Chapter 168 Read it out!

Even after several years of not listening, the prince still had the talent for sophistry.

But compared to before, I am more comfortable now.

Moreover, the considerations now are more practical. In the prince's mind, how to deal with the Zhejiang case must be crucial.

But Liu Daxia didn't know what happened in Zhejiang.

The prince felt that he could not understand what he said, and Liu Daxia also felt that the prince was avoiding the important and taking the easy.

He argued vigorously: "Your Highness is the prince, so he has no right to interfere in the selection of internal officials. However, most of the internal officials who supervise the local area are greedy and want endless bribes. I have no other ideas. I only hope that Your Highness will know this in detail. If so,

If you can control the internal officials and reduce the number of people, the people of the world will be grateful to the prince for his virtue."

"As for whether it is to collect official wealth or people's wealth, there is no difference. Don't you know that official wealth is taken from the people? And because the internal officials are set up in Zhejiang, they are asking for more from the people. The reason is extremely simple, so why bother, Your Highness?

Argue with me?"

What do you call this? It seems that all the mistakes are because he sent a eunuch.

Zhu Houzhao felt a little angry, "Liu Shangshu, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are so corrupt. Is it because I sent an eunuch in Zhejiang? Without Wei Bin, wouldn't the officials in Zhejiang be asking for people? How can you compare these big and small?

A small problem was transformed into a problem of dispatching internal officials, and then he brought it to the palace and said that this person was sent by me. If this is really going to be the case, then well, your Ministry of War does not have internal officials, right?"

"Today we will conduct a thorough inspection of the Ministry of War. All officials from top to bottom are intact! I would like to see if there is any corruption in a place without internal officials! If it is true that there is not, I, the Prince of the East Palace, will apologize to you.

Apologize, if so, what do you say to Liu Daxia?!"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he realized that this idea was not feasible, so he gently advised: "Prince, running a country is not a gamble. Please calm down."

Zhu Houzhao wanted to roll his eyes. For a good old man like you, the minister can't do whatever he wants.

To be honest, the territory of the Ming Dynasty at this time was not as large as that of the Republic.

He doesn't have the time to be a good person, he wants to be a saint.

"Father! An overall investigation of whether officials in various ministries have accepted bribes is of course also a matter of governing the country, and I know what I know. Besides, there is no reason why the officials of the Ministry of War cannot be investigated, right?"

The reason why they have some objections is that these "locals" know about the corruption of officials.

Zhu Houzhao is not a professor in the history department, and he doesn't understand why people have to say that they have sent many eunuchs to various places when their property is being plundered. Yes, this is indeed one of the reasons, but it is not the fundamental reason. Civil servants are also corrupt!

Can you not follow the line of eunuch corruption and chop the emperor on the head, saying it is the emperor's fault?

In fact, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, there were no internal officials at all. The difference between external officials was that they were all officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was somewhat 'persuaded' by the prince, but he couldn't stand up.

Turning to look at Liu Daxia, Liu Shangshu's lips trembled, obviously being held back.

Zhu Houzhao sneered, "Liu Shangshu, are you thinking of resigning in your heart? What's wrong? You don't have confidence in the Ministry of War? Do you want to go back and look for it? Maybe there is a eunuch hidden in the Yamen, that's fine, and again

It's my fault."

Liu Daxia was so ridiculed that his face turned red.

How dare he make such a bet with the prince? After this bet, what will he have left? It would be okay if he didn’t bet, because colleagues understand each other. The money of Lao Zhu’s family is so small, if he doesn’t think of ways to make some, he will have long ago

starving.

In fact, it turned out that Liu Daxia was indeed a person who always wanted to resign, but after telling the prince, it was obvious that he wanted to resign now, and his guilty conscience was too obvious.

"His Highness speaks sharply and insists on not listening to my sincere advice, which really makes me extremely sad. The so-called way to raise a king is to be prepared for everything, and to assign responsibilities to his ministers, and to do what they say. When the ministers do their job, and the king

Daosi is honored. I hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of War and live in the emperor's salary, so I have to say something."

"Your Highness, I dare to ask, has Your Highness withheld the memorial from Huzhou Magistrate Xu Ruoqin?"

As soon as these words were said, the three cabinet ministers all lamented.

Liu Daxia fought tooth and nail for the sake of morality...

As a minister of the Ministry of War, how can you say such things? How do you know the memorials written by other officials?

Emperor Hongzhi was also a little surprised. When did this happen?

But the prince took it out of his sleeve and threw it directly in front of him, "Is this what you're talking about?"

Liu Daxia picked it up and brushed off the dust on it when it fell to the ground.

"I didn't expect His Highness to carry it with him all the time." Liu Daxia picked it up, picked one of the lines and read it on the spot, "He is favored and held in a high position, his family is warm and he has a good salary, and because he takes advantage of the wealth and power to compete with the people for the benefit of the lower class,

The people will be safe and secure. This is Dong Zhongshu's famous saying, and His Highness should have read it."

Liu Daxia touched his head to the ground and cried out, "Your Highness, you are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and you have never been short of money in the palace. But there are still many people in the Ming Dynasty who have no clothes to cover their bodies, no food to cover their bellies, and no shelter.

They are all your Highness’s subjects! I sincerely ask Your Highness to help the people!”

These words are spoken with real emotions.

For a moment, Zhu Houzhao couldn't tell whether he could really act like this or if he was just stupid because of his reading. He didn't believe it either.

Liu Daxia was a favorite of Emperor Hongzhi, and his emotions made Hongzhi a little worried.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything, he took out another thing from his arms and handed it into Liu Daxia's hand, "Liu Shangshu, read it out."

Liu Daxia looked up at the prince, feeling a little confused.

"Read it out! Let Father, let everyone here hear it!" Zhu Houzhao raised his voice and ordered.

"Chen..." Liu Daxia is also a talented young man with a Jinshi background. He can't say that he can read ten lines at a glance, but he can still understand the basic content at a glance, so when he read the first word, his hands began to tremble.

"I am from Zhejiang... Wang Huali, the governor of Zhejiang, reported this with blood... I went to Zhejiang to investigate and deal with the case of the former eunuch Wei Bin who embezzled money. According to the investigation, from the twelfth year to the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, Wei Bin embezzled money and a total of two

There are more than 1.5 million taels, and now there are only more than 1.26 million taels left. I obeyed His Majesty’s decree and corrupted the order, just to get into the Zhejiang officialdom and make false promises. I am hereby submitting to Zhejiang Chief Envoy Li Yancai for inspection.

Make Dang Shanji the case file that concluded the case, and the list of officials in Zhejiang who divided the stolen goods."

"Li and Dang made a plan. Only 300,000 taels of silver were recorded in the case file, and the remaining 500,000 taels were stolen alive by a group of officials. Among them, Li and Dang were the main conspirators, each embezzling 100,000 taels of silver, and collaborating with

Participating in government affairs in the government, inspectors and deputy envoys are divided according to the size of their official positions..."

At this point, he suddenly stopped.

Zhu Houzhao refused, "Can't you read?"

Everyone's minds were attracted by this letter, and Liu Daxia had no choice but to read it again, "...there are also Hangzhou prefect Qiu Zongxia who received 30,000 silver, Huzhou prefect Xu Ruoqin who received 30,000 silver, and Taizhou, Shaoxing, and Jiaxing prefects all took the initiative to help...

…your highness,”

He raised his head, unable to read any more.

"Mr. Xie Ge, you have a loud voice, please continue reading." Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to pay attention to him.

When Xie Qian took it in his hand, he was full of energy, which was much more comfortable than Liu Mansion's crying and chanting at the same time.

"The prefects of Taizhou, Shaoxing and Jiaxing all took the initiative to join the party. Li and Dang appointed him as a party member and received 10,000 silver each. He also had the river yamen and the weaving yamen to share their profits. In addition, there was still silver left. One hundred and eighty thousand taels, this silver has not been touched. I was puzzled, and after asking, I learned that this is a small gift necessary for entering the capital. Your Highness, all the ministers said that the people's livelihood is unspeakably miserable, and I think it is a bad gift to the people's livelihood. A great harm is caused by the administration of officials!"

"Return the letter to me." The prince went to get it, then looked back at Liu Daxia, "Da Sima, now look at this memorial written by Xu Ruoqin. I have withheld his memorial. Is he wronged or not? You Today there is such a drama in Qianqing Palace, am I wronged or not? There is also Li Yancai, who you also recommended. These people who are seeking fame and reputation keep saying that I am competing with the people for profit. What do they call these things?! "

boom!

Suddenly there was a crisp sound in the originally silent Nuang Pavilion, which startled everyone. After looking closely, they realized that Emperor Hongzhi suddenly grabbed something and threw it on the ground!

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

All the officials, eunuchs, and maids of the Qianqing Palace knelt down!

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Chapter completed!