The jails of the Ministry of Punishments were crowded because they were filled with prisoners. In contrast, the warehouses of the Ministry of Husbandry brought in a lot of stolen money.
The emperor's anger cannot make everything go away once and for all. The key lies in the intervention of the ceremonial supervisor and the royal guards.
The reason Zhu Houzhao did this was of course that he didn't trust them. It's not unusual for officials to protect each other and make big problems trivial.
Therefore, we need to send a ceremonial supervisor. Once the ceremonial supervisor sits there, things will look different.
But as soon as the eunuch raised his head, he began to dominate, and his influence was not small.
Especially after the last mass killing in the palace, Liu Jin's reputation has been completely ruined.
The courtiers in the outer court firmly believed that the reason Liu Jin still obeyed the rules was because of the emperor. As long as the control is loosened, he will show his fangs.
The lobby of the Ministry of Justice rose, and Liu Jin and Mao Yuwen, wearing red hats, sat in the left and right corners.
This made both Han Wen and Min Gui feel a little uncomfortable.
Han Wen had already severely scolded the Shaanxi Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Revenue yesterday, and it was just because of this.
To be honest, this kind of scene could not be found until the Chenghua period of Xianmiao.
The factory guards were suppressed during the Hongzhi period, but now they are gaining momentum in the first year of Zhengde.
It's really hard to say whether it's good or bad.
"Eunuch Liu?" Han Wen said hello while holding back his displeasure.
Liu Jin, the old man, looked proud, nodded and said, "Huh? If there is nothing else, Da Situ can just go to the palace."
Min Gui had a bad temper and held back his anger without speaking.
Snapped!
The gavel knocked down with a sound.
"Take the prisoner!!"
…
The Yangzhou salt class case was tried in the Capital Criminal Department.
The official group itself is somewhat dissatisfied with this matter.
Now that he saw the Supervisor of Ceremonies intervening, he became even more angry.
…
Liu Jin is not a low-key person. He can interrupt and guide in class.
Some of those prisoners were also crazy before they died. They roared in the hall,
"How many salt officials in the world are not corrupt? How many are not involved in illegal salt? Why should the court condemn me?!"
"absurd!!"
Han Wen knew that since the Jin Yiwei and the Supervisor of Ceremonies were all there, these words would reach the emperor's ears, including what he said.
"You have committed a serious crime and you don't know that you have been indebted to the emperor. How dare you roar here! Do you really think you are an official and dare not use punishment?"
Liu Jin also frowned, with a hint of disgust in his proud expression, "Why are you wasting your breath with such an idiot, Master? His words have already admitted that he has profited from private salt, and according to the decree, Qiuhou will be executed immediately Can."
this……
This person just came up and said a few words.
After all, Han Wen was an important minister of the dynasty and was loyal to the emperor. In terms of holy favor, even if he was not as good as Gu Zuo, at least the emperor trusted him.
"Eunuch Liu, I am still reviewing the case. The case is not yet clear. Please don't talk too much, Eunuch Liu. Your Majesty's imperial edict has ordered Eunuch Liu to supervise the trial. Since he is supervising the trial, Eunuch Liu can watch and listen carefully here, and then report what I have done to you. Just report it to the Holy One without missing a word, and I will have nothing to say. But the presiding judge is still my official."
Liu Jin was slapped in public and felt humiliated. Infinite anger welled up in my heart,
It's a shame that Korean is not an unknown person after all, and he speaks impeccably. There was nothing he could do.
"Come here!!" Han Wen, who had always been gentle, also started to get angry.
This time he provoked the salt class case, and he was actually mentally prepared to lose his official position. Now that we have reached this point, what else is there to fear?
"Slap this man in the face!"
…
The criminal trial is full of gunpowder.
Most of these prisoners have sufficient criminal facts, so there is nothing much to say.
But the crowd is dissatisfied, and there must be a place to vent their dissatisfaction.
The Chief of Ceremony and the Jin Yiwei happened to bump into the 'muzzle',
Yes,
Many civil servants were quite dissatisfied with the interference of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Especially considering the eunuchs, the imperial guards... no matter which one they are, their presence is stronger than during the Hongzhi period.
Therefore, the capital after the Great Court Meeting did not become quiet because of this, but became more intense.
When three or five literati get together, they will talk about the eunuch rebellion after drinking.
The fight in the court seems to never end.
Gu Zuo, who was very tired of all this, took the initiative to block out the salt class. He didn't care at all about Zou Cheng's crime and where he was imprisoned, and he never asked anyone about it.
All his thoughts are still on the Young Mansion.
While he was in prison, a new Capital Planning Department was established under the Shaofu.
Sizheng and Deputy Sizheng are Song Heng and Zhang Chi respectively.
Zhang Chi also has the task of planning and building a library garden.
In addition, the city that never sleeps is somewhat stagnant, and Gu Zuo wants to make it move again.
There are also road construction, whitelisting, etc.
It can be said that things filled all Gu Zuo's time.
Even in the hot summer, he could only go to Nancheng to understand the actual progress of the library garden.
Zhang Chi pointed to several ponds scattered in twos and threes in front of them and said: "When the plan was changed from a library to a library garden, the main consideration was fire prevention. Therefore, his subordinates thought that if the location of the library garden was close to Water and waterfront are better. In addition, with water, we can do more in the landscape."
"The library garden takes the 'scent of books' as its concept. At the initial stage, it is planned to build eight independent libraries, all in the shape of a 'book'. Each library building is different and has its own characteristics. In addition to the beauty of the architecture, of course, we must also take into account the beauty of His Majesty's Speaking of practicality, the library garden has two gates in the north and south. The main road in the middle can lead to the south city of the capital, which is not far away. There are many tables and benches in the library. In addition to the building itself, there are also book pavilions built outside by the river. Everything is convenient Reading and being willing to read come first.”
Zhang Chi said it simply. In fact, to make it comfortable to use everywhere, there will be a lot of content and details to consider.
"I remember that the Capital Planning Department presented drawings to His Majesty. Why is there no library garden this time?"
Song Heng came to answer Gu Zuo's question, "It is true. But Young Situ doesn't know something. Nowadays, we are all busy with everything. There are not many idle people in the entire Young Mansion, and the drawing is extremely detailed and takes a lot of time. So it’s not too late. If necessary, Deputy Zhang and I will start immediately, and we should be able to finish the painting in ten and a half days.”
Drawing is mainly the work of Song Heng's younger brother Song Yue, but he is only good at drawing. How should we discuss the specific drawing? It's hard to say that I'll have to stay up all night like last time.
But they had time back then, but it's different now.
Ten days and a half is already very urgent.
After hearing this, Gu Zuo shook his head, "It won't work like this. A few days ago, I heard His Majesty mention the term white list in the palace. Although it was for road construction. But the truth is the same. The drawing of the library garden , the Shaofu can also recruit from outside."
Song Heng and Zhang Chi looked at each other and asked a question at the same time, "How to collect?"
"This is what I think about it. You have the concept of the library garden, but the specific shape is more intuitive on the map. Although this construction is not as good as the city that never sleeps, there are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for your majesty to shell out. With so much money, we ministers must at least make His Majesty willing and happy to spend it. Otherwise, we will make it randomly. Then it will be time to find out whether we are lining our own pockets."
"As for the so-called external solicitation, the first is to solicit the overall architectural appearance. The content is a complete, accurate and beautiful hand drawing and necessary explanations. In addition, multiple libraries need to be built in the library garden itself. Zhang The Deputy Secretary also said that every library is different, so drawings must be provided as well.”
What Gu Zuo was thinking about was that they would report to the emperor with realistic drawings, which would be both intuitive and beautiful.
What's this called? This is called a job well done!
Song Heng and Zhang Chi had no objection after listening. They were still thinking about how to arrange their time and complete this matter as soon as possible.
"If you agree, Deputy Secretary Zhang will do it. In the name of the Shaofu, the matter will be published in Ming Pao. The time can be a little wider. The specific amount of silver..."
Gu Zuo thought it was better not to ask these two people to take responsibility. He had full authority to make the decision and just report it afterwards.
Anyway, he didn't spend the money carelessly.
"...Let's set it at eight thousand taels. In fact, some of the strange people in the world have rich family assets and are not short of money. So I added another thing, which is whose idea was finally adopted by the emperor, and his name was engraved on At the gate of the library garden!"
This can be done.
I also need to write down who ordered it at what time and where, and who took charge of the creation. Now I just want to add who came up with the idea.
Song Heng and Zhang Chi couldn't help but marvel at the case.
Or the emperor just trusted Gu Zuo. This strange thought was actually very close to the emperor's sudden thoughts sometimes.
Because the library garden is completed, it must be a building that will be passed down through the ages.
Right now, there are already discussions everywhere in Jingli,
Even Zhu Houzhao actually underestimated the impact of the library garden.
Because he comes from an era of information explosion, he does not understand how people who grew up in an era when information transmission speed is extremely slow and even somewhat occlusive feel about books as a carrier of knowledge.
Song Lian, the founding hero of the early Ming Dynasty, wrote a "Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang" that has been passed down through the ages. It begins with the following words: I have been fond of learning since I was a child. The family was poor and had no way to read the books, so every time they borrowed them from a book collector, they would write them down by hand and count the days to return them. It is very cold, the inkstone is hard, and the fingers cannot be bent or stretched, so do not be lazy.
The so-called "no way to write a book to read" means that there is no meaning to read a book.
Song Lian can still "borrow it from the home where the book is collected", but how many people can't borrow the book?
In addition, every scholar who passed the imperial examination had a past of studying hard in a poor family.
What the library garden often outlines is their difficult and boring childhood.
Praising the library garden can satisfy the vanity of many people who claim that they were also "loved to read books when they were young". They say it as if they have encountered so many difficulties and put in so much effort just to read one more book.
Everything is inferior, only reading is superior.
The status of a library garden in the hearts of literati cannot be overstated.
Now Gu Zuo gives people a chance to engrav their names on it!
Think of the temptation!
"This can be done!" Zhang Chi was already confident.
"Okay, let's go back then."
Gu Zuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and boarded the carriage, followed closely by Song and Zhang.
However, as the carriage swayed towards Zhengyang Gate, it was blocked halfway.
There was a lot of noise outside, and I didn’t know what was going on.
Zhang Chiguan was the youngest, so he naturally got off the carriage to take a look.
After a while, he came up and replied: "A few drunkards are causing trouble after drinking."
"Drunkard?" Gu Zuo felt speechless.
But vaguely, he actually heard some Kuangsheng saying something about 'eunuchs disrupting the government'.
Thinking of what happened in Beijing, Gu Zuo told the coachman, "Let's take a detour."
"Yes, sir."
The carriage moved backwards, but the people at the door of the restaurant did not disperse immediately.
Recently, there has been some turmoil in the capital...
