I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 87

From the officials and censors to the vassals of various places, and from the vassals of various places to the beginning and end of the reform.After more than two hours after the call, Li Tian, ​​who hadn't eaten at noon, was already hungry and growling.

Now that the discussion has come to an end, Li Tian learned that Yang Shiqi and the others hadn't eaten, so Li Tian immediately ordered Wang Fu to pass on the meal.

The news that the emperor was going to eat with the four academicians in the cabinet reached the Imperial Catering Supervisor, and the Imperial Catering Supervisor immediately became very busy. After a while, sixteen delicious dishes, eight cold and eight hot, were freshly baked.

The cabinet is the back cabinet.

On the Eight Immortals Table made of Qiongzhou huanghuali, sixteen delicious delicacies are neatly arranged, but the high chairs around the table are empty.

Looking out, I saw Li Tianzheng leading four academicians standing in the courtyard of the back pavilion, watching a group of officials and censors kowtow to plead guilty.

Zhou Quzhi, head of the Ritual Department, looked remorseful, and kowtowed twice:
"Your Majesty, my ministers and others didn't know the truth, and were deceived by Hu Yiqian to accompany them, so I came here to plead guilty to Your Majesty."

Li Tian didn't make a sound, and Yang Shiqi and the others didn't dare to make a sound.

When Lu Zhen, the new censor of Zuodu, and Jin Youde, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment arrived late, Li Tiantian sarcastically said with a stinky face:

"The first time in the Sixth Division was to kneel outside the Chengtian Gate, and the second time was to die in front of the Taimiao Gate. Dare I ask Section Chief Zhou, next time, should we go to Caishikou on Zhengyang Street or my Fengtian Hall?"

Li Tian usually said this to Zhou Quzhi, and half of it was to Lu Zhen and Jin Youde.

Hearing this, Zhou Quzhi felt even more terrified, and said respectfully like a dot reader:

"The power of this minister is to go up, not to coerce the emperor. The minister was purely obsessed with ghosts before, and please punish him."

"Punishment?" Li Tian glanced at Jin Youde and laughed out loud:
"Hu Yiqian, Mr. Hu said that it is an act of a foolish king to convict the officials. How dare I be a foolish king."

Sensing the look in the emperor's eyes, Jin Youde was a little embarrassed. The emperor really remembered that he was crying and mourning in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Tianyi satirized Zhou Quzhi twice but did not let go. He really frightened Zhou Quzhi enough. He hurriedly gave Lu Zhen at the side a look of pleading for help, and continued to beat his head and said:

"The Sixth Division is deeply favored by the emperor, but it really shouldn't do such an act. I have already understood the importance of the household reform bureau and Tiangongyuan to my Ming Dynasty. I also ask your majesty to spare my life. I will never dare to gone."

Seeing Zhou Quzhi's eagerness to get out of the relationship, Li Tian was a little disappointed.

Is this the six subjects that Zhu Yuanzhang placed high hopes on?

You must know that there is only a sixth-rank yamen in the sixth division, and its authority is greater than that of the second-rank yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has the power to supervise all officials and impeach the court, but the Six Kobe Metropolitan Procuratorate is even more powerful.

In addition to the two powers of supervising officials and impeaching the court, the Six Division also has the right to copy the imperial decree to refute the seal, and to consult the six documents for correction.Whichever of these two powers is taken out, it is a power that makes people scream.

Therefore, since Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Six Divisions, only honest and good ministers under the age of 30 have been allowed to take on this important task. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, young people must be more outspoken than the censors of the Duchayuan.

Shaking his head and sighing, Li Tian waved his hands and said:
"Okay, six subjects or six subjects, get up, I don't bother to talk to you, but don't do the six subjects to refute the imperial decree."

Hearing that the emperor was going to take away the power to refute the imperial decree of the six subjects, Zhou Quzhi froze, his expression as if a five-flavored bottle had been knocked over.

Although the Six Divisions had never exercised the power to refute the imperial decree, it represented the detached status of the Six Divisions. Without the power to refute the imperial decree, how dare the sixth-rank Yamen of the Sixth Division dare to challenge the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future.

However, Zhou Quzhi led the six department officials to plead guilty today, and he didn't dare to argue with Li Tian anymore, so he had to bow his head and bow his hands in despondency.

Lu Zhen, who was watching from the sidelines, was secretly happy, and without giving Zhou Quzhi a chance to turn around, he hastily bowed and apologized:

"Your Majesty, when I first served as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I was not strict enough to let some censors get mixed up with the six subjects. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Lu Zhen opened his mouth, and Jin Youde didn't dare to stand aside to watch the play, so he bowed and said:
"Your Majesty is also guilty. I shouldn't have disturbed His Majesty with private matters in the main hall of the Ministry of Punishment. I also ask His Majesty to come down."

Jin Youde and Yang Rong were Jinshi in the same year, and Yang Shiqi is a fellow of Jiangxi.

Seeing Jin Youde's attitude, the two of them shook their heads secretly. The dignified second-rank court officials really thought that they were here to plead guilty, and they really had no political sense at all.

Lu Zhen and Jin Youde are members of the second rank, so Li Tian naturally couldn't insinuate sarcasm, waved his hand to signal the two to get up, and said with a smile:

"The matter of the Sixth Division has nothing to do with you, so the two lovers don't have to meddle in it. Tuan, I heard that you had a quarrel with Yang Hongping in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment a few days ago. Is there such a thing?"

Retiring is Jin Youde's word. Jin Youde knew that the emperor must know that he was crying for Li Min, but he just asked him to open his mouth. He immediately pressed his body, and said in a very low posture:

"Your Majesty forgive me, it's because Li Min and my minister have a very good personal relationship. I couldn't accept his death for a while, so I made a fool of myself. Later, I also knew what deceitful thing Li Min did, and I already regretted that day's actions in my heart."

"Being an angry friend, I can't see that you, Jin Tuian, are also a lover."

Li Tian hummed and laughed, Jin Youde thought that the emperor didn't care, so he also chuckled lightly.

In the spacious backyard of the cabinet, Jin Youde was the only one who echoed Li Tian's laughter. Jin Youde gradually sensed something was wrong, and quickly shut up.

With a moderate snort, Li Tianwei squinted his eyes and glanced at Lu Zhen and Jin Youde, and said in a neutral manner:

"I admire temperamental people the most in my life. Since you are so temperamental in Tuian, go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and have a companion with Lu Yushi."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs was transferred to Yudu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although his grade had not changed, he was actually demoted. In the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jin Youde was the uncompromising boss. When he arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there was Lu Zhen at the same level.

Jin Youde's old face couldn't help twitching when he heard the words, and he couldn't figure out why the emperor transferred him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Seeing Jin Youde's questioning look, Li Tian smiled. He naturally had his own considerations, but he was not obliged to explain to Jin Youde, so he turned to Lu Zhen and smiled lightly:

"Lu Yushi, Tui'an is a majestic minister. I transferred Tui'an to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to join you. You can't tell me that the imperial court is not strict anymore."

"That's that, that's that." Lu Zhen's back broke out in a cold sweat for no reason, and he hurriedly bowed his back and smiled shyly to make a promise:

Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely cooperate with Jin Shangshu to manage my subordinates well. "

"Tu'an, you have served in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for seven or eight years. If there is any law under the imperial court that is boldly used in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I still count on you to revive the prestige of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Li Tian's eyes were full of earnestness, but Jin Youde was full of question marks. No matter how he looked at it, he felt uncomfortable, but he hurriedly cupped his hands and said:
"I will never disappoint Your Majesty's trust."

(End of this chapter)