In Wucheng Pavilion, not only Zhu Xu had a calm face, but the faces of Zhu Youzhen, Yang Lian and others were not very good-looking. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Such a large-scale operation of the Governor's Yuan, arresting more than 20 officials, big and small, and reiterating the imperial court's law on official conduct, caused shock and uneasiness among the officials in the entire capital.

No matter how Qingliu advertises as a 'righteous person', and no matter how much the Donglin Party hates the 'evil party', it wants to drive away evil and use righteousness. But the laws of the imperial court, which are rotten and no one cares about, have long been in vain, and no one will abide by them anymore. What's more, I don't know when prostitution has become a trend, and it is a must for literati and artists!

Therefore, in the entire Ming court, there are not a few people who have no experience of prostitution, and if they really want to deal with it, it will implicate all officials.

Yang Lian's duty as the imperial history of the left capital, but what he cares about now is not these, he raised his hand with a calm face and said: "Your Majesty, the actions of the Governorate have caused panic in the entire capital and even the entire Ming officials, and the ministers ask the emperor to depose the Governor's Court and appease the officials." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, he was also very worried, I don't know how many officials asked to see him yesterday, and his words were fierce, and he was about to put King Ping on the title of 'traitor'.

Zhu Xu was not in a hurry and sat still.

King Ping glanced at Zhu Xu, looked at Yang Lian and said, "What does Lord Yang mean by this, this king enforces the law impartially, is it wrong?" Why do you want to depose my Governorate? ”

Yang Lian looked at King Ping, his face still had the bitter and hateful expression of others who owed money and did not pay it back, and said in a somewhat passionate tone: "Don't you know that the Supervisory Yuan arrested more than 20 officials of all sizes yesterday alone, and the crime is just 'prostitution, prostitution', which has caused uneasiness among all the officials of the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, if it continues like this, I am afraid that no one will have the heart to do things anymore." ”

King Ping looked stunned, as if he couldn't argue with Yang Lian, and raised his hand to King Xin and said, "Lord Wang, have I done anything wrong?" Has the Overseer wronged anyone? Which law is not right? ”

Zhu Youzhen's expression moved, and his heart was also very entangled.

It stands to reason that King Ping did the right thing, acting in strict accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and never exceeded the rules, but the officials were prostitutes, and prostitutes had already swept the world, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty were involved, so how could they be moved lightly?

And prostitutes are not a big deal, didn't Taizu also build the 'Fourteenth Floor of Flower Moon and Spring Breeze' on the bank of the Qinhuai River?

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhu Xu and did not speak.

Seeing that King Xin ignored King Ping, Yang Lian raised his hand to Zhu Xu again and said: "Your Majesty, now the hearts of the people in the capital are fluctuating, the officials are trembling, and no one is concerned about politics anymore. ”

Zhu Xu hadn't moved yet, and Zhu Luhu, the King of Jing behind King Ping, quietly took a step forward, raised his hand and said to Yang Lian: "Lord Yang, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what are the regulations on the management of prostitutes and prostitutes?" ”

Yang Lian glanced at King Jin, continued to look at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty ......"

As soon as Yang Lian spoke, Zhu Luhu said loudly: "Civil and military officials, prostitutes and prostitutes, the crime of murder is first-class, the light one is beaten with a cane, the flail is displayed to the public, the heavy one is sent to the army, the dismissal is not resigned, although he is pardoned, he will be punished for life!" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was shocked.

Every punishment in it is extraordinary, especially the last few words, 'Although pardoned, lifelong blessings', that is, the officials who are disposed of will never be used!

This is even more terrible than killing a head for an official who has studied hard for ten years and has been an official for many years!

Yang Lian was a little stunned by these words, and he was still raising his hand to look at Zhu Xu, completely forgetting what he was going to say just now.

Zhu Youzhen was also extremely frightened in his heart, if he really did this, the world would be in chaos!

He raised his hand to look at Zhu Xu, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that civil and military officials need to be upright and abide by the laws of the court, but the involvement is too wide, please be cautious and slow down." ”

Zhu Xu nodded at this time and said appreciatively: "What the imperial brother said is reasonable. ”

Yang Lian felt that he didn't care at all, no matter whether he was cautious or slow, it was all going to be done, if the imperial court slowly spread out, the one who suffered the most was their Donglin people!

Most of them were born in the south of the Yangtze River, the land of fireworks, which has been prevalent for two hundred years, and how many of them have no prostitutes and prostitutes? Is it possible to dismiss the official without telling the story?

His face changed and changed, and he looked at Zhu Xu and said in a deep voice again, "Your Majesty, whether it is a prostitute or a prostitute, it is a loss for small virtue, and there is no loss for great virtue, and all civil and military officials are dedicated to the country, just because of this, they will be deposed and never used, it is too harsh, not only the subjects of the world are not satisfied, but also the emperor's benevolence is damaged, and the court is hindered from tolerating ......"

Without allowing Yang Lian to finish speaking, King Jing Zhu Luhu snorted coldly again, interrupted his words, and stared at him coldly: "Lord Yang, what do you mean, you want the court to connive?" So what's the use of the court's law? What do you want your Metropolitan Procuratorate to do? ”

Yang Lian had already been anxious in his heart, and when he heard this, he turned to him with an ugly expression and said: "King Jing, the ancestral system, the vassal king's clan relatives are not allowed to govern, could it be that the prince doesn't even respect the ancestral system?" ”

Zhu Luhu glanced at Zhu Xu, then sneered, and said, "Lord Yang's words are heartbreaking!" This king is the deputy governor of the Governor's Yuan, and he has the right to supervise government affairs, and he also has the right to protect the laws of my Ming court. ”

Yang Lian's body was straight, like a mountain, and he said in a deep voice: "The official line sits upright and serves the country with enthusiasm, how can he be selfish!" The Metropolitan Procuratorate eradicates rape and evil, and there has never been any slackness! ”

"Ridiculous!" King Jing was-for-tat, his tone was decisive and sharp, and he said: "The three people sent to Beijing by your Ducha Yuan have been in the past half a year, what are your achievements?" Whenever your people leave, there are all big cases piled up, mountain/east, river/south, river/su...... You might as well be in the East Factory! Not to mention outside Beijing, over the years, how many officials and prostitutes have been investigated and dealt with by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but there are more than one day in my Governor's Yuan? Are you all guarding my Ming Law, or are you guarding those corrupt officials and corrupt officials! Is this king wrong? What is the use of asking you to inspect the Yuan! ”

Yang Lian's face turned red when he was questioned by Zhu Luhu, the green tendons on his head were beating, and he said coldly: "The prince said carefully, even if there are officials and prostitutes, it is only a loss of small virtue, how can there be corrupt officials and corrupt officials......"

Zhu Luhu's tone was like a knife, and he choked out: "Isn't it? That Cui Fang Lou costs one or two pieces of silver a night, and a six-grade official only earns ten stones a month, you tell this king, they go to the Qinglou seventeen or eight times a month, where does this silver come from? Where did the mansion of a seven-rank minor official come from, which is bigger than the king's palace? Those antique calligraphy and paintings, each worth a few hundred taels, the group of maids and servants, don't they have monthly money every month? The concubine is one room after another, does it not cost anything? ”

At this time, the price of grain among the people basically remained below one stone and one tael of silver. That is to say, an official of the sixth grade does not have more than ten taels per month!

Yang Lian's face changed suddenly, the corners of his mouth trembled, and he couldn't speak. He is not short of money, and he thinks that he is very upright, but that does not mean that he does not know the things that cannot be talked about on the table.

The Ming court has long been decayed, and there is silver everywhere to open the way, although he is the imperial history of the left capital, he also needs a lot of silver, and he has accepted a lot of things that have long been commonplace.

For example, when Wang Wenyan bribed the inner court to save Xiong Tingbi, he also gave out 40,000 taels of silver, which was not something that a few of them could accumulate in ten or twenty years!

As an imperial historian, he is not afraid of others arguing with him, and if it comes to great truths, he is not afraid of anyone. can entangle these 'subsections', not to mention him, even the entire Donglin Party has no way, they are all involved, and they have indeed violated the laws of the imperial court!

Zhu Xu watched from the side, his expression did not move, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was like nothing.

Zhu Youzhen kept frowning when he listened to it, he didn't care about it at first, but listening to King Jing's words and calculating carefully, he was shocked in his heart.

This kind of expense can't be done without a hundred taels of silver a month!

Could it be that the entire Ming officials are corrupt officials and corrupt officials?

Zhu Luhu looked at Yang Lian's unpredictable face, and pursued, "Lord Yang, do you think that my Governor's Yuan is only investigating and punishing officials and prostitutes?" It is because behind the prostitutes and prostitutes, there is rampant corruption, the corruption of officials, and the corruption of the entire Ming Dynasty, which is what my Governorate wants to rectify! As the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you can't even see through this? ”

Yang Lian's face was ugly, and his eyes flickered.

How could he not see through it, he was subconsciously opposed, even if it seemed to him now, the Governorate was still too much, and it could not cause the uneasiness of the officials in the world, and it was necessary to appease them, so that they could unite as one, devote themselves to state affairs, clean up the world, and prosper the Ming Dynasty!

Yang Lian suppressed the discomfort in his heart, the ugliness on his face, and raised his hand to Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, no matter what King Jing says, this move has caused fear among the officials in the capital. ”

King Ping hugged his stomach and looked at Yang Lian, he was so fat that he couldn't see anything, but he knew Yang Lian's words.

If Zhu Xu's clear decree is issued, these things will no longer be investigated in the future, which means that the emperor 'bows his head and admits his mistakes', marking the complete failure of this purge of officials, and there will be no day to do it again.

This is also Yang Lian's purpose, he wants to protect the entire Donglin Party!

Zhu Xu raised his head lightly and glanced at Zhu Luhu, the king of Jing.

Zhu Luhu understood, raised his hand to Zhu Xu, Zhu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang, Lord Yang is really messing around, causing me to have nothing to do, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has no merit in recent years, but has become a cover for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the minister suggested that the Metropolitan Procuratorate be abolished, reorganized, and merged into my Governor's Yuan!" ”

Yang Lian and Zhu Youzhen changed their faces almost at the same time, and looked at King Jing in surprise.

Yang Lian's surprise was because of Zhu Luhu's boldness, and he actually wanted to abolish the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

Zhu Youzhen's heart was shocked, it was only at this moment that he came to his senses, this was Zhu Xu's purpose - he wanted to abolish the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

A fine cold sweat broke out on Zhu Youzhen's head, and he figured it out thoroughly, with Zhu Xu's always cautious and scheming character, it is impossible to really make the hundred officials in the capital uneasy and unintentional, he just wants to use this to abolish the Metropolitan Procuratorate that has a high degree of overlap with the powers and responsibilities of the Supervisory Yuan!

Yang Lian's face changed in shock, his eyes widened, and he glared at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are against it!" The Metropolitan Procuratorate was established by Taizu himself, and the six departments of the Imperial Procuratorate inspected hundreds of officials in the world, and it was the most important yamen of the imperial court, and it must not be abolished! ”

Zhu Xu watched the play for a while, and then he started to speak: "Master Yang, your Metropolitan Procuratorate is really disappointing to me, so let's leave this matter to Wen Zhaoge to deal with." In addition, recall all the imperial histories outside and return to Beijing, and the Governor's Yuan is ready to file a case to screen them in detail! ”

Yang Lian listened to Zhu Xu hand over this matter to King Xin, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if the emperor held on to this handle, he would have no room to turn around.

But Zhu Youzhen listened to it and said that it was not like that, this was what Zhu Xu had prepared for a long time, but in the end, he gave him the right to make this decision, and it was clearly to abolish the black cauldron of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

But before he could think of words to shirk it, Zhu Xu had already gotten up and left Wucheng Pavilion quickly.

Yang Lian also confessed with a calm face and left Wucheng Pavilion quickly. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is their last stronghold in Donglin, and it can't be lost anymore, he has to find a way to keep it.

Zhu Youzhen took a deep look at King Jing, and also turned back to Wenzhao Pavilion. If Yang Lian wants to keep it, he also needs to think calmly and handle this matter properly.

After the two of them left, King Ping glanced at King Jing, staggered and turned around, and said at the same time: "This Governor's Court will not be able to be peaceful in the future, I can't control it......"

King Jing exhaled quietly, his eyes looked at King Ping's back, dancing with blazing flames, until his back disappeared, and then he whispered to himself: "You just want to do nothing about the wind/flow prince, I don't want to ......"