Continuing to cure corruption is a long-term route. The Ming Dynasty has always had zero tolerance for corrupt officials in the future.

It doesn't matter if you don't check it, but after investigation, it will inevitably lead to another bloody storm. First of all, the officials in the capital who were cleaned up by the Jinyiwei thought they had escaped punishment.

However, this series of operations by the West Factory made them terrible. Bribery and the West Factory almost became the consensus among court officials. These corrupt officials were already isolated and eager to pull individuals into the water to keep their safety.

The Xichang Factory, who came to the door, was undoubtedly the biggest backer. As long as Yuchang collects their money, he can pull him into the water. Yuchang is the person around the emperor. If he is investigated, Xichang will definitely not sit idly by.

Who would have thought that all this turned out to be a conspiracy. The purpose of Yuhua’s money to vent his power and accepting bribes was originally instructed by Emperor Chongzhen.

It's too cruel and too damaged. Who thought of such a vicious plan?

After thinking about it, it seemed that the crown prince was the most suspicious. Yes, it seemed that Zhu Cilang was the only one who could come up with such a secret trick.

In fact, Zhu Cilang was wronged. The fact that Yuhuaqian accepted bribes was actually thought of by Chongzhen.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was no longer the confused and eager for quick success and instant benefits before. He would grow up. Especially after traveling with his son in a miscellaneous manner, especially after learning a lot of useful things from his son.

Emperor Chongzhen became increasingly convinced that his ideas were the permanent national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

Only by completely eliminating the corruption of officials and governments can the Ming Dynasty have hope and the lives of the people will truly become rich.

After Wang Chengen read the list of these corrupt officials, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand gently. Then a group of guards rushed in from the hall, and the guards arrested people one by one among the court officials.

All the people on the list were eventually arrested. These important officials and pillars of the country who were originally in the court have been dragged out like dead dogs.

The officials who were dragged away were screaming in horror without exception, "Long live the life, the criminals knew their mistakes, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen was always expressionless, and these ministers deserved it. The consequences of the people should be damned, especially during the national crisis.

These officials have not made a single contribution. They have begun to embezzle and accept bribes since the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil.

The Ming Dynasty actually began to decline from the Wanli period. By the Chongzhen period, the "dike" could not be blocked at all, so even if Chongzhen looked like the entire Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor who looked good was in charge, he was unable to make up for the situation and ended up hanging on the coal mountain. The Ming Dynasty closed down at this point.

Objectively speaking, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was certainly due to the reasons that later generations said, such as "the energy has been exhausted", but the factors themselves cannot be ignored. For example, the corruption of officials and the corruption of officials are all the ant holes in the dam.

During the period, the economy and culture of the Ming Dynasty were extremely developed. Later generations considered that the court had won every year, and the economic scale of the Ming Dynasty could be the world's largest. However, from the middle of the Wanli Dynasty, the emperor was negligent, officials became more corrupt, and the landlord class plundered people's wealth and ointment everywhere, leading to chaos in the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang vowed to kill all corrupt officials in the world to death, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, he was still politically corrupt. However, many corrupt officials killed, and the consequences were serious.

It’s okay to say that a talented and powerful strategy like Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is because he can suppress it. Those who have strange intentions are also afraid of him. Chongzhen is not allowed, and killing too many will only cause turmoil in the court.

Corrupt officials are like mushrooms after a rain, and they are even more impatient. This is not normal. Although there are corrupt officials, it is rare to kill a large number of them like this. This is also due to the low salary of officials and Zhu Yuanzhang's technique. This also laid the root of disaster for political corruption in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

There was no way, Emperor Chongzhen could only reuse the Jinyiwei and expand it extensively. The Jinyiwei also expanded to a terrifying 500,000 people, but the same problem arose.

The rise of the Jinyiwei was also extremely terrifying after losing control. Unjust, false and wrong cases emerged one after another, and netizens began to become corrupt and degenerate.

At this time, there seemed to be only one way to go to Chongzhen. He re-activated the East-West Factory and then used the power of the East-West Factory to suppress the Jinyiwei.

At present, the effect is still good. At least the arrogance of the Jinyiwei has been defeated, but in the future.

In the future, East and West Factory will inevitably move towards the old path of Jinyiwei. At that time, Chongzhen will face another difficult problem.

Looking at these officials who were taken down, Emperor Chongzhen immediately became frustrated. It was too difficult to be this emperor.

And, what's the best way to be this emperor?

Before, Chongzhen felt that he was very happy to be an emperor, and the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five was in control of the world. However, with more and more cumbersome government affairs, he was also overwhelmed when governing the world, and Emperor Chongzhen became increasingly disappointed.

Perhaps, I am really not suitable to be an emperor, Chongzhen was thinking.

Even Emperor Chongzhen had the idea of ​​abdicating. His son was so wise and courageous, why not pass the throne to his son and be a hand-off manager by himself?

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that his son could manage the Ming Dynasty well. He also believed that Zhu Cilang would make the Ming Dynasty rejuvenate.

Since that's the case, why don't you let go? Isn't it nice to be a free and easy emperor?

After having this idea, Emperor Chongzhen was really shaken. He was thinking about how to spread it to Zhu Cilang, or when it should be spread to his son.

Similarly, there was also a person thinking in the hall. This person was Zhao Wentong.

He also bribed, and it is said that he should be on Yuhua Qian's list. But for some reason, Yuhua Qian did not mention him. Or was he on another list.

Zhao Wentong guessed correctly. After these bribery officials were taken down, Yuhuaqian wrote another list. The first person on this list was Zhao Wentong.

"Emperor, this is another list drawn up by my servants. Please check it out."

Wang Chengen walked on and handed over another list of Yu Huaqian again. The number of people on this list was significantly smaller.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the name on the list and couldn't help but frowned: "So young, Mr. Zhao Wentong, the Minister of Rites?"

Zhao Wentong's heart skipped a beat, and it was over.

Forget it, what should come will always come. Zhao Wentong, who was so sad, stood up with a parchment in his arms, and then prepared to kneel down and confess his guilt with his knees.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said: "Zhao Wentong, the Minister of Rites, will be promoted to the Left Minister of Rites today."
Chapter completed!