On the second day, Yunxi officially announced these two imperial edicts.
Unsurprisingly, many civil servants came to remonstrate on this matter. Although the words of the memorial were not fierce, there were many opponents.
Yunxi felt upset when he saw these memorials of remonstrance. Although it was still early, he pushed the remaining memorials forward, gave a few instructions to his assistant officers and his wife, and got up to leave Qianqing Palace.
He walked around the imperial garden several times, looking at the precious flowers blooming brilliantly in the bright sunshine. He finally felt better, but he was unwilling to go back to Qianqing Palace to criticize the memorial. He thought that Miaojin was not recuperating yet. , thinking about going to Yanxi Palace to see her.
But as soon as he left the imperial garden, Wang Xi whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Ningguo has entered the palace and is talking to the Queen in Kunning Palace."
"Second aunt? Why did she enter the palace?" Yunxi was puzzled. However, he changed his mind and went to Kunning Palace.
In Kunning Palace, Xiyao pointed to Princess Ningguo and said to Wenyuan and Wenqi: "Call me grandma."
The two of them were already four years old and understood something. They were wondering why they had never seen this aunt before, but they said without hesitation: "Auntie."
Princess Ning Guo stretched out her hand and touched their two little heads, and said with a smile: "Well, okay." Then she took out two jade pendants carved in the shape of little tigers from her arms with her right hand and handed them to them respectively and said: "This is a meeting gift from my aunt. ."
Wen Qi took the jade pendant handed over by Princess Ning Guo and said with a smile: "Thank you, auntie." Wen Yuan did not take it immediately, but looked back at Xiyao.
Xiyao stepped forward, took the jade pendant from Princess Ningguo and stuffed it into Wenyuan's hand, and said to him, "Thank you, auntie."
"Thank you, grandma." Wen Yuan said.
"It's just two gadgets, not worth much." Princess Ningguo said with a smile.
Just as he was talking, he heard a eunuch say: "I have seen your Majesty."
The two of them got busy and walked towards the entrance of the palace. Before they had walked a few steps, Yunxi had already walked in, as if he didn't know that Princess Ningguo had entered the palace. There was a slightly puzzled look on his face and he said with a smile: "Second aunt is entering the palace today." What's the matter?"
Princess Ning Guo gave her a blessing first, and then said with a smile: "When I enter the palace, I naturally want to see the crown prince and prince of the Ming Dynasty. My aunt left the capital in the 31st year of Hongwu and has never seen Wen Qi. I did meet Wen Qi at that time. Yuan, but he was still young at the time, and his appearance was completely different from what he looks like now."
Yunxi smiled, chatted for a while, and asked, "What's going on with my aunt? What's wrong with our family?" He didn't have much patience today and didn't want to chat with her like this.
Princess Ning Guo wanted to make the atmosphere better, but since Yunxi had already said this, she could no longer delay and said, "Your Majesty, when will Jingfu be allowed to go to the Imperial Academy? His illness has healed, and his aunt has taught him a lesson. If you pass him, you can enroll in school."
"Now the staff of the Imperial College is full, and it is not the time to recruit new students every year. It is not easy to arrange for nephews. In July, a group of people will graduate from the Imperial College and become officials, and a new group of students will be added. At that time, I will arrange the scene. Fu is admitted to school." When Yunxi heard about this, he explained. But he still had some doubts in his heart: What was so hard to say about this matter that made her hesitate for so long.
"Oh, then my aunt will let Jingfu study at home for the past two months. Anyway, now that I have returned to Beijing, I can watch him study and prevent him from going out to fool around." Princess Ningguo said.
It was getting late at this time. Although Yunxi didn't like having outsiders around when his family was eating, he could only keep Princess Ningguo to eat with them in the palace. Princess Ningguo might not like to eat with Yunxi and the others, just like she might not.
Just like entertaining Yun Xi at her home in Chuzhou. But rules are rules and no one dares to violate them. Princess Ning Guo could only agree happily.
During the meal, Princess Ningguo said: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly announce yesterday that hereditary military officers should be allowed to use their worldly duties to pay for their crimes?"
"What? Isn't it good?" Yunxi said calmly. But he was very dissatisfied in his heart: He is just a civil servant in the outer dynasty, but as a princess of the royal family, you also have to give advice, don't you?
"Your Majesty, this system is very good and quite ancient. When Han Gao entered Xianyang, he made a three-part rule: those who kill will die, and those who injure others and steal will not be punished. This is not the same as your Majesty's order." Princess Ningguo said.
Yunxi was startled: "What did you just say?"
"It's quite ancient?" Princess Ning Guo was a little surprised, but she still said.
"That's it!" Yunxi said with a smile. He finally found a way to refute the civil officials.
Because of its relatively long existence, the Han Dynasty is tied with the Zhou Dynasty as the most praised dynasty in Chinese history by literati. The reason is also very simple: since they existed for a long time, it means that most of the emperors were wise and most of the systems were correct.
Most officials are dedicated to their duties.
In the early years of the Han Dynasty, it was Liu Bang who formulated the system of "killing someone with death, wounding and stealing as compensation". Many people who committed capital crimes other than murder paid money or used sprits to offset their crimes. Yunxi could use this to block the crime.
Keep the civil servant’s mouth shut.
And Yunxi also thought of something else at this time: according to the Ming Dynasty's system, not only military generals have worldly positions, but civil servants can also obtain worldly positions under special circumstances. Of course, they are all positions that are completely free of charge, such as Shangbao Sichengzhi
Yunxi could extend the civil service to civil servants, and grant civil service to civil servants with good performance, so as to resolve the hostility of civil servants.
Yunxi then smiled at Princess Ningguo and said, "Second aunt, you really woke up the dreamer with your words. Thank you very much."
Princess Ning Guo didn't know what she said to wake Yun Xi up, but she could see that Yun Xi was very happy. In this case, after Yun Xi finished thinking about it and started eating again, she said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, Auntie, there is one more thing.
Please ask Your Majesty."
"What's the matter?" Yunxi said.
"Can your Majesty allow the eldest sister to return to Beijing to live?" Princess Ningguo said.
"You mean, aunt?" Yunxi thought for a while and said.
"That's right. Your Majesty, the eldest sister and two nephews live in Jiangpu. Although His Majesty exempted the descendants of Li Shanchang, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others the year before last, he did not allow them to return to Beijing. The eldest sister did not dare to take the children back without permission.
Beijing." Princess Ningguo said.
"Why didn't Auntie write a letter asking to return to Beijing?" Yunxi said.
‘She has been frightened by what happened in the last years of Hongwu. She is afraid that you are absolving the crime just to appease the ministers. In fact, it is still taboo in her heart. How can she dare to write a letter at will?’ Princess Ningguo thought in her heart.
But of course she couldn't say that, she said: "Eldest sister is now the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha, and she doesn't care about it. It was me who thought of eldest sister, so I asked your majesty."
"How can I not allow my relatives to return to the capital to live? Rebuild the Princess Lin'an Mansion in the capital and let my aunt return to the capital to live." Yunxi said.
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Thanks to book friend Liu Guang Ping Bi for the reward.
