eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 329 You are forcing me to expand Jinyiwei
It was not easy to go out of the palace once, and it really made Zhu Houzhao feel unlucky to encounter such a thing.

So much so that the ministers who received the decree to enter the palace were very surprised. The emperor had clearly announced that he would be exempted from court for three days, so why would there be an imperial decree before the first day passed.

However, there was a lot of movement outside the Zhengyang Gate of the capital. Since Wu Dinghou was able to hear the news and rushed over, it meant that some ministers had also received the news.

A spy chief like Mao Yuwen, who has mastered the dynamics of the capital, reacted more quickly.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao lifted the curtain of the small bamboo building, he saw him leading the people and horses prostrating along the street.

"Mao Yuwen, deputy envoy of Weichen Jinyiwei, come to escort me!"

Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, and then saw that the street was empty at this time, and even the bright water and clouds had disappeared.

It's Jinyiwei and Dongchang again, so the movement is still a bit louder.

"It just so happens that you came in time, so you take people now to capture all the members of the Xu Gang, the Hammer Gang, and the Bai Gang who can be called gang leaders, hall masters, or whatever! I missed one, and I am the only one It's asking!"

"The humble official leads the decree!" Mao Yuwen was familiar with this matter, and he didn't ask why.

Instead, Liu Jin reminded from the side, "Your Majesty, everyone in the government and the public will know about today's incident, and tomorrow, everyone will hear about it. If you arrest people, shouldn't it be better to have a crime?" There will be officials who will make noise, saying that His Majesty is submissive..."

Liu Jin was worried that those officials who dared not speak out against the resolute emperor turned their guns on him, the eunuch.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, he was not thinking about the officials, but the future.

"...There is some truth. Then these people will be charged with gathering crowds to form gangs and recklessly disrupting the government!"

These eight words made Liu Jin's heart tremble. If it was a crime of 'oppressing the common people', to be honest, as long as there were no bad circumstances, he would be in prison for a few years, at most he would be exiled, but it would not kill him anyway.

But what is the nature of "gathering the crowd to help and wanton chaos"!

Liu Jin didn't dare to talk too much, as an eunuch he would not feel sorry for these lives, he was just a little surprised that the emperor was so angry about this matter.

Mao Yuwen doesn't know much, let alone killing a few civilians, even if he cut off the heads of so many officials, so what?
But when it came to the discussion in the Qianqing Palace, several ministers raised different opinions, thinking that this would be too heavy to kill, especially since Zhengde was just used for the first year, and it was only March now.
The kind of spring that the ancients paid attention to is the time when all things recover, and it is not good to have so many beheads.

"...Moreover, not all gangs are bad people. There are those who oppress the common people, and there are also those who are chivalrous. Even if the court wants to kill people, they should distinguish between right and wrong, and distinguish right from wrong. Only in this way can they convince and calm the people."

Min Shangshu's personality, even if the emperor turned his back and didn't want to listen, he still wanted to say what he had to say.

But Zhu Houzhao is also a very individual person. If he doesn't know how to listen, he should not listen or he won't listen. "There are helpers at the foot of the imperial city. Min Shangshu, do you know what it means to help the people?"

Min Gui remained silent.

If there are tens of thousands of people in this gang, and they resolutely obey a so-called gang leader, then the emperor's words will not be as effective as a gang leader in the capital. What is this called?
To put it more extreme, once these people cooperate with the enemy internally and externally, what kind of defense can the capital of Ming Dynasty be useful?

Zhu Houzhao turned his slightly stern eyes over, "I know all the tricky things in the world. But there are some things I can bear, and some I can't bear. What to do and what not to do. The Ming Dynasty has tens of thousands of miles, and there are tens of thousands of gangs and crowds, and the court has never said this."

"So you may think that I am making a fuss out of a molehill, or even getting angry out of embarrassment, so you make use of it. This is too much to underestimate me. The key point I mean is to gather people to help. This matter, I will not allow it, and the court will not allow it! If you do it It is said that the imperial court should carefully distinguish between those who did good deeds and those who did evil deeds. Then there will be no Xu Gang, and there will be Li Gang and Wang Gang tomorrow. By then, there will be no end."

"Besides, they are not wronged at all for the crime of recklessly disrupting the government. The city that never sleeps is a major government policy of the imperial court, right? The price of the labor is [-] yuan or [-] yuan a day. This is all clearly marked by the government. , Now they are messing around here at will, is this a disorderly government?"

The left servant of the household department and Gu Zuo, the minister of the Shaofu, have been kneeling beside him without saying a word. If there is really one person to take responsibility for today's matter, then he must be the most important one, and he can't even escape .

"But Your Majesty... the Son of Heaven has killed so many people just once, I'm afraid I'll hurt the morality..." Min Gui still didn't give up.

"Just this group of people, the common people don't know how much they hate them. I don't believe it anymore. How can I hurt my virtue by killing them?" Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "Okay Min Shangshu, I have made up my mind for this festival. You know that I If I can listen to you, I have listened to you a long time ago."

This sentence was to stop Min Gui's mouth.

After all, you're just asking for embarrassment.

So Min Gui had no choice but, as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he could only try according to the order.

The emperor obviously wanted to kill the grass and roots.

As the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, he and Zhao Shen are actually fine.

The trouble is the Ministry of household and the Ministry of war.

One is directly in charge of the construction of the city that never sleeps, and the other is in charge of arresting thieves in the capital.

As a result, something like this happened to the Emperor Weifu.

Hanwen and Gu Zuo of the household department, and Wang Bing of the military department are the test for them.

Of course, there is also Wu Dinghou who has been kneeling and his legs are shaking.

In addition, some people who should have come did not come.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on his head, "Marquis Wu Ding, come forward."

"Yes Yes!"

Now, as long as the emperor calls his name, he should raise his heart in his throat, so his speech trembles a little.

Don't even dare to get up.

The emperor has given those people such a serious offence, and he doesn't know what will happen to his little life.

"I ask you, what does this Xu Chen have to do with you?"

"Back... back to Your Majesty, this person is a servant of the minister."

"House slave, other gangs have nothing to do with you, right?"

"No! I swear to the sky, absolutely not."

Zhu Houzhao sneered, "That is to say. This matter should not only be done by the Marquis of Wuding. The other gentlemen in the capital didn't even think about reaching out when they saw the money? Gu Liqing, I have been waiting for your reply!"

Logically speaking, Gu Zuo should know no matter what.

Hearing the emperor pronounce his name, Gu Zuo's back tightened suddenly, "This scandal happened in the court, the key lies in the minister's dereliction of duty. After hearing this, the minister was extremely ashamed and heartbroken. Your majesty loves and serves the people but he doesn't think it's all fat." But I also have a few words of loyalty, and I have to play them."

"You said."

"Yes. I have heard about the fact that the poor people recruited by the imperial court gather together to form gangs. However, it is common for people to gather. The small ones have the same clan, and the big ones have fellow villagers, so I didn't think it would be possible at first. Make His Majesty furious, otherwise the minister will calm this matter down in the bud."

Zhu Hou illuminated what he meant,
Gu Zuo knew it all, and of course he also knew that the common people couldn't get the thirty coins they should get.

But this thing is normal in his concept.Don't talk about [-] Wen, if you can get [-] Wen, this is considered to be the right way for these officials.

This kind of thing is all compared. Now that the government is corrupt, and even the salaries of the frontier soldiers are being deducted, these common people can still get their wages, so what's the problem?
"Secondly, as His Majesty said, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. If the imperial court wiped out these three gangs today for the crime of gathering crowds, will the other gangs be wiped out or not?"

boom!
While Gu Zuo was speaking, Xie Pi and Yan Song, who were in the attendants' room, also played the gate of the entrance. He didn't know what happened to the two of them. It seemed that Xie Pi sprained his foot, and he bumped into Yan Song, and he wobbled to stabilize himself , As a result, Yan Song fell down without holding on to the thing in his hand, and even scattered the memorials on the floor.

Liu Jin's eyeballs cracked violently, how could he make such a low-level mistake at this time!

"Ouch! You said that you are not careful in doing things!"

The old eunuch picked up the corner of his clothes and ran over to help him pick them up together.

Xie Pi and Yan Song were also frightened and knelt in front of the king, "Your Majesty has lost your composure, please forgive me!"

Not only Zhu Houzhao, but even all the officials squinted at him from the corner of their eyes.

At this time, it is easy to wonder if such a thing happened on purpose.

The emperor touched his nose, "Yan Song, come and answer Shao Situ's question. If the answer is correct, I will forgive you as you requested."

Yan Song was terrified, and by the way, hated Xie Pi.

He even wondered crazily whether Xie Pi did it on purpose.

"Report to Your Majesty. I don't know what the young Situ asked?"

Gu Zuo turned sideways and repeated, "The Great Ming has a vast territory, if the imperial court destroys these three kingdoms today, will the other gangs be destroyed or not?"

Beads of sweat on Yan Song's forehead began to fall.

This question must not be indestructible, because the answer is to negate the emperor's thinking by the way.Yan Song didn't do such stupid things.

But you can't say nothing about it, because you only need to ask how to kill it, and then you will stop.

Because there are indeed tens of thousands of gang members, among them are tens of thousands of ordinary people, the killing is endless, and it is easy to kill things.The emperor doesn't like officials who are mediocre. They either don't say anything, but they have to do what they say. He is often by his side, so of course he knows.Because of one problem, his future official career was ruined, which is what he absolutely does not want

So at that moment, Yan Song really felt that heaven and man were at war, and he used a little gap in his thoughts to scold Xie Pi again.

Fortunately, no one in Qianqing Palace urged him immediately, but gave him a few moments to think.

After that, he answered with a straight face: "... I think that when it needs to be extinguished, it will be extinguished."

Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair showed an imperceptible smile. This is the qualification of the chief assistant who will be in charge of the cabinet for more than ten years in the future.

When it needs to be extinguished, it is extinguished.

How good it is.

This is also the most fundamental reason why he insisted on gathering people to help the crime. I used it and put it here. Whether it will be used for you is another matter, but I want it.I use it when I need it.

Instead of pursuing this matter with a light and soft charge of 'oppressing the people'.When something happens next time, we have to find evidence to see how we oppressed the people.

Where is so much trouble.

But it's not good for the emperor to say such words... At least in this moral environment, it's not good to say such insidious words.

It can be said that Yan Song's words shocked the whole room, and no one in the room could say anything more.

It's okay if people don't say it, but when they say it, it's the standard "imperial mind art" four words.

What else is there to say?
Seeing that the ministers and the emperor were silent, Yan Song thought something was wrong, so he boldly asked, "Young Situ, I don't know the answer of the subordinate, is Young Situ satisfied?"

A sense of powerlessness rose in Gu Zuo's heart, he turned to face Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, I understand."

"It's good to understand."

"I still have a third point, which I want to report to Your Majesty."

"You said."

"The reason why this matter is not reported is that I underestimated the seriousness of it, and the second is that it has a wide range of implications. During the construction of the city that never sleeps, not to mention workers' wages, it is the source, price, style of materials...etc. How to determine all these, which one to use, which one to use, which one to use, which one to use, and which one to use, there are already countless people who have come to greet the minister, so the minister is also for the sake of the overall situation, and dare not express it!"

After saying this, it was even scarier than what Yan Song said just now.

Zhu Houzhao was also slightly shocked, and he didn't speak for a few breaths.

But Marquis Wu Ding was terrified, "Your Majesty! This minister is indeed blind and greedy this time, but except for one slave, this minister has acted indiscriminately, and I have not participated in the rest of the matter! Young Situ will confront you in court! I hope His Majesty will see clearly!"

Zhu Houzhao raised his head, but still didn't speak.

He closed his eyes slightly.

Should come to mind.

With the country at this level, it is impossible for a decree here to execute everything perfectly.

Even Ma Zheng, I don't know how many tricks there are in it.

Is it true that all the 100 million taels allocated to the Northwest for re-covering are really used for practical things?

Impossible, if you think so, it is unrealistic utopianism, and problems will eventually arise.

From this point of view, it is quite normal for such a thing to happen in the city that never sleeps at this time.

so,

First of all, he has to accept this psychologically.

Secondly, good political leaders can turn disadvantages into advantages.

The ministers didn't know how long they waited, anyway, after a while, the emperor suddenly spoke.

"I know about this matter, Da Sima."

"The guilty minister is here." Wang Bing didn't say a word, but his heart was actually tight.

"The issue of the Wucheng Bingmasi, you can go back and clean it up yourself. When will it be cleared up, and when will you report it to me."

There are five yamen in the Wucheng Bingma Division, and none of them are working now.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to take this opportunity to promote another matter.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how...to call it clearly?"

The emperor directly ignored this question, "Several gangs are acting grandly at the foot of the capital and the imperial city. It is hard for me to believe that the people in the five cities' soldiers and horses are working hard. You always say that the factory guards cause endless harm. I also want to Ask what is the name of a yamen like Wucheng Bingmasi? Should it be called Baiwuyiyong? You don’t need to say any reason, no matter how many reasons, the result is already like this.”

"You take the soldiers and horses of the five cities back to rectify. The security maintenance of the capital is temporarily handed over to the Jinyiwei and the East Factory to assist. If there are not enough manpower, just recruit. Just focus on the capital and the things here in the city that never sleeps, and do a special rectification. All the criminals were arrested this time! Including those who were greedy for money and silver... Whether it is a high-ranking official or a noble, I don't believe it, this matter can't find out one, two, three! The sky of the Ming Dynasty is not They are me! They stabbed me and this is called Fantian!"

"Your Majesty!!" All the officials panicked, the commotion was too loud.

But Zhu Houzhao's determination was firm, he had just thought it through, "I've made up my mind! My majestic Son of Heaven, I can't even clean up this place in the capital, how can I even talk about cleaning up the world!"

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