Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 985 Merger
On this road of development, especially with the accumulated ills of the dynasty, if we want to solve the problems while allowing the Ming Dynasty to blaze a new trail, we are bound to encounter various problems.

Beijing.

Xiyuan.

"The Integrity Commission went from Zhejiang to Nanjing and uncovered a bunch of dirty things. I don't find this strange at all." Zhu Youjiao said in a cold tone with a gloomy face, pointing at the memorial on the imperial desk.

"I didn't expect that the detective team would find out so many things when they went to Shandong to investigate the case. The key is that the governor of Shandong also found something different."

"Okay, that's great."

"I originally separated a lot of inner court affairs and handed them over to the Shaofu, but I didn't expect that I would raise a troublemaker. If this gets out, how will the world view me?"

Sun Guozhen, Yu Yinggui, Lu Guanxiang and other high-ranking officials of the Shaofu who were summoned all lowered their heads after hearing what the emperor said, and some even looked ashamed.

They also didn't expect that such a thing would happen in Shandong.

If what Jiang Chen and Yuan Keli reported was true, then the matter would be a big deal. After all, the current Shaofu is not only in the central government, but also in many other places.

Northern Zhili, Liaodong, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Lianghuai, Southern Zhili, Guangdong, Dongfan...these all have branches sent by the Shaofu!
Perhaps many of the places mentioned above are merely joint branches of the Disaster Relief and Emergency Departments to resolve various issues during the disaster relief period.

However, one thing that cannot be denied is that the size of the officials and servants under the Shaofu is showing an increasing trend year by year. If the events in Shandong were to be spread, it would cause a huge impact and disturbance.

"Please dispatch personnel from the Supervision, Internal Security, Audit and other departments to Shandong immediately to investigate this matter thoroughly!" Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone.

"My attitude is the same. No matter who is involved, as long as they are found to be corrupt, abuse their power for personal gain, they will be arrested and interrogated strictly!"

"Since using cases to promote reforms cannot make some people restrain themselves, then I will make them become cases. Also, besides Shandong, what about other places?"

"I don't want to interfere too much in what the Shaofu plans to do about this matter, but I have one thing to say: if anyone dares to joke about the Shaofu's affairs, I will kill him!"

"The ministers obey the order."

Sun Guozhen and his entourage immediately bowed.

Looking at the group of ministers in front of him, Zhu Youxiao felt a little disappointed. After all, the situation was developing too fast, and people's hearts became complicated. The officials in the capital city and the surrounding areas were okay, as they had some concerns and fears, so most of them dared not touch anything too extreme.

However, in other places, especially those far away from the capital, some power is held in the hands of some people. If anything dares to happen during this period, corruption is inevitable.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao saw that the point Yuan Keli wanted to make in his memorial was nothing more than to take back some power from the local officials of the Shaofu, or even to ask the local authorities to take over.

Zhu Youxiao will definitely do this in the future.

but not now.

no way.

What Zhu Youxiao is doing now obviously touches the interests of many people. He needs enough people and enough power to implement his ideas and plans. The huge Shaofu undoubtedly serves as an excellent carrier and even a buffer.

Over the years, the scale of officials and servants under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu has long exceeded the total of the Six Ministries. Among them are scholars who have passed the imperial examinations, groups who have been officials and servants for generations, and common people who have received education. However, through various aspects of selection and reuse, some of them became officials of the Shaofu, some became clerks of the Shaofu, and some became servants of the Shaofu. This huge change in identity made it possible for them to follow the Shaofu closely in order to ensure their own status.

Reform does not end with simply killing all the vested interest groups at once.

If it were really that simple, then most reforms throughout the dynasties would not have ended in failure.

The real purpose of the reform is to get rid of the greedy part, firmly grasp the power of distributing the cake in the hands of the central government, and replace the old groups with emerging groups.

Therefore, once the pace of reform is taken, there is no such thing as stopping. It is just that in different periods, we have to do things that are in line with the times, and at the same time plan for the next period. This state repeats itself over and over again, and the problems and troubles encountered during this period are different.

By now, Zhu Youxiao was no longer interested in how many people he arrested, because no matter how many he arrested or killed, there would always be new people who would commit the same crime.

This is not because they are stupid, but because they are driven by power. There is no way, not everyone can resist the temptation brought by power.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the important case that the detective team is investigating?" After Sun Guozhen and his party left, Chen Mingyu, the Minister of the Southern Study on duty, stepped forward and asked.

"This case involves the Shaofu, but what the Shaofu wants to investigate is different from what the department is investigating. In particular, this case also involves missionaries and a certain force in the southeast. Even if the case in Shandong is difficult to investigate, as long as all the people in Shandong are arrested, it can be investigated clearly. But what about outside Shandong?"

"Let's combine the cases."

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Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand to Chen Mingyu and said, "Issue a secret decree to Jiang Chen and others. When the case in Shandong is clear, they should hurry up to investigate and sort out the case. They should make a separate list involving the southeast, and copy a copy of the case found in Shandong. They should also order the North Sea Fleet to send people to Songjiang to deliver these secrets to Nanjing, and have Cui Chengxiu and others investigate the matter."

"Also, send someone to Nanjing to pass on a secret order to Fang Zhenghua, asking him to investigate all the issues that have been discovered. I want to see how many dirty things there are in the southeast that are hidden in places that cannot be seen."

"The minister obeys the order."

Chen Mingyu immediately bowed and saluted.

But other thoughts arose in his mind.

If this happens, I wonder how many people will be involved.

I don’t know how many people will be beheaded.

But he had no idea that the emperor no longer cared how many people would die. Not to mention anything else, since the unrest broke out in the southeastern provinces, countless people had been arrested and killed, and the property of those arrested and killed had all been confiscated without exception and used in various fields. Many of them were not even sent to the capital, but transferred directly to various places.

This is Zhu Youxiao's attitude.

Since the pus sores have formed into a patch, then try every possible means, regardless of whether they are good or evil, as long as they can be removed, then it is good. Once you decide to clean them, then clean them in batches. After all, some are hidden deep, and some are shallow. It is unrealistic and impossible to clean them all at once.

After all, the core of the vested interest groups are all different. When their interests are not touched, they may add fuel to the flames or sit idly by, but they will never give up easily. This is the essence of vested interests.

(End of this chapter)