300,000 taels of silver!

All the ministers present know what kind of character they are today.

Greedy for money and good goods.

Before offering 200,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, Wu Shouli, a salt merchant in Huizhou who was sealed with salt, the Son of Heaven gave his Wu family two real shortages of Guanglu Temple.

That's fine.

Later, Wu Shouli's grandson, Wu Yanghui, accused his grandfather of a million dollars in family wealth and revealed 200,000 yuan in the imperial court's salt tax, and he was willing to return the 200,000 taels of silver to the imperial court.

As a result, the cabinet ensured that there was no such thing, and Wu Yanghui was held accountable for false accusations and bullying the monarch.

But when the Son of Heaven found out, he decreed that he would not be investigated.

This kind of thing is not one or two, it means that the Son of Heaven can encourage the people to make false accusations in order to collect wealth from the people.

Such a shameless son of heaven, the ministers also said that we understood.

Then Ma Yu actually collected money in Henan in the name of the Son of Heaven, and finally didn't even give a tael of silver to the Son of Heaven. The reputation of the Son of Heaven is ruined here, and the Son of Heaven is seeking his own selfish interests over there, can the Son of Heaven not be angry? What is even more hateful is the person behind Ma Yu.

The ministers all suspected that the people behind Ma Yu were either King Lu, Wu Qingbo, or even the Queen Mother, anyway, no matter who it was, it was almost the same.

And King Lu didn't speak, as long as he didn't speak at this time, no one could say that the 300,000 taels of silver were on him, so he would carry it first.

At this time, Li Xiang came out of the household department and said: "Your Majesty, although Ma Yu is guilty, Ma Yu's crime can only be tried by His Majesty!" Lin Yanchao killed him in order to encroach on the dynasty. ”

"In addition, the land of Henan is not peaceful, even if there is no Ma Yu, it will be a disaster in three years. The officials jointly wrote a letter to oppose it, and they were suspected of blaming Ma Yu for all the crimes, and it seemed to exonerate Lin Yanchao. The minister suspected that there might be someone behind this matter, and it was very likely that Lin Yanchao killed Ma Yu first, and then instigated the people of Henan to write tens of thousands of words to exonerate himself! ”

Li Xiang's words are self-contained, and several officials also applauded them a little.

At this time, Hanlin Zhang Wei came out of the class and said: "Li Shizhong, don't speculate, why kill Ma Yu first and then provoke the people of Henan to write tens of thousands of words, you can see clearly, this is a joint letter written by the people of eight provinces and one state in Henan." Lin Yanchao is just a fellow intellectual, where does he have the ability to call on the 5.2 million people in Henan to write to the people to protect himself! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Wei said: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the imperial court, there have been several times about this book of the people. And public opinion is like the tide of the sea, how can it be driven away by one's own efforts? ”

"The minister saw in this book of all the people, it was a stain of blood and tears! If it weren't for the fact that the common people couldn't survive, would they play a chapter and admonish His Majesty with a letter from all the people? ”

"Since ancient times, public opinion can influence the general trend of the world, and those who win the hearts of the people are the kings of the world. Since ancient times, the holy monarch has ruled the world, and the public opinion is easy to apply, but not easy to block! ”

Just when the hall was silent, an official came out and said: "Shen Li, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has something to play!" ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "Shen Qing's family, please speak!" ”

Shen Lizheng said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, saints have ruled the country, people-oriented, and people take food as their life. If the grass is not listed, then the trillion is not owned by the state. The minister is an official of Henan, although he is in Beijing, but after hearing about the incident in Henan with the officials in his hometown, he has the courage to admonish! ”

As said in the chapter and the book of the people, Henan is now a poor livelihood, the people can't eat, and live on the bark of grass roots, all of which started because of Ma Yu's actions, and this behavior has long been indignant. But Ma Yu is already dead, why do I still have to play the chapter? ”

"It's just because the people's grievances are hard to settle. The people wrote to the people in order to express their feelings, and the people believed that the Son of Heaven was far away in Beijing and had never heard of Ma Yu's affairs, or because there was a villain in the middle. Therefore, they went to the people's book in the hope of clearing the way of speech, so that what they wanted to say in their hearts could reach heaven and listen. The people of Henan have always believed that under the bright and clear world, His Majesty will inevitably return them to the people's feelings! The minister hereby pleaded with His Majesty to clarify the law and discipline for the elders of his hometown, and comfort the people of a province! Your Majesty, please have mercy! ”

After speaking, Shen Li knelt down and knocked his head heavily on the floor tiles.

Shen Li was the teacher of the Son of Heaven when he was in the East Palace, and when he saw Shen Li, the Son of Heaven said: "Mr. Shen, please get up, I have a proposition." ”

After Shen Li got up.

The Son of Heaven looked at the ministers, but said calmly: "Li Shizhong said that some people use public opinion to coerce the imperial court, but I don't think so. I don't know what you think when you read this book of all peoples, but when I read this book of all peoples, I can only be filled with anger. I can't believe that in my Ming territory, Henan, which is only a thousand miles away from the capital, has such a big event. I was kept in the dark until the Book of All People was handed to my desk. ”

Li Xiang retreated silently when he heard this.

The Son of Heaven continued: "I was terrified when I got the chapter, Mr. Shen asked me to uphold justice, but people cannot be resurrected after death, how can I give justice to the dead people? As a minister, why didn't you tell me about it in the first place? When Ma Yu was doing evil, what was the official doing? The people of Henan are struggling to make a living, and Ma Yu is tyrannical in the name of me, and the officials are willing to be lackeys and drive the people like lambs! What's wrong with my officials, are they all blind, as if they are blind? ”

"Ma Yu is so reckless, you don't impeach, you don't expose, but you impeach all the chapters on the head of Lin Yanchao, the Tongzhi of Guide Mansion? A small one of the hundreds of acres of silt fields in Guide Mansion, have you seen it? Why is the whole of Henan suffering in misery, but you don't know? ”

After speaking, the Son of Heaven pointed to a pile of recitals on the imperial case and said to the officials: "Look at it! You have opened my eyes to see clearly! These are all the chapters of your impeachment of Lin Yanchao in the past few days, as little as two or three, as much as five or six every day, and these more than 20 letters are all impeached by you! I'll show you all the details now! ”

Not all the officials in the palace came, some of them were not of enough rank, and some were not in Beijing at the moment.

Therefore, when Zhang Hong distributed the recitals on the imperial case of the Son of Heaven one by one to the dozen or so officials who had impeached Lin Yanchao, these people were red-faced one by one.

Among them is in the brothel today, and Xiao Liang wants to impeach Lin Yanchao.

As a speech official, it is a very shameful thing for the impeachment chapter to be returned, and it is definitely a black spot in his career.

But now they are holding this piece in their hands, and under the book of the people of Henan, everything has become so pale and weak.

The Son of Heaven said: "You take a good look at the music you wrote, take it out again and read it again, I am disgusting for you!" Ma Yu plundered in Henan, and the officials in Henan were silent, but the prefect Fu Zhiyuan and Lin Yanchao dared to stand up and speak for the people! Ma Yu injured Fu Zhiyuan and wanted to frame Lin Yanchao with the case of silting fields. Instead of upholding justice, you are aiding and impeaching such an official who asks for the life of the people! ”

"Why don't you let go of the silt case? Are you really so jealous? I tell you, it's a frame-up! It's a partisan fight! This is a bully! Shameless of you! ”