Zhu Yijun's voice was very loud, his expression was even a little hideous, no one in the hall spoke, they all listened quietly, the whole hall could hear the needle dropping, and even the panting sound was much quieter.

"Erlu Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed, my people, no one can be so humiliated, the Ming Dynasty does not allow such officials to exist!"

"Where is the Criminal Department?" Zhu Yijun's eyes swept over everyone coldly, and he shouted loudly.

Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, trembled, and hurriedly stood up and bowed and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"This is the sentencing sent by your criminal department, right?" Zhu Yijun held a file in his hand and said loudly: "Zhao Deqian filled the army for 3,000 miles, and then it was gone?" ”

"This is the sentencing of your penal department? Selling officials and accepting bribes, such a serious crime, will confiscate the army for 3,000 miles? ”

Xu Xuemo was speechless for a moment, this is indeed the sentencing of their criminal department, but it is indeed light. But everyone is a civil official, and they always have to save some face, and they also have to read a little incense.

If the punishment is too severe, what will other officials think of themselves? The official voice is also very important!

"The minister is guilty!" Xu Xuemo hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly.

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Xuemo and did not speak, but turned his head to look at Sun Piyang, the waiter of the criminal department who came with Xu Xuemo. This person is the successor of the Criminal Department cultivated by Zhu Yijun, and after Xu Xuemo goes down, it will be him.

"Sun Piyang!" Zhu Yijun opened his mouth and screamed, his voice was very cold.

"The minister is here!" Sun Piyang hurriedly stood up and said loudly.

Zhu Yijun's name is Sun Piyang, which directly startled all the ministers, what is the emperor going to do? Although Sun Piyang is a waiter in the Criminal Department, there is no place for him to speak here.

The emperor first scolded Xu Xuemo, and now he is called Sun Piyang, which is not a good sign.

"You are a servant of the Criminal Department, I came to ask you, have you ever read the Da Ming Law?" Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked lightly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is familiar with the Da Ming Law." Sun Piyang hurriedly replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded again: "I remember that there seems to be another law in the Ming Dynasty, and in the law of officials, there are very clear provisions on officials corrupting the law, you come to tell me, what is written on it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were all over again, and they were going to be finished.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, both embezzlement and perversion of the law are crimes, and officials and officials are all guilty of corruption and perversion of the law.

"According to the provisions of the Ming Law, those who pervert the law will be reduced by one rank official, pursued and removed from the list, officials, dismissed from service, and those who say that they have made money, and those who have Lu will be reduced by one class, and those who have no Lu will be reduced by one class, and those who have no Lu will be reduced by two degrees, and the crime will be punished by one hundred.

"Counting the stolen goods, I have always been seventy rods, and I will go for a hundred miles."

"Consistently above the five rods eighty, three hundred miles."

"Fifty strokes, a hundred rods, three thousand miles."

"More than eighty times, hanging, confiscation of family property, relatives and relatives, and confiscation of the army."

Zhu Yijun nodded, looked at Sun Piyang and said, "Yes, I remember very familiarly, then I came to ask you, how should the officials and others be sentenced?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, all the criminals in the Ministry should be sentenced to hanging, confiscation of family property, direct relatives, and confiscation of the army!" Sun Piyang lowered his head and replied loudly, his voice was very steady.

Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his head to look at Xu Xuemo: "Xu Aiqing, you come to tell me, is this Da Ming Law an ornament?" Since the Ming Law clearly stipulates, what is the basis for the sentencing of your criminal department? ”

"In my opinion, these people in the Ministry of Officials should not only be hanged, but should be stripped of skin and grass and hung outside the yamen of the Ministry of Officials."

Zhu Yijun's words really scared people, and no one has heard of peeling skin and filling grass for many years. This doesn't work, this definitely doesn't work! It's scary.

Peeling the skin and filling the grass, this was originally what Zhu Yuanzhang used to scare the civil officials.

After the corrupt officials were hanged, the skins were peeled off to dry and then filled with straw. Bury a flagpole at the entrance of the yamen, and hang the human skin on the flagpole after filling the grass and flutter in the wind.

Let the later officials see that this is how your predecessor died.

You can see it every day when you enter and exit the yamen, and it scares you to death.

Now these civil officials have heard of it, and no one has seen it, but it is scary enough to hear about it, and if it is really done like this, it will be even more scary. The thought of this punishment falling on their own people made everyone shudder.

This will not work!

The thought of burying a flagpole at the entrance of the ministry's yamen, with more than a dozen human skins filled with straw floating on it, directly made people shudder. So everyone's eyes turned to Shen Shixing, and the meaning was obvious, Shen Ge Lao, you speak!

Shen Shixing scolded in his heart, what is this called, what is this old man?

It's not yourself who bends the law for bribes, it's not yourself who tries the case, and it's not you who sent, so many messy things are done, and the old man is asked to go to the emperor, is this a human thing?

Although he was reluctant in his heart, Shen Shixing still had to stand up, who made you the first assistant of the cabinet, and you have the highest official position.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate!" Shen Shixing stood up and said with a serious face, as the only person who had a seat other than Zhu Yijun in the court, Shen Shixing's weight was still quite heavy.

Zhu Yijun turned his head to look at Shen Shixing, and said with a gloomy face: "Shen Aiqing, what is your opinion?" ”

Listening to the emperor's unkind tone, Shen Shixing's head suddenly became as big as a fight, but he still stubbornly said: "Your Majesty has a sentence, the minister thinks it is very good, since the Da Ming Law has clear provisions, it is better to act in accordance with the Da Ming Law." ”

"The court has its own laws, so everything should be done according to the laws, if everyone does not act according to the laws, then what else should the laws do? The minister impeached Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, for perverting the law. ”

Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing deeply, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "Old fox! ”

Shen Shixing's words seemed to open the mouths of the ministers, and Yu Youding, the second assistant of the cabinet, also stood up: "The ministers feel that what Shen Ge said is extremely true, and the law of Daming should prevail." ”

"Minister's reconsideration!"

By this time, the life and death of those officials were no longer cared about, and the ministers longed for them to die, and they were innocent of death. As for Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, I'm sorry Lao Xu, I am in a hurry to follow the power, and I can't take care of it so much.

Zhu Yijun looked at all the ministers saying this, his face was gloomy, and he was halfway through the weather, and then he said unwillingly: "You all think so? ”

No one spoke.

Zhu Yijun flicked his sleeves, walked back to his dragon chair and sat down, and said loudly to Sun Piyang: "Sun Piyang, what crime should you be guilty of perverting the law?" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and finally suppressed the emperor's evil spirit. As for the emperor's accusation that Xu Xuemo was bent on the law, it looks more like venting his dissatisfaction after seeking dissatisfaction.

Sun Piyang also knew that it would be impossible not to speak at this time, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, those who bend the law should be punished with a reduced official penalty or a cane depending on the situation, and those who have stolen goods will be punished severely." ”

Listening to Sun Piyang's words, Zhu Yijun was stunned, this treatment is really reasonable. Glancing at Xu Xuemo, Zhu Yijun couldn't bear to be harsh, and said directly: "Then punish him for half a year!" ”

In fact, Zhu Yijun also knew that today's incident was not aimed at Xu Xuemo, but at the case of Zhao Deqian, the official department, and at the same time, it was aimed at Da Ming Law. Zhu Yijun shouted so fiercely, but the real purpose was to revise the Daming Law.

However, it is not yet possible to show this attitude, and the time is not yet ripe.

Xu Xuemo just happened to be at the right time, of course, his work itself was not qualified. Zhu Yijun will not use this matter to tribulate Xu Xuemo, it will seem that he is too stingy as an emperor.

Of course, this also has something to do with Zhu Yijun knowing that Xu Xuemo still has a big thunder to fight.

Although the case of the squire of the criminal department has not yet broken out, it is also coming soon. When the case was exposed by the Department of Law and Discipline, Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, would come to an end.

After Xu Xuemo left, it was naturally Sun Piyang who took over, the successor that Zhu Yijun had prepared for a long time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Xuemo hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Struggling to get up from the ground, Xu Xuemo almost didn't fall, but fortunately, Sun Piyang helped him from the side. The emperor was just angry, and the ministers made fun of him, which still scared Xu Xuemo.

Now hearing that it was only a fine for half a year, Xu Xuemo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The same is true for Shen Shixing and others, compared to the emperor's attitude just now, the fine for half a year is really light.

"The case of Zhao Deqian, the official department, will be dealt with in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yijun added lightly.

At this time, naturally no one objected to Zhu Yijun's words, and Zhao Deqian's kind of fool let him die. Finally appeased the emperor very much, and no one pleaded with Zhao Deqian at this time.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing and said, "Shen Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here!" Shen Shixing hurriedly agreed and bowed.

"The cabinet intends that all the yamen inside and outside the capital should be subject to the Daming law in the future, and there should be no violation of the law, and those who violate it will be dealt with severely." Zhu Yijun said lightly.

Shen Shixing and the others were awe-inspiring in their hearts, and they were all dealt with in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty?

After being an official for so many years, Shen Shixing knows one thing very well, the legal principles that officialdom pays attention to are nothing more than human feelings, and many times officials will make small moves in this, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to do it in the future.

This is not the key, but the Department of Law and Discipline.

What if the Department of Justice and Discipline is finding several cases? Who knows when it will be found on whom, if everything is dealt with in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty, 80 times of corruption will be hanged.

"Yes, I obey!"

Although he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, Shen Shixing didn't dare to say it, and he didn't know where to say it. The emperor's request is not vexatious, how to oppose it?

"Alright, that's all for today!" Zhu Yijun nodded, left this sentence, and then turned around and left.

The ministers' mood was very complicated, but Shen Shixing had a hint of realization in his heart, this was all a big trouble, and he knew that the money was not so easy to take. The emperors of the old Zhu family are all cautious, it seems that our son of heaven is no exception!

If the price rises, then strictly investigate corruption, you can't say that you have enough to spend, right?

It's not a day or two for hundreds of officials to cry poor, and now the emperor is going to rectify corruption, which is good.

"Elder Ge, what happened today?" While walking out, everyone gathered around Shen Shixing, and asked with a little hesitation, "What should we do?" ”

"Go back and restrain the people below and do things well." Shen Shixing left this sentence, turned around and left.

Although he roughly guessed what was going on in his heart, Shen Shixing couldn't say it, because it was useless to say it. The emperor investigates corruption, and it is useless to say that it is useless to break the sky, this is the avenue.

You are corrupt, clean you up, that's a matter of course, there is no reason to talk about it.

The emperor wants to purge the officialdom and purge the rule of officials, and Shen Shixing has made up his mind this time not to participate. When I went back, I wrote a letter to the emperor asking him to check the officials, and then clearly expressed his attitude.

In Shen Shixing's view, a storm is coming, and protecting himself is the key.

The content of this court meeting quickly spread throughout the officialdom, and the holy decree of the cabinet also spread to all yamen in the capital. Countless people panicked suddenly, especially after learning about the punishment of Zhao Deqian and others.

All traffickers were hanged, their property confiscated, and their direct blood relatives were sent to the army.

For a while, the Department of Law and Discipline became famous, and it had reached the point where people hated dogs. When the officials saw the people from the Law and Discipline Division, they all walked around, for fear that they would be targeted, and they would be killed.

At this time, another news broke out that the Metropolitan Procuratorate had established a new yamen, called the Corruption Division. At the same level as the Department of Law and Discipline, the official is corrupt, and the Lang Zhong of the Department of Law and Discipline is named Qi Bian.

Originally, he was the right-hand man of Qi Fei of the Department of Law and Discipline, and he was responsible for the case of Zhao Deqian, the servant of the Ministry of Justice.

Before everyone digested this news, another news came, Wang Jiaping, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, was transferred to the Ministry of Officials. The person who took over the post of the imperial history of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was Zhao Lian, the squire of the household department in Nanjing.

Although the official position of the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not small, and the replacement will definitely cause discussion, it will definitely not cause an uproar.

But this time it is different, now everyone knows that the right capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of the Ming Law and Discipline Department and the newly established Corruption Division. Changing people at such a critical time can't help but make people think about it.

Especially when Zhao Lian's qualifications broke out, it can be said that it caused an uproar.

Zhao Lian's previous qualifications were nothing, although he was promoted very quickly, but everyone didn't care, although there were not many such people in Daming, but there were also a lot. However, Zhao Lian was promoted this time, and he was also transferred to the right capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in charge of the Department of Law and Discipline and the Department of Corruption, mainly because of his actions in Nanjing and Fujian.

Investigate the Fushou paste case and the Zhen Jiatong case, there is no small case in these two cases.

It is said that because of these two cases, hundreds of people have been killed. With Zhao Lian's entry into Beijing, the number of people has increased to more and more, and by the time Zhao Lian came to the gate of the capital, the number had increased to more than 3,000 people.

As for Zhao Lian's image, basically he has all the cool officials, and all kinds of jokes are also very troublesome.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair, listening to Zhang Whale's report, with a smile on his face: "I hope that after Zhao Lian knows these news, he won't collapse." ”