My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 645 Yi San Zhu Jiu (For Lan...)
Naturally, Liu Mingzhi was not qualified to go to the Jinluan Hall from the harem with the emperor, so he could only go around the Linde Hall and then go to the Jinluan Hall.

Looking at the quiet and deserted palace road, Liu Mingzhi planned to take out the letter that Huyan Yunyao had written to him to have a look.

No matter what the result is, I have to give someone an answer of no, but after digging for a long time, I touched the armpit and couldn't find the existence of the letter.

I thought I had misplaced the cuff, but I searched carefully on the other side and couldn't find any trace of the letter.

Young Master Liu thought about it for a while, and was a little surprised: "It's broken, did you return the letter to the emperor with the bank note?"

Liu Mingzhi's face was a little weird, if the content of the letter was really what he thought, it would be over.

Rubbing his cheeks, Young Master Liu looked at the sky in bewilderment: "Writing a love letter to the emperor, what is the crime of molesting the emperor?"

After thinking about it for a long time, it seemed that there was no such crime in the Dalong Law before Liu Mingzhi heaved a sigh of relief.

He wobbled around the two palace gates and rushed towards the Jinluan Hall.

When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the Golden Luan Hall, it was almost overcrowded, even the officials of the seventh grade came, and all the officials in Beijing of the Grand Court Assembly had to go to the pilgrimage to meet. Liu Mingzhi's previous position at the end of the crane was full of green servants, many of whom were Liu Mingzhi. I have never seen it!
"Your Majesty is coming!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Li Zheng sat on the dragon chair with a majestic expression: "No courtesy, join the ranks!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the officials began to find their seats and knelt down. The sudden change from Pingchao to Dachaohui must have happened.

"Senior brother, why do you sit in such a back seat, the dignified doctor Yinqing Guanglu?"

Young Master Liu glanced at Huyan Yunyao on the right: "That's the lord, I'm in charge of the official position, and the member of the household department, Wailang, is not much higher than your sixth-rank Hanlin bachelor. Where do you sit here?"

"That's right, brother, come on, I hope that one day you can be ranked first in the dynasty!"

"It's your blessing!"

Liu Mingzhi glanced around and finally saw a few classmates from Jiangnan, Qin Bin, Yan Huai'an, they all seemed to be on duty in the Imperial Academy!

"I got a secret report from the border. There is a big problem in the mutual market. Tens of millions of silver, one-third of Dalong's annual tax, I opened up business to enrich the people, not to fill your own pockets, tens of thousands of dollars. Are you not afraid of dying with ten thousand pieces of silver?"

The emperor looked furiously at the civil and military officials below, his tone trembling.

"Ten million taels of silver? How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, as long as you are brave enough, it is possible. Do you know how much money the household department received in just taxation for more than three months? Twelve million taels!"

"My God, the tax is 1000 million taels. According to what His Majesty just said, the amount they pocketed is four times the tax!"

"Isn't that tens of millions of taels of silver?"

"I didn't expect these merchants to be so rich. They didn't know about it when they didn't open the business road. It was only after the business road opened that they realized that these merchants' families gathered together for a few months and the top of the dragon's half of the country's tax revenue for a year!"

"His Majesty!"

Li Zheng looked at Xia Gongming, the imperial historian who came out, and nodded: "Xia Aiqing, please tell me!"

"Your Majesty, if it is true, as His Majesty said, the officials of the exchange market used the name of the court to increase prices privately to fill their own pockets. I suggest that the three courts be formed to investigate this case. Tens of millions of taels of silver will not only damage Dalong's tax revenue but also the people. interests!"

"What Xia Aiqing said is reasonable. Once the price rises, the merchants will increase the price, and small merchants will be squeezed out of the border mutual market. Once the price is raised, the prices of the goods shipped back to Dalong by the merchants will also increase. The common people sell them at five taels It costs ten taels of silver to buy things with silver goods, so let the people cut their meat to make up for the remaining five taels of silver?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Holy? I'm not holy at all. The officials of the border guards are only four-rank officials. They played tricks and tricked me and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty. There are not a few people with official money, how dare they do whatever they want without your support!"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, many officials looked a little resentful, obviously the emperor's words hit the sore spot!

The emperor walked down the steps slowly and looked at the civil and military officials with different expressions: "Since I ascended the throne, I have always emphasized the importance of benevolent government, and followed the emperor Taizu's legacy to put the people first, but you are all ministers in the second class. , that is not the Lord Hou Ye who was killed in the sea of ​​blood, that is not the general who will become famous immediately! There are also a few ministers who are not two-ranked Jinshi, ask your conscience, since I became the throne, I have never used heavy law!"

"But what about you? Do you think that I am too merciful, and you can be lawless? It's not that I dare not use heavy laws, but I don't want to use heavy laws. , from the first-rank official to the ninth-rank official, how many of you are clean, according to the law of the dragon, even if you are killed by the barbarian clan, it is not a pity!"

"Your Majesty, I will be convicted!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at the civil and military officials who were prostrate on the ground and kowtowed, and hurriedly lowered their heads, asking if my young master has done anything wrong, okay?

"It has been 27 years. After the death of the first emperor, it has been 27 years since I inherited the great treasure. During the 27 years, I have abolished the six cruel punishments of car cracking, Ling Chi, and cannon fire. After the incident of the king of Shu, I also abolished Now, apart from beheading for public display, the most serious punishment seems to be ransacking the house and exile!"

"I originally thought that you could follow my benevolent government with your hearts and minds, apply benevolent government to the people under your rule, be diligent in government and love the people, even if you have no merit, you will not lose your virtue, but you, you have repeatedly provoked my face and the royal family. Dignity, provoking the laws of the Great Dragon, a small fourth-rank official dares to embezzle tens of millions of taels of silver, are these officials of the first rank planning to change the dynasty, you are too guilty!"

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger, I know my mistake!"

Li Zheng leaned on the guardrail above the dragon steps trembling and coughed a few times.

"Purpose!"

Manager Zhou stepped forward cautiously: "Yes!"

"From now on, the car splitting, lingchi, cannon fire, implication, beheading, quartering, embezzlement of two thousand silver, car splitting, embezzlement of five thousand Lingchi, and dismemberment of those who dereliction of duty!"

"Your Majesty can't!"

"I originally thought that if one person commits a crime, his family should not be held accountable, but in troubled times, severe punishments should be used. You talk about my sages every day, but I know that Dalong will really become a troubled world if this continues. The 600-year foundation left by Emperor Taizu It is also said that it will be destroyed once, and the barbarians will be restored to the punishment of three punishments and nine punishments, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment will issue the law to all the state capitals of Dalong!"

The civil and military officials looked at each other silently, and even looked at each other in horror, knowing that the emperor was really angry this time, and no one dared to speak out to persuade him!

"Your Majesty, please take back the punishment of barbarians three times and nine times!"

Xia Gongming came out to look at the emperor with a sad face.

"Your Majesty, although Yi San Zhu Jiu can warn civil and military officials, it is too cruel for one person to commit a crime and implicate the whole family. Ignorant children are young and do nothing, and being punished because of their father is not in line with the late emperor's will!"

"Xia Aiqing, I respect you as the elder of the two dynasties, and I have been patient with you because I respect your character. You are upright and strict with yourself, but can you guarantee that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are as upright as you?"

"This, the old minister is incompetent! But the old minister never wants His Majesty to repeat the law of barbarian three punish nine!"

Liu Mingzhi glanced at Xia Gongming who was kneeling on the ground and slowly came out: "Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty and Master Xia should each take a step back, and the barbarians should add treason and usurpation to the throne!"

(End of this chapter)