Wang Zhi argued: "Even so, if you involve him in corruption or misbehavior, it will be enough to let him step down with dignity.
We are all born from the same roots, so why be too hasty with each other?"
Yang Lian smiled and said: "I am ashamed to share the same roots with such a person.
I came to Donglin to seek comrades and serve the country and the people, not to protect each other and form cliques for personal gain.
It's okay not to have the same roots as this."
Wang Zhi said seductively: "Don't forget that you can sit in this position because of Master Ye and all the seniors.
As a human being, the most important thing is not to forget your roots."
Yang Lian replied: "I have spoken to Master Ye many times, and he agrees that Donglin is not a place for evil and evil.
Anyone who tarnishes Donglin's reputation can be removed from Donglin."
Wang Zhi said: "When we enter Donglin, one is Donglin, which can protect us from the wind and rain, and the other is Donglin's strong voice.
These are mutually beneficial things, why should we be strict?
According to what you said, Donglin Lin is dead."
Yang Lian lamented in his heart that it turned out that many so-called Donglin people thought differently from him.
They just regarded Donglin as a big tree and did not care whether the big tree had dirty leaves, rotten branches, or even roots.
Messy.
What's the reason for this?
Is it just that these people have wrong intentions in the first place?
He remembered Master Zuo's words again, "If you are not a comrade, you are an enemy."
He felt vaguely in his heart that this sentence was the root cause.
He waved his hand feebly and said, "When the Baoyuan Bureau stopped minting money, my brother asked me to write a letter to you.
I wonder if you can receive it."
Wang Zhi was very surprised why he suddenly changed the topic, and then he immediately figured out the meaning behind Yang Lian, and couldn't help but said angrily: "Yang Lian, don't be too arrogant, there will be times when you will regret it."
After saying that, he slapped the table and walked away.
Yang Lian shook his head, knowing that these words had offended him terribly, but he knew that Wang Zhi was afraid that he had some dirty tricks in Baoyuan Bureau.
He originally wanted to remind him, but instead he made him furious.
However, it can also be seen that Wang Zhi is indeed soft on the Baoyuan Bureau, otherwise he would not be angry.
I just hope that he can listen to what I say, because the emperor will definitely investigate the Baoyuan Bureau in various places this year.
Yang Lian ignored him and directly sent a letter to the Chief Secretary's Yamen, and then he came to the Yamen.
Although the chief envoy was from the second rank, which was much higher than his official rank, he was an imperial envoy, so the chief envoy greeted him with a big ceremony in front of the Yamen.
After the two parties asked and answered questions about Sheng An, they entered the Yamen.
Yang Lian asked directly: "The emperor was very concerned about the earthquake in Nanzhili.
Yangzhou was the hardest hit.
The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 33,000 yuan for disaster relief.
Why did we only get 18,000 yuan when we went to Yangzhou?"
The chief envoy was surprised and said: "I remember it was 50,000 yuan, why did the imperial envoy say it was 33,000 yuan?"
Yang Lian understood that the amount of money reported below was the amount that had been tampered with, and he was even more angry, so he said: "Please ask the Chief Envoy to help summon all the people that this imperial envoy needs to deal with.
I want to ask them all clearly."
OK."
The Chief Envoy summoned one from the third rank for Zuo Shenzhen, one from the fourth rank for Zuo Counselor, two from the sixth rank for experience, one from the seventh rank for all matters involved, and one from the ninth rank for inspection and correction, a total of six officials. , Yang Lian came to inquire about the situation.
Everyone brought the archives and the matter became clear.
What Zuo Shenzheng received was 50,000 yuan, which became 45,000 yuan in the hands of Zuo Shenzheng, and became 40,000 yuan in the hands of experience.
It turned into thirty-six thousand in the hands of the governor, thirty-four thousand in the hands of the inspector, and thirty-three thousand when it came out of the hands of the inspector.
In other words, each of the political advisors and counselors took away 5,000 yuan, each of the experienced people took away 2,000 yuan, the governor took away 2,000 yuan, and the school inspector took away 1,000 yuan.
During this process, all officials tried their best to pluck out their feathers, and no one spared the relief funds.
Yang Lian was dumbfounded.
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These were the officials of the Ming Dynasty.
They had reached the point where they were all corrupt.
He couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.
Emperor Taizu could not stop them from continuing to embezzle, so what else could be done to restore order to the officials?
He looked at the officials kneeling on the ground and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry.
Maybe other people have committed corruption, but if you happen to fall into the hands of this imperial envoy, you will have no choice but to offend."
The officials were in a panic, and Zuo Shenzheng said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, I was confused for a moment, and I am willing to donate my family property to help the victims.
I just hope that the Imperial Envoy can show my noble hand."
Yang Lian was silent for a long time.
When other officials saw that there was a way out, they immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, I am also willing to donate my family property.
Please accept it, Your Majesty."
Yang Lian said: "I can only promise not to chop off your heads now.
There is no way to punish you under the national law."
Zuo Shenzheng said: "This is natural.
I am willing to be dealt with by national law."
Yang Lian said: "Okay, then Xu Qianshi will take you to record a confession, and then donate the family property."
After they followed Xu Xianchun out, the chief envoy smiled and said: "Looking at the way the imperial envoy acted in Yangzhou, I thought it would be another bloody day today, but I didn't expect that the imperial envoy would let go of it gently in the end."
Yang Lian smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yuze, do you think this corrupt official can be killed?
Lian is ignorant.
He doesn't know any way to solve this problem, but he always knows that killing alone will not work.
I will go back to the capital for this."
I will report it to the Emperor later and find a fundamental way to curb corruption.
Now, let them do something good for the relief of the victims."
The chief envoy Liu Jinrun said seriously: "Brother Wenru can think this way, which makes me very happy.
Now that the emperor has greatly increased the salary of officials, if they still do this, they really can't blame others.
Their family property can at most be Just help them survive for a few days, and the emperor will definitely clean up the officials. " Yang Lian nodded and said: "Yes, if the officials are not able to govern well, how can the country be peaceful?
Yang Lian is not talented, but he is willing to do his best for this matter.
Even though he died nine times, he has no regrets."
Since there has been corruption in disaster relief funds in Yangzhou, it is obviously impossible for other places to be without problems.
With the help of Liu Jinrun, Yang Lian identified many more moths who had embezzled disaster relief funds.
He also followed the previous method and donated his family property to temporarily keep his head.
If someone is unwilling to give up their wealth, they will be beheaded and their property will be confiscated.
After such an investigation, at least during the disaster relief process, officials at all levels did not dare to blatantly take action.
But Yang Lian also knew that it was impossible to prevent officials from committing corruption.
He could only ask Liu Siyu and Xu Xianchun to increase supervision, while Liu Jingwen assisted and supervised Dongchang and Jinyiwei to minimize the occurrence of corruption incidents.
As for how to reduce or prevent corruption, Yang Lian asked himself that he was not capable enough and only hoped that the emperor could come up with a way to fundamentally solve the corruption problem.
He now also has some blind trust in the emperor, always feeling that he really can't, but the emperor should be able, even though the emperor is actually not under age
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