Sheng Yuan felt so busy that she felt like she was about to fly.
The work in the Hanlin Academy is still going on, but there are fewer tasks assigned to her; the Etiquette Department is also learning how to perform its duties from the seniors; the bulk of the work is still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Although the emperor asked her to stay in the Imperial Court for an hour every day, she still had to read a lot of information and records if she wanted to apply what she had learned.
Also from a large number of historical books and previous experience, Sheng Yuan discovered that in order to become an honorable and upright censor who can practice personal values, he must not only impeach the courtiers' conduct, but also correct mistakes and promote good deeds during the impeachment.
Therefore, at the first court meeting in May, the cabinet proposed to open up the public discourse and allow scholars and above to form associations and interact, talk about state affairs, and offer advice. When the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty considered the pros and cons, Sheng Yuan was the first to jump out. , persist in opposing.
"The official newspaper has great prospects. If you want to spread your opinions widely, you can ask the world's talented people to contribute here, debate or explain, and the words come from one person, and the world will hear it! Why should the scholars form separate societies? Courtiers are not allowed to form parties for personal gain. Can the future princes of the imperial court form associations to form a state?!
The person who has raised a son has not yet ascended to the Emperor's Hall, let alone serve the imperial court. He should study and respect himself in order to serve the country and be loyal to the emperor in the future. How is it that pragmatic people rarely participate in literary societies, but now they are busy in literary societies and talking about state affairs? ! "
After Sheng Yuan threw out the reasons for opposing this move, he followed the principle of digging holes and filling them up, and then stated the improvement plan: "Scholars are blind to what is going on outside the window, so their understanding of the world is too one-sided, just like Xia Chan Is Yu Bing also? His views on government affairs are nothing more than that. He is most afraid of not being able to understand the imperial decrees, pushing others by himself, and spreading rumors, thus making it difficult to convey and implement the imperial decrees.
Therefore, if we encourage our children to participate in state affairs, we should not encourage them to study down-to-earth at the grassroots level and see what the people are like and what the common people are like. Only by suffering the hardships of the common people and being burdened by the common people can we understand the difficulty of the emperor and his cabinet ministers, and only then can we combine what we have learned from books to truly benefit the country and the people! "
Sheng Yuan made clear his interests at that time, thinking that he was in a low position and no one would pay attention to him. Unexpectedly, Jing Hedi heard it, summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss for a long time, and made the decision to develop official newspapers and students to join the world.
After Sheng Yuan learned about this, his will to fight became even stronger.
So during the second court meeting in May, Emperor Jinghe ordered the residence of Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shi's Mansion, to be raided and his family property confiscated. The men in the family were sent to the border areas and the women were turned into official prostitutes. Sheng Yuan jumped out again.
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, for those who have betrayed the Holy Grace, is this kind of punishment to relieve anger, to shock, or to reform the disobedient?"
At that time, Emperor Jinghe was in a state of anger, and Sheng Yuan's move was tantamount to stroking his beard. If he had not remembered to be a wise king, he would have driven this blind girl out!
But even if he endured his anger, he didn't give Sheng Yuan much good looks.
If others were treated coldly, it would be a bit embarrassing, but it was a pity that Sheng Yuan didn't feel it.
Others don't give her a platform, she talks to herself, and always makes her advice come out: "The money in the national treasury should be pure and clean, and there will never be any money in the salary of us scholars." The money that official prostitutes get from selling their flesh!"
Sheng Yuan's stunned speech immediately made the courtiers turn blue.
Even Emperor Jinghe was so angry that he froze on the spot.
Pianshengyuan was still unaware and continued to talk: "The imperial court has repeatedly issued orders not to allow officials to engage in prostitution, so why do they make criminal women become official prostitutes? How is this different from forcing good girls into prostitution?
The royal court acted like this just to humiliate the family members of the guilty ministers. It was a bit low-level! Furthermore, if you want to tax money, there are many areas that can be tapped in the commercial tax. Even if you blow out all the officials and prostitutes, you may not be able to get a drop in the bucket! "
A girl in Shengyuan who had not yet left the court kept talking about official prostitutes, which made the courtiers' foreheads tremble with veins.
Emperor Jinghe even told her to be silent.
"I am the imperial censor appointed by the Holy Lord, so I should criticize the evils of the times and impeach those who are inappropriate!" Sheng Yuan said that she had the right to speak. Anyone who told her to shut up would be impeached until they shut up.
"There is no innocent person in the family members of the guilty ministers. They are ignorant and have the original sin of sharing wealth and honor, so they deserve to be punished! However, if they are unworthy of the king and unworthy of the people, they should use their strength to forgive their sins, even if they are punished Confiscating workshops, weaving, farming, embroidery, working as craftsmen, raising cattle and sheep... There are many places where they can be used as coolies, why should they be used in places that corrupt the atmosphere of the court?!"
In a word, it is better to let the family members of these criminals use their own strength, knowledge, and abilities to create value in order to forgive their sins than to be thrown into such a smoky place! Humiliating the family members of guilty ministers cannot make the court or the emperor look good.
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Sheng Yuan's advice was not directly adopted.
However, after she reluctantly read sixty-three memorials in succession, she became a little irritable and Jinghe Di lost his temper.
Probably because he couldn't bear to be told that his treasury/salary contained money from the prostitution of prostitutes, after hesitating for half a month, Emperor Jinghe ordered the cabinet to discuss the issue of the residence of prostitutes and revise the relevant laws.
Although this process will not be too fast, this is another victory for Shengyuan Shengyushi!
