Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

"The time I give to the Qing family is not short, right?"

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao sat on a stone bench and looked up at the blue sky. Several birds flew through the sky. "The gunpowder smuggling case has been investigated so far. Except for some of the clues found in the past, no breakthrough has been made so far." No, if I don’t mention this matter, will the Qing family almost forget about it?”

"I dare not!"

Cui Chengxiu, who was standing with his hands down, felt his heart tightening and fell to his knees on the ground.

Cold sweat broke out on Cui Chengxiu's back.

"Are you afraid to fool me anymore? Or are you afraid to investigate further at all?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Cui Chengxiu who was kneeling on the ground, and asked calmly.

"minister…"

Cui Chengxiu was speechless for a moment.

He could hear the emperor's dissatisfaction.

indeed.

In the past, Cui Chengxiu, who supervised the gunpowder smuggling case, did have a certain sense of luck deep in his heart. Especially when chaos began to break out in the capital and Gyeonggi, Cui Chengxiu did not have a sense of luck.

After all, the Military War Bureau has various gunpowder depots under its jurisdiction. Since Emperor Yuji came to the throne, so much gunpowder has been smuggled. If the involvement is not extensive, then Cui Chengxiu's job as an official would be in vain.

If something is discovered during the review that should not be investigated, should we continue the investigation, or should we pretend not to know?

This is too difficult a choice for Cui Chengxiu.

He just wanted to be an official, so let him do such an offending job, even if he could really handle the case beautifully, arrest all the people involved, and gain the emperor's favor.

But then again.

Then Cui Chengxiu will definitely offend a lot of people because of this case. Relations in the officialdom are already intricate. If many people hate him because of this case, no one can guarantee whether he will be tripped up in the future!

"My patience is limited."

Seeing Cui Chengxiu like this, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, "I sent people to hand over the group of traitors arrested by the West Police Factory to your Criminal Department. They can instigate such a farce in the capital and Gyeonggi. They must be afraid of finding something, so they went out of their way to do so." If they were really just trying to make money for the country, they wouldn't take such a desperate risk."

"The case of driving up grain prices in the capital and the capital and disrupting the imperial court is jointly handled with the gunpowder smuggling case. If it is also involved in the Chongwenmen customs smuggling case, the Ministry of Punishment can go to the Shuntian Prefecture Prison for interrogation. Cui Chengxiu, this is your last chance. Well, if I’ve done so much and you still can’t find out the case, then don’t think about doing this again from now on.”

"The minister obeys the order!"

Cui Chengxiu hurriedly kowtowed.

Looking at the trembling Cui Chengxiu, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the stone bench, showed a faint smile. Just because he was willing to give Wei Zhongxian a chance did not mean that he would give others a chance.

Wei Zhongxian is an internal minister. As long as he does not commit the serious crime of rebellion, it means that he can still be driven, because the eunuchs in power in the inner court are nothing once they lose the protection of the imperial power!

Wei Zhongxian didn't have many choices.

But Cui Chengxiu is different. Even though he is attached to Wei Zhongxian's sect and is one of the backbones of the currently condensed eunuch party, Cui Chengxiu is a civil servant after all. Maybe the chance of choosing other options is slim, but slim does not mean there is no chance.

If you can do something, use it.

If you can’t do it, then forget it!

Deep in Zhu Youxiao's heart, he still had the intention to divide the eunuch party. A large eunuch party force with many members was not in line with his interests in being in power.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, party strife cannot be stifled. As long as there are people, there will be a tendency to stick together for warmth. This is human nature!

Since party strife cannot be stifled, then we must find ways to check and balance. The sign of a qualified king who controls the court has always been to pull one faction, fight another faction, suppress another faction, and kill another faction. Only by promoting this delicate balance can everyone below Only by being fearful and not daring to touch the bottom line easily can you control the overall situation.

"If Wei Zhongxian is the vicious dog I raise in the inner court, then you Cui Chengxiu is the vicious dog I raise in the outer court."

Looking at Cui Chengxiu's leaving figure, Zhu Youxiao thought to himself: "Tian and Xu are the vicious dogs I raised in Jinyiwei. There can be a connection between you, but it is no longer possible to get together like in the past. You have to stand on your own, so there is no risk in driving."

Entering the competition in the power field, friendship is too precious. It is the normal situation in the power field that people gather because of profit and disperse because of profit.

The Ming Dynasty controlled by Zhu Youxiao was so great, there must be many dirty things in it, and it took a group of people to do these dirty work.

Light and darkness coexist with each other.

No one can expect the light to last forever without the darkness, which is against the laws of nature. Even the aloof emperor cannot achieve this.

"Great victory!!"

While Zhu Youxiao was sighing with emotion, an excited voice sounded, causing many people in the Qianqing Palace area to focus on that figure.

"Your Majesty! Great victory!!"

Yuan Keli, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, held the memorial and rushed towards the imperial court. When he arrived in front of Zhu Youxiao, Yuan Keli bowed and said: "The bandits of Zhao Ni who have been roaming in many places and the bandits in various places in the capital have been suppressed by Huang Degong's ministry. During the Qing Dynasty, Huang Degong's troops traveled to many places, annihilated dozens of large and small bandits, killed countless bandits, and seized more than 7 taels of gold, more than 80 taels of silver, and hundreds of thousands of dans of grain..."

Listening to what Yuan Keli said, Zhu Youxiao showed a faint smile.

Among the farces that occurred in the past, what really worried the school secretary Zhu You was the accommodation and resettlement of refugees, and the breeding of banditry.

If the above two things cannot be handled properly, it will inevitably aggravate the impact of the situation. In this way, it will undoubtedly become more difficult to solve the problem.

Because it was uncontrollable, Zhu Youxiao was even more worried.

On the contrary, Zhu Youxiao was not too worried about what happened in the capital and Gyeonggi. After all, no matter how much trouble the people hiding behind the scenes made, they would not dare to lift the table and make a complete fuss. If it really got to that point, the losses to the court would certainly be great. It's so big that they will be damaged as well.

No one can say what will happen if the situation really gets out of hand.

"How is Lu Xiangsheng doing in Tianshou Mountain?"

After reading the memorial, Zhu Youxiao found that there was no matter involving Tianshou Mountain, so he looked at Yuan Keli and asked.

In order to deal with the farce in the capital and Gyeonggi, involving Tianshou Mountain and suppressing banditry, Zhu Youxiao has ordered Yuan Keli to take full responsibility in Beijing.

"Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng killed a number of eunuchs and hereditary guards in Tianshou Mountain."

Yuan Keli bowed and said: "These people are so daring that they secretly collude with each other to steal and sell the treasures of the tombs in Tianshou Mountain. They even intercept a lot of the silver allocated to the Tianshou Mountain for camp repairs every year!"

"According to Lu Xiangsheng's urgent report to Beijing, the mausoleum guards stationed in Tianshou Mountain are seriously starved of pay and blood. The existing mausoleum guards simply cannot afford to defend the mausoleums of Tianshou Mountain. The burden of the mausoleum!"

"Deserves to be killed!"

Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and said, "I should have thought of this a long time ago."

"Your Majesty, according to Lu Xiangsheng's interrogation, some of the mausoleum guards stationed in Tianshou Mountain were involved in smuggling. It is certain that a large amount of grain was sold to Shanxi and Shaanxi."

Yuan Keli hesitated for a moment, but still told what he knew. "Lu Xiangsheng even speculated that they were very likely to be involved in the gunpowder smuggling case supervised by the Ministry of Punishment."

"I thought of it."

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "The Zhuling Guards stationed in Tianshou Mountain have special privileges in the local area, and the local government does not dare to check the certificates issued by them."

"Your Majesty, Tianshou Mountain must be renovated."

Yuan Keli bowed and said: "The traitors that Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to investigate have a total of nearly 200 million taels of gold and silver in their names, and countless fields..."

"I know."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Don't make any publicity about this matter. I have already considered it in my mind. I sent a message to Lu Xiangsheng to deliver the confiscated gold and silver to Beijing, send someone to register the property, and hand over the food to the Disaster Relief Office!" "

"The minister obeys the order."

Yuan Keli hurriedly bowed and responded.