Distance produces beauty.

This statement is really not false at all, and it is vividly reflected in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking about the Taizu period, it was a meeting during the day and a small meeting at night, and the monarchs and ministers met every day, so that all the ministers were in pain, as long as they saw Taizu's face, they wanted to vomit, and the last thatched house was on vacation.

But now, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is like a couple in love, not seen for a day, such as every other autumn, every day, every night, just hope that Wanli can occasionally have a court meeting, and look at his cute and cute fat face, it is satisfied.

Therefore, when they heard that the next court meeting was held as scheduled, the ministers were in tears on the spot, and since the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces had not seen Wanli again, and they all had lovesickness.

Since they are lovers, they naturally have to conform to the law of couples, that is, if they don't see each other for a long time, they will quarrel when they meet.

Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month, and it is also the day of the pilgrimage.

Wanli twisted his chubby body and came to the gate of the emperor.

After three long live, Wang Jiaping was just about to stand up, but he was the first to take the lead, and then it was out of control, and the ministers stood up one after another, strongly asking Wanli to fulfill his promise and canonize the crown prince, and even some officials took Wanli and the imperial concubine to paint a wedding painting, accusing Wanli of favoring the imperial concubine too much, so that he snubbed Wang Gongfei.

It was a long spear and a short cannon, Wanli sat on the dragon chair, but it was like a fat target, bombarded indiscriminately by them.

If it was in the past, he would have already lifted the table and left, this is a court meeting, or a criticism meeting, but this time, he sat on the dragon chair leisurely, listened quietly, and occasionally took a sip of tea.

After everything that should be said was finished, Wanli said slowly: "Shen Shoufu." ”

"The minister is here."

Shen Shixing hurriedly stood up.

Wanli asked: "What is the responsibility of the six departments to supervise the imperial history?" ”

Shen Shixing replied truthfully: "Returning to Your Majesty, the duty of supervising the imperial history is to supervise hundreds of officials, inspect counties and counties, correct prisons, and rectify the ...... of the dynasty. ”

"Really?"

Wanli said: "But how do I think that the duty of supervising the imperial history and the six departments is to supervise the emperor, inspect the emperor, correct the emperor, and purge the emperor?" ”

Shen Shixing was stunned.

Jiang Yinglan immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers will never dare to act so recklessly, the ministers have a pure heart, the sun and the moon can be seen, this young and old order, is the etiquette of the country, the sage cloud, so the virtuous can be enabled, then the lord is safe; If there is an equal between the high and the low, the order will be carried out but not flowed; If there is a difference between relatives and relatives, it will be implemented without disobedience; If the young and the young are orderly, the career will be successful and resting. If you abolish the long and young, you are afraid that the sky will be angry and people will complain, and you hope that Your Majesty will think twice before acting. ”

"What a wrath of the heavens!"

Wanli slowly stood up and said, "I never said that I wanted to abolish the eldest son, but I just said that the emperor's eldest son was young and would postpone it for a few years, don't I even have this power?" If this will also cause anger and resentment, then how should this matter be calculated? ”

As he spoke, he grabbed a stack of folds and threw them down, patting them, and the folds fell to the ground, and he pointed to the folds on the ground, "See for yourselves." ”

Jiang Yinglan was open in his heart, he had a clear conscience, and directly picked up a piece of music and looked at it.

Someone took the lead, and the ministers standing in the middle also picked up a piece of music.

Wang Jiaping glanced at an open notebook, and was slightly stunned, isn't this my notebook? Suddenly, Wanli said: "Wang Qing's family." ”

He subconsciously looked up, only to see Wanli looking at him, and hurriedly stood up and said, "The minister is here." ”

Wanli said: "This is all your twist and turn, can you tell everyone what's going on?" ”

"Your Ministers obey."

Wang Jiaping was also surprised, how could these two things be involved, but he also had a clear conscience, so he truthfully informed the other ministers of the Yongqing County case.

"Three years."

Wanli pointed to the officials who stood up and said: "Three years ago, a death row prisoner who should have been executed, but during these three years, he lived freely, and continued to do evil in the local area, this is really a big joke, and what is even more ridiculous is that everyone in the local people knows it, but in the past three years, no one has mentioned this matter, and finally an anonymous official reported the matter to the cabinet department." ”

"The ministers are guilty."

This dragon face was furious, and the ministers knelt down one after another.

"If you are stupid, then it's fine, but you are all from the imperial examination, you are only eight buckets high, you are rich and rich, and there may be very few people in the world who are smarter than you, but you can't even see such a ridiculous thing happening under your noses? You know all day long that you are staring at me, even my food, clothing, housing and transportation, all of which are not spared, and the people are wronged, but you don't care about it, you can't even do your own thing, but you still want me to listen to you, you are really shameless. ”

This reprimand is really hearty, Wanli scolded very happily, I have suffered so much anger from you, I want to return it all to you today.

Jiang Yinglan suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, if Your Majesty leads by example, how dare the officials below be so bold and reckless, not long ago in the case of Liaodong Cotton Armor, Your Majesty did not go through the review of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and directly ordered Dongchang and Jinyiwei to act, and closed the case in a hurry, ignoring the system and shielding the culprit. ”

Wanli snorted: "You are also embarrassed to mention this case, I was forced by you, the imperial concubine did get my favor, and I never denied this, but the imperial concubine did not have anything out of the ordinary, and you were arrogant behind your back, comparing the imperial concubine to Daji and praise, I don't say it, it doesn't mean that I don't know, you have such selfish intentions, if you are asked to try this case, who knows if you will plant the blame, reverse black and white, and lead the disaster to the imperial concubine, I let Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigate, in order to be fair." ”

The ministers were dumbfounded.

You can say such shameless words.

I'm really not afraid that the emperor is educated, but I'm afraid that the emperor will play hooligan!

Wanli is not blushing at all, his face is thicker than Guo Dan, on greed, who he is afraid of, pointing to some of the remaining twists and turns on the table, and said: "There are some secret performances here, reporting some county officials and Caoyun officials for corruption and bribery, their methods are clumsy, you can see the flaws at a glance, and the people also know it, but there has never been a supervision of the imperial history to report them, you are so derelict in your duties, how can I trust you." ”

Many ministers looked at the music on the table, and wondered whether it would have something to do with themselves, after all, corruption must have a network, and it is impossible for a corrupt official to survive.

Jiang Yinglan said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the country is not the same thing as this matter at all, how can it be generalized." ”

Wanli reprimanded angrily: "But it's the same group of people, why can't they be generalized?" When the four seas are cleared, I will discuss with you the affairs of the country, and before that, you will first do your own thing, you are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, but your ability and conduct have greatly disappointed me, I want to establish a prince, not a king of the fallen country. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were all panicked, including Jiang Yinglan, who was prostrate on the ground and shouted in unison: "The ministers deserve death." ”

I regret it very much in my heart, if you know that this is the case, it is better not to hold this court meeting.

"It is true that you deserve death for your sins, but now is the time to employ people, I will spare you a life for the time being, hoping that you can atone for your sins." Wanli was full of momentum and said, "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing."

The ministers stood up tremblingly.

Wanli's eyes swept away, and he was called cool in his heart, but his face was full of Mingjun's style: "The top priority should be to discuss how to rectify the rule of officials, clean up the officialdom, and revitalize the dynasty. ”

The implication is that the matter of the country will not be discussed for the time being.

Jiang Yinglan knew Wanli's thoughts, but he really didn't dare to refute it, because Wanli's logic was very right, now there is corruption and bribery everywhere, the country is so corrupt, and setting up a prince may also be the king of the country, and it is only meaningful to govern the country well.

But most of the ministers were thinking, is the emperor going to be serious?

Today's Ming Dynasty, ten officials, nine greedy, this has formed a kind of atmosphere, everyone knows it, otherwise, with the Ming Dynasty's little money, how can they live so nourishingly.

Wang Jiaping was in a surging mood when he heard this, the emperor was about to cheer up, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this corrupt official is inexhaustible, and he can't kill it endlessly, and it has existed in all dynasties, and only by improving the system can the phenomenon of corruption and bribery be reduced as much as possible, but it is impossible to say that it is impossible to eliminate it." ”

When Shen Shixing heard this, he frowned slightly, he thought that Wang Jiaping was a little too eager.

The fact is also true, everyone is greedy, and if you want to fight corruption, you are going against the officials of the world.

Many ministers glanced at Wang Jiaping unhappily.

Wanli hurriedly asked, "What do you suggest?" ”

Wang Jiaping said: "Corrupt officials are greedy for money, tracing back to the source, the root of the disease is still in the finances, if the finances can be managed well, the phenomenon of corruption will naturally decrease." During the annual leave, the minister and the military department Shangshu happened to see a bookkeeping method called financial statements created by Guo Dan, the son-in-law of the Kou family, and both the minister and the military department Shangshu believed that this method was beneficial to finance, because this law could enable His Majesty and your colleagues to have a very clear understanding of the financial situation, so as to find out the financial drawbacks, so as to prevent corruption and bribery. ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Wang Jiaping would pick up Zhang Juzheng's test method again, it would be very fatal, as for this way of keeping accounts, they were not afraid, the accounts were not all recorded by people, as long as they were recorded by people, then they could be operated.

Wang Jiaping is not stupid, he knows that if this fierce medicine continues, it will only cause a very big backlash, and it may be that an official will oppose it, and in the end it will be over, and he hopes to adopt this roundabout method to slowly improve the finances.

"Guo Dan?"

Wanli suddenly looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Does the minister know about this?" ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head blankly and said, "The minister saw Guo Dan once a few days ago, but he didn't mention this matter to the minister. ”

Wang Jiaping hurriedly said: "Guo Dan created this law for his own promise, and the minister thought that this law was beneficial to the country's finances, and he didn't know about it. ”

Wanli said: "Then the Qing family will talk to me in detail, what is the wisdom of this method?" ”

"Your ......."

Wang Jiaping suddenly became a little distracted.

Fang Fengshi immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the wonderful use of this financial statement is difficult to explain just by saying it, if there is a physical object, you can understand it at a glance." ”

Wanli asked again: "I wonder if the two Qing families have physical objects?" ”

Fang Fengshi shook his head and said, "At present, this financial statement is only available to Guo Dan. ”

Wanli immediately said: "Xuan Guo faded into the palace. ”