Glancing at Chen Hong who was standing not far away, Zhu Youxiao said coldly with a solemn face: "Go and find Wei Zhongxian!"

Chen Hong saw that his prince's face was not very good, so he quickly bowed and said respectfully: "Yes, your prince."

After saying this, Chen Hong hurriedly walked outside.

Looking at Chen Hong's hurried away figure, Zhu Youxiao showed a thoughtful expression.

This time, we can only let Wei Zhongxian do the things at the Meridian Gate. The Jinyiwei side can't move for the time being, and they can't be allowed to merge. One day in the future, when I have to deal with one person, I must at least ensure that the other person can still be used.

The later Emperor Chongzhen made a mistake and wiped out Dongchang and Jinyiwei. He even packed everyone into an eunuch party and killed them all, leaving no escape route for himself.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian was too powerful at that time, and since the new Emperor Chongzhen came to Dabao for the first time after he ascended the throne, it was nothing to kill Wei Zhongxian. After all, there was an emperor and ministers, let alone a powerful minister like Wei Zhongxian.

But Emperor Chongzhen couldn't kill everyone. People like Jin Yiwei could be kept. Jin Yiwei and the others were already a stinker on the streets, and everyone wanted to kill them.

Except for the Emperor Chongzhen, Jin Yiwei and the others have no one to rely on. These people are the sword in Emperor Chongzhen's hand. You don't have to use it, but you must hold the handle of the sword in your hand.

When you need to use it, you can just take it and stab it out, but you can't find that you don't have a knife when you want to use it.

Zhu Youxiao adopted this strategy for Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong. Once Wei Zhongxian had to be abandoned one day, Luo Sigong would take over from outside the palace, and Chen Hong would take over from inside the palace.

This is the reason why Zhu Youxiao always uses Chen Hong.

Although Chen Hong is far inferior to Wei Zhongxian in terms of ability, there is one thing that Chen Hong is quite obedient about.

Zhu Youxiao felt that if he could not find a more suitable person to replace Chen Hong, then there would be no problem in using Chen Hong in the future. By the time he uses Chen Hong, the situation would definitely not be the same as it is now.

In just a short while, Wei Zhongxian arrived at Qianqing Palace.

After entering the main hall, Wei Zhongxian quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao, "Long live the Emperor!"

Looking at Wei Zhongxian who was lying respectfully on the ground, Zhu Youxiao said casually: "Dongchang is quite free these days, let's do something active. Didn't you say someone was working in tandem a few days ago? They should all be members of the Donglin Party.

Let’s grab some from Dongchang.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian was all excited.

He wanted to do this before, but the emperor didn't agree; unexpectedly, the emperor agreed this time. It seemed that those people had done something to make the emperor angry. But it didn't matter, he could finally do it.

"Okay, let's go." Zhu Youxiao nodded, waved his hand and drove away.

Wei Zhongxian got up from the ground, bowed and quickly took a few steps back, then ran out quickly. He was going to do something big.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of Industry, would like to see you."

Soon Chen Hong came in to announce the situation, bowed and said, "Commander Luo Sigong of the Imperial Guard came with him."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, knowing that what he said before worked.

You must know that before this, Zhu Youxiao told Jin Yiwei to speed up and let Chen Hong pass the ball.

Now that Zhao Nanxing and Luo Sigong have come together, it seems that things have come to an end.

Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly: "Let the two of them come in!"

Not long after, two people came in from the outside and saluted Zhu Youxiao.

Waving his hands, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "We're not in the main hall, so we don't need to do this. If you two come together, things should have come to an end, right? Let's talk about it."

"Back to Your Majesty, the matter has been cleared up." Zhao Nanxing said first.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Then let's talk about it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Nanxing agreed, organized his words, and then said: "After detailed interrogation and investigation by the minister, as many as 90% of the officials from the Ministry of Industry were involved in the case. From top to bottom, no one was spared, except for some remote small towns.

None of the officials were implicated. Among them, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry was the most corrupt."

"This is the interrogation record and list of the ministers." As he said that, Zhao Nanxing bowed and handed over a question book.

Taking the question book from Chen Hong's hand, Zhu Youxiao quickly looked through it, glanced at Zhao Nanxing, and asked in surprise: "Why is Aiqing's name on it?"

To be honest, this made Zhu Youxiao a little surprised. He knew that Zhao Nanxing was not clean either, so he must have received money.

It's just that in the emperor's case, whether you collect money or not is never the important point. Whether you can do things is the important thing. Zhao Nanxing only needs to use it for himself and do things for himself. It doesn't matter if he collects some money.

Just like what Emperor Jiajing once said in the TV series in his previous life: One tael of silver goes to them, four goes to the treasury, and twelve goes to the treasury, and I accept it; six goes to them, and ten goes to the treasury, and I accept it. The result is that

However, more than 1/3 of it was taken away, or even close to half, so Emperor Jiajing became anxious.

The same is true for Zhu Youxiao now. If Zhao Nanxing took the money, Zhu Youxiao would not ask if he didn't tell him.

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Zhao Nanxing actually wrote his name on it.

After looking at the amount at the back: 36,700 taels, Zhu Youxiao sighed. It didn't look like much, but it was exploited at all levels and embezzled from top to bottom, so this amount was huge.

Putting down the question book in his hand, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing, waiting for him to give him an answer. In fact, Zhu Youxiao really wanted to know his answer.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the money I received before."

"I would like to say a few heartfelt words. In my hometown, I have some property, including some land and shops, and my life is quite prosperous. Although the salary from the court is not much, I can live alone.

After all, in my current position, I don’t need to take care of things anymore, so I don’t lack the money.”

"But there are some things that I don't want or don't want. With the way the Ministry of Works was before, if I don't take this money, I won't be able to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Works. Please forgive me. I am not bold enough to expose them;

I take my own reputation into consideration and feel ashamed of Your Majesty. Please forgive me."

With that said, Zhao Nanxing took off his official hat and gently placed it on the ground.

"Now your Majesty has clarified the court, thoroughly investigated corruption, and restored a clear sky. I am happy in my heart. I dare not conceal the sins I have committed in the past, so I will tell the truth to your Majesty today. Although your Majesty has descended

It is a crime, but I am happy with it in my heart. I hope that your majesty can revive the Ming Dynasty and make it stronger than the world!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing, wondering how much of what he said was true and how much was false, how much of it came from his sincerity, and how much of it was just a show for himself.

But in fact, this is not important. What Zhu Youxiao wants is not Zhao Nanxing telling the truth. It has never been the case. What he wants is his attitude.

Walking down from the dragon chair, Zhu Youxiao came to Zhao Nanxing's side.

Chen Hong on the side hurriedly came over and stretched out his hand to help Zhao Nanxing up. It was impossible for Chen Hong to let Zhu Youxiao help him, and at the same time he also picked up the official hat on the ground.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing, smiled gently and said, "I am very relieved by your words today."

With that said, Zhu Youxiao took Zhao Nanxing's official hat from Chen Hong's hand, but did not put it on Zhao Nanxing.

If Zhu Youxiao personally puts an official hat on Zhao Nanxing, the courtesy would be a bit too much. As an emperor, you must grasp this measure.

"Take it with you! Work hard for me from now on. The Ming Dynasty needs talents like Aiqing."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Nanxing knelt on the ground again, stretched out his hands and raised his head, respectfully took the hat from Zhu Youxiao's hand, and put it on his head.

After putting on his hat, Zhao Nanxing kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao respectfully, and said with gratitude: "I will never give up, thank you for your grace!"

Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked back to the throne, smiling and saying: "Ai Qing, do a good job, I believe in Ai Qing."

This belief is actually not valuable. Whether it is Zhu Youxiao or Zhao Nanxing, they both know very well in their hearts that this is just a reconciliation, a reconciliation of the previous things.

Zhu Youxiao will no longer take this matter to heart, nor will he pursue the debt anymore. As long as Zhao Nanxing does good things in the future, Zhu Youxiao will not pursue him again.

Zhao Nanxing also knew this, so he quickly said: "I will definitely go through fire and water, even if I die."

"There is no need to return the money to you, I will treat it as a reward from you." Zhu Youxiao said again, waved his hand, and dismissed the matter directly.

What did Zhu Youxiao think of, and he asked again: "Where is Wang Zuo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry? Have you ever found any evidence of his corruption?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wang Zuowang, is an honest official and takes care of himself." Zhao Nanxing said respectfully.

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

The meaning of this sentence is very obvious, that is, Wang Zuo did not take the money himself, but he knew that others took the money and did not care about it, so he said that he was alone.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Youxiao turned to look to his side and asked, "Did Wang Zuo write the title book for the speech a few days ago?"

This sentence was asked to Chen Hong, so Chen Hong quickly stepped forward and said: "Hui Huangye, it is indeed true."

Such a big thing happened in the Ministry of Industry, and it was impossible for Wang Zuo to get away with it, so he had already written the question book and was ready to go home. But whether he could leave or not depends on whether Zhu Youxiao would let Wang Zuo go.

Wang Zuo has been waiting at home these days, and Zhu Youxiao didn't care about him. Because Zhu Youxiao is also waiting for the results, and only after the results come out can he decide how to deal with Wang Zuo.

Now that the results are out, he can naturally be dealt with. So Zhu Youxiao said indifferently: "It's OK."

This means that Wang Zuo can be let go home.

It's not that Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to kill Wang Zuo, but he needs to use Wang Zuo to set an example. That is, those who are corrupt will die, and those who don't take money will still have a way to live.

This is what Zhu Youxiao wants to convey to the outside world, because this kind of thing will definitely happen again in the future. You cannot kill everyone who collects money. This is very important.

"My servant understands." Chen Hong agreed and stepped back to the side.
Chapter completed!