The next day, the Great Ming Conference!
After the ministers were in place, Zhu Youjian walked up to the throne room.
After all the etiquette was completed, Wang Chengen immediately shouted with a eunuch's unique voice,""If there's anything, report it as soon as possible. If there's nothing, withdraw from the court!"
Zhu Youjian had long been used to this kind of court style, and he hated this kind of morning routine.
He wanted to reorganize the court time, but the court was in a mess and the emperor had yet to establish his authority.
That was why Zhu Youjian did not formulate the system and time of the court.
In the past three months, Zhu Youjian rarely went to court. He usually summoned ministers in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
He had only come to the throne room five times in three months.
The first time was when he ascended the throne, and the next few times were for the former emperor.
As for national affairs, this was the first time in a real sense.
Looking at the members of the cabinet, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel proud.
The first and second assistants were from other factions, but the cabinet members were all from the Donglin Party.
However, in the key positions of the six departments, the Donglin Party was in a weak position, and all of them were held by Wei Zhongxian's people.
From this point of view, he was still very satisfied with Wei Zhongxian's approach. He did not dare to let all the ministers in the court be his own people.
They fought with the Donglin Party until blood flowed like a river, but they could maintain a certain balance among the higher-ups. Only then would they place their own people in key positions.
This was a meticulous arrangement that Wei Zhongxian had made after figuring out his intentions during their conversation.
Before the Donglin Party could stir up trouble, Wei Zhongxian immediately walked out and bowed."This old servant has a memorial!"
"Allow!"
Wang Chengen immediately passed Wei Zhongxian's memorial to Zhu Youjian. Wei Zhongxian said,""Your Majesty, the East Chamber and the six departments have corrupted the country.
Twenty-two members of the party led by the Minister of Revenue, Feng Quan, were arrested and imprisoned for embezzling five million taels of silver.
I beg Your Majesty to rectify the administration of officials, fight corruption and advocate honesty in order to revitalize the court!”
The memorial in Zhu Youjian's hand recorded in detail the amount of silver Wei Zhongxian's faction had handed over, which was as high as 15 million taels.
Old Wei took out 10 million taels of silver himself and was considered to have completely surrendered.
Not only that, Wei Zhongxian had also killed twelve of the elite personnel he had trained.
Of course, the reason why Feng Quan was listed as a target was also Zhu Youjian's hint.
Feng Quan was a famous traitor.
In the end, after he surrendered to Slave Jian, he became a minister. It was unreasonable not to kill him.
As for the other main members, they only handed over 90% of their wealth, and Zhu Youjian did not intend to pursue the matter.
At the same time, Wei Zhongxian was going to thoroughly investigate the officials and carry out anti-corruption measures as a means to balance Donglin.
If they didn't fight corruption, the Donglin Party would jump up and down again. The eunuchs were greedy, and the Donglin Party was even more greedy.
The wealth controlled by the Donglin Party was definitely not something that the eunuchs could compare to.
All the ministers were stunned. Did Old Wei's brain go crazy? He was actually in suicide mode? He was crazy!
The Donglin Party minister immediately understood. In order to gain the trust of the emperor, Wei Zhongxian had begun to show his loyalty to protect himself.
If the first strike was aimed at his faction, then the second strike would undoubtedly be aimed at Donglin.
Everyone felt that Huang Liji, the chief assistant, should be strongly opposed. Why was he indifferent?
Shi Fenglai was not affected either. The other eunuchs were not afraid at all. On the contrary, they looked like they were watching a show.
Seeing that Zhu Youjian's expression was normal after reading the memorial, Huang Liji said,""I agree! Your Majesty, please investigate all the ministers in the court.”
"I agree!" Shi Fenglai followed.”
"I agree!"
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All the eunuchs agreed with Wei Zhongxian's anti-corruption policy.
Qian Longxi and the others saw the eunuchs supporting the anti-corruption campaign, which caught the Donglin Party off guard.
This time, they were going to impeach Wei Zhongxian for not only employing people, but also for nepotism and cliques.
He even impeached Wei Zhongxian for his recent unscrupulous arrest of ministers in the capital, his lawlessness, and his contempt for the dignity of the emperor…
But now, Wei Zhongxian had actually activated suicide mode to clean up his own people.
Although the Minister of Revenue, Feng Quan, wasn't as important as the Minister of Personnel, Cui Chengxiu, he wasn't light either. He had killed twenty-two people in one go.
Other than the eunuchs, everyone else was silent.
The trick was wrong, and the strange thing was that he didn't see Han Fei at today's court meeting.
Zhu Youjian glanced at the courtier and shook his head. He put down the memorial and said lightly,""Old Wei, as expected of a minister appointed by the previous emperor. He has a clear distinction between public and private matters and can bear the words 'the world is for the common'!
Since none of the ministers had any objections, then Old Wei, Huang Liji, and Li Biao would form an anti-corruption inspection team to patrol the capital region!”
"This subject obeys the decree!"
Li Biao was a disciple of the Donglin Party, and His Majesty had no intention of killing them.
In Zhu Youjian's opinion, there were talents in the eunuch party, and there were also great talents in the Donglin Party who worked hard for the country.
Li Biao was an honest official and was the best candidate.
Old Wei and Huang Liji were both corrupt officials, but they had already handed over their corruption.
As the Son of Heaven, he should have the heart to treat the sick and save the people. He could not cut them all down with one knife.
Seeing that the ministers in the court had not woken up from the shock of Wei Zhongxian's suicide mode, Wang Chengen said directly,""Retreat!"
"Farewell, my emperor. Long live my emperor!”
Zhu Youjian left immediately, not giving the Donglin Party any chance to place people into the Anti-corruption Inspectorate.
He also wanted a portion of the Donglin Party's wealth. If he were to supervise the capital region, he could at least get ten million taels.
It could alleviate the current financial crisis! The ministers could not always think about the emperor's palace treasury.
After he ascended the throne, the palace treasury had been checked. There were fifteen million silver and one million gold.
There were 2,500 taels of silver in the palace treasury. This was the wealth accumulated by the emperors of the Zhu family.
Zhu Youjian hadn't used the palace treasury yet and was considering all aspects.
If the financial and administrative issues were not resolved, even if they spent fifty million taels of silver, they would not be able to revive the Ming Dynasty.
His predecessor had emptied his family's fortune, but he had not resolved the issue of building slaves in Liaodong and quelling the civil strife.
The root of the problem had not been solved, and the money spent was only to fatten up the officials.
He would rather rebuild the army and select famous generals to create a brand new elite army than lead the local warlords to fight.
Every year, Liaodong would require five to ten million taels of silver, but when it came to actual use, it would definitely not exceed two million taels of silver.
The rest of the silver was swallowed up by the officials of the court.
If Zhu Youjian did such a thing, he would be a wooden club!
This time, everyone thought that it would be another fierce battle and that everyone would become the best actor.
Unexpectedly, Ol 'Wei threw a bomb at the Donglin Party, causing them to feel dizzy.
Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai could tell from the Emperor's expression that the bullet might have been played by Wei Zhongxian.
It was obvious that His Majesty did not want Wei Zhongxian to die. In order to protect Wei Zhongxian, the Emperor directly made a move.
It seemed that the eunuch party would be affected and their vitality would be greatly damaged, but thinking about it, as long as they had the support of the emperor, the eunuch party would no longer be a eunuch party.
After Shi Fenglai and Huang Liji left the court, they looked at each other and went to the government hall. Huang Liji said,"Your Majesty is brilliant.”
Shi Fenglai was also an experienced official, and could not help but exclaim,"By washing off the filth on your body, it will be better to enforce the law impartially! I'm afraid that His Majesty has made a big move."
At the same time, the two of them were also very glad!
Because they had also handed over their embezzled property. If they didn't hand it over, they would probably become Wei Zhongxian's sacrificial targets.
Everyone thought that Wei Zhongxian was still in charge of the government, but little did they know that it was already in the hands of the emperor.
They had also underestimated Tian Zi, thinking that he was young and easy to fool. Now, they knew that they were the big fool.
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