Zhu Houzhao's meaning is very clear, and the behavior of the inspector Hu Shishi was equivalent to treason.

But the left censor Jin Xianmin was also shocked by Zhu Houzhao's view of Hu Shi. He did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would think that Hu Shi was equivalent to treason.

However, Jin Xianmin did not dare to plead for Mr. Hu at this time. He knew that His Majesty had already treated Mr. Hu like this, and that when he went to plead for Mr. Hu, he would only implicate himself in it.

No matter what, Zhu Houzhao was the emperor of the Ming Empire, his words were still effective. Shortly after Zhu Houzhao issued the order, the inspector of the East Factory sent a special person to Nanzhili, preparing to ask Hu Shi to explain the problem.

At this time, the Southern Zhili Censor Hu Shishi had not yet known that he had killed Xiong Jia had been known by Emperor Zhu Houzhao. At this time, he was still inspecting the various prefectures of Nan Zhili with the sign of the Southern Zhili.

The emperor is far away, and Beijing is far away from Nanzhili, and there are many affairs in the south under the jurisdiction of many Nanjing officials.

Therefore, Hu Shi relied on his support from various officials in Nanjing, and still exercised his power to inspect the prefectures of Nanzhili without restraint when inspecting the prefectures of Nanzhili, and completely forgot that Zhu Houzhao had already stated that the power of the prefectures of the prefectures had been changed.

Jurong County, Zhili, Nanzhili.

The inspector Hu Shigang and the magistrate of Jurong County walked out of the county government with a chatter and laughter. Just as they were about to get on the sedan, the special personnel from the East Factory Inspection Department appeared in front of the Hu Shi:

"Hu, the Censor of the Southern Zhili Inspector, right? We are from the East Factory Inspectorate Department. Let's go with us!"

Shi Hu couldn't help but be stunned. Although it was difficult to convey news in time because of this era, he could also guess that it was not a good thing for people from Dongchang to come to him.

Shi Hu suddenly became panicked and asked, "Dare you ask, why is this? What is the matter that the officials have committed?"

"This is your Majesty's decree!"

The people from the East Factory Inspection Department did not answer this Hu Shi, but only lit the approval of the East Factory. Immediately, a big man from the East Factory Inspection Department ordered: "Take it away!"

then.

The Hu Shi was pulled down by the two soldiers of the East Factory Inspectorate Department, and directly clamped his arms and walked into the carriage.

The magistrate of Jurong County and other officials were all stunned.

Even the inspector, Hu Shi, his entourage, and even officers and soldiers were stunned.

In the entire Nanzhili, the inspector, Hu Shi, who showed his power and power, except for the governor, took away any local officials by the inspector, just by the three people from the East Factory!

No one dared to question anything, and no one could question anything. After all, Nanzhili was still the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Hu Shi could be arrogant and domineering in front of Xiong Jia, but in front of the people sent by the emperor, he was like an ant.

At this time, Shi Hu was sitting in the car with chills all over, heart aches, and was about to stop breathing, but his head was still running rapidly, thinking about what was going on above and why he was taken away by the people from the East Factory Inspectorate.

"Wait, please check the approval documents of the Censorate!"

At this time, a burst of hurried horse hooves came. When he heard the official document of the Censorate who was coming to find his own, Hu Shi suddenly opened his eyes and hurriedly received the official document of the approval document, but he saw that it was Jin Xianmin, the left censor of the Censorate, who asked him to take out evidence of accusing Xiong Jia of the private abuse of power.

Shi Hu suddenly understood everything, and understood why he was suddenly taken away by the people from the East Factory. He knew that he had dealt with Xiong Jia according to the wishes of the Secretary of the Ministry of Works of Nanjing, Zhou Yong, and angered the superiors.

But Mr. Hu didn't expect that one of the fourth-rank officials in the local military preparations and prefects could even make the attention of the above. He could only be sure that the so-called Jinyiwei reported the news. Mr. Hu regretted it now, regretting that he was only concerned about meeting the request of the Secretary of the Ministry of Works of Nanjing, Zhou Yong, to take revenge on Xiong Jia, but completely forgot that the Ming Dynasty had the ubiquitous Jinyiwei.

"Dears, this is not what Hu wants to do like this, and Hu is helpless! All of this was what Lord Zhou, the Grand Sikong of Nanjing, asked Hu to do this. He wanted to take revenge on the prefect Xiong!"

"Dears, please tell me about your love for Hu. Hu really has no choice. Hu can give you filial piety. As long as you are willing to help Hu, you will say as much as you say!"

Hu Shi said in a panic, and sometimes he pushed his responsibilities to Zhou Yong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Works of Nanjing, saying that he was very aggrieved and had to obey the order. Sometimes he tried to use money to buy the people from the inspector department of the East Factory.

The people from the Dongchang Inspectorate did not pay attention to Hu Shi, and did not dare to accept Hu Shi's bribes. After all, the capital had just dealt with the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet because of bribing him. Moreover, His Majesty directly convicted Hu Shi's crimes as if he was rebelling. Naturally, they did not dare to be implicated by Hu Shi, and they did not even dare to say a word.

While Hu Shi was taken away, officials from the Ministry of Justice also brought a team of officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Justice to the mansion of Zhou Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Works in Nanjing.

Although the Secretary of Works in Nanjing has much less authority than the Secretary of Works, it is not really a powerless and powerless person to support free officials. After all, the six ministries in Nanjing still manage some southern affairs, and he, the Secretary of Works in Nanjing, also has some power, at least his status is not low, not to mention that there are many disciples and old officials.

Zhou Yong, the Minister of Works of Nanjing, never thought that people in his position would be severely punished for some trivial matters. After all, he did not plot against him or fight against His Majesty the Emperor.

But what Zhou Yong ignored was that the Ming Dynasty was no longer the Ming Dynasty in the past, and the current Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao did not want the law to become a piece of paper in the empire.

However, what was unexpected was that when officials from the Ministry of Justice came to Zhou Yong's mansion, the gatekeeper did not allow them to enter. They also asked officials from the Ministry of Justice to bring a post and even had to ask for a door bag.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice were not polite, and directly ordered the officers and soldiers to force themselves to break in, and directly captured Zhou Yong from his concubine's bed.

Zhou Yong didn't expect that he would be arrested suddenly, and he shouted hysterically: "What are you doing? This official is the Minister of Works of Nanjing. You are leading troops in without authorization. I want to report to Your Majesty!"

"This is the edict that Your Majesty agrees to approve your arrest! You are now dismissed for suspected bribing the cabinet chief Wang Qiong and others, and have been officially arrested. The Censorate has filed a case, and Wang Qiong has already recruited himself and has revealed the physical evidence of your bribery!"

After saying that, the official from the Ministry of Justice shouted: "Take it away!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yong raised his head in surprise: "Impossible! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The chief minister has always been favored by holy people, how could he be punished for the crime of greed for the ink? Your Majesty would not do this. You are fake, you are fake officials of the Ministry of Justice. Besides, even if I commit a crime, it is not your official in the Ministry of Justice. It should be the Censorate or the Jinyiwei!"

Officials from the Ministry of Justice were too lazy to interfere with Zhou Yongyong, and directly asked someone to take Zhou Yongsuo out of the mansion. After all, Zhu Houzhao issued a strict order. Zhou Yong, a corrupt person who took the initiative to bribe, was the most unforgivable person and must be taken into custody immediately within three months.

Zhou Yong roared for a while, but it was useless. In the end, he had to stop and began to mutter to himself: "Why is this like this? Why is this happening? When will greed be punished like this? The national law is very strict, and the national law is very strict!"

In Zhou Yong's worldview, greed is nothing, and giving filial piety to the Beijing officials is also a hidden rule in the officialdom, but he did not expect that he would be punished for this matter one day.

So, after Zhou Yong was escorted to the capital this year, Zhou Yong directly said that if he was punished for death, most officials in the world would have to be punished for death.

"No matter how he shouts, everything is handled according to the law. Since the evidence is conclusive, no matter whether he pleads guilty or not, you, the Minister of Justice, can directly pronounce the sentence!"

Zhu Houzhao hates this kind of person who has committed a crime but feels that he should not be punished because others have committed the same thing. He did not directly order the Minister of Justice Lin Jun to immediately sentence Zhou Yong to execute him because of Zhou Yong because of Zhou Yong's sophistry.

So, not long after, Zhou Yong was officially sentenced, beheaded and made public, and skinned!

For the officials of the court, this incident shocked them a lot. Some officials could not accept this way of governing the country by law. They always felt that it was too cruel and prepared to resign. In their opinion, taking some benefits from the subordinates and giving some benefits to the officials above was normal in the officialdom, and there was no need to do so strictly.

But some officials also cheered this, thinking that this would help to clear the administration and avoid corruption in the atmosphere.

This is the result of the parallel parallel between old-style education and new-style education in the Ming Dynasty.

Most officials who received new education came from poor families and accepted the idea of ​​national thought and the idea of ​​seeking welfare for the people. In addition, Zhu Houzhao's own idealistic color made these officials highly praised the idea of ​​governing the country by relying on the law.

However, many officials do not advocate strict punishment and strict law because they are influenced by Confucian benevolence and have instinctive sympathy for people of the same class.

"The law can be changed, but Tang believes that the law should be stricter, that is, it should be changed more strictly so that corruption can be eliminated and corruption can be attracted to others. At least before the wisdom of the people is opened, the Ming Dynasty cannot reduce the intensity of the law's punishment," said Tang Bohu, Zhu Houzhao's mouthpiece, in his speech at the Peking University on how to change the law.

Immediately, a Confucian scholar Xie Zhen asked, "I dare to ask the people how they are wise, and can you tell that the death of Qin II was caused by the strict law?"

"When the people no longer kneel in front of the yamen and shout for justice, when the people can spontaneously resist the tyranny of a certain official, when the people can know that they have organized and negotiated with the government rather than tolerate it until they can't bear it, and then they will tell the government to do too much," said Tang Bohu later: "As for the death of Qin II, although the law is too strict, the law of the Ming Dynasty is not strict. You can compare it to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the law of the Ming Dynasty will not be punished for missing work. Moreover, Tang believed that Qin did not die because of the harsh law, but because of tyranny. The law of Qin has been implemented for a hundred years, not only for the second lifetime!"

After hearing this, the Confucian scholar Xie Zhen just smiled and then continued to argue with Tang Bohu.

Zhu Houzhao did not control this. Whether or not to change the laws of the Ming Dynasty and how to change it is the business of the whole world. He did not mind these people quarreling. In his opinion, this would at least make the whole world feel a sense of participation in the Ming Dynasty empire, and in this sense of participation, it would truly develop feelings for the country.

No matter what the law will become in the future, at least the law will be in line with the interests of most people in the world. In this way, most people in the world will realize that the governance of this country is the one who participates in the governance of this country and are also the master of this country. Only then will they have a sense of belonging and national feelings for this country, and they will take the initiative to abide by the laws and rules of this country. After all, they are involved in the changes and formulations. If they do not abide by it, wouldn’t it be denied?

Zhu Houzhao believed that if the whole world really wanted to discuss a code suitable for the current national conditions of Daming, even if foreign forces invaded in the future, it would arouse the resistance of all the people of the Ming Dynasty, because once the empire became a country where it participated in the governance, she would never want her to be taken away by the foreigners.

but.

Zhu Houzhao had to admit that this seemed difficult. The scholars of the empire were quarreling and held speeches and forums everywhere, but never reached an agreement. Ordinary farmers and workers seemed to have no intention of participating in this activity. Officials did not dare to express their fear of being dragged off the political arena if they were accidentally pulled out of politics.

Even the representatives of various provinces who came to Beijing under the orders began to be bribed by some people with ulterior motives and were disclosed by the Jinyiwei, and then they were punished, which made the entire Ming Shilin extremely angry and disappointed.

Zhu Houzhao could also see that if he continues like this, it would be impossible for the people of the empire to make themselves, the emperor, successfully change the laws of the Ming Dynasty for decades. First, you have to establish a system to prevent representatives from being bribed, and secondly, you have to let the quarrels reach an agreement.

Despite this, Zhu Houzhao was still willing to accept it. After all, whether the law was changed or not would have little impact on him, the emperor.

However, there are also many selfish officials who hope that Emperor Zhu Houzhao can be like an emperor, use imperial power to forcibly change the law, or take the lead in not abide by the law, or do not strictly abide by the law, or at least not punish those who are greedy. But they cannot explicitly say that the emperor should not take the law seriously, be the masters of the whole world, treat us as slaves, and be more tolerant of the slaves. They can only say that the emperor should govern the country with mercy.

As a modern person, Zhu Houzhao's belief in the rule of law is far greater than that of rule of man. He made him give up the rule of law and become the master of millions of people, and then turned the entire Ming Dynasty into his own private property, while the people of the Ming Dynasty became their own slaves, and then the slaves were divided into different levels, and higher slaves enslaved lower slaves. Zhu Houzhao could not do it. He was not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, and he did not want to regard the Ming Dynasty as his own private property.

But because of this, Zhu Houzhao knew that there must be a great bureaucrat who wanted to obtain the privilege of "no punishment for the doctor" that could not tolerate an emperor like him and wished that he would die early.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao knew that he could not relax his vigilance at any time. He wanted to continue to popularize universal education, and then more people would get rid of ignorance and pursue the most basic dignity. At the same time, he would continue to accumulate the wealth of the empire, and then more people would have more other interests and needs in other aspects while meeting their living conditions.

However, the entire Ming Empire is very complicated now, and only Emperor Zhu Houzhao can play with many political and economic activities. Therefore, no one really dares to take the blame for the world and frame Zhu Houzhao. Moreover, the princes are still young now, and no one wants to change the emperor at this time.

Because of this, Zhu Houzhao was still able to firmly sit in his position as Emperor Ming, and the Ming Empire continued to move forward rapidly because he was still at the helm. Although the law was changed and it was difficult to achieve results, the idea of ​​governing the country according to the law began to be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Xiong Jia's suspension arrangement was declared invalid by the Censorate and the Ministry of Personnel, so Xiong Jia continued to take charge of Songjiang Prefecture. After restoring his freedom of power, his first thing was to continue to make decisions for the people and arrest Zhou Jiansheng, and this time he was sentenced to death as a result of his death! After all, Zhou Jiansheng committed murder.

Zhou Jiansheng was trembling when he was pushed to the execution ground. He felt the fear of death for the first time, but the people outside the execution ground were excited. It was the first time they felt the justice side of the government.

Xiong Jia ordered the execution after looking at the hour.

So, with a click, Zhou Jiansheng's head fell to the ground!

For the huge Ming Empire, a prison student may not be a big deal, but in Songjiang Prefecture, in this historical period when the gentry broke with the people after the emergence of steam power, a prison student was executed meant that the era of officials and gentry manipulating the government was gradually over, and the people began to defeat the gentry in the competition for interests for the first time.

You should know that in history, this kind of relying on government support to enable the workers and peasants to defeat the gentry was only in the 20th century AD. This phenomenon can occur in the Ming Dynasty today, firstly because the empire did not experience the three hundred years of slave rule in a certain dynasty, secondly because Zhu Houzhao's implementation of universal education, thirdly because the people of Songjiang Prefecture had a high level of education and had the attributes of modern citizenship.

Luo Xiang's new weaving system was like a beast without natural enemies, swallowing the textile market in the entire Jiangnan region crazily, and also rapidly expanding the foreign textile trade market.

After Luo Xiang reported his work a year later, he brought two million silver dollars to Beijing, and the entire Ming Dynasty even caused a sensation. He never expected that a new weaving bureau opened by Luo Xiang could bring such a huge profit.

at the same time.

Luo Xiang also proved his strength to Zhu Houzhao. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao himself secretly thanked that he had not listened to Wang Qiong's advice and chose to change players in the last battle.

However, after the end of the story, Zhu Houzhao had to deal with the corruption issues involving the military involved in Xuanhua due to the use of the most advanced steam technology to open a new weaving bureau in Songjiang Prefecture.

Although the Ming Dynasty gradually began to emphasize literature and suppress military affairs in the middle and late periods, the generals of the Ming Dynasty were often not really pure little white rabbits. It is very common to eat empty salary and even raise bandits to respect themselves. Using military soldiers as serfs is a disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty's military system.

If Zhu Houzhao hadn't been worried about forcing these military landlords who used military soldiers as serfs, he had abolished the military system at the beginning of his ascension, and the corruption in Xuanhua now made Zhu Houzhao find an opportunity.

Now the Ming Dynasty has basically become fully weaponized, and the production of standard guns and gunpowder is controlled by the court. As long as Zhu Houzhao blocks the guns and ammunition, he no longer has to worry about deposing the military system and forcing these military landlords to rebel.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao decided to take advantage of the corruption in Xuanhua this time to achieve the purpose of reforming the military system.

Zhu Houzhao issued a Taoist decree, requiring the Xuanhua border army to conduct a month-long military exercise, and all officers and soldiers must participate, and live-fire training is required to consume the Xuanhua border army's logistics reserves to the maximum extent.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao asked the Ministry of War to temporarily supply firearms, ammunition, cold-proof winter clothes and even medicine to the Xuanhua border army on the grounds of building the cement road from Xuanhua to the capital. At the same time, he ordered the British Duke Zhang Lun to lead four divisions of the Guards north to Zhangjiakou Fort to get close to Xuanfu Town in the name of coordinating border army military exercises.

This military exercise was commanded by Wang Shouren, the general secretary.

Wang Shouren decided to make a real and false plan. At the same time, according to the military exercise method that Zhu Houzhao had told him before, he directly ordered the border troops under the command of Chen Rui, the general of Xuanfu, to be the enemy of the British Duke Zhang Lun, to act as a foreign invasion and transferred to the outside of Zhangjiakou Fort to attack Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu to improve his ability to attack, while the border troops continued to defend Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou Fort to train defense.

Chen Rui, the general of Xuanfu, was a little suspicious and thought something was wrong. After all, he did not expect the court to suddenly conduct military exercises. However, when Wang Shouren only asked him to defend Xuanfu and other places, and said that the guards went north only as foreign enemies to invade the enemy but did not enter the city, he did not think anything was wrong, and he could only prepare to defend according to Wang Shouren's arrangements.

However, after the main forces of the four divisions of the Guards began to siege the castles such as Xuanfu, Wang Shouren suddenly summoned military officers such as Xuanfu General Chen Rui, as well as civil servants such as Xuanfu General Song Bin, and Jigong Censor Puquan, who inspected Xuanda, on the grounds that he discussed the city defense arrangements for this military exercise.

Chen Rui and others did not think it was a fraud, and they all thought that Wang Shouren was his own person, so they all believed it and all came to Wang Shouren's gate to discuss matters.

Wang Shouren had already ambushed the crossbowman at this time. As soon as Chen Rui and other officials settled down, Wang Shouren directly attacked and took out an imperial edict: "Accept the order! The general of Xuanfu Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui... The censor Song Bin, Ji Gong Censor Puquan... and other officials were suspected of corruption and corruption. They mixed gunpowder with mud and sand without asking about it. They only colluded with the inner court officials in the military expenses of the Moutu Empire! His heart was punished! He was immediately escorted to Beijing and interrogated strictly!"

Chen Rui couldn't help but be shocked, and stood up and asked, "Master Wang! What are you doing?!"

Wang Shouren smiled coldly: "Of course I will take you with the order!"

Wang Shouren said, waved his hand, and then a team of crossbowmen rushed out and pointed it at Chen Rui and other officials.

Chen Rui's officials were all shocked. From the beginning to the end, they did not expect that the general Wang Zhengzhi, who was so hard that he was trying hard to win over, was trying to harm him. Therefore, Chen Rui became very angry and laughed out loud: "You want to take me! Then, if you dare to ask why you dare to take me, aren't you afraid that Chen, who is the opportunity to organize soldiers to promote righteousness?!"

"The court temporarily suspended the transportation of food, grass, firearms and ammunition to Xuanfu. The four divisions of the Guards have now replaced them with real ammunition and have surrounded the three guards of Xuanfu. General Chen, dare you ask, will the court worry about your rebellion?!"
Chapter completed!