Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 480
Li Shanchang did his best, even if those court officials wanted to obstruct Enke, they couldn't deal with Li Shanchang's means.If they are foxes of a thousand years, then Li Shanchang is a turtle spirit of ten thousand years. In terms of cultivation, there is still a difference of nine thousand years.

Enke was proceeding in an orderly manner. A total of tens of thousands of students took part in the exam, and 520 of them won the exam.These people were bestowed by Lao Zhu with the official status of the sixth-rank tax department envoy on the spot of the palace examination, and the tax department also directly announced its establishment at the court meeting the next day.

It is worth mentioning that the appointment of the Taxation Department was actually held by Yan Xizhe, former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.I heard that Yan Xizhe took the initiative to go to the emperor and asked to be transferred to the newly established "Tax Promotion Department" for promotion.This move really exceeded everyone's expectations. You must know that the Minister of the Household Department is the second-rank title, while the temporary title of the Tax Promotion Department is the fourth rank.

But Lao Zhu was very happy with Yan Xizhe's move.Although Yan Xizhe's qualifications are low, he can't impress the officials in the household department, but it is just right to be promoted as a tax department.After all, he was a dignified second-rank official in the past, and the head of a tax department was more than enough.Moreover, the functions of the Taxation Department were originally separated from the Ministry of Accounting, and Yan Xizhe, the former Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, was the head of the department, so he was familiar with it.

As soon as Yan Xizhe took up the post in the tax department, Dang even led a large group of fresh graduates who had just passed the entrance examination to sharpen their knives, and the first cut was made at the former old post of the household department.Although he was only a clay sculpture minister, he was clear about the filth of the officials of the household department. Among the new scholars under his command, many of them were former subordinates of the household department.Now that this knife is cut off, the officials of the household department can't resist at all. In just one day, they have counted the assets of these officials' families to the bottom.

"What a guts!" Old Zhu threw the latest memorial handed over by Yan Xizhe to the ground. "A mere household department, the servants and hall officials under it, the annual profit of the family can reach as much as one million!"

"The Huangzhuang and Huangdian under our command are not as rich as the big dogs like the Ministry of Households! How many people have they recruited?"

"Does this world belong to our Zhu family, or to officials like them?"

The emperor was furious, and the prince Zhu Biao also had an ugly look on his face. "The Ministry of Households takes advantage of the convenience of being in charge of the world's money and food, wantonly devouring people's benefits and withholding wealth, to the point of this!"

"It has obviously become a problem for my Ming Dynasty. My child implores Father, to investigate to the end! Be sure to gouge out this cancer for my Ming Dynasty!"

"Investigate! Of course we must investigate! Not only the Ministry of Households must investigate, but the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment... all six ministries, no, all officials must be thoroughly investigated!"

"We originally thought that Daming would not be so rotten since the founding of the country... Now it seems that the four major cases in history were launched too late!"

"We regret now that we shouldn't have tolerated these dirty officials these days... We should have pulled out these cancerous tumors from the very beginning!"

"Even if a strong man cuts off his wrist, it's much better than letting these tumors lick my body and suck the blood of the past few years!"

Zhu Biao's face was slightly moved, remembering that when the Hu Weiyong case happened more than a year ago, he had persuaded his father to focus on the stability of the court.The Hu Weiyong case did not spread widely, partly because the father listened to his advice.Now that these large rats are able to grow so fat, I also have a part of the "credit", so I can't help but feel a little ashamed.

"Everything is based on national interests..." Zhu Biao muttered silently, completely suppressing the compassion of a woman's benevolence in his heart, and then cupped his hands and said to Lao Zhu: "Father, son I beg your father not to be merciful this time, you need to cut the weeds and root out the root, so as to deter future generations, so as not to continue to poison the common people."

"My boy, please order me. Let me take charge of the thorough investigation of the affairs of the officials. I must ensure that my Ming Dynasty will be clean and free from corruption!"

"You don't need this matter!" Old Zhu waved his hand.He turned his head to look at Zhu Biao, his eyes filled with satisfaction and relief. "Biao'er, if you think this way, it shows that you have grown up."

"However, our current father is still there, and it's not yet time to use you."

"Just look at our means. After a while, we will naturally arrange for you to come out to clean up the mess. At that time, it's time for you, the prince, to show your talents."

As Lao Zhu spoke, a pair of squinted tiger eyes shone with an extremely dangerous and shrewd light.

Yan Xizhe completely became the emperor's minion. He led a group of Jinshi who were passed the Enke examination, and took the entire household department into the pot without any consideration. It can be said that he did not even leave the foundation for the household department.The commander of Jinyiwei, who had been silent for a long time, made Mao Xiang appear again in the sight of the officials of Yingtian. Officials and relatives, Jin Yiwei did not let go.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was temporarily in charge of the Jinyiwei yamen, was busy confiscating the wealth of the officials. He led the Jinyiwei and ran around Daming, confiscating countless properties in fertile land.If the owner can be found, the illicit wealth will be returned to the owner on the spot, but there are also many bad debts from the Yuan Dynasty, or the relevant people have long been silenced by these big officials.This part of the property can only be nationalized first.Just checking the wealth of these people actually made the national treasury an unexpected windfall.

It is worth mentioning that when Jin Yiwei was out of Beijing for business, he was attacked by unknown people, and several Jin Yi captains died because of this.There were even big local households inciting the unknowing common people to besiege Jinyiwei.Zhu Di was furious about this matter, and led the newly formed King Yan Guards to the scene in person, put himself in a dangerous situation without fear, and directly stormed several large households involved in the tax case by means of thunder, and sent them to the scene. All of their heads were hung on the local city gates.

And using the method Zhu Su taught him, he organized the people to hold a public trial, and made public all the crimes of these big households who relied on their families to be officials in Beijing and acted like a dominance. All proceeds were returned to the people.

Because of this incident, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, became so famous that he had the potential to overwhelm Zhu Su, the King of Wu.Jin Yiwei actually gained a bit of a good reputation because of this. Although it was still distasteful among officials, its image has recovered among the common people. Some people regard it as the emperor's law enforcement guards specially used to punish corrupt officials. .

The household department was paralyzed, causing most court officials to die and foxes to mourn.Many court officials jointly wrote a letter, admonishing old Zhu Wan not to get involved too much.If it goes on like this, the government will come to a halt.

The implication: It’s fine if the Ministry of Households suffers from disaster, please don’t implicate us any longer.Without people like us working for you, how can your old Zhu family rule Daming?

(End of this chapter)