There are often no signs of anything unusual when big things happen in history. On the 15th day of June in the 10th year of Fengle, the Great Dynasty was as solemn, majestic and boring as ever.

Jiang Anyi stood listlessly at the end of the team, and the word "hate" with a capital letter appeared in his head from time to time. He didn't close his eyes last night, and Jiang Anyi couldn't close his eyes to face the hate word in his mind.

The voice in the court is erratic, too far away, and you don't need to worry about yourself as a petty official, as long as you dance down to the mountain and shout "long live" with everyone's figures.

Jiang Anyi has participated in several court meetings, and the sun outside the hall has shone on the pillar of the hall from the east window lattice, and it is time for Gonggong Liu to announce his retirement from the court. Jiang Anyi was thinking about what excuse he should find when he retreated from the dynasty to talk to Master Li Mingxing of Sinong Siqing, and ask about Tong'er's situation, even if he was reprimanded on the spot, it was better than being tortured by the word "hate".

Sure enough, Gonggong Liu's unique sharp and long voice sounded: "Nothing to retreat." ”

Everyone was in good spirits, sorted out their robes, and prepared to bow down the mountain again and shout "Long live", and send the Son of Heaven back to Zichen Palace, where most of the officials could go back to make up for sleep.

A stiff, discordant voice sounded, "Minister, Cheng Wei Chao in the imperial history has a book to play." ”

At the Imperial History Tower, many people's hearts tightened, watching the ominous shallow crimson clouds drift towards the steps in front of the throne. On the throne, Shi Fangzhen frowned slightly, as the Son of Heaven, he hated uncontrollable things to happen the most, and Yu Shitai was always reminding himself that accidents might happen at any time.

"Wei Qing, what is this chapter, submit it." The words were calm but heavily coercive.

Since Li Mingyi, the middle of the imperial history, was reprimanded in court in December last year, the imperial history platform has not spoken out for more than half a year. Wei Zhongcheng stood up on behalf of Yushitai at this moment, and he must have intended to save face for Yushitai and reinvigorate his prestige, I don't know who will become a victim.

The crowd held their breath and listened to what was going on.

"The minister impeached Liu Weiguo, the eunuch of Bingli, for taking the opportunity of the birthday banquet to use power for personal gain, befriending ministers, embezzling bribes, and wantonly accumulating wealth......"

In the main hall, Wei Chao's voice was sonorous and powerful, the sound of gold and stone echoed in the hall, Jiang Anyi frowned secretly, he and Fan Shiben analyzed all kinds of situations, I don't know if Brother Fan informed this Wei Zhongcheng, obviously this Wei Zhongcheng is determined to take Liu Gonggong's authority.

“…… The minister collected a list of some of the property, and the rough calculation is no less than 160,000 taels, not including the rare treasures, this is the list, please look at it. After Wei Huaichao finished speaking, he raised the thick paper book in his hand with a chao rui.

Gonggong Liu remained silent, not even the smile on the corner of his mouth changed, he steadily descended, took the roster from Wei Huaichao's hand, and turned around and put it on the dragon book case. Everyone secretly admired, not to mention anything else, just this steady strength is very human.

Shi Fangzhen flipped through the roster casually and sneered: "Okay, there are twenty-seven states in the world, and all the states and states have sent people to give gifts." I don't understand, Qianzhou is more than 3,000 miles away, and the road is not smooth, shouldn't this ceremony be prepared three or four months in advance? ”

"Qianzhou Thorn Shi Lengming, when I asked him to clean up the fields, I always said that the land in Qianzhou is poor, seven points of mountains and two points of water and one point of fields, the people are pure and kind, and there is little encroachment. This self-proclaimed place of simple folk customs, gave Liu Weiguo ten buckets of pearls, ten squares of Qianyan, ten quintals of medicinal materials, one hundred horses of brocade, two carts of cured meat, good guys, which is the handwriting of the poor? ”

"Chuzhou, Dengzhou, Huazhou, and Qingzhou are all above 10,000 taels, and the other states are not small. Oh, there are still some rich people in Beijing, and they give away a thousand taels of gold, and my treasury is empty, but some people are rich enough to rival the country. Liu Weiguo, your birthday is more glorious than mine. Shi Fangzhen turned his face and smiled at Gonggong Liu.

Liu Gonggong was about to fall, and everyone was thinking that the birthday gift he gave was thrown into the water, but not only did he not hear the sound, but he was worried about being involved, and the deal was lost.

Gonggong Liu knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave should die, what Wei Zhongcheng played is the truth." However, the slave is not greedy for money, the slave sees that the expenditure in the palace is extremely tight, and he has to think about eating more vegetables and lighting an extra candle. The slave was bold and reckless, and received a gift that should not be received, and the slave did not dare to move a cent of these money, and made a good book, and two days ago he had ordered the dog to be sent to the palace, and the roster had been handed over to the mother, which was a copy of the slave's own keep, please long live. ”

High, really high, everyone is amazed and inexplicable, what is called figuring out the holy will, what is called inviting favor and Guen, Liu Gonggong presented it in front of everyone like a textbook. The princes looked at Gonggong Liu with admiration, and at the same time looked at Wei Zhongcheng with ridicule.

Wei Huaichao's face was pale, and he couldn't wait to get into the cracks of the gold bricks, and his heart was full of remorse. At the beginning, Fan Shiben persuaded himself to postpone the performance, but he couldn't listen to it at all when he was bent on seeking fame, and as a result, he was hit by Liu Gonggong's backhand, so that he couldn't get off the stage. jumped up and down like a clown, acted in a joke, and offended the Manchu civil and military forces by the way, not to mention offended Gonggong Liu to the end.

Thinking wildly in his head, he was frightened back by the angry shouts of the Son of Heaven.

“…… More than 270,000 taels of silver, not counting those rare treasures and celebrity calligraphy and paintings, tsk, my Da Zheng is the poor and the rich of the country, to be precise, the poor of the country and the poor of the officials. ”

The crowd had no choice but to bow down to the ground again, and unintentionally recited: "Long live the wrath, and wait for the death penalty." ”

"Wei Huaichao."

Wei Huaichao was clever and hurriedly responded: "The minister is here." ”

"Wei Qing, you are not afraid of the powerful and the anger of the people, this kind of practice is not in vain in the name of the imperial history, and I am very relieved. With the records of the Ministry of Officials, Wei Huaichao was promoted to one level, and he is still in the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history for the time being. ”

Wei Huaichao was ecstatic, he was right in this bet, although he offended Gonggong Liu and the ministers, but he won the favor of Long Live and was promoted to a higher level, which is a good thing that cannot be found even with a lantern. In the envious eyes of the ministers, Wei Huaichao sincerely thanked him with trepidation.

With a "snap", Shi Fangzhen slapped the roster on the table from Liu Gong's bus, and said angrily: "According to this roster, the Ministry of Officials will inquire whether any of these gift-giving officials have embezzled the fields, and they will be verified and reported one by one." Those officials who gave gifts of more than 1,000 taels thought that they would not be bad for money, and the fines for one year were recorded. ”

Everyone grinned, this was really a slap on the horse's hooves, unluckily tight.

This time, Shi Fangzhen obviously had a premeditated plan, and continued: "Wei Aiqing, led by the Political Affairs Hall, led by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, rearranged the affairs of clearing the fields and acres in each state, and dispatched personnel from the six ministries and nine secretaries to the twenty-seven states to supervise the clearing of the war. ”

Shi Fangzhen paused and added: "Zhongqing, I will give you a month to self-examine, and those who take the initiative to report the supplementary taxes will not be held accountable. A month later, the 27 prefectures were cleared, and as long as it was found that officials had embezzled or concealed land, they would all be severely punished. ”

Glancing at the Golden Palace, Shi Fangzhen saw that the ministers were indifferent, and he hated it in his heart, and said in an aggravated tone: "The Imperial Historical Observatory, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple formed an inspection team, and secretly rushed to the twenty-seven prefectures to conduct open and secret inspections on whether the supervision officials were corrupt for personal gain, whether the local officials were perfunctory, and whether the officials colluded with each other. ”

Wei Huaichao secretly complained, this is a hornet's nest, stinging and stinging, the joy and sorrow change too quickly, it is really a bit unbearable, at this moment, the arrow is on the string, and he can only say "yes" loudly.

Shi Fangzhen took another dose of fierce medicine, "This inventory will be counted by the end of the year, and the state will be divided into upper, middle, and lower levels, and the last two will be reassigned for verification by each other, and if any untruths are found, the state assassin will be dismissed." During the investigation, reports are encouraged, and those who speak are not guilty, but those who report are true, according to the size of the matter, the people will be rewarded with silver, and the officials will be promoted, which will be a permanent example. In addition, Long Wei checked and concealed the officials who reported the acres of the fields, and once they were verified, they were arrested and arrested, and there was no need to report to the Ministry of Officials. ”

The words were like the wind, blowing in the court in the middle of summer, but it was not cool, but solemn, and many people's legs and stomachs began to tremble.

The Son of Heaven's series of harsh measures made Wei Yishen a little overwhelmed, as the prime minister, he knew in advance that the Son of Heaven would reiterate the matter of clearing the war today. The treasury was empty, the use was embarrassing, and the Son of Heaven pinned his hopes on the Qing war, but the progress of the Qing war was not good. Wei Yishen was also in favor of intensifying the Qing war, but he didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would be so generous, especially dispatching Long Wei and encouraging reporting, so that there would be many things in the world.

As the prime minister, he wants to "reconcile yin and yang, cultivate all things, turn the world right, and make it easy to break the current and suppress the team", Wei Yishen knew that what he said would be disliked by the Son of Heaven, so he could only stand up and say: "Long live, clearing the acres of land is a national policy, and its importance is self-evident, and the old minister raised his hands. However, using Long Wei to encourage reporting, the old minister thought it was overkill. The dragon guard is a sharp weapon of the country, and it should not be used lightly; Encourage reporting, easy to produce unjust cases, and the country is ominous, and I hope to think twice. ”

The courtiers have been blinded by the heavy punch of the Son of Heaven, and when they heard Wei Xiang's words against the use of Long Wei and encourage the report, they all knelt down and agreed, "Please long live and think twice." The two methods just now were said by Shi Fangzhen's heart, and at this moment, seeing that the courtiers were panicked, he felt that this was only effective in his heart.

Although the world is the Son of Heaven, it has to rely on the ministers to manage, and the Son of Heaven can not really fall out with the ministers and become a lonely person. What's more, Wei Xiang's face is always to be given, Shi Fangzhen thought about it and said: "What Wei Xiang said is reasonable, change the matter of Long Wei's collection of acres of land to report, so as to support the audio-visual; As for the matter of reporting, a copper box (copper box) was set up in front of the yamen of the Sima Mansion in each prefecture to facilitate people from all over the world to report the embezzlement of land. ”

The establishment of the Tongkuang was first created in the period of Emperor Wei Shun of the Great Wei Dynasty, when the officialdom was corrupt and perverted the law, and Emperor Wei Shun set up the Tongkuang to encourage whistleblowers, and those who reported the officials who had committed crimes and negligence were awarded officials once verified; Even if the report is not true, the whistleblower is not held responsible. This practice created a harsh political environment that quickly eliminated corruption, but it also produced a lot of cool officials, and everyone in the officialdom was at risk.

After the death of Emperor Wei Shun, Emperor Xuan of Wei, who succeeded to the throne, abolished the copper box, until the death of the Great Wei, the copper box reappeared, but it could not restore the world of the Great Wei, Zheng took Wei and replaced it, and never set up the copper box.

Shi Fangzhen restarted the copper system, implying that the originally relaxed political environment had changed, and the hearts of everyone in the court were heavy, and even Jiang Anyi had no intention of asking Tong'er for news in the future.