amaotonovel Chapter 605 Chang Yuchun: When it comes to grievances, who can compare to me and Lan Yu?
Chapter 605 Chang Yuchun: When it comes to grievances, who can compare to me and Lan Yu?
Being scolded is acceptable.
Taking the blame is also an option.
But you can't just take the blame for something you didn't do for no reason.
As for the infamy that follows being implicated?
Laugh to death.
I dared to cheat even Zhu Chongba and black sesame dumplings, so why would I care about a few officials and local gentry?
Besides, I have always disliked those officials and local gentry. Now that I have the opportunity to destroy them, why should I let them go?
But then Yang Shaofeng thought about it again and felt a little annoyed.
Why should I, as an official, have to do the things that offend people?
As the saying goes, Zhuge Liang divided the country into three kingdoms, while Liu Bowen unified the country.
Since Liu Bowen was so powerful and the head of the Censorate, he must have been willing to do his part to combat corruption in officialdom, right?
Even if we can't pin the blame on him, we should at least drag him down with us.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu snorted and said, "Keep a close eye on whether the officials are corrupt, and report them to the Censorate if you find one."
"Do you think all government officials are idiots? Is corruption so easy to catch?"
"Let's put aside everything else and just talk about one method of corruption."
"If an official grants favors to a merchant, and then the merchant reaps the benefits after retiring, how would you respond?"
Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Isn't this just like a revolving door?
This kind of game is fine for later generations to play, but that's another story.
The problem is that officials in the Ming Dynasty had neither a fixed term of office nor the right to resign at will.
Why make an official spend decades playing with a revolving door?
Even if you, Zhu Chongba, dare to think that, the officials wouldn't dare to believe those merchants.
Even if those officials who were about to retire wanted to play the revolving door game, the Ming Dynasty didn't have any concept of a statute of limitations, nor did it have any concept of limited liability. There was no rule that officials would not be held accountable after retirement. If the officials dared to play the game, wouldn't you chop up both the officials and the merchants?
With the dual oversight of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Censorate, officials would have to be incredibly audacious to engage in such activities!
Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly and said, "Without the inspectors dismantled by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Censorate would still be powerless against corrupt officials."
"But with inspectors, it's like hanging a sword over the heads of officials. At the very least, it will make them tremble with fear when they try to be corrupt."
Emperor Zhu snorted with a dark face: "If you want to split it up, then split it up, but you can't use the name 'Inspector'."
Yang Shaofeng pursed his lips.
Who do you think likes using the name "Inspector"?
Wouldn't it be better to use the name "Prosecutor"?
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Just as Yang Shaofeng and Emperor Zhu were discussing how to carve out a special inspection agency from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to crack down on corrupt officials, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and others in the capital were also figuring out how to vent their anger.
Xu Da said with a dark face, "This time, we will split into two groups to go north: one to Ningyang County and the other to Dengzhou Prefecture."
After a slight pause, Xu Da snorted coldly and said, "I've made up my mind. I'll go to Ningyang County. Bo Ren, you take the troops to Dengzhou Prefecture."
Chang Yuchun unconsciously reached out and rubbed his knee, shaking his head in protest: "I've been to Ningyang County, I know it well, I should be the one going to Ningyang County."
Xu Da glanced at Chang Yuchun and asked, "You sent your soldiers to rob Ningyang County?"
Xu Da didn't say anything more, but it seemed like he had said everything.
Chang Yuchun also sighed helplessly.
The soldiers under my command are elite troops who dare to fight and struggle wherever they are, but they are completely useless once they arrive in Ningyang County.
It's not fair to say they went from being fierce tigers to sheep; they're more like being as docile as quails.
Especially when they encountered the people of Ningyang County during the march, and there was a young woman or wife among them, those ruthless killers who used to kill without blinking an eye on the battlefield would actually blush!
You blushing teapot, you bastard!
Do you think I don't know what kind of scum you veterans are?
With another sigh, Chang Yuchun said with a dark face, "Those soldiers under your command will be no better than anyone else if they go to Ningyang County."
"Even if we manage to steal it this time, we'll be useless next time."
"It would be better to let those useless guys under my command wreak havoc."
Lan Yu chimed in, "Brother-in-law is right. Even if those old thugs under your command are unreliable, there are still those killers under my command who can be used."
Xu Da glanced at Chang Yuchun, then at Lan Yu.
motherfucker.
Not one of them is stupid.
They've really gone to any lengths to go to Ningyang County to find some prince consort!
But they asked me to go to Dengzhou Prefecture...
Xu Da felt somewhat uneasy.
The dignified Duke of Wei, the Right Chancellor of the Secretariat, has gone to great lengths to please me, even to the point of groveling, just for a bite of roast goose.
Damn it, who would believe this if I told them?
But this is the fact!
If I can't go to Ningyang County to get an explanation from a certain prince consort, I'll never have a good time for the rest of my life!
Just as Xu Da was thinking of saying a few more words of advice, Chang Yuchun reached out and rubbed his knee, and said first, "You just didn't get to eat roast goose. If we're talking about being wronged, who can compare to me and Lan Yu?"
When it came to grievances, Chang Yuchun was filled with resentment, while Lan Yu was furious.
If a prince consort simply spreads a rumor that Chang Yuchun frequents pleasure boats, this clerk will be punished along with him.
Even if he only spread rumors that the Vice Commander went to the pleasure boat, his sister would only scold him a few times.
But that prince consort did something else; he directly spread rumors about the two of us!
As a result, we both suffered bad luck!
No.
What did this clerk do to deserve this?
and also.
During the Plowshare Case, wasn't it this Vice Commander who led troops to Dengzhou Prefecture to support him?
If we're really going to talk about it, this bastard should call me, the Vice Commissioner, his uncle.
And this is how he repaid the magistrate?
Lan Yu grew angrier the more she thought about it, and simply snorted coldly, "Let me go to Ningyang County with my brother-in-law. We only need half of the strong liquor that we stole."
Xu Da was slightly taken aback, then flew into a rage, pointing at Lan Yu and cursing, "You must be dreaming!"
"half?"
"This Northern Expedition is divided into four routes. You and your brother-in-law are in two of those routes, so you should have been assigned half of each."
"Now you're trying to negotiate with me using the remaining half?"
"You've got a wild goosebumps!"
Chang Yuchun immediately became anxious and slapped Lan Yu on the back of the head: "Hurry! Hurry again!"
"Have you forgotten what I told you before I left?"
"I've been playing the victim here, and you ruined it all with just one sentence!"
"He eats everything but can't do anything right."
"Your sister was too lenient with you!"
After Chang Yuchun said that, Xu Da immediately calmed down.