Xuanfu Imperial City, Chengyun Hall.
The cleansing whip was sounded three times, and the smoke was lingering.
In the main hall of the former Gu Prince's Mansion, a court meeting has now been called!
Since Zhu Youjian packed up the wives of Hu Duntu Khan and took them back to Xuanfu City, the civil servants from the Sixth Department of the Cabinet and the Sixth Section of the Procuratorate who had stayed in Beijing, as well as Da Xun from the Secretary of Li and the Second Supervisor of Yuma, all came to Xuanfu City. The Xuanfu at this time has become the de facto capital of the Ming Dynasty.
After the Ming Dynasty's court moved to Beijing, Zhu Youjian also changed his previous style of "ignoring the government affairs" and began to become diligent. At least he has to go to court every day...of course not go to morning court, but go to afternoon court like Nizi. Generally, people go to court at Si hour and leave for dinner at 3:00 noon.
However, for the civil servants in the six cabinet departments, it seems that it makes no difference whether Zhu Youjian goes to court or not. During the days when Xuanfu was in court, Zhu Youjian only asked about reports from eight prefectures in Northern Zhili and six towns including Datong, Xuanfu, Yanshan, Daning, Yansui, and Ningxia. Zhu Youjian basically didn't ask about matters in other places, and approved the red completely according to the intention of the cabinet vote, which had the intention of ruling the world...so much so that some ministers had the illusion and felt that This little emperor's interest is in fighting, and he has little interest in ordinary government affairs. That's why Xuanfu is called home, and the focus is on the six border towns and the eight northern prefectures of Beizhili that are not border towns but are within the country's gate.
The little emperor was clamoring for more money before, but it was actually to raise some military expenditures - in fact, he didn't spend much money fighting the war, but he saved a lot. Therefore, the warehouse is becoming more and more full. Even if 1.2 million taels of gold and silver are added to it, the silver stored in the warehouse is still getting more and more!
The only thing that makes everyone a little worried is that the officials and gentry in the eight prefectures of North Zhili pay grain and taxes together...without any preferential treatment! As long as it's not the Imperial Mansion (the knight's field is owned by the Imperial Mansion and used by the knights), everyone has to pay for it as one!
Recently, there are rumors that the little emperor is planning to expand the "one-stop payment of grain" into "one-stop payment of grain and tax". From now on, the commercial taxes of the eight prefectures in Northern Zhili will also have to be paid together.
In addition, the two towns of Datong and Xuanfu, like the eight towns in Northern Zhili, have long implemented the method of paying taxes as a whole. It is estimated that they will also have to pay taxes as a whole in the near future!
As for the two towns of Yanshan and Daning, in order to attract military households and civilian households, they are now exempted from food and tax.
However, the little emperor had already expressed his position when he wrote the letter on the bus last time - as long as the drought does not expand, the unified grain and tax payment will end at the eight prefectures of Beizhili, so everyone is not too worried. Drought, how can there be a reason for severe drought every year? There are always several years of drought, several years of good weather, and several years of floods.
Therefore, after the bus letter incident, the officials of the Xuanfu were relieved for a while, until in the past two days, the heads of various noble families in Beijing were suddenly invited to the Xuanfu by Luo Yangxing, and then it was reported that the little emperor was going to send this gang The news that an honorable man who can eat but not fight is going to the south to serve as a general soldier... How can this be sung?
Just when a group of civil servants with a keen sense of politics became vigilant, five people they least liked to see suddenly appeared in the Chengyun Hall together with the little emperor.
As soon as everyone got up after kowtowing to the little emperor, they saw five old acquaintances - Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, and Sun Yunhe. They all put on Jinyiwei Feiyu uniforms and stood in front of Zhu Youjian. about.
These five are the five tigers in Wei Zhongxian's "Five Tigers, Five Bullies, Ten Dogs, Ten Children and Forty Grandchildren". During Wei Zhongxian's lifetime, they were all the leaders of the Jin Yiwei, and they were Wei Zhongxian's minions and lackeys who framed Zhongliang.
After Wei Zhongxian's fall, the five of them and dozens of other Wei Zhongxian's minions and lackeys were arrested and imprisoned in Xiyuan. Then... he disappeared from the big guy's sight.
Oh, by the way, three of the Five Tigers, Cui Chengxiu, Wu Chunfu, and Tian Ji, came back as early as last year and became the prefects of three of the eight prefectures in Zhili. But after all, these three tigers are different from the five tigers in front of them. Those three tigers are all civil servants with the rank of Jinshi. Their crime is nothing more than using the name of censor to serve as party and government tools for Wei Zhongxian and impeaching Wei Zhongxian's political opponents. Although this kind of behavior is hateful, it is the rule of the game between civil servants and civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. If they were to blame, it was simply being attached to Wei Zhongxian. However, there are many civil servants in the DPRK who are attached to Wei Zhongxian... Many of them are not punished at all, and they are still high-ranking officials and well-paid!
Therefore, Zhu Youjian re-activated the three of them, which did not cause much disturbance in the court. Only Sun Chengzong and several other censors from the Donglin Party were involved.
But the "Five Biaos" now appearing in the court are different. First of all, they are all military officers, not civil servants with Jinshi background.
Secondly, they did not publish bullets or ginseng books, but used the power of the Jinyiwei to appoint soldiers for Wei Zhongxian, convicted Luo Zhi, tortured him cruelly, and framed Zhongliang... This is equivalent to turning the Jinyiwei into a party struggle. Tool, and more than once killed Wei Zhongxian's political opponents in prison!
Moreover, the Donglin Party members who killed these five people were all civil servants with the rank of Jinshi!
So after Wu Biao was arrested by Zhu Youjian, the shouts of beating and killing never stopped! Not only Donglin Party members like Sun Chengzong wanted to kill him, but also many eunuchs who had hung out with Wei Zhongxian were also shouting and wanting to kill the five of them... These five people were really full of evil.
But they have been under Zhu Youjian's control, and the foreign ministers can only shout, they can't be killed at all, and they can't even see them!
Unexpectedly, when we see each other again today, the five of them will already be wearing Jin Yiwei's flying fish uniforms!
"Your Majesty, Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe and other five people are all the minions and lackeys of Wei Ni. Their crimes are so heinous that even death is not enough to compensate them. How can they stand openly in the court today? Your Majesty, please hurry up. I decree that they be thrown into the sky prison and their crimes punished!"
Sun Chengzong, the censor of Zuodu, was the first to go out and accuse the "Five Biao".
As soon as he took the lead, the civil servants below, including eunuchs and Donglin, all started shouting - these "Five Biao" are really bad, if they are allowed to come out to be the leaders of the Jin Yiwei, everyone will not have a good life. pass!
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal, please punish Wu Biao for his crimes!"
"Your Majesty, all the five bandits are traitors, and everyone can punish them! Please punish them..."
Zhu Youjian looked at the angry expressions of the officials below and knew that he had found the right person - you are all in a hurry!
Aren’t Jin Yiwei’s minions meant to punish you? You guys are not cheap, so why would you like it? If you like them, then these minions must be useless... For example, Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing are useless minions, that's why you like them.
Zhu Youjian coughed, and the people below were speechless. They all looked up at Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "I have found out that the five of them did not participate in Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy... Hakka's confession before execution, and the confessions of Wei Zhongxian's nephews before execution, as well as the Various letters copied from Wei Zhongxian's house can prove that the five of them are not traitors!"
This fact!
The five of them are really not traitors... because Wei Zhongxian has no rebellion at all!
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong said, "but when the five of them were in charge of the Jinyi Guards, they followed Wei Zhongxian's instructions, framed innocent people, persecuted loyal people, and many people died tragically in prison. It is really an unforgivable crime!"
Zhu Youjian said: "I wonder who Mr. Sun said was the Zhongliang who was killed by them?"
Sun Chengzong was stunned, and then he remembered that Zhu Youjian had not rehabilitated any Donglin Party members until now!
Zhu Youjian did pardon the sins of many Donglin Party members...but pardon is not vindication! The prerequisite for forgiveness is guilt!
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian, "Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Yuan Huazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Gu Dazhang and other six monarchs all died unjustly. Please vindicate Zhaoxue for them!"
Zhu Youjian shook his head, "I can pardon the sins of the six of them, restore their official positions, and give their descendants property, but I will not rehabilitate them! Speaking of rehabilitating... there is one person who should be the one who wants to be rehabilitated. Rehabilitated!”
Sun Chengzong hurriedly asked: "Who is that person?"
"Zhang Juzheng!"
