"Hand it over."
After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, a eunuch handed over the memorial in the hands of the Minister of Justice and the evidence of corruption and bribery to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun flipped through the memorial.
In the main hall, the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works and the Governor of Water Transport had ashen faces.
They knew very well that they had embezzled silver during the water transport last year, resulting in no money to repair the river. In the end, the Yellow River burst its banks and the northwest region suffered a serious flood.
Although the flood was now under control, the two of them were still on tenterhooks. After all, the money for repairing the river had entered their pockets.
After Zhu Yijun finished reading the memorial, he said,"Gao Gong!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Come and take a look at this memorial." Zhu Yijun threw the memorial on the ground. Gao Gong picked it up and flipped through a few pages.
A roar shook the Imperial Court, and Gao Gong glared at the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works, Qian Zhonghui, and the Governor of Water Transport.
"Great Ming's foundation was destroyed by you bunch of maggots!”
The big show in the morning court was exceptionally exciting.
The Emperor, the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Justice came on stage, scaring all the civil and military officials in the court.
This storm enveloped all the officials in the court.
Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng joined forces to take care of the water transport and the Ministry of Works.
Three days later.
The Water Transport Governor's house was confiscated, and his property was converted into four million taels of silver. This kind of huge greed was even more hateful than Yan Song. The entire family of the Water Transport Governor was executed.
Two million taels of silver was also confiscated from the assistant minister's house. His entire family was executed.
……
In Gao Gong's mansion.
Gao Gong's face was red. In his eyes, the little emperor was a sage lord because he didn't listen to Zhang Ju Zheng's words and did not reform the land.
The little emperor chose his own way of governing the country.
Punish corrupt officials!
The little emperor's style was very much in line with Gao Gong's taste. It was also because of this that Gao Gong believed in Zhu Yijun very much.
Gao Gong's prestige rose rapidly.
Zhang Juzheng was fully cooperating with Gao Gong. Without the support of the East Military Department, Zhang Juzheng would not be able to compete with Gao Gong at all. Therefore, his only choice now was to endure and cooperate fully.
Moreover, punishing corrupt officials was also to pave the way for reform.
In Zhang Juzheng's eyes, he was borrowing Gao Gong's hand to open up a path for himself. Thus, he had done his best to cooperate with Gao Gong!
The entire Imperial City was in a bloody storm.
All the commoners were discussing animatedly. During this period of time, the Ministry of Justice would confiscate their property every day.
It's very important.
A total of thirty-two officials were investigated and 23 million taels of silver were confiscated…
Other than these officials, the officials in charge of the warehouse and the Weapon Department were also investigated. Although they were small officials, they were also corrupt…
This huge storm swept through the entire Ming Empire. All the officials were afraid, afraid that one day, they would point their guns at them.
……
Ten days later.
The Forbidden City was filled with the smell of blood. During this period, more than 20 officials had been executed. Long Qing had been the emperor for six years, but he had not killed as many officials as Zhu Yijun had killed in ten days.
Of course, this was something that could not be helped. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng handed over the official's corruption report. Zhu Yijun only said one sentence and pushed it out, beheading outside the noon gate.
None of them were wronged, because when these memorials were handed over, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had already ransacked the houses of the corrupt officials.
Every corrupt official had embezzled nearly a million taels of silver. If they were not killed, it would not be enough to establish a country!
In the eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court, the little Emperor was a wise ruler and a sage king. The truly cruel and merciless people were Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. The people who wanted to use torture to punish the corrupt officials came from the cabinet…
……
All the officials were scared silly.
They looked at the young man sitting on the dragon throne with fear in their hearts. During this period of time, they had thoroughly figured out the little emperor's background.
Although the little emperor was only ten years old, he was very powerful.
Not only was he perceptive, but his methods were also shrewd.
When he killed, he killed to the point that others were convinced. When he killed, he killed to the point that others were terrified and did not dare to take bribes or bend the law.
The national treasury was quickly filled.
In just ten days, the silver in the national treasury had already exceeded eighteen million taels of silver.
……
In the back palace, Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen had also heard the news. The two Empress Dowager's hearts were pounding. They had never thought that Zhu Yijun, whom they had watched grow up, would be so ruthless.
When it came to killing corrupt officials, it was merciless.
When Empress Dowager Li thought of Zhu Yijun's cold gaze at her that day, she was frightened.
At that time, he might have already had the intention to kill.
The imperial family was the most ruthless…
……
Zhu Yijun was reading the memorial in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
A eunuch ran in.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Secretary of the cabinet, Gao Gong, requests an audience…"
"Let him in."
Not long after, the high-spirited Gao Gong walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity. During this period of time, Gao Shou held the power of life and death and personally dealt with many corrupt officials. Some people called Gao Gong the butcher behind his back.
"Emperor, why did you call this old minister here?”
"I want to change the time of the court session. You have to come to the noon gate to wait for the edict every day at three in the morning. It's too tiring. I've decided to move the time of the morning court session back by two hours. You have to report at five in the morning and seven in the morning…"
After Gao Gong heard this, his expression changed drastically.
The timing of the morning court session was the minister's greatest complaint. However, the ministers did not dare to say it because if they did, it would be a sign of laziness and fear.
Actually, they had wanted to change the time for a long time.
Every winter, it was the coldest time in the Freezing Sky Underground Palace outside. They had to freeze outside the Noon Gate for two hours before they could attend the morning court session. Sometimes, the Emperor did not even attend the morning court session and would starve and freeze for nothing…
"My emperor is wise!"
Gao Gong was already in his sixties, and every day, he forced himself to attend the morning court session. If the time of the morning court session was pushed back by two hours, it would be a very different matter.
Sleeping for two hours was completely different from sleeping for two hours less.
After changing the time, Zhu Yijun began to ask Gao Gong about the punishment of corrupt officials.
After this harsh blow, the corrupt officials inside and outside the capital all restrained themselves, but there were still many fish that slipped through the net.
Just as Gao Gong was about to crack down on the fake and launch a deeper blow, Zhu Yijun stopped him.""If the water is too clear, there will be no fish."
Gao Gong immediately understood what Zhu Yijun meant. The punishment of corrupt officials had scared the civil and military officials of the court, because no official dared to say that they were clean.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who embezzled forty taels of silver would be beheaded. All the civil and military officials in the court had a few good friends and had accepted gifts from their good friends. Therefore, it was time to stop cracking down on corrupt officials.
Not to mention the other corrupt officials, even Zhang Juzheng had ten thousand taels of silver as a gift.
Zhang Juzheng wasn't the only one in the East Chamber's investigation.
Gao Gong also had some blemishes. Although Gao Gong did not take bribes, his servant did. If he were to haggle over every penny, then all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty would be executed…
To be honest, one had to do it bit by bit!
Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to burn all the evidence related to Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong.
"If we are too hasty in punishing corrupt officials, I'm afraid innocent people will be implicated.”
"I understand." Gao Gong understood Zhu Yijun's intentions and decided to put away his killing intent and stop investigating others. The punishment of corrupt officials was not temporary, but long-term.
Zhu Yijun checked the treasury list and smiled.
Now that the national treasury was full, other construction decrees could be implemented. Presumably, those corrupt officials would not dare to touch the national treasury funds in order to save their lives.
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