Ministers had mixed reactions.

Some people reprimanded in a low voice, saying that Zhong Nan, as a minister of the DPRK and China, beat others in public, which was a loss of royal face and should be punished heavily.

Some people also think that Zhong Nan is just a grass people, it is harmless, and a small punishment is enough.

In addition, some people believe that they should first ask about the cause of the incident and make a decision after confirming that it is safe. If there is a reason for it, there should be extenuating circumstances; If there is no reason, such a culture cannot be condoned, and it should be regarded as an appropriate punishment.

Among the civil servants in the Jinluan Palace, many advocated that Zhong Nan be severely punished, and they did not have the slightest favor for such a person who set a precedent for changing military attachés to civilian officials. However, these people are basically the speech officials, and as for the other civil officials, they advocate that they will talk about it after they have figured it out.

As for the military attachés, most of them think that beating a person is not a big deal, not to mention that the beating is just a shopkeeper, and there is no need to punish people severely, just mean it.

Although everyone spoke lively, the four scholars of the cabinet and the important ministers of various ministries did not express the slightest opinion; Even the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zuo Du Yushi Cao Weiying, did not say a word about this. Slowly, everyone in the hall realized that the scene was a little weird, and the smarter ones immediately stopped talking, and the dull ones also knew that there was silence at first sight, and the originally lively Jinluan Hall was suddenly silent.

In the Ming Dynasty, the speech officials were mainly composed of the imperial history and the affairs of the Imperial Inspectorate, and most of them were not of high rank, or even very low, but their political status was extremely prominent. In the early days, most of these officials were able to fulfill their duties and played an important role in persuading the emperor, deterring hundreds of officials and eunuchs, and purging the rule of officials. It was only later that the officials forgot their mission and became a tool of some officials. Most of them only make a big splash in the court just to gain fame or to attack political opponents.

In the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there were 140 people in the whole country, 110 in Shuntianfu, and 30 in Yingtianfu. From top to bottom, there are the left and right imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the left and right deputy imperial histories, the left and right imperial histories, and the supervising imperial histories of the thirteen provinces. The status of the imperial history of the left capital is very high, and the six books are on an equal footing, collectively known as the "Seven Qings", plus the political envoy and the Dali Temple Qing, it is the well-known "Nine Qings".

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not subordinate to other units, but existed as an independent institution. Their rank is very low, the highest is only the seventh rank, but the power is very great. There are three main ones: one is "sealing", that is, assisting the emperor in dealing with the chapters; the second is "science copying" and "science participation", that is, inspecting the affairs of the six departments; The third is "cancellation", which means that the holy decree and the chapter must be attached to each section every day, and it will be sent to the cabinet for the record every five days, and the executive organ will be ordered to handle government affairs within the specified time limit, and it will be cancelled on five days after verification by the six sections.

Everyone stopped talking, and the emperor opened his mouth slowly, "Gou Yushi, the person you are participating in is Chief Zhongbing?" ”

"It's Mr. Zhong!" Gou Yushi replied.

Zhong Nan was still thinking about who had denounced him, but when he heard this, his eyes looked at the person who answered, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembered who this person was. This Gou Yushi is the middle-aged man who he and Qiu Xiang just arrived at the door of the "Yuelai Restaurant" yesterday, and they were behind them but were hospitalized by the shopkeeper. It's just that Zhong Nan and Gou Yushi didn't know each other before, and they didn't have any grievances, so they couldn't figure out why the other party wanted to join him.

"Gou Yushi, Zhong Zongbing's beating of people, are you hearsay or did you see it with your own eyes?" Xing Jue, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, asked, after all, Zhong Nan is about to become his right-hand man, and he can't ignore it if he is reasonable.

"Xing Shangshu, I saw it with my own eyes this time, Mr. Zhong beat the shopkeeper to the ground, it's miserable!" Gou Yushi burst into tears.

"Do you know the cause and effect?" Xing Jue continued to ask.

"Mr. Zhong beat people in the lobby on the first floor, I was eating in the private room on the second floor, I heard a lot of movement downstairs, and when I went out to see, I knew that Mr. Zhong beat the second shop, and I heard the discussion, it seemed that there was a quarrel between the two sides, and Mr. Zhong fought hard." Gou Yushi's words were so conclusive that he didn't even blink his eyes.

"Mr. Zhong, what Gou Yushi said is true?" Xing Jue turned his head and asked Zhong Nan.

Zhong Nan touched his nose, "It is estimated that Gou Yushi's eyes and ears are not very good." First, I only punched the shopkeeper, so it shouldn't be a big fight......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gou Yushi, "Even if you only punch someone, it's still a beating!" ”

"Gou Yushi, can you wait until I'm done talking, don't be as rude as that market shrew!" Zhong Nancai didn't get used to this guy, no longer paid attention to Gou Yushi, who was choked up, and continued: "Next, second, I beat people because the other party insulted my mother, and then refused to apologize. At that time, the onlookers were aware of the incident, and they would not discuss it into a quarrel between the two sides. ”

"If you don't scold the second child of the shop, he will scold you?" Gou Yushi still wants to find fault.

"I'm not like some people who curse at every turn!" Zhong Nan had heard a lot about the scolding of the officials, but he couldn't hear the meaning of this statement, and he wanted to refute it, but Zhong Nan didn't give him a chance.

"Your Majesty, ministers, it seems that Gou Yushi doesn't know what happened, so why don't I explain it to you?"

All the ministers looked at the person talking on the dragon chair, and the emperor asked Zhong Nan to tell in public.

“…… This is the whole story, and the steward of 'Yuelai Restaurant', the shopkeeper, and many onlookers can testify. Zhong Nan truthfully stated the cause and effect, but omitted the part of Father-in-law He. He didn't want to involve Xiao Yu behind Grandpa He, after all, the eunuchs in the palace privately owned all kinds of properties, and it was not suitable to put them on the table.

"Gou Yushi, is there anything wrong with what Zhong Zongbing said?" It was still Xing Jue who was asking.

"It should be true." Gou Yushi is also an understanding person, and he knows that he can't reveal anything about He Gonggong.

"If that's the case, I think that since both parties have properly resolved the problem, the shopkeeper and the 'Yuelai Restaurant' have not raised any objections to this, as the so-called 'people do not raise officials and do not hold officials', we do not need to deal with this matter again." Xing Jue expressed his opinion.

Immediately, some ministers echoed Xing Shangshu's opinion, and most of them were military attachés.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Gou Yushi still didn't give up, "No matter what, it is not right for Mr. Zhong to beat others in public, if he is not punished, it will chill the hearts of the people in the world!" ”

As soon as he heard this, a trace of anger rose on Zhu Yijun's originally calm face. The left capital of the palace Cao Weiying felt bad, Gou Yushi's last sentence was somewhat coercive, he smiled helplessly, knowing that today's Gou Buli Gou Yushi is likely not to eat good fruits.

The emperor suppressed his anger, and then asked lightly: "Gou Yushi, then in your opinion, how should Zhong Aiqing be punished?" ”

"This ......, I'm not an official of the Criminal Department, I don't know how to punish this situation like Zhong Zongbing, and I have to ask Wang Shangshu for advice."

Gou Yushi actually knew that he was modest, but he was ignorant and pulled Wang Zhonghua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, in. Wang Shangshu is not a foolish person, he has been in the officialdom for decades, and he can't hear the emperor's protection. What's more, there is also the experience of Wang Jiaping Wang Ge Lao, although the ministers of the Ming Dynasty have the "good virtue" of raising the bar with the emperor, but that is also the score, he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of others for this matter.

"Emperor Qi, in the case of Mr. Zhong, since the two parties have reached a consensus on reconciliation, our criminal department really can't find a suitable provision to punish him."

"Then you can't beat someone, right?" Gou Yushi began to mess around.

No one in the hall responded to Gou Yushi's actions, and everyone let him perform like fools. At this moment, the emperor, who had not spoken much, spoke, "Gou Yushi, how much silver do you have every month?" ”

Gou Yushi didn't know why, but he didn't dare to hide the emperor's question, and replied truthfully: "Back to the emperor, Weichen will pay five taels of silver a month." ”

The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty is actually not high, Gou Yushi is a seven-grade official position, and five taels of silver per month is probably less than 3,000 yuan today. The monthly salary of a senior member of Zhengyipin does not exceed fifty taels of silver, and compared to his huge expenses, he must be unable to make ends meet.

Hearing Gou Yushi's answer, the emperor pretended to be puzzled and said: "As far as I know, 'Yuelai Restaurant' has some grades, and it can be regarded as a high-consumption place in Beijing. The minimum consumption of its private room is three taels of silver, and you only receive five taels of silver a month, can you afford it? ”

When Gou Yushi heard the back, he knew that the big thing was not good, and his originally proud face was covered with cold sweat, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, Weichen is wronged, I just ...... Just going to a private room to meet a friend, not ...... Go to eat. ”

"Dare to quibble! You kept saying that you were eating in the private room on the second floor, but now you lie that you are just going to meet friends, is it really so easy for me to be fooled? ”

Zhu Yijun stood up when he said that he was behind, pointed at Gou Yushi and reprimanded loudly, "As the imperial history, you don't want to be loyal to the country and share worries for the monarch, but fabricate facts and participate in the ministers indiscriminately, is it true that the Ming Dynasty has no royal law?" ”

"Come on, take off his black gauze hat for me, drag it out and scold it for twenty!"

With the emperor's order, the guards in front of the emperor immediately stepped forward to execute, took off Gou Yushi's official hat, took off his official uniform, and then dragged him out of the Jinluan Palace. After a while, accompanied by the sound of blows, Gou Yushi's screams also came in, although it didn't hit him, but many ministers felt the same way.

I believe that after the twenty rods are down, Gou Yushi's weak body and bones will definitely be unbearable, and he has been deprived of the identity of the official, he should no longer be able to make any waves.