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Besides, after Hu Guang returned to the palace, he immediately entered the chat group to see the situation.

The lower left corner of the chat group showed an achievement value of 4532. There were still too few people watching the ceremony. If tens of thousands of people came, the achievement value would probably exceed 10,000?

Hu Guang thought in his heart and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. But there will be opportunities in the future. There are so many people in the capital, and sooner or later they will contribute millions of achievement points.

When he thought of this, he suddenly realized something was wrong. When I was outside the palace just now, I caused large-scale contribution achievement points twice in a row. Look at the number of people outside. If you include the civil and military officials plus the palace guards and ordinary people, the number is far more than three thousand! Even if only half of the people here admire me, logically speaking, he shouldn't only get more than 4,000 achievement points, right?

Hu Guang immediately made an estimate and became more and more sure that he was right. He recalled that when Jianlu attacked the city before, he had led all the civil and military officials to watch the battle at the top of the city. It seemed that the achievement value was not as high as imagined.

Thinking like this, he asked in his mind: "System, is there a limit to the achievement value?"

"The host understands correctly that the person who contributes achievement points must be within the range that the host can hear and feel!" The system's voice was lukewarm, but it could respond immediately.

Hu Guang was speechless for a while, and he guessed it right. In other words, in the future, giving speeches at gatherings with too many people will probably waste achievement points.

Forget it, forget about it for now, now you have more than 4,000 achievement points. Hu Zhengyan was kicked out of the elementary group, so there are only five people. However, the upper limit of the quota is 6. Let's take this opportunity to activate more and lower the upper limit.

With this in mind, Hu Guang immediately spent 3,000 achievement points to open three quotas at once, bringing the upper limit of quotas for the elementary group to 9 people, with a difference of 4 places.

Just when he was about to start adding people as a matter of course, Cao Huachun came and presented the materials he got from Han Shengcai.

One is Han Shengcai's information on Shanxi merchants and traitors, which is very detailed. In this way, with the external and internal evidence of Liu Xingzuo and Han Shengcai, we can basically be convicted without any objection, and we will wait for Ma Shilong to come to the capital.

The other was Han Shengcai's information on the operation of the bank account. What surprised Hu Guang was that in this era, if someone deposited money into the bank account, they would be charged a storage fee instead of interest. Of course, if someone deposits silver coins in Suzhou, he can go to the capital to withdraw the silver coins excluding storage fees and handling fees. This is also a very convenient method in the era when there were no banknotes.

While he was looking at this information, he heard another report from the chamberlain that Xue Guoguan, who had resigned from office and returned to his hometown, was waiting for an audience at the Meridian Gate.

When Hu Guang heard this, he remembered that this was the assistant minister recommended by Wen Tiren, the first assistant. He seemed to have quarreled with many Donglin Party members. In the end, he was attacked by the Donglin Party and it was Wei Suncai who returned home.

Hu Guang had a plan in his mind that was more suitable for this person. Thinking like this, he ordered an audience.

Xue Guoguan, who was in his early fifties, had a dignified appearance. After he came to the palace and saw the ceremony, he took the initiative to say: "The common people have heard that your Majesty attaches great importance to factory guards to supervise all officials. He has decreed that all those who have merit and fame, regardless of the royal family, will be sent to the capital." If you have to pay money and food or contribute to protect the capital, the common people can't help but exclaim loudly, they are impressed by His Majesty!"

"..." Hu Guang was speechless. As soon as they met, he flattered him and even scratched his own itch. Okay!

However, he remained calm on the surface and just asked in a gentle tone: "Oh, is this a good thing?"

When Xue Guoguan heard this, he didn't seem to realize that he had just flattered him. He replied seriously: "The common people think that these two strategies are a great good!"

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been natural disasters, but only in recent years, the harm of natural disasters has been far greater than before. The reason is probably due to the constant party disputes and corruption in the local and imperial courts. And His Majesty attaches great importance to factories. Wei, it is equivalent to putting a knife on the heads of those corrupt officials, making them worry about when the knife will hit their heads, so as to curb their illegal activities."

At this point, he paused, raised his voice and emphasized: "The common people have always believed that when factory guards are prevalent, those officials will stop and they will never engage in unscrupulous corruption..."

Hu Guang was a little surprised. Such a view was rare among civil servants. Even Wen Tiren never said that. This Xue Guoguan is really different!

However, such a unique person will be unlucky. Therefore, Xue Guoguan complained about the lack of supervision by factory guards, which became an important factor in his death.

At this time, Xue Guoguan was still talking: "In today's world, people are dying of poverty and dying of wealth. The gap between the rich and the poor is so huge that the common people think it is the most serious since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. This phenomenon must not be tolerated For a long time. Therefore, when the common people heard that His Majesty issued an order to provide money and effort to people with merit and fame, they were really surprised and admired it."

"It's probably because the rich people in our Ming Dynasty are all people with fame and fame. All the so-called wealthy businessmen are actually backed by officials and royal relatives. The court has no money, but they have money. Your Majesty asks them for money and food, which hits the point. !”

"..."

Listening to Xue Guoguan talking endlessly about views that others had never said before, Hu Guang was really surprised. He didn't expect that the person recommended by Wen Tiren had such advanced or different ideas! This is very true to your own temper and thoughts!

Therefore, after Xue Guoguan finished speaking, Hu Guang smiled slightly and said: "Don't talk about all the good things, tell me, what have I done during this period that you think can be improved?"

After he finished speaking, he saw that Xue Guoguan seemed to be slightly stunned, and said with relief: "You can say anything, I will pardon you and won't care about it!"

Hearing this, Xue Guo looked at the emperor and noticed the sincerity in his eyes. He bowed and said again: "Your Majesty, I do have some ideas for your Majesty's consideration."

"Well, tell me, I'm listening!" Hu Guang nodded, a little curious about what his big mouth would say.

I saw Xue Guoguan standing up straight, looking at the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty abolished the power of the imperial censors and officials to report affairs. It is true that many censors and officials became pawns in party disputes and corrupted the court. However, the common people think that if there are factory guards to supervise and the emperor is wise, they can stop them from messing around without abolishing the power of hearing and reporting. Just like the former Zuodu censor Cao Yubian, his true colors were revealed and he was not allowed to do anything. OK."

"But if the power of hearing and reporting is abolished, it will be difficult for the imperial censor to exercise the power of supervision! From now on, all civil and military officials will no longer be afraid of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they will become even more unscrupulous in their actions! "