Although Su Yonglin was mentally prepared for the final break, he didn't want to do anything so desperate as a last resort.
He still wanted to do his best to get rid of this bad atmosphere from the Jiangnan old people's group, hoping that they could rein in the precipice and stop doing things that made him feel painful.
Therefore, in several subsequent revival meeting meetings, Su Yonglin mentioned this matter many times and gave a very important speech.
"The purpose of the revolution is to destroy the privileged class. We fought hard and exhausted our efforts for this purpose. Countless martyrs sacrificed their lives for this. In the end, we overthrew the privileged class and achieved the revolutionary Ming Dynasty. But now, you are Going back?
Then I have to wonder why we established today's Ming Dynasty. I have to wonder what all the sacrifices we have made in the bloody battle so far are for. What would those soldiers who died in the battle think if they knew about it?
I don’t want them to regret that they have fought so seriously and hard. I don’t want them to regret that they sacrificed their lives to establish the Ming Dynasty. I also don’t want to live up to the expectations of the people.
Our goal is to build a new country without oppression and exploitation. Ming Dynasty carries the ideal of all of us. I will never allow anyone to destroy this ideal. No matter who he is, as long as I am alive, I will definitely work with him. Fight to the end. "
It's not a declaration, it's not a declaration, it's not a threat, it can only be said to be Su Yonglin's statement to everyone.
Because no matter what, Su Yonglin would not accept the outcome of Ming Guo's degenerative disease.
He is a person who has decided to live for his ideals all his life. Even if he dies, he will die for his ideals. He will not compromise with anyone or any force, and there is no need for that.
The road has come to this point. Compromise in any sense will bring disastrous consequences, ranging from national turmoil to falling into an abyss and unable to extricate itself. His Ming Dynasty has no way back.
Because of feeling such a will, the discordant discussions in Zhongdu City quickly disappeared without a trace. No one continued to make any further reaction against the imperial court's treatment of this group of corrupt people and perverting the law. direction of action.
It was as if everything before was just a dream and had never happened.
This situation actually directly proves Su Yonglin's unshakable might and power in the Ming Dynasty. It also means that some people who were ready to act because Su Yonglin did not show his strong authority for a long time are once again fully aware of Su Yonglin's irreplaceability.
At least it's irreplaceable now.
It's not that Su Yonglin can't do it, he just doesn't want to do it, but as long as he makes up his mind, there's nothing he can't do.
This country was created by him, and all the heroes were taught by him. He personally commanded and won many tough battles. If he wanted to be a dictator, no one would be qualified to oppose him.
They gave in, gave up, and stopped resisting.
Su Yonglin took advantage of the victory to pursue, expand the scope of attack, and carry out this wave of purges to the end.
The scope of the crackdown has expanded from crimes in the political field to crimes in the economic field, and people across the country have been called upon to actively provide clues to local public consultation rooms to assist the court in punishing corrupt officials.
The five working groups dispatched by the judicial department to five provinces also gained a lot from this process.
Among them, the biggest gain was in Hebei Province. The working group directly received the report and destroyed a corruption criminal group and took down all the officials in a county in Hebei Province.
The officials in this county, starting from the county magistrate, were demanding things from top to bottom. Their crimes were heinous and petty officials were extremely corrupt. This made the members of the working group extremely angry. They directly dispatched legal soldiers and forbidden troops to capture them collectively and took them all to Zhongdu. stand trial.
Because of this incident, Su Yonglin realized that the misconduct of officials may not be limited to Qiao Feng and the Ludian Group. Officials across the country may have problems, large and small. It is indeed impossible to punish officials for their crimes once and for all. .
So in early August of the ninth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin issued a self-rectification and self-examination order to the Renaissance organizations at all levels across the country, and dispatched the first round of nationwide Zhongdu judicial inspection teams to launch nationwide picket operations.
He asked the supervisory departments of the Renaissance organizations at all levels to fully cooperate with the local judicial departments and cooperate with the Zhongdu Judicial Inspection Team to carry out a nationwide campaign to punish rape and eliminate evil.
Since there is going to be a big purge, let’s just do it in a big way and don’t let some people take chances.
He even felt that such actions would become a routine, every few years, every few years, so that those officials who were lazy and greedy for enjoyment would remind themselves one by one.
Don’t forget what kind of country Ming Dynasty is.
As for the resentment in the hearts of officials and Jiangnan elders, Su Yonglin is not afraid.
If someone tries to use various means to threaten Daming's current upward development trend, he will never show mercy, no matter who the other party is.
Regarding such determination, he not only held meetings to speak about it, but also wrote these determinations into articles, ordered the printing department to print these articles, ordered them to be circulated by government organizations at all levels across the country, and notified to the public.
Under his strong promotion, starting from April of the ninth year of Hongwu to early October of the ninth year of Hongwu, for a full half year, Su Yonglin conducted a wave of large-scale reviews of officialdom and Renaissance organizations across the country.
Led by Qiao Feng, the former deputy director of the Organization Department, the judicial team arrested a total of 537 officials, staff, and Fuxing members with clear evidence of crimes.
By October of the ninth year of Hongwu, the picketing actions in the areas of the imperial court and the Renaissance Society came to an end, and the original goal was basically achieved.
The Qiao Feng and Ludian criminal gangs were uprooted and eradicated, and dozens of other scraps and small criminal gangs were also eliminated. All that could be found were eliminated in one go.
On the other hand, regarding matters within the army, the arrest and explanation of some cadres from the Ministry of Military Affairs made Su Yonglin realize that there were also some problems that needed to be dealt with in the army.
So he specially ordered that a joint military court be formed by the judicial team, the Privy Council, and the Military Affairs Department of the Renaissance Society to conduct a comprehensive round of inspections of all corps across the country. If there are problems in the army, they can directly report them to the military court and assist the handlers in recording the merits.
Starting from mid-to-late May of the ninth year of Hongwu's reign until October, almost 90% of the review of the country's military was carried out, and 98 military cadres and 77 political cadres with problems and misconduct were found. All people should be held accountable.
There is no doubt that the army's problems are much simpler and less serious than the court's problems. This is inseparable from the special attributes of the army and Su Yonglin's concern for the army.
After this precedent, Su Yonglin also ordered the regularization of the military court system, separating judicial issues within the military from civilian courts, with separate responsibilities and no communication.
So far, the five-month-long third purge and rectification campaign launched by Su Yonglin has almost come to an end. Powerful and corrupt organizations inside and outside Zhongdu have been uprooted, and everything that can be found has been eradicated.
Those who deserved to be killed were killed, and a group of thousands of people who deserved to be exiled to do hard labor had already embarked on the journey.
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They divided their troops into three groups, either heading to Shazhou, Jishi State, or Kukhalin State.
The tense atmosphere in Zhongdu slowly relaxed as time went by, and there seemed to be a hint of life inside and outside the court. The judicial officials and legal pawns who had been running back and forth in the past few months brought great excitement to the court officials. The terrifying feeling of shock also gradually disappeared.
Of course, this is not the end.
