Zhao Yun went through the officials in the court one by one, and was disappointed to find that almost none of them were clean.
This is very embarrassing. If you want to reform the law and fight against corruption, you can't use corrupt officials to catch corrupt officials, but use corrupt officials to try corrupt officials.
In addition to official corruption, the Song Dynasty also had a very serious problem, that is, the people were not as well off as they imagined, and their lives were actually very miserable.
Zhao Yun read many books during this period. Through the records in the books, Zhao Yun discovered that the people's rebellion had almost always followed since the establishment of the Song Dynasty.
Until Zhao Yun ascended the throne, there have been more than 340 rebellions by famous people. And the Song Dynasty was only established 260 years ago. This frequency is too terrifying, even worse than earthquakes.
All frequently.
Whether in his previous life or in this life, Zhao Yun was born in the common people and knew people of this class very well.
Zhao Yun knows that our Chinese people are the most able to endure hardships and have the most endurance. As long as there is a little way to survive, the people will not get confused and rebel.
However, people's rebellions continue to occur, which illustrates the problem.
"Why."
Zhao Yun sighed, lamenting in his heart, and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands. He looked up at the bright moon in the sky and remained silent for a long time.
How to break the situation?
The next day, groups of people began to gather in front of the Xingbu Yamen.
Among them were more than a hundred government officials from the Criminal Department, more than two hundred imperial guards brought by Xia Gui, and more than three hundred small Huangmen brought by Gao Shi.
Judging from the number of people, it is impossible for the Ministry of Punishment to lead this house raid. Moreover, Xia Gui and Gao Shi are Zhao Yun's confidants, so Zhu Zhu will have to step aside.
Zhu Zhu was very sensible and said: "Dian Shuai Xia, Eunuch Gao, my subordinates have limited manpower, so I will trouble you more later."
Xia Gui nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, I have received orders from the officials and I should do my best."
Gao Shi also said: "That's the reason. We all eat food from the official family and receive official errands. We should do our best to share the worries of the official family. Even if Zhu Shijun doesn't say it, we still have to do our best.
Divided."
"That's good, that's good."
Zhu Zhu agreed and then ordered to set off.
The first person to go was Shi Miyuan's mansion, which had long been sealed off, sealed, and guarded. As for Shi Miyuan's family, they had also been arrested a long time ago. At this time, there was no hindrance and convenience in searching the house.
Very.
Zhu Zhu personally took off the seal and put it away carefully, and then the team that ransacked the house filed in and began to search.
One piece after another, calligraphy and painting antiques were packed and taken away, and countless gold and silver jewelry were also packed into specific wooden boxes and guarded by special personnel.
It was the first time Gao Shi participated in a house raid. He was very excited. He kept gesticulating and directing, "This cabinet, this cabinet is also very valuable. Take it away. And this, this broom is actually wrapped with gold thread. Put it away quickly."
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"Father-in-law, this dressing table looks like it is made of good material and is very valuable. Do you want to take it away?"
"Take it away, take it away. As long as it's valuable, take it all away."
Xia Gui was much more steady. He patrolled back and forth among the team that searched the house. Everywhere he looked was surprised. Who would have thought that in just one stick of incense, more than 40 boxes of property would be confiscated, and the number of boxes
Still increasing rapidly.
Zhu Zhu looked at so much property on the side, his eyes were red with excitement, and several ministers and court officials came over.
They were overjoyed and said to Zhu Zhu: "Your Majesty, this time our Punishment Department has got a solid job."
"Yes, yes, after today, we can also buy a manor."
Several people talked as if no one was around. It seemed that they had done this before, and they all subconsciously believed that this was something that everyone could accept.
"cough."
Zhu Zhu was startled, coughed quickly and lowered his voice and said: "Everyone, please be careful, the officials sent Marshal Xia and Eunuch Gao to participate in this house raid. How can we treat them as before? Don't get into trouble." .”
When they heard this, they looked at the imperial guards and Xiaohuangmen, and then they realized that Zhao Yun had completely taken over the task of confiscating the house, and this time they could only follow him and drink some soup.
Hey, just drink soup, but fortunately the Shi Miyuan family has a big business, so even a mouthful of soup is comparable to a meal of meat for others.
These people comforted themselves one after another. Zhu Zhu also had such a fantasy. They all looked at each other eagerly and mentally calculated how much money they could get.
In more than an hour, more than a hundred boxes were copied, and sacks of copper coins were piled into a hill. It was estimated that there were more than 600,000 coins, and there were countless fine furniture. Shi Miyuan's mansion was emptied out in one go. .
At this time, Zhu Zhu and other officials from the Ministry of Punishment came to Xia Gui Gaoshi. Zhu Zhu stepped forward and whispered: "I wonder how the palace commander and Eunuch Gao plan to distribute this money?"
Gao Shi was stunned and asked in confusion: "How to distribute? What distribution?"
Xia Gui said nothing, but looked at Zhu Zhu with disgust.
Zhu Zhu felt that something was not right in the atmosphere, and he felt a little embarrassed and did not speak.
A waiter named Deng Guang next to Zhu Zhu said excitedly: "Of course we charge some water money. After all, we have been busy for a day and we are very tired."
"That's right." Several officials responded.
Gao Shi also understood what they meant. Gao Shi looked serious and asked, "Then how much is the water fee?"
Deng Guang replied: "Usually, the Yamen takes half of it. This time, the Palace Commander and Gao Eunuch are here too. It's not as good as your 30%, our 20%, and the remaining 50% will be handed over to the treasury. I don't know whether the Palace Commander and Gao Eunuch are here." What do you think, father-in-law?"
Zhu Zhu and the officials of the Ministry of Justice were waiting for Gao Shi's answer one by one, thinking that even if it was 20%, it would be a huge sum of money. If Gao Shi agreed, they would also get rich.
Gao Shi was furious, stared at him, and shouted: "What Shi Miyuan is greedy for is the court's money. The court's money is the official's money. You dare to hand over the official's money. How many heads do you have?"
This roar frightened Zhu Zhu, Deng Guang and the others, and when they realized what they were doing, they ran away as if they were running away.
"snort."
Gao Shi snorted, spat on the ground, and cursed: "This Zhu Zhu, thanks to the officials for promoting him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, he has no sense of gratitude at all, but he is so greedy and wants the officials' favor." Money is disgusting to our family."
Xia Gui is still young and vigorous, and has not been exposed to the greed and corruption in the court too much. He is still upright, and Zhu Zhu can't stand it.
Who didn't know that Zhao Yun wanted to use the confiscated money to supplement Sichuan's military pay? At this time, he even thought about reaching out, and his head was filled with shit.