Hai Rui glanced at Wang Yongji and said, "Run Lian is absolutely right."
Wang Yongji smiled and said: "If the emperor does not abide by the ordinary etiquette, he will have strong ministers to remonstrate with him; but if the world's powerful people do not abide by the ordinary etiquette, I don't know who will dare to take strict action. When the time comes, I may still need the help of the former emperor." The protected divine sword.”
"It's useless to rely on me alone. How can I, Hai Rui, be the only one in the world with courage and courage?!"
Hai Rui said something at this time.
Wang Yongji heard this and asked, "What do you mean by Brother Gangfeng?"
"Change the official system! Cut off Hao You's minions who cause harm to the countryside and do not abide by the rules and regulations!"
Hai Rui said.
"How to change it?"
Wang Yong asked hurriedly.
"Go back to the ministry and discuss it carefully. This is not something I can do alone."
Hai Rui walked quickly towards the direction of the officials.
…
"The silver dollar has finally returned to the price we need. However, many powerful gentry who are against the imperial court will definitely suffer heavy losses this time. We must prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry."
"Therefore, to convey my will, all levels of government offices and imperial guards must strictly abide by their duties. Anyone who dares to bend the law and act recklessly must not indulge in favoritism, otherwise I will deal with it severely!"
"I did not prevent them from trading freely because they sold their property at a low price, so they have to abide by the imperial principles and national laws!"
Zhu Yijun also made a new announcement after learning that the price of silver coins had dropped.
He also knew that the losses of the powerful officials and bureaucrats who supported the old rituals would definitely be heavy, and they would definitely take risks because they could not bear such losses for a while and start to challenge the rules. After all, if they failed to achieve the economic and political goals within the rules, then they would just I can think of ways to break the rules and achieve this goal outside the rules.
Anyway, the Ming Dynasty was so big that the imperial court might not be able to keep an eye on it.
Lu Yinchang, a member of the Literary and Anthology Department, was heartbroken because he saw Ren Yonggang in a thatched house on the outskirts of the city, treating each other like guests. Especially when he saw Ren Yonggang plowing the fifteen acres of paddy field he sold to him at a low price, and Ruiya even more When he was using the clothes he rewarded to wipe Ren Yonggang's sweat, and both of them looked happy, he couldn't help but said to Qian Ruogeng, the magistrate of Daxing County:
"You can think of a way to turn the woman and the fields under her name into official property, and then sell them to me for the official price of ten taels. Then I will find a way in the Ministry of Personnel to get you promoted to the capital first."
After hearing this, Qian Ruogeng couldn't help but ask: "I'm just a beautiful village woman and an ordinary farmer. I guess I don't have much land, and my father-in-law is interested in it?"
"That'smine!"
"This is not something to be taken lightly!"
Lu Yinchang suddenly lost his temper and shouted, and then said:
"Also, that's not a village woman, she's a beautiful maid I trained with a thousand taels of silver! She plays Guangling San very well! Do you understand?!"
After Qian Ruogeng heard this, he really went on to ask someone to make up a crime and lock up Ren Yonggang and his wife Ruiya directly. He also said:
"Resident Ren Yonggang, you have committed a crime. Now you only need to plead guilty. I will be particularly gracious and exempt you from the punishment. As long as you are willing to use land to pay for your crime with your wife, you do not need to be exiled."
Ren Yonggang asked directly: "Dare I ask my parents, what crime did Xiaomin commit?"
Qian Ruogeng replied: "It's a crime of robbery! The official has confiscated the one thousand taels of official silver from the vassal treasury that you robbed in your room!"
With that said, Qian Ruogeng ordered: "Show him the confession of the examiner!"
Ren Yonggang replied: "I am illiterate and have never been to school."
"Then read it to him."
Qian Ruogeng said.
"No need."
Lu Yinchang couldn't wait to come out from behind the screen and looked at Ren Yonggang: "Do you recognize me?"
"I recognize you! You are Mr. Lu, Ruiya's former head of the family. It was you who showed your kindness to teach me to be young and strong. You didn't marry a wife, so you sold Ruiya to me at a low price, and you also sold fifteen acres of good land to me at a low price. I, you are a great benevolent person, and I will always remember your great kindness!"
Ren Yonggang replied.
Lu Yinchang said: "As long as you recognize it, since you recognize it, just plead guilty. To tell you the truth, this is not a place where you, an ordinary person, can be reasonable!"
"There is no good thing in the world that allows you, a pariah, to get it for free. Don't you think about it, how can Ruiya get it from a poor family like you? It's not because the silver dollar has risen sharply that you have the opportunity to win a beauty!"
"But now that the silver dollar has plummeted, you can no longer own that beauty, and you can no longer own any fertile farmland. If you continue to own it, it will be a sin of harboring a treasure!"
"We have signed the guarantee in black and white, and it has been registered by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Why do you just say take it and take it away!"
Ren Yong just understood what Lu Yinchang and the county magistrate Qian Ruogeng meant. Seeing the sharp drop in the price of silver coins, he regretted selling Ruiya and Tianjian to him and wanted to take them back by force, so he changed his attitude and refuted them directly.
After hearing this, Lu Yinchang's face sank and he pointed at Ren Yonggang: "Don't think that this official is kind and can be bullied! If a pariah like you is beaten to death, he will be beaten to death!"
"Who said that?"
At this time, a voice came from outside.
Suddenly, Lu Yinchang looked up and saw Yifeng Xianguan walking in.
Qian Ruogeng rushed over to greet him at this time: "How come Wan Xunjian came uninvited and didn't issue the cards first?"
"I just happened to encounter a civilian woman blocking the road and complaining. The alleged grievance was in your county, so I had to come to your county to set up a procuratorate at short notice, and I didn't have time to send the tickets."
Wan Xiangchun, the censor of the Northern Zhili Prefecture, said something at this time, walked to the back of the case and sat down at Qian Ruogeng's seat.
"Traitor!"
Lu Yinchang, who was in plain clothes, cursed secretly and glared at Wan Xiangchun.
Wan Xiangchun also noticed him and asked: "Who is your Excellency? Why do you call yourself an official? You also try cases on behalf of the county magistrate. What is your background?"
Lu Yinchun laughed, then looked at Qian Ruogeng and winked, telling him not to say anything.
Qian Ruogeng immediately knelt down and said: "According to the inspection report, he is the same year as the subordinate, and now he is the official of the Wenxuan Department, Wailang Lu Lang."
Lu Yinchun looked at Qian Ruogeng dumbfounded.
"In that case, Official Lu Lang should go back and wait for the hearing. Interfering in local criminal cases, seizing people's private property, and intending to kill good people are not serious matters. If you stay here to fight against me, it will only be more serious!"
Wan Xiangchun said.
Lu Yinchun couldn't help but grit his teeth, and then raised his hands to Wan Xiangchun: "Please show mercy! I'll leave now!"
Lu Yinchun left here as he spoke.
On the same day, Wan Xiangchun reported Qian Ruogeng's crime of being good at falsely accusing ordinary people and being willing to be a pawn of Beijing officials to take away the property of ordinary people.
The cabinet knew that Zhu Yijun's holy will was to strictly deal with those who broke the rules, so they directly voted to kill Qian Ruogeng. Lu Yinchun only had evidence of intervening in local criminal cases and no evidence of instructing Qian Ruogeng. The main reason was that these officials did not You would be stupid to do such a thing and still leave evidence, so you would be sentenced to three thousand miles of exile guarding the border.
Even so, many civil servants still couldn't stand it.
"Why so strict?"
That night, Wang Zhixiang, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, went to Wan Xiangchun and asked about it.
Wan Xiangchun chuckled: "What's wrong with enforcing the law impartially?"
"They have to be merciful and merciful. They just want to recover some of their losses."
Wang Zhixiang said.
Wan Xiangchun said: "In the past, when the imperial court did not hesitate to issue national bonds to stabilize the price of silver, they wanted to live a merciful life and be merciful to others. Have they ever thought that enough is enough?"
"Do you really want you to live and die?"
Wang Zhixiang asked in a low voice.
Wan Xiangchun said: "Whoever violates the king's law will die!"
(End of chapter)
