eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 383 Everyone in the world can come and attack me!

The impact of the cancellation of the transportation department has not subsided. One month later, the prisoners in Yangzhou began to enter Beijing one after another.

There are officials of four or five ranks here, and there are also salt merchants with a million taels.

The people in the capital watched a good show. Every now and then, long prison carts would enter the city. Usually, at such times, someone would throw stones, rotten cabbage, etc.

In the end, the price of cabbage in the capital was raised.

Under the court's deliberate guidance of public opinion, the common people already knew that they were all corrupt officials and profiteers, so naturally everyone shouted and beat them, but when it came to the court, it was not unanimous that they wanted to execute them.

Not to mention the feelings of other transport divisions and the officials of the various salt department promotion divisions, even the officials who were not directly involved in it were more resistant to the emperor's killing because of this.

Moral factors such as tolerance and benevolence must be considered, but the most important reason is that everyone is not clean.

Lips dead and teeth cold, the emperor managed to clean up once, and wanted to clean up a second time, so one day he would clean up himself.

Originally in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, now in Yangzhou, is the situation still unclear?
So what followed the prison cart was actually a memorial to the emperor for leniency,

These memorials are not only for Beijing officials,
Even the local censors, the governors and the three divisions of some provinces also submitted memorials.

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily when he saw it in the palace.
"At the beginning when I imprisoned Marquis Yongkang and Uncle Nanning, I didn't see such opposition from officials all over the country. So many father-in-laws were arrested in the palace, and I didn't see anyone who came out righteously to uphold justice! When I started to interrogate the officials of the Salt Administration, I discovered that I had raised them. So many teachers!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

"Don't be angry. Tomorrow, I will go to Fengtian Temple for an early court. I want to see if the imperial decree is still effective or not."

If there is no such distinction, Zhu Houzhao would not be like this.

But it's so obvious,
When the Marquis of Yongkang was arrested earlier, it was not that there were no voices of opposition, but the number was small, and if the emperor insisted a little, many people would be fine, so there was no disturbance in the court, let alone talk about it.

Now it's good, committing the same crime, receiving the same treatment, and there are problems with the treatment.

The Jinyiwei Criminal Office arrested all 46 people from the Yunsi Yamen this time. In addition, there were more than a dozen local officials such as the magistrate, Tongzhi, and county magistrate of Yangzhou.

In addition, the Beijing officials who were implicated and arrested before.

As well as the officials who were gradually picked up as the case progressed,
Including other officials who have been continuously impeached by the Department of Salt Transportation and the Department of Salt Promotion, it is easy for them to break through [-] in total.

In fact, impeachment is okay, because it is common for Ming officials to be impeached.

The main thing is to recruit officials who have committed their own crimes, and there are not a few of them involved in illegal salt trafficking. Such people have no choice but to kill them. What else can they say?

But when the real person was caught in the capital, convicted and executed,

Dozens of officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, the Sixth Division, the Sixth Department, Wailang, the principal, Guanglu Temple, Qintianjian and other officials from all walks of life put up memorials like hills to admonish the emperor.

What he said was nothing more than the reason for killing too much and shaking the officialdom in Yangzhou.

During the Zhao and Song dynasties, literati and bureaucrats were rarely killed, but in the Ming Dynasty, civil servants were often killed, which also angered the emperor.At noon in Fengtian Hall, Zhu Houzhao brought all the memorials.

"Where is Tang Youning, the doctor of the Qing Dynasty officials in Shaanxi Province?"

On the main hall, civil and military officials are lined up on the left and right, and those who can't stand have already gone outside the hall.

The emperor sat high on the dragon chair, and if he shouted, the eunuchs had to spread the word outside so that people could hear it.

When Tang Youning knelt down holding the wat board in his hand and flapping his official robe, Zhu Houzhao had already been waiting for him for a while.

Then there was a 'pop',
The emperor threw the memorial on the ground,

"Officials involved in smuggling in the salt class case should all be punished with death. This is an imperial decree. The chapters and sentences you wrote are chaotic and your words are absurd. Killing these people will not shake the foundation of the imperial court. Could it be that these corrupt officials supported the great Ming Dynasty? Without them My Daming died today?! It's ridiculous. I didn't review your memorial, so I took it back and read it again!"

It has been a long time since the emperor got angry with a courtier like this,
Everyone in the Fengtian Palace, from the Grand Scholars to the sixth-rank officials, tensed up.

"Where is Zhou Yaoren, the supervisor of Qin Tianjian?"

As before, Zhu Houzhao threw the memorandum on the ground and reprimanded: "I killed corrupt officials and protected the common people. How could God have a vision because of this? You are also talking nonsense, the same, take it back and reflect on yourself!"

The emperor called three or four in succession,

Finally, he pushed out all the memorials in front of him, and ordered, "Liu Jin, read the name and let these people come and get it!"

Then the emperor said to his officials with great anger: "Emperor Taizu said back then that Yuan Yikuan lost the world. I didn't understand it when I was young, but now I understand it. It is because the court treats these officials who are corrupt and dereliction of duty too much." Tolerance, so they can oppress the people at will! Now I ask you, if these people are tolerated, who is the court's strict side facing? It is the people!!"

He yelled the last two words extremely hard.

So much so that echoes echoed back and forth in the hall.

After a short pause, Zhu Houzhao stood up and said in a slightly lower tone, "Water can carry a boat or overturn it. This sentence was taught by a university scholar, even if you are not a university scholar, which one is not right?" Do you know this sentence? But why have you forgotten the sentence 'you can capsize the boat' at this time?"

"Zhen, I often reflect on myself, should I not kill so many people, but a salt government office in the imperial court has almost become a den for private salt dealers. They deceive the imperial court and oppress the people. If you can find a reason not to kill me, don't you want me to be enlightened so that the world can be widened?!"

The emperor's words hit the hearts of many people like a heavy hammer.

Many people sighed with emotion.

"...and his descendants fell into wasteland and lost the way of monarch and minister...There was a poisonous ruler, so the hearts of the people rebelled, and the world rebelled, so that our people in China, the dead were devastated, and the living couldn't protect their flesh and blood..."

What Zhu Houzhao read in this passage was Zhu Yuanzhang's "Fengtian Discuss Yuan's Northern Expedition".

"When I first supervised the country, I thought that the weakness of the imperial court lay in the treasury, which was empty, so I did not provide relief for the famine. Later, I tried every means to find money and relieve the victims; from time to time, there were Tatar invaders in Gansu, Datong and other border areas. At the same time, I prepared my troops to pay, and fought off the Tatars in the first battle of Huamachi; at the same time, some local officials were negligent in their administration, and I replaced a group of young and powerful people.

It is becoming more and more clear to me now that Daming's heart's troubles are not Tatars, nor lack of financial resources, but... the imperial court, which is Fengtian Palace!Among my courtiers who sit together and talk in secret every day!If you relax a little here, the Ming Dynasty will relax a little bit, if you loosen everything here!The people of the Ming Dynasty sold their sons and daughters and were unable to sustain themselves. They will rise up at that time and let us die without a place to die! "

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

……

One after another, there was the voice of a courtier calling him anyway.

The emperor was so excited that it didn't seem good for the courtiers not to express their views. Many people didn't know whether they were really moved or faked. Anyway, tears came down from a big man crying.

"The Ministers of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment, plus the British Duke,"

All four old men came out, "The humble minister is here."

Zhu Houzhao sniffed, with a look of holding back tears, he leaned sideways and pointed at them, "I will hand over all the people brought back by Jin Yiwei to you. This case should be carefully investigated and carefully examined." Selling private salt is digging the walls of the imperial court. This is what I said. I still want to say that the person who eats the court's food and smashes the imperial court's pot, I want to cut off his head. Liu Jin , Mao Yuwen, you two are supervisors!"

Liu Jin didn't expect that he still had such an errand, so it's all right now, the civil officials offended him earlier, so he has to find his way back.

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Zhu Houzhao turned around, his brows were tightly frowned, and his eyes were firm, "I am the Son of Heaven, and I govern the people by following the will of heaven. Today, I made an order here to kill these officials who don't know their fathers and have no shame. If this way is not right, the world Anyone can come and kill me!"

Where is the reason why everyone caught the capital and let him go or dealt with it lightly?
Unless he Zhu Houzhao is not the emperor anymore!
It takes a lot of effort to move the civil servants every time, which makes the emperor always feel a little aggrieved.

Whether or not the transport company will withdraw has been considered comprehensively. As a result, whether these people will be killed or not is still at the level of discussion. Are you kidding me? The transport company is gone. Why keep them as offerings?

But for Li Dongyang and other important ministers in the court,
So many memorials like this will make the emperor angry, which is actually expected by them.
The key is to let Liu Jin and Mao Yuwen supervise the trial, which is really unexpected!
Han Wen is the Minister of the Household Department, and the first person called up by the emperor was Tang Youning, the official secretary of the Qing Dynasty in Shaanxi.He was so angry that he called this person over and cursed at him first.
"Your Majesty, the king of heaven, holds as much power as the Hongwu and Yongle emperors back then. If you want to write a letter to Chen Zou, you must at least have a good reason and logical logic. And you must think clearly about the consequences! Now the Supervisor of Rites and the Supervisor of Jinyiwei Judge, isn’t this even more fatal?!”

Originally, there was no such thing. After all, he, Han Guandao, was also a virtuous official who made public statements, so he definitely didn't want the situation to escalate, so maybe things wouldn't be so bad, at least not like the Supervisor of Ceremonies, where a bit of a head would turn into a head.

But now dozens of officials, large and small, suddenly made His Majesty feel that things were getting worse.That's different.

Mao Yuwen became a supervisor, a little confused.But his smart wife Xu Xueyun knew, "Dozens of officials go to the shuffle, which will make His Majesty feel that someone is behind his back. Even if there is no, in fact, the words 'officials and officials protect each other' can be read. In short, Your Majesty will I started to wonder if there is something hidden here, and that's why you and Eunuch Liu became supervisors..."

"That's why I can say that they shot themselves in the foot this time." Mao Yuwen smiled slightly, with some sarcasm in his words.

(End of this chapter)