Chapter 805: Shocking

The beginning of June is the hottest time of the year in Beijing, however, at this moment in the compound of the Fusi in Beizhen, the neatly dressed Jinyi guards are standing under the sun, although they are sweating but still motionless. Fresh blood stains could still be seen on the bluestone floor, and in the corner on the side, the silhouette of a person could be vaguely seen under a reed mat. The few brocade-clothed guards standing and serving under the porch did not seem to squint, but their eyes glanced at the dazzling place, and their minds were completely different.

In the public court, Zhu Zhanji, who was still angry, sat there, but his eyes didn't look at the three Jian Xia Du on the side, but just tapped his fingers on the table in front of him. He is not yet thirty years old, and although he is skilled in governing the country, he is a little young, and he still regrets it after he has just ordered the killing, but when so many ministers suddenly come and persuade him in every possible way, he is even more annoyed, and he refuses to let go no matter what. Hearing that there was movement outside, he raised his eyes, and didn't look at Lin Changmao and Yu Qian, who were kneeling in the hall, but just looked out.

"Your Majesty, Gu Duxian has arrived."

The three high-ranking officials of the ministry and cabinet came in a hurry, not just for one Dai Lun. After all, Dai Lun was the praise official when Zhu Zhanji was still the emperor's grandson, and he could be called a palace official. What they didn't expect was that the moment they entered the door, Dai Lun had just choked his breath, and the emperor was not enough to vent his anger after killing people, and he wanted to vent his anger on the Dai clan. At that moment, the three of them advised together, but who knew that the emperor, who had always been obedient to advice, was stubborn this time.

Seeing Gu Zuo enter the door at this moment, Du Zhen couldn't help but remember that just now Jinyiwei commanded Wang Jie to come in from outside, and reported to the emperor in his ear, and after putting a pile of things on the case, Zhu Zhanji's face turned blue all of a sudden. He has no friendship with Gu Zuo, who is nicknamed Gu Duzai, and it can even be said that Gu Zuo is more alone than him, and he is almost isolated in the court, and Yang Shiqi only respects his personality and character before recommending him. If such a person is trusted by the Son of Heaven, it is fine, but if he loses the trust of the Son of Heaven, the result is worrying.

"Gu Qing."

Zhu Zhanji saw that Gu Zuo was still that stereotyped appearance, and he was as polite as a ritual, and his voice naturally brought out a little coldness: "I recommended from Yang Qing, and used you to clean up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and from your intentions, I deposed more than 20 people from the Imperial Shifan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, reduced eight people, and dismissed three people, it can be said that everything is obeyed." It is said that you are honest and honest, but now some people are playing you for accepting money and returning privately. ”

When Wang Yu was summoned, as soon as Gu Zuo heard the Beizhen Fusi, he almost thought that the imperial history of the previous affairs had all been sent to prison, and rushed all the way here, and when he dismounted, he stumbled, and almost couldn't even stabilize his body. In addition, when he saw Dai Lun's corpse covered with only a reed mat in the courtyard, he only felt extremely angry in his heart, and when he heard this accusation, he calmed down.

"It is true."

I thought that Gu Zuo must have denied it, Zhu Zhanji took the pile of things in front of him, and was almost ready to slam it in front of him when the time came, but he didn't expect Gu Zuo to admit it calmly, and he was stunned for a moment. After staying for a long time, he sneered: "Good, good! You said that the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate was greedy and could not be appointed, but he accepted the subordinate fee privately, how to set an example for the officials? ”

Seeing that Gu Zuo didn't defend himself, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji couldn't help but feel anxious, and wanted to open their mouths to explain for him, but they were afraid that they would completely uncover the lid of the pot and hurt the dignity of the ministers in the court, so they were a little embarrassed. At this moment, Du Zhen suddenly opened his mouth.

"The emperor is angry, and the matter of accepting the subordinate money is not the work of Lord Gu alone." Although Zhu Zhanji's grim gaze suddenly came, Du Zhen still said calmly, "It is not easy to live in Beijing, and hundreds of officials often rent houses to live except for a few who give the title. Although the second- and third-grade high-ranking officials routinely supported four rice bills and six bills, all of them were from the Nanjing warehouse rice, and the loss of grain was borne by the officials themselves. At the end of the summer of Yongle, when the Lord was confiscated, in addition to the treasure money, only cloth clothes and pottery. Lord Xia has been a second-grade high-ranking official for many years, and his family is so poor, not to mention the low-grade officials in various ministries in Beijing? Therefore, from the end of the Hongwu period, if the soap subordinates of the yamen were busy with farming, they would be exempted from military service, and the officials would get the fees, and the soap subordinates would be returned to farming. ”

This unwritten rule has been used for many years, and Xia Yuanji, who is in charge of the household department, naturally knows better than Du Zhen, and seeing that Zhu Zhanji was stunned, he couldn't help but sigh. Du Zhen took him as an example, and he really couldn't agree with it. When he was silent, Jian Yi had to speak: "There is indeed such a thing, what Yishan Bachelor said is true. ”

The punch that was gaining momentum was like hitting cotton, and although Zhu Zhanji was a little remorseful, he was still angry in his heart. Before summoning Qin Tianjian and setting an auspicious day for the zodiac, he had already decided to announce the canonization of the emperor's eldest son in a few days, regardless of the opinions of the hundred officials. Therefore, he was naturally extremely angry at the books that touched the taboo in the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Even if this matter is an old rule, the officials of this Metropolitan Procuratorate don't just dare to speak out! Who doesn't know today's court officials, the words of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the most famous, with the end of the seven grades to impeach the senior officials of the department, if it becomes famous, it will move the world, if it does not become famous, it will remain in history, even if there is a fall, the people will also say that it is not those high-ranking officials, you are the imperial history, in addition to the discipline, you have to deal with such unhealthy trends! Blindly selling fame and reputation, even if it is sparse three times a day, what is the use! ”

"The emperor doesn't dare to agree with this!" Yu Qian, who had been silent, suddenly said loudly, "For the imperial history, all ministers are treacherous, villains form the party, and those who are powerful and chaotic will be impeached." Anyone who is obscene and corrupt in official discipline shall be impeached. Those who are not academically correct, who have written and made statements into a constitution, and who wish to use them, will be impeached. If the emperor wants to investigate the impeachment of high-ranking officials, the court and China will be a pool of stagnant water in the future, who will dare to raise his voice? The following impeachment was originally fought for on the basis of reason, what is seeking fame? If the Central Committee of the Dynasty is a great discipline, there is naturally no place for imperial history, then the world is very fortunate! ”

Since Yu Qian was imprisoned, although Gu Zuo has been asking people to send things in, he has never been able to see anyone. At this moment, seeing that the young juniors whom he loved deeply were much thinner than before, and even a little weaker, his mind that wanted to take care of the overall situation was suddenly pulled up by these passionate words. Almost without thinking, he lifted his robe and knelt on the ground.

"There is a saying in the imperial history, if it is a good word, Your Majesty can accept it; If it is a lie, His Majesty can apply for it; But the minister's duty is to teach the imperial history to be honest and upright, dare to speak and act, and ensure that the road is smooth. His Majesty ordered the ministers to control the imperial history and not to impeach the ministers without permission, dare to ask how to define this word? If the evil of his people is not manifested, and all the people of the world regard it as good, then the evil deeds of the imperial history may be regarded as seeking fame for a while, but as long as the crime is not punished, he can write again and again, and he may be punished for evil. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the emperor's department of discipline, and the so-called unhealthy tendencies will never dare to agree! ”

Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji saw that Zhu Zhanji's face was getting worse and worse, and they knew that this time it was really on. has been in charge of the Ministry of Officials and Households for a long time, and they have not been impeached by the imperial history, or they are traitors and traitors who don't know how many times they have been in office, and they have long since lost their initial indignation. But in all fairness, if you want to say that you like or appreciate those imperial histories, it is by no means their heart.

"Your Majesty, Lord Gu ......"

Xia Yuanji just made a start, but Zhu Zhanji suddenly interrupted his words with a raised hand, and then nodded at Wang Jie, the commander of the Jinyi Guard on the side: "Show these things to this self-righteous official, and show these humerus bones of mine!" ”

A few thin pieces of paper were passed around among several people who were standing or kneeling, and for a moment, there was a dead silence in the hall. Seeing this scene, the commander of Jinyiwei couldn't help but be extremely proud. Compared with his predecessor, he, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is the most neglected, with Dongchang pressing at the top, and Fang Ling, who is in charge of the Fusi of Beizhen, holding him hostage, and others have almost forgotten that there is such a commander as him, and his anger has been held back long enough. For more than a year, he has used almost all the manpower he can use, and only then did he find out such a lot of things, that is, he was desperate for his life and took advantage of the emperor's most angry time to tear open this big hole!

What is honest and honest, and what are the meagre civil officials, all those self-righteous civil officials!

Although there is a saying called deception, in the officialdom, the voice of the lower person is never counted, as long as the superior is concealed, it is considered a success. At this moment, looking at the paper full of fly's heads, Du Zhen's face became more and more dark. He is upright and hates insatiable people, but he also knows that in the hometowns of a number of Beijing officials, those relatives who rely on people in the court do not stop, even he himself, if it is not for the three orders and five declarations, plus the election of honest officials as the prefect of Songjiang, Zhang Yue also used the channels of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pay attention to the movements for him, so the people of the Du family did not make any big trouble. But what's up there!

Since Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu set up the cavalry, hundreds of civil and military officials have been in an all-encompassing net. However, there is a set for the size of the mesh of this net. At present, on this piece of paper that Wang Jie sent to everyone, almost all the Beijing officials above the fourth rank in the court and the central government, and their family population have added new fields in the past 20 years. Even Ji Gang back then did not dare to investigate in such a blatant way - this was undoubtedly against the most high-end scholars in the world.

It is the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hongwu, to completely eliminate the heroes who fought the world, and let the civil officials govern the world with a meager amount of food and clothing; And when it came to the Yongle Emperor, the elimination of meritorious heroes became the high supply of meritorious heroes, and the income of civil officials was still meager. Zhu Zhanji and the nobles do not have too deep feelings, so although he has not abandoned military affairs since he ascended the throne, it is a fact that he has reused civil servants. As a high Son of Heaven, even if he knows that there is maladministration underneath, how can he compare to expose it naked in front of him?

Besides, he has no excuses!

"All the secretaries advised me to take a break from the wrath of the thunder, so the matter of Dai Lun will end here for the time being, but since these have been revealed, I also hope that the secretaries can give me an explanation! Someone will be imprisoned under Qian and Lin Changmao to await trial! ”

Leaving this last sentence, Zhu Zhanji brushed his sleeves away. And it wasn't until the emperor had already walked out two or three steps that Wang Jin reacted with a spirit, and hurriedly followed up, but when he went out, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Jie, the commander of the Jinyi Guard. Seeing that his face was changing, as if he was still a little excited and proud, he wondered in his heart whether this head of the brocade guard was crazy.

Except that Emperor Taizu really executed officials for embezzlement of more than 1,000 yuan, when was he so harsh after that? Even if it is the emperor, I am afraid that the thunder will be furious at this time, and after thinking about it calmly, there will be another consideration, right?

Out of the Beizhen Fusi, the commander of the Tongzhi Wang Yu gathered the brocade guards who had been scattered throughout the alley and the street outside the gate. However, when Wang Jin personally took the reins from a Jinyi guard and led the horse, Zhu Zhanji did not get on the horse immediately, but stood there looking at the blue sky in a daze. After a long time, he lightly ordered: "Don't go back to the palace first, go to the English Park!" ”

Wang Jin was stunned when he heard this, and the words of persuasion turned around in his mouth and swallowed back. Zhang Fu is not Yang Shiqi, Zhu Zhanji went to Yang Shiqi's house in micro-service, but he was persuaded back by a few words of advice from this first assistant. He originally wanted to help Zhu Zhanji get on the horse, but when he saw that he didn't say a word, he opened the arm he helped up, jumped on the horse, he quickly withdrew his hand, and then raised his head at the bottom and asked, "Do you want the little one to deliver a letter?" ”

Zhu Zhanji came out today, not wearing a conspicuous gold thread embroidered dragon robe, but an ordinary crow blue regular clothes, at this time I heard Wang Jin ask such a sentence, he knew that this henchman was not referring to the Empress Dowager Zhang of Renshou Palace, so he nodded without thinking about it: "You send a proper person to the military department." These brocade guards were dismissed, and Wang Yu was asked to pick twenty proper ones to follow me. It's not like I haven't been out of the palace, so there's nothing to be afraid of! ”

After a moment's effort, the Jinyi Guard sergeant who guarded Beizhen Fusi like an iron bucket disappeared completely, and the Jinyi Guard commanded Wang Jie to dislike people after the shocking blow, let alone stay on the territory of Fangling, and quickly left in a hurry with people, thinking about how much power he could get if the emperor handed over this matter to him.

As soon as they left, the four civil officials who were known for their integrity fell into a collective silence, and they didn't come back to their senses until Fang Ling, who had silently retreated, came in again and reminded Yang Shiqi that he was coming.

Yang Shiqi rarely had time to go to the Hanlin Academy to give a lecture to Shu Jishi, but he didn't expect such a big thing to happen in a blink of an eye. After getting the letter from Zhang Zhen, he hurried over, and at this moment, seeing the faces of Jian Xia Du Gu and the four of them was extremely bad, and then thinking about the pool of blood he saw outside the door, he also felt heavy in his heart. However, when he looked at what Jian Yi handed him, he immediately lost the mood to complain and be angry.

"This thing...... The emperor has already seen this thing? ”

Seeing that Du Zhen sighed and nodded imperceptibly, Yang Shiqi only felt a little unsteady on his feet. This not only includes the Beijing officials, but also the Nanjing officials, Jinyiwei really has the courage to check these without the emperor's acquiescence? If it was really the emperor's acquiescence, then what did this young son of heaven want to do? Could it be that it is just to keep them silent on the next major affairs of the inner court?