Volume 3: Tempered into Steel Chapter 95: Too Much to Giv
With Chen Xun's recital, under the Fengtian Gate, the voices gradually subsided, and everyone was waiting for the emperor's decision.
"You're well prepared." Zhu Qizhen looked at Chen Xun and Wang Zhidao.
I flipped through Chen Xun's Solomy casually, but I just looked at a few data, a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, a certain time, a certain place to buy so-and-so, and how much it cost.
The following is a comparison of the changes in the amount in the following years, which can be clearly seen, in which the rapid growth of prices.
"Let me think about it, Hu Hui, you are now the head of the household, do you know how these things were handled?
What is the strategy of the household department to stabilize prices, how effective is it, and how has it developed to this point? ”
Zhu Qizhen asked Hu Hu to see if he was involved, and by the way, to find out the attitude of the oldest minister.
When the gray-bearded Hu Hu heard this, he finally opened his old eyes.
After only two months, Zhu Qizhen saw that Hu Hu even had a feeling of old age, and knelt down tremblingly.
"Qi Shengshang, the old minister is still in charge of the household for a short time, so it is better for Liu Zhongfu to show the emperor."
Hu Hui opened his mouth and kicked the ball to Liu Zhongshi, and Zhu Qizhen also sighed, and the matter stopped at Wang Zhi.
"Qi Shengshang, when the original Shangshu Wang Zuo was in charge, he tried to stabilize prices every year, and he also raised the price several times, but with little effect, and the method used was abolished in only half a month at most.
Local officials said: Guangzhou is rich, prosperous in commerce and trade, and the price is high and reasonable, so the imperial court does not need to worry too much.
The chief and the imperial historian also said that Guangzhou was prosperous, and the wages of the people were more than double that of other places, so they did not delve into it since. ”
When he was orthodox for seven years, Liu Zhongfu was because he couldn't answer the number of horses and camels and forage beans, Zhu Qizhen sent him to prison, and then cut his post to the people.
However, Chen Xun didn't have any expression, and still knelt there waiting for Zhu Qizhen to speak.
"Chen Xun, this seems to be different from what you said, right? Even the head of your household department went, and the local officials said that it was normal, and they didn't complain about their lack of money at all, where did you come to the conclusion? ”
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because of the bitterness of the local officials that the ministers think that they can prove their innocence.
I only thought that the people's lives were unhindered, and I didn't think about myself at all, so naturally I couldn't persevere, which is also too real to be an official! ”
"Chen Shilang, breaking the law is breaking the law, and no matter how much you say, you can't cover up their breaking the law
Fact! Cao Nai stood up.
"Cao Shoufu, I just said that there may be a hidden truth behind the result, but I didn't say that this thing is right." Chen Xun said.
"Since this is the case, then investigate and deal with it according to law!" Cao Nai pressed.
"The law is nothing more than human feelings, and we always have to take into account the difficulties of the people below, otherwise they will hide in the future, how can the government decree be accessible?" Wang looked directly at Cao Nai.
"Wrong is wrong, these people don't punish them heavily, how can they comfort loyal ministers and honest officials such as Zeng Hui and Yin Bo?
They are also your fellow villagers in Jiangxi, not only have they adhered to the ethics of being officials, but now they have also taken up the matter of Guangzhou, Wang Shangshu, aren't you afraid of their coldness? Cao Nai was not to be outdone.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are thinking about the country, these hundreds of people have been studying hard for decades, and they have been trained in various places before they become talents! It's easy to destroy trees, but it's hard to make forests!
If any of you colleagues think that my proposal is not fair enough, I am willing to replace him! The minister voluntarily resigned from the post of secretary of the ministry, please let the emperor be light! The king said with tears in his eyes.
"Wang Zhi! How can there be child's play in the court? You are committing the following crimes, persecuting the Son of Heaven! Hu Hu roared angrily.
Hu Hui opened his mouth again, but he was reprimanding Wang Zhi, and the Fengtian Gate was quiet again, Wang Zhi looked at Hu Hu with a calm face, and there was no sign of regression.
"Okay, it's all for Daming, what's there to quarrel about? Get up! Zhu Qizhen felt that the heat was almost the same, and he was finally going to come out to administer justice.
"Zuo Ding? You say I shouldn't be treated for malaria? Zhu Qizhen started with them from the beginning.
Zuo Ding put on a posture of looking at death as if he was at home, and replied loudly: "Yes! ”
"Xiong Zongli." Zhu Qizhen shouted.
Xiong Zongli responded and said, "The minister is here." ”
"Tell them about the results of this time." Zhu Qizhen said.
"Yes! The prescription tested this time has a miraculous effect on all symptoms of malaria, and can be cured in seven days for severe cases and three days for mild cases.
According to the situation this year, the emperor's move can make millions of people no longer have to be affected by malaria, and malaria in all regions will no longer be a nightmare for the people in the future, and the emperor is benevolent! Xiong Zongli spoke loudly, causing a lot of discussion among the government and the opposition.
"Millions of people every year?"
"Isn't this comparable to the ancient emperor Shennong's clan who tasted a hundred herbs?"
"The emperor, the emperor is benevolent!"
"The emperor is benevolent!"
……
With Xiong Zongli's narration,
The ministers present turned from shock to fanatical worship of Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen pressed his hands weakly, and the sound stopped for a long time, and then Zhu Qizhen looked at the sluggish Zuo Ding.
The voice in his mouth was not loud, and he even said a little gently: "Do you still think that what I have done should not be?" Isn't it worth my risk? ”
"What the emperor has done is a model of the saints of the ages, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Shen Yu spoke for Zuo Ding.
At this time, the crowd was furious, and Zuo Ding didn't dare to speak anymore, but Zhu Qizhen was not ready to let him go like this.
"Zuo Ding, you are the Yunnan Provincial Inspector of the Imperial History, Shuntianfu and Beizhili many guards, picketing the internal and external officials and evils, it is your duty, I ask you, have you done your business?"
"The minister doesn't dare to say that he has worked hard, but he can be regarded as loyal, and he does not dare to slack off for a moment in the duty of supervision.
When Zuo Ding heard this, he began to stand up again, he was right to stand up for his fellow villagers, but if he wanted to say what he should do, he also had the confidence to say that he was right.
Zhu Qizhen nodded in agreement with Zuo Ding's statement, and then asked Yu Shiyue and Jin Lian: "Your second division is sparse, and the officials from Jiangxi are sentenced less than others.
In addition, Dali Temple sentenced Suzhou people to light, and the Criminal Department sentenced Tongzhou people to light, do you two officials have anything you want to explain to me? ”
"Your Majesty, the ...... of Dali Temple"
Yu Shiyue didn't know what she wanted to say and was interrupted by Jin Lian.
"Your Majesty, the minister has the emperor's grace and can't serve impartially, please resign from the Criminal Department!"
Yu Shiyue opened her mouth when she heard this, and could only bow her head and kneel on the ground, Wang Zhi and Chen Xun were also shocked, and looked at Jin Lian in disbelief.
"Chen Xun, you said that the prices are extremely high, the people are rich and the officials are poor, so why hasn't there been such a big increase in the taxes collected?
Moreover, even if the income is insufficient, the local taxes are sufficient, and they can fully support the officials.
Why do you want to break the law to survive? Are they stupid? Or is someone giving too much? ”
Zhu Qizhen paused, and said slowly to Wang Zhi, the secretary of the ministry: "Wang Zhi, you said that it is not easy to cultivate officials, and I will not deny it.
My father's trust in them and his sorrow for their sins are no less than you, the secretary of the ministry.
But you say they deserve to live, what about the people who are forced to die? Are they damned? How many families are they? How many poor students are involved? How many families have lost hopes?
I have been studying hard for more than ten years in the cold window, and I have not seen the dawn and my body is dustless! I am so sad! ”