The second day.
Mou Bin went to the East Palace according to the emperor's order.
In fact, the Jin Yiwei should not be under the jurisdiction of the East Palace.
Just like the last investigation of Hu Guimin, it was to go to the emperor first to get the order.
"Who was the highest-ranking person arrested last night?"
Zhu Houzhao's impression of Mou Bin was not bad. He was not the kind of person he thought he was, but he was respectful in his words and carried out his actions to the letter.
This is enough.
It seems that he is also a very particular person. There are no wrinkles in his silk clothes, and he looks very majestic.
"Back to Your Highness, the one with the highest rank is Zeng Qi, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Zeng Qi?"
Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a moment. He should have seen this person when he was the chief commander of the three sides in Tingtui, and he had some impressions.
Because he was a young and middle-aged official, very different from old men like Wu Kuan and Zhou Jing. He was younger, but he was not good-looking and had a few small tumors on his face.
But this doesn't matter to Zhu Houzhao, it's not about marrying a wife.
It's a pity to say that when selecting officials, of course the imperial court also hopes that they can be promoted step by step, one after another.
"What's up with him?"
Mou Bin reported: "Zeng Qi was from Xuancheng County, Ningguo Prefecture. There was a big family named Tian Rong there with more than a thousand hectares of farmland. Later, Tian Rong died because of the poison, so his enemy Feng Zhi went to rob it. The land of the Tian family. Tian Rong’s eldest son dedicated the land to Zeng Qi’s eldest son Zeng Youfu, hoping to use Zeng Youfu’s power to deal with Feng Zhi.”
He stopped talking here.
Zhu Houzhao was caught off guard and said, "Keep talking."
Mu Bin couldn't help it either.
"Later, Zeng Youfu actually led people to attack the Feng family, killing more than 70 members of Feng Zhi's family, burning their houses and plundering their property and livestock. In this way, the Zeng family obtained nearly 3,000 hectares of Tian and Feng families. The land. This matter was discovered after Feng Zhi’s old father was not at home and escaped.”
What? !
"Snapped!
Zhu Houzhao pointed at Mou Bin and cursed: "You have such a eucalyptus, and you waited until today to start arresting people. What do you do for food?!"
He was really angry,
The mighty Ming Dynasty was called ZTE, ZTE, but what the hell was it doing? !
In fact, it is normal. In the 21st century, after so many years of education, there are outrageous second generations, not to mention the ancients who already had the concept of superiority and inferiority?
Mou Bin did not dare to raise his head and look directly at the prince, so he bent his knees and knelt down quickly.
"I am guilty! But Zeng Qi is a famous civil servant himself, and these crimes were committed by his eldest son and have nothing to do with him."
"Then has his son surrendered?"
"I have sent someone to arrest him!"
"These ministers are still the teachers of this palace. How did they teach their own children?!" Zhu Houzhao said angrily, "You are also Hu Tu, so you said you have sent people to arrest you. What did Mou do before?! Bin!"
"I'm here!"
"Assemble a group of people to me and find out the relatives of the important officials one by one. These people are most likely to dominate the local area. You should keep your eyes open. Why should I be arrested next time? When you are a human being, you don’t want to be unable to bring out anything!”
"I obey the decree!"….
This time, Zhu Houzhao planned the entire situation,
The only flaw he felt was that Jin Yiwei failed to cooperate well with his father and son. Since it was the first time, there was nothing I could do about it, after all, it was sudden.
But a qualified minister should understand his superior's thoughts. If this is always the case, then he is not qualified.
"Your Highness, I have one more thing that I would like to ask Your Highness to tell you."
"speak!"
"It's Zeng Qi...and the five adults arrested last night. What should we do with them?"
"Send Zeng Qi to that old father and let him see what to do!" Zhu Houzhao said without even thinking, "For the other people, don't you have solid evidence? Except for
Unless there are things like Zeng Qi that he did not do, the rest will be condemned and executed! "
Mou Bin felt a little shocked inside.
Hongzhi is already in his eleventh year.
There has never been a precedent for an emperor to kill several ministers at once...
And now that this decree came from the prince's mouth, he really didn't dare to accept it for a while.
In fact, as a martial artist, he has always been straightforward and never squirmed at any time, but at this moment, he had to get up, his eyes wide open, full of hesitation and a little fear, "...all Kill? Your Highness, is this... is it too much?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to reason with him or persuade him, and said directly: "Commander Mou. I can't move you. But I didn't call you here in the East Palace today, it was my father who sent you. I also If I don’t embarrass you, how about you go to Father to ask for instructions?”
Mou Bin's scalp began to crack.
This choice is not difficult, but it is actually difficult.
But Mou Bin remembered that he was the commander of the Jinyi Guards. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding me. This matter is indeed of great importance. I have no choice but to request your Majesty's decree!"
"Go ahead."
"I excuse myself."
Looking at his leaving figure,
Liu Jin said unhappily, "This is really a stubborn ass. Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? He really went there. Doesn't he know that His Highness and the Emperor are father and son?"
Mou Bin's response was indeed a blow to the crown prince.
The meaning is obvious. It's not easy for me to handle this kind of thing if the emperor doesn't ask for it.
But Zhu Houzhao is not such a narrow-minded person. After all, Mou Bin is loyal to his father.
Thinking about Emperor Hongzhi's appearance last night, Zhu Houzhao felt... In fact, it was good for him to be like this.
"No need to say more. I am not a heartless person. He is a good commander of the Imperial Guard. This is how the Imperial Guard should be."
Liu Jin was really surprised, "He is lucky to have met His Highness with such a generous temperament."·
at the moment,
Mou Bin quickly arrested Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, a member of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, two officials from the Ministry of Husbandry, and one official from Dali Temple and General Affairs Department.
the same night,
The same crime,
All the officials in the DPRK were a little confused when they received the news.
Li Dongyang murmured to himself, "So that's the purpose."
"This can't be considered a purpose, right?" Mr. Xie Ge wondered, "The purpose is to arrest a few officials? What happens after they are arrested?"
"In my opinion, it sounds like venting our anger! Isn't it just because we were stubborn once and disagreed with King Qi and King Yong that we sent people to jail in the blink of an eye!" The person who has a big mouth and dares to say such things must be Zhou Jing. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and he is also a capable minister among many people, but this time, he alone contributed to the loss of two people...
Shameful.
For other people, the one who was arrested was relatively good, that is, Zeng Qi, and they were all familiar with them.
"It's a pity that Zeng Shunqing is also considered a great man of his generation." Tu Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, lamented, "The Jin Yiwei didn't find anything about him, but it was his son who caused a huge disaster."
The few of them here...actually there is no discussion.
Because the arrests of Jin Yiwei and others were justified, what could they do? Go to see the emperor, what will you say?
Go write a memorial, no matter how you write it, it is clearly guilty.
Old Liu Ge was okay. He stretched out his sleeves and wrote an apology, "Several officials like this suddenly appeared in the court... This is the first time since the early years of Hongzhi, and it was not long after I became the head of the cabinet. "
This is something he needs to do.
"The old man said something harsh."
Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others still comforted him.
But in the end, no one is happy.
Because of this incident, the scheming beforehand was too deep and the methods afterward were too ruthless. It is self-evident who is behind it.
Put yourself in his shoes, if you encounter a leader like Hongzhi, which subordinate will
unhappy?
Now, in the future... I probably won't have the same good luck as before.
It feels a bit like my class has been replaced by the worst teacher in the school.
To put it more bluntly,
Some people have to worry about whether their family members are hiding something. Even if we don’t mention this, according to folk custom, every household likes to buy land after they get rich.
If people can be arrested for this crime, then which official has never bought a field in his family?
How can someone who bought a piece of land say it was not a cheap purchase?
Today it is someone else, tomorrow it will be me - emotions like this are spreading,
It's just that the emperor has great righteousness, and he is also angry about the matter between the two kings Qi and Yong. Everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out.
Especially thinking of the section about Cheng Minzheng,
Mr. Cheng was very angry. Now it seems that his memorial played a role? It was obviously planned earlier, just waiting for him so that he could bear this bad reputation.
This is too...
Is it necessary?
Since the Sacred Heart has already agreed with King Qi and King Yong, it would be fine to speak out. Why let them be anxious and happy in vain.
It's ridiculous that some people still flatter him, Cheng Minzheng. Thanks to this sparseness,.
Snapped!
Zhou Jing couldn't bear it any longer, "All the men in the house are acting like daughters! I will go to His Majesty to make it clear. Do any of you dare to go with me?"
Li Dongyang really admired this old man.
"My great chief minister. What are you going to discuss with His Majesty?"
"Of course it's about the way kings and ministers get along. Since ancient times, wise kings and wise ministers have treated each other with sincerity and sincerity. When has it ever been like this?"
In Zhou Jing's opinion, this method is not an upright way. It is definitely right to arrest corrupt and evil officials. He supports it, but he also thought that the Crown Prince of the East Palace is such a scheming person, and he will use such methods to govern in the future. The country uses the court as the chessboard and the ministers as the chess pieces...
Is this what the saint said about a gentleman governing a country?
If you play tricks on your ministers in this way, where can you find the people who are loyal to the court? Don’t you know that in a few years the court will be filled with scheming villains instead of upright gentlemen? ! ….
This principle naturally makes sense in his mind.
It’s not like many ministers here can’t figure it out.
But I still can't go to His Majesty to discuss it.
"How do monarchs and ministers get along with each other?" Li Dongyang couldn't help but laugh, "Your Majesty is not considerate enough for us?"
"Your Majesty, you don't have one. I pointed out someone else."
"So what's the evidence?" Xie Qian added the fatal question, "There's no evidence at all, so you just say it?"
The implication is that I don’t have the nerve to ask, do you think you are just a person on the street who can slander you casually?
This week, my temper has exploded.
He couldn't sit still, and the veins on his neck were clearly visible, "This won't work, and that won't work either. Then you can tell me how to do it?!"
After all,
These people are still too comfortable being Hongzhi's ministers.
Now some people want to change the way of playing, but they feel uncomfortable, so they are unwilling to accept it.
To a certain extent, this is also an irreconcilable contradiction. If they stay in their comfort zone one by one, the people in it will be uncomfortable.
"This time, there is no other way. Moreover, most of those people brought it upon themselves. They usurped the people's fields. Now Your Majesty wants to punish them and return the fields to the people. This is good governance. As for the future..." Li Dongyang is good. Conspiracy, but he could not think of any reliable way to prevent the emperor from arresting a few corrupt officials.
As for the hidden worries in his words, let's wait until later.
Listen to Mr. Li Ge say this,
Mr. Zhou waved his hand directly, "If you don't go, I will!"
Be a minister and be loyal to the court.
Why do you always think about those gains and losses, honors and disgrace?
What is a gentleman? If you think the monarch has done something wrong, you should correct it
! Isn’t it that those who look forward and backward are afraid of death?
"Master Zhou!" Xie Qian, who is younger and has quick hands and feet, hurriedly stopped him, "Calm down! This round is already over!"
Mr. Zhou ignored him, "What I want to remonstrate is not the method of punishing corrupt officials in small groups, but the way of governing the country!"·
What is the way to govern a country?
Xie Qian didn't understand what he meant, but it was still ridiculous, so he simply said it more clearly, and his whole body became stern, "In this case, how do you want His Majesty to listen to you?!"
Should we replace the crown prince?
"Hey." Li Dongyang sighed, "Donggong is still a young boy, he can still be advised and guided from now on."
"Stop talking!" Liu Jian finally said, "Each go back to your respective offices and do your errands seriously."
The words of the cabinet chief will work.
But it's only useful.
Just one day later,
While everyone was still thinking about how His Majesty the Emperor would try these cases of farmland invasion,
A sudden order came from the palace,
To kill!
This is an action that breaks the balance.
Because someone is afraid!
Tu Fu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was full of bad ideas. He knew that his reputation could not be compared with Zhou Jing's, and he also knew that Zhou Jing was going to go to the imperial court to make a theory that day and was stopped by several people, so he had the idea of suading Zhou Jing.
So he entangled several colleagues and went to persuade him. In his words, he promoted the name of Lord Zhou Jingzhou's direct minister.
Zhou Jing originally had this intention, and there was no need for them to prod him too much. To put it bluntly, when he was persuaded that day, he felt that his own moral conduct was at fault. If word got out, he might even be ridiculed, saying that he had become a People who are afraid of death.
Zhu Houzhao actually mentioned it to the emperor a long time ago,
This time, he was arresting and killing people. He was very famous and moved very quickly. The courtiers barely had time to react. There was no problem at all when he swung the knife.
There was no time to react, let alone stop it, but it was bound to cause waves.
Because the emperor hasn't killed his ministers for a long time.
But he still didn't expect that when Mr. Zhou Jingzhou came to Qianqing Palace, he was so angry that his hair was about to explode. Liu, Li, and Xie, the three pavilion elders, also lost their previous relaxed feeling.
As a result, Zhu Houzhao felt that Mr. Zhou should have come with a coffin, after all, they could really do such a thing.
Seeing how aggressive the old man was, Emperor Hongzhi swallowed subconsciously.
"Your Majesty! Zhou Jing is here to see His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Mr. Zhou was somewhat shouting when he spoke, and he sounded very angry.
"What's the matter with my dear?!"
Zhou Jing banged his head and said directly: "Your Majesty! I heard that the previous sage kings who governed the country always sought the correct way to govern the country, rather than the magical skills of governing people. Today, there are Zeng Qi, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, and others. People may indulge their family members to seek wealth and murder, or they may have the audacity to invade and seize people's land. Fortunately, my Ming Emperor is in the court, and he eliminates harm for the people, which moves heaven and earth. However, it seems that this is an unfaithful and unjust minister, but there is verification, and the purpose When he arrives and his body is destroyed, why set up a trap and kill him..."
Zhu Houzhao heard him talk for a long time, but the more he listened, the more he sounded like he was talking about himself? .
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