"It will be difficult in the future!"
This is the sentiment of most officials.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is equivalent to the Discipline Inspection Commission, formerly known as the Yushitai, and is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials.
Zhao Zhenji and Hai Rui, two selfless and upright people, have taken over the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If you make a mistake and fall into their hands, they will not show any mercy to you.
Among them, Hai Rui is the worst!
Hai Rui, who firmly believes in Taizu's Law, has no regard for the unspoken rules of officialdom, nor the laws that the current civil servants have modified to benefit themselves. He took a copy of Taizu's Law and forced himself into the corrupt officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. A gash was opened.
Taizu Law is a law written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.
Lao Zhu, who was born as a beggar, was naturally hostile to the powerful class, so when he compiled the Ming Dynasty Code, he was very unfriendly to them, but it was very beneficial to the common people.
In all dynasties, there is no one who has benefited the people more than Hongwu!
Taizu's Law has many famous systems for officials, such as embezzling 60 taels of silver and skinning skins as grass.
For example, the imperial edict system allows people to accuse officials. As long as you encounter injustice, take a imperial edict and come directly to the capital to find Zhu Yuanzhang. No one has the right to stop you along the way.
Anyone who stops him will be beheaded!
Lao Zhu was probably the first emperor in history to allow people to sue officials.
Therefore, the officials' exclusion and suppression of Hai Rui was due to the fear of the Taizu Rules in his hand. They were afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang's various terrifying rules would be resurrected.
Because the Taizu Law was formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and there was no law in the Ming Dynasty that was higher and more authoritative than it, so they had nothing to do with Hai Rui!
You can't say that since Lao Zhu is dead, the laws he made are invalid, right?
This is a treasonous statement!
The appointment of officials has ended. It is December 27, 45th year of Jiajing, and the New Year is about to begin.
The personnel department will be responsible for the changes of grassroots officials. Zhu Zaijing himself only needs to change the cabinet and the six ministries.
All the officials have already signed the guarantee letter. Next, we will work non-stop and seamlessly to deal with the corrupt elements immediately!
Zhu Zaijing, who sat back on the throne, winked at Feng Bao.
Feng Bao understood this and immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
"Accurate!"
"His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the New Year is approaching. At this time of year, Dongchang has received several anonymous letters of complaint! Accusing several ministers of the imperial court of corruption, perverting the law, and accepting bribes!"
As soon as this statement came out, the government and the public were shocked!
Zhu Zaijing pretended to be shocked and immediately said, "What anonymous letter? Bring it up."
Feng Bao sent it up. Zhu Zaijing read it and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
Zhu Zaijing was silent for a while, glaring down.
The officials were confused and didn't know what was going on, but they vaguely felt that the emperor wanted to kill someone.
"Yin Zhengmao! Fang Yankong! Zhao Yunfeng!"
Yin Zhengmao, who was dozing off, was startled when he heard his name and rushed out of the queue in a panic.
The other two also stepped forward with fear in their eyes.
"It has your names on it, saying you took thousands of taels in bribes! How do you explain it?"
"Your Majesty! I have been wronged!"
"It's not up to you to decide whether they are innocent or not! Feng Bao, since the complaint letter was received by Dongchang, then put them into Dongchang Prison and keep them under guard!"
"Slave, you obey!"
"Dongchang sent people to find out if this is really the case!"
"yes!"
"Come on! Take them down!"
San'er was dragged out by several Han generals like a chicken about to be slaughtered.
"Your Majesty, I wish I had been wronged..."
The ministers were all confused.
Three officials were thrown into jail before they had time to react?
The fear of countless tragedies during the Jiajing Dynasty lingered in their hearts.
At this time, someone came out and said, "Your Majesty, when he first ascended the throne, he built a large number of prisons..."
"Fart!" Zhu Zaijing swore directly.
Everyone was stunned by this sentence and froze in place.
"You mean I'm in Daxing Prison? I'm talking about being put in a prison and under guard. What kind of Daxing Prison is this?"
"Then His Majesty's treatment of the courtiers in this way during the first court meeting of the new dynasty is contrary to harmony!"
Is it against harmony?
Ouch, I have such a bad temper.
"It was reported here that they accepted a bribe of three thousand taels a week ago, a week ago! When the late emperor just passed away!"
"They don't care about violating the rules of a monarch and his ministers. Do I still care about violating peace?"
After hearing what the emperor said, the minister A was speechless and retreated obediently.
Others looked angry.
No matter how bad Jiajing is, he is still an emperor, and he can't wait to make money just after his death.
What a beast!
Before it was over, Minister B came out and said, "Your Majesty's first court meeting, all civil and military officials, as well as the princes and clans from all over the country are present. Your Majesty's such rude words are really..."
"Fuck your mother!"
The officials of the Ming Dynasty had a very bad habit. They liked to keep an eye on the emperor's food, drink, and every move.
As long as you make the slightest inappropriate move, they will immediately hold on to it, and even the smallest thing can affect your life or death when you return home.
For example, if you go to the toilet and sit for a long time with constipation, they will jump out and say, Your Majesty takes so long to go to the toilet. This is a waste of time. What if there is a memorial at this time and you don’t have time to read it? What should you do if you go to the toilet more often? One moment in the toilet, there is one more situation in the country that you missed...
It’s so outrageous…
The minister did not expect that the emperor would become more foul-mouthed, "Your Majesty is so..."
"fart!"
"His Majesty"
"fart!"
"..."
"Fart, fart, fart!"
Your Majesty did not say anything!
It seems that these officials were depressed because Jiajing did not go to court for 20 years, and they had a lot to say.
The problem is that you are telling the truth!
The Ministry of Revenue is short of money, the Ministry of War is short of soldiers, the borders are unsettled, and the Ministry of Punishment has a lot of unjust, false and wrong cases to deal with. If you don't say anything about these matters, you will catch them and not let them go if they use foul language.
Niang Xipi!
Everyone present could see that this new emperor was the opposite of the previous one.
Jiajing is not happy. When he is angry, he won't show it on his face. He will show all kinds of strange emotions and riddles to make you admit your mistakes.
The man in front of me is like a firecracker that explodes at the drop of a hat.
In fact, this is quite good. Like Jiajing, he buries everything in his heart. The moody master is too damn difficult to serve.
Zhu Zaijing has already prepared countermeasures for these officials, that is, you are right, but I don't listen.
You pointed out my mistake, you are right, but I will still do it.
If you just ignore them like this, they will become annoyed over time.
On the contrary, the more you compete with them, the more excited they become, and they even take pride in being beaten and punished.
So the best thing to do is to ignore them, don't deal with them, and don't react to what they say.
But now is the first court meeting, Zhu Zaijing must establish his authority, and at the same time let everyone see what his character is like and adapt to it in advance.
Because the previous Long Qing was so useless!
So much so that everyone thought this person was easy to bully.
They are all testing to see if you are easy to talk to and if you are easy to fool.
I want to send a signal to them that labor and management are not to be messed with!
