Chapter 900: King Lu's Sorrow

The wrath of the Son of Heaven is not great.

What's more, this time it's the royal historians who are at fault.

The impeachment of Lin Yanchao was instigated by Ma Yu, and the injury to Fu Zhiyuan was planned by Ma Yu.

Just the crime of injuring Fu Zhiyuan is enough to make the civil officials indignant, a eunuch dares to let people shoot and injure the civil officials, which is simply the opposite.

Therefore, Ma Yu's move is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of all Wenchen.

Coupled with the impeachment of Ma Yu by the people of tens of thousands of people, such a big thing, can the imperial historians say that the people are blind? This move by the imperial historians is tantamount to standing on the opposite side of the people.

They claim to be asking for their lives, but where do they go? lost face, this time to impeach Lin Yanchao, they can be said to have lost everything.

They hate it in their hearts, they shouldn't bet on mistakes, he has Li Zihua, Gu Mingji's comrades, and some of them intend to impeach Shen Shixing, but they didn't expect to shoot themselves in the foot this time.

More than a dozen officials trembled.

"The minister is guilty!"

At this moment, a spokesman knelt down with a pout, and put the impeachment medal on his head with both hands, and buried his head deep in his knees on his black gauze hat.

The rest of the officials are also like this, the music in his hand is held high, in the past he can dismiss the second rank with a piece of music in his hand, but now they have reaped the consequences and ruined their own music.

This scene can be described as depressing, when Zhang Juzheng was impeached, how did the officials get it, they were all angry, and they didn't even pay attention to the six Shangshu and the feudal officials.

Gao Qiyu's case, although there were minor setbacks, was not as tragic as it is today.

Now the upright and self-proclaimed officials are kneeling in front of the Son of Heaven, as if they have broken their backbones.

On the side, Xu Guo looked at Shen Shixing, and admired him in his heart, and used the matter of suppressing Lin Yanchao's performance to make these Xiang Zhuang dance swords stink in Pei Gong's imperial history, but this time he couldn't turn over.

The Son of Heaven Chrysostom made a decision and added the words 'ask for life for the people' to Lin Yanchao, which was to define the case of silting fields and the murder of Ma Yu.

In a word, there is no corruption in silt fields, and killing Ma Yu is also asking for the people's lives.

It's just that Xu Guo speculated that because of the silting of the fields, the Son of Heaven did not punish Lin Yanchao, which can be regarded as 'extenuating'. But Lin Yanchao killed Ma Yu, no matter how reasonable it is, it will not work.

Why doesn't the Son of Heaven even want face, but 'cover up'? This was something he couldn't figure out.

The Son of Heaven sneered: "Guilty should be punished!" Come on, take off their black yarn, pull off their official uniforms, and hand them over to the Dali Temple Council! ”

The officials were shocked, the punishment of the Son of Heaven was so heavy, this time the officials were really going to lie on the ground, and they couldn't get up again.

His Highness has already whispered tears.

Just when the Son of Heaven was about to dismiss the official, Shen Shixing went out and said: "Your Majesty, Taiwan's admonition is in supervision, and in the admonition, the people in Henan have neglected to supervise, and there is indeed negligence. ”

However, this time, Henan officials jointly signed a concert, and there was also a Henan governor named Zeng Qianheng, which shows that the Taiwan governor has also fulfilled his duty to inspect the locality. As for the impeachment of Lin Yanchao by the ministers of the DPRK and China, they also did their duty, and I beg Your Majesty for leniency. ”

What the? Shen Shixing actually came forward to guarantee the official?

Isn't Shen Shixing a mortal enemy with Yanguan?

Since the Gao Qiyu case, the impeachment of Shen Shixing by the Yanguan has never been suspended.

But if Xu Guo thinks about it carefully, he can find that Shen Shixing is clever.

Shoufu came forward to protect it, the Son of Heaven was very displeased, the last time he set up an internal exercise, and then reached out to the household department to get money, these two things were attacked by the Yanguan group, which made the emperor very faceless.

This time, he used Lin Yanchao's incident to make an article, which had a great intention of revenge.

Therefore, the Son of Heaven showed a frightened and angry appearance, which was definitely not acting, but quite serious.

Three points is for Lin Yanchao, seven points is because of the grudge in the chest, I have endured you for a long time, you used to let me not get off the stage, today I have stripped you of this official skin one by one.

In this way, he not only conformed to the will of the people, but also covered up the case of Lin Yanchao's silting of fields, and then also cracked down on the officials, which was a triple win.

But the Son of Heaven doesn't understand, isn't the cabinet also attacked by officials on weekdays? He was angry with him, why did Shen Shixing come forward to protect him at this time?

Fight to clear your name? At court one hand will wash the other?

The Son of Heaven said: "Mr. Shen, don't speak for them, hundreds of officials are out of their charges, Taiwan admonishes them to correct them, Taiwan admonishes them to be out of responsibility, and I will correct them." ”

The words of the Son of Heaven are very familiar to the officials.

When Zhang Juzheng was in power, he once said that if there is a delay in the official service, the ministry will correct it, the ministries and institutes will correct it, the department ministers will correct it, and the six departments will tolerate those who are concealed and deceive, and the cabinet will correct them.

That's right, this is the Ming system when Zhang Juzheng was in power.

The governor patrolled these ministers and was supervised by six ministries, six of which were supervised by the Cabinet of Ministers. As for the cabinet, of course, Zhang Juzheng has the final say.

But what about Zhang Juzheng?

The Son of Heaven personally grasped the Taiwan advice, and the hundred officials were derelict in their responsibilities, and the Taiwan officials corrected them, and the hundred officials naturally included the cabinet. This is the ideal model of the Son of Heaven.

So the cabinet is willing?

Shen Shixing has been an official for decades, and after being rubbed by countless fierce people all the way, he has today's position, whether it is officialdom, the articles are extremely skillful, how can he have no countermeasures.

He can't do it if he doesn't let the speaker supervise the cabinet, so he ...... Son of Heaven, all officials are out of responsibility, and all officials will be corrected.

Didn't the Son of Heaven want to discipline the speaker? No, if the officials don't dare to impeach the emperor in the future, they won't just go to the cabinet.

Therefore, Shen Shixing said: "Since Your Majesty has been the king, you have opened up your words widely, and you have been admonished to perceive the grace of encounters, so you can not serve Your Majesty to death, forget your home for your homeland, and forget your loyalty and body." This is all the grace of the Son of Heaven and the virtue and politics of the imperial court. ”

"The official has indeed acted inappropriately, and His Majesty should punish him. If Your Majesty can be gracious to the mistakes of the officials, he will become the model of the Ming King. ”

Mingjun's model, this sycophant rule must not be high.

On the side, Xu Guo, Yu Youding and other ministers also came out and said: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

The ministers on the side also admired Shen Shixing from the bottom of their hearts, what is this? This is the demeanor of a cardinal, regardless of previous suspicions, in front of the Son of Heaven, he tried his best to defend the officials who had attacked him, this is to repay grievances with virtue.

This kind of Shoufu, who doesn't blindly please the Son of Heaven and maintains the dignity of civil officials, can't be found even with a lantern.

The officials were also full of shame, although they knew that Shen Shixing was playing a routine, but this time they also accepted his feelings.

The Son of Heaven saw that the officials were trying to protect it, even if he intended to condemn these officials, there was no way.

At that moment, the Son of Heaven could only say to the officials kneeling below: "That is the case, for the sake of Mr. Shen and the hundred officials, I will each give you a fine of one year, and if you dare to do so again in the future, you will be punished." ”

All the officials breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

After the matter of the official was revealed, the Son of Heaven said: "As for the matter of Ma Yu and his comrades, it must be clear that the canonical punishment must be corrected, and the cabinet will draft an order to give an explanation to the ministers and the people of Henan." ”

The officials of Shen Shi Xing bowed and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

"In addition, the Henan official Shangluo Wang has postponed the matter of Henan and handed it over to the ministry for reconsideration!"

King Lu's body was shocked, and at this time, Wu Qingbo Li Wei came out of class and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of King Lu's entry into the domain, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the ministers have already discussed it, how can they succumb to the pressure of the small people and make some changes." The punishment of Ma Yu can already be resented by the people, but changing the resolution is a loss of the court system, if the small people follow suit in the future, where is the court system? I beg your Majesty to think twice! ”

The Son of Heaven said: "Uncle Wu Qing, please listen to me, the affairs of the clan are not overnight. This time, in addition to the joint performance of Henan officials, please cut the Zongfang, Henan Zhou Wangfu Zongzheng Zhu Muwedge is also sparse. ”

"There is a saying in the sparse that the current harm in the world, the clan is one of them, the population of the clan continues to multiply, twice as much as twenty years ago, if the imperial court continues to give it by mouth, the treasury will be empty."

"Zhou Zongzheng is also a clan, how can he not plan for the clan? I am also from a clan and know that the clan and the family and the country are the same, but it is also an indisputable fact that the imperial court lacks finances. Therefore, I plan to reconsider the system of the clan's money, and as for King Lu as my own brother, the view of the clan and the property of the clan should also be reconsidered. ”

Twenty years ago, the imperial court revised the "Ordinance of the Clan" to reduce the clan income once, but now in less than 20 years, the population of the clan has doubled, and the amount of silver demanded in this way is even more than before.

The Son of Heaven also knew that the treasury had no money, but the clan could not afford not to protect it. The Son of Heaven wants to come up with a solution, whether the two sides can compromise with each other. It turned out that the Son of Heaven was afraid of Empress Dowager Li and did not dare to speak, but after today's Ma Yu incident, the Son of Heaven could not help but protect King Lu.

If King Lu's matter is not resolved, how can he cut the clan's silver in the future? There will also be objections from the clan.

(According to the author, in history, Wanli really wanted to reduce the clan's silver, and sent officials to discuss with the vassal kings, and the clan secretly discussed that the plan to cut Lu must start from Zhu Muwedge.) So the vassal king gathered more than 1,000 people from the clan to attack him, tear his clothes, and write a letter to resist the edict.

Later, in the middle of Wanli, there were also reforms of the clan's silver, but most of them were unsuccessful, or the local yang was violated. There are many reasons, but the vassal kings think that Wanli has set a bad precedent for rewarding King Lu so much, how can they be convinced to cut the silver. Therefore, the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and the people below must be restrained, and the emperor should be the example first)

In the face of the Son of Heaven saying this, Wu Qingbo had no choice, even the Zhou Wangfu Zongzheng spoke, and now there is really no money in the treasury, the Son of Heaven must have moved the mind of reducing the Zongfang.

Ma Yu's implication of King Lu is one, and the reduction of the clan is two, the two things are connected, and the Son of Heaven must take action on the affairs of King Lu's domain.

Therefore, Wu Qingbo did not dare to oppose at this time, so he had to make plans when he went to the ministry.

King Lu saw that Wu Qingbo had retreated, and knew that there was no room for things to turn around.

Ma Yuyi is a eunuch who has no relatives and no reason, and if he dies, he will die, which is not a big deal. He won't be sorry either.

As for the official, it was also instigated by Gu Mingji and Li Zihua, and this time Shen Shi tried his best to protect it, but he was only fined, and the loss was not big.

But as far as the matter of the domain is related to his future, the renegotiation will inevitably reduce his treatment, and this time he really lost his wife and soldiers.

And today's events, attributed to the reason, are all because of Lin Yanchao, why does he have to get along with himself? Finding fault with yourself again and again?

King Lu really wants to cry without tears.