eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 372 Situation

"The current situation in the palace is before us, and there have been precedents in the past. When encountering such a thing, His Majesty has always been thorough. It is extremely difficult for His Majesty to give up halfway at this time."

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian finally came back.

It turned out that a group of them also seemed to have found a backbone.

Lin Han, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Fuhua, the censor of Zuodu, Wu Jiao, the new Minister of Dali Temple, and Zeng Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, all came to him impatiently.

What is said is naturally a case of salt lesson.

But Li Dongyang said it was 'extremely difficult', which made it hard for others to talk about it.

"Liu Jin, the supervisor of ceremonies, took advantage of His Majesty's serious illness and recuperated, and raised his butcher's knife in the palace. Although the heavy rain washed away yesterday, nothing can be seen today. But people have memories." Zeng Jian raised his sleeves and said the last Then he bowed his head and sighed, "The way the palace is dealing with it now...is out of shape. If the outsiders continue to chase, how can they not be out of shape? Cruel officials can't understand the exact meaning of the emperor at all. No one can stop it!"

These foreign ministers could not get accurate figures.

However, there was a lot of movement in the palace, and those who were on the sidelines also knew that Liu Jin's final murder was based on his personal preferences, and those who followed him were kept, and those who were not him were not very close to him on weekdays.

This method caused some dissatisfaction among civil servants.Although only the courtiers were killed,
But how can such a person occupy such a high position as the chief eunuch?

His Majesty was ill this time, so he showed his might.

When His Majesty is unfortunately ill next time, will it be them who are unlucky?
With a cruel and tyrannical eunuch sitting in that position, everyone was worried.

Of course, it's hard to say this, after all, the emperor is well, so if you insist on saying that you will be sick next time, isn't that too much life.

"Not only that," Zhang Fuhua said worryingly, "The salt class case has never been a matter of ministers and nobles. What do Zou Cheng and others say? It is still unclear who will be encountered in this case next." Hard to say."

This is the main reason for their gathering today.

Because the case is expanding,

And the emperor's determination was unshakable.

It's hard to say whether this will involve them as well.

It can't be that all the civil servants have nothing to do with the things here, right?

"In my opinion, it is better not to mention the situation of selling private salt to His Majesty. The palace has been murdered to this extent, and Marquis Yongkang and Uncle Nanning are still in prison. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for His Majesty to forgive the private salt dealers." Impossible."

Xie Qian was no longer sticky, and explained directly, "However, whether the matter in the outer court involves the sale of private salt or not, we can discuss it clearly, and we cannot arbitrarily convict, just like everyone in the Ming Dynasty They are all smuggling salt. Both His Majesty and Da Situ agree with this."

Everyone nodded, Mr. Xie Ge's speech was honest.

It doesn't matter how the palace kills them.

But they still want to minimize unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

The most important thing is that the emperor not only does not object to this, but also supports it.

"Secondly, those who are not involved in the sale of private salt. We can petition together, begging His Majesty not to deal with it too harshly. On the one hand, it can make the bottom line of selling private salt clearer, and on the other hand, it can also demonstrate the benevolence of the Holy One."

This means that the court is not looking for faults, but only resolutely deal with private salt dealers.If you don't get involved, it's easy to say, but if you get involved, don't say anything, if you want to blame it, blame yourself.

It's crisp and crisp, and the case can be handled more easily.

Li Dongyang nodded, Xie Yuqiao's wisdom is still higher than ordinary people.

Others have no objection, as long as the 'intensity' can be controlled, there will be no climbing and biting everywhere.
Otherwise, Zhang, San, Li, Si, Wang and Erma will all be dragged into the water,
How can these people guarantee that nothing will happen to them?
What if someone comes out to identify you.

Now Xie Ge's method, to put it bluntly, is eight words, to convict carefully, and to die if convicted.

The key lies in the word cautious.

Fortunately, none of them took the initiative to sell smuggled salt, because they are high-ranking and powerful, and they are not short of money.

Ge Lao is Ge Lao.

On the other side,
Han Wen, Min Gui, and Wang Bing also had a lot of troubles.Especially Korean.

The Yanzheng was originally under the management of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Gu Zuo could say that he was not in charge, but he, the minister, could not.

Zou Cheng, the Lianghuai salt envoy, is still going crazy, and the Shandong Qingli Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs has also arrested a few people, but these are also small officials, and it is not their turn to earn money like smuggling salt, so it seems that they have saved lives. .

But on the other hand, the envoys transporting salt from Liangzhe, Changlu, Shandong and other places saw the situation of the imperial court, and sent him letters to plead for mercy.
Some of them were indeed arranged by him!

"...The Great Situ recommended them, but he didn't recommend them to sell salt. The court's laws cannot be obeyed. What's the use of pleading at this time? Your Majesty has rectified the palace, and even the ministers have been arrested. Let them go, why? Rao?"

What Min Gui said made sense.

But the Korean way of being a person seems very twisted.It is equivalent to cutting off the way out, all hope is on Gu Zuo.

"Catch them all?"

Wang Bing didn't understand the difficulty of Korean, "What does Da Situ mean by this? At this juncture, anyone who smuggles salt will be punished with death."

In fact, Hanwen is just a little entangled. After all, he is a person, and it is not easy for a person to make such a decision.

"Check it out, check it out!"

The imperial decree has already been made, and there is no need to enter the palace to report it at this time.

Starting from the Lianghuai saltworks, under Zou Cheng, the civil servants involved cannot escape the law.

Jin Yiwei's deputy commanders Han Ziren and Mao Yuwen have already left Beijing. As for killing so many people, there will be some disturbance...

Even though Zhu Houzhao was sick and lying in the Qianqing Palace,

The tiger dozed off, but they didn't dare.

another day later,

The servant's room suddenly drew up a decree.

Not the kind of imperative, but soliciting opinions.

Its content is simple, but novel.

It was the emperor who put forward the term "special salary", mainly to reward officials who have made great contributions and worked hard in the court. As long as the situation is true, they can receive this special salary.

But for officials at the sample level, how much meritorious service and how much special salary should be rewarded, this needs to be carefully identified and stipulated.

It is impossible for everyone to send out 1 taels, that kind of management is really rough.

应该有所区分，至少分个级别，每年1000两、3000两、5000两、1万两、2万两等。

Zhu Houzhao did not mention other things, including the fact that the official salary was too low, and it was even more unforgivable for those who received special salary to be greedy for ink.These are intentional, not suitable for writing on paper.

This decree was handed over from the palace, but the outer court was suddenly surprised.

But people can't see the emperor, so they can only talk to each other without knowing the emperor's real purpose.

This is not a big deal, Doctor Tan does not agree to let the emperor resume handling government affairs just because of this matter.

It also happened that the two elders returned to Beijing, and they helped to give instructions for many memorials.

Then it was handed over to the Supervisor of Rites for approval.

As a result, Liu Jin was quite displeased when she saw the words "cautiously convict and die if convicted". This was the meaning of several memorials, and it was obvious that someone did it on purpose.

And the reason why he didn't like it was because there were more or less criticisms of him in the memorial.

In fact, it is also very easy to think why Wen Chen proposed these eight words, not because he learned a lesson from Liu Jin.

How can Liu Jin be happy if such words are written in the memorial for the emperor to read?
So he also got angry in the Supervisor of Rituals, and said with some resentment: Our family did not offend these courtiers, but they stabbed our family first!
Essentially, the contradictions between them are irreconcilable.

Because civil servants don't like people with such a personality to be eunuchs who are in charge of ceremonies, but when Liu Jin is not an eunuch in charge of ceremonies, he will definitely end badly.

What made Liu Jin's face even more icy was that these memorials also came from high-ranking officials like Shang Shu.

"...Like Lin Han and his ilk, Your Majesty doesn't like him at all. If you are looking for an opportunity, you must find a way to drive him down!"

There is also a group of people around Liu Jin, that is, the original Eight Tigers, Ma Yongcheng who is now the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies.

Ma Yongcheng's words are justified, if someone offends you, why don't you fight back?
But Liu Jin has concerns,

The Emperor of Qianqing Palace wonders if he would mind if he did such a thing...

"Don't be impulsive. Fighting and fighting can't delay His Majesty's affairs, otherwise you and I won't be able to please you. According to our family, it's still right to make a fuss about smuggling salt. It's always right to follow His Majesty's wishes. A person who doesn’t like money? How can it be so easy to get rid of the crime!”

The emperor was seeing Youzhi at this time,

The old eunuch cried with tears in his eyes, talking about what happened in the palace two nights ago.

"Stop crying, Liu Jin killed someone, why are you crying?"

"Your Majesty, my servant was so scared when I saw Eunuch Liu murder that day. At that time, my servant wanted to stop it, but His Majesty was recovering from illness, so this servant did not dare to disturb him anyway. In this way, countless people died in the palace overnight. Now that everyone is in danger, His Majesty's generosity and benevolence all these years will make Eunuch Liu completely defeated in one fell swoop! Your majesty's slaves are also worthless!"

Zhu Hou looked out of the hall with no expression on his face.

"Get up, and don't cry anymore. Liu Jin is also afraid that he won't be able to handle the errands I gave him. His methods are a bit drastic, but the effect is good. As for you, you have always been willing to consider for me, and I know everything in my heart. So you There's no need to say you're afraid. Liu Jin, don't you dare to trouble you?"

After hearing this, You Zhi wiped his eyes and stood up, still sobbing vaguely.

In fact, he was thinking in his heart that the emperor is not an ordinary weak king.Among the words he said, the most important thing is the four words that everyone is in danger.

How could a person like the current Holy Majesty allow such a powerful eunuch by his side.

So Liu Jin, who has a strong desire for power, is digging his own grave.

But when he came here to 'complain' at this time, he actually broke up with Liu Jin, showing that he was not under that influence.

Therefore, dealing with Liu Jin in the future will not implicate him.

There are all kinds of people hidden in the huge capital, but everyone's actions are four words, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

For You Zhi, this is the way he chose to survive in the palace.

Without such vision, it would be difficult to live.

Taking a peek at the emperor who was eating, Youzhi gradually calmed down,

"What is the supervisor doing?"

You Zhi bowed his head and reported, "Your Majesty has been resting these few days, and the chief inspector of ceremonies mainly approved the votes of the cabinet."

Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly, "I guess Liu Jin has a headache..."

How could outsiders like such a palm print eunuch?
But for an emperor like him, it would be nice to have eunuchs with the palm prints of the supervisor of ceremonies watching those evil officials who smuggled salt.

At the beginning, he deliberately created such a situation, otherwise, he would have to worry about it himself.

(End of this chapter)