On August 19, the sixteenth year of Hongwei, the big rise.

The majestic horn resounded throughout the hall, the civil and military officials, the nobles and nobles were clearly distinguished, and the fish entered, except for Hong Guangli, who was sick at home, the rest of the important people were all present, and even Prince Bao, who had always lived in a simple place, made an exception to participate in the early dynasty.

Prince Bao is crowned with nine jades, nine jades, golden hairpins, red group tassels, two jades, all the dress etiquette is the same as the East Palace, and the head of the hundred officials.

On his side was Huang Tingzhi, the head of the cabinet who was originally at the head of the hundred officials, but today when Prince Bao went to the palace, he could only be second, standing at the head of the Wenchen, one position behind Prince Bao.

Emperor Hongwei has not yet arrived, and the huge golden palace is silent, there is no exchange of words in the past, and there is no polite greeting, but there is a bit of solemnity about the approaching war.

Huang Tingzhi raised his eyelids and looked forward, and it happened that Prince Bao also looked at him, and they looked at each other unexpectedly, Huang Tingzhi smiled and nodded to Prince Bao, and Prince Bao arched his hand with a smile.

Seeing Prince Bao's expression, the scheming Huang Tingzhi felt a pang in his heart for no reason, nodded to Du Ruo behind the side, and motioned for him to play first for a while.

"The Holy One has arrived!"

At this moment, Wang Shun stepped up to the hall with a dead face, and shouted loudly.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

All the ministers looked solemn and bowed down in unison.

Emperor Hongwei walked with a tiger step, walked to the dragon chair with his head held high and sat down, gently glanced at the civil and military officials kneeling below, and said lightly: "All the Qing family is flat. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers thanked them and got up from the ground one after another.

However, before the ministers could stand still, Emperor Hongwei nodded to Wang Shun, and Wang Shun immediately took out two holy decrees and began to read them, and the ministers who had just stood up knelt down again to receive the decree.

The first decree reprimanded the prince and the king of Liao for misconduct, causing the prince to reflect behind closed doors for a month, and the king of Liao to punish him for one year.

Everyone understands that the emperor is telling everyone, I know what you have in your pocket, now raise it high, gently put it down just for the overall situation, if you make trouble again, take out the handle, and slap you disobedient flies to death!

Although all the ministers guessed that this would be the result, because it was related to the status of the crown prince and the king of Liao, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this court battle was too dangerous, and it was a blessing to be able to win such a result.

The second holy decree said two meanings, one is that Yue Shang, the commander of the horses, was dissatisfied with the situation and created a series of appalling cases, with conclusive evidence and heinous crimes.

The joint investigation and handling of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai is still in charge of Zhao Heng, the king of Yu, who should be convicted in accordance with the law, and will not be tolerated, and there is no need to ask for another order.

Second, Zhao Heng, the king of Yu, Lu Hua, the secretary of the criminal department, and Xu Rui, who made great contributions to the investigation of this case, will be rewarded separately to show their merits.

This is to define the previous series of cases, the first evil can only be found in the concubine Du Wei Yue Shang, and the people on the list left by Tang Jiuguang, as well as the other people involved in the case, are not left, and they are all convicted in accordance with the law.

This did not surprise everyone, since the emperor did not issue a strict investigation last night, then there is a high probability that Yue Shang will take the blame for this case.

It's just that under normal circumstances, the commendation is either announced directly, or then an order is issued, as is the case now, but it is said that the specific content of the award must be studied and studied, which is really a bit confusing.

After the decree was announced, all the ministers received the decree and thanked him, and Prince Bao and Huang Shoufu all stood up with gloomy faces, thinking about the deep meaning.

As soon as he stood still, Lu Hua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, cleared his throat, took out a notebook, and prepared to continue to resign to Emperor Hongwei.

But at this moment, Du Ruo, the head of the household department, stepped out of the class and said: "Qiqi Shengshang, this case is complicated and has many implications, and it is really not easy to solve the case so quickly.

Everyone who handled the case was a great achievement, especially Xu Ruizhi's capture of Liu Haofei, digging out the inside information was indispensable, a small patrol captain was really useless, and the minister was willing to promote his post in the household department, and asked His Majesty for permission. ”

As soon as these words came out, King Yu, King Su and Lu Hua were all shocked.

Everyone knows that Xu Rui, the commander of the Son of Heaven's army, is the most suitable, if Du really pulls Xu Rui into the household, not only can he squeeze him out of the competition, but also show favor by the way, pull him into his camp, killing two birds with one stone.

Emperor Hongwei glanced at Du Ruo with a smile and said, "Du Qing, Xu Rui has made a contribution to solving the case, but you want him to work in the household department, what is the reason?" ”

Du Ruo said: "Although Xu Rui has made meritorious contributions in solving cases, his talent is not just a criminal name, but his talent lies in the way of making money.

Presumably all of you have heard that the Tianbao Pavilion he opened has been making money day by day in just a few months, and has a place in Changxing City.

In addition, half a month ago, Xu Rui wrote a proposal to the Ministry of Households, the content is about tax reform, this alone can increase the annual income of the treasury by more than 7 million taels, if he is allowed to serve in the Ministry of Households, why worry about the treasury is not full? ”

As soon as Du Ruo finished speaking, the quiet hall suddenly erupted into a commotion, and the hundred officials couldn't help but turn their heads and ears.

Half a month ago, Xu Rui felt that the current fixed commercial tax of eight taxes and one was not only too heavy, but also very primitive, which was not conducive to the development of Galaxy Group, so he really wrote a proposal to the Ministry of Households, giving a brief introduction to the modern tax system.

The so-called increase in the annual revenue of the treasury by more than 7 million taels is a small account he calculated in this proposal, but he didn't expect that he had never received any reply, and now it was taken out by Du Ruo to make a fuss.

You must know that 7 million taels is not a small amount, it is equivalent to a direct increase of 10% of the treasury revenue, this is just a suggestion, if he is really allowed to work in the household department, maybe this rake of money can really get more money.

Some officials who didn't know why suddenly felt that Du Ruola and Xu Rui's household department was indeed a superior choice.

"Enlighten the saint, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

However, without waiting for the emperor to speak, a person immediately appeared behind Prince Bao, who was Li Zhang, the candidate of Dingguo.

Li Zhang arched his hand and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, although Xu Rui is good at financial management and familiar with criminal names, but in the final analysis, he is still a military general.

Because of his young age, the saint let him enter the Beijing patrol to temper, and now Xu Rui has made new contributions, it is the time of reward, and the minister asks the saint to follow the law, on military merits, to confer his title, so that he can enter the twelve guards, and continue to expand the territory for the country! ”

Li Zhang's words also caused a commotion, on military merit awards, the most is the earl, throughout history, the seventeen-year-old earl is not unique, but also very rare, how not to be surprised?

Lu Hua finally heard what everyone meant, it turned out that both the princelings and the civilian clique had the same idea, ostensibly to promote Xu Rui, but in fact, they were to win over Xu Rui and compete for the position of the commander of the Son of Heaven's pro-army.

Before a big storm completely subsided, a new round of party struggle kicked off vigorously, Lu Hua couldn't bear it anymore, and he jumped out of the subordinate class and knelt down.

He held it high and said loudly: "The minister has a good performance, the minister is old and frail, and he is no longer able to take on a big responsibility, and he wants to resign to His Majesty, and promote Xu Rui to replace the minister and serve as the secretary of the criminal department!" ”

In an instant, the noisy hall instantly quieted down, the six Shangshu are important ministers of the imperial court, and they are also the goal of most officials in their lives, Lu Hua actually wants to give up his official position to Xu Rui, a weak-crowned young man?!

Also, no matter which camp in front of them, they only said where to let Xu Rui serve, but did not mention the specific official position he held, and now Lu Hua directly gave up the position of Shangshu, and the "gift" they prepared for Xu Rui was immediately dwarfed and could no longer be sent.

Hearing this, Prince Bao frowned, and subconsciously looked at Emperor Hongwei, Huang Tingzhi's eyelids jumped, and his eyelids lowered slightly.

"What's going on?"

Tang Huaixin, the secretary of the ministry, gently stabbed Du Ruo beside him.

Du Ruo shook his head, his face calm, and seemed to be thinking about which one Lu Hua was singing.

Emperor Hongwei looked at Lu Hua with a smile and didn't say a word, as if he was waiting for something.

What's going on today?

In the past, for a key petty official, several camps had to fight for each other, but today everyone is not only abnormal, giving officials and knights, but each one is bigger than the other, and even Lu Hua, who has always regarded himself as a lonely minister, jumped out to join in the fun.

This kind of absurd question invariably arose in the hearts of hundreds of officials.