Chapter 74 Control the Chao Gang
I saw Bai Xingjian recited hundreds of items and closed the booklet in his hand.
The sound of closing the booklet was like a heavy hammer hitting everyone's hearts.
"I spend more than 10,000 taels of silver every month, forcing the robbery of a private woman, colluding with foreign officials, accepting bribes, and committing murder. Lord Zhang is really dedicated to the country and loyal to the emperor." Bai Xingjian sneered.
Zhang Congji's face had no trace of blood. He knelt on the ground and kept begging, "Emperor, please spare me, please spare me, please, please, please."
"Damn it!"
Kangxi was also angry at this moment and his face turned pale. There was no fish when the water was clear. It was not that Kangxi knew about this. When he first copied Oboi's home, the million silver had already told him this.
But he didn't think that Zhang Congji was also such a person, with a monthly cost of 10,000 taels. As the emperor, he was not so generous, let alone the crimes of being too numerous to be written, and all kinds of small ones could kill Zhang Congji ten times.
At this point, Zhang Congji is still one of the few upright and honest people in the court. It is not difficult to imagine how hateful other people are.
Kangxi subconsciously looked at the booklet in Bai Xingjian's hand. If all the contents were released, I'm afraid the court would be over.
At this time, Kangxi remembered what Bai Xingjian said.
"The emperor wants to see what was found in the sticky rod, but I dare not refuse to give it to him, but the emperor listened to my advice. The water was clear and there was no fish. The emperor didn't know, and it could still maintain the superficial situation. If he knew, he would be in chaos in the court."
"This thing is kept here. When the emperor needs it, call it at will. There is no need to expose it all. This is not a good thing for the emperor and the court."
This is true. If he saw it, he would probably have no tolerance for those people, which would only affect the stability of the court.
"Emperor, Zhang Congji's crime is unforgivable, so please make a decision." Bai Xingjian said.
"What else can I say? People come and drag Zhang Congji out, search the house and exterminate the clan. Anyone who dares to plead for mercy will be held in a row!" Thinking of Zhang Congji and thinking of how many Zhang Congji were in the court, Kangxi immediately became angry and directly burned all his anger on Zhang Congji.
The four words "scan the house and the family" were trembling, and another thunder fell into the ears of everyone.
During the years when Kangxi ascended the throne, everyone also knew about Kangxi's temper and knew that Kangxi had always been a benevolent monarch and was determined to be a benevolent monarch.
For this reason, even a treacherous minister like Oboi who was once breathless, Kangxi just searched his house and even did not take Oboi's life on the surface.
As a result, Zhang Congji is not only raiding his home, but also exterminates his clan, which is the first thing in the Kangxi Dynasty.
And what caused all this was the eunuch who stood beside Kangxi, like a young man in Guanyu.
Several ministers who were clamoring to oppose each other closed their mouths and shrank their necks one by one, trying to reduce their presence.
No one knows how many secrets the book, which can be called the Book of Life and Death, recorded.
At the sticky rod, this tissue was also exposed its fangs in the court for the first time.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Congji is just a small character, so it's better to deal with other government affairs first." Looking at the extremely quiet court, Bai Xingjian smiled with satisfaction, and then reminded Kangxi.
When Kangxi heard this, he came back to his senses and nodded, "Well, it's still early. Do you have any opinions on Bai Xingjian's takeover as the commander of the imperial guards and the eunuchs' supervisor?"
With Zhang Congji as the past, naturally no one has any opinions.
The thing that was just quarrelsome, but now it has been achieved naturally, which has made Kangxi feel a little unbelievable.
Not only that, Kangxi also announced some other measures in the court, most of which were used to restrict the Mongolian power.
As a result, except for a very small number of stakeholders, the once restraints were gone, which made Kangxi feel the pleasure of holding power for the first time.
Kangxi discovered for the first time that it was such a comfortable thing to be an emperor with a right to speak.
Don't worry about doing something, just oppose this one and that one.
Don’t worry about saying something, just quote this from the classics, and that must be discussed in three generations.
Kangxi, who was still a little hesitant at first, should have used this big killer weapon on the sticky rod, had no hesitation at this moment.
Not only that, he also gave the sticker more rights without saying anything, so that Bai Xingjian could prosecut the former harem and find a way to deal with the Empress Dowager.
As a result, Bai Xingjian's status in the court became more stable, and officials from all over the world tested the booklet in his hand.
Bai Xingjian had no intention of hiding it, and directly passed the message out in secret.
Tell everyone that there is a booklet, but the contents of the booklet will only tell the emperor when he feels appropriate.
In other words, the content of this booklet is entirely controlled by him.
The minister who received the news still didn't know what Bai Xingjian meant. Mastering this booklet would mean getting the Shangfang sword. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
Originally, Bai Xingjian was a close minister of Kangxi, and was inevitably flattered by everyone.
However, before, Bai Xingjian was just a close minister of the emperor. Although he was favored, he was slightly higher than Liang Jiu's merit.
In the eyes of many people, they are just a little eunuch.
But now, as soon as the matter of Zhang Congji happened, everyone realized the terribleness of this so-called little eunuch.
Especially the booklet and the mysterious sticking rod remind people of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the sticky rod is such an organization, but no one dares to point it out.
Otherwise, in an era of rampant literary inquisition, it is hard to say that the new organization formed by the emperor was a notorious factory in the former Ming Dynasty, and it was simply seeking death.
Of course, I dare not say that in private, everyone treated the sticker and Bai Xingjian as the east and west factories, which also led to many officials going to Bai Xingjian's mansion to bribe.
Bai Xingjian naturally refused everyone, but he sent most of the bribes to the palace and handed them over to Kangxi, enriching Kangxi's private warehouse.
In Bai Xingjian's words, the money should have been from Kangxi, but the group of officials had their own pockets. Now that he has brought it, it should naturally be handed over to Kangxi. If it weren't for this group of people who were of great use to consolidate the country, it would be fined even if all the houses were searched.
Instead of letting those people sit in a bargain, it is better to let him bear the bad reputation and gather these people's ointments to Kangxi, so as not to lack money when Kangxi wants to do anything.
In this way, the bad reputation was Bai Xingjian, and the benefits were Kangxi, which naturally made Kangxi trust Bai Xingjian more and delegated power became more serious.
Chapter completed!