"Long live my emperor!" On the morning of the day when Suzhou Prefecture carried out the arrest, the second morning court of the ninth year of Jianye was held in the Fengtian Palace, and hundreds of officials saluted Yunxi.
"No need to pay tribute." Yunxi said after they had knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, and the waiter beside him said it again in a louder voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The officials bowed again and then stood up.
"Dear dear friends, today is already the second day after the Lunar New Year. I know that the holiday for the Chinese New Year is only about twenty days, neither short nor long, and the Lantern Festival has only been two days.
, some people still find it hard to come back to their senses for a while. But since the office has been opened, all of you, dear friends, must work seriously and not slack off," Yunxi said.
"I obey the decree." Everyone agreed again, but they didn't take it seriously. Every year during the first or second morning court after the New Year, Yunxi always said similar words, especially this second morning court, because it was only a small court meeting, and there were
The only officials who are qualified to go to court are the fourth-rank officials and above. They are the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Beijing and all six subjects are in charge. They are considered high-ranking officials and they meet a lot. Yunxi speaks relatively casually and everyone is used to it.
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Yunxi himself did not expect the ministers to have a violent reaction. He did not say this again. As usual, the waiter asked: "Dear ladies, do you have this morning report?"
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." The Minister of the Ministry of Industry came out and said: "Your Majesty, there were several breaches in the Yellow River last year. Although not many fields were washed away and many people were drowned, after discussing with my colleagues in the Ministry of Industry, I believe that
The embankments of the Yellow River should be strengthened this year."
As he spoke, he took out a memorial from his arms and handed it to the waiter, who handed it to Yunxi. "What is written in the memorial is a tentative plan to strengthen the river embankment that I have made after discussing with my colleagues. Please ask your Majesty.
Holy Judgment."
Yunxi roughly opened the page and said, "Chen Qing."
"I'm here," the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said in agreement as he came out of the queue.
"Take it and have a look, calculate how much it will cost, and report it back to me later," Yunxi ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Household Affairs agreed.
This matter ended like this. Of course, it would have to go through many discussions and evaluations before it was finally implemented, but it was over in the morning.
After saying this, Yunxi glanced around the hall and saw that no one had the idea of going out again. He took out a few memorials from his sleeves and said to the officials: "Since you, my beloved, have nothing important to say, I
I have something to tell you, dear friends."
"Years ago, on the last day before I was granted the title of Yamen, I rewarded an official from Gezhijian. The reward was probably a little too generous, which attracted many ministers to give me advice."
"I think that if I think something that a certain person has done is credit, but one of my dear friends thinks that it is not credit, we can discuss whether what this person did can be regarded as credit; but if all my dear friends think that this is not credit, we can discuss it."
What a person has done is considered meritorious, so how to reward him is my business. What do you think, dear ladies?"
"Your Majesty, I think that this statement is slightly inappropriate." Lu Yuanzhi, the imperial censor of Zuoqiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said: "Your Majesty is talking about awarding a reward to the deputy supervisor Cao Zheng? I think that even if Cao Zheng did it
If something is of great benefit to the country, the reward should be heavier; if it is of less benefit to the country, the reward should be lighter. The astronomy that Cao Zheng studied was only
It is used to compile the calendar and comply with the farming season. Although this is a serious matter, it is not a big deal. Your Majesty only rewards some gold and silver. Why should you add a hereditary future and give civil servants a rank?"
"Compiling a calendar and following the farming season is no small matter. Farming is the foundation of the country. If the calendar violates the farming season, farming will be delayed. If farmers all over the world are delayed in farming, how much less food will be produced?" Yunxi said.
"Your Majesty, although farmers in the world rely on the calendar, they do not rely entirely on the calendar. They farm according to their own experience. If the calendar has omissions, the impact will not be so big." Lu Yuanzhi said. Of course he did not dare to say that agriculture is not important.
, can only belittle the role of the calendar.
Yunxi had already expected his answer, but his face was slightly sunburned and he said nothing. Then Lu Yuanzhi's colleague Chen Ying came out and retorted: "Your Majesty, I think what Lu Yushi said is biased...
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Seeing Chen Ying coming out to speak, and hearing what he said, the officials felt relieved. Two or three times before, Yunxi used Chen Ying as a spearhead to arrest officials in major cases.
Many people will be arrested, and high-ranking officials will definitely be involved. As a result, when discussing matters in front of Yunxi, everyone can't help but become nervous when they see Chen Ying talking, for fear that His Majesty will ask him to start a big case again. This time Chen Ying
Ying only refuted Lu Yuanzhi's words and did not involve anything else. Everyone felt that this time it should be the same as changing the simplified Chinese characters, but with different political opinions and that it would not cause a major case, so they felt relieved.
Lu Yuanzhi was also a little worried at first - he was not worried about being suddenly arrested. He thought he was sitting upright and had never done anything illegal or morally wrong.
Although Xi often has weird ideas, he is not a foolish king and will not arrest himself suddenly. He is worried about the court. The last large-scale arrest was almost at the same time two years ago. A country will arrest people every one or two years.
Arresting many officials was not a good sign, and Yunxi was not as strict on corruption as Zhu Yuanzhang. So he felt relieved after hearing Chen Ying's words.
"I think there are shortcomings in what Chen Yushi said..." Lu Yuanzhi, who was relieved, retorted again.
"Your Majesty, I think..." Others joined the debate, and their arguments were in support of Chen Ying.
"Your Majesty,..." Since there are those who support Chen Ying, there are also those who support Lu Yuanzhi.
Amidst the shouts of 'Your Majesty', many officials in the palace stood up and expressed their opinions, and Fengtian Palace seemed to have suddenly turned into a debate venue. (To be continued)
