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Chapter 183 Raise the Butcher Knife
In other words, the emperor and the official group were at odds!From now on, the two parties will no longer be partners who can share the cake together, but will be in a state of hostility between you and me. There will no longer be any affection at all, and every move is fatal.

The key question is not whether you should fall out, but whether you have the strength to fall out.Wang An felt that he still needed some heat, so he might as well endure it for a few more years and wait until his strength was completely crushed before making any move.But Hong Tao doesn't think so, and feels that such wishful thinking is dangerous.

The emperor and officials are like pallets on both sides of the scale. It is clear who is more important and who is less important.The officials were greedy but definitely not stupid. They would not just watch the emperor's power completely crush them before passively counterattacking.On the contrary, as long as the emperor's side is a little heavy, they will immediately strike first to avoid future troubles.

Through the implementation of the "New Disaster Relief Law", it is estimated that as long as they are not blind or deaf, most officials in the capital will be able to analyze who is behind the scenes, and they have tricked a large number of people.

From this in-depth analysis, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion that the person who dug this hole did not do it temporarily, but calculated it carefully for a long time, with only one purpose, to gain both fame and fortune by attacking the official group.

Now that the emperor has taken the initiative, who would naively think that it was just a coincidence?There is only one way to deal with it, fight back!Fight back completely and see if the east wind overpowers the west wind or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

Once this dispute is provoked, according to Chinese cultural habits, the outcome can only be life and death, and no one will be merciful.Therefore, we must realize from the bottom of our hearts that the danger is approaching, and we must not take any chances, let alone be erratic.

"...I understand, I understand, even if your heart and mind are ruined, you must still keep the Lord Long Live safe!"

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him, and listening to the cold tone that seemed to come from hell, Wang An felt like he had returned to the Jingyang Palace more than ten years ago. Be fierce.

"From now on, the Cuju team will be on duty in the Yangxin Hall. Tell Zhang Ran to keep an eye on Liuguangzhai, Time Workshop, Royal Gunpowder Factory and Haihe Machinery Factory, and no outsiders will be allowed to approach. Inform the camp and monitor the guns, and keep a close eye on them. Monitor the generals in the capital camp, if there is any unusual movement, don’t alert others, report it immediately!”

In addition to being vigilant and understanding the situation, Hong Tao also needs to make some preparations just in case.Although the official group is mainly composed of civilian officials, if they are ruthless, they dare to take risks more than the generals on the battlefield.

"Why don't we go through the Jinyi Guards too? The slaves and maids in the imperial city are not at ease with them." Wang An agreed with this arrangement, but relying solely on the Cuju team and the imperial horse supervisor seemed a bit weak, and inside the imperial city There are also factors of instability.

"...Slow down for a while. First, on the pretext of organizing the three main halls, we will transfer one or two hundred warriors from the warrior camp to the imperial city. They will temporarily live in the inner grassland and the Zhongfu grassland."

The idea of ​​cleaning up and rectifying the Jinyiwei has been on the agenda since Hong Tao came to the throne, but it has never been actually implemented or even touched. The original structure and leadership are still maintained.

With Hong Tao's temperament, it seems that he would not trust a powerful organization established by others. The more powerful it is, the more it must be 100% controlled by himself.For example, the Li Supervisor, the Royal Horse Supervisor and the Gunpowder Factory were taken down early. Otherwise, I would not be able to sleep. Could it be that Jin Yiwei is special?

Not to mention, the Jinyi Guards are indeed special. Although they are also part of the emperor's personal army and directly accept the emperor's command, they are different from the ceremonial supervisors and the imperial horse supervisors.The main reason is that the composition of the personnel is different. There are no eunuchs in the Jinyi Guards, and the duties are completely filled by military generals.There were three main forces in the court politics of the Ming Dynasty. The first was definitely the royal family represented by the emperor, including the royal family, clan relatives, relatives and eunuchs; the second was the scholar-bureaucrat group, including officials, gentry and landlords.

The third force is the general group, or the noble group.Although they do not have as much power and influence as the civil servant group, they still occupy one of the three pillars. No matter which side they lean towards, it is enough to completely change the balance of power.

As the Jinyiwei adopted a hereditary system, the interior had long been occupied by nobles. Although it was still under the control of the emperor, it could not achieve 100% of the orders and prohibitions.If he had to force changes, Hong Tao would have to face a double-sided attack from the civil servant group and the noble group, which would increase the difficulty out of thin air.

Therefore, from the day he ascended the throne, Hong Tao pretended that there was no Jinyiwei department. He did not assign any important tasks to them, nor tell them any secrets. He even used it as a last resort to guard against the greatest potential threat.

"How should I reply to the cabinet with these memorials?" Wang An had always been reassured by the emperor's cautiousness, but the biggest threat did not come from within the imperial city, but from the local area.

Seeing that disaster relief food has begun to be distributed in an orderly manner, and water conservancy projects will be built in the disaster areas in the future, the food and drink problems of most victims will be basically solved by the beginning of next spring, but food prices still show no improvement.

If it continues to fall like this, not only will grain merchants lose more and more lives, but it will also do no good to the farmers. The price of rice will hurt farmers.If you don't plan early, the incomplete guarantee will be used as a weapon to slander and attack the emperor one day.

"Arrest people! We must not tolerate those who plan to enrich the country. We must severely punish them with great fanfare. Let the cabinet draft a charter first, and then I will issue an edict!"

Unfortunately, Wang An thought wrong again. Not only was the emperor not afraid of trouble, but he also deliberately got into trouble. He had no intention of giving up when things got better. On the contrary, he was taking the opportunity to sweep through the officialdom and rectify the administration.

"...Who do you think Long Live the Lord should investigate the case?" Wang An swallowed, his mouth bitter.Although he had never experienced the Hongwu Dynasty, he had read the official records of that year from various channels.

How can I put it, it's terrible.Taizu killed officials as if they were stepping on ants, not caring about the individuals but the nest.It ranges from a few dozen to tens of thousands.You are not allowed to resign and stop working. That is called deliberate confrontation, and it is also death!
Back then, some officials had to write a suicide note when they left home in the morning. They were still fine when they left, but if they didn't keep it all at night, they wouldn't be able to come back.As for whether he has committed a crime or how much he is guilty of, no one has delved into it. If you have met, chatted, and drank with a certain unlucky person, you are considered to be in the same party.Killing means killing, who can ask the emperor to judge.

Now Emperor Jingyang seems to be taking this road again, sending people to strictly investigate the hoarders. After investigation, officials at all levels will definitely be found.If you don't swallow your anger and turn the big deal into a trivial matter, according to the law, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people will not be killed.

(End of this chapter)