eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 168 Read it!
After several years of not listening, the prince still has the talent for sophistry.

It's just that compared to before, it's more comfortable now.

And what is being considered now is more practical. Presumably in the prince's mind, how to deal with the Zhejiang case is crucial.

But what happened in Zhejiang, Liu Daxia didn't know.

The prince felt that he could not understand what he said, and Liu Daxia also felt that the prince avoided the important and ignored it.

He reasoned vigorously and said: "Your Highness is the crown prince, so naturally he has no right to intervene in the selection and appointment of internal officials. However, most of the internal officials who supervise the localities are greedy for ink and endlessly extorting bribes. I have no other ideas. I hope Your Highness knows this situation in detail. If If you can control the internal officials and reduce the number of staff, the common people in the world will appreciate the prince's virtue."

"As for whether it is collecting official wealth or private wealth, there is no difference. Don't you know that official wealth is taken from the people? And because the internal officials are located in Zhejiang, it is even more difficult to ask the people. The reason is extremely simple. Why bother Your Highness?" Arguing with the minister?"

What is this called, as if all the mistakes were because he sent a eunuch.

Zhu Houzhao felt a little angry, "Liu Shangshu, officials in my Ming Dynasty were greedy for ink. Is it because my palace sent an eunuch in Zhejiang? Without Wei Bin, wouldn't the officials in Zhejiang 'request the people'? You put these big and small A small problem is alienated into a problem of dispatching an internal officer, and then it is brought to the palace, and it is said that this person is sent by the palace. If this is really the case, then well, your military department does not have an internal officer, right?"

"Let's conduct a thorough investigation of the Ministry of War today. All the officials from top to bottom will never fall! I want to see if there is any corruption in a place without internal officials! If there is really no corruption, I, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, will give you an apology." Apologies, if so, what would you say about Liu Daxia?!"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that this idea was not acceptable, he gently persuaded: "Prince, governing the country is not about placing a bet, so calm down."

Zhu Houzhao wanted to roll his eyes, for a good old man like you, the minister can do whatever he wants.

To be honest, the territory of the Ming Dynasty at this time was not as large as that of the Republic.

How could he have the spare time to be a good person, what he wants to be is a holy king.

"Father! Check out whether the officials of the various ministries have taken bribes as a whole. Of course, this is also governing the country, and the ministers know it well. Besides, there is no reason why the officials of the Ministry of War cannot be checked?"

The reason why they have some objections is that these 'locals' are aware of officials' corruption in Mexico.

Zhu Houzhao is not a professor of the history department, and he doesn't understand why people's wealth is looted, so it is said that many eunuchs are sent to various places. Yes, this is indeed one of the reasons, but it is not the root cause. Civil officials are also greedy!

Can you not follow the line of eunuch corruption and chop off the emperor's head, saying it is the emperor's fault.

In fact, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, there is no difference between internal officials and external officials. They are all officials of Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was "persuaded" by the crown prince, but he was a little bit hard.

Turning to look at Liu Daxia again, Liu Shangshu's lips trembled at this time, obviously being held back.

Zhu Houzhao sneered, "Liu Shangshu, isn't he planning to resign in his heart? What's the matter? Don't you have confidence in the Ministry of War? Do you want to go back and look for it? Maybe there's a eunuch hidden in the yamen, that's fine, then It's my fault."

Liu Daxia blushed from being ridiculed,
How dare he make such a bet with the crown prince, after this bet, what is left of him?It's okay if you don't gamble, because colleagues understand each other. The old Zhu's family has so little money, and if he doesn't want to make a little money, he will starve to death long ago.

In fact, Liu Daxia was indeed a person who always wanted to resign, but after telling the prince, he wanted to resign at this time, and his guilt was too obvious.

"His Royal Highness's words are sharp, and he insists on not listening to his sincere advice, which really makes the minister extremely distressed. The so-called way of raising the emperor should be well prepared, and the responsibility should be sent to the ministers, so that they can speak as much as possible. The ministers do their best, and the emperor Daos said it. The minister is in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, and eats the king's salary, so there are some things that I have to say."

"Your Highness, I have the guts to ask, has Your Highness withheld the memorial of Xu Ruoqin, the magistrate of Huzhou?"

After saying this, the three cabinet ministers all lamented a little.

Liu Daxia is doing his best for the sake of morality...

As a Minister of the Ministry of War, how can you say such a thing, how do you know the memorials of other officials.

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little surprised, when did this happen?

But the prince took it out from his cuff and threw it directly in front of him, "You mean that?"

Liu Daxia picked it up, brushed off the dust on it when it fell to the ground,

"I didn't expect His Highness to carry it with me all the time." Liu Daxia picked it up, picked out one of the sentences and read it on the spot, "Being favored by one's body leads to a high position, and the warmth of one's family leads to a rich salary. Because of taking advantage of wealth and power, to compete with the people for the benefit of the people, Minan can be like this. This is a famous sentence by Dong Zhongshu, and His Highness should have read it."

Liu Daxia touched his head to the ground, and wept, "Your Highness, you are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and you have never been short of expenses in the palace. But there are still many people in my Ming Dynasty. They have no clothes, no food, no shelter. Dingsuo, they are all His Highness’s subjects! I implore Your Highness, to benefit the people!”

These words speak with true emotion.

For a while, Zhu Houzhao couldn't tell whether he could really act like this, or if he was so stupid that he believed it.

Liu Daxia was the favorite of Emperor Hongzhi, and Hongzhi couldn't help feeling a little worried about his emotions.

Without saying a word, Zhu Houzhao took out another thing from his arms and handed it to Liu Daxia, "Liu Shangshu, read it."

Liu Daxia looked up at the prince, feeling a little dazed.

"Read it out! Let Father and everyone here hear it!" Zhu Houzhao ordered with a raised voice.

"Chen..." Liu Daxia is also a talented young man who was born as a Jinshi. He can't say that he can see ten lines at a glance, but he can still understand the basic content at a glance. So when he read the first word, his hands began to tremble.
"Chen Zhejiang...Wang Hua, the governor of Zhejiang, played on the blood...Since I went to Zhejiang, I followed the order of His Royal Highness to investigate the case of Wei Bin, the former guard eunuch, who was corrupted by ink. After investigation, from the 12th to the 17th year of Hongzhi, Wei Bin was corrupted by ink. More than 150 taels, and now there are only 120 million taels left. The minister obeyed His Highness’s order and corrupted Mohist according to the order, just for the purpose of infiltrating into Zhejiang’s official circles, making false claims. Now here is the case file of Li Yancai, the chief minister of Zhejiang, and Dang Shanji, the procuratorate. , and a list of all the officials in Zhejiang to share the spoils."

"Li and Dang made a plan. Only 30 taels of silver were written in the case files, and the remaining 50 taels were swallowed up by a group of officials. Among them, Li and Dang were the masterminds, each embezzled [-] taels of silver, and participated in politics with the government , According to the deputy envoy of the procuratorate, they are divided according to the size of the official position..."

At this point, he stopped suddenly.

Zhu Houzhao refused, "Don't you know how to read?"

Everyone's minds were attracted by this letter, and Liu Daxia had no choice but to read again, "...the other prefect of Hangzhou, Qiu Zongxia, gave [-] yuan, and the prefect of Huzhou, Xu Ruoqin, gave [-] yuan. The prefects of Taizhou, Shaoxing, and Jiaxing all took the initiative to help... ...your highness,"

He raised his head, unable to continue reading.

"Mr. Xie Ge. You have a loud voice, so keep reading." Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to talk to him.

Xie Qian took it in his hand, full of energy, which made people feel much more comfortable than Liu Mansion crying while reading.

"The magistrates of Taizhou, Shaoxing, and Jiaxing all took the initiative to climb up. Li and Dang made him a member of the party, each with 18 yuan in silver. There are also riverside yamen, and weaving yamen each share their profits. In addition, there is still silver. [-] taels, this silver has not been moved. I don’t understand it, but after asking, I know that this is a must-have gift for entering Beijing. Your Highness, all the ministers say that the suffering of the people’s livelihood is unspeakable, and the minister thinks that it is the first thing that destroys the people’s livelihood. Great harm, even the officials!"

"Give me back the letter." The crown prince went to ask for it, and then turned to look at Liu Daxia, "Da Sima, now you can look at Xu Ruoqin's memoir. If I detain his memorandum, is he wronged or not? You Today, there is such a scene in Qianqing Palace, is this palace wronged or not? There is also Li Yancai, who was recommended by you. These people who are trying to gain fame, keep saying that this palace is fighting for profit with the people, what are they doing? ! "

boom!
Suddenly there was a clear and clear sound in the originally quiet warm pavilion, which startled everyone. After looking closely, they realized that it was Emperor Hongzhi who suddenly grabbed something and threw it on the ground!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"

All the officials, eunuchs, and maids of the Qianqing Palace all knelt down!
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