Looking at the ten fingertips that had suddenly shortened, the first assistant felt quite strange and a little distressed, but there was a gain after a loss. Besides, this made writing much more convenient. The prince's initiative was not completely unreasonable.
Not only him, almost all the officials of the third rank and above who could go to the palace were forced to do so by the emperor. Even if a few people were negligent and "forgot" about it, they would have no choice but to have it "consecrated" by the chamberlain.
The service is also very attentive. Not only do they cut it off, but they also file it for you until there are no sharp thorns, at least it won't prick your hands. All you have to do is apply some paint and do a manicure...
Eight high-ranking officials who tried to compete with the prince resigned in one day yesterday, not counting the "sincere" Wu Changshi, the "loyal and courageous" Yang Shicong, and the "iron-bone" Wu Weiye...
Most of the people who were still standing in the hall after the big waves washed away the sand and Yaoji Menglang were obedient. Even if they seemed to be incompatible with each other, they would not dare to say it in public.
There were dozens fewer nobles in front of him, and with the civil servants who had their homes confiscated by him, the remaining courtiers seemed sparse, but this was in line with the original intention of a certain prince to reduce the number of people and increase efficiency.
The cabinet headed by Xue Guoguan was waiting for the holy will. Yaoji didn't say anything, and the chief minister couldn't help but flatter him so abruptly. After all, this matter had to go with the flow...
"The agenda of today's court meeting is very simple. There are only three things, namely, the conviction of the suspect, the health of the capital, and the salary of the court officials!"
Yaoji's mind was not on the Huangji Palace, so he simply made the content of the court meeting simpler first, so as not to cause any extraneous matters. He couldn't solve this nonsense in one morning, and had to postpone it until tomorrow.
Today, the two main forces of the empire have gathered outside Chengtian Gate. The Baigan Army, which has worked hard and made great achievements, is still in the south and cannot come over in time to receive the reward. The Guan Ning Army in the northeast is a white-eyed wolf, and Yaoji will not waste his precious time on them...
Therefore, other things can be put aside for a while. Reviewing the lackeys who are loyal to oneself is the most important thing. Instead of fighting with the courtiers, it is better to go out and buy the hearts and minds of the elite troops.
Yaoji deliberately ranked the courtiers' annual salary last. If everyone wanted to know the prince's salary standards for his subordinates as soon as possible, they would resolve the first two matters as soon as possible.
In fact, Yaoji knew everyone's virtues very well, and the criminals waiting to be executed had nothing to do with them, and they turned a blind eye to the sanitary conditions of the capital. The only thing that concerned them was the money that fell into their pockets.
"Does the Metropolitan Procuratorate have any objections to this palace's ruling on your honor?"
The family of Marquis Chuyang Wu and the three princes, as well as the rest of the nobles, can be pardoned and live as common people in the future. These people can escape, not because the sentencing is lenient, but because they either hugged the scapegoat. Either the ancestors accumulated virtue and hugged Zhu Laoliu or Zhu Laosi's lap.
Now that their homes have been ransacked, a large amount of stolen goods has been harvested, and there is not much money left to squeeze out, there is no need to continue to embarrass them. Even if he was tricked before, now that he has the money, Yaoji doesn't want to worry about it anymore. Besides, there is a cheap grandfather in it, so it is inappropriate to just pardon one person.
Marquis Yangwu was good at raising soldiers, openly disobeyed orders, and intended to rebel. He openly injured dozens of factory guards in broad daylight. He always committed many evil deeds, causing resentment among the people. An innocent family died.
The three princes told lies at the court meeting, pretended to be poor, and even dared to tease the prince with the "famous imperial dish" - fried soybeans. It is not an exaggeration to say that the principal culprit was sentenced to show off.
The "three bad guys from Donglin" who deliberately challenge Yaoji each have their own punishment plans. According to the prince's highest instructions, Yang Shicong, who deceived the supervisory students, will be executed.
He single-handedly caused the Imperial College to panic. Faced with the copied money, he licked his face and gave his wife a cup of wine. In the end, he even staged a good show in which his wife and concubine were angry and turned against each other, which shocked the audience. , It’s really an unforgivable crime.
"Wild Dad" Wu Changshi is the person who is protected by his beautiful mother. Before he presents the explosive content, he should keep it in prison. It doesn't matter if he can't write it down. Do you want to live there for a month or for a lifetime? It's all fine, prison food is enough.
Wu Weiye was banned for a month, shut up and reflect on his mistakes, trying to reflect on why he was so bad at playing mahjong. Not only was he bad at playing mahjong, he also wrote a book complaining about others playing mahjong and harming the country. Let’s empty our minds at home first. If we come back and troll people, we may become Wu Laoer next door!
Chen Biqian and Li Juesi were two idiots who insisted on confronting him. Of course Yaoji would not forgive them. In order to kill these two guys, he wasted so much saliva. If they were released, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?
For such a worm who is corrupt, perverts the law and pretends to be righteous, he must commit crimes against the leader of the gang, confiscate his family property, mine the mines with the male family members, and teach the women's family members. They will die from exhaustion and play to death, in order to relieve the hatred in a certain prince's heart!
Shang Zhou Zuo, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has been appointed to the official position, so Zhong Qian, the censor of the left capital, has the final say in this institution: "Your Highness has made the decision, and I have no objection!"
After serving as an official in the court for many years, Zhong Yan's inner circle also offended the prince. Some people had their homes confiscated and had their heads chopped off, while others were able to stay at home safely. These are two completely different treatments.
There will definitely be someone who will intercede. Zhong Yan doesn't know who it is, but the power behind it is definitely not small, and the price paid is not low, otherwise the prince who is in urgent need of establishing his authority will not give in easily.
We are both in the civil service group, but no one wants to overturn the case of Chen Biqian and Li Juesi. The calligraphy and paintings collected by these two people are conclusive evidence. If the prince is displeased and asked what he had for dinner three days ago, then It's like I've been tricked into it...
A piece of calligraphy and painting can earn you a year or even several years of salary. This kind of thing cannot be done by a guy with a clean pocket. He doesn’t have a few thousand taels of “pocket money” in his pocket. He can’t even think about it. There are so many rich people in the family. You don’t even have enough food to eat, so you still want to buy calligraphy and paintings?
"...Well, where is the Criminal Department?"
Today is the third day of supervising the country, and I want to see who else dares to go against me.
Reincarnated in the Great Dynasty, facing so many rebels, how can I sit back and relax if I don't extinguish you all?
"I have no objections. The punishment will be carried out by the Ministry of Punishment after His Highness's judgment!"
Three of the six ministers were promoted to official positions. Zhen Shu, the minister of punishment, naturally did not dare to be careless. Her family property was not as good as that of the nobles, but it was still considerable.
The plan for now is to follow the prince's wishes, so as not to make everyone unhappy, lose all his life's hard work, and make his family suffer.
"Does the chief minister and the cabinet have any objections?"
In Yaoji's eyes, Xue Guoguan is just a mascot similar to a giant panda.
If it makes sense, then both parties will be in peace, and it has nothing to do with me whether you make more or less.
If not, steam, fry, braise, braise in sauce, or even sashimi, you can choose...
"I have no objection!"
Xue Guoguan would not get involved in such a matter with solid evidence. Even if these people were killed because the prince vented his anger, it was natural.
In the past, there was the "Huang Dou Gong" who deliberately pretended to be poor at the court meeting to deceive the prince. Later, there were Chen Biqian and Li Juesi who deceived the prince in a sanctimonious manner.
This group of people who are ignorant of current affairs and are trying to challenge the prince are all idiots who are confused about their own position and overestimate their own strength.
If they were taken seriously, it would be a reminder to the guys who are still planning a comeback that it is not that easy to win the little prince in a court debate.
Not only that, but they also have to lose the wealth and lives of dozens or even hundreds of families. With these "lessons from the past", even if they are unwilling to do so, they will weigh it before making plans.
Regardless of others, at least the four colleagues in the cabinet have become much more cautious in their words after these two days of immersive "experience", and they should not openly contradict the prince again.
The group of people being punished are not from the same gang as the chief assistant. Even if they are accomplices, the chief assistant will not go through fire and water for them, as long as the dead Taoist friends are not dead.
If they are not suppressed, how can there be vacancies?
Since the matter had nothing to do with him and he still benefited from it, the chief minister still had some schadenfreude in his heart and treated the matter with a spectator's attitude. It was enough to just follow the prince's wishes.
If the prince wants these people to die, then they can just die. If they do something without knowing the cost and consequences before they rashly disobey the prince, they bring it upon themselves, and there is no need to have any sympathy or mercy for him.
The chief minister watched indifferently, and so did the other courtiers. For two days in a row, he met with Prince Gang, but he didn't get much benefit. Instead, he got a big bowl of royal food - fried locusts. Who wouldn't feel trembling after seeing this delicacy? ?
"Where are all the dear ministers in the cabinet?"
"I second the proposal!"
"Well, that's good. Let's do it like this. The execution will be carried out at noon. There must be no mistake!"
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the sentencing department, the Criminal Ministry is the execution department, and the Chief Assistant and the Cabinet are the decision-making departments. If these three agencies all comply with the holy will, then there will be no dispute over the punishment of criminals.
Yaoji signed the verdict submitted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stating that he fully agreed with the above execution plan and had no objection to the persons involved and the punishment.
Then they asked Yang Jinchao of the East Palace and Si Li Bingbi to stamp the eunuch Wang Chengen with their own small seals and the big seal of the blame dumper, which was regarded as the final verdict.
Yao Ji sat on the small chair contentedly, smiling to himself: Keep up the good work! Why are you so angry? Seeing some people dragging their families and losing their heads, are you all honest now? I remember that there was a group of disobedient and angry people two days ago. Why are they all drooping now? Then fight! You don't criticize me, but I feel a little strange, and I'm not used to such a peaceful feeling~!
Originally, I didn't plan to deal with so many people at once. If one family contributed some money and everyone pooled it together, we could almost reach the expected amount.
But you are so shameless, you are all playing tricks on me, trying every means to deceive me, and you think I am a scapegoat with an IQ of 250, then you are sorry...
I don’t want this to happen, so you have to press forward step by step and hit my guns without hesitation, as if you are not afraid of death.
When the disaster was about to come, they all became cowards again.
Those who beg for mercy, those who cry, those who are dumbfounded, and those who regret, it is really a Ming Dynasty version of "The Birth of an Actor"~!
It's as soon as possible now, why bother...
I am not a scapegoat. I will not abolish the factory guards. That would be equivalent to cutting off one's limbs. Have you ever seen a soldier who first mutilated himself before charging in battle?
The Ming Dynasty died due to lack of money. The lack of money was due to the inability to blame the father, or to put it euphemistically, it was due to the loss of control over the court. It first appeared during the reign of Shenzong and Xizong, but it did not end there.
By the time of Sizong, that is, during the period of scapegoating, the emperor not only lost control of the local area, but also lost his last seat of power, the court meeting in the capital.
Due to the deceit and misleading of the successive chief ministers, the negligence and dereliction of duty of the cabinet, the corruption and consumption of six ministries and hundreds of officials, coupled with the constant and increasingly fierce disputes, the blame-shifting father was unable to come up with correct analysis results, which directly led to the defeat of the Ming Dynasty. .
The scapegoat himself has no talent at all, and he has no ability to use others. He does not understand government affairs as thoroughly as Apocalypse Tank, so it is natural that he loses in political battles.
Generally speaking, there are two types of wise emperors. The first type is that the emperor is a carry-man, that is, he is proficient in military, political affairs, economics, and diplomacy. If you use your brain and you can nod your head, you can become an official. It depends on your execution ability. Zhu Laoliu Stinky Tofu and Zhu Laosi Tofu are typical examples.
The second type is that the emperor knows that he can't do this or that, but he doesn't try to show off, so as not to be embarrassed and laughed at, he hires a spokesperson to speak on his behalf at the court. He doesn't have to do anything, and the money he pays every year is quite a bit, and he still has a lot of money. Some people take the initiative to take the blame for themselves, why not? For example, use Zhang Juzheng's Shenzong and Xizong, who is nine thousand years old.
Many people think that Xizong is an illiterate and foolish king who can only push planes and make furniture. In fact, people with strong hands-on skills are extremely smart.
At the end of November of the sixth year of Tianqi, Governor Yuan made a report, claiming that as long as the fields were built outside the pass, the Hou Jin Dynasty, which was attacking the city and occupying the territory, could surrender and admit defeat.
In this regard, Xizong's instructions were: How should we allocate resources so that the agricultural war will not be neglected? What kind of drill can be done to make the peasants borrow troops? What update should be made so that all the troops in the camp are farmers? What kind of boundary management is enough to limit the army and horses? How to collect guarantees so as not to steal food?
It means that the bullshit you are bragging about is completely inconsistent with the current situation of the enemy and the enemy and the established strategy. I can see through it instantly after reading it. You can't believe it yourself, and you dare to use it to deceive me!
After issuing a series of questions, he finally bluntly said to Governor Yuan: The slave may not surrender, and surrender is not trustworthy. The battle will be won, and victory is not something to be talked about lightly!
Between the lines, he asked Governor Yuan to talk less and do more practical work. He was reminded in a subtle way not to be like a certain gang and talk too much and harm the country!
At that time, the Apocalypse Tank Master was only twenty-one years old. Compared with the blame dumper of the same age, he was not even a bit stronger!
Regarding the information reported by Mao Wenlong, Tianqi attached great importance to it and gave the following reply: I think of the plan of the slave chief. His ambition is not small, and it is even worse than in the past. If he drives forward with a false path, the harm will be very serious, so I am not without worries about looking eastward. …
Tianqi and Mao Wenlong both expected that the Hou Jin Army would take a detour south after being unable to conquer the Guanning Defense Line. Therefore, on the one hand, we strengthen defenses at the passes along the way to ensure the safety of the capital. On the other hand, we must make use of the geographical location of Pi Island to contain Houjin at all times.
