Zhu Jianshen sat on the throne, listening to the drums outside, and looked at Zhang Bao beside him: "Let Zhu Ji come to see me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Bao responded quickly. At this time, the drum sound also stopped. It seemed that the person beating the drum had been controlled.
Although the drum sound only sounded a few times from beginning to end, it had already spread inside and outside the palace, to the ears of the emperor, and to the ears of the central officials who were working overtime now.
Yu Qian's expression remained as usual.
"Your Majesty, the affairs of the country are complicated and messy, so we need to stay calm at all times."
Zhu Jian took a deep look at Yu Qian, chuckled and said, "Yu Taibao, I'm not panicking at all, I'm very calm."
"To Taibao Yu, do you know what the sound of this drum means?"
Yu Qian said nothing, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's next words.
"Representing the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, it has a vast territory and a large population. Many injustices and grievances still exist."
"Emperor Taizu Gao first set up the Dengwen Drum to serve as a warning to the officials in the world. When he was in Yingtian Mansion, the drum could still sound, but when he arrived at Shuntian Mansion, all the officials were not allowed to go up there for the sake of face. If the Wengu makes any sound, it will be accepted in the form of a complaint. If this continues, the Wengu will soon become a decoration."
"This time there was a knock at night. Well, it was after my wedding. It is not difficult to see how much the people don't trust the officials in the court who handle lawsuits."
"If the court does not stop the people from beating the Dengwen drum, it will inevitably lead to new chaos in the future." After hearing this, Yu Qian hesitated for a while and then spoke.
"I know what concerns Yu Taibao has." Zhu Jianshen said softly.
Although regulations have been set up in Denwen Drum, if they are fully liberalized, then the regulations previously set up will be as if they were in vain.
At that time, the old man in his sixties held the little piglet and beat the drum. His Majesty the Emperor summoned him on a whim. It turned out that the brother of the little piglet in his arms had lost it and wanted His Majesty to send someone to find it. That would be a joke.
"Your Majesty the Holy Ming..."
After Zhu Jianshen listened, he sighed and said: "When the drum sounds, the Jin Yiwei will definitely know it immediately. Yu Taibao and I are waiting here for Commander Zhu to see what happened."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In fact, the Dengwen drum has been around in all dynasties, but it was really used in the Hongwu Dynasty. During the Xuande period, officials came to play Zhu Zhanji, and the legal system gradually improved. It would be better to cancel the Dengwen drum, which was rejected by Zhu Zhanji. , the officials who presented the memorial were also exiled.
The establishment of the Ming Dynasty Dengwengu strengthened the emperor's supervision of the court's highest judicial organs. The higher-level judicial organs performed inspection and supervision obligations on the lower-level judicial organs, connecting the people with the highest power.
Of course, in the Qing Dynasty, the Denwen Drum Courtyard still existed, but it was in order to naturally divide the classes between the common people and officials.
It is expressly stipulated in the law that "all lawsuits brought by soldiers and civilians must be reported from the bottom up. If a person goes beyond the scope of the lawsuit and goes to his superiors to complain, even if it is true, he will be flogged for fifty years and the case will not be accepted or accepted by the lawsuit." If you are wronged, you should report it to your superiors."
The meaning is that if you want to sue your parents, you have to bear the 50 big bucks first.
Fifty big boards are fatal.
In the hearts of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, you have been greatly wronged. In order to redress your grievances, you must not be afraid of death. Since you are not afraid of death, you must first prove that you are not afraid of death.
This is why, by the time of the Qing Dynasty, the official-based system was firmly established.
And because of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, some people will attribute this law to the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty punished Dengwen Drum after the investigation, not before the investigation. Of course, by the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor was no longer diligent in his duties, and the role of Dengwen Drum was further weakened.
And more common people still remember the edict of Emperor Taizu Gao and the usefulness of the Dengwen drum. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, most ordinary people could not see the Dengwen drum at all, let alone play it. He, during the Jiajing period, when the officialdom had been corrupted to the core and the people were suffering so much, he thought of filing a lawsuit against the emperor. However, everyone just kept silent and made a fortune. With inextricable connections, this Dengwengu no longer accepts grievances from the local area.
And the first person started to mutilate himself outside Denwen Drum Courtyard...
Then at the end of the Jiajing period, the imperial court even issued an official document to prevent what they believed to be unruly people intimidating the imperial court.
"Those who commit suicide under the drum of Dengwen or at the left and right gates of Chang'an and other places, and make splashing and yelling, shall be sent to the judicial department, and the person who instigated the master will be investigated and questioned seriously."
At this time, the emperor of the Zhu family had long forgotten that his ancestors originated in the countryside.
Of course, the boy who slays a dragon and becomes an evil dragon is an unavoidable circle.
What Zhu Jianshen wants to do is to slow down the Ming Dynasty's ruling class from becoming evil dragons through his own efforts, or in other words, completely prevent it, which is simply impossible...
At this time, there was chaos in Denwen Drum Courtyard.
A fair-skinned scholar has been held back by several soldiers.
After the scholar was controlled, his face was dull, and he kept mumbling: "The Taizu's legal system, when you go to the drums to hear the grievances, it is unstoppable, and those who violate it will be punished. Of……"
When the soldiers heard this, their faces were expressionless.
At this time, people were coming and going outside the Drum Courtyard. They were all officials who came here to take a walk and eat. But when they walked to the door, they pretended to glance at the Drum Courtyard inadvertently.
At this time, a supervisory censor and several soldiers hurriedly ran towards the Denwen Drum Courtyard outside Chang'an Gate.
The censor's name was Qin Guang, a native of Hangzhou, and a disciple of Yang Shan.
After Yang Shan left for so many years, most of the censors who followed him were sent abroad. Only Qin Guang was smart enough to follow Xu Youzhen's footsteps after Yang Shan left, and stayed in the capital and was assigned to manage it. He went to Wenguyuan to deal with civil lawsuits.
Dengwengu is very important. It is a position that can highlight one's own merits. Of course, it is also a position that is very easy to make mistakes.
In front of Qin Guang, there was a Liuke Shizhong. Because he did not hand over the Dengwen Drum to the emperor immediately, he was directly assigned to serve as an official in Yunnan. This was already considered an exile.
The drums were all ringing at this time, and it was still night. His Majesty must have thought that he did not accept the petition and was forcing the people to beat the drums to express their grievances.
But my conscience is that I have never seen any papers, and during His Majesty's wedding, the drum courtyard was also closed. Logically speaking, he has not yet been on duty.
While Qin Guang was running, he saw several Jinyi guards riding tall horses galloping out from another corner.
The leader was Zhu Ji, the commander of Jinyiwei.
After seeing Zhu Ji, Qin Guang became even more panicked. He was done for. This time he was really done for.
The commanders of the Jin Yiwei are here.
When Qin Guang arrived, Zhu Ji had already briefly questioned him and was about to take the scholar away.
Qin Guang was shocked when he saw it and ran up quickly. When he arrived, he was out of breath.
"Zhu, Commander Zhu, according to the rules, this has to be handled by our Metropolitan Procuratorate. You can't take him away."
Zhu Ji glanced at Qin Guang and said slowly: "But now that the sound of the drum has reached the Holy Palace, you and the Procuratorate can no longer handle it."
"No, I am a drum official. Whether it is a complaint or the person who beats the drum, I have already accepted it, transcribed the complaint, and passed it on to the three departments, and then decided whether to report it to the emperor. You just took the person away like this. What do you think of me? Take care of yourself." Qin Guang frowned and said hurriedly.
If the person is taken away, he will not even have the chance to atone for his sins.
"You now know that you are a drum official. You have neglected your duty. Just wait to be punished."
After hearing this, Qin Guang felt very aggrieved. Because of His Majesty's wedding, the court stipulated that the Drum Courtyard should be closed. If the regulations were still followed, the Drum Courtyard would still be closed and not open. That's not right, the door was closed. It's closed, how did he get in...
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