"I regret very much now. I regret that I should have ignored the lives of soldiers and civilians in the border town and encouraged the barbarians to stir up trouble and wait for the border!"
"I now fully understand that the new etiquette is the true way of benevolence. Therefore, after the implementation of the new etiquette, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed! It was my selfishness that caused the world to respect the old etiquette forever, and I did not hesitate to cooperate with the invaders!"
"But for the sake of my status as a Hanlin scholar and a Confucian minister for three generations, can you, sir, please beg Your Majesty for me in front of the emperor, asking him to give the criminal another chance? The criminal will promise to change his mind, stand up for the new rites, and follow the new rites for the country. Dedicate your life to the people!"
"I can go to Saibei and overseas to promote new rituals and spread the imperial style!"
Shen Renzhong spoke with grief on his face in front of the officials of the Sanfa Division.
Yang Wei, the Minister of Punishment, asked: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if things fail?"
"have not thought!"
"At that time, I only thought about causing trouble for the construction of Xinli. Besides, I didn't expect that any colleagues would actually report it after finding out about it!"
"Even if the officialdom atmosphere of "Ding is Ding Mao is Mao" has begun to appear, I was not used to it for a while, and I didn't feel that it had really become a trend, and I still couldn't help but act the way I did before, so I could hide it without affecting my career. Do things in a manner that hides what you can and hides it."
Shen Renzhong said.
Yang Wei had no intention of telling Shen Renzhong that Li Rusong had exposed the situation, and said: "It's too late to regret now. Don't think about asking for mercy. There is no shortage of high-ranking Confucian officials in this dynasty, especially high-ranking Confucian scholars." Sir, I don’t want you to be so dishonest and just make up your mind.”
After hearing this, Shen Renzhong smiled bitterly, said nothing, and was chopped into pieces in the city shortly afterwards.
"Follow us!"
"Arrest them all! I really don't understand you. Why do you support the Tartar bandits just because Xinli treats the people as human beings? Isn't benevolent government and caring for the people what you always advocate?"
"Don't wait, Mei Hanlin. Since you still can't hang yourself from the beam, just come with us. I didn't expect that you who keep talking about benevolence, justice and morality would actually harbor evil intentions!"
No coincidence.
From the border towns to the hinterland, the powerful bureaucrats who had colluded with the Tartars, like the Shen people, began to be arrested by the Jinyi guards by name, and they had no family members.
In addition to Ruan Jing's violent death, Ji Fengyi and Han Guangmao were also escorted to the capital to await trial.
After Han Guangmao was escorted to Beijing, he happened to be locked in the cell next to Ji Fengyi.
Ji Fengyi, who had been imprisoned for many days, couldn't help but ask Han Guangmao: "Have you also committed the crime of Tongyi?"
Han Guangmao asked: "You too?"
"That's right! I also know Yi."
Ji Fengyi replied, and then asked Han Guangmao: "Do you think the world is normal now? Officials are becoming less and less greedy for money and less afraid of trouble. The crime of being a traitor is more serious than treason."
Han Guangmao asked: "What do you think?"
"unusual!"
"Very abnormal!"
Ji Fengyi answered a few words loudly, and then said: "My master released me from the house and used money to support me from the experience of Beijing and Wei to the commander-in-chief. This was to allow him to hold the military power in the future, so that the Shen family would be more powerful." People who have money and power, but they encounter such a world where officials suddenly no longer protect each other. How can my master expand his family business and let other powerful officials and gentry families enrich themselves? "
"Do the powerful officials and gentry in the world really like this kind of rule-abiding world? This is obviously a world that only the common people like!"
After Ji Fengyi said that, she looked at Han Guangmao again.
"At least it's normal now, otherwise we won't lose!"
"As long as the wealth in the world can continue to increase, he can continue to be normal."
"People die for money, and birds die for food. This situation occurs now only because those in power can get more money without having to collect money from the people, so they can establish new rituals and correct the atmosphere."
"Those of us who don't fit in with the times will appear abnormal and end up being chopped up."
Han Guangmao said at this time.
…
The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
The sound of dripping water leaking sounded rhythmically in the tall and solemn hall.
At the same time, Zhu Yijun was lecturing Fang Fengshi, who was summoned.
"You must understand that if the new gift is to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, before the people's wisdom is fully enlightened, the only way to get more people to accept the new gift is to increase the world's wealth!"
"Let more people accept the concept that benefiting the people is as important as enriching the country and strengthening the army, so that the people can turn from cowardice to strength as soon as possible, so that citizen workers can really be strong enough to fight against the powerful and subordinate officials, and then ensure that the court can govern the world as it should. Arms and fingers can make everyone have the heart of the common people, which will make the world prosperous forever."
"But if you want to increase the wealth of the world, you must either get it from foreign barbarians or get it from practical affairs. Both of them need strong weapons. Only then can the foreign barbarians be feared and subdued externally, and the powerful people at home not only be deceived by cleverness and cunning." kidnapping;”
"But now, many military ministers from the Nine Borders have reported secretly that the governor of Bianzhen and Bingbei Dao and other civil servants have deducted rewards and silver to make up for the shortfall. How can the military be strengthened by such behavior?"
"What's more, all the silver reward comes from my gold flowers and silver hair. It's my money!"
"Why do they use my money to make up for their shortfalls?"
"Also, why did they lose money?"
Zhu Yijun picked up a piece of secret music and waved it in front of Fang Fengshi. He didn't say which military official composed the secret music, but kept questioning Fang Fengshi.
Zhu Yijun then stared at Fang Fengshi and continued to ask: "Do you, the prime minister in charge of military aircraft, know this or not?"
Fang Fengshi lowered his head and replied: "I know!"
Zhu Yijun relaxed his shoulders after hearing this, but asked in a stern tone: "Then why don't you play?!"
"Back to Your Majesty, the output of border towns is low, so often when disaster strikes, border ministers will take military pay and rations to provide disaster relief. This is a common thing, but it is not ruled out that many of them will take military pay and rations, especially the deductions that should be given to them. The silver rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers were sent to the Tartars, and the Tartars were asked not to invade their side. This way, even if they had no merit, they would have no faults. The military ministers were also happy like this, and they did not have to worry about the Tartar invasion, which would make them guilty of resisting the enemy. If they die or bear the blame for the loss, they will only deduct military pay to make up for the reward money that has not been paid, or use the method of killing good people and taking credit for the reward money, and the civil servants will also lose money to the Tartars because they themselves have lost money. So we generally don’t investigate strictly.”
"In this way they gradually hid from each other."
"In this way, because the border officials were more willing to have nothing to do and lost money to the Tartars, the border town treasury was in deficit."
"Of course, over time, because both civil and military officials protected each other, sometimes it was possible to directly embezzle public funds from the vassal treasury or even to commit suicide. There were even cases where public funds were used to squander money and give gifts in the name of entertaining border patrol officers and governors. .”
"The reason why I don't go to the memorial is because there are too many people who do this. Your Majesty has many things to do every day. Since the Grand Master left, he has spent a lot of effort just to eliminate the evil sects and clarify the right path. In addition, there is also the matter of conquering Burma. , In addition, His Majesty also needs to worry about the development of Japan, so there is no need to worry about it at this time!"
"After all, Your Majesty is a sage king. He knows that when punishing the evil sect in the capital for slandering the Grand Master and the overseas expedition to Burma, it is impossible to strictly investigate the deficit and waste of money at this time and cause chaos in the border town. In this way, knowing it will only increase the troubles, so I have never said anything about it."
(End of chapter)
