Knowing that Zhu Yurao did not like red tape, after the three of them saluted, Ma Shiying, the Minister of Finance, made the report.

"Reporting to the Supervisory State, this time the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War were raided, with a total of 90 corrupt officials, 534 of whom had embezzled family property.

In addition, there were 20 corrupt officials and 42 corrupt officials who were fined double the amount of silver. Most of them had already paid the full amount of silver fines.

A total of 4,720,000 taels of silver were confiscated, as well as 683 properties, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other assets that are temporarily difficult to estimate."

Lady Red, Xie Xuelong, as someone who participated in this house raid, had known the result for a long time, so naturally he was not surprised.

On the side, Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Youyu's expressions changed.

Lu Zhenfei was surprised and a little excited. He obviously didn't expect that the court could seize four to five million taels of silver at a time.

It should be noted that the annual tax money collected by Hongguang from the Ministry of Household Affairs was only eight to nine million taels.

And this time, the house raids directly accounted for half of Hong Guangchao's annual household income.

With this money, the imperial court will definitely have more financial resources.

Zhang Youyu was shocked, but also a little nervous and scared.

Because he had served as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing for a period of time, and some of the officials in the Household Department had some relationship with him, he was worried about being involved.

Little did he know that during the current round of investigations into corrupt officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, Zhu Yuyao had already warned that the punishment would only be imposed on the corrupt individuals themselves, and that those involved would not be traced at all.

Leaving aside those petty officials, there are more than a hundred corrupt officials investigated and punished this time. If they are allowed to bite other officials, I am afraid that most of the entire Nanming officialdom will be involved, and everyone will be in danger.

This is a way to cause chaos, and Zhu Yuluo will naturally not do it.

From now on, she will have plenty of time to deal with the remaining corrupt officials.

After hearing this, Zhu Yushuo nodded with satisfaction and asked: "With so many properties confiscated, I'm afraid the families of those corrupt officials will have no place to live? Wouldn't this create a group of refugees in Nanjing?"

The Red Lady said: "That is indeed the case, but these people are currently under the supervision of the Nanjing Garrison and will not affect the security of the city."

Zhu Yasuo began to ponder, and then thought about how to deal with the family members of these prisoners.

Ma Shiying saw that Zhu Ailao was in trouble and said: "In accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, many men from the prison officials' families must be exiled. Women who have entered the Jiaofang Division may as well handle it as usual."

When Zhu Aelao heard that the woman was going to be sent to the Jiaofang Department, she was instinctively unhappy.

Although Jiaofangsi is not a brothel or a brothel, it is a place where women are reduced to a low status and entertained with sex.

But according to the laws and customs of the Ming Dynasty, the family members of these criminal officials must indeed be punished together - these family members are not aware of the corruption of the criminal officials, and they enjoy the proceeds of the corrupt officials, so they really deserve to be punished.

At this time, Hao Guangming said: "Why don't we all be exiled to Qiongzhou? Anyway, you still need to increase the population of Qiongzhou Island to open up wasteland and mine."

Hearing this, Zhu Yasuo suppressed the tenderness in her heart and said: "Let's all be exiled to Qiongzhou Island with the prisoners, but we must instruct the escorts not to treat the prisoners too harshly on the road. If anyone is sick, we must treat them and make sure they are all sick."

Arrive at Qiongzhou Island."

After hearing this, several courtiers in the palace, including the Red Lady, couldn't help but say: "The supervisor of the country is kind!"

Later, Zhu Yusao added: "Half of the proceeds from this inspection will go to the Ministry of Finance, and half will go to the internal funds.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance is also responsible for selling off other non-gold and silver properties.

This palace will send people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise, and will also send people to audit the accounts from time to time. I hope that corruption will not happen again in the Ministry of Finance headed by Ma Qing."

Ma Shiying immediately expressed his position: "I must keep myself clean and take good care of the officials of the Ministry of Finance."

Zhu Yasuo nodded and mentioned another thing.

"Currently, the chief officials of all the imperial ministries are basically ready. I am planning to hold a meeting at Wuying Hall the next day to confirm the cabinet members."

After hearing this, except for the red lady, Ma Shiying and others couldn't help showing strange expressions, some looking forward to it, some feeling anxious, or some thinking deeply.

Zhu Yurao didn't say anything more and just asked everyone to leave.

The power of the cabinet must be weakened by Zhu Yuluo. As for the extent to which it will be weakened, it must be measured in the time she takes to govern after she ascends the throne.

In short, it is impossible to abolish the cabinet overnight.

However, it is absolutely impossible for cabinet ministers to have as much power as before - after she ascends the throne as emperor, the Ming Dynasty will definitely become more centralized.

Because for a long time to come, Ming Dynasty will need her and Hao Guangming as its leaders...

In the afternoon, Zhu Ayao took Liu Shuying and Linglong to the Jinyiwei Yamen in Nanjing.

Jin Yiwei Li Siming, Xu Zhihu, Lu Chaoming and others from Sichuan immediately led a group of Jin Yiwei to kneel down and pay homage.

"For your humble job, please see Chitose, the supervisor of the country!"

"Plain body."

"Thank you, Supervisor!"

Later, Zhu Ainao stood under the eaves of the Jinyiwei Yamen compound and began to ask questions and lecture.

The Jinyiwei of the Hongguang Dynasty was also rebuilt, and in less than a year, there were high-level changes due to involvement in party disputes.

The first person in charge of the Jinyi Guards was Feng Kezong, a fellow commander. He was dismissed because he improperly handled the "child concubine case" and failed to meet Zhu Yousong's wishes.

Later, Qu Shangzhong, the minister of Qian Dynasty, came to the position and was responsible for handling the "child concubine case". However, he went to the other extreme and tortured the child concubine to death. He was criticized by the officials in the DPRK and was subsequently dismissed.

When Zhu Yuyao came to Nanjing, the Jinyiwei also lacked senior officials, and it was the turn of Ma Jixiang, the governor of the town, to take charge of all the Jinyi guards.

But Ma Jixiang had long been on Zhu Yuluo's blacklist, and he was Gao Qiqian's godson. Therefore, when Ma Shiying handled Gao Qiqian's rebellion case, he was removed from his post and exiled to Qiongzhou Island.

The vacancy at the top level of Nanjing Jinyiwei made it easy for Jinyiwei from Sichuan to take over, and then took control of Nanjing Jinyiwei.

After some questioning and training, Zhu Yuyao finally understood the situation of Nanjing Jinyiwei.

The total number of people is currently only a few hundred, and their quality is uneven, and they don't have much ability to do things.

Therefore, Zhu Aona asked Li Siming to take charge of the Fusi of Nanjing Jinyiwei North Town with the position of Qianhu, and Xu Zhihu took charge of the Fusi of Nanjing Jinyiweinnan Town with the position of Qianhu.

The maids, eunuchs, and eunuchs in the Nanjing Imperial Palace have also been reorganized by Lu Jiude, Linglong, and Liu Zhu these days.

Because the Hongguang Dynasty was less than a year old, there were not many famous eunuchs around Zhu Yousong. Apart from Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude, the ones currently alive include Han Zanzhou and Cai Zhong.

Among them, Cai Zhong came from Prince Fu's Mansion and was Zhu Yousong's true confidant. Zhu Aona asked him to accompany Zhu Yousong under house arrest.

Another great eunuch was Han Zanzhou.

Since this man had a good reputation and Zhu Yucao had no other capable eunuchs available, he asked him to manage the eunuchs in the palace together with Lu Jiude.

As for the palace maids, they were all handed over to Linglong and Liu Zhu, who were allowed to manage them according to the example they had in the Shu Palace.

···

Time flies and it’s May 20th.

At noon in the morning, the ministers and ministers of various ministries appointed by Zhu Yuluo came to Wuying Hall one after another.

There are both the former Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party here, as well as some people from outside the two parties.

These people basically know about Zhu Yura's magical powers and have seen all the miraculous things that Zhu Yura has brought from later generations. Therefore, even if they once fought to the death due to the party, they now don't dare to argue about the past things when they are in the same palace.

Most people's thoughts are spent on trying to figure out Zhu Yuluo's thoughts.

Because they know very well that today's Ming Dynasty can no longer be controlled by them through party struggle.

After He Tengjiao entered the Wuying Hall, he looked around and found that he was still the most familiar with Yuan Jixian, so he went over and stood next to him and asked: "Does Ji Tong know how the cabinet ministers are selected today? Is it still the same as before?"

Yuan Jixian said in a low voice: "If it is a court recommendation, not only the people in front of me will come, but also the six subjects will come.

But now people from the Sixth Section are completely excluded, which shows that the legal system for selecting cabinet ministers this time is different from the past."

He Tengjiao looked around and found that not many people came. Except for those from the Sixth Ministry, they were from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Not even the Nine Ministers from the Three Temples were present.

Recalling Zhu Yurao's style of conduct, he said: "I guess that when the cabinet is formed this time, the Supervisory State may become a dictatorship of the Sacred Heart."

Yuan Jixian looked strange after hearing this. Just as he was about to answer the question, he heard the official shouting——

"The Supervisor has arrived!"
Chapter completed!