There has been no laughter in the Ming Palace for many days. Everyone is waiting for the emperor to feel better.
Ma Enhui waved her hand and asked the maid to step back. She stepped onto the plank road and walked slowly along the winding plank road. She had no intention of admiring the white lotus and red lotus blooming in the pond.
At the end of the plank road is a pavilion-style palace with no obstructions on all sides.
Zhu Yunwen was half lying on a chair in the center of the palace, leaning on his arms as a pillow, looking at the lotuses swaying in the wind in the pond.
"emperor."
Ma Enhui shouted softly.
Zhu Yunwen raised his eyes and looked at Ma Enhui, and said calmly: "Queen, sit down."
Ma Enhui shook his head slightly, saluted Yingying, and said: "Your Majesty should pay attention to the dragon body. The night is as cold as water now, and it is not suitable to stay in Lengxiang Palace anymore. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to go back to Kunning Palace."
Zhu Yunwen sat up straight, helped Ma Enhui up, and said, "I just want to be quiet for a few days and think about things."
Ma Enhui had sadness in her eyes and said softly: "I want to go back to Kunning Palace."
"I will lose my temper."
"I accept it, my concubine."
"I know how to hit people."
"I accept it, my concubine."
"I……"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Enhui's autumn eyes and couldn't help but feel soft. He hugged Ma Enhui gently and said, "Okay, I'll go back tonight. Come and talk to me."
Ma Enhui took Zhu Yunwen's hand and said affectionately: "As long as the emperor's mood gets better, I am willing to do anything and receive any punishment."
"The queen is not at fault, so what's the point of punishment?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Chi He and sighed: "Queen, I'm just a little scared. I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my temper and temper. In the final analysis, my state of mind is not enough."
Ma Enhui gently leaned on Zhu Yunwen's shoulder and said, "The emperor is always right."
"Even if I lose my temper?"
"Um."
"Even if I kill someone?"
"That's what he deserves."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Enhui and said bitterly: "Queen, you have to have your own position and point out my mistakes..."
"Always standing by the emperor's side is the position of a concubine, and I will not change it until death."
Ma Enhui said firmly.
Zhu Yunwen was helpless and moved. He patted Ma Enhui's back gently and said, "I didn't mean to kill Li Sen. I was just too angry at the time."
Ma Enhui knew that Li Sen, the censor assigned by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was not a good official. It was clear that corruption was rampant in the local area and he bullied and harmed the people, but he chose yellow and white things to cover up the mistakes of local officials.
"Such a person deserves to die."
Ma Enhui gritted his teeth and said.
That's right, damn it!
Ma Enhui wished that all the corrupt officials in the world would be dead and would never make the emperor angry again.
Zhu Yunwen shook his head slightly and said: "Whether he deserves to die or not, it should be handed over to the Sanfa Division for trial and conviction, instead of me using the imperial staff to directly punish him."
In a sense, what Zhu Yunwen was sad about was not Li Sen's death, but his excessive use of power and power.
As an emperor, the power he held in his hands was so heavy that Zhu Yunwen was even obsessed with the feeling of controlling life and death.
This feeling is very comforting, but also extremely dangerous.
Zhu Yunwen knew very well that if he could not restrain himself and restrain himself, the next path would be the path of paternalistic dictatorship!
Over time, I can no longer listen to anyone's objections or opinions. I am self-righteous and self-determined. Once someone makes a mistake and offends me, their end will be death.
This kind of dictatorship may bring pleasure to oneself, but it cannot bring real prosperity and prosperity.
The era is not created by one person, but the result of the joint efforts of everyone under the era.
Zhu Yunwen needs ministers, he needs hundreds of officials, he needs to know restraint and restraint, he needs a court atmosphere that is open-minded and clear, rather than a group of people who worry all day long.
A lamb who is too afraid to speak.
"The imperial staff was also made by Taizu..."
Ma Enhui curled her lips and thought Zhu Yunwen was right.
Zhu Yunwen was depressed. Zhu Yuanzhang was a talented and strategic emperor, yes, but he had no concept of the rule of law. When killing people, they didn't ask any questions. It became a habit to cut off tens of thousands of people at once.
The Law of the Ming Dynasty was promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang. He required officials and people to abide by it. As for himself, he would abide by it when he wanted to abide by it. When he didn't want to abide by it, no one could stop him.
He has a complete imperial demeanor of "those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish".
"I don't dare to compete with Taizu. That's all, I have decided to abolish the imperial staff. This kind of absurdity will never happen again in the future."
Zhu Yunwen made up his mind.
With a slight smile on her lips, Ma Enhui looked deeply at Zhu Yunwen, stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I would like to congratulate you for having such a wise king in the Ming Dynasty."
"Stop bragging. Who was talking about Taizu's system just now?"
Zhu Yunwen rolled his eyes.
"If the emperor uses the imperial staff in the future, I will still say..."
Ma Enhui's autumn eyes moved from left to right.
"You are the general's army. Can I regret my move..."
Zhu Yunwen patted his brows.
When Ma Enhui saw that Zhu Yunwen had come out of her knot, she twisted her body slightly and said, "You will have no regrets, Your Majesty, let's go pick lotus pods."
Zhu Yunwen held Ma Enhui's slender waist, walked to the edge, and said: "Only the green lotus and red lotus, curled up and closed, are innocent. I hope the queen can be more innocent and radiant."
"I would rather know the color of my heart, which contains purple and red. I hope that the emperor can know the color of my heart and discern every detail."
Ma Enhui lifted up her skirt and stepped onto a small orchid boat.
Zhu Yunwen boarded the boat with a smile, untied the rope, picked up the pennant and pushed it gently. The orchid boat had moved.
Looking at Ma Enhui, whose arm was scratched red and angry at him, Zhu Yunwen's heart became more at ease.
Isn't the issue before me the issue of corrupt officials?
If it needs to be rectified, then rectify it.
Whether you are a capital official or a local official, let's take an assessment.
Zhu Yunwen didn't know to what extent the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was corrupted, but judging from the incident of Huaiyuan Magistrate, it was definitely not the problem of Huaiyuan Magistrate alone. It was probably the corruption of the collapse.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, the assessment of county civil servants requires an assessment by the state government. The assessment results are reported to the Chief Envoys Department and the Inspectorate Envoys Department for review. After review, they are submitted to the Examination Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who will review them again.
Huaiyuan is affiliated to Fengyang Prefecture, and Fengyang Prefecture is under the rule of Nanzhili. It does not have the rank of chief envoy, but is directly responsible to the imperial court.
This means that the magistrate of Huaiyuan County must at least pass the dual assessment of Fengyang Mansion and the Department of Civil Affairs Examination. However, neither of these two places found any problems with the magistrate of Huaiyuan County. On the examination paper, it was written "normal" 's comments.
There are problems in Fengyang Mansion, and the problems in the civil service department are also not small. In addition, Li Sen himself is a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which also means that there is also a problem in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Well, the death of a county magistrate exposed so many problems.
It's time, I don't have the patience to wait for the assessment every three or six years!
It must be assessed this year!
If we don’t get to know the officials, the people of Huaiyuan will die in vain!
Dingyuan.
Jingqing led people outside Zhang's rice shop. Looking at the closed door, Jingqing couldn't help but frowned and glanced at the guard beside him. The guard stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Who?"
A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the shop.
"Buy rice!"
shouted the guard.
"There's no rice, go buy it elsewhere."
The person inside replied impatiently.
The guard looked at Jing Qing, who had a cold face and asked Xie Gang in a low voice, "Is there any more?"
Xie Gang shook his head and said uneasily: "Sir, this is the last family."
"The 18-meter shop in Dingyuan City has no rice."
! I am very curious about how they do business! Jing Qing said angrily, pointed at the front of the rice shop, gritted his teeth and said: "Break open the door for me. I want to see if they really have no rice, or if they don't want to sell it!" "
"Sir, this is inappropriate..."
Xie Gang said quickly.
"What's wrong? If we can't find enough rice, what will the people from Huaiyuan eat? You should know that the county government admitted another 3,000 refugees yesterday, and now the rice bought from people's homes is not enough to feed them for a day. ! If there is no more rice, the people will not be able to eat, and things will be in trouble!"
Jing Qing said sharply.
Xie Gang pointed at the rice shop and sighed: "My lord, you have been gone for so long and you still haven't figured it out? There is really no rice in the rice shop."
Jing Qing looked at Xie Gang and was about to speak when he suddenly realized something. He looked in the direction of Xie Gang's finger and his eyes fell on the plaque of Zhang's Rice Shop. On the plaque, except for "Zhang's Rice Shop", there were four After the big characters, there are four small characters: ancient, modern, modern and ancient.
And outside the four words "ancient and modern", there are also embroidered flowers.
This is a emblem!
Jing Qing suddenly remembered that there seemed to be the same emblem under the plaques on the 18-meter pavilion.
"It seems that I can't buy rice anymore!"
Jing Qing squinted his eyes and his face became serious.
Someone is controlling the rice shop and hoarding rice!
Jing Qing looked at Xie Gang. Before he could ask any questions, he saw Xie Gang shaking his head slightly and saying seriously: "Sir, please come back to the Yamen."
Afraid?
Jing Qing didn't know what Xie Gang was afraid of because he was so cautious.
Returning to the county government office, Yu Xin looked at Jing Qing who had found nothing. He did not blame him, but instead drank tea calmly as if expected.
"Sir, someone is hoarding rice and we have no way to buy it." Jing Qing sat down angrily, picked up a bowl of tea and said, "I wonder if your Excellency knows who Gu Jin Jin Gu is?"
Yu Xin squinted his eyes and said, "Ancient and present?"
"That's right, the eighteen rice shops in Dingyuan are all engraved with the emblems of ancient and modern times. As for the identity of this person, the master is not clear, and he seems to be afraid."
Jingqing didn't understand very much.
In the entire Dingyuan City, Wu Caimao is the biggest in Zhixian County. Now that Wu Caimao is in prison, who else is the chief bookkeeper afraid of? In this small city of Dingyuan, is there any official greater than the magistrate?
Huang Zicheng said: "Ancient and modern, it looks like a couplet I have heard."
"What couplet?"
Jingqing was a little surprised.
Huang Zicheng thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I can't think of where I've heard it. I just know that the couplet is: ancient and modern, ancient and modern, ancient and modern, ancient and modern."
Jingqing is also a literati, so he naturally understands the meaning of this couplet, which literally means:
When today passes, it becomes history, and history continues as today.
Ke Jingqing has come and gone, and I always feel that the implicit meaning of this couplet is:
If you do this to me today, I will do the same to you tomorrow.
Coupled with the horizontal batch: we'll see.
Understood in this way, it is more consistent with the four words "ancient, present, present and ancient".
Jing Qing shook his head. He might be too tired. He thought about a good couplet and ruined the artistic conception of modern and ancient times.
Yu Xin was silent for a while, then said solemnly: "It seems that there is a Mr. Gu and Jin in Dingyuan City. Bring Wu Caimao here for questioning. We don't have much time left."
"Sir, it's not good."
A guard hurried into the lobby.
"What happened?"
Yu Xin asked coldly.
"Wu Maocai died in the dungeon."
The guard said quickly.
Yu Xin's eyes widened and he looked at the guard in disbelief.
Wu Maocai is dead?
It seems that the water in Dingyuan City is getting deeper and deeper.
I just don’t know who the person behind this is, and he has such powerful methods!
