Naturally, Liu Mingzhi was not qualified to follow the emperor from the harem to the Jinluan Hall, so he could only go around Linde Hall and then go to the Jinluan Hall.
Glancing at the quiet palace, Liu Mingzhi planned to take out Huyan Yunyao's letter to him and read it.
No matter what the result is, I have to give them an answer. But I searched my armpits for a long time and couldn't find the letter.
I thought I had put the cuff in the wrong place, but I searched carefully on the other side and couldn't find any trace of the letter.
Young Master Liu thought about it and was a little surprised: "It was broken. Could it be that the letter was returned to the emperor with the banknote?"
Liu Mingzhi's face looked a little strange. It would be a disaster if the content of the letter was really what he thought.
Young Master Liu rubbed his cheeks and looked at the sky in confusion: "Writing a love letter to the emperor, what is the crime of molesting the emperor?"
After thinking for a long time, Liu Mingzhi was relieved that there seemed to be no crime in this regard in Dalong Law.
He staggered around the two palace gates and rushed towards the Jinluan Palace.
When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the Jinluan Hall, it was almost overcrowded. Even the officials of the seventh rank came. All the officials in the capital of the Great Chaohui had to go to the Hajj. The place where Liu Mingzhi used to be at the end of the crane was filled with officials serving in blue. Many people Liu Mingzhi Never seen it before!
"Your Majesty is coming to court!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
Li Zheng sat on the dragon chair with a majestic expression: "Without courtesy, enter the queue!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The officials began to find their own seats and knelt down. When the Ping Chao suddenly turned into the Great Chao, something terrible must have happened.
"Senior brother, why is your dignified Dr. Yinqing Guanglu sitting so far back?"
Young Master Liu glanced at Huyan Yunyao on the right: "That's your lord. I went to court to see the official position. The household minister is not much higher than you, the sixth-grade Hanlin bachelor. Why don't you sit here?"
"Yes, come on, senior brother, I hope that one day you can be ranked among the best in the world!"
"I accept your good advice!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced around and finally saw a few classmates from Jiangnan. Qin Bin, Yan Huaian and others seemed to be on duty at the Hanlin Academy!
"I have received a secret report from the border, and a big problem has arisen in the mutual market... Tens of millions of dollars have been spent, and Dalong earns one-third of its annual tax revenue. I am opening up trade routes to enrich the people." , isn’t it to let you and others line your own pockets, and you are not afraid of dying with tens of millions of dollars!”
Emperor Lei Lei looked at the civil and military officials below angrily, his tone trembling.
"Ten million taels of silver? How is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible, as long as you are brave, it is possible. Do you know how much money the Ministry of Revenue has received in more than three months from just taxation? Twelve million taels!"
"Oh my god, the tax is only 10 million taels of silver. According to what Your Majesty just said, the amount of money they have enriched is worth four times the tax!"
"Isn't that tens of millions of taels of silver?"
"I didn't expect these merchants to be so rich. I didn't even know it if I didn't open a business channel. Once I opened a business channel, I realized that the tax revenue of these merchant families gathered together for a few months is equivalent to half of Dalong's tax revenue in a year!"
"His Majesty!"
Li Zheng looked at Xia Gongming, the imperial censor who was coming out, and nodded: "Xia Aiqing, please speak!"
"Your Majesty, if it is true, as Your Majesty said, that the officials of the mutual market raised prices privately to enrich themselves in the name of imperial business, I suggest setting up a three-law division to investigate the case. Tens of millions of taels of silver will damage not only Dalong's tax revenue but also the people. Benefits!"
"What Xia Aiqing said makes sense. Once the price rises, merchants will raise their prices, and small merchants will be squeezed out of the border trade market. Once the price is raised, the prices of things shipped back to Dalong by merchants will also increase. People will sell them for five taels. The goods purchased with silver cost ten taels of silver, so the people have to cut off their flesh to make up for the remaining five taels of silver?"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Sage? I am not a saint at all. I am a border guard officer with only a fourth-grade official position. When he plays tricks, he actually plays tricks on me and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. I am very clear and understand that all the dear friends here accept the mutual guard. There are a lot of people with official wealth, how dare they do whatever they want without you to support them!"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, many officials looked a bit resentful. It was obvious that the emperor had hit the mark!
The emperor slowly walked down the steps and looked at the civil and military officials with different expressions: "Since I came to the throne, I have always emphasized benevolent governance, following Emperor Taizu's instructions and putting the people first, but you are all ministers ranked in the second class. , that one is not a marquis who was killed in a sea of blood, that one is not a general who is about to gain fame! There are also a few ministers who are not two-ranked Jinshi, you can ask your conscience, why have I ever used heavy methods since I came to the throne!"
"But where are you? Do you think that because I am too kind, you can be lawless? It's not that I don't dare to use heavy laws, but I don't want to use heavy laws. If once it is investigated, all of you here, princes, princes, and clerks will , the first-rank official issued an order to the ninth-rank minor officials, how many of you are clean, according to the laws of the dragon, you will not regret dying even if you are killed by the Yi tribe!"
"Your Majesty, I am aware of my guilt!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the civil and military officials kowtowing on the ground around him and hurriedly lowered his head. I wonder if this young master has ever done anything untoward!
"Twenty-seven years have passed since the death of the late emperor, and it has been twenty-seven years since I inherited the great treasure. During the twenty-seven years, I have abolished chariot cracking, lingchi, cannon burning... the six cruel punishments, Yi San After the King of Shu’s incident, I also abolished Zhu Jiu. Apart from beheading in public, the most severe punishment seems to be confiscation of homes and exile!”
"I originally thought that you could follow my benevolent government with compassion, apply benevolent policies to the people under my rule, work diligently and love the people, even if you have no merit, you will not lose your virtue. However, you have repeatedly provoked my face and the royal family. Dignity, defy the Dragon Law, a small fourth-grade official dares to embezzle tens of millions of taels of silver, are you, these first-grade officials, planning to change the dynasty? You will not be punished!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down, I will admit my mistake!"
Li Zheng's body was trembling as he rested on the guardrail above the dragon steps and coughed several times.
"Prepare the decree!"
Manager Zhou stepped forward cautiously: "Yes!"
"From now on, we will resume the car-breaking, lancing, cannon-burning, implicating, cutting in half, quartering, embezzlement of 2,000 pieces of silver, car-breaking, embezzling of 5,000 lingchi...dismemberment of those who are derelict in their duties!"
"Your Majesty, you can't!"
"I originally thought that one person's crime should not be blamed for his family, but in troubled times, severe punishment should be used. You talk about my saintly wisdom every day, but I know that if this continues, Dalong will really become troubled times. The six hundred years left by Emperor Taizu The foundation will also be destroyed at once, the punishment of Yi San Zhu Jiu will be restored, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment will issue the law to all the capitals of Dalong!"
The civil and military officials looked at each other speechlessly, and even looked at each other with horrified expressions, knowing that the emperor was really angry this time, and no one dared to speak out and remonstrate!
"Your Majesty, please take back the punishment of Yi San and Zhu Jiu!"
Xia Gongming came out of the queue and looked at the emperor with a sad face.
"Your Majesty, although Yi San Zhu Jiu can serve as a warning to all civil and military officials, it is too cruel for one person to commit a crime and implicate the whole family. It is unreasonable for an ignorant child to be punished because of his father. It is not in line with the teachings of the late emperor!"
"Xia Aiqing, I respect you as a veteran of two dynasties. I have always been tolerant to you because I respect your character. You are upright and strict with yourself. But can you guarantee that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are as upright as you?"
"This, I am incompetent! But I never want your Majesty to repeat Yi San Zhu Jiu's law!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Xia Gongming who was kneeling on the ground and slowly came out of the queue: "Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty and Mr. Xia should each take a step back, and Yi San Jiu will be included in the conspiracy to usurp the throne!"
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