Chapter 33: Knock on the Throne

The same scene also occurred in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the Guozijian and other yamen.

Similarly, in these yamen, Gao Qiqian didn't drink a sip of tea, didn't eat a piece of dim se, and confiscated a tael of silver.

With the list of absentees, Gao Qiqian returned to the Qianqing Palace non-stop.

"Well, the Ministry of Rites has the most absent officials, there are more than a dozen, it seems that the Hanlin Academy is still too idle."

"Hey, there are a lot of absences from Guozijian, it seems that these teachers, whether ancient or modern, have not changed their temperament, and the school is really more radical."

"There are also some in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, trolls, understandable."

"There aren't many other yamen, and if you have something to do, you don't have time to think about anything else."

Haha, the Ministry of Engineering is the least, it's true that no matter ancient or modern, engineering men don't like to participate in politics. ”

Zhu Youzhen said some terms that Gao Qiqian didn't understand, and laughed from time to time.

"Did you get the cashier?"

Zhu Youzhen smiled, and his face changed.

"Back to the emperor, how dare the slave and maid."

Gao Qiqian hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Well, yes, Gao Companion, you remember, if we do supervision work, if we collect the silver of the supervision object, then we will still supervise a fart, then I will directly dissolve the East Factory and save money."

Gao Qiqian was stunned when he heard this: "Hey, this emperor really doesn't play cards according to common sense, and he likes to think about what benefits are maximized in everything, whether it is a yamen or an official, if he can't bring benefits to the emperor, he will be withdrawn immediately, this emperor didn't do the accounting room in his last life." ’

He raised his belly and scolded for a moment, and hurriedly lowered his head.

If Zhu Youzhen could hear Gao Qiqian's belly slander, he would definitely burst into laughter, although he was not an account office in his previous life, but the audit was actually not much different from the account room.

"Gao Companion, the errand is good, the reward is fifty taels of silver, and the other personnel involved in this operation will also be rewarded with five taels of silver."

When he heard the words, he was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed to thank him.

This silver is more comfortable than the ones given by Xue Fengxiang.

"Go back and tell your subordinates that there will be a reward for doing a good job, if you are corrupt, corrupted, and dare to deceive me, then Dongchang will be useless here in me."

"I won't keep useless things, go back and think about it, whether Dongchang wants to do a hammer of business in the future, or do you want to go through the long stream, and give the brothers a job to support their families, if you don't do a good job, then everyone will be laid off together."

Gao Qiqian hurriedly responded, and then retreated.

Today, Gao Qiqian learned the words laid-off, troll, engineering man, etc., and quickly wrote them in a small notebook after he went back, for fear that one day he would forget and not be able to keep up with the emperor's thoughts, and then he would suffer.

Gao Qiqian doesn't want to be a useless person, the useless emperor will let him be laid off, yes, laid off, that is, laid off.

Gao Qiqian was afraid that he would forget, so he quickly recited it silently.

After sending away Gao Qiqian, Zhu Youzhen summoned four cabinet scholars, and then gave them the list.

The four of them looked at it once, their faces immediately turned pale, they hurriedly glanced at each other, and they all knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty is gracious, they are all bewitched, confused for a while, only to come to knock, the cold window is not easy for ten years, Your Majesty is merciful, read his first offense, please open the net, give him a chance to reform himself."

Huang Liji bowed his head and bowed.

"Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers will go out and bring these stupid people back to the yamen, and they must teach them a good lesson, and thank them to Your Majesty another day."

After Li Guopu finished speaking, he glanced at the other three, and then prepared to drive these people away before Zhu Youzhen issued a strict order.

The four of them didn't wait for Zhu Youzhen to answer, so they prepared to get up and go to the emperor's gate to save people.

Faced with the tense atmosphere created by the four of them in an instant, Zhu Youzhen felt a little confused.

But then Zhu Youzhen understood that in the Ming Dynasty, knocking on the que was an extremely serious political event, and those who participated in the knocking on the que would be dismissed from office at least or killed at worst, no wonder the cabinet was so nervous.

"Everyone, love Qing and slow down!"

The four pavilion elders were about to step out of the threshold at this time, and their hearts sank when they heard the words, but they could only retreat back.

Then he stood in the temple with trepidation, waiting to bear the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

"The Cabinet listens!"

When the four of them heard this, they chuckled in their hearts, and quickly knelt down.

'Alas, what should have come is still coming, although this young son of heaven is merciful, but this kind of offensive behavior of the heavenly power of the emperor can not be endured by the emperor. ’

Seeing that the four of them looked serious, like mourning and examining, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing, and then read:

"Today, there are thousands of officials, not to produce, Erlu, the people's fat and the people's anointing, both by the grace of heaven, when the matter of loyalty to the king, both by the people's fat, when the government is diligent and love the people, today the six departments and nine secretaries count forty-three people, when they are in the office, they do not know where to go, they have received the people's salaries, but they have not entered the minister's responsibility."

"If I am appeased, I am deeply ashamed of Li Min, and today I will fine these forty-three people for half a month, and the income from the fine will be used as a nursing home in the capital."

"In order to show punishment and set an example, the list of 43 people will be published today, and they will be published all over the capital, and the palace will be reported to the world."

"I hope that the people of Daming will fulfill the responsibility of the people's supervision, and if there is such lazy and lazy behavior again, you can secretly report to the Dongji factories in various places."

"Chin this."

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, the four cabinet ministers all breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they felt that something was wrong.

But thinking that Zhu Youzhen was only fined for half a month, and there was no punishment such as dismissal and demotion, the four cabinet ministers did not dare to argue anymore, lest Zhu Youzhen change his mind.

"Your Majesty is merciful! Thanksgiving! ”

The four pavilion elders hurriedly received the decree and thanked him, and then followed Wang Chengen to the celebrant to draft the decree.

After receiving the holy decree and leaving the Qianqing Gate, the four pavilion elders finally sensed that something was wrong.

"Haven't you heard of the responsibility of the people's supervision? The people are stupid, how can they fulfill their responsibilities, I don't know what Your Majesty means by mentioning this? ”

Shi Fenglai was a little uneasy.

"Brother Yuwang learns to be rich and has five cars, why don't you even remember this, Emperor Taizu Gao's "Great Message" in the "Great Message" 'the people take harm to the people' A record:"

"The 12 political envoys and the prefectures, prefectures, and counties often prohibit officials from disturbing the people and harming the people.

When the other three heard this, they didn't care about Huang Liji's teasing, and their faces immediately changed greatly.

The Great Edict is a law written by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, mainly for officials, which records in detail various typical cases, as well as harsh punishments such as Ling Chi, Zhu clan, peeling skin and grass, picking tendons, and removing knees.

"The Great Message" fully embodies Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of treating officials as enemies and using heavy codes in troubled times.

Such a harsh punishment law was naturally unanimously resisted by the officials, and after Taizu and Chengzu, the two dynasties of Jingrenxuan were abolished.

Although it was abolished, its influence was far-reaching, and for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, officials heard the "Great Message" as if they were talking about the tiger's color change.