Yan Song was extremely terrified as he walked out of Yangxin Palace Hall with a face full of cold sweat.
In Yangxin Palace Hall, the Seal Eunuch Lü Fang, who had been bowing to Zhu Zaihou, walked over and said,"
"Your Majesty is wise. I have never seen Grand Secretary Yan so flustered.”
"Is that so? Lu Fang, I'll give you a mission to reform. Let's see if you'll panic…"
He hurriedly waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for me. I don't have the ability to reform the government, nor do I have the ability to reform and fight corruption…
"It is most appropriate for the cabinet to handle such matters.”
Originally, Zhu Zaihou did not plan to let the ceremonial supervisor go to fight corruption.
The ceremonial supervisor's responsibility was to supervise and monitor, not to take action.
Otherwise, their power would expand and cause the power of the imperial court to lose balance.
The capital was preparing for an G Storm.
On the other side.
This time, he was going to go straight to the enemy's lair and take the head of the Japanese chieftain from the tens of thousands of Japanese pirates to present to the current emperor.
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After the cabinet received the decree, they rushed to the East Chamber.
He sorted out the list of officials who had been investigated over the years.
The second assistant, Xu Jie, had to deal with the daily affairs of the empire.
Zhu Zaihou handed over the anti-corruption matter to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng went to see Huang Jin that night.
Without the help of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, it would be very difficult to gather evidence.
With the Emperor's decree, Lu Fang did not dare to be negligent.
Soon, Zhang Juzheng obtained all kinds of evidence of corruption from some of the officials in the court.
"Unspoken rules are prevalent. It seems that it is impossible not to stir up an G Storm.”Zhang Juzheng thought to himself.
Thirty million taels of information in five days was extremely difficult!
When Liu Jin of the Zheng De Dynasty fell, five million taels of silver and one hundred thousand taels of gold were found.
He would have to take down Liu Jin for a long time to gather 30 million taels…
Time was tight, and the task was heavy. Zhang Juzheng acted swiftly and decisively.
With the name list provided by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, they began to arrest people overnight!
With the full cooperation of the East and West Chambers and the Jinyiwei, they arrested thirty-two corrupt officials on the first day!
This time, the G Storm was unprecedentedly severe!
Prior to this, only Emperor Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang, had carried out such a level of anti-corruption.
In order to prevent corrupt officials from colluding with each other or escaping.
After Zhu Zaihou's request, the soldiers of the three battalions were mobilized to guard the gates of the capital.
That night, Zhu Zaihou had a good sleep and got up early to prepare for the morning court session.
For most of the officials, it was a sleepless night.
Especially Yan Song's students and old officials, they tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
They all knew that the little Emperor's spearhead this time was aimed at them.
The Emperor's Sword was already raised high, and no one knew whose head it would land on.
What was the standard of punishment for corrupt officials?
When Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he was vigilant in times of peace and strictly guarded against corruption among officials. He specially formulated the Law of Ming Dynasty:
Officials who take bribes and pervert the law shall be punished with fifty strokes of caning for less than one string of money, with a first-class punishment for every five strings of money, and hanged for eighty strings of money.
Those who steal from themselves, regardless of whether they lead or follow, are punished with eighty sticks and forty strings of beheading.
If the money involved exceeded sixty taels of silver, the death penalty would be imposed.
"The Ministry of Works is indeed a disaster area for corruption! A small manager of the Ministry of Works had embezzled a million taels! Not killing them was not enough to appease the people's anger!
Zhang Juzheng was shocked as he looked at the list.
The Ministry of Revenue was also the most corrupt department. Most of the small officials were corrupt.
This time, Zhang Juzheng's G Storm had swept through the capital.
Three days later, they found out that they had embezzled silver, gold, jade, jade, agate, and pearls…the total amount of money had reached ten million taels of silver.
It seemed very easy to achieve the goal of thirty million taels.
The entire court was shocked!
The people were boiling!
Yan Song and his son were in a constant state of panic. Among the corrupt officials who were investigated, there were also his disciples and old guards…
However, the three battalions, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the East Chamber, and the West Chamber were all firmly controlled by the new emperor.
In these ten years, Yan Song and his son did not even know how much money they had embezzled.
"Father, it seems that you've misjudged this time…" Yan Shifan sighed.
Yan Song was silent.
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Yangxin Palace Hall.
"Your Majesty, there's an urgent message from the cabinet." Lu Fang bowed.
Zhu Zaihou took the memorial from Lu Fang and opened it to read.
The memorial recorded the major events that had happened in the court over the past few days.
After reading the memorial, Zhu Zaihou issued an edict.
At this moment, the drums on the Meridian Gate Tower had already sounded.
The civil and military officials lined up.
When the bell rang, the sturdy palace door slowly opened.
The officials filed in and regrouped after crossing the Golden Water Bridge.
If someone coughed loudly or made a noise, the censor would record it.
After the court session ended, the Ministry of Rites would deal with these officials who had broken the rules.
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