The emperor's angry words didn't take their faces into consideration at all.
Many people were already angry, but when they saw the guards standing around from the corner of their eyes, the courage they had just raised was lost again.
"I have just set up rules for you as a minister, and now I will set up another rule for you as an official!"
"From now on, no matter what happens, whether it is in the capital or in the local area, when you want the court to allocate money and food, you must first write up a memorial and submit the solution to the cabinet!"
"If you can't think of a solution, or the matter is too big for you to handle, and it's beyond the scope of the decision, you should write down your ideas and submit them to the cabinet!"
"I didn't ask you to be an official, I asked you to benefit the people, share my worries, and contribute to the country!"
"Anyone who cannot do the two things I mentioned, I would like to advise you not to submit a letter or memorial at will."
"If there are other circumstances, you can report the reasons and I will transfer you to appropriate positions!"
The current atmosphere in the officialdom is all about boasting and boasting, all for the sake of so-called reputation and a false image of aloofness. It will not work without some rectification.
Zhu Youxiao was also forced by them. No matter how hard he tried, the memorials on the imperial court were never empty.
Although those kinds of mutual impeachment memorials are very rare, these flies have many ways to annoy you.
He had to write down a notebook for even the most serious matters. It was obviously a matter of one sentence and one pen, but he insisted on writing it up. It was a waste of time.
The most irritating thing is that their memorials, no matter how big or small the matter is, or how much content they have to report, are always lengthy, with nonsense accounting for basically 95% of the words.
"One more thing. When you submit the memorial in the future, you must first suppress your eagerness to show off and your vanity to be different!"
"I remember that during the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu Gao established a rule that strictly prohibited the writing of content in memorials that had nothing to do with state affairs!"
"Why, do you think that Emperor Taizu Gao's words are farts?"
"If another memorial full of poems like this is presented to me in the future, I will deal with it severely!"
Civil servants have a very strong desire to express themselves. They all think they are superior to others and are unwilling to condescend to others.
But in fact, most of their talents are just mediocre.
No matter in terms of running the country or running the army and fighting wars, there is nothing outstanding.
There are even some people who can't even manage people's livelihood and economy well, but they are still so confident.
Everyone considered themselves to be prime ministers, so they were quite dissatisfied with the positions appointed by the imperial court and the emperor.
But they were unable to use actual actions and facts to slap the court and the emperor in the face, and they had no political achievements and merits to use as a stepping stone for promotion.
So he had no choice but to find another way, which was to attract the emperor's attention, hoping to rise to the top and be promoted to achieve what he wanted.
How to make themselves appear in the emperor's sight? Their only way is to submit the memorial.
Therefore, the drafting of the memorial became a high-quality and extremely difficult process.
The memorial they submitted began with a poem or lyric to demonstrate their astonishing talents that had nowhere to be placed.
Then there are what various saints and sages said, what good things he did and what contributions he made during his tenure.
In the last few sentences, business matters will be mentioned, asking the court and the emperor what to do.
It is said that during the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, an official was fired from the establishment because of this.
A memorial of more than a thousand words is basically full of nonsense, with all kinds of flattery, and only the last few dozen words get to the main topic.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was always irritable and irritable, cursed him loudly and scolded him in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, which made him lose his face.
Then I made a rule: if you want to give a memorial, you can do it, but if you have something to say, don't pretend to be a great Confucian scholar.
But not a few years after his death, this trend began to rise again, and Zhu Di couldn't restrain it at all.
Zhu Youxiao has such a heavy workload in a day and has a lot to worry about. How can he not be angry when he has to read their non-nutritive nonsense!
"The cabinet will draft a document to record exactly what I just said, and issue an edict to the six ministries, nine ministers, and all local yamen."
"If something like this happens again, I will first ask you about the crime of the cabinet!"
"I obey the order!"
Several ministers in the cabinet were naturally on the side of the emperor, so they readily accepted the order.
Although the other officials had objections, in Zhu Youxiao's view, they were just a few noisy flies looking for a sense of presence.
He responded unceremoniously to them, and they had no idea that the young emperor was not only cruel and ruthless, but he was also very good at talking.
Being unprepared, it can be said that I was caught off guard and did not react at all.
After establishing these two rules, Zhu Youxiao struck while the iron was hot and rejected many of the memorials they submitted asking for money and food.
As for the repayment of official salaries, although Zhu Youxiao did not directly reject it, he also made modifications.
I will give you half a year's compensation first. As for the rest, we will wait until next year when the financial difficulties are alleviated.
His concentration of imperial power during this year went extremely smoothly.
As expected, whoever controls the army has the initiative.
If he didn't have a strong army like the Yulin Army at his disposal, and no factory guards to serve as his eyes and ears, then today's court meeting would not be his home court.
Although the power he currently holds has not reached that of Taizu Chengzu, it is still very close to Emperor Xianzong.
The ministers and main officials of the six cabinet departments basically supported him, and those below had no way to stop the emperor.
At least in the court, they have basically lost the right to speak, and now Zhu Youxiao has the final say.
But he still didn't dare to let down his guard and was always on guard against their desperate counterattack.
When it comes to forbearance, they can be ranked high in the entire history, and their ability to judge the situation is beyond ordinary people.
Historically, Wei Zhongxian built a large number of prisons and carried out crazy suppression and attacks, but he waited for them to fight back.
This powerful eunuch who once dominated the world and shocked the past and present could not resist it at all.
They were defeated in a devastating manner, and the main members of the eunuch party were killed in one fell swoop.
If Zhu Youxiao was as arrogant and arrogant as Wei Zhongxian, his end might not be better than falling into the water.
Especially now that he is being strangled by the gentry in Jiangnan, he dare not take it lightly.