Gu Zuo was very busy that night.
He led people to arrest seven or eight courtiers one after another.
Without exception, these courtiers, like Jin Xiang, were all people who secretly accepted bribes from the southern gentry and impeached the navy for no reason.
And precisely because of this, they successfully entered the eyes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After all, the navy is doing a good job and is upright and collects tariffs. Why do you impeach them?
If you said that you did not take bribes from others and impeached for the sake of impeachment, who would believe it?
Gu Zuo personally led the team, which was extremely efficient.
All the officials on the list were directly arrested and imprisoned, and no one dared to resist.
After all, the name of Gu Zuo, the censor of Zuodu, is known to everyone.
But what these criminals find hard to accept is why Gu Zuo found out about them?
Didn't His Majesty the Emperor ask this damn Gu Zuo to investigate the navy?
How did they know that this was just a scene performed by Gu Zuo and Zhu Di.
He, Gu Zuo, is neither stupid nor stupid, so how could he really investigate the navy!
Officials are corrupt and accept bribes, and even the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate knowingly commits the crime. This in itself is a sign of the lack of supervision by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He, Gu Zuo, the censor of Zuodu, has an unshirkable responsibility!
So Zhu Di ordered him to investigate carefully, and Gu Zuo naturally heard the hidden meaning of the emperor's words.
The emperor gave Gu Zuo a chance to make meritorious deeds!
In this case, what was Gu Zuo afraid of? He started to take people away overnight.
I have to admit that the efficiency of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is quite terrifying.
After a busy night, a list of names was soon delivered to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di is letting his little nose burn memorials at the moment, which are the ones where the court officials impeached the navy.
Facing the impeachment of Zheng He and the navy by the court officials, Zhu Di's approach was so simple and crude. He first ordered people to record the names of these court officials, and then threw all the impeachment memorials into the charcoal brazier without even taking a look. nothing.
Zhu Di knew why they wanted to impeach Zheng He and the Navy.
Zhu Di is just old now, and his energy is not as good as before, but it does not mean that he is stupid!
Through the navy, the royal family controls the five major customs and monopolizes maritime trade, which is tantamount to blocking other people's wealth.
Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. How could those people not hate Zheng He and the navy?
But hate comes back to hate, you should at least figure out the target, right?
A group of clowns still want to compete with the royal family?
Where do you get the courage from!
Is it easy for the royal family to make money?
We also have to bear military expenses and support the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. These all cost money!
But these clowns are lucky. For the sake of the astonishing profits from maritime trade, they dare to put pressure on the royal family and want to steal money from the royal family!
Oh, it is unbearable!
Have you seen me getting old and forgotten how I came to be the emperor?
While burning, Zhu Di asked someone to write down the name.
One by one, they will be sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate later and Gu Zuo will be released to arrest and investigate!
In fact, Zhu Di wanted to use the Dongchang spy agency, but he did not take action.
After all, it is the eunuchs and eunuchs who make the decision in Dongchang. To put it in the words of the second brother, these eunuchs and eunuchs are somewhat perverted in their hearts. If possible, they should use it as little as possible.
One is that it is very likely to form a second notorious spy agency, and the other is that giving eunuchs and eunuchs too much power will create a hidden danger for future generations.
Throughout the ages, there have been countless examples of eunuchs and eunuchs causing harm to the country and chaos in government.
So Zhu Di thought about it, held back, and handed the matter over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After all, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has developed to this point, and in a sense, it has successfully replaced Jinyiwei and has some of the functions of Jinyiwei.
Moreover, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a supervisory agency on the surface. If someone investigates you, it proves that there is something wrong with you!
The criminal was arrested and examined by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the civil and military officials of the court did not dare to discuss anything. After all, the Metropolitan Procuratorate held the reputation of righteousness.
"Little Sniffle, send these names to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and let Gu Xianzi check them out!"
Speaking of "Gu Penzi", Zhu Di also had a smile on his face.
This guy, the second brother, really knows how to judge people.
Gu Zuo, who was only thirty years old at the time, was recommended by Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han Dynasty, and became the censor of Zuodu. He was feared by everyone in the court.
Over the years, Gu Zuo has indeed done a very good job, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate has regained its due glory in his hands!
Little Sniffle bowed and left, but soon came back.
"Your Majesty, Sir Gu wants to see you!"
"Oh?" Zhu Di smiled, "Is it such a coincidence?"
"It seems that something was found last night. Call him in!"
After a while, Gu Zuo hurriedly walked into the palace and knelt down in front of Zhu Di.
"Your Majesty, this case has been roughly investigated."
"It turned out that a group of southern gentry were dissatisfied with the imperial court's monopoly on maritime trade, so they deliberately impeached Zheng He and the navy and tried to install their people in the five major customs!"
"In addition, these southern gentry have a second step plan to control the raw silk raw materials, cut off the raw material supply to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and rush to buy and hoard silk, tea, porcelain and other overseas goods, trying to put pressure on the imperial court and force the imperial court to open up customs mouth!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di's face darkened.
"Hey, you are so brave!"
"I just can't understand it. Aren't these people afraid of death?"
Is money or life more important?
Is it okay to risk one's life for the sake of profits from ocean trade?
Gu Zuo also shook his head and laughed. After thinking for a moment, he replied: "Maybe this is 'Lingzhifa'!"
Zhu Di sighed.
"Who are the southern gentry and merchants specifically?"
"There are many, here is the list!"
Gu Zuo handed the list to Little Nose, who respectfully placed it on the imperial desk.
Zhu Di just glanced at it and then lost interest.
"Give the list to the prince and let him handle it!"
"In addition, there is a list of officials here. Gu Aiqing, please continue checking!"
"We must find out all the bad apples. We would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. Don't let any of them go!"
When Gu Zuo heard this, his heart was shaken and he hurriedly bowed to accept the order.
Of course he knew where these officials came from. They were all officials who impeached Zheng He and the Navy!
But now, because of an impeachment memorial, these officials were written down in the emperor's notebook. It can be said that they have been unlucky for eight lifetimes!
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, would you like to..."
Gu Zuo forced himself to speak, but was interrupted by Zhu Di before he finished speaking.
"You don't need to worry about Nanjing, the prince has his own plans!"
"The navy is the prince's treasure, how can he watch the navy suffer injustice?"
Gu Zuo smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said again: "Your Majesty, what I want to say is, do you want to remind the prince not to make the matter too big?"
Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this, and then was speechless.
He really hadn't thought about this problem.
The Navy Master is indeed the favorite of Prince Zhu Gaoxu!
Now some people are impeaching Zheng He and the navy for no reason, and they have been wronged. Isn't that bastard the second one going on a killing spree in the south again?
This prince has always been very protective of his children!
Zhu Di thought for a long time and finally shook his head.
"That's all, let him go!"
"They are just some clowns after all, it's better to clean them up!"
"Gu Aiqing should be careful these days and always have a guard with you when you go out!"
"Once those people get red-eyed, they are likely to do anything. But you can't rely on their conscience to find out."
Hearing the emperor's words, Gu Zuo felt warm in his heart.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know what's going on!"
"Well, go down and get someone, let your hands and feet go and do it!"
After Gu Zuo accepted the order, he walked out of Qianqing Palace. Looking at the list of officials in his hand, he felt a little excited.
This is a big order!
