The court had been peaceful for so long, and suddenly a disruptor appeared, something no one wanted to see.
Maybe Li Mu has no selfish motives in doing things, but it is precisely because of this that he seems to be an eyesore.
Without him, life would be much more comfortable for both the old and new parties, as well as other powerful officials.
"No discussion before the meeting!"
While everyone was talking quietly, a sharp shout came from outside the official team, interrupting the quiet conversation of the ministers. Everyone looked sideways and saw Li Muyou walking outside the team, his sharp eyes scanning everyone.
Li Mu is the royal censor in the palace, and his main responsibility is to inspect the behavior of the officials when they go to court and correct their violations of etiquette. Your Majesty used to use him as a personal guard, but now, Li Mu has fallen out of favor.
His status is that he is only the censor of the palace, but he is also qualified to reprimand the ministers before going to court.
Everyone stopped talking, but sneered in their hearts. There were not many days when he could show off his power like he did now.
Li Mu walked somewhere and looked at an official.
Zhu Qi, the doctor in the Ministry of Rites, also looked at Li Mu, feeling a little guilty for no reason.
Li Mu said coldly: "What are you looking at?"
This was not the past, when the law of substitutionary silver had been abolished. Zhu Qi did not believe that he would look at Li Mu one more time and that Li Mu would dare to beat him like his son in front of all the officials like he did before.
If he really dares to do this, he will not be far from death.
Zhu Qi snorted coldly and asked, "Why, can't you do it?"
Li Mu shrugged: "Of course."
Zhu Qi stared at him, his eyes even more unrestrained, with a hint of ridicule in his contempt.
Li Mu changed his voice and said: "I think I can do it, but you did not wear your official hat properly and lost your manners before the emperor. According to the law, you will be punished with ten sticks and half a month's salary. Someone came and dragged Zhu Qi, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, aside and sealed him as a repairman."
For this reason, I will punish you with ten sticks to serve as a warning to others."
Zhu Qi's expression changed and he said loudly: "Where can there be such a law!"
Li Mu stretched out his hand, and a copy of "Dazhou Code" appeared in his hand. He opened a page, pointed it to Zhu Qi, and said: "Read it for yourself, the third article of the thirty-fifth volume of "Dazhou Code",
Officials need to tidy up their clothes before going to court. Those who are disheveled will be deemed to have failed to behave before the emperor and will be fined half a month's salary and ten sticks. Did I say anything wrong?"
Zhu Qi stared blankly at this article, which was written in black and white. Unless Li Mu had the courage to tamper with the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, what he said was true.
Tampering with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty is a capital crime. He couldn't have made this up just to give him ten sticks.
Li Mu shook his head and said: "These are the rules set by the late emperor. When you come to His Majesty, you don't abide by them. It shows that you have no respect for His Majesty. If you don't let you remember it today, I'm afraid you will never put His Majesty in the future."
In the eyes.”
He looked at the two guards in front of the palace and said, "What are you still doing? Execution."
The two guards looked at each other and did not move. They had been on duty in front of the palace for a short time and had never heard of this rule.
Master Mei came over from a distance, glanced at the two of them lightly, and asked, "Didn't you hear what Master Li said? Disobedience in front of the palace was a serious crime during the late emperor's time. A penalty of ten sticks was already considered a light punishment. What's more?"
Take action?"
Seeing Commander Mei speak, the two of them did not dare to hesitate any longer, walked up to Zhu Qi and said, "My lord, please."
Zhu Qi's expression was stiff and his throat moved. He took difficult steps and left with the two guards.
Li Mu used the law to suppress him, and he didn't even have a chance to resist. He swore in his heart that after going back, he must take a good look at the laws of Dazhou. If his hat is not worn straight, he will be beaten. What kind of bullshit rules are these?
Zhu Qi was taken down to receive his punishment. Several officials around him were very worried. Some even secretly used magic power to adjust their official hats. Some officials who had been on the court during the late emperor's time were even reminded of the regulations of the late emperor's time.
The crime of misconduct in front of the palace existed during the reign of the late Emperor, and many officials were punished for it. Later, after the Queen succeeded to the throne, she no longer cared about these matters. When officials went to court, they became more casual. The important thing is
, there is no need to worry anymore.
Who would have thought that Li Mu would reveal this article again today.
He translated all the provisions of the law, and no one could say that what he did was wrong, unless the officials collectively made a collective remonstrance and abolished the law, but that was only after the abolition.
Li Mu ignored some of the frightened officials and continued to patrol outside.
As he walked, he stopped again.
He stood in front of Wei Teng, a member of the household department. Wei Teng broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He finally understood the meaning of the last words Li Mu said to the three of them yesterday.
revenge!
This is naked revenge!
Li Mu stood in front of Wei Teng. He didn't find anything unusual at first glance, nor did he find anything unusual at second glance. So he began to look carefully, up and down, front and back, left and right.
Wei Teng wanted to curse at this moment. When Li Mu passed by other officials just now, he just glanced at them. When he came to him, he had already glanced at them for less than half a cup of tea.
Wei Teng wore his official hat very neatly and his clothes were neat, but his hard work paid off. Li Mu still found a stain on his cuffs.
Li Mu looked at him and said: "Master Wei, the official uniforms you are wearing are not just official uniforms, they are also a symbol of Zhou Dynasty and the face of the imperial court. The late emperor requested that courtiers should be neatly dressed when going to court.
There must be no dirt on the clothes, have you forgotten?"
The two guards who tortured Zhu Qi have returned. Li Mu looked at Wei Teng, his face gradually turned cold, and said: "Half a month's salary, ten sticks!"
After checking, the two guards took Wei Teng away.
Li Mu continued to move forward.
The doctor from the Ministry of Justice lowered his head and looked at a conspicuous hole in his official uniform, and sweat began to drip from his forehead.
The doctor in the Ministry of Etiquette just didn't wear his hat straight, and the outside doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs only had stains on his sleeves, so he was given ten sticks. His official uniform had a hole in it, and he lost the face of the court. Wouldn't it cost at least fifty sticks?
He looked at Li Mu with his peripheral vision and found that he had already walked in front of him.
He stopped in front of him.
His gaze was wrong, he seemed to be looking at the holes in his official uniform...
It's over, it's over, he discovered...
Li Mu walked up to the doctor of the Criminal Department, gave him a look, and walked slowly past him.
The doctor from the Criminal Department was stunned on the spot. Li Mu just let him go?
Li Mu didn't come back for a long time after leaving, so he was completely relieved.
Li Mu really let him go. Although he obviously wanted to take revenge on the three people who went to the Ministry of Punishment yesterday to watch the excitement, the two of them also had old grudges. Whether he would be punished or not was just a matter of Li Mu's words.
While the doctor of the Ministry of Justice breathed a sigh of relief, he was also a little moved in his heart. It seemed that he had indeed forgotten the past feud between the two of them and remembered the things he had helped him. Unlike other people in the court, although Li Mu was sometimes annoying
I hate him, but he has clear grievances and is a person worth getting to know deeply...
Passing by the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, Li Mu went straight to the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple.
The Prime Minister of Taichang Temple looked ahead. Even though he had guessed that Li Mu would not let him go easily after taking revenge on the doctor of the Ministry of Rites and the outside doctor of the Ministry of Household, he was not afraid.
He has a slight mysophobia, and he often uses the magical power of barrier clothes on weekdays. The official uniform is impervious to water and fire, dust, dirt, holes, and stains, and the official hat is also worn neatly. As long as Li Muhuo has a golden eye,
I can't find any reason to blame him.
Li Mu walked up to the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple and looked at him for a while, but couldn't find any problem.
His official uniform was spotless, he was obviously blessed with the magical power of barrier uniforms, and his official hat was also worn neatly. Under such circumstances, if Li Mu still attacked him, it would be malicious persecution on his part.
He observed for a while and then suddenly looked at the feet of the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple.
Taichang Si Cheng also noticed Li Mu's movements, and felt a little in his heart. Could it be that he got up in a hurry in the morning and put on his shoes backwards?
He remembered not, but after the thought came to his mind, he always felt a little uncomfortable on his feet, especially since Li Mu had been staring at his feet for a long time without saying anything, which made him start to feel a little panicked.
Finally, he couldn't help but look down.
Fortunately, there is no problem with the shoes...
However, due to his lowering his head, the official hat on his head accidentally touched the official hat of an official in front of him and was knocked to the ground.
Li Mu glanced at Taichang Si Cheng regretfully and said, "Here comes..."
…
Today's morning is a little different from the past.
Except for those high-ranking officials at the front, most of the officials in the court, standing in the middle, and at the back were standing upright, with neat official uniforms and official hats, and they were much more energetic than before.
This is because three officials have already been fined their salaries and given the cane because of their lack of etiquette in front of the palace.
The atmosphere of the court also changed from the past.
They didn't know why Li Mu went crazy today, suddenly mentioning the old system from the late emperor's time. They must know that before this, he was strongly opposed to the many systems established by the late emperor.
Only a few people, such as the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, understood why those three people were punished.
Li Mu stood in the corner. This was the only useful thing he felt that the late emperor had left behind after decades of reign.
All three of them said yesterday that they wanted to see how arrogant Li Mun could be, and today he let them see with their own eyes.
The person presiding over the morning court today is still Mrs. Mei.
Lord Mei had just announced the start of the morning court when Zhang Chun stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
He held the wat board and said: "I want to impeach Zhou Zhong, the minister of the Ministry of punishment. As the minister of the Ministry of punishment, he abused his power and imprisoned the imperial censor Li Mu in the jail of the Ministry of punishment on unfounded charges. How does he regard the majesty of the law?"
Li Mu was relieved that among all the people in the court, only Lao Zhang was his true friend.
When he becomes successful in the future, you must be nicer to him.
Master Mei looked at Zhou Zhong and asked, "Master Zhou, what do you have to say?"
Zhou Zhongdao: "What Mr. Zhang said is untrue. As the Minister of Justice, I handle cases in accordance with the law. The woman was raped. From her memory, I saw that the person who raped her had the same feeling as Li Yushi."
"Looks like, it was reasonable and legal to temporarily detain him. Later, Li Yushi told me that he was still Yuanyang. After the suspicion was cleared, I immediately released him. How can this be said to be an abuse of power?"
When the courtiers heard this, they were immediately in an uproar.
"Let me tell you, why did the Ministry of Punishment suddenly release him..."
"It turns out that his Yuanyang body has not been broken yet..."
"It's simply unheard of that you can clear your suspicions like this."
“I’ve learned a lot!”
"Is he really the body of Yuanyang?"
…
Li Mu looked at Zhou Zhong with a look that was almost murderous. When he noticed that the eyes in the hall began to focus on him, he moved quietly and hid his body behind a pillar...
