Chapter 34 Xu Youzhen Zhishi

Zhu Qizhen summoned Xu Youzhen first.

didn't talk nonsense, but showed Xu Youzhen himself about Xu Youzhen's cabinet in Xu Chunshen's confession.

After Xu Youzhen saw it, she was very calm.

Calmly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please give your respects." ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Xu Youzhen and felt a sense of relief in his heart. said: "Xu Qing is old, there are outlaws, borrowing Xu Qing's name, I also know, since Xu Qing intends to be a leader, I will not keep it, Huai En, give Xu Qing 10,000 silver dollars, for Xu Qing's road capital." ”

Wynne immediately said, "Yes." ”

Xu Youzhen is a first-class smart person.

In Wang Shu's Jiangnan incident, he had a premonition.

It's just that it's hard to recover.

Of course, Xu Youzhen's character is not very good, but when he first started, he still cherished his feathers very much. When did you start craving money?

In fact, it started with Han Yong's ascension.

Han Yong's ascension to the throne made Xu Youzhen completely lose the thought of Shoufu. Later, Qiu Jun's entry into the cabinet greatly restricted his power.

He was caught between the front and back, and he had no power to fight back.

One of the most important points is reputation.

Han Yong's implementation of the law change, although it is very domineering, but Han Yong's own reputation is still good. But Xu Youzhen is different.

Many of the hard bones who oppose the change of the law are Xu Youzhen trying to solve them.

In this way, Xu Youzhen's reputation can be better.

What treacherous villain, what kind of reputation for framing loyalty, all pressed on Xu Youzhen's head one by one.

This kind of reputation can be said to be influential in the political arena.

The quality of reputation is actually a bellwether for changes in power in the political arena.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen's current treatment of Xu Youzhen is also another reason.

That is, Zhu Qizhen no longer needs Xu Youzhen.

Because a whip law as a whole, this year has come to an end, except for many remote places, most of the Ming Dynasty has completed the reform of the law of officials, a whip law.

All Zhu Qizhen's actions are for the purpose of changing the law.

But doing things also requires skill, one by one, the way of civil and martial arts, since the change that has lasted for several years is about to be completed, at this time, it is possible to relax after strongly suppressing the voices of all sides before.

And Xu Youzhen has already accumulated grievances all over the world, and it is time to step down.

In fact, without this thing, the time for Xu Youzhen to step down is still within a few months.

Xu Youzhen's every move is also under the supervision of Zhu Qizhen, is there anything to do with him and Xu Chunshen? Zhu Qizhen didn't know too well, but he knew that Xu Youzhen didn't make money from the imperial court funds.

Zhu Qizhen did not know the canonical punishment of Xu Youzhen, but also considered political influence.

clause

First, Xu Youzhen is a law-changing officer, and many hard bones were killed by Xu Youzhen. Xu Youzhen was sentenced by the Ming Dynasty, and many people who opposed the change of the law wanted to be counter-convicted.

This is unacceptable to Zhu Qizhen.

Second, although Zhu Qizhen has been rectifying the officialdom, it is normal for many officials to sit in the top ministers and have some gray income.

Some people are as incorruptible as water, which is naturally good.

But there are people who play side balls, and there are also them.

At least the questions about Xu Youzhen now are all Xu Chunshen's one-sided words.

Zhu Qizhen knew that there was a high probability that it was true, but he felt that he might not be able to find out anything if he checked Xu Youzhen?

Because Xu Youzhen himself came out of the Criminal Department, he can let others find out his handle, and coupled with Xu Youzhen's identity, he must not be tortured to extract a confession.

The investigative power of this era may not be able to find out.

Finally, I would like to leave a decent place for the Cabinet Fellows.

Xu Youzhen hurriedly thanked him and said, "The old minister thanked Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Qing is going." I may not be able to see him in this life, can my husband teach me? ”

This is what Zhu Qizhen said to every old minister, so there is no need to let Xu Youzhen say something?

Xu Youzhen sighed and said: "The minister's misconduct should not have been spoken, but His Majesty asked, and the minister did not dare not say anything. ”

"The minister is a scholar, half of the money and food, eight hundred stones a year, Your Majesty has the heart, so that the old minister eats three taels, only about eight hundred taels a year."

"The old minister is not greedy for money, but he spends a lot of money in his family, Han Shoufu is a rich man in the family, he has taken more family property for use over the years, but most of the other officials can't make ends meet."

"This is what happened today, and the old minister regrets it deeply."

"It's just that the old minister is still like this, what about other officials, big and small?"

"The minister is not an entruster for himself, it is really a fortune set by Taizu, and it can no longer be done today."

"The minister knows that the king will have something to gain when he goes to Jiangnan, and the minister thinks that after the commercial tax comes up, the most important thing is to increase the number of officials, otherwise the corruption of officials will be very common in the future."

Zhu Qizhen listened, and knew in his heart that what Xu Youzhen said was the truth.

Thirty years after orthodoxy, when Zhu Qizhen began to change the law, the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty changed greatly.

This kind of change actually comes from the Biyong Society.

After the Biyong Conference, science declined, and although various great Confucians proposed various theoretical remedies, they could no longer recover their crumbling position.

This is a great shock to the hearts of many people.

After all, the books I read since childhood were denied all at once.

This kind of ideological shock is naturally reflected in other aspects, and it is definitely not as simple as the germination of various ideas.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen's change gave the green light to many businessmen, so they watched and watched hard

A young man, but he is not as good as a businessman who can't read.

This kind of psychological blow is also a reason.

In addition, social prosperity, accelerated commercialization, and the increase of various temptations, among other reasons, have made the conduct of many officials much worse than before.

It's not a two-person problem, it's a universal, collective problem.

Just as the old people now say that the young people of today can't stand the grievances and resign at every turn, when Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, there were a large number of science believers among the Ming officials, who lived an ascetic life, adhered to moral character, and of course, sometimes they were old and stubborn.

But today, such officials have been greatly reduced.

Zhu Qizhen also has to admit that this also has his reasons.

Because such officials are strong opponents of the New Deal.

Zhu Qizhen had to let some officials with flaws in their conduct take office, such as Xu Youzhen and Li Bing. This also gives a signal to many officials, that is, it is useful for officials to uphold their intentions, and it does not matter if they are of good character or not.

Officials like Chen Yue are even more common.

In such a situation, Zhu Qizhen did not think about making a difference.

It's just a matter of changing the law first.

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to rectify the behavior of officialdom again and again, so he interrupted the change.

At this moment, he deeply felt Wang Anshi's helplessness.

Wang Anshi may not know what the officials below are? However, the concept of changing the law is naturally unpopular in Confucian discourse.

If we want to implement the reforms, we really need these political opportunists who are not very principled.

Zhu Qizhen is the same.

And although he did not take large-scale actions, he investigated and punished several people who were very angry every year. It's just that this kind of atmosphere has been formed, and it is difficult to undo it.

Nowadays, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, although it is not so much that even the Spring Palace can be talked about in public, but many people do not shy away from it. I don't think it's a big deal to talk about interests.

The same is true in officialdom.

The decline in the overall moral standard of Ming officials is actually inevitable.

It's just a few decades ahead of history.

The situation of the historical Ming Dynasty was in the Zhengde period, and the Zhengde period was a turning point, before Zhengde, and the atmosphere of officialdom after Zhengde was completely different. As for after arriving in Wanli, he became an official just to make money.

If an official can't get money, it's not an honor, but a shame.

In the face of this situation, Xu Youzhen said very realistically that if you want to rectify the rule of officials and improve the quality of officials, it is something that you have to do, although it is ugly, but it is very realistic.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "I know. ”

Xu Youzhen saluted and said: "The minister is going, and the minister wishes His Majesty to be able to bring the world to the world in the world of Datong and open up another world for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Then Xu Youzhen slowly retreated, and he lost his power, and he stumbled a little for a moment.