"Where is Lu Xiangsheng!"
"I'm here," Lu Xiangsheng strode forward and shouted.
"I'll give you two days to find out this matter for me and bring justice to the people. No matter who is behind the scenes, they will be dealt with according to the law!" Zhu Youjian said.
"There is someone in the palace who is good at painting. I will give you the portrait of the criminal later.
Later I will send people to the capital camp to mobilize 10,000 soldiers for you to dispatch. You can search anywhere in the capital. Anyone who dares to stop them can be taken directly to prison. "
The dragon has reverse scales, anyone who touches them will be killed.
The actions of the mastermind behind the scenes have angered Zhu Youjian. If he wasn't afraid that his anger would frighten the people around him, Zhu Youjian would definitely let the people feel what it means to be angry with an emperor and lay down millions of corpses.
Yes, Zhu Youjian had already determined that the man behind the scenes was in the court.
You must know that the folk customs of the Ming Dynasty are quite simple now, and there are only a hundred vicious incidents in the country every year.
As the political center of the Ming Dynasty, the capital was patrolled by soldiers throughout the day.
A dozen vicious incidents occurred overnight, and the criminals have not yet been caught. It is hard to believe that officials were not involved.
As for whether the case can be solved on time, Zhu Youjian is not worried. In order to clean up some officials in advance, Zhu Youjian has already secretly ordered Jin Yiwei and secret guards to closely monitor all parts of the country in the past few days.
Naturally, the capital city is also under key surveillance.
That is to say, because the morning dynasty is at Mao hour (5-7 o'clock, the actual time of the morning dynasty in the Ming Dynasty is around 3 o'clock at Yin time), in order to sleep a little longer, Zhu Youjian scheduled the daily news reports of the Jin Yiwei and the secret guards after the morning dynasty.
It's such a big matter, and the sword is pointed directly at Jin Yiwei. Maybe Jin Yiwei has already investigated everything by now.
Even if there is no investigation, Jin Yiwei is probably already on the move.
I dare not guarantee it in other places, but in the capital, it is not difficult for Jinyiwei to find someone.
"The commander of His Majesty's Royal Guards wishes to see you."
A young eunuch hurriedly ran to Zhu Youjian and said.
"Let him come in." Zhu Youjian said.
Under normal circumstances, after the morning court, the Commander of the Jinyi Guard and the Commander of the Secret Guard would report some things to Zhu Youjian one after another. There must be a reason for their appearance now. Based on what Baiguan said just now, Zhu Youjian had already guessed the general reason.
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!" As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the commander of the Jinyi Guards shouted directly.
"Accurate." Zhu Youjian said.
"Your Majesty, someone pretended to be a royal guard last night..."
"Do you know the location of the criminal?"
"I know, but the Jinyiwei didn't go all out to search the official's house, so I came here to ask for your Majesty's order." The Jinyiwei commander said slowly, and when he said the word "official", he deliberately emphasized his tone.
"Yesterday Master Zhang hosted a banquet at home for the three masters Wang, Liu and Sun. During the dinner, he made it clear that he would use the power of the Lancang Kingdom and the Toungu Kingdom to assassinate His Majesty.
The specific plan is that before His Majesty builds the Ming Dynasty Martyrs’ Shrine, they will unite with hundreds of officials to advise Your Majesty on killing exotic animals to offer sacrifices to heaven..."
'Your Majesty, please spare my life. It was Wang, Liu, and Sun who forced me. They joined forces with King Fu... 'Seeing that things were exposed, Zhang Zishen
He knelt down on the ground with a bang and sold the three adults Wang, Liu and Sun.
"Someone comes here to get Shang Fang's sword."
"Shangfang Baojian, if I come here in person, you take Lu Xiangsheng and these people to catch the criminals. I will judge them personally."
Zhu Youjian said.
"Hmph! Do you think I can't lift the sword?" After slowly returning to the dragon chair, Zhu Youjian looked at the officials below and shouted loudly.
"Have I ever treated you badly since I ascended the throne?"
"I've never been wronged in the slightest." All the officials said in unison.
"Screw you, before you came to the throne, even though everyone couldn't even pay their salaries, my private income has never been less than 1,000 taels a year.
After you ascended the throne, your salary was doubled, but the tax-free land that I had promised was gone, and other miscellaneous income was also gone. New currency was exchanged for old currency, so that everyone could not spend their belongings. I wish I could grow old. God would have accepted you earlier. "
Many officials murmured in their hearts.
"Really? Why do I think you guys want me to die early?" Zhu Youjian said with a sneer.
Just kidding, Zhu Youjian doubled their salary, paid off what they owed before, and ensured that they could pay their salary on time every month, but how much salary was there before the Ming Dynasty?
A genuine first-grade coin only earns 87 silver coins a month, and even after doubling, it only earns 174 silver coins. Converted into grain, that’s one kilogram of grain per month.
Calculated based on 200 kilograms of grain per person per year, it is enough to feed 648 people.
This is only counting food. If you include clothing and sick people, plus the taxes deducted by the court, there will only be enough to feed 200 people if a first-class official is exhausted.
Moreover, pens, ink, paper and inkstones cost money, and children’s schooling costs money. Home caretakers need money!
Why can't a high-ranking official have a few servants in his home? Why don't you eat meat every now and then?
Calculated, a first-grade official would probably only have more than 80 silver coins left in a year.
80 silver coins is a lot, but compared with the gray income of previous officials, it is not even a fraction.
As a result, many honest officials have a better life, but what percentage of them are honest officials?
Most officials' nominal incomes have increased since Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, but in fact their lives are much more difficult than before. They can't even have freedom of brothel or drink. How can they not complain?
"Long live my emperor, Wansu, long live." The officials did not dare to answer, so they shouted in unison.
Although many officials wished that Zhu Youjian died immediately, who would be a fool to become an official?
Facing an angry emperor who holds the power of life and death, the only way to survive is to avoid the important and take the easy.
"Long live, haha. Birth, old age, illness and death are the normal course of life. From ancient times to the present, no one has been spared. Even the emperors of Qin and Han dynasties could not escape the cycle of life and death.
Life spans only a few decades. Is it so difficult to be a good official who can make parents and future generations proud?
Do you have to put up a wall of shame and let your parents and future generations be ashamed of it to be happy? "
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. The reason why you are so powerful as officials is because the people support this country. Forget it, I won't tell you! The masterminds behind this time have all been cut into pieces and all their property confiscated. 20 years of slavery for a third generation clan member will be considered a punishment, and any official within the nine clans will be removed from office, and nine generations of his family will not be allowed to participate in politics within 30 years!"
Zhu Youjian said after thinking for a while.
It is difficult to eliminate corrupt officials. If they are not in their position, they do not know their temptations! Officials face too many temptations every day. Except for those who are determined, most ordinary people will sink.
