"The Embroidered Uniform Guards are handling this case. No one is to move. Those who violate will be killed without mercy!”
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the Embroidered Uniform Guards appeared.
No one knew how long it had been, so long that everyone had forgotten that there was a terrifying organization called the Jinyiwei by Lord Wansui's side.
Back when the eunuchs ran amok, the officials in the capital had a deep understanding.
Wei Zhongxian was known as " 9,900 years old." When he was in power, he ruled out dissidents and made arbitrary decisions in national politics. As a result, people only knew that there was Wei Zhongxian, but they did not know that there was an emperor.”
Some people say that Wei Zhongxian did not die, Ming did not perish.
This was because Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were attacking the Donglin Party, which was mainly made up of Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats.
The Lin Party was the representative of the Jiangnan landlord class. The Donglin Party's origin was the establishment of the Donglin Academy. Every year, a general meeting would be held, and there would be officials, scholars, and wealthy businessmen.
Therefore, after Chongzhen destroyed Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party dominated the government. The landlord class in Jiangsu and Zhejiang began to lobby the ministers to ask the emperor to cancel the industrial and commercial tax.
Although Emperor Chongzhen was the head of the family, he still needed the help of his ministers to manage the country. All the ministers petitioned for the abolition of the industrial and commercial tax.
Even if Chongzhen held great power, he did not dare to go against the ministers. He was afraid that he would be scolded as a fatuous ruler and establish a new emperor.
Therefore, Chongzhen could only abolish the industrial and commercial tax.
The consequences were very obvious. They had no money. If they wanted money from other places, they could only exploit the farmers.
Although Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were in power, they were also greedy.
However, he did increase the income of the country, but he only exploited the landlord class. He was still a factory guard.
The fundamental purpose of the factory guards was to consolidate the imperial power. Wei Zhongxian knew that he was dependent on the emperor.
Therefore, they tried their best to give money and food during the border war and did not force the poor farmers to pay more.
At first glance, it made sense. In this way, Eunuch Wei was really a hero.
In fact, there were two sides to everything. It was also a fact that Wei Zhongxian persecuted Zhongliang and committed evil deeds.
It was true that the Donglin Party was a group of bad people, but there were also good people in the Donglin Party.
Wei Zhongxian alone did not have the ability to save the country from danger.
Only if Wei Zhongxian didn't die would the Great Ming not die so quickly.
The Ming Dynasty's system was rotten to the core. The only way was to reform, and one had to have the courage to make the decision to reform.
Zhu Ci Xin was very clear about this. Even if the Brocade Guard he supported killed corrupt officials to help the national treasury, it was only a temporary measure.
It was just temporarily giving this tottering Darming Dynasty a mouthful of soup to preserve its life.
The only way to truly allow the Darming Dynasty to stand tall and not fall was to reform.
That was the most difficult time for Zhu Cishi to reform.
He might have to bear the pressure, including the pressure from his father, Chongzhen, to reform.
As for the Jinyiwei investigating a few dog officials, these were just some small cases.
The Brocade Guard was an extraordinary measure in extraordinary times. The real strategy of governing the country could not rely on the Brocade Guard.
They relied on the political system left behind by Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor. Only when the Great Ming Dynasty truly achieved the state of land for the tiller, land for the wronged, wealth for the people, and harmony for the world.
At that time, Da Ming was the one who truly stood tall and looked down on the world.
However, this was a critical moment.
At this time, the Jinyiwei was playing the role of saving the Ming Dynasty.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards surrounded Wang Zhixin's residence. The most unfortunate ones were the officials and wealthy merchants who came to congratulate him.
What are you guys doing? Forming cliques for personal gain?
Any one of these charges would be enough to make everyone here suffer.
When the Crown Prince came personally, everyone knelt on the ground.
Zhu Ci Xin smiled slightly. He stepped on the stool with one foot and waved his hand gently.
A Jinyiwei beside him handed over the book that was originally used to record the congratulatory gifts. This saved him the trouble of asking one by one.
Because the congratulatory gift book clearly recorded who the person was, what position he held, and what gift he gave.
Zhu Ci Xin casually flipped through the pages. The entire courtyard was instantly silent, and everyone was trembling.
Many people wished they could slap themselves hard. Why did they prepare such a heavy congratulatory gift? Wasn't this courting death?
Zhu Ci Xin shook his head as he watched.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, they're all generous. Zhejiang Qingli Department doctor Suo Zheng, Ministry of Works miscellaneous manufacturing bureau Wen Yanguo, Honglu Temple main book Zhang Tongdao, Hu Ke right to the matter Fan Lu, Dali Temple Cheng Wang Dezhang, you dogs really dare to give any gift ah!”
"Everyone on this list has gifts that are several times more than your salary. Where did this money come from? Did anyone come out and explain?”
In fact, if he wanted to make things clear, he could have made up a hundred reasons, such as gifts from his family, or his wife's family doing business.
But no one dared to. Why?
Because they knew that the consequence of being targeted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards was that even if you fabricated ten thousand reasons, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would be able to find out the truth behind it.
The truth was that none of these dog officials were clean.
If they investigated, none of them would be able to escape.
Zhu Ci Xin threw the list of gifts on the table and pointed at the crowd."
"This prince isn't targeting anyone. I'm saying that everyone here is trash!”
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