It has only been more than a month since the news of the new salt method was sent from the Ganqing Palace.

However, in such a short period of time, the Shandong officialdom had been reshuffled, and Zhu Youxiao had no choice.

Corruption among officials became popular, and the wealthy families became bigger. They opposed the new salt law with the same spirit in the local area, so they could only be forced to fight back and beat them all in one go.

The new salt law has caused enough trouble, and it is time to just finish it.

The next day, the court meeting.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon throne, looked around the ministers below, and ordered Wang Chengen to pass on the memorials of Wen Tiren and Wei Zhongxian respectively.

Wang Chengen was originally a student of the eunuch Wang An. After Wang An felled, he joined Wei Zhongxian's camp because he was afraid of being implicated.

Because of Wei Zhongxian's operation, Wang Chengen successfully entered the Sili Supervisory Office and came to Zhu Youxiao's side.

Now he is far from being the eunuch who is a man who is alert and good deeds, and he is a small general manager in charge of three or five small castrates under his command.

Today, it was him who was on duty in Huangji Palace and accompanied the court meeting.

Wei Guangwei, the chief minister of the cabinet, was the first civil servant, and naturally the first one to receive Wen Tiren's memorial.

From this, he saw that Wen Tiren was still quite effective after he went to Shandong to take charge of the salt administration. He quickly found out the source of the Qingzhou civil unrest, that is, local prefectures concealed the content of the new salt law and disrupted the audio-visual.

This is indeed a major event that has never happened before. Even Wei Guangwei did not expect that these local tyrants and officials would have such courage.

After reading this, he received a secret report from Dongchang about interrogation of Tang Wanfeng.

The latter did not know what he had experienced in the prison of the General Administration of Shandong Supervisory Bureau, but he confessed to all the crimes. By the way, he also led to a big shot, Shandong Governor Wang Weijian.

Seeing this, Wei Guangwei's eyes were slightly stunned.

Wang Weijian was involved, which means that although the local chaos seemed to have basically ended, the overall situation has reached a new level.

It would be fine if Wang Weijian was really a tough guy. If he couldn't bear anything he could recruit, the Shandong officialdom would suffer turmoil.

By that time, the affected areas would not be the local governments in the coastal areas.

Although Wei Guangwei was shocked after reading it, he did not say anything first. He turned around and handed the two notebooks to Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Personnel behind him.

Looking at the ministers looking through, Zhu Youxiao had no patience and waited for them to finish reading, and said slowly on it:

"Shandong Salt Administration has found out that the Tang family of Le'an Salt Farm in Qingzhou Prefecture and the Li family of Haiyang Salt Farm in Dengzhou Prefecture, the families who have been in charge of the government for the court for generations have now become big."

"As for the civil unrest in Qingzhou Prefecture, it was even more agitated by Tang Wanfeng. Some local civil and military officials were ineffective in punishing the civil unrest and indulging the civil unrest!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao's tone gradually became stronger:

"The disaster left over from the ancestors' salt law has now come to my hands and must be solved so that the coastal people can live and work in peace and contentment."

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he sat there quietly waiting for the reactions of the ministers below.

Unexpectedly, the ministers were talking about it, with all kinds of expressions, but after Shandong arrested so many people, no one dared to come out and openly objected.

Zhu Youxiao immediately looked at someone and asked:

"Li Yangzheng, you are the Minister of Justice, and you are the most familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Come and tell me and the ministers, what should we do with the Li family and the Tang family?"

Li Yangzheng thought that if he was honest and silent, he would be fine. He was still named after him, so there was nothing he could do.

It is a disaster that cannot be avoided, so I can only bite the bullet and even offend officials in Shandong officialdom and his own group of Donglin's old acquaintances.

Seeing Li Yang being slow, Zhu Youxiao sneered in his heart.

This time he called him out on purpose. As early as half a year ago, Zhu Youxiao was observing the Minister of Justice who was born in Donglin.

The reason I kept him was because this person had real talent and knowledge, and he worked very hard during the Donglin case. He did not try his best to protect his accomplices like those Donglin parties.

But half a year has passed, and Li Yangzheng is still like this.

Zhu Youxiao could guess Li Yangzheng's thoughts a little bit.

Now he neither dared to cover up with the Donglin Party nor get too close to the Wei Party. He wanted to stay out of the matter and neither side would offend him.

But how can there be such a good thing in the world?

If you walk by the river often, you won’t be able to get your shoes wet.

Li Yangzheng didn't move himself, so Zhu Youxiao had to push him hard to help him completely break away from his former Donglin friend.

If Li Yangzheng was asked this and still responded in ambiguously in the court, Zhu Youxiaoke would be really disappointed with him.

Although I won’t say anything at that time, it is inevitable that I will kick him out in the future.

To put it seriously, if you can't understand things at this moment, you're still hesitating. There's basically no good ending. If something happens in the future, it's all uncertainty.

With the Dongchang, although the Minister of Justice was not a particularly important position, he was still a minister.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao has made a move to clean up the court and the place, and he can no longer bear to see the Minister of Justice continues to be a bad person and a double-faced person.

Li Yang is a person who understands it, so he naturally knows what the emperor means.

Within a few breaths, he had already made countless choices in his mind.

After a while, Li Yangzheng stood up and said:

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the new salt law, the people who manage the salt farm in the court privately hoard official salt and collude with local officials, and the nine clans should be punished!"

"As for Dengzhou magistrate Lu Daqi, who was corrupt and abused the law, he was unforgivable."

"After that, he even arbitrarily changed the official statement, which had a bad impact and indirectly led to the civil rebellion of Qingzhou Prefecture. According to the Ming Dynasty, he should have no property and beheaded all his family members to serve as a warning to others!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied.

Li Yangzheng governed local corrupt officials in accordance with the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that he dealt with fairly and had no intention of sheltering him.

More importantly, what Li Yangzheng said about the handling of local tyrants such as Li El and Tang Wanfeng this time was based on the new salt law of the court, rather than the old law of heaven that was inherited.

Once this implementation measure is continued, it is an opportunity to consolidate the status of the new salt law and give other local governments a clear signal.

That is, the new salt law is not the so-called trial implementation stage, but a new law that is truly and effective in the local area. Local governments and officials can punish crimes according to this law.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it and hesitated:

"Will the killing of the nine clans be too severe?"

Li Yangzheng was stunned and immediately understood something, and immediately bowed:

"I report to Your Majesty that the new salt law is the foundation for the court to rectify the salt administration. Since it has been implemented, local governments must comply with each of them."

"If even the imperial court does not handle the salt administration according to the new salt law, how can local governments dare to comply?"

Zhu Youxiao thought about something and said with a smile:

"The Minister of Justice's words are reasonable and he is worthy of being a pillar of the country. Do you have any suggestions for the ministers, the chief minister?"

Li Yangzheng quickly stood back, as if the golden bricks and stones on the hall were very hot.

Wei Guangwei also stood up slowly and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the Minister of Justice is indeed a loyal word. Since the new salt law has been implemented, the court should do so."

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and stood up and said:

"Since that's the case, please go back and do your own things!"
Chapter completed!