The eyes of the ministers were attracted by the screen, and when they glanced at it, they found a few lines of handwriting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It turned out that what was written on the screen was: Erfeng Erlu, the people are fat and the people are creamy, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive! Sixteen big characters.

In order to rectify the rule of officials, prevent officials from harming the people and abusing them, and looting the people's fat and ointment, Meng Chang, the queen of Hou Shu, personally wrote the "Decree Proverbs" to admonish the ministers, with a total of 24 sentences.

Later, the Song Dynasty destroyed Shu, and Song Taizong, in view of the historical lessons of Shu politics and defeat without a fight, abbreviated the "Decree Proverbs" into four sentences and sixteen characters, namely: Erfeng Erlu, the people anoint the people, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, he also quoted these sixteen words to admonish the minister, and further ordered it to stand in the middle of the Yongdao and build a pavilion to protect it, so it is called the "Ring Stone Pavilion".

However, many of the officials of the late Ming Dynasty* had forgotten the admonition of Emperor Taizu, and today Zhu Changyuan took it out of the channel of history and moved it to the court to warn the ministers again.

Zhu Changyuan stood up, pretended to sigh deeply, and said: "Everyone, the people are the cornerstone of a country, and Tang Taizong once said that water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, which is the truth. When people are harmed, the foundations of the country are shaken. Shu Han Liu Bei once said that it is people-oriented, and I think so! ”

"All the people of the world are my people, like my sons and daughters, if the heavens hurt them, I will pray to the heavens, and if people are hurt, like my arms, I will repay them!" Zhu Changyuan's tone was quite stern, looking at the silent courtiers in the audience, he snorted coldly, and said: "Emperor Taizu's Yulu was a bit thin back then, and I also knew it, so I thought that you would increase your Yulu." ”

Zhu Changyuan's words did not reach the kind of situation he wanted, and the ministers below all had an indifferent attitude.

That's right, too. In the Ming Dynasty, who cares about those meager salaries.

"Well, you don't care. I'll tell you about my plan, too! Zhu Changyuan waved his sleeves: "Cao Huachun!" ”

Cao Huachun stepped forward and stood in front of the hundred officials, opening a holy decree that had been prepared a long time ago and reading it. Said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: From now on, change the Jinyi Guard to the Supervision Guard, and the general Wang Wu will be the Inspector General, inspect all parts of the Ming Dynasty, specifically investigate and deal with corrupt officials, and accept reports from the royal family, hundreds of officials, and all the people, and all officials should be cautious!" ”

Okay! The official who just had an indifferent expression. After hearing this holy decree, I was completely anxious.

An imperial historian jumped out and said: "Your Majesty must not, this practice is really disrupting the order of the Ming officialdom, and when the time comes, the people will be panicked, how to govern the world?" ”

Zhu Changyuan sneered and said to the imperial history: "How to disturb the order of the Ming officialdom? To prevent corrupt officials from corrupting officials is to disrupt the order of officialdom, and to put the people first is to disrupt the order of officialdom? Is I disrupting the order of officialdom? ”

"At this point, I have already discussed with the cabinet, so there is no need to talk about it again!"

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand, stunned the ministers below.

The ministers all turned their heads to look at Xue Guoguan and Jiang Fengyuan, looking puzzled. As if to say: You two old bastards, why don't you talk to us about your majesty's formulation of such measures?

Only Jiang Fengyuan and Xue Guoguan themselves knew where the emperor had discussed with him. Now the two of them are also topping the cylinder for the emperor, okay?

Jiang Fengyuan sighed slightly in his heart, feeling that this Zhu Changyuan was too shameless, nearly a hundred times more shameless than Emperor Chongzhen.

How can you be so shameless? You can't be an emperor like this!

Zhu Changyuan said again: "There is one more thing. As he spoke, he picked up an A4 blank piece of paper in his hand, and there was another neatly planned form on it: "You Aiqing please go back and inform your colleagues and subordinates that within a month from today, all officials need to fill in this form, report to the Ministry of Officials and the palace for the record, and all new officials in the future must fill in this form." ”

Zhu Changyuan finished speaking. handed over the form to Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun ran to the next person to distribute one.

When the ministers got the form. My heart is broken.

What is this thing?

Household Assets Survey Form?

This....

Zhu Changyuan sat on the dragon chair and looked at the expressions of the ministers below. A smile appeared on his face, and he said softly: "Everyone, within a month, the assets in your family will be checked, and no matter what kind of income you have, you can report it, and I will no longer pursue the matter of the previous dynasty, but on this basis, if there is an unreasonable increase in the family property in the future and there is no reason, it will be regarded as greedy for ink!" ”

Hiss~~

The ministers all gasped, this is to force hundreds of officials to death, and not leave a little dead end for others.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with Zhu Changyuan doing this, and the hundred officials can't find a reason to refute it, only a few low-level imperial historians came to oppose it, and they were blasted out by Zhu Changyuan's personal guards.

"Don't leave it to chance, don't try to fool me!" Zhu Changyuan stood up, pointed to Wang Wu not far away, and said: "General Wang will send someone to personally participate in the verification of family assets for all Beijing officials above the fourth grade, governors, general soldiers, local officials, etc., don't think about lying about it." ”

"I swear to the heavens with the orders of the sects and the sects, and this inventory of assets is just for reporting, in case future generations are greedy for ink, and I have no heart to watch your family property! Moreover, the number of family properties you have reported will be sealed in the Ministry and the palace, and I strictly prohibit anyone from reading it privately, let alone disclose it to the outside world! ”

This can be regarded as the last fig leaf for those officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if you hit a few sticks in a row, you will not be able to beat the sharpness of the hundred officials at all, and you still have to coax.

How to coax?

Zhu Changyuan has already said it just now, and now I will make it clear again: "The salaries of officials are low, and there are many inconveniences in the exchange of courtesies, and I know it, so for the sake of the survival plan of hundreds of officials, after thinking about it, I feel that it is necessary to mention your wealth!" ”

Now, the expressions and attitudes of the hundred officials are really different from when Zhu Changyuan said it before.

I didn't care about it before, but now I can almost describe it as listening with a low ear.

After all, if there is no filial piety and gray income in the future, salary will become the only source of livelihood.

"Well, so be it!" Zhu Changyuan looked at Xue Guoguan and said, "Lord Xue and the ministers will discuss the matter of Yulu together, and see how much the increase is appropriate?" ”

This can be regarded as giving Xue Guoguan and the cabinet ministers a face, and they have just put up a big vat for themselves.

"Obey the order!" Xue Guoguan thanked him.

Zhu Changyuan nodded and said: "I said ugly things ahead, if you only add ten taels or eight taels, you don't need to show me, my meaning must be at least tripled, as for how many times it will be multiplied, you have to make an idea according to the national financial revenue, and in the future, according to the country's income, your income will be adjusted." ”

After the next dynasty, the officials talked together.

Many ministers feel that the current court has changed too much from before, and the officials have a feeling that they can't get along in the court, and they all want to say goodbye to their hometowns and don't want to do it anymore.

On the contrary, there is another situation in which many people feel rejoicing.

After all, there are still many good officials in the Ming Dynasty, many people are honest and honest, and they have been clean and tidy all their lives, and they can't get anything.

"The old man can't do it anymore!" An old man with a half-white beard shook his head, indicating that the rule of officials was too harsh.

The person next to him persuaded: "When Emperor Taizu was in the past, the rule of officials was even worse, and it was okay!" ”

。。。。

Zhu Changyuan returned to the palace, directly shouted Wang Wu to his side, began to teach him to do things, and said: "Your job as a supervisor is actually very simple, I will allocate enough manpower for you to patrol nationwide, once you find that someone is greedy for ink, you can report it, but you have to keep in mind that you only have the right to report, not the right to review and judge, and no right to arrest people, once you find that you can, you can inform the criminal department and let the criminal department do it!" ”

Wang Wu was originally a second goods, so it's okay for him to take people on patrol, but it's okay if he lets him arrest people, if he tries the case, it is estimated that the mother who will be pitted by people will not know him.

"The minister knows!"

"Hmm!" Zhu Changyuan nodded, and said with some anxiety: "You must remember that your right is to discover, watch, and report, and don't do anything else!" ”

At this time, Cao Huachun ran over in a hurry and said to Zhu Changyuan: "Your Majesty, you have been asking Weichen to pay attention to the situation in Jiangnan Shilin, and now there is good news." ”

"Good news?" Zhu Changyuan smiled.

"Yes, Your Majesty, good news!" Cao Huachun said: "Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Jiangnan literati, came to Beijing, and brought his disciple Wu Weiye and others, saying that he wanted to serve the country and contribute to the country. ”

"Okay!" Zhu Changyuan slapped his thigh.

Now all the ministers in the court are not their own people, and Zhu Changyuan is not very handy with it, and he has to guard against the counterattack of the ministers from time to time, if Qian Muzhai comes, it will be better.

When the time comes, Hong Chengchou will be mobilized from Sun Moon Island, and Li Xin can be transferred back from the south, and he will have a decent team.

"By the way, Wu Weiye is also here?" Zhu Changyuan asked.

"Yes, Wu Weiye is also here." Cao Huachun nodded.

"This guy, I said when I was in the Qiandi that I wanted to marry Princess Jinling to him, this is good, I haven't given a dowry yet, the shelf is not ordinarily big, you have to go and knock him, I don't know the current affairs!"

Cao Huachun arched his hand and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

He could hear it, although Zhu Changyuan said that he scolded Wu Weiye for not knowing current affairs, but there was a ridicule in his tone, which was clearly that he wanted to win over Wu Weiye through this means.

"Go down!" Zhu Changyuan took Wang Wu away, moved his muscles and bones casually, and found that he was more tired than fighting in the court, and he was much more tired.

It seems that there is a reason why the life span of those emperors is generally not long, doing such tiring work every day, and having to enjoy the concubines of the harem night and night, it is strange to live for a long time. (To be continued.) )