Huang Liji thought for a moment, and then asked Chongzhen cautiously: "The old minister still wants to ask His Majesty about it, who will interrogate these arrested officials?" How does Your Majesty intend to punish these officials? ”

The issue of Shoufu is also the most concerned issue for several cabinet ministers, after all, their protégés, relatives and friends, children and nephews, are more or less implicated in this case.

Even if they don't intercede with Chongzhen now, their homes will be crowded with lobbyists who plead for the officials involved in the case after they go back.

Since the Ming Dynasty Emperor abolished Zhang Juzheng's new policy, coupled with the party struggle that continued at the end of the Wanli period, the normal officialdom system has been destroyed. On the contrary, interest groups based on the personal relationship between mentors and apprentices, relatives and friends have begun to override the normal order of officialdom.

In such a situation, the protection of the interests of small groups has naturally become the first principle of all groups. And those who can enter the cabinet naturally have a group of sub-officials who follow them.

If something goes wrong with the officials who follow them, and they don't do anything, won't this person's heart be scattered?

Huang Liji and others feel that they may not be able to say that Chongzhen is moved, but it should not be much of a problem to say that the people who handle the case in their face.

Seeing that the cabinet ministers were so concerned about this case, Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "As a great tomorrow, when Shaanxi was hit by drought, I had already fulfilled my responsibilities and obligations.

The crimes committed by these officials should be more powerful than those who have lost their loved ones because they have not been able to receive relief. Therefore, what punishment should be sentenced to them, I will leave it to the victims of Shaanxi to judge.

As for who will try it, I don't think such a case will happen by chance in a disaster relief operation. Therefore, I felt the need to set up a special department to oversee and verify all corruption in disaster relief activities.

This department will only be accountable to me, and the Cabinet will be informed of the case. The department can investigate anyone and anything except cabinet members.

The investigation into the conduct of the officials of the six ministries must first obtain the consent of the majority of the people in the cabinet and the Supreme Court. Officials under the six ministries can handle whether or not they conduct ** conduct investigations. ”

Whether it was Huang Liji, Guo Yunhou, or other ministers, they all took a breath of cool air. The new department proposed by Chongzhen is equivalent to bypassing the cabinet and the six ministries, and can directly attack any official. At this moment, they had forgotten for a moment the fate of those arrested household officials.

It took hundreds of years for the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty to put the imperial power in a cage built by the bureaucracy. Now Chongzhen wants to open this cage, which is obviously unacceptable to the cabinet ministers.

Although the cabinet ministers represented by Huang Liji argued on reason, the stack of thick ledgers in front of everyone, which recorded the behavior of household officials, was heavier and more powerful than the pale remarks of everyone.

Looking at the ledger in front of him and the unwavering Chongzhen, Huang Liji had to stop his weak resistance and think of finding another solution.

"So, the old minister wants to ask Your Majesty, who does Your Majesty want to set up this department?" Huang Liji had to find a way to compromise with Chongzhen.

Zhu Youzhen tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him for a while, and then said calmly: "Han Yiliang, who has just returned to the capital, has not had much to do with the officials of the capital, and is from Chengcheng, Shaanxi. Come to think of it, for the sake of the life of his hometown fathers, he doesn't dare not be unreasonable. ”

Huang Liji coughed and said to Chongzhen: "That Han Yiliang is just a delusional person, and the article has made a lot of trouble in Beijing. This person is acting so recklessly, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility, and I ask Your Majesty to choose another mature and stable person..."

Zhu Youzhen interrupted Shoufu's words and said: "Han Yiliang's article is sparse, although it makes the officials in the capital attack him, but doesn't this just show that this person has no party?

If you want to fight corruption and promote honesty and crack down on the best behavior of these officials in relief activities, the first thing is not to have a problem of ability, but to ensure that their interpersonal relationships are as simple as possible.

If a person with ill intentions is put in charge of this department, the greater the ability, the greater the harm. Rather than looking for someone like that, I'd better find someone with ordinary abilities but an upright personality. Isn't that the truth, gentlemen? ”

Chongzhen's words made a cadre of cabinet ministers speechless for a while, and when he didn't know how to turn around, Zhu Youzhen turned his head to Wang Chengen and said: "Go and call Han Yiliang in, I and the gentlemen want to talk to him about his new position." ”

Zhu Youzhen's quick knife to cut through the mess suddenly made several cabinet ministers who just wanted to speak against it swallow back the words that were almost on their lips.

Under Chongzhen's active promotion, this temporary institution called the Independent Commission Against Corruption was finally established. The members of this department will be drawn from among the new branch jinshi, juren, jinyiwei and local officials.

Huang Liji and other cabinet members temporarily agreed to the emperor's proposal to establish an independent office after the end of the disaster relief on the condition that the emperor would dissolve the ministry after the disaster relief was over.

After meeting the emperor and the cabinet elders, Han Yiliang, who walked out of the Wenhua Palace, was still a little confused in his mind.

From the day he went to the office, he seemed to have been ostracized by the entire bureaucracy, which made him suddenly retreat a little when he wanted to clarify the confidence of the officials.

At this time, he realized that he was not ready, and he had no scruples to challenge the unspoken rules of the entire officialdom like Hai Gangfeng.

If it weren't for Chongzhen's cold treatment and the turmoil slowly calmed down, he really didn't know what he would do next.

But when he saw that the turmoil caused by his own alienation was about to subside, the emperor would suddenly give himself such an appointment.

By this time, even if he wanted to regret it, it was already too late. Maybe if you do that, in addition to being ostracized by the official world, even the emperor will not treat you again. Walking into the empty square in front of the hall, standing in the blazing summer sun, Han Yiliang, who was a little dizzy, thought so.

In the cabinet, after sending Han Yiliang away, Huang Liji suddenly remembered one thing and needed the emperor to make a decision as soon as possible. He had to temporarily let go of his uneasiness about the Independent Commission Against Corruption and turned to Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet received an urgent document from Yu Xuan, the governor of Yunnan, which said that the death of Mu Qiyuan, the Duke of Qianguo, was quite strange, and sent a complete report on what happened."

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but raise his head, and asked with some surprise: "What does Yu Ying mean is that Mu Qiyuan's mother Song reported to the imperial court, and the death of Qianguo Gong is false?" ”

Huang Liji suddenly stopped and looked at his colleagues. Zhu Youzhen saw Huang Liji's hesitant appearance, and couldn't help but say: "In my heart, all gentlemen are equal in status, and all gentlemen can know what I can know."

As long as gentlemen remember that the affairs of the Cabinet cannot be leaked without a vote of all those present. ”

Hearing Chongzhen say this, Huang Liji no longer hesitated, and he immediately told Chongzhen the truth about the death of Qianguo Gong.

In March this year, he connived at the slave to brutalize the people of Kunming, and arrested the slave who broke the law according to the law. And Mu Qiyuan actually mobilized soldiers and horses, aimed artillery at the patrol office, and coerced Yu Xuan to hand over his own people.

After his mother Song heard about this, she was afraid that her son would act more unrestrained in the future, so as to cause trouble for the family and cut off the line of the Duke of Qianguo. Therefore, he poisoned Mu Qiyuan to death on June Jihai Day, and declared to the imperial court, hoping that Mu Qiyuan's son, Mu Tianbo, who was only one year old, would inherit the title of Duke of Qianguo.

Zhu Youzhen was very angry in his heart, he had seen Lu Ding Ji in his previous life, and he originally had a good impression of this Yunnan Muwang Mansion. But after checking the intelligence of the Yunnan Qianguo Gong family, he realized that he was still deceived by Jin Baoyi.

Let's not say that this Mu Tianbo has no sister, it is the princes of Qianguo in the past dynasties, except for a few in the early days, they are all bullying men and women in the middle and late stages.

Not to mention that the people in the Qianguo Mansion are bullying and bullying women outside, even for the brothers of the same clan, it is also a fight.

After the death of his brother Mu Chaofu, Mu Chaobi not only had to compete for the title of his nephew, but also imprisoned his mother and occupied his sister-in-law Chen. And Mu Chaofu was also not a good person before his death, he also once occupied the wives of his subordinates as concubines, which can be regarded as evil retribution.

However, the Mu family of the Qianguo Gongmu, who has guarded Yunnan for more than 200 years, not only ranks second in the Ming wealth list listed by Yan Shifan, but also has a great reputation among Yunnan Tusi.

In order to stabilize the Yunnan frontier, the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties had to turn a blind eye to what the Mu family did, just hoping that Yunnan would not be in chaos.

But for Chongzhen, although the stability of the frontier is important, the independent kingdom established by the Duke of Qianguo in Yunnan has already threatened the overall situation of Yunnan's stability.

The new policy of promoting the construction of mining in Yunnan and strengthening the relationship between the ethnic minorities in the border areas and the central government all require the cooperation of the Guizhou Guogong.

However, with the news of Mu Qiyuan's death, Zhu Youzhen was thinking about what name should be used to let the Mu family return to Beijing, but he also sent someone into Yunnan to temporarily take over the Mu family's control over Yunnan.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time before he spoke: "This Yu Yu is in Yunnan, and he can't persuade the Duke of Qianguo or appease the sergeants, so he is really not suitable to serve as the governor of Yunnan.

Mu Qiyuan was arrogant and rude, and openly besieged the governor's yamen, did he really regard himself as a prince on one side? ”

Huang Liji immediately hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, think twice, the Mu clan has taken root in Yunnan for more than 200 years, and has an outstanding reputation among the Tusi of Yunnan. Now that the Song family has poisoned his son, it means to wake up.

If Your Majesty is more stern, I am afraid that this orphan and widow will not have a proposition, and will listen to the people with a heart to sow discord and do something unwise, I am afraid that it will go against Your Majesty's original intentions. ”

After Zhu Youzhen glanced at Huang Liji, he asked him for advice: "Then what advice does Mr. Huang have?" ”

Huang Liji thought about it, and then said: "It's better for Your Majesty to pass on the order, Yun Mu Tianbo to inherit the title, and then send another capable person to replace the governor of Yunnan, and temporarily replace the princess of Qianguo to govern Yunnan." ”

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously nodded and said, "What Mr. said is quite reasonable, but the Mu family's influence in Yunnan is too big, which is not a good thing for the imperial court." Looking at the actions of the princes of Qianguo in the past dynasties, a female villain is not good at educating Mu Tianbo.

In this way, let the Song family bring Mu Tianbo to Beijing and allow her to bring her right-hand man. Before they reach adulthood, they are educated in the capital to correct their bad habits. As for the government affairs of Yunnan, for the time being, the governor of Yunnan will preside over them.

The candidate to replace Yu Ying, after the cabinet discussed a few places, handed it over to me to choose..."

PS: I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and an early year. There won't be much time to update from tomorrow, so I wish you all again.