Chapter 34 Xu Youzhen is in office

Zhu Qizhen summoned Xu Youzhen first.

He did not say nonsense, but showed Xu Chunshen’s cabinet in Xu Chunshen’s confession.

After watching Xu Youzhen, she was very calm.

He knelt calmly on the ground and said, "I have to let Your Majesty down, I would like to retire."

Zhu Qizhen looked at Xu Youzhen and felt a little relieved. He said, "Xu Qing is old and has illegal people. I know that he borrowed Xu Qing's name. Since Xu Qing intends to retire, I will not try to keep him. I am grateful to Xu Qing and give him ten thousand silver dollars to Xu Qing for his own money."

Wyen immediately said, "Yes."

Xu Youzhen is a first-class smart person.

He had a premonition when Wang Shu went to Jiangnan.

It's just that it's hard to collect the water.

Of course, Xu Youzhen is not very good-looking, but at the beginning, she still cherishes her feathers very much. When did she start to be greedy for money?

In fact, it started with Han Yong's rise to power.

Han Yong's rise to power made Xu Youzhen completely lose the idea of ​​the chief minister. Later, Qiu Jun Shanglu's entry into the cabinet greatly restricted his power.

He was attacked from the front and back and forth without any strength to fight back.

One of the most important points is reputation.

Although Han Yong promoted reforms, although he was very domineering, Han Yong himself had a good reputation. But Xu Youzhen was different.

Many hard bones that oppose reforms are solved by Xu Youzhen.

In this way, Xu Youzhen's reputation can be better.

What kind of evil villain and what kind of reputation of framed loyal and kindness were pressed on Xu Youzhen's head one by one.

This kind of reputation can be said to be an influence in politics.

The quality of reputation is actually a weather vane for the change of power in politics.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen is also another reason for dealing with Xu Youzhen like this.

That is, Zhu Qizhen no longer needs Xu Youzhen.

Because the One Whip Law as a whole has come to an end this year. Except for many remote places, most areas of the Ming Dynasty have completed the reform of the One Whip Law and the One Whip Law.

Zhu Qizhen's actions are all for reform.

However, it is also necessary to do things. One by one, one by one, and the way of civil and military affairs. Since the reform that has lasted for several years is about to be completed, at this time, if you have strongly suppressed the voices from all sides before, you can relax.

And Xu Youzhen has already accumulated grievances all over the world, and it is time to step down.

In fact, without this, Xu Youzhen's time to step down is still within a few months.

Xu Youzhen's every move was also under the supervision of Zhu Qizhen. Is there any connection between him and Xu Chunshen? Zhu Qizhen was not very clear, but he knew that Xu Youzhen did not make money from the court's funds.

Zhu Qizhen did not understand the canon of justice and Xu Youzhen was also considering political influence.

First, Xu Youzhen is a reform leader, and many of the hard bones were killed by Xu Youzhen. Xu Youzhen was sentenced to Ming Zhengdian, and many people who opposed the reform had to rebel.

This is something that Zhu Qizhen cannot accept.

Second, although Zhu Qizhen has been rectifying the officialdom, it is normal for many ministers who have been at the top to have some gray income.

Some people are as honest as water, so it is naturally good.

But some people play edge balls, and some do.

At least the current questions about Xu Youzhen are all Xu Chunshen’s one-sided words.

Zhu Qizhen knew that it was most likely true, but he felt that Xu Youzhen might not be able to find out what?

Because Xu Youzhen himself came from the Ministry of Justice, he could let others find out his own handle, and with Xu Youzhen's identity, he would definitely not be tortured and forced to confess.

The reconnaissance forces of this era may not be able to be found out.

Finally, we must also leave some decentness to the Cabinet Grand Secretary.

Xu Youzhen quickly thanked him and said, "I thanked Your Majesty."

Zhu Qizhen said, "You may not be able to see you in this life. Do you have any advice?"

This is what Zhu Qizhen said to every retired old minister. What is Xu Youzhen not necessary?

Xu Youzhen sighed and said, "I am not good at conduct and should not speak out, but Your Majesty asked me, but I dare not ignore it. The salary of all officials must be adjusted."

"I am a Grand Secretary, and my salary is half a day, and I am eight hundred stones a year. Your Majesty is willing to ask the old minister to eat three salary, which is only about eight hundred taels a year."

"The old minister is not greedy for money, but his family spends a lot. Han Shoufu is a rich man in his family. He has used more property in his family over the years, but most of the other officials are not enough to make ends meet."

"This is what happened today, and the old minister regrets it very much."

"It's just that the old ministers are like this, so what should other officials of all sizes do?"

"I am not entrusting my own entrustment. It is really the salary set by Taizu, and it can no longer be fulfilled today."

"I know that Wang Shu will have something to earn when he goes to Jiangnan. I think that after the business tax returns, the most important thing is to increase the salary of all officials. Otherwise, the situation of corruption among officials will be very common in the future."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen knew in his heart that what Xu Youzhen said was the truth.

Thirty years after orthodox, when Zhu Qizhen began to reform, the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty changed drastically.

This change actually originated from the Biyong meeting.

After the meeting of Biyong, Neo-Confucianism declined. Although various great scholars proposed various theoretical remedies, they could no longer restore their crumbling status.

This shocked many people.

After all, the books I read since childhood were denied all of a sudden.

This kind of ideological shock naturally needs to be reflected in other aspects, and it is definitely not just as simple as the emergence of various thoughts.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen's reform gave the green light for many businessmen, so they watched helplessly that they had studied hard for many years, but they were not as good as a businessman who could not study.

This kind of spiritual blow is also a reason.

In addition, social prosperity, commercialization accelerated, various temptations increased, and other reasons have made many officials' character worse than before.

This is not a question of one or two, but a common and group problem.

Just like the old people today say that young people today cannot bear grievances and resign if they move. When Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, there were a large number of Neo-Confucian believers among the Ming officials. They lived a life like ascetics and adhered to moral qualities. Of course, sometimes they were also stubborn.

But now, there has been a huge reduction in such officials.

Zhu Qizhen also wants to admit that there are also his reasons.

Because such officials are strong opponents of the New Deal.

Zhu Qizhen had to let some officials with flaws in character go up to the top, such as Xu Youzhen and Li Bing. This also gave many officials a signal that officials can only be useful if they uphold their best intentions. As for whether they are not good at character, it doesn't matter.

Officials like Chen Yue are even more common.

In this situation, Zhu Qizhen did not have thought of making a difference.

Just reform comes first.

Zhu Qizhen did not want to rectify the officialdom again and again, and interrupted the reform.

At this moment, he deeply felt Wang Anshi's helplessness.

Wang Anshi may not know what the officials below are? However, the concept of reform is naturally unpopular among the Confucian discourse power.

If you want to implement reforms, you really need these political speculators who are not very principled.

The same goes for Zhu Qizhen.

Moreover, although he did not take a large-scale action, he investigated and dealt with several people with great public anger every year. However, this trend has been formed and it is difficult to recover.

Although the current Ming Dynasty is not even able to talk about the erotic palace map in public, many people do not hide the profit and do not think that talking about interests is a big deal.

The same is true in the officialdom.

The decline in the overall moral standards of Ming officials is actually inevitable.

It's just a few decades earlier than in history.

In the Ming Dynasty, during the Zhengde period, the Zhengde period was a turning point. Before Zhengde, it was completely different from the officialdom after Zhengde. As for the Wanli period, he became an official just to make money.

If an official cannot get money and is honest, it is not honor, but shame.

Faced with this situation, Xu Youzhen said realistically that it is necessary to rectify the administration and increase the salaries of officials. Although it is unpleasant, it is very realistic.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "I understand."

Xu Youzhen bowed and said, "I'm leaving now. I wish Your Majesty can help the world in a great harmony and open up a new world for the Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!