strictlysupreme Chapter 388 Chapter 388 This is Zhengde!
Chapter 388 Chapter 388 This is Zhengde!
Chapter 388 Chapter 388 This is Zhengde!
After entering midsummer, the weather is very hot.
Dongchang arrested people in the street, and it spread all over the capital at once, as if it made the temperature of the capital even higher.
Liu Jin also knows where her fate lies.
So Dongchang was arresting people outside, while he himself turned around and went into Qianqing Palace to report.
Zhu Houzhao was lying under the gazebo, with two servants beside him fanning the wind non-stop, "Speaking of which, the review by the Ministry of Punishment is almost half a month old. You have to remember to urge them. How many people do they interrogate a day?"
"Returning to His Majesty, there may be three or five in a day."
There was a flash of thought in the emperor's eyes,
"It's extremely bad to procrastinate about things like this. It doesn't matter how many people you arrest for those 'false comments' in the capital, as long as the evidence is solid. But the anger of people's hearts is hard to eradicate, so let them drag on for a long time I don’t know what will happen. I can only sweep the fallen leaves with the wind. After that, the matter is over, and it will be over.”
The night is long and the dreams are many, and it will change after a long time.
And it's annoying to hear about it every day.
In addition, Zhu Houzhao still had some ominous premonition.
After a little thought, he got up from the stone bench, and the attendants and eunuchs followed him with their heads down and quickened their pace.
"The presiding judge of the Xuanyan class case enters the palace. Let Mr. Li Ge and Mr. Xie Ge come together!"
In fact, neither Li Dongyang nor Xie Qian entered the palace to bother the emperor because of the prison supervisor's arrest.
Because the emperor can stop them with a single word, for example... have these people talked about government affairs in public?
If there is, then the supervisor of ceremonies is right to arrest him.
Nowadays, the emperor's will cannot be changed, and the behavior of the supervisor of ceremonies cannot be stopped.
Most of the officers of the Salt Division who were interrogated by multiple parties could not escape the death of the officials.
But this kind of crime basically does not involve the extermination of the nine clans, which led to the influx of family members of many officials into the capital, just like Gu Zuo's wife Xie, making various connections and making various efforts.
A man who is an official in the court is basically the backbone of a family or even a clan.
Even that crazy Zou Cheng, as his relatives, must do their best to rescue him.
"...Liu Jin is smart and smart. After all, he knows that arresting people in the street will be justified, and people will not be able to catch them. But in the final analysis, he is still a person with evil intentions and greed for power and position."
Wang Bing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was also one of the interrogating officials.
As a civil servant, no matter what kind of internal struggles there are, the overall dislike of the eunuch, the chief inspector, is still the same.
"Obviously a villain, but he insists on pretending to be a gentleman. Then there are many methods available. Mr. Li Ge and Mr. Xie Ge must know that there have been many people in the capital begging for mercy recently. But not many have worked. Now The supervisor of ceremonies is very powerful, they should ask Eunuch Liu for it."
Both Li Dongyang and Xie Qian couldn't help frowning their pale eyebrows.
This method is a bit dark and not decent enough.
The reason is also simple, that is, let the family members of those criminal officials send money to Liu Jin.
Isn't he greedy?
Oh, maybe.
But looking at it for such a long time, how many eunuchs hold power in their hands but refuse money thousands of miles away?
How can he defend himself when he sues the emperor for his own injustice?
"But this matter is not the work of a gentleman." Li Dongyang said in a deep voice.
Xie Qian didn't speak, but he probably had the same idea.
Wang Bing said: "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. Besides, why do you need to talk about benevolence and righteousness with Liu Jin, a treacherous villain? He probably doesn't know how to write these two characters! If not, we still have What method? Is it to watch Liu Jin grow bigger step by step? Eunuchs harm the country and the people, compared with this, what are our personal gains and losses?"
Hearing what he said, the realm has been raised again.
That's right, people like Liu Jin endanger the country.Getting rid of him is for Daming!
"...What if he notices it?"
"I can't detect it." Wang Bing held his hand, "As far as I know, someone is already looking for his relationship in private. The people we arranged are mixed in, real and fake, false and real, how to distinguish and detect it?"
Also.
In fact, Wang Bing had already thought about it.
Just like Ouyang Feng practicing the Nine Yin Mantra, three sentences are true and one sentence is false, it takes a lot of ability to react.
It's just that at this level, the battle between the foreign ministers and the internal ministers is more fierce.Basically, they are actively framing and digging holes for each other.
Just as he was speaking, a young eunuch came outside and explained the emperor's oral order respectfully.
The cabinet is not far from the Qianqing Palace. Since it was the sage's dictation, the three old men had no other thoughts. They held the pipe caps on the table between their arms, looked at the hot sun before going out, and wiped the hair on their foreheads. Khan stepped out anyway.
Han Wen, Min Gui, and Ying Gong are in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the distance is similar.
The rhythm in the palace seems to be unhurried,
But outside the palace, some people are dying of anxiety.
Especially for Shao Guoyi and others who had just been taken away by the Rites Supervisor, their relatives and friends only felt a bolt from the blue when they heard the news.
Those people in Yunsi Yamen have real crimes, even if they have a thousand mouths on their bodies, they can't explain clearly.But what about them?That's really idle!
What can a woman like Shao Guoyi's wife do at this time?I only know that my husband has a few acquaintances on weekdays, so I went to find them without panic, no matter what, there must be a way first.
However, under the scorching sun and the temperature where the ground was as hard as iron, she walked all the way and asked, and finally found a few, but after knocking on the door and explaining her identity and purpose of coming, the housekeeper shut the door with a 'squeak'!
Shao Yushi's family?
The inspector of ceremonies is currently interrogating him, and now he is looking for our family!This is not only bad luck, it is a real danger, okay!
So Mrs. Shao was scolded several times.
People who are already vulgar will squint and yell, "Blind your dog's eyes! It's not enough for your family to be unlucky! Do you want to implicate other families?! Wicked woman, get out!"
It is also a great crime to discuss government affairs indiscriminately.
Who the hell wants to get a little bit of it?
But what can Mrs. Shao do?
If one family can't do it, she will change to another house, the sweat on her face is dripping drop by drop,
When she finds one, she strikes the brass ring,
"Open the door! Please open the door!"
After going on like this for two days, she finally found a good person who was willing to open the door for her the next evening.
At this time, Mrs. Shao's lips were already chapped and her face was full of fatigue.
After seeing the Patriarch, she didn't say anything else, just knelt down to beg for help.
This person's name is Xie Dongyuan, and he is a doctor of the Five Classics in the Imperial Academy. His daily duty is to study Confucian classics and explain them when necessary.In layman's terms, it belongs to academics.
Perhaps this kind of person is not so utilitarian, so he couldn't bear the anxiety of a woman in the scorching summer, so he let her in.Otherwise, if this continues, he should faint on the street.
Xie Dongyuan asked the servants in the mansion to give her a cup of tea, and said soothingly: "Sister-in-law, get up first. Xie really dare not accept such a big gift. I have heard a little bit about Brother Shao. You sit down and drink water, and we will go to bed together." Figure out a way."
Mrs. Shao seemed to be grabbing at straws, sobbing and saying: "I am a married woman, and I don't understand official affairs. It's just that no one except Dr. Xie wants to see me these two days. Dr. Xie, please help me." My husband, otherwise...or the whole family can only let him go!"
Xie Dongyuan also found it tricky, "Sister-in-law, please listen to me in detail first. The person Brother Shao offended this time is Liu Jin, the first eunuch of the Supervisor of Rituals. Brother Shao's crime is called false discussion of state affairs. Xie will not hide it Sister-in-law, this crime is extremely serious. If you want to save Brother Shao, I'm afraid..."
Ugh.
It was fine at first, so why bother to cause these troubles by yourself.
Mrs. Shao panicked even more when she heard this, "Dr. Xie, please save my husband! You...what do you want? As long as I can find it, I will bring it all."
"Sister-in-law, that's not the case. You call me a doctor... But Xie's Doctor of Five Classics of the Imperial Academy is only an eighth-rank official, not even a seventh-rank magistrate. Xie wants to help, but there is nothing he can do."
Xie Dongyuan was also a little ashamed.
But what he said was the truth,
If you want to blame, you can only blame, that eunuch is too bad, and Shao Guoyi is too impulsive.
Most officials in Beijing, big and small, were taken aback by the actions of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. As Zhu Houzhao said, the anger in people's hearts may be difficult to eradicate, so the root cause cannot be cured, but the symptoms can still be cured.
At least there are fewer crazy students in the bustling restaurants in central Beijing.
Some people are like this. Although they claim to be reasonable, the reason they can understand is never the so-called reason.
Qianqing Palace,
When the emperor met his ministers, he didn't have a lot of politeness, he got straight to the point.
"It's not that I'm in a hurry and want to urge everyone. It's just that the case of the salt class should not be delayed for a long time, especially after listening to Jin Yiwei's replay. In fact, many people's crimes have already been cleared up. Why is there no movement after half a month of trial?"
"Your Majesty." Han Wen stepped forward, "There are many people involved in the salt class case, and the case is quite complicated. It is a major case that has not been encountered for many years. I want to study all the details in order to avoid misjudgment and misjudgment. , wronged a good man."
That's not bad.But if Zhu Houzhao was so easy to dismiss, then he wouldn't be respected and feared by so many ministers.
"You're right. Let me ask you, how many of the 46 people arrested in Yunsi's yamen have been confirmed to be related to the sale of illegal salt?"
When Liu Jin heard this question, she squinted her eyes and secretly glanced at Hanwen.
Our family is so fooled, Your Majesty is not easy to fool!
Han Wen never thought of deceiving the emperor, even if he wanted to, he would not be able to, because the supervisor is still there.
"Qizou Your Majesty, among the 46 people, we can confirm that there are 33 of them."
Zhu Houzhao said along the way: "Since it is confirmed, then submit the case files of these 33 people first. After he himself draws the charge, several of you presiding officers will sign, and the supervisor will also sign. Then send it to the cabinet, and the cabinet will draw up an opinion." , send it to me for review!"
This……
If this was sent to the palace and the emperor's Zhubi approved it, who in the Ming Dynasty would be able to change the fate of these 33 people?
What the emperor said didn't have any deep meaning, he was just dissatisfied with this efficiency.
There was a lot of discussion in the capital, and the supervisor of ceremonies can arrest someone for a few days today, but it won't be long before he should revert to his old ways.
"Your Majesty..." Wang Bing, Minister of the Ministry of War, wanted to say something.
But Zhu Houzhao interrupted him, "I don't want to listen to unnecessary words. I sometimes find it difficult to understand. Is it so difficult to kill a few corrupt and stupid officials who do not abide by the laws of the court?! The 33 people I talked about today No matter what method you use, you must prepare everything and send it to the palace tomorrow!"
"Yes..." The emperor made such a statement, and several ministers were speechless, "I would like to abide by the holy will."
Wang Bing really wanted to procrastinate for a while so that their layout could be more leisurely, but he didn't know why the emperor was so eager all of a sudden, was he aware of something, or was provoked by someone.
Alas, the plan can't keep up with the changes, so that's what I said.
The emperor personally urged,
Several presiding judges don't need to sleep tonight.
No matter what, we must first get all the signatures on the 33 files, and ensure that they will be sent to the cabinet at dawn the next day.
Zhu Houzhao didn't want to bother anymore, as long as Zhu Bi approved and the dust settled, there would be nothing to argue about.
It's nothing more than some people want to complain, but it's over after a few days.
On the second day, all the six ministries and nine ministers came.
The emperor would never do anything secretly, he would do it in front of all of them.That's why they all called here!
"...The records in those files are the crimes committed by the officials of the Lianghuai Transportation Department. According to my previous imperial decree, these people should be punished for their crimes!"
The last three words even echoed from the temple!
"Today, I finally know why the Ming Dynasty's Yan government has been corrupted to such an extent. Because it is so difficult for me, the emperor, to kill these corrupt officials, let alone my ministers?!"
"His Majesty."
Min Gui has always had a bad temper, and this time he has something to say, "These ministers never thought of defending their crimes, and the abuse of the salt class itself was exposed by Da Situ. The minister just felt that, The money for the salt class is nearly [-]% of my annual income in the Ming Dynasty, so it should not be taken lightly. Moreover, the case of the Lianghuai transportation department is not limited to the Lianghuai transportation department, but there are also transportation departments in Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and other places. Official, that is to kill all the salt officials in the world, but can the salt class withstand such a shock?! The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and His Majesty is furious. It is for the country and the people. The ministers and others are also for Daming and for Your Majesty! I hope His Majesty will clearly understand what this minister said from the bottom of his heart!"
Zhu Houzhao's eyelids couldn't help jumping, "What Min Shangshu said is right. But I have been in power for a few years, don't I understand the truth of what you said? The officials of the Ming Dynasty loved to rely on the law and not blame the public, The words "Shaking the World" are acting indiscriminately! It seems that they want to frighten me! Hmph! I am not afraid! Governing a country is sometimes compared to determination. The so-called kindness does not control soldiers and righteousness does not control wealth. If you don't have this determination, don't say salt The disadvantages of the lesson are gone, which one of the disadvantages can be really improved?! The court is shaking, the world is shaking, I also want to see if the country of my Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in an instant!"
In fact, as a later generation, he himself has a character that hopes that you, me, and everyone will be good.But gradually I also found out that you must not blindly be loose and soft, otherwise you really can't push anything.
How resolute Zhu Houzhao is, in fact, all the courtiers know.But at this time, there are still such problems.If he didn't pay close attention to this matter, he might be dragged down.
Or imagine if it was Hongzhi, even in the current situation, he would not be able to push it.In that case, it was probably... a few students criticized the eunuchs, but they were not punished, because the factory guards were suppressed by the emperor and did not dare to move. The voice of remonstrance will be like the waves of the sea, and several important ministers will probably speak out one after another. When it comes to the emperor, he is soft-tempered.
Well, then this matter has to be discussed in the long run.In the long run, it is basically an anticlimax.
Then other officials took a look, huh?It's all right.So dance as you dance, and sing as you sing.
So Zhu Houzhao repeatedly mentioned the will to compete. This is not empty words, but his true feelings.
There are many things that are a matter of courage, if you do it, you do it, what can you do?
Under the stalemate, Liu Jin knelt down in front of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, please issue an order!"
Zhu Houzhao stood up, "I, following the will of my ancestors, to rule the world with one person, but not to serve one person with the world! This is righteousness, the virtue of rectifying oneself, and the virtue of rectifying the people of the world!"
In fact, the imperial decree had already been written, and the atmosphere was heightened here, so Liu Jin praised it and asked the emperor to use it.
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"I have three virtues, which are compassion, frugality, and daring not to be the first in the world!"
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(I'm a little busy today to post a [-]-word chapter, please forgive me. This cat is engaged in demolition, and everyone just thinks about how many broken things here, and there are endless ones)
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