After Jian Yi left,
Zhu Gaoxu immediately summoned the top chief of the Three Laws Department.
Jin Chun, the minister of punishment, Jia Liang, minister of Dali Temple, and Gu Zuo, censor of Zuodu.
Jia Liang is Gu Zuo's younger brother and always obeys his advice, and Gu Zuo is Zhu Gaoxu's younger brother, so the two of them are considered friends.
But Jin Chun is different.
The Minister of Punishment has always been upright and strict in enforcing the law. Even Zhu Gaoxu was a little frightened when facing him.
After all, he had made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and Jin Chun had not made any move to resist since the implementation of the new policy of dividing households into households.
On the contrary, for those who dare to disobey the emperor's orders, Jin Chun will arrest or jail them without any mercy.
Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't control Jin Chun's thoughts, so he called him here today just to get a feel for it.
"You three dear friends, please take a look at these memorials!"
Zhu Gaoxu distributed the resignation memorials to those officials one by one.
Of course, he didn't do it himself, but asked the eunuch to do it.
After all, he threw these memorials into the trash can, what a shame!
Gu Zuo and the other two people didn't know why, so they read the memorial honestly.
You don’t know the result until you look at it, but it’s really shocking when you look at it.
These memorials are all resignation memorials, and most of them are written by local officials with very fierce words.
Gu Zuo and the other three were not fools. They couldn't figure out what these local officials meant.
They are using a collective resignation method to force His Majesty the Emperor to compromise and interrupt the implementation of the New Deal!
What a big dog!
This is really unreasonable!
As Zhu Gaoxu's number one troll, Gu Zuo immediately knelt down and made his attitude clear.
"Your Majesty, eating the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor!"
"But these ministers, with the salaries given by the court, do not want to serve the country with all their loyalty. Instead, they form cliques for personal gain and provoke the emperor's power. They are simply crazy!"
"I ask the emperor to issue an edict to severely punish these officials to serve as a warning to others!"
What the hell, you really have no vision at all!
Do you still think that the Ming Dynasty was the same as the former Song Dynasty?
Do you still think His Majesty the Emperor will give in if you collectively resign?
Why don't you take a look? All the officials are in mourning, but has His Majesty the Emperor changed his mind?
A bunch of damned bitches who are determined to cause trouble!
Gu Zuo did not forget the last time His Majesty the Emperor beat them.
His Majesty the Emperor said it himself, but you can do it once and never again, otherwise the entire court will be purged!
Now the courtiers Jin Shen are afraid of being beaten by His Majesty the Emperor and dare not stand out anymore. But you local officials are really not afraid of death?
You are not afraid, I, Gu Zuo, am!
Jia Liang rolled his eyes and immediately knelt down to follow the output.
"Please ask your Majesty to issue a decree to severely punish these officials."
Zhu Gaoxu did not say a word, but looked at Jin Chun, the Minister of Punishment.
Jin Chun naturally felt His Majesty the Emperor's gaze, but he was very hesitant at the moment.
To be honest, not only now, but also during this period of time, Jin Chun has been a little hesitant.
Ever since His Majesty the Emperor teamed up with Yang Shiqi to implement the policy of dividing every son into a mother, Jin Chun has been in a state of hesitation.
Of course he didn't want to see the gentry being knocked into the dust and no longer having any authority at all.
But the problem is that dividing a small family into an equal amount is a national policy that benefits the country and the people. This is really beneficial to the people!
So Jin Chun hesitated and fell into self-doubt.
He did not strive to resist the emperor based on his reasons, nor did he sit on the sidelines and protect himself.
Even Jin Chun himself didn't know what he should do now.
Divide some of the interests of the gentry and gentry and provide them back to the farmers, industry, and merchants. The people who really benefit are the people.
And if the people receive preferential treatment from the court, the court will naturally benefit from it. This is a mutually reinforcing good thing.
The only people who lost profits were the gentry.
But the emperor also compensated the gentry in disguise and allowed them to develop the vast unclaimed land in the north of Lingbei.
To be honest, His Majesty the Emperor is already kind.
But human nature is greedy and its desires are hard to satisfy.
How could the gentry and the gentry willingly hand over the benefits they had received?
So the conflict between the emperor and the gentry broke out!
First, hundreds of officials fell into disgrace, then the Jin gentry conspired, and now they collectively resigned...
The struggle of the gentry and the gentry has never stopped!
And His Majesty the Emperor's determination has never changed!
Will the two sides continue to fight like this?
But what this damaged was the vitality and national strength of the Ming Dynasty!
Jin Chun sighed and finally made his choice.
He chose to follow his heart and do what he thought was right!
Except for the country and the people, nothing can be sacrificed!
When he thought of this, Jin Chun also knelt on the ground.
"Please, Your Majesty, punish these officials severely!"
Seeing this situation, Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed.
Jin Chun expressed support, which is indeed gratifying.
At least these loyal and virtuous people have expressed their opinions one after another, which can prove that he, Zhu Gaoxu, is right, and it is not that he, Zhu Gaoxu, has his own way!
"Three beloved ministers, please get up quickly. I am ready to punish these officials severely."
"Calling you here today is another matter."
"I intend to expand the scale of the Three Laws Division and establish the Three Laws Division yamen at the local level, which will be directly and vertically managed by the Central Three Laws Division!"
Hearing this, the expressions of Gu Zuo and the other three people changed drastically.
Expand the scale of the Three Laws Division and directly establish the Three Laws Division yamen at the local level?
His Majesty the Emperor's handiwork is a bit too big, isn't it?
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
Jin Chun said in a deep voice: "As a result, the number of local officials will greatly increase, which will not only bring a heavy financial burden to the court, but also cause more trouble to the people!"
Based on the experience of past dynasties, the fewer the number of officials in the court, the better.
Once the number of officials increases, the court's expenses will increase accordingly. The officials' salaries alone are enough to feed the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In addition, the imperial court only has so much tax revenue every year. If the official salary expenditure is large, the expenditure on other aspects will be reduced accordingly. In this way, how can we develop people's livelihood and benefit the people?
Moreover, if the number of officials increases, if they are not fully protected, some bad apples will appear and exploit the people for their wealth and wealth.
Anyway, the more people there are, the more problems there are!
Therefore, wise people of all dynasties have tried every means to reduce the number of court officials, that is, to solve the problem of redundant officials and redundant personnel.
But Emperor Wude is good, but now he wants to expand the size of the Three Laws Division and appoint more officials!
Aren't you going against the grain?
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and said: "Don't worry, Jin Aiqing, I naturally understand this truth."
"That's why I found the three of you first and took the lead in setting up the local supervision department of the Three Laws Department!"
"As long as the supervision department is well established, no matter how many officials are recruited, they will not dare to act recklessly."
"In addition, I have also asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to start drafting an advanced version of the entrance examination law, which is specially established for local officials, and the local supervision department is an important part of cooperating with the implementation of this new entrance examination law!"
After hearing this, Gu Zuo and the others naturally understood.
After a long time, this is His Majesty the Emperor’s sharp counterattack!
The courtiers and gentry stopped dancing, but the local gentry are still dancing?
Very good, then hit them until they dare not jump!
One can imagine how difficult life will be for local officials after the establishment of the three local divisions!
In the past, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, so we could do whatever we wanted, but now it is different. The mountains were still high, but the emperor was not far away!
Times are changing!
