Just when everyone was talking happily in front of everyone, and their hearts were turning over and over again, the third drum sounded from the Meridian Gate Tower in the distance. Everyone stood up and tidied their clothes. As the rules and regulations formulated by the Ministry of Rites were improved, the rules for going to court were There are more and more.
In fact, Zhu Biao could go to court without other courtiers. He could go directly to his father's side and then go to court with Lao Zhu. He just felt that it was necessary to meet the courtiers in advance. From the perspective of speech and behavior I can see a lot of things that I couldn't see during the court meeting.
Zhu Biao walked out of the court room first, and everyone in the room followed him in turn. The other officials in the smaller court room did not rush out of the room. Even though there was no clear rule, is it possible that there are still people who don't understand the ways of the world?
The civil servants and generals with the best grades went out, and the rest followed silently at the end of the team. Their court uniforms were neat and solemn, and they entered again through the left and right doors in an orderly manner.
The junior officials at the back looked at the high-spirited princes in front with envy, and they all made up their minds that they would definitely be the leader of the team in the future, so that they could live up to their masculine bodies.
Around Mao hour, the civil servants entered through the left Ye gate, and the military attachés entered through the right Ye gate. After entering the palace, they did not just run around casually. They had to wait for the sound of the whip at the south of Wulong Bridge.
After the eunuch on duty blew his whip, all officials, both civil and military, could cross the bridge in sequence and arrive at Fengtianmen Danqi. They stood opposite each other on both sides of the imperial road and waited. Among them, the civilian officials were on the left class and the military attachés were on the right class.
During this period, the Supervising Censor and the Ceremony Director were always supervising. Different from the past where we could still talk, now we cannot make a sound from the beginning to the end after leaving the court room, because anyone who coughs, spits, is crowded, or behaves poorly will be punished. It is recorded and awaiting reporting for processing.
Zhu Biao naturally had no interest in showing off his privileges. He stood at the front and watched the patterns on the Wulong Bridge. He felt that the momentum was a bit lacking. When building the palace, he was still trapped in time and did not achieve perfection. Looking at it now It does have some flaws.
Zhu Biao silently calculated it, wanting to improve the money spent, and then sighed silently in his heart. It was not that he couldn't squeeze out the money, but he felt that it should be spent on more important places.
He now knew how it felt in the past when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty would raise the terrace and cherish the property of ten families. Just as Zhu Biao was thinking about it, the sound of ritual music came to his ears, and the emperor's ceremony arrived.
After Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the imperial gate, the Bell and Drum Division began to play music. The imperial guards held five umbrella covers and four fans and climbed up the imperial steps of Danqi from the east and west sides. The emperor walked to the throne in the middle of the upper corridor of Fengtian Hall, and the emperor ascended the throne. After that, the whip was blown again, and the etiquette officer "sung" to enter the class. Then the two civil and military classes on the left and right advanced into the royal road together, behind them was a group of strong and powerful guards holding halberds.
After entering the main hall and finding their place, the civil servants went north to west, the military officers went north to east, and bowed once and kowtowed three times. Zhu Biao also did the same. In the court hall, the emperor and his ministers were divided first and then the father and son were discussed.
The emperor's majestic and heavy eyes swept around for a week, and all the civil servants and generals fell down and kowtowed in salute. Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of contentment. A man was born in troubled times. He carried a three-foot sword and made immortal achievements. He suppressed the whole family and passed on the country with his family name. How could it be so? Happy!
"Prince, please tell everyone what you saw and heard during this trip to Shaanxi and Gansu. We would like to see who else dares to talk to us about harsh punishments and fierce government, and the persecution of officials and gentry after listening to it. !”
Zhu Biao promised, then turned around and looked at the officials who lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to answer and said in a deep voice: "I was ordered by the emperor to disguise myself in a white dragon fish costume and travel to Shaanxi and Gansu to visit the three prefectures in the disaster area. Seeing that the people are in dire straits, their children are dismembered and mourning is everywhere, the roads are deserted and the people are sparse, while the gentry and officials are extravagant and want to spend their days and nights with an endless supply of wine and delicacies. I will meet you at Qingyang Mansion..."
As Zhu Biao told the story, everyone in the court was filled with indignation. The civil servants and military generals shouted to beat and kill the corrupt officials. However, Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon throne knew that these were just for him to see. It was just a drought and the death of some common people. How can we shake these high-ranking emotions?
How many people can be truly aggrieved? I'm afraid most of them are those officials with blue veins sprouting from the censor's desk. It's a pity that what they resent is that after ten years of hard study, they were ranked on the gold list and stayed in Beijing to serve as officials. They still have the wind in their sleeves. Why are those who are ranked higher than them? The external official behind him is so full of fat!
Zhu Biao glanced around and couldn't help but feel a little sad. Most people in high positions lacked empathy. There were very few high-ranking officials who could serve the public and the people as wholeheartedly as Yushi Zhongcheng Han Qi.
It was the officials at the back of the row. Although they were cursing now, when he was talking about the extravagant expenses of those local officials, their eyes clearly showed envy and gloating.
The atmosphere is unhealthy and corruption and extravagance are prevalent. If we don’t suppress them severely, we will eventually end up in danger of ruining our country!
What Zhu Biao could see, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew clearly. As the officials' voices became more and more chaotic, the whip-wielding eunuch inside the hall suddenly lashed out. The dark whip struck the air, and the loud and crisp sound echoed in the hall. , the eunuch shouted coldly: "Quiet!"
Everyone stood quietly and stood in silence. Hu Weiyong coughed and stepped forward: "Such a corrupt and perverted person cannot be forgiven. Please give me a severe punishment, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world!"
The main corrupt officials sent by Zhu Biao to be escorted to Beijing were all still alive. They were imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation day and night to catch the officials involved in the case. The remaining minor officials and minor officials were all sentenced to death.
There are also some merchants who took the opportunity to raise the price of food. The same goes for them, who want to make money for the country and kill everyone. This has a wide range of implications. After all, those who can do business these days have people behind them.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel raised his hands and said: "Hard punishment and fierce government are like tigers, but they are used appropriately on such corrupt officials. I agree with what Prime Minister Hu said. If these officials are not severely punished, it will be difficult to calm the people's hearts."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked deeply at the Minister of Personnel and did not speak in a hurry. However, the other ministers and ministers took turns to fight, each with radical words, and he wished that the emperor would immediately order to kill those officials.
Some people even suggested that if he went by what he said, he would not be able to stop without killing 50,000 to 60,000 people this time. Such radicality really surprised Zhu Biao. Didn't they know that the emperor nodded and pulled out the radish and brought out the mud? Many of them will also be implicated.
Such a change also made other officials change their expressions. They didn't want to be involved. There were enough involved in the prison this time, so why should they add fuel to it? It was a pity that they had no room to stand up and speak out.
Many people on Wu Xun's side also changed their expressions. They clenched their fists silently and looked at Prime Minister Hu Weiyong with deep eyes. If the trouble really got bigger, Hu Weiyong, the leader of Huaixi, should also step down, and the position of prime minister would have to abdicate in favor of others. !
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