"Long live, there are two more boxes of goods waiting for you to accept in person."

Wang An came to report early in the morning.

Zhu Yiliu had just had breakfast and hurriedly followed Wang An to Ganqing Palace Square.

The first feeling is that money is coming?

“Where did it come from?”

"Long live back, I will stay in Nanjing."

"Oh." Zhu Yili was even more sure that there was money in the box, and Feng Bao sent someone to transport it.

It seems that Feng Bao's people should return to Beijing later.

"Long live, this time the two boxes are not big, and they are quite light. I don't know what it is inside."

"If I guess correctly, there is a box of assessment reports from all Nanjing officials to Beijing."

"Where is the other box?"

"It should be money."

When I arrived at the Ganqing Palace Square, I saw two boxes on the ground.

Indeed, compared to the previous two times Wang Xianggan, the boxes shipped by Zhang Taizheng were much smaller.

"Carry to the East Warehouse."

Zhu Yiliu did not hesitate and carried it to his old place as usual.

The boxes were not heavy and they were quickly carried to the East Warehouse.

"Come on, open."

Zhu Yiliu raised his hand and ordered Wang An.

Wang An hurriedly opened the larger agarwood wooden box.

At first glance, it was indeed the evaluation report of Nanjing officials inspecting the Beijing inspection.

Then, the second box was opened.

I saw stacks of high-quality silver notes that could be exchanged at any time lying inside.

"Long live, it's really money." Wang An's eyes lit up.

"What a pity!" Zhu Yili shook his head and sighed.

"What a pity for Master Long Live?" Wang An asked quickly withdrew the smile on his face.

"It's a pity that all the money has to be handed over to the treasury."

"Who brought this money from Master Long live?" Wang An asked again.

"Then you still need to ask? Of course, it's a companion."

"Oh, how did Eunuch Feng get it?"

"Greed, obscene, accept, bribe."

"..." Wang An was stunned, but then suddenly realized, "No wonder Eunuch Feng was impeached by the censor several times."

"He is just acting on my will."

"Ah?" Wang An said in surprise, "It was Master Long Sui who instructed Eunuch Feng to deliberately go to Nanjing to embezzle and accept bribes?"

Zhu Yili smiled but said nothing.

"Long live, I don't understand why?" Wang An asked weakly.

Zhu Yili sighed and said with emotion: "I think of my Ming Dynasty. The money is not in the court or the people. They are in the hands of the high-ranking officials, officials, landlords and gentry! I just want them to take out some of them for the country."

Wang An didn't know what to say.

Long live the way of behavior is also weird.

Zhu Yiliu then said: "If the country is not prosperous and stable, if it is in a chaotic world where wars burn mountains and rivers, what's the use of no matter how much money they have?"

"Long live the words, right!" Wang An quickly agreed, but then said weakly, "It's just Long live the Lord, wouldn't Eunuch Feng have a bad reputation like this?"

Zhu Yili smiled slightly and asked back, "Or why would you let me carry it?"

"Of course not." Wang An blurted out, "If you want to carry it, you can only carry it. How can you carry it? Eunuch Feng made another great contribution this time. Looking at this box, it must be more than two million, right?"

"It's reassuring for companions to do things!"

"Long live the emperor, why did those officials in Nanjing spared huge sums of money to bribe Eunuch Feng?"

"Some people want to be promoted and make money, some want to make friends with their partners, and some want to be eliminated during this Beijing inspection... There must be many reasons!"

"Oh, but can Eunuch Feng handle it?" Wang An looked questioning.

“What to deal with?”

"Don't everyone say that they are ruthless? Since they have collected the money, they have to do things for them, right?"

"Hmph!" Zhu Yiliu shook his head with a light "humph".

Wang Anxin understood it. This means, don’t care about others if you collect the money?

"Long live the lord, in this way, Eunuch Feng will form a bond with many officials, right?"

"What are he afraid of with me protecting him?"

"Honsai is right!" Wang An nodded, as if he had some insight, "As long as he was protected by Him, he would not be afraid even if he offended the people of the world."

"Hey!" Zhu Yili looked at a box of silver notes, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"Long live the emperor." Wang An shouted softly.

"What's wrong?"

"I think the money that Eunuch Feng has brought is actually not necessary to hand over, right?"

"This has a bad impact." Zhu Yili shook his head.

"Anyway, only Eunuch Feng knows the number, so Long live his life can take some of it." Wang An suggested carefully.

"I'm very short of money, but that doesn't work. I'm uneasy and can't sleep at night." Zhu Yiliu still shook his head.

Wang An sighed without any advice.

"Go and invite the Chief Auxiliary Mr. Shen, Minister of Personnel, Minister of Revenue, and Censor of the Left Censor of the Censorate."

"I'll go now." Wang An retreated.

Zhu Yili hurriedly went to look through the box of silver notes, and he saw an account book underneath, clearly recording how much money he gave to everyone.

There is a total of 218,700 taels on the last page.

In fact, it seems that it should be nothing.

Feng Bao has always been very reliable.

...

Soon, the chief minister Shen Shixing, the Minister of Personnel Yang Wei and the Minister of Revenue Wang Lin both came.

Only Chen Yu, the left censor of the Censorate, was not seen.

"Has Mr. Chen come?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, Mr. Chen is ill and has not been on duty recently." Yang Wei replied, and then said worriedly, "Mr. Chen has submitted a memorial twice and requested to retire and return to his hometown to live in vain. Your Majesty also knows it. But unfortunately, it is the time of the Beijing inspection and there is no suitable official to take over, so Mr. Chen has been holding on."

"Oh!" Zhu Yili nodded. Chen Xu took over Chen Zan's stance and served as the left censor of the Censorate.

Because of the special nature of the position of Zuodu Censor, he has very strict requirements on his candidates, so he is a straightforward person for many consecutive jobs.

Like Ge Shouli, Chen Zan, and Chen Xu, they all have a reputation, have no personal relationships, suppress the powerful and noble, and have a strong discipline, so no one dares to violate them. Such people are indeed difficult to find.

"Old Chen is in good health, don't worry about it. I'll call you here today, and there are two things to say."

Zhu Yiliu didn't discuss this time.

Whether or not to discuss or not, the ministers are used to it.

"The first thing is the Beijing inspection in Nanjing. Look, this is the one brought back from Nanjing by a partner, and the evaluation report on Nanjing officials."

"For many years, due to the special status of Nanjing, the inspection of officials there was not strict, so the standards are not consistent with the standards in Beijing."

"But this time, the number of unqualified officials will be eliminated. I solemnly announced that the final purpose is to lay off the capital."

In fact, except for Wang Lin, who had just taken office, Shen Shixing and Yang Wei already knew about it.

It’s just that Zhu Yiliu did not make any claims to the outside world.

"This is also why I let my partner stay in Nanjing for so long." Zhu Yili continued, "By eliminating unqualified officials and streamlining redundant institutions, we finally abolition of the capital in Nanjing."

"So, the Beijing inspection of Nanjing officials must be strictly carried out this time, and the standards must be unified with Beijing. This is one of them; secondly, such as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, etc., important yamen must be retained for temporary retention for transition, and all yamen that are dispensable will be abolished."

"Third, after the revocation of the capital of Nanjing, I have not made a clear judgment on whether it is necessary for Nanzhili to continue to retain it. I hope Mr. Shen will go back and discuss with several cabinet masters whether to retain or eliminate it, or to break down Nanzhili into several provinces, and come up with a set of plans as soon as possible."

"I obey the order." Shen Shixing nodded.
To be continued...