The official earthquake in Southern Zhili caused by the investigation of tax evasion soon spread to Zhejiang.
Zhejiang officials became truly panicked after they were found guilty of being involved in tax evasion and were dismissed from their posts by the Jinhua prefect.
Daming Weekly was fully involved in the report, and in this report, as long as the official who committed the crime had studied at Donglin Academy, or had friendships with Wang Ji and others in Donglin Academy, or even their disciples, etc. , will publicize this connection vigorously, making people feel as if many of the officials who committed crimes are from Donglin.
This made Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and others extremely dissatisfied.
After questioning Wang Chengen to no avail, they went to the emperor together, hoping that the emperor would let Wang Chengen reduce this contact during reporting, so as not to affect the reputation of Donglin people.
After Zhu Youxiao heard their purpose, he smiled and said: "Master Ye has not been welcomed by the orthodox Donglin people in the past few years, and Yang Shangshu is even regarded as a traitor by the Donglin people, but at this time, the two of them I really admire you for speaking out for Donglin.”
Ye Xianggao looked unhappy and said: "There are indeed some people in the Donglin Party who have forgotten the words of the saints when they were students and turned to pursue the desire for money, but these are not the mainstream.
However, Wang Dujian reported, Deliberately associating corrupt officials with Donglin people, creating the impression that everyone in Donglin is corrupt, which I think is unfair."
Yang Liandao: "Although I am regarded as rebellious by most Donglin people, I still regard myself as a member of the Donglin family.
It is true that some Donglin people have gone too far and should be punished by national law.
But Wang Dujian did this, which is obvious."
It’s aimed at Donglin, and I’m afraid it will greatly damage Donglin’s reputation, which is something we Donglin people don’t want to see.”
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I understand what the two beloveds mean.
Speaking of deliberately targeting the Donglin people, I want to ask you two, whether I deliberately targeted the two beloveds."
Ye Xianggao said quickly: "Your Majesty is deeply grateful to my old minister, and he is not biased because he is from Donglin."
Yang Liandao: "I often had different opinions with His Majesty back then, but His Majesty did not alienate me because of this, and entrusted me with important tasks.
Why did he deliberately target me?"
Zhu Youxiao said: "For example, Zuo Guangdou, Li Banghua and other ministers are all recognized as Donglin people, but I still trust them.
From this, it seems that I did not deliberately target the Donglin people.
However, I did It is indeed intended to target Donglin people.”
Ye and Yang were shocked.
Both of them were understanding people.
The emperor made it very clear that he did not deliberately target Donglin, but he had such intentions.
This is quite meaningful.
Zhu Youxiao took a file from the desk and said: "This is a statistical data of tax inspection in Southern Zhili.
You two may wish to take a look."
Ye Xianggao took the file, handed it to Yang Lian and said, "Wen Ru, take a look at it and tell me about it.
My eyes are really bad."
At this time, Wei Zhongxian called a young eunuch, gave a few instructions, and the young eunuch took the order and went out.
Yang Lian looked at the file, his expression getting more and more ugly.
After finally reading it, he sighed and said: "Master Ye, all officials involved in tax evasion in South Zhili are from Donglin or have close relations with Donglin." accounted for more than 50%.”
Ye Xianggao's expression changed drastically.
He took the file and tried hard to find evidence that could refute what Yang Lian said, but he couldn't see the small print clearly.
At this time, the little eunuch came in with a small box.
Wei Zhongxian took it over and said, "Master Ye, these are our improved glasses.
You can try them on."
Ye Xianggao looked at the glasses in the box and said, "Is this Kuoku?"
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "The word "叆叇" is too complicated.
I named it glasses so that people can try them and let the elderly see the small print."
Juji appeared earlier in China, but it was not widely popularized, so Ye Xianggao knew the name but had never seen the real thing.
He picked up his glasses and Wei Zhongxian said, "Let Sajia show Master Ye how to do it."
Ye Xianggao smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr.
Factory.
I've heard about how to wear a kuji, and I'll let you try it."
He put on his glasses, raised the file and said, "It is indeed a good object.
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The handwriting is clear.
The elderly are lucky."
Yang Lian felt a little impatient, but couldn't say anything.
Ye Xianggao finally remembered what he was going to do.
He read the file carefully.
Sure enough, as Yang Lian said, the file included statistics of criminal officials in Nanzhili, and 52% of them were related to Donglin. .
His face turned pale, he put down the file and said, "I understand what your majesty means.
Donglin people don't know how to love themselves, and they are all to blame themselves."
Zhu Youxiao said: "I don't use a certain label to distinguish my subjects, and I don't think it will happen just because I am a member of the Donglin Party.
But when I looked at the statistical results, I found that Donglin people accounted for too many people.
Two people My beloved is from Donglin, can you explain to me why this situation occurs?"
Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian both remained silent.
The file not only listed the proportion of Zhonglin people among the criminal officials, but also listed the proportion of Zhonglin people among all officials in South Zhili.
This ratio was far lower than 52%. , accounting for only 31%.
In other words, it can be concluded from this statistical data that Donglin officials are more likely to be corrupt.
Zhu Youxiao said: "I have thought about this issue sometimes, but I actually think we should start from the aspect of party struggle.
When Donglin was first formed, Master Gu once said that forming a party is only for competing with each other, not for complementing each other.
To save each other.
He believes that party disputes mostly arise from differences of opinion and arise from the excitement of the people. , A regards B as evil, B regards A as evil, A regards B as party, ritual also regards A as party, it is different; at the beginning, the gentleman attacks the villain, then the gentleman attaches himself to the villain, and finally the gentleman attacks the gentleman, it is different. .
If this continues, it will cause untold harm.
It can be seen that the sages of Donglin actually have a clear understanding of the harm of party strife."
Ye Xianggao nodded, the emperor was holding a neutral view.
He said: "Take Zou Yuanbiao, who was demoted by His Majesty, he once said that if he joins the party and fights against differences, he will be disloyal in the country and unfilial at home.
It can be seen that Donglin people are against party struggle."
Zhu Youxiao said: "It is true.
Donglin is against party struggle.
But Master Ye naturally knows that in the past few decades, has there ever been a time when Donglin did not have party struggle?"
Ye Xianggao's face turned red and he said boldly: "Your Majesty, Donglin has been trapped in the quagmire of party strife since Wanli.
Only in recent years, His Majesty's sage has made it seem that people in Donglin are less likely to get involved in party strife. thing."
Yang Lian interjected: "It's not a matter of not getting involved, it's that His Majesty didn't give us a chance to get involved.
I've always been like this, obsessed with deliberation, focusing on nominal disputes, and wishing that everyone in the world would follow the standards of Donglin people.
It is a standard, otherwise it is a heresy, a villain, and an evil way.
Now that I think about it, it is really shameful
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