Chapter 795: The black-hearted Emperor Jiajing, return my hard-earned money
"Master Xiao Zhu, please accept the order."
After the pleasantries, let's get down to business. Eunuch Jia, who came from Xiyuan, began to announce his mission.
"Your Majesty Zhu Ping'an accepts the order."
The imperial edict is a symbol of the emperor's power. Seeing the imperial edict is like the emperor's presence in person. No matter who holds the edict, no matter how high an official you are, you must kneel down to receive the edict to show respect for the emperor. Zhu Ping'an did not dare to make any mistakes, so he took the lead. Kneeling to receive the order, the old lady of the Linhuai Hou Mansion, Li Shu and others knelt down on both sides.
After everything was ready, Eunuch Jia opened the imperial edict in his hand. It was an imperial edict with a black horn as its axis. The surface of the edict was a brocade fabric made of fine silk. The colors were earthy yellow, green and blue, with three colors: khaki, green and blue. The main color is earthy yellow, with auspicious clouds and auspicious cranes embroidered on it. At both ends there are five-clawed golden dragons flying up and down, soaring into the clouds and riding the mist. The whole design is magnificent.
The imperial edict is very long. The entire edict is about one meter long and thirty centimeters wide. Eunuch Jia’s arms are stretched out as wide as his shoulders, and the edict hangs down in an arc. The end of the edict can be vaguely seen. The place where the time is written is stamped with a square "Edict". "Treasure" seal in seal script.
"By God's blessing, the emperor said: 'I am very angry and can't contain my anger. Fake accounts, shortfalls, substandard silver! The Taicang treasury has accumulated a total deficit of more than 1.5 million taels of silver, and more than 500,000 taels of gold. , This is something that has never happened before. I read the report to win over the resentment. You ministers are depriving the emperor of his salary and do not serve the ministers! You are unkind, so don’t blame me for being unjust! I will set up a heavy code immediately to suppress the law! Handle it! Any silversmith who comes in and out of the warehouse and inspects the silver coins who participates in stealing the empty warehouse will be executed immediately, and his wife, concubines, descendants and grandchildren will all be sent to Yunnan for three thousand miles. That is, they are serving as soldiers outside the warehouse and the slaves of the warehouse. Anyone involved in the case The number of prison terms should also be reduced, and wives, concubines, descendants and grandchildren should be exiled two thousand miles away. All ministers who have neglected their duties, derelict in their duties, or stolen money will be identified one by one and severely punished. From the 20th year of Jiajing to this year, he has been in charge of the treasury. Treasury officers and treasury censors will be punished regardless of whether they are honest and honest; successive treasury officials and treasury censors will be fined 1,200 taels of silver per month based on their years of service, and those who are deceased will be halved; The minister in charge of the Treasury ordered a monthly fine of 5,000 taels of silver, and the deceased officials will be halved accordingly." Eunuch Jia began to announce the decree.
Zhu Ping'an was listening below, and through a piece of paper, he could feel Emperor Jiajing's overwhelming anger.
This time Emperor Jiajing's anger was not as great as usual. Just like what he said in his imperial edict, if you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust.
Indeed, Emperor Jiajing's imperial edict was full of murderous spirit and unabashed wool-pulling style.
Of course, in the imperial edict, those who bear the wrath of Emperor Jiajing's sofa also deserve what they deserve, and they will bring it upon themselves.
Why?
etc?
What does this imperial edict have to do with me?
This imperial edict seems to be a punishment edict to punish corrupt officials and recover their stolen property. Why did Emperor Jiajing ask someone to read it to me? Does it mean that he wants to praise me for my merits in checking the treasury behind the edict? But if it is a compliment, it is not necessary. Are you wasting so much irrelevant words and ink in front of me?
not……
Zhu Ping'an was a little suspicious and felt a little uneasy.
really.
The next second, Zhu Ping'an's uneasiness was confirmed.
"On June 15, the 30th year of the Jiajing reign, Wuyi Cun Si Zhilang and Zhu Ping'an, the Imperial Academy's Attendant, were ordered to inspect Taicang. Although the inspection of the treasury was meritorious, you did not say anything. In accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the inspection of the treasury by the imperial censor regardless of official status was
Whether the person is loyal or not, he will be punished, and he will be fined 1,200 taels of silver every month. Zhu Ping'an will inspect the treasury for eight days, and he should pay a fine of 320 taels. If Zhu Ping'an has merit in the inspection, he will pay a fine of 160 taels in half, as appropriate. Deadline
Pay within one year without any mistakes..."
Eunuch Jia's voice when he read out the imperial edict was as mellow as ever, but to Zhu Ping'an it was not like that. It seemed like a mixture of all kinds of ghosts and beasts, and even the words that Eunuch Jia read behind him were inaudible.
"ah?"
Zhu Ping'an was stunned and couldn't help but utter a sound of surprise. He couldn't believe his ears. It was as if someone had poured a basin of ice water on him in the middle of winter. Every cell in his body protested.
Is Emperor Jiajing mentally retarded?!
Is Emperor Jiajing out of his mind because of poverty?!
Did Emperor Jiajing get kicked in the head by a donkey?!
Big question marks popped up in Zhu Pingan's mind.
For a time, Zhu Ping'an was full of all kinds of negative contempt for Emperor Jiajing. He really couldn't help but despise Emperor Jiajing. He was dedicated to his job, had a clean life, and was the one who uncovered the shady story of Taicang. He had both hard work and merit.
That's it, Emperor Jiajing didn't reward me. He praised me as a reward, so why did he fine me?! And he fined me so much, 160 taels of silver! This is his salary for the past two years.
In the last impeachment memorial, I was only fined one year of salary, and now I have to pay two years of salary back?!
I am still young and have just started working, so I have to work for you for two years in vain.
Jiajing!
Doesn’t your conscience hurt?!
From this point of view, the boss, Emperor Jiajing, could not be more evil-hearted.
Clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments is the most basic quality of a superior! How come Emperor Jiajing couldn’t even understand this principle? It shouldn’t be. Emperor Jiajing was one of the few genius emperors in history. He was superb at playing power and had no ability to govern the country.
Difference.
But this is the reality. I even took off my pants in order to check the bank account, but I was fined two years' salary.
"The black-hearted Emperor Jiajing, return my hard-earned money."
Zhu Ping'an was so slanderous that he almost wanted to hold up a banner at the gate of Xiyuan and run around naked to protest.
Li Shu on the side also opened her mouth in surprise.
In sharp contrast to Zhu Ping'an and others are the old lady of Linhuai Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Linhuai Marquis and others.
At the beginning, the old lady and the others thought that the imperial edict was for the Marquis of Linhuai, and they thought that the Holy One was going to give the Marquis of Linhuai an official title. However, they did not expect that the imperial edict was for Zhu Ping'an, not for his son.
This made the old lady very disappointed
However, now, the old lady is extremely happy in her heart.
This is the emperor's punishment edict. Fortunately, it is not for his son Linhuai Marquis, otherwise he would be in trouble. Although the edict only fines 160 taels of silver, which is nothing to a family like theirs, but although the silver fine is
It's not much, but the reputation is bad, and it will affect your future career.
The old lady didn't like Li Shu's mother, otherwise she wouldn't have forced Li Shu's father to divorce his wife and marry another one. However, she didn't expect that after marrying her daughter-in-law, she forgot her mother. Not only did Li Shu's father disobey, he divorced his wife and married another one.
Instead, she moved out of the house with Li Shu's mother, which made the old woman angry with Li Shu's father and disliked Li Shu's mother even more.
Furthermore, the old lady doesn't like Li Shu, her granddaughter.
Love the house and the bird.
The disgusting house is also the same as the crow.
Compared with other uncles, the old lady didn't like Zhu Pingan very much. When she met Zhu Pingan for the first time, the old lady looked down on the simple and honest Zhu Pingan. Although after Zhu Pingan passed the exam,
The old lady's attitude has changed slightly, but in her heart she really hopes that it is her grandson Li Yanzhou who takes the first prize, even if it is another uncle. The old lady even had such an idea in her heart, thinking that it was Zhu Ping'an who took away the prize.
His grandson Li Yanzhou became the number one scholar.
Of course, these psychology will not be shown on the face of the old lady who is getting more and more angry as she gets older.
Now, when they heard that the content of the imperial edict was to fine Zhu Ping'an money, they even felt a little happy in their hearts.
Especially the sixth lady, she glanced at Li Shu, as if she was mocking her and said, Fifth sister, please stop talking.