After dealing with this matter, Zhu Youxiao no longer cared about other things.
Because there is nothing else to deal with in the court, the main problem now is the current party struggle.
The court needs someone to take charge of the overall situation. This person must have alienated himself from many people and needs to rely on the emperor.
Wei Zhongxian couldn't do it. He was a eunuch, and it was destined that he could not do what he wanted to do.
After all, this world is dominated by scholars. If Wei Zhongxian were to do it, he would only be able to kill with a knife.
Unless they were all killed, there would inevitably be a backlash afterwards, and there was no room for negotiation. This was not what he wanted.
So I need someone on the civil service side, and I wonder if anyone will step forward this time.
In fact, except for Zhu Youxiao, everyone in the court was watching the changes in the situation because the things were too big and too many.
Everyone was waiting to see who would make the first move.
Some people speculated it was Zhao Nanxing, while others speculated it was Han Yu.
In fact, something surprising happened that day because the two of them took action together.
In the Ministry of Works, Zhao Nanxing sat in the lobby with a gloomy face, holding an account book in his hand. He looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said slowly, "Doctor Chen, the facts and evidence are all here. What else do you have to say?"
In fact, the case is not difficult to investigate, nor is it thrilling. It just depends on whether you want to investigate it seriously and whether you are serious about it.
After Zhao Nanxing took action this time, it was basically effortless. The Ministry of Industry's annual materials and withheld money and grain were basically easy to find problems with.
The people below just catch a few people, beat them with a few boards and ask some questions, and basically the problem will be revealed.
It only took Zhao Nanxing a few hours to find out the cause of the incident with Doctor Chen.
This Doctor Chen was embezzling money and grain and exploiting craftsmen. This is a problem that can be found out easily through investigation.
But everyone present knew that this was not what they were investigating.
Everyone knows that the case to be investigated is the military pay case. That case is much bigger than the current one. Once it is opened, more people will be implicated, and countless people will be beheaded.
The question now is whether Doctor Chen dares to say this?
In fact, there are several ways for the Ministry of Industry to embezzle money.
The first is the withholding of money for materials. The imperial court has many projects every year, and most of them are built by the Ministry of Works, which includes money for materials.
Some officials directly pass off inferior goods as high-quality ones, accept kickbacks, or even embezzle money and grain, which is a very large part of the problem.
Besides this, labor costs are also an easy place to deduct money. When the Ministry of Works does something, it naturally needs to mobilize manpower, and so naturally there will be money and food.
Where there is money to be spent, there will naturally be places to be cut, and this is also a way to make money.
In addition, they can also take on external work, that is, take in some work from outside. These jobs are handed over to craftsmen, and the labor cost is naturally lower than the market price, or there is no cost at all.
Because the officials of the Ministry of Works did not pay the craftsmen, and the craftsmen also paid for their food with the state’s money. When the products were made, the officials took them to be delivered.
As for the money given, it naturally fell into the hands of officials from the Ministry of Works.
In addition, the most profitable department of the Ministry of Works is the Yuheng Qingli Division of the Ministry of Works.
Because the Military Equipment Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Yuheng Qinglisi, the warehouses for military equipment manufacturing (Wu Zi Ku and Guangji Ku) were also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works.
The Wuzi warehouse stored items such as bows, arrows, armor, etc., while the Guangji warehouse stored items such as sulfur and saltpeter.
During the Hongwu era, the Military Equipment Bureau and the Military Staff Bureau were called the Military Equipment Bureau and the Saddle and Bridle Bureau. The Military Equipment Manufacturing Bureau was responsible for the manufacture of military equipment and the management of military-related resources.
Under such circumstances, the Yuheng Qinglisi is naturally a good place to make money. It can be said that anyone who touches it will get a good deal.
The Doctor Chen in front of him is the Doctor of the Yuheng Qingli Division. This area is under his jurisdiction, so he was the first person to be found.
Zhao Nanxing looked at Doctor Chen and said expressionlessly, "What else do you have to say?"
Doctor Chen raised his head and looked at Zhao Nanxing, his eyes a little red.
Doctor Chen knew that he was doomed. No matter if he became a scapegoat or something else, after this incident, he had no way to escape and could only die.
In this situation, what else can I say?
Doctor Chen raised his head and said with a smile, "Master Zhao, you are also from the Ministry of Works. You know what's going on in this world. If you want to do something, how can you do it without benefits? The people below are waiting for food, and some people above are asking for benefits. What will you do if you don't do it?"
"If you don't pay enough, the people below you will cheat on you; if you don't pay enough, the people above you will cause trouble for you. I'm just a doctor in the Ministry of Works. Who would want to do such a humiliating job?"
"If possible, I would also like to be an official in a remote place. Even if it's just a position as a parent official, it's for the court and for His Majesty. In the Ministry of Works, I just try my best to do things well. There are some things I can't do."
"Minister Zhao, I accept everything you say. Whether it's exile or military service, I accept it. But there's one thing I want to tell you: your official uniform is already red enough. There's no need to dye it redder with the blood of more of your colleagues."
After saying this, Doctor Chen slowly closed his eyes, as if he would not speak again.
Seeing that scene, Zhao Nanxing's face turned ugly.
Sure enough, I became the bad guy. Did I do this just to dye my official uniform red?
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