Of course, Zhuo Jing of Suzhou didn't know why there were so many people who wanted to exchange their treasure notes for rice. Although some officials in Suzhou heard that the accents of these new people who wanted to exchange rice were from Kunshan, Jiading, and Changshu counties.
Waiting for a place, but he does not have such great ability to associate with Zhang Shicheng's remnants.
And even if he figured out why so many people came to exchange rice, it would be useless. The problem now is that by the time the exchange ends on the fifth night of the Lunar New Year, there will be very little food left for ten days. Of course, it was originally based on the three days
The grain was prepared according to the ten-day standard, so he could also extract grain from the local granary.
However, it is not a good idea to always eat too much food, and it is impossible to complete the tasks set by Yun He, so at this time, Zhuo Jing is discussing this matter in his residence with the Fu Cheng of Suzhou Prefecture and the magistrates of Wu County and Changzhou County.
thing.
But these three people didn't have any ideas. What they talked about the most was 'stop the exchange', or 'only allow people in Yiguo County, Suzhou to exchange treasure banknotes for food'.
But how could Zhuo Jing agree! He was different from these foreign officials. He knew clearly that Yunxi wanted to restore the people's trust in Baoqian in conjunction with several previous edicts issued by Zhu Yuanzhang; and their suggestions would cut off the people's trust in Baoqian.
Without the confidence of money, the grain exchanged previously would be in vain.
However, Zhuo Jing could not think of any good solution, so he could only order the food prepared for the future to be transferred in advance.
However, it is said that we should submit a letter to inform this matter; but firstly, this matter is not urgent enough; secondly, Zhuojing is also a very ambitious person, and he failed in his first practical work and needs help from his superiors, which may affect
He has a bright future, so for the time being he just reports 'everything is fine'.
Although Yunxi was in the capital and not in Suzhou, he was always concerned about the situation in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Zhuo Jing in Suzhou had no letters or memorials for three days in a row, which made him very uneasy, so after getting Lao Zhu's permission, he ordered the Suzhou Jinyi Guards to report.
So Yunxi knew about the situation in Suzhou on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. However, Yunxi had already learned about Zhuo Jing's past at this time. Although he still couldn't remember whether there was such a person in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", he finally decided to put it aside for the time being.
I trust Zhuo Jing and plan to wait until the 20th to talk about it.
At the same time, Jinyiwei is investigating why so many people suddenly came to exchange for food. This is very unreasonable. Yunxi is also waiting for the results of their investigation to see if they can prescribe the right medicine.
And at this time, Yunxi was very busy and could not take care of other things for the time being. On average, Lao Zhu spent more than six hours a day reviewing memorials. Yunxi spent six hours every day reading the memorials, thinking about them himself, and then reading Lao Zhu's comments.
After about an hour, he also made the final decision on how to deal with the high-ranking eunuchs in Wenhua Palace. At the same time, he also firmly remembered that "the body is the capital of revolution", and Yunxi's original physical condition was good, so he would do it every day.
He takes time to practice martial arts, so he is very busy.
Especially sometimes he felt that some of Lao Zhu's practices were not particularly good, and when Lao Zhu didn't care much about these things, he would try to argue with Lao Zhu.
For example, on the night of the ninth day of October, he was discussing with Lao Zhu how to deal with minor corruption offenders.
In most cases, Yunxi is not a murderous person. Except for very bad things, he has always opposed the death penalty, believing that it is a huge waste of human resources.
For example, he thought it was wrong for our party to release all the prisoners of war in District 11 in the old time. Of course, he also opposed the measure proposed by someone on the Internet to execute them all. In the northwest and southwest of the country, there are still many desolate and inaccessible areas.
places, these prisoners of war can fully play their due contributions in these places and contribute to the prosperity and strength of Greater East Asia.
When the people in District 11 got rich in the 1960s, and when these prisoners of war were no longer able to do hard work, they could sell these prisoners of war back to the District 11 government or their relatives, whether in cash or advanced equipment.
Technology can be used, let them play a secondary role. This is a great use of human resources.
I'm going too far. At this time, Yunxi was trying to persuade Lao Zhu not to sentence these small corrupt officials to death, but to exile them to the northwest in the eastern region and to Liaodong in the western region. He said: "Grandpa, these crimes of embezzlement of less than 200 guan of money
Sir, please don’t peel off the skin and make grass.”
Lao Zhu heard him speak and said to him seriously: "These criminal officials, once they became officials, committed corruption and 'peeled off' the people's bodies. What's wrong with me now peeling off their skins and giving them back to the people?"
Yunxi thought to himself that the people would not dare to ask you to return their skin.
He considered his words and said: "Grandpa, the punishment for corrupt criminals is not just peeling off the skin and making grass. They should be exiled to the border areas. The chief envoys in the east will be exiled to the northwest, and the chief envoys in the west will be exiled to Liaodong. These places are all
It is a desolate place, and it can also be used as a punishment, and if it makes them suffer for a long time, life is worse than death, wouldn't it be an even greater punishment?"
"Furthermore, these criminals are all educated. Many of them were just confused for a moment, so they embezzled a hundred or two hundred dollars, which can still be used. Let them teach the local Han people and Yi people in the border areas to speak Chinese, and read
It can be used to write Chinese books and practice Han rites, and it will also help educate the local people."
There is some truth in what Lao Zhu said. Lao Zhu was not unreasonable and ungrateful, but after the death of Queen Ma, no one was good at admonishing Lao Zhu. Although Zhu Biao dared to admonish, he was relatively straightforward and not tactful.
admonishment.
For example, when Yunxi advised Lao Zhu not to execute them but to exile them, he said, "This is a greater punishment." But Zhu Biao mostly said, "Be benevolent and don't be so harsh on ministers." So Zhu Biao said
Of course it won't work.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Lao Zhu decided to partially accept Yun Xi's point of view: "Then the bottom line for the execution of corrupt officials will be changed from the previous 60 guan to 120 guan. Those who are more than 120 guan will still be stripped of their skins.
Those with less than 120 coins will be exiled to the border as you said."
Yunxi didn't want to worry about the dozens of things. Making Lao Zhu give in was a victory. Anyway, he would definitely change in the future.
It was a bit late today because we had already talked about it, so Yunxi stayed here to read the unfinished memorials before going back. Lao Zhu was correcting the memorials on the side.
Yunxi looked at it and saw an official transfer order from the Ministry of Personnel. However, the officials transferred here were all fourth-grade or above, so it should have been issued by Lao Zhu himself. And he saw the Minister of Taichang Temple on it.
Huang Zicheng’s name.
Because Huang Zicheng was famous, Yunxi paid close attention to him and took a closer look at his new appointment: Baoding Magistrate (Note 1). Yunxi didn't know that Lao Zhu wanted to find fault with Huang Zicheng, and local officials had a greater chance of making mistakes.
Then Huang Zicheng was executed in an honest and fair manner; he thought it was a normal transfer, or that Lao Zhu wanted to transfer someone who had a good relationship with Yun Wen. So he gave it up after seeing it.
What then attracted his attention were the memorials written by the Yi people from various propaganda envoys in Yunnan requesting their return. The memorial articles were written in a good literary style, and it seemed that they were written by officials from the Lifan Yuan. Finally, they were asked to sign. Each chieftain had some people who knew Chinese and could write Chinese characters. Lao Zhu had given up hope of finding out who was selling the poison among them, so he approved their resignations.
For similar reasons, Lao Zhu canceled the order to strictly inspect women entering and leaving the capital. After all, this is the capital, and there are many people traveling from north to south every day. Such a large inspection is time-consuming and disruptive, so it was cancelled. However, Lao Zhu still asked Jin Yiwei to visit secretly.
This time Yunxi didn't have any troubles in his heart. After reading all the memorials quietly, he said goodbye to Lao Zhu and went back.
Note 1: The minister of Taichang Temple is a third-rank official, and the prefect of Baoding is a fourth-rank official. Although there is a difference of one rank and two, this was a normal transfer during the Hongwu period.