian lowered his head.

"You know that I hate corruption extremely, so I have never embezzled money from the beginning to the end, and the anti-corruption work in the Integrity Bureau is even more severe." Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly.

"But this does not mean that in order to promote the investigation and stimulate all parties, we can wantonly persecute people. Is this what a Ming official can do!?"

"Cui Chengxiu obviously noticed something."

Li Ruolian said at this moment: "That group of people are dead. What Cui Chengxiu wants is to have no evidence. At present, the Luanwei has collected all the physical evidence, but the human evidence..."

"Let's keep this under wraps!"

Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "When the situation in Zhejiang improves, when Shao Jiechun, Cao Wenyao and others restore order in Zhejiang, and when those major cases have made progress, this matter will be put on the agenda."

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Ruolian immediately bowed and saluted.

It is indeed true that politicians are apathetic.

Zhu Youxiao suppressed his anger and said coldly in his heart that letting people like Cui Chengxiu run the Integrity Commission would only be temporary. If they were to run it for a long time, the Integrity Commission would be rotten from the root.

When the Integrity Commission was first established, Zhu Youxiao knew that there was no better way to handle such a special office than to ask people like Cui Chengxiu to take charge temporarily.

After all, in the early days of the Anti-Corruption Commission, because it had to touch upon too many taboos and interests, it was bound to be disliked by the so-called mainstream, which would lead to criticism and resistance.

Zhu Youxiao did not want the group of wise and trusted people he relied on to be involved in such meaningless disputes, so after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to call Cui Chengxiu and others in.

I have to say that dealing with smart people saves you a lot of trouble and effort.

Cui Chengxiu and his men did not disappoint Zhu Youxiao. Whether they were investigating the warehouse case or the grain transport case, which also involved the Yanshenggong Mansion and the various vassal states of Qi and Lu, Cui Chengxiu did a great job. This not only allowed Zhu Youxiao to gain political advantages, but also allowed Zhu Youxiao to obtain a large amount of money, grain and land.

These all provide a lot of help and convenience for the things being planned at the same time.

But then again, Cui Chengxiu and his gang are a bunch of politicians who are selfish to the core. Even if some of their desires are suppressed, there will inevitably be reversals in other areas.

"Once the Zhejiang and other places are resolved, the Integrity Commission will undergo a personnel change."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao was thinking about one thing, "But this matter needs to find a good opportunity, so that the supervision system can promote a perfect closed loop. After all, the supervision system is the sword of the Ming Dynasty. It not only needs to cut off the accumulated evils and tumors that have grown in the Ming Dynasty, but the supervision itself must also be supervised. Otherwise, if there is a problem with the supervision, wouldn't it become a joke?"

In a society ruled by man, these things are inevitable.

Even if we advocate the rule of law, the law is ultimately for the service of people. With human involvement, even the simplest matters can become very complicated.

All of this is caused by humans.

Zhu Youxiao knew better than anyone that eradicating this problem was just a beautiful vision from the perspective of system or law. It was simply impossible to achieve, no matter what period it was.

The only thing we can do to ensure that the corruption does not continue is to carry out corresponding actions regularly, just like cutting leeks, to try our best to maintain the clean administration of officials, and to make people in officialdom understand that the cost of committing crimes is too high and the price is too great. Only then will they be restrained. Otherwise, this greed cannot be stopped.

"Where are Xu Hongji and the others?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Li Ruolian and said.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived at Xuzhou."

Li Ruolian said truthfully. "Summarize their evidence of guilt for me." Zhu Youxiao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "When they return to the capital, arrange for someone to go to the Meridian Gate to knock on the gate."

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Ruolian said, suppressing his surprise.

In this case, more than 70% of the nobles who stayed in Nanjing would be arrested. This was different from what he had originally thought.

Li Ruolian thought that when that group of nobles came to Beijing, they would at least wait until the situation in the southeast became clearer before the emperor would take action against these people.

But now he obviously guessed wrong.

Zhu Youxiao had thought about what Li Ruolian was considering countless times, and he already had a plan on how to kill this group of selfish nobles.

Most of the nobles in Nanjing were those who founded the country, and most of those in the capital were those who participated in the Jingnan Rebellion, but this cannot cover up the fact that they are rotten.

Now it is the Tianqi Dynasty, and the number of Ming nobles has increased a lot, so we need to build a mechanism of survival of the fittest, clarify what can be done and what cannot be done, establish the majesty of the court, and let the world know that becoming a Ming noble does not mean you can sit back and relax.

You have made great contributions, so you will be rewarded.

But you have acted presumptuously and violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so you will be punished.

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In this way, the imperial court can dominate the nobles, rather than the nobles dominating the imperial court.

Zhu Youxiao certainly knew that privileges could not be abolished.

This is a byproduct of power.

Privilege is always there unless there is no power.

But what Zhu Youxiao had to do was to shrink the privileges so that those groups with privileges would feel awe and fear in their hearts. Otherwise, once the control over them was relaxed, they would be able to do a lot of crazy things.

There are so many interests at stake that they are even willing to carry out a mutiny. What else are they afraid to do?

Everyone is selfish; it's human nature.

It's no use for anyone to deny it, the facts are the facts.

"Your Majesty, Tang Wangsun and his men have arrived."

In such a situation, Liu Ruoyu walked in with his head down. When Li Ruolian heard this, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. Why did His Royal Highness the Tang King's grandson in Korea suddenly return to Beijing?
Why was there no news before?

"Inform them to come in."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"Here!"

Liu Ruoyu said immediately.

Zhu Youjian and his companions returned to Beijing according to a secret decree issued by Zhu Youxiao. Those who returned to Beijing with Zhu Youjian were people who were familiar with Korean affairs and grassland affairs.

In the past, these people were not really valued, but as some situations change, they will shoulder important responsibilities and burdens.

Since the Ming Dynasty came to this day, many things have changed very quickly.

This also made Zhu Youxiao make corresponding arrangements in advance for some things, in order to ensure that the plans would not suffer losses due to delays.

The Lifanyuan, the government office that Zhu Youxiao had been thinking about for a long time, has finally come into being. While everything is just beginning, the people transferred to the institute still have a certain amount of time to explore and summarize in order to build the system that Zhu Youxiao wants. Preparations must begin from the moment you decide to do something. You will get nothing if you cram at the last minute. Even if a great opportunity comes, it will not fall on your head!

(End of this chapter)