Chapter 126: The Remains

"The emperor has arrived." A male duck raised his voice.

These people in Yang Pu's courtyard were stunned for a moment, and they all fell to the ground.

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, motioned for them to get up, and went straight to Yang Pu's bedroom.

At this moment, Yang Pu was no longer breathing, and his head was covered by a brocade quilt. Judging from the brand-new official boots, he knew that he had changed Yang Pu's clothes.

When a person just dies, it is still soft, and after a long time, it will become stiff. So under normal circumstances, I will seize the time to change the shroud.

Although there are various styles of shrouds now, in ancient times, shrouds were generally formal wear, and for officials, they were generally official robes.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear to open the brocade quilt. Look at the last face of this old minister.

Because after everyone dies, no matter what kind of makeup they make, the dead are always more ugly than the living.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Fan Hong." ”

Fan Hong said: "The slave is here. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Yang Shoufu's funeral, you will handle it, and you will definitely do it, and find a feng shui treasure land for Yang Shoufu near my tomb, I will be under the nine springs, and then argue with Yang Shoufu." ”

"Sir." Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "I will let you know that time will prove everything, I am right." ”

"Your Majesty," said an old servant on his knees, "this is the master's legacy." ”

Zhu Qizhen saw that what the old servant was holding in both hands was not a fold, but a box.

It's the secret revealed.

Cabinet ministers have the power to reveal the king's secrets.

Zhu Qizhen knew at a glance that Yang Pu's testament had been written a long time ago.

Zhu Qizhen motioned for Fan Hong to put it away. And left here.

Because if you don't leave here, I'm afraid Yang Pu's funeral won't be able to continue.

When Zhu Qizhen returned to the palace, he opened the box and looked at Yang Pu's secret fold.

Yang Pu wrote a lot, a lot, and sprinkled 10,000 words, explaining his views on the government from all aspects. But for his own private affairs, there is only one thing, that is, the mansion where he lives is a mansion given by the emperor. After his death, let the imperial court reclaim it.

Because when Beijing was first built during the Yongle period, many official houses were built at that time and allocated to officials at all levels to live. But this kind of residence is similar to the nature of a dormitory, that is, if you are an official, you can live forever, but if you are dismissed, you will have to leave the house.

However, there are many officials who occupy the real estate of the imperial court and regard the official property as their own. and even to future generations. As a result, the housing allocation of court officials is insufficient, so that many officials live in rented houses, which greatly increases the living burden of Beijing officials, especially lower-level Beijing officials.

Although Zhu Qizhen exchanged the treasure money for silver dollars, it was a disguised increase in wages. But on the whole, the lower-level officials are not good

It's still a little tight.

Yang Pu is willing to lead by example and not take advantage of the imperial court.

But the problem is that Yang Pu's courtyard is different from that of other officials.

Yang Pu's courtyard is a royal gift. It was the emperor's reward. Rather than government-allocated housing.

Zhu Qizhen naturally didn't have a reason, but just looked at what Yang Pu said, his family was in Shishou, Hubei, and he had no interest in his life, even if he left him a courtyard in the capital, what was the use?

And this courtyard in the capital is Yang Pu's biggest asset.

Zhu Qizhen was moved, but he didn't want to disobey Yang Pu's intentions, called Fan Hong, and said: "Send someone to Yang Shoufu's hometown to buy thousands of acres of fertile land for the Yang family, and all the expenses will come from the inner treasury, and I will reward the Shishou Yang family." ”

Fan Hong said: "Yes." ”

Only then did Zhu Qizhen read Yang Pu's opinions on state affairs.

Yang Pu first expressed his attitude, the four emperors of this dynasty know the present, the ancestral law has been running for a long time, and there are many evils, and there is a need for reform.

At this point, Zhu Qizhen didn't know whether it was Yang Pu's sincerity or his response to Zhu Qizhen.

After all, Zhu Qizhen's political attitude has never been a secret to officials above the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen continued to watch.

Yang Pu went on to say that the benefits are not hundred, and the law will not change. Therefore, he advocated a limited tinkering with the Ming system, rather than a large-scale change.

What kind of tinkering is to rebuild the Great Ming Law. Then he said all kinds of disadvantages of the Great Ming Law. In other words, in judicial practice, there is a deviation from the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen never thought about this thing.

Because Zhu Qizhen rarely comes into contact with legal issues.

That's right, most of the problems that Zhu Qizhen came into contact with are problems that cannot be solved by law. For example, Ye Liuzong and Deng Maoqi made a mess, floods, droughts and locust plagues, and even if the laws of the Ming Dynasty were perfectly written, they could not solve such problems.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care about the problems that could be solved by ordinary laws, and just did it according to the charter.

The negligence in this regard made him never feel that there was something wrong with the Da Ming Law.

Only a minister like Yang Pu, who has presided over the government for a long time and has a comprehensive understanding of the upper and lower levels, knows that some laws cannot be implemented at all, and the most typical is the law of Emperor Taizu who peels the skin and fills the grass.

The embezzlers dealt with by Zhu Qizhen have their own verdicts, but there has never been a case of real skinning and grass.

This is clearly the disconnect between the law and the actual practice.

This is the most obvious problem.

As for the other unspoken rules that are not obvious and hidden in the shadows, Zhu Qizhen does not know.

He thought about this matter carefully for a while, and secretly said in his heart: "This is indeed a big joint. ”

Although Zhu Qizhen wants to say that everyone is equal before the law, it is realistic

What's more, Zhu Qizhen also knows, not to mention anything else, just talking about the murder case of Yang Shiqi's son, which is extremely closely related to politics, and has been delayed for several years, is it because it is difficult to detect? Is it because the law is difficult to break and clean up entanglements?

No, it's because Yang Shiqi is in power.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen knows very well that Da Ming Law is not here to punish the top figures of the Da Ming pyramid headed by him. But for the lowest class of the common people. The law of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the law of the king of the Ming Dynasty, may be their last hope.

So when there is such a problem in the law, how can Zhu Qizhen sit idly by.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it again and decided to put it aside for the time being.

It's not because of the tile war, it's because of slow work and meticulous work, and in the revision of legal provisions, there is no room for drastic work, only a little bit of scrutiny.

Second, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to revise it immediately.

Obviously, after he revised it, the letter of the law has rarely changed for decades, if not hundreds of years. But it is not easy for Zhu Qizhen to mix private work in it.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen pressed this matter backwards. It is best to use a code of law to encompass all the reforms of Zhu Qizhen.

Of course, if it is not changed, it does not mean that it is not small, what to do, Zhu Qizhen did not clarify his thoughts for a while. However, he had a time.

He held a red pen in his hand and wrote three more words on the screen: "Da Ming Law".

Then Zhu Qizhen looked at the following content.

The word sutra appears again. Even Yang Pu recommended a candidate, which was Xue Xuan. And admired Xue Xuan is the crown of science in the world, the spirit of learning, the world Zhuzi, the world is unmatched. Even Yang Pu is willing to bow to the wind, and he can't reach it.

This person, Zhu Qizhen, has also heard of it.

He is a representative of contemporary science.

In fact, before Zhu Qizhen was pro-government, he never stopped feasting and lecturing, and Zhu Qizhen was still very diligent in his studies, but the problem was that after the pro-government, there were many affairs.

Zhu Qizhen postponed tomorrow today, postponed tomorrow the day after tomorrow, and the last day was canceled, and the feast was held once a month, which gradually became twice a year. Once in spring and autumn.

It's all etiquette.

After all, Zhu Qizhen was busy for at least eight hours a day, and most of them stayed up all night. How can you still go to school every day.

That's why there is a saying that Yang Pu reopened the sutra feast.

As mentioned above, although it is said that science is the official doctrine of the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that the first science is the mainstream of learning. At least Liu Bowen and others, such as the founding place of the country, may not be pure science disciples. During the Taizong period, Yao Guangxiao also wrote a book slandering Confucianism, which was still published.

The prosperity of science is directly related to the prosperity of the civil service clique. Although Sanyang and others are leaders in the literary world, they are more political figures, and they have not put much effort into literature and righteousness.

Their so-called pavilion style is actually just an official article.