At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Once the eunuchs were recruited to follow, the minds of the scholars were shifted from the investigation system itself to the eunuchs' intervention in politics.

This is really thanks to Emperor Huan Ling.

Thanks to the eunuchs' meddling in politics, they made a lot of fun, made the scholars disgusted enough, and the memory was so deep that Guo Peng's side just had a little sign, and the scholars immediately barked like dogs whose tails were trampled on. up.

One said that the appointment of eunuchs was an ominous omen, another said that eunuchs were bound to be corrupted if they went out, and the other said that the appointment of eunuchs would inevitably repeat the mistakes of Emperor Huan Ling. Is this what His Majesty would like to see?

If you are appointed, it will not seem like the country will perish.

If Emperor Chongzhen saw this scene, he would definitely agree with it deeply.

It's really fun.

Someone Guo ignored this at all, and insisted that each team appoint five eunuchs as supervisors, one as the leader and four as assistants, holding the emperor's order to supervise the officials instead of the emperor.

No matter what, we must find out those bastards who are in Xiaolian's team and deal with them severely.

So a group of people began to doubt whether the emperor really wanted to do something about the procuratorate system or to make excuses for himself to appoint eunuchs.

Does the emperor want to reproduce the ten permanent attendants?

There are many eunuchs around Guo Peng, and they are all engaged in making money for the emperor. This is an open secret in the court.

The emperor's eunuchs continued to earn high profits by controlling various industries, and then gave blood transfusions to the emperor's private treasury, so that the emperor could use the money in the treasury to do things in various names, so as to buy people's hearts and consolidate power and status.

There is no doubt that His Majesty's move is quite ruthless. This ensures that His Majesty has a large and sufficient source of income that can be used freely. Even if the treasury is limited, His Majesty's internal treasury can be temporarily supported and turned into a temporary treasury .

He can do whatever he wants, and the officials can't control it.

But no one dared to say that he was competing with the people for profit.

Someone once said that the emperor ignored him, but he argued hard, and then he went back to his hometown to farm, and then no one argued hard again.

Now if there are still people who argue with reason, His Majesty the Emperor will not dislike one more hardworking farmer on his land.

So watching the emperor ignore them and add a large number of eunuchs to the Xiaolian review team, the officials felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but there was nothing they could do but accept the reality.

It is such a dilemma to work under the powerful emperor.

The review team set off, and the Tai students in the capital were dumbfounded.

It was a good time for them to leave Taixue and enter the government, but because of the exposure of a scandal, some of them who had been appointed to the central government as Lang Guan were implicated.

Can't get in, waiting for review.

It would be dangerous if something bad was found out.

This time is really dangerous.

Because the emperor was really angry, so angry that even the officials didn't believe it, he strongly advocated requiring eunuchs to enter the review team.

Official censorship may be accommodating, but eunuchs...

To be honest, the eunuchs sent out by this wave have nothing to do with everyone. They are not the eunuchs who have been dealing with everyone for the longest time. They are all very strange, and they don’t speak. same money.

Especially the local filial piety inspection team in Luoyang, those eunuchs seemed to have no feelings, and their faces were dark as if they had died of family members. , also visited everywhere.

This is very dangerous.

Many scholars have heard bad news from their parents or fathers. When they are too busy to study these days, a group of scholars gather together and worry.

"I heard that this time is not easy. My father doesn't know many people in charge of the review, and I don't know who to ask for accommodation."

"My father is also frowning. Although he told me not to worry, how can I not worry? This... This is related to my official career!"

"I don't know if I can find someone to accommodate me. I asked someone from my clan to help me with a place in my hometown. I rely on filial piety. I hope I won't be found out."

"These damned eunuchs...how could His Majesty appoint eunuchs? Isn't the disaster of the eunuchs of the previous dynasty terrible enough?"

A group of people talked and talked, and they brought the topic to the eunuch.

Then, a scholar asked a thought-provoking question.

"Why does the emperor always like eunuchs?"

A group of scholars looked at me, I looked at you, and then they all looked at the scholar who asked the question.

Seems to be looking at a fool.

In this world where people treat each other as fools, it is not easy to be a rare and confused person. This person is so confused that he is not fake but genuine.

But in any case, no matter how disgusted and disturbed the scholars were, the filial piety review operation was quickly launched, and the review team rushed to various places to conduct strict investigations on the scholars and bureaucrats recommended by various places.

The emperor's thunderous fury frightened all the bureaucrats, and they set to work with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

Then, not unexpectedly, a group of people who "deceit the world and steal their names" surfaced.

Zhao Mian, a scholar recommended by Qinghe County, was selected for his filial piety.

The reason why Qinghe County Magistrate recommended him was that he had served his father as a filial piety for three years, and then diligently served his frail mother. In order to take care of his mother, he had declined the invitation to give Xiaolian three times.

This was the fourth time, and he finally accepted it because the old mother was finally willing to go to Luoyang with him so that he could take care of her nearby.

This filial son who came from a scholarly family with a lot of property, a lot of people, and more than 30 servants was finally able to get rid of his worries and go to Luoyang to accept his official position without worrying that his mother would be left alone.

In fact, this is also normal operation, and it is not worth making a fuss about.

What made all the fuss was that he had been out hunting with a group of friends for three days and three nights when his mother was ill.

It was also found that he drank a lot of alcohol during his father's filial piety, was hangovered for many days, was drunk and dreamed to death, and also took a house of concubines and got a daughter.

Public opinion exploded again.

Undoubtedly, this person's misdeeds were recorded and then went to Datian Listening. Qinghe County Sheriff was also recorded as guilty because of his ignorance, and went to Datian Listening.

However, this is not the end, this is just the beginning.

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Under the resolute investigation of the joint investigation team, the inside of the prosecution system, which has never been subjected to such intensive scrutiny, can be seen at a glance.

Liu Wei, a scholar recommended by Shanyin County in Yanzhou, was also selected for his filial piety. When his mother died, he cried until he vomited blood, and kept filial piety for his deceased mother for five years.

His filial piety moved heaven and earth, and the governor of Shanyin County decided to recommend him.

Then the inspection team found out that the two-year-old son and the three-year-old daughter, as well as taking concubines during the mother's filial piety, were comparable to the one in Qinghe County.

No doubt he had a blast too.

Even the fact that the Shanyin County Sheriff and his father were old acquaintances was exposed, and the Sanyin County Sheriff's face turned blue.

It's not over either.

Langya County in Xuzhou made a special request to the Ministry of Rites to recommend three people.

These are three brothers. They are local tyrants. Their parents left early. The three brothers grew up together with mutual support.

The governor of Langya then decided to recommend the eldest brother among them.

But the eldest brother was unwilling and wanted to give up the recommendation spot to the second brother.

The second brother is also unwilling, and wants to give up the nomination spot to the third brother.

The third brother was even more unwilling, and would return the quota to the elder brother no matter what.

You let me let you go, no one is willing to accept it, but they don’t want to do it by themselves, and leave the brothers in the local area.

But the governor of Langya County was finally moved by their humility and brother Gong, so he decided to recommend the three brothers together.

But because there are only two places in Langya County, he made a special request to the Ministry of Rites, hoping that the Ministry of Rites can agree.

At that time, the Ministry of Rites was "moved" by the deep brotherhood, and then specially allowed the petition of the governor of Langya.

So everyone was happy, and it became a good talk in the local area.

After the investigation team moved in, they conducted an in-depth investigation of the three brothers.

Then they found clues that the three brothers had an improper relationship with the master book next to the governor of Langya.

After digging deeply and visiting everywhere, I finally found out that the three brothers bribed the chief bookkeeper in order to become officials together.

The three brothers want to be officials, but there are not enough places, and none of them is willing to give in. They all want to be the first ones to go further on the official road.

For this reason, they quarreled many times and almost fought.

The master book gave them advice, asking them to be humble and decline each other.

So the three brothers clearly wanted to be an official and wanted to die, but they refused to accept the recommendation of the county magistrate.

Afterwards, he blew in the ear of the sheriff, and spent money to create momentum in the local area, creating a good reputation and personality for the three brothers.

The sheriff has always trusted this master book. Hearing that the three brothers have a good reputation in the local area, and they are deeply brotherly, they don't want to be separated, so they are also willing to promote this good talk.

As everyone knows, this beautiful talk is actually a trap that has been designed long ago.

In order to become officials together and change their destiny, the three brothers did everything they could, not to mention their acting skills.

And that master book is also an excellent screenwriter and director talent.

There was nothing to say, Langya County exploded on the spot.

The two scholars recommended by Donglai County, Qingzhou, missed their feet when the investigation team inspected their academic level.

Can this level be recommended?

Not to mention moral character, how can academic level be passable?

Although it is said that Chaju has been monopolized by the tyrants of the gentry, it is not even possible to not teach their children to learn this scripture, right?Want to be recommended as Lang Guan at this level?

Is the government re-examination by the Ministry of Rites a display?

Needless to say, for some scholars from some families, the re-examination by the Ministry of Rites is just a decoration, and the operability is too great, just like Guo's back then.

But Mr. Guo is the kind of person who is not afraid of you if you ask me. He has real skills. Unlike these people, he actually took the exam naked.

It's okay to take the naked test, but it happened to be found out.

So needless to say, Dongnae County exploded on the spot.

The two Xiaolian recommended by Chen Jun in Yuzhou are also top-notch.

A man who was exposed as his father's filial piety couldn't bear the hardships, so he came up with the trick of using a double instead.

I found someone who was similar in appearance and size to me, and paid him to keep filial piety on my behalf. In order to avoid the limelight, I crossed the Yangtze River to Jingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River to join my distant relatives.

In Jiangling County, this guy was extravagant in eating, drinking, and having fun. He spent 25 months of filial piety, and then he came back.

There is another person who is filial but filial. He has been filial for three years, and he has been a monk for three years. It's convenient for business people...

The two exploded together, and they were also found out about corruption cases by the way.

Chen County exploded on the spot, merchants were killed, and thirteen family properties were seized. From the county guard down, almost no county officials were spared.

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There are too many to mention.

From April of the seventh year of Yande to July of the seventh year of Yande, in the three months, the joint investigation team has thoroughly investigated Xiaolian, Maocai, Xianliang, Fangzheng and other officials of the current year.

But, the scholars and bureaucrats who have come all the way through the road of promoting Xiaolian are actually unwilling to investigate this kind of thing so harshly, because they also know that it is inevitable that this kind of thing really needs to be investigated. Because everyone has problems.

Earlier, the emperor had strict control, and the tests were stricter. The high-ranking families had to force their children to study hard, study hard, and use their own educational resources to train their children. This kind of talent is one generation after another.

Later, the emperors were all children and bastards, and wealthy families could be officials without forcing their children to study, so why should they work so hard to study and study?

So gradually the mood went bad.

Earlier recommenders such as Xiaolian and Maocai had to be responsible for recommenders such as county guards and governors of the state. Once the recommendee made a mistake, the recommender should also bear the responsibility. Therefore, the existence of old officials is relatively close, and officials choose recommenders. Will be more careful.

Later, for the sake of convenience and in order not to take responsibility, this rule actually disappeared.

Ju Xiaolian was gradually spoiled.

The prosecution system has been played to such an extent, and the atmosphere has been corrupted to such an extent, that if you really want to thoroughly investigate to the end, it is not too much to cut off your head.

However, this is not an unspoken rule!

Everyone tacitly understands, you understand and I understand, but we don't change it and let it be free. This is a privilege, and this is the privilege that the emperor bestows on scholars.

Why did your emperor start to investigate?

You don't play by the rules!