eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 167 Who dares to say that he is not an official of the Eastern Palace! (Ask for a monthly pass!)
Because the prince is angry.

In the empty palace, several young eunuchs all knelt on the ground.

The sunlight through the gate only illuminated a rectangular bright block in the hall, the figure of the prince slowly stepped out of the darkness, and the previous letter was wrinkled badly because of his clenched fist.

It was already a bit cooler in the capital city in October. The north wind blew his loose and smooth hair flying wildly. The mature and tall Qiu Yun ignored the possibility of being blamed, and brought a plush cloak from the temple to him. Zhu Houzhao put it on.

"Your Highness... I'm so depressed, I'm hurting my body when I get angry. It's getting colder today."

Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes and his mouth tightly.

When he was a small person in his previous life, he was a person who had no control over his mouth, but in this life, as a prince, speaking is an order. In fact, the superior should not speak casually.

Because if you say it, many people will follow it.

If you're serious about it, that's fine.

If you talk nonsense when you are in a bad mood, it may bring disaster to some people.

But Zhu Houzhao does get angry sometimes, so his method is not to make decisions or speak when he is angry.

until calmed down.

Just at this time, an eunuch who passed the decree came, with a flat yellow face, knelt down and said: "Your Highness, before a cup of tea, Liu Shangshu, Zhang Shangshu and Dai Zongxian of the Inspectorate delivered a message The palace is about to face the saints, and the emperor also saw them at this moment. The servants heard a few words, and it seemed that it was related to His Highness. Eunuch Xiao secretly passed a note to the servants to send it to His Highness quickly. He said that His Highness understood it at a glance gone."

Zhu Houzhao opened his eyes, his heart rate slowed down a bit, and his whole body seemed to have returned to a stable state.

"Bring it."

Hearing the sound, Liu Jin hurriedly got up from the ground, rushed over and handed the white note to Zhu Houzhao.

When you take it apart, you can see five big characters: Zhejiang Xu Ruoqin.

Zhu Houzhao frowned, if there is a way to heaven, you don't go, but if there is no way to hell, you break in!

The list sent by Wang Hua clearly stated the list of cashiers.

How is the 50 taels divided?

The chief envoy and the procuratorial envoy are in charge of this case, each embezzled [-] yuan, otherwise the procuratorial envoy who brought the sentence would not be happy.

Because they also get points when they take it back. In addition to the left and right chief ministers, the chief minister's yamen also has left and right political envoys, left and right councilors, grain supervisors and others.

There are several people under the inspector's department who mention the sentence, the deputy envoy of the inspector and Qian Shi.

After that, the three prefects of Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Taizhou all participated in this matter.

It's not that they don't give money because they have lower official positions than themselves.This is someone who can't be an official, corrupts, poachs the corner of the country,
This is a night road, are you going alone?

It must be brought with you, the law does not blame everyone, and everyone must be beheaded together.Haven't you heard the phrase 'If you don't take it, you won't be isolated'?
Of course, the smaller the official position, the less you get.

In the end, it was hard to squeeze out 18 yuan, which was to be sent to Beijing.

to whom?
Li Yancai was recommended by Liu Daxia, if he goes to Beijing in the future, should he go to Liu's residence?

If expressed in modern terms, Zhejiang is called collapse-style corruption.

But the administration of officials is a big issue everywhere,
These people Zhu Houzhao is determined to kill them, but the question is whether killing a group of people and replacing them can solve the problem.

This is what he should think as a prince.

Winning the fight with people like Liu Daxia doesn't mean that Zhejiang will be fine.This win is not good for Daming and the common people, so it is meaningless for him as the crown prince.

However, the problem is that there are few reliable ways to curb corruption. This stubborn disease is still difficult to eradicate, at least in his opinion.

In the long history, there have been two states of corruption: serious and not serious.

There is no distinction between corrupt and non-corrupt.

And the method he can use now is to try to ensure that the important officials in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty have a higher standard.To grasp the problem, he must grasp the nose, and he must arrange these high-ranking officials at the provincial level.

The main officials at the 'provincial level' cannot take the lead in corruption, let alone everyone waiting in line for corruption.

People like Zhejiang are unbearable.

The provincial level is already high-ranking officials, at least if they are reliable officials, they can do some reliable things, even if they get money, it is for basic living, because the official salary of the Ming Dynasty is really very low.

In fact, as long as you are not an official, you will go for money.

In Zhu Houzhao's place, they are all qualified-this is already very difficult.

With these considerations in mind, Zhu Houzhao was going to the Qianqing Palace.

If he didn't go, he didn't know what kind of nagging Emperor Hongzhi would be to these people.

But he just left here,

I saw the elderly Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian rushing towards him in a hurry.

Liu Daxia has been in Qianqing Palace for a while, and they must have all got the news.

When the three old men in red robes and black hats saw the prince, they saluted according to the rules.
But this time he knelt deeply, and he was not afraid of the cold. Three pairs of experienced hands just pressed down on the cold floor tiles of the Forbidden City.

"Get up, everyone. I know what you are here for."

Liu Jian stood up straight and crossed his hands in a salute, "Your Highness, Liu Huarong (Liu Daxia) is wise, loyal and honest. He has been an official for more than [-] years and has quite a reputation, and he has a high prestige in the hearts of scholars. If Your Highness Sudden infliction of thunder, I'm afraid that His Highness will hurt your reputation!"

"Old Liu Ge's words are considered for the sake of my palace." Zhu Houzhao knew that Liu Jian was right, and Liu Daxia had a good reputation. "I'm afraid this is where he has nothing to fear. Mr. Li Ge, what about you, what do you say?"

Li Dongyang's voice was steady and thick, and he said: "His Royal Highness, if it is inappropriate to finish a matter today, then you can do it in three days, and if it is not appropriate to do it in three days, you can do it in three months. Your Highness is young and young, so why rush For a while? Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, so what can happen if you take it easy?"

"It's an attempt to seek the country. Where's Mr. Xie Ge?"

Xie Qian rolled his eyes, "Your Highness must have a plan in mind. I won't say anything to make His Highness a joke."

"It's not a joke. In fact, the three elders don't have to worry. I didn't go to Liu Daxia. What I am most anxious about is Zhejiang."

As he said that, he handed the letter from Wang Hua to the three of them, and said: "Since you are here, let's go with this palace. We still need to discuss with the three elders about important affairs of the court."

After reading the letter, Liu, Li, and Xie were all shocked.

His Highness actually found out such a big case in Zhejiang!
……

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Qianqing Palace, Dongnuan Pavilion.

Liu Daxia, Dai Shan, and Zhang Sheng lined up and knelt beside the emperor's dragon bed.

As soon as the prince entered the gate, he saw Emperor Hongzhi winking at him, looking quite distressed.

Liu, Li, and Xie also found a place to kneel down, there was some trouble here today.

When Liu Daxia saw the prince, he greeted the prince with a muffled grunt, showing some emotions, and said: "Since your highness is here, it's just right. I don't know something, and I want to ask the prince face to face."

"speak."

"Your Highness is the crown prince. Why did you send officials to Zhejiang to embezzle people's wealth? After Wei Bin subdued the law, he also selected officials from the East Palace to inspect Zhejiang. As a result, the people could not be disturbed. I heard that Your Highness is a lord of benevolence and love for the people." , how could you think of gathering the silver of the people in the East Palace?"

They don't care about it, even if there is no evidence, they still have to speak out.

In fact, they thought it wrong at the beginning. Even if there was no evidence, Zhu Houzhao would not refute them from this point, because it is really stupid to cover up something that many people know.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the emperor's dragon bed and replied: "Da Sima, what you said today, I will answer you sentence by sentence. The guarding of eunuchs started from the time of Renzong and Xuanzong. Wei Bin was sent by the palace in the 12th year of Hongzhi. Going to Zhejiang, when Da Sima was in the wild and not in court, why? The prince of this palace sent an eunuch, so he is going to report to you?!"

"As for embezzling people's wealth, that's even worse. Many of the money Wei Bin involved was given by officials of our Ming Dynasty, not others, but the parents and officials of Zhejiang! They are officials, not people. Wei Bin Violating the national law, I have already taken him down and punished him according to the law, it seems that these officials in Zhejiang can't be extrajudicial, right?"

"Finally, the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Hua, was indeed sent by me, but I don't understand what you mean. What are the officials of the East Palace? So who are not the officials of the East Palace? No, what are these people called? ? You mean that the governor of Zhejiang alone obeys the orders of the palace, and other officials at all levels do not recognize the prince as the palace?"

Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes, raised his eyebrows and scolded: "I am the crown prince of Ming Dynasty. Which official in the two capitals and [-] provinces dare to say that I didn't agree with this palace? You ask him to come, I want to ask, what is he doing?" Which family's official is it, do you deserve to be an official of your Liu family!!"

(End of this chapter)