After taking control of the court, Zhu Youjian deeply understood a famous saying that had never faded since ancient times.
"If you learn martial arts, you will be able to obtain the goods of the emperor.”
Although everyone in the world had the right to choose whether they wanted to work for the emperor or not, the emperor could not kill them just because they did not want to work for him.
However, there was an important factor. In his era, what everyone wanted was nothing more than power, wealth, wine, and sex.
There were very few who truly ruled the world!
Such a person could not survive in the current situation.
If there was no official position to match, even if there was money, it was just food in the mouth of the superior.
If he wanted to protect his own interests and wealth, he had to be an official.
Only officials could enter this huge group of bureaucrats and become one of them.
The so-called law does not punish the masses was nothing more than a means to threaten the emperor.
They felt that the world could not function normally without the emperor.
Without these scholar-bureaucrats to educate the world, the world would inevitably be in chaos.
The gentry were the foundation of the Ming Empire. Without the gentry, the Ming Empire would cease to exist.
At the moment, the gentry was at the peak of controlling the world and playing with the court. The emperor had been morally kidnapped by these so-called scholar-bureaucrats.
They tied up the emperor in the name of the people and trapped him in the cage of the palace, allowing them to do whatever they wanted.
However, these scholar-bureaucrats did not realize that Zhu Youjian was not afraid of them.
Because Zhu Youjian had his own confidence. Talents outside didn't have it, but the system had it…
The Wanli Emperor had been forced by the scholar-bureaucrats to avoid court for twenty years, but the current emperor was not afraid of the scholar-bureaucrats.
Zhu Youjian could also use this tactic to counterattack.
If the scholar-bureaucrats played the game of collective resignation, hehe, that would be a joke. Zhu Youjian would definitely agree with both hands.
When he filled the vacant positions, the wealth that these so-called scholar-bureaucrats had seized would also be lost.
Not only are they not used by me, but they also want to enjoy the special treatment of the empire. Is Zhu Youjian unable to hold his knife, or are they arrogant?
The scholar-bureaucrats could not continue to get used to this habit, lest they get used to it and feel that it was only natural.
He learned the art of civil and military affairs and sold it to the emperor's family.
The monarch chooses his subjects, and the subjects also choose the monarch.
Since they didn't like each other, it was better to stay somewhere cool.
With the talents in the system as a foundation, he was really not afraid of the civil officials doing this to him.
Perhaps among the emperors of the past, this was what they feared the most.
However, this plan would end in his hands, drawing a perfect full stop.
This time, almost all the vacant official positions were filled by the people sent by Zhu Youjian.
They did not use the so-called hot-blooded scholars of the current era, nor did they use the reserve talents of the Imperial Academy.
He did not move a single one. This was also Zhu Youjian's hint and warning to the current courtiers.
The investigation of the treason case and the corruption case had indeed cleared up a large number of worms. More than a hundred officials had been dismissed and arrested.
Among these 100 people, no more than 10 were recommended by the ministers. The rest of the vacancies were all selected and appointed by Zhu Youjian himself.
The Hanlin Academy had originally thought that their chance had come, but unexpectedly, the Emperor had not paid any attention to them, these noble places of talent.
The elders in the court seemed to have forgotten about them.
The big shots in the Hanlin Academy felt bitter in their hearts. Who knew that Donglin would collapse so quickly?
However, they didn't dare to complain to the emperor about the injustice. They were the ones who were flirting with Donglin, and some of them were even from Donglin.
It would be strange if Tian Zi had a good impression of them.
Dong Lin had caused a great deal of damage to the Imperial Academy. They were a noble yamen, but their lofty position in the hearts of the world had been shattered by Dong Lin.
If they were implicated because of corruption, the big shots in the Hanlin Academy could complain to the emperor, but the Donglin Party was a rebel party. It was already a solid case.
They could not use their usual methods. If they were labeled as accomplices, the consequences would be unimaginable.
There were many opportunists in the Hanlin Academy. The reason why they clung onto Dong Lin was because they wanted high positions and high salaries.
The Ming Empire's salary was the lowest in history, and it was also the first in history.
Therefore, there was no official in the Ming Dynasty who was not greedy!
Of course, the dynasty had been established for more than two hundred and sixty years, and the Ming Dynasty no longer cared about the salary set by Taizu!
Three years to clear the prefect, 100,000 snowflake silver. This was the same routine for every dynasty.
There was no such thing as not having money to spend!
He learned the art of civil and military affairs and sold it to the emperor's family. It was nothing more than for status and wealth.
With financial power, what could he not get?
Zhu Youjian arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, followed by Wang Chengen and Xu Yingyuan.
Zhu Youjian said," This conspiracy case has lasted for a month. It's finally over today. It's time to carry out the final procedure and send them on their last journey."”
Xu Ying Yuan said," There are hundreds of families involved in the rebellion case. Five noble families are also involved. I really didn't expect there to be such a serious crisis."”
The so-called Hundred Schools only had ten core members.
The rest were cleared because Tian Zi wanted the land.
As the servants of the emperor, they would get whatever the emperor wanted.
They had no choice, Tian Zi was their master!
They were loyal to the emperor. As for the lives of those dignitaries and officials outside, it had nothing to do with them.
Moreover, Zhu Youjian had already revealed to them that regardless of whether it was the internal court or the external court, the emperor already had plans to increase his salary.
After all, the salary of the country was too low, and the corruption of the officials in the world could not be attributed to greed.
Low salaries were also an important factor. Once the problem of officials 'salaries was solved, corruption would at least be reduced by half.
Not all officials wanted to be greedy. There were also hot-blooded people who wanted to be good officials.
If an official couldn't support his family, then the official would lose its value and attractiveness.
Especially poor scholars, there were not many people who really wanted to be greedy. They also had their own ambitions.
As long as their basic needs were solved and they could live a middle-class life, there would not be many real disasters.
Most of them rose from poverty to become officials, wanting to serve the king and the country wholeheartedly, and then became the worms of the empire. The empire itself was not without its own factors.
This was the general trend and atmosphere of the world. The emperor did not solve the problem of food and clothing for them. Following the trend became the safe choice for everyone.
Zhu Youjian was not a mean king. Since he wanted to fight corruption, he had to solve the worries of the officials in office.
The decision to pay high salaries to maintain honesty also came into being, which complemented each other.
You can't let the officials in office not be greedy and work for you on an empty stomach!
If it were him, he wouldn't do it either!
F * ck, I work for you, but you're so harsh on my employees. You even want to use all kinds of restrictions to trap me?
If it was such a boss, he would definitely be pressed to the ground by his employees. He would not do such a job.
Zhu Youjian deeply understood this point, so he wanted to implement the policy of high salary to maintain honesty, stabilize the people's hearts, and consolidate his subordinates to continue to be used by him.
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