The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Inside the prison.

Tang Hao is interrogating Zhang Fuhua.

There was no one else present, just the two of them.

"Zhang Fuhua was born in Anfu, Jiangxi. His father was Zhang Hong. As a royal censor, he accompanied the emperor on the expedition. In order to save Emperor Yingzong, he took the lead and killed countless enemies. Later, because he was outnumbered, he was captured by Ye Xianbu and his head was displayed to the public."

"After the Seizing of the Gate incident, the Yingzong was restored and greatly praised the children of heroes and martyrs. You were one of them. You were entrusted with important tasks by the Yingzong. You were later promoted to Chief Envoy during the Chenghua period. In the early years of Hongzhi, you were transferred to Huguang. Soon after, you were promoted to the Chief of Staff due to your outstanding political achievements. The right deputy governor of the capital, governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi."

"In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he was promoted to the title of censor of Youdu. He was also the governor of water transportation and the governor of Huainan and Yangzhou. It was a time when heavy rains were causing disasters, the Huaihe River surged, and the Gaoyou Lake embankment burst. You personally led the army and the people to the flood relief site and organized He directed the farmers to dig deep ditches to drain away waterlogging, and built Baoying embankment as a line of defense. Countless lives were saved..."

"Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, is a loyal and loyal official to the country."

And these scientific officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are people who are not even willing to mess with their patrons!

So what can be done?

"And this cabinet minister has been making friends and has created a so-called Chaling Poetry School. When he has nothing to do, he drinks and has fun with the officials and gentry to keep in touch with each other!"

"You showed me these criminal evidences, do you want to prove that I am blind?"

"This person, once he gets old, starts to think about his posthumous affairs, how to get himself a posthumous honor, and how to leave some shadow for his descendants. In fact, it is human nature. , I can’t blame him Tu Xun!”

For example, he still has an impression of when someone entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate and became a censor, and who he impeached.

Hearing this strange sound, Tang Hao finally came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to pull out the cloth strip from the gag, and then loosened the rope that tied his hands.

"Among them, He Tianqu is the most corrupt. A seventh-grade supervisory censor, whose annual salary is only ninety dan, yet twenty thousand taels of snowflake-patterned silver were found from his home. This was all he had saved. Not including the cost of his luxurious mansion..."

Zhang Fuhua was stunned when he saw this. He subconsciously picked up an article and read it, and then his expression changed drastically.

In fact, in this capital, all merchants who are able to do business must have benefactors behind them!

But the pieces of evidence before him overlapped with the impression in his mind!

Are these incriminating evidences false?

Township party forces!

"One is the cabinet minister, and the other is the Grand Sima who is in charge of the military affairs of the world!"

"I, the Marquis of Zhongshan, practiced the new army to organize the camp, and wanted to restore the combat power of the new army. However, I was accused of usurping the sacred weapon and suffered unwarranted impeachment and criticism. Today, the boss personally led the troops to Chaotianque, vowing to kill me, the Marquis of Zhongshan. !”

"Even after hearing about the privilege of impeaching officials, they can turn it into a tool for corruption and money-making. You can only imagine what these officials are doing on a daily basis!"

Zhang Fuhua looked at the evidence blankly, and finally let out a long sigh.

After a long time, he let out a heavy breath.

"Tu Xun is old and has long lost the passionate loyalty of his youth!"

Tang Hao had been observing Zhang Fuhua's face, and saw with his own eyes that his face changed, from the initial anger to the final numbness, and even a sense of loneliness and desolation.

"Sir, you misunderstood, I am not that boring."

Basically, the people who can make the common people voluntarily pay tribute to each other are all upright and good officials who can be remembered for generations.

"Ye Qi's reform was to resell salt and use the profits from salt to fill the national treasury. As a result, Jiubian's farmland was ruined and the soldiers and civilians suffered terribly. No one cared about their life and death. On the contrary, some people profited from it and made a lot of money!"

He thought that Tang Hao was a lucky minister, but also a treacherous minister who colluded with the eunuchs and eunuchs to deceive the emperor and usurp power. He wanted to be like He Jin and Dong Zhuo, who would bring disaster to the country, so he listened to Li Dongyang's advice. He said, gather the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and head towards Tianque!

But now it seems that Zhang Fuhua was deceived by Li Dongyang!

He Tianqu, the supervisory censor, was from Huguang Daozhou.

Tang Hao smiled and said: "Have you not heard about what I have done since you returned to Beijing?"

Compared with Dai Shan, Tu Xun can also be regarded as an official, but there are problems with his stance. After all, he still favors civil servants and gentry, and cannot be truly loyal to the public!

In addition, the bigger this official became, the more things he had to worry about. As a result, in the short period of more than a year that Tu Xun was in charge, the Metropolitan Procuratorate became more and more corrupt, and even thirty-year-old officials such as He Tianqu appeared. The two rebellious guys who cheated on everything showed that Tu Xun, the General Secretary, had average abilities.

Zhang Fuhua was so angry that he blushed and cursed every time he opened his mouth.

"As for the Chief Sima of the Ministry of War, he also clearly stated that Li Dongyang was the leader of the military cabinet. He did not care about the life and death of soldiers and civilians on all sides. All interests were dominated by Li Dongyang and the forces behind them!"

However, Zhang Fuhua did not expect that these censors in Beijing would actually use corruption methods in various ways, using their privileges of hearing and reporting things and turning them into tools for corruption and money-making!

Zhang Fuhua was startled when he heard this, and for the first time he did not refute Tang Hao.

"you mean……"

"In the time of Yao, the villains Gonggong and Huandou were one companion, and the noble men eight yuan and eight Kai sixteen were one companion!"

The previous General Secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dai Shan, whose courtesy name was Tingzhen, was an upright and strict official. He practiced education strictly and was deeply loved by the scholars and the people.

How to refute?

Tang Hao laughed twice and sat back down.

Tang Hao chuckled lightly, then put the case table away, bent down to pick up the evidence one by one, and then placed it in front of Zhang Fuhua.

"I'm lucky. Out of the thirty-two people, only twenty-eight are confirmed to have taken bribes, and the other four are indeed clean people!"

Those who make little money are conscientious officials who do not wantonly exploit the people. The people have to give him the Wanmin Umbrella. Thank you for his great kindness!

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fuhua reacted instantly.

To be honest, throughout the dynasties, no matter which court there is, there have always been parties. This is clearly stated in the "On Clique" by Ouyang Xiu, a great scholar of the former Song Dynasty!

"The theory of cronyism has been around since ancient times!"

Liu Daxia, the chief commander of the Ministry of War, was a native of Huarong, Huguang.

Hearing this word, Zhang Fuhua's expression began to become serious.

"Sir, please tell me, would His Majesty be afraid of such a rural party force that spreads across six ministries and hundreds of divisions? Should His Majesty raise a butcher's knife against them?"

Ke Dao said that officials are corrupt and bribery. This is a fact!

And not only are they corrupt and accepting bribes, they have also gone to the point of being insane!

Make money and commit corruption through rumors and reports, and ask the impeached officials to give them money to shut their mouths, otherwise they will continue to impeach and put pressure...

After all, if you are really as honest as water, you will naturally not be afraid of the censor's inspections. The question is, how many clean officials can the Ming Dynasty have, and how many officials are as clean and self-sufficient as Zhang Fuhua?

This kind of behavior is simply appalling and insane to the point of morbidity!

"But the problem is that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the emperor's eyes, ears, and discipline department! The purpose of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to supervise all officials, supervise various departments, and rectify the administration of officials. It is not to become a echo of the civil servants and gentry. It is not to become a party that agrees with others and opposes dissenters. A tool to exclude dissidents!”

The people are honest and have sharp eyes.

"His Majesty Emperor Hongzhi has worked hard all his life to govern, but as a result, the people have been destitute and the military and civilians have been impoverished. Then whose pockets did all this money and food go into?"

Well, an old guy can be killed with one punch, so there is no need to tie him up anymore.

All you have to do is spend money to support me. Hello, hello, hello to everyone. Let’s get rich together!

Compared with the censor patrolling the streets in Beijing, the quickest way for a censor to make money is to become a censor patrolling the streets!

There are thirteen supervisory censors subordinate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty. The supervisory censors usually serve in the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital and are called Nei Chai or Chang Chai. If they are ordered to go out on salt inspections, they are called salt inspection censors. A censor who is ordered to patrol a place is called a censor, and they are both called foreign missions or special missions.

Gentlemen and gentlemen are friends with the same aspirations and ideas, while villains are friends with common interests. This is a natural thing and has existed since ancient times.

Other political achievements may be an act, or there may be connections behind them.

The only difference is that gentlemen become friends because they share the same goals, while villains become friends because they are driven by interests!

However, at this moment Tang Hao came up with a new word, rural party!

Li Dongyang, a bachelor of Wenyuange, was born in Chaling, Huguang.

This is really...disgusting!

"Mr. Zhang, you have done this, why do you still want to stand up for the civil servants and gentry?"

The most common task among foreign missions or special missions is that the supervisory censor is ordered to go out to serve as patrol censor.

Zhang Fuhua took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly.

"Now that things have happened, don't you have anything to say?"

In fact, as a veteran of the Five Dynasties and an insider of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhang Fuhua at least had an impression of these scientific and technical officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, even though his main responsibility was to be the governor of water transportation and the governor of Huainan.

"Tang Hao!"

"how?"

"The boss also finds it incredible, right?"

After reading Zhang Fuhua's glorious resume, even Tang Hao admired him.

Not too possible!

Have I dug into your family's ancestral grave every day?

It’s really… so unreasonable!

The current president of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is Tu Xun, whose courtesy name is Yuanxun.

Regardless of whether it is a supervisory censor or a patrol censor, the official rank is actually the seventh rank.

Tang Hao stopped smiling and looked at Zhang Fuhua seriously.

"The corruption in the Beijing camp has been growing for a long time. The chief commander of the Ministry of War did not think about rectifying the camp affairs. Instead, he caught the generals and generals and chased them. He repeatedly accused the generals and generals of impeaching them, enriching their own pockets and deducting military pay!"

Unfortunately, this is not enough, the heat is not yet up!

Tang Hao once again took out a stack of incriminating evidence and placed it in front of Zhang Fuhua.

What a country party!

A cold smile appeared on Zhang Fuhua's face.

"I originally thought that Tu Yuanxun, with his dignified demeanor and reputation as a virtuous person, would succeed Dai Tingzhen in taking charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The legacy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be passed down, but I never expected that it would be like this..."

But this last one, personally going to the front line of flood relief and organizing soldiers and civilians to dig trenches to drain waterlogging, is worthy of respect.

Tang Hao was wondering, but Zhang Fuhua said nothing.

Ahem, that’s embarrassing.

"This is evidence of the crime of He Tianqu and other twenty-eight famous officials and censors!"

"Liu Daxia, Chief Sima of the Ministry of War!"

…

"When Shun became the emperor, twenty-two people including Gao, Kui, Ji, and Qi were placed in the court..."

"Li Dongyang, Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion!"

"Why don't you think about it, sir? Why did your Majesty arrest He Tianqu and the other thirty-two famous officials and censors?"

Township party!

"I have been out on patrol all year round and haven't paid much attention to the censor in Beijing."

"Sir, you really did something wrong this time!"

"Sir, what exactly did Li Dongyang tell you?"

What's more, this is indeed a true story. When Zhang Fuhua was transferred, the local soldiers and civilians were reluctant to see him off because they were grateful for his kindness.

To put it bluntly, cliques and cliques have indeed existed since ancient times.

"Uh huh..."

"Well, Sir, before we talk about business, you should first take a look at these evidences. They are all outstanding figures in your procuratorate!"

"I will definitely impeach you to death!"

"But that's the fact, and the evidence of guilt is clearly placed in front of you!"

"Xie Qian, the second assistant in the cabinet, is an official who hates evil as much as he hates hatred."

But regardless of the junior official, when he gets to the local level, he is an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor. Even a third-grade official like the chief envoy must be careful in front of the censor.

"Tsk, tsk, am I, Tang Hao, really wrong? Should the Ming Dynasty be allowed to continue to rot like this? Until the people can't bear it anymore and rise up, the world will be in chaos, and the dynasty... will collapse?!"

"There were hundreds of officials who impeached me before, and there were thousands of memorials to impeach me!"

The reason is because he can't refute!

This "inspection of the censor" was intended to inspect and rectify local officials' governance. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it has already become a means for the censor to make money through corruption!

After hearing this, Zhang Fuhua finally couldn't bear it anymore. He overturned the desk with great anger and knocked all the incriminating evidence to the ground!

"Tang Hao, what exactly do you want to do?"

Tang Hao placed in front of Zhang Fuhua one by one the evidence of Ke Dao's crimes collected by the East and West No. 2 Factory.

"Your Majesty is planning to take action against Li Dongyang?"

Zhang Fuhua was a veteran of the Five Dynasties. He had never seen anything like a fool, and he didn't know how officials were corrupt and took bribes!

For example, the street patrol censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is known as a "fat cadre"!

After all, there are only a few ways for a censor to be corrupt and bribery. This censor patrolling the streets is very intimidating to some small traders. He is a big shot who must not be offended!

"You treacherous traitor!"

Tang Hao was puzzled. You are an upright and good official. Why do you take the lead in impeachment and want to kill me?

It is precisely because of this that when Dai Shan was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the atmosphere was indeed good and corruption was unstoppable!

Tang Hao didn't answer, just sat back in his seat.

"The reason why I let you see these criminal evidences is just to let you know that the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate is rotten to the core!"

However, after Xiaozong's death, Dai Shan became ill due to overwork and died of illness in the same year. His replacement was Tu Xun.

He looked at Tang Hao in disbelief, then hurriedly looked at the next article.

Tang Hao looked at Zhang Fuhua with a smile and pointed at the rows of evidence in front of him!

"There is also a cabinet minister, Li Dongyang, who is an... out-and-out bitch!"

But the problem is that there are treacherous ministers in the court!

General Xian Dai Shan is the same as Tianguan Ma Wensheng. He is honest and upright, does not cater to the powerful, and cannot tolerate people with sand in his eyes.

"He said you wanted to be like Dong Zhuo! Sleep on the dragon's bed, bully the young master, and usurp artifacts!"

Tang Hao: "(ω)Shuan Q"

Li Dongyang!

I will kill you sooner or later!

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