After the Jin Yiwei said this, Zhang Maoxiu quickly glanced at Zhang Jingxiu.
Zhang Jingxiu said to the Jin Yiwei: "I know, you go down first."
The Jin Yiwei said yes and left Zhang's house.
As soon as the Jin Yiwei left, Zhang Maoxiu said to Zhang Jingxiu: "Sure enough, brother, you are right! Are they afraid that we will find them, so they killed their own people?"
"if not?"
"Other than one of our own people, who else can make a whole bunch of people disappear without anyone noticing?"
Zhang Jingxiu smiled coldly, responded to Zhang Maoxiu's words, and said:
"I have to go to the palace and report this to His Majesty immediately!"
"The disappearance of the censor of Qiandu is not a small matter no matter how you look at it. You should go back to Beizhen Fusi immediately and inform Yu Bai Tishuai to investigate the matter seriously!"
"No matter how you say it, if a Qiandu censor goes missing, I, the Jinyiwei, need to find out who is behind it!"
"good!"
So Zhang Jingxiu entered the palace, and Zhang Maoxiu went to Beizhen Fusi.
After Zhu Yijun learned about this from Zhang Jingxiu, he sent someone to see Shen Shixing. After Shen Shixing arrived, he asked:
"Shen Zimu, the censor of Qiandu, disappeared after coming out of the chief minister's residence. Why did he come to see the master?"
After Shen Shixing heard what Zhu Yijun said, he was slightly startled, then he raised his hands and said:
"Back to your majesty, Shen Qianxian came to me to persuade me to ask your majesty to stop cleaning up the Buddhist temple. He said that he was too strict, which led to the sudden death of a large number of monks and nuns, which made people panic. He also blamed the treacherous people in the past for the imperial master. In order to implement the New Deal and attempt to confiscate their families and exterminate their families, I would like to advise ministers to think more about their future options."
"Then what did the master say?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Shen Shixing told Zhu Yijun his original words.
Zhu Yijun said nothing after hearing this, and only said: "Chen Jingbang should leave it to the Sanfa Department to handle the matter, and let him be punished."
Shen Shixing said yes, and after leaving the palace, he met Shuhua, the Minister of Punishment.
Shu Hua said to Shen Shixing: "Does Yuan Fu know about Shen Qianxian?"
Shen Shixing nodded.
"But Yuan Fu knows that there are rumors in the public that the Lord is dissatisfied with Chen Su'an and Shen Yuyang's slander on the cleanup of the Buddhist temple, so he colluded with a certain Ti commander to first rectify Chen's troops, and then to harm Shen Qianxian, and to exclude dissenters;"
"Those who understand will naturally not believe this, but there are also those who are confused and are eager to impeach the public for exercising too much power."
Shu Hua continued to whisper to Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing smiled and said: "It's okay, let him let the rumors go!"
"The same thing I said, as long as I am still in this position, taking advantage of the emperor's plan to govern, and still willing to benefit the people, willing to share benefits for the world, and willing to increase the world's wealth, I will try my best to win as many external benefits as possible for the people of the world. Increase the wealth of the world to benefit the country."
After Shen Shixing said this, Shu Hua said nothing more and just looked at Shen Shixing's back, his eyes gradually becoming gloomy.
"The Ministry of Punishment will directly discuss Chen Jingbang's death penalty, and then transfer it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple for review."
After Shu Hua returned to the Ministry of Punishment, he told Yang Menggao, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, one thing.
Yang Menggao heard the song and only had an elegant meaning. He knew that Shu Hua was talking about Shen Shixing's unwillingness to end the cleansing of the Buddhist temple because of the rumors. The Ministry of Punishment could only enforce the law impartially against Chen Jingbang. Otherwise, Shen Shixing should pardon Chen Jingbang's death penalty. way to express to the outside world that they are afraid of others saying they intend to end this policy.
Therefore, Yang Menggao asked: "What exactly did Shenwu County say?"
"What he means is that no matter how people in the world slander him or impeach him, as long as he is in this position, he will win more mining profits for his Shen family."
Shu Hua said.
After hearing this, Yang Menggao said: "Then do we really want to impeach?"
After asking, Yang Menggao continued: "Originally, according to our intention, we should not only develop external benefits, but also not clean up the Buddhist temples, so that both the government and the people would benefit, both inside and outside! But he Shenwu County because of his Shen family and the entire Xinli One party has received the most subscription tickets, but they are not willing to take advantage of it!"
Shu Hua waved his hand: "If you want to impeach, we don't need to take action! This policy of cleaning up the Buddhist temples has caused anger and resentment among the people below, and problems will inevitably arise. He, Shenwu County, is a simple and unscrupulous person, greedy for profit, how can he know the real truth!"
There is indeed a problem of over-implementation in the policy of cleaning up Buddhist temples.
"Shave your hair!"
In Fengyang Prefecture, an official, Zhengcheng, actually ordered an official to shave his head, and reported it to Fengyang Magistrate Gong Ruole, saying that a number of monks and nuns had been found without ultimatums, and a number of private temples and nunneries were destroyed. Gong Ruole only wanted to make his political achievements look good. The superiors liked it, but didn't bother to ask so many questions, so they reported it directly, and Zhengcheng and his subordinates robbed a lot of people's property without guilt, and made a lot of money for a while.
Zhang Wenxi, the censor of Fengyang, heard that he had to impeach Gong Ruole. He was the first to ask the court to stop cleaning up Buddhist temples in time on the grounds that subordinate officials were too strict and disturbed the people.
at the same time.
In Fengxiang Prefecture, there was a severe drought and famine, so many refugees worked in local temples and nunneries for food. However, Fengxiang Magistrate Shen Zigeng did not care about the current situation and did not provide disaster relief, and forcibly destroyed the temples and nunneries. As a result, the people were angered and some people were attacked. The ants directly gathered to besiege the city, but because they failed to capture it, they fled to other prefectures and counties, which actually caused more refugees to cause chaos.
Xiao Daheng, the governor of the three sides, found out the inside story after hearing that a large number of refugees were causing trouble, so he sent someone to report the matter to the court.
At the same time that Xiao Daheng reported the matter, the Guangxi Taoist Censor had actually reported the matter to Zhu Yijun in advance, and directly went to Shushen to impeach Shen Shixing and said:
"Yuan Fu Shen's behavior was to accumulate wealth for private parties, and he did not think about providing relief. He did not allow local officials to report their worries and only allowed them to practice harsh government, which offended the Bodhisattva. There was a severe drought. First there was a famine in Guangxi, and then there was an earthquake in Huaiyang. The people in the county are homeless. Now there is a severe famine in Fengxiang. It rained and snowed in Gyeonggi last winter, and disasters occurred frequently. The blame lies here."
"Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to stop his harsh rule, remove him from office, and order someone to provide relief as soon as possible, so as to extinguish the wrath of heaven!"
Zhang Yue, the censor of the left deputy capital, also reported to Zhu Yijun the problem of excessive execution by many local officials, and said:
"Shi Wei, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, forcibly destroyed the temple and nunnery, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless and turning into bandits. Liu Qu, the magistrate of Zhenning County, demanded bribes from a wealthy family. If he refused, he falsely accused his mansion of being a private nunnery and destroyed it, which aroused the public's anger. The changes have actually led to the fact that I would rather be occupied by thieves and bandits, but some officials dare not report it for fear of being displeased by the powerful ministers!"
Zhu Yijun sent these memorials directly to the cabinet and asked Shen Shixing to draft them himself.
Therefore, Shen Shixing specially asked Li Che, a native of Fengxiang who was the minister of Guanglu Temple at the time, to ask: "When the severe drought in Fengxiang just started last year, the servants drafted a decree to order the local area to prepare for disaster relief. If there is insufficient money and food, the court can be asked to allocate funds to adjust grains." Relief, why are we still so hungry now?"
Li Che said: "Enfu is from the south. Although he is also an official clan, he is a rural official who lives in cities and towns. He does not know the actual situation in our north. In our north, disaster relief depends entirely on local gentry, because most officials live in cities and are occupied by traitors. Unless we really disobey the ancestral rule that officials are not allowed to go to the countryside at will, local disasters can only be resolved by the gentry."
"What's more, most officials are unwilling to go to the countryside to inquire about the people's sentiments. They are only active in pursuing camp and flattery. The better ones just pursue peace and inaction, neither pursuing camp nor inquiring about the sentiments of the people."
"So, on the surface, the great famine was caused by local officials being inconsiderate of the people, but in fact it was caused by local gentry deliberately making things difficult for the government."
"They did not provide food relief first, but instead hoarded it in advance, and colluded with subordinates to burn down the Changping Granary. This resulted in the government having disaster victims even near the city walls. When they knew about the disaster, they were unable to do anything to help, and the squires did not help the villagers. Instead, they will instigate the people who are living in monasteries and nunneries to rebel!"
"On the surface, all this is a natural disaster, but in fact it is a man-made disaster, and this man-made disaster is due to your policy of cleaning up Buddhist temples."
After Li Che said that, Shen Shixing sighed: "I still think the reform is simple!"
(End of chapter)
