"The entire Ministry of War greed for nearly two million taels of ink, and I am more than five hundred thousand taels of ink. I am not very clear about the specific amount of the governor below, but I have said that I should not go too far, so as not to cause a mutiny from the soldiers. I am willing to return all the money. Please ask Eunuch Wei to let His Majesty spare my life!"

Zhang Heming said with his lips shaking, and knelt down to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian said with a cold face: "These silver belongs to the court, and you still need to return it?"

As he said that, Wei Zhongxian ordered, "Ask him, why did he dare to be greedy after the emperor explicitly prohibited it! After all, he was a minister of the Shangshu, so he didn't think about what happened behind him?!"

"yes!"

So, the Jinyiwei whipped Zhang Heming with a whip dipped in salt water.

Zhang Heming, who had been honored for a long time, had never experienced such a whip. For a moment, the tender skin and flesh were beaten to the point of splattering blood and screamed: "Ah! It hurts!"

"Why did you dare to be greedy after Your Majesty explicitly prohibited it? After all, he was a minister of the Shangshu, so he didn't think about what happened behind him?"

The Jinyiwei started asking as he was calling.

Zhang Heming had to bear the pain and replied: "Everyone does this, and there are no civil and military officials who do not love money or extravagance. Where can people's greed be stopped? I have never thought about the affairs after my death, but the evaluations behind me are all my scholars and officials who will judge themselves, and they will cover up their ugliness. This is normal. Why do you ask more? I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be so serious this time. Even if the emperors of all generations knew about it, they would talk about this matter! Besides, don't your factory guards like money?!"

"Our family also likes silver, but we know what silver should be taken and what silver should not be taken! The biggest difference between our family and you, Zhang Heming, is that we always care about the emperor's heart. We are not hypocrites like you, Zhang Heming, who always say they are for the country and the people, but they dare to greed for the emperor's silver and swallow the silver of the soldiers who fought bloody battles for the Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian asked himself that he was not a good person, but he didn't know why he suddenly felt justice. He secretly felt that he seemed to be doing a good thing for the world and dealt with such a large corrupt official.

For a moment, Wei Zhongxian ordered righteously and said, "Take it down and detain it first!"

Then, Wei Zhongxian said: "Continue to examine other officials suspected of corruption."

So, the people from the East Factory interrogated a doctor in the Ministry of War: "From the actual call, how much military pay you embezzled, how do you embezzle it?"

The doctor of the Ministry of War initially denied: "I did not embezzle, I did not embezzle!"

"I didn't cry until I saw the coffin. I was tortured directly. I took your evidence in my Dongchang for several months and I was still stubborn! Could it be that I really thought anyone could save you now?"

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but curse.

then.

The doctor of the Ministry of War was also tortured and began to shout, extremely miserable, like a ghost crying and howling.

The other detained corrupt officials were trembling when they saw this, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

But because of this, these civil servants basically obediently admitted their crimes and gave them all their money to be greedy for the silver.

Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao with a large stack of confessions: "The emperor, the Ministry of War has confessed!"

Zhu Youxiao started to look at it because of this. After watching it for a while, he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

Although Zhu Youxiao knew that the corruption in the Ming Dynasty was very serious, he did not expect that it would be so serious. Some officials from the Ministry of War not only bribed military pay, but also marked the price of various military officers and blatantly sold official positions. Some civil servants in the Ministry of War deliberately tampered with the military pay received by the military officers under their jurisdiction, and then falsely accused these military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers, and then falsely accused these military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officers of the military officer

"The Ming Dynasty military officers are becoming less and less powerful, and more and more people are entrusted with empty salaries or even killing good people to make achievements. The root cause is the civil servants who are in charge of them! They are said to the cabinet ministers."

After Zhu Youxiao said this, he threw the confessions of these civil servants of the Ministry of War to the ground.

For a moment, Fang Congzhe, Han Du, and Wang Xianggan came to the Ganqing Palace.

After these people came, Zhu Youxiao directly threw the confessions of these civil servants of the Ministry of War to Fang Congzhe and others: "Look carefully! How can I trust you civil servants in the future?"

Fang Congzhe and others hurriedly started to look carefully.

Although all the ministers of the three cabinets have already known this kind of thing, they have to show great horror now.

"Your Majesty, this is too horrifying. Why are these people so unfaithful and honest?"

Han Yu even started talking about it with the most excitement.

"Your Majesty, this fact is incredible, I have never heard of it! I didn't expect that there were people among my civil servants who fell to such a level!"

Fang Congzhe also said something.

"Your Majesty, I have to say that if this continues, how can the military affairs be destroyed!"

Wang Xianggan also sighed.

...

"The corruption in the administration of the government is too serious, so we must use the serious punishment! The method of Taizu should be reproached. Those who embezzle more than 60 taels of silver will be cut in half, peeled off the skin, and lost their property! Those who are less than 60 taels of rice will be killed immediately! Those who are less than 60 taels of rice will be killed immediately! Those who are deprived of their property! This time, all corrupt officials will deal with it like this."

Zhu Youxiao started talking at this time.

The three cabinet ministers were very surprised after hearing this.

Fang Congzhe had to admit that His Majesty was so cruel, so he asked: "Your Majesty, almost most of the officials of the Ministry of War are suspected of being corrupt. As I have just read the confession, except for Xu Guangqi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Sun Chuan, the head of the Ministry of War who had just been transferred to Beijing from the magistrate, they are all corrupt. This is undoubtedly a case. If they really want to be killed, there will be almost no one in the Ministry of War."

"It is precisely because it is a case that it must be dealt with strictly! A person from a ministry has become corrupt to such an extent and cannot be punished. Will other ministry also think that as long as they work hard and corruption is involved, there will be no problem? People from other ministry have to be lucky and should serve as a warning! Kill them all! If there is no one in the Ministry of War, arrange people immediately. I don't believe that there is still a lack of officials in the world. In addition, if you score a part of the authority of the Ministry of War, you will have too much power!"

Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and said, "It is in charge of the selection and promotion of military officers in the world, and also in charge of military pay allocation, and there is no checks and balances, so that he is corruption unscrupulous! Immediately draft an order to re-examine the ancestral law, and the functions of military officers' examination and promotion and command are added to the Governor's Office of the Five Army. The Governor's Office of the Five Army has a military election and a military officer. The Ministry of War only leaves two departments, the chariot and arsenal department, and a treasure trove department is responsible for the distribution of military pay, and a training and education department is also established, responsible for military horse training and border defense propaganda!"
Chapter completed!