Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and then hehe sneered: "Boy, I didn't want to be it just now, why are you impatient now?" ”

Hua Houwei looked at Hongzhi angrily: "Dad, since you have decided, don't regret it." All roads lead to the capital, no matter which road you choose, you will keep going, and you will eventually reach the end! ”

"Hmmm! Insincere. I don't blame you, no matter how you say you're still a kid! Wei'er, don't think too highly of yourself, in Dad's heart, you are still far away! Alas, time is running out, and my father can only pull out seedlings to help quench his thirst. Okay, that's it, just get ready, the crown prince can't be replaced overnight. From tomorrow, you will follow Houzhao to listen to the government! ”

Long after Hongzhi left, Hua Houwei has not come out of his depression. As a traverser, I have always felt that I am God, and every time I make a move, it is a dimensionality reduction blow, and there is always an illusion that I am not victorious. Today Hongji taught him a good lesson, he can't underestimate anyone, even if he is ahead of the times, it is very likely that the boat will capsize in the gutter! The more I think about it, the more frightened I become, Hongji is his own father and will not harm himself. What if it's the enemy? If you still look above the top like this, I'm afraid you really won't live for three days, and you will be ashamed to become a traverser!

In the early morning of the next day, Hua Houwei was woken up by Xingchi, and under the stars and the waning moon, Hua Houwei yawned and came to Fengtian Temple. Today is a small court meeting, in addition to the elder, the six Shangshu and the left and right governors of the five armies are all present. Zhu Houzhao saw Hua Houwei and beckoned to him excitedly.

"Well, sit under the thick photo." Hongji commanded gently, and then turned his head to look at the ministers.

"Your Majesty, Qiongzhou rebelled, and the bandit leader Fu Nan Snake led the crowd to capture the state." Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, opened his mouth, which is a big event.

Hongji frowned: "Why the rebellion?" ”

"The prefect Zhang Huan is rampant, corrupt, corrupt hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"

Hongzhi's eyes froze, and he looked at Ma Wensheng in disbelief: "How much?" Ma Qingjia, I heard it wrong, right? Hundreds of thousands of taels? ”

Ma Wensheng sighed: "Zhang Huan has failed to live up to the grace of the saint, and it is not a pity to die!" Alas, the shame of Shilin. ”

Hongzhi turned his head to look at Ni Yue, the secretary of the ministry: "Ni Yue, last time in Jingcha, Zhang Huan was superior?" ”

Ni Yue glanced at Zuo Du Cha Yushi Wang Tianbo before replying: "Yes, what Your Majesty said is not bad, it is indeed superior." ”

Hongzhi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light swept on Wang Tianbo: "Oh, it turned out to be superior!" I don't understand, the high-ranking officials in Jingcha are actually hugely greedy? Can it still provoke a popular uprising? Sure enough, I have no virtue! ”

That's a lot of weight! The emperors are not virtuous, what is the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty? What is the Metropolitan Procuratorate in charge of Jingcha?

Liu Jian glared at Wang Tianbo fiercely, and bowed down to apologize to Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, the ministers are guilty!" ”

Shoufu took the lead, and the ministers all bowed down to apologize: "The ministers are guilty!" ”

Hongji's eyes flashed, and his heart was angry. Whenever there is a huge greed, it is this trick to deal with yourself, so that you can't handle it strictly! The law does not hold the public accountable! What to do? Such people must not be spared, nor can they tarnish their reputation as benevolent rulers. looked around and smiled slightly: "Prince, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said loudly: "Father, in my opinion, Zhang Huan punished the three clans, and Jinyiwei investigated the situation assessed by the Beijing Inspectorate, and found out the initiator and dealt with it strictly!" Send a large army to exterminate the rebellion, the sons are not talented, and they are willing to lead the army to the battle! ”

Hongji frowned, this is not good! Houzhao is still young. The ministers below slandered in their hearts, and the prince didn't seem to be a good servant!

Hongji was disappointed in his heart, but his face was expressionless: "Well, Hou Wei, Hou Wei!" ”

"Ahh Father! I'm here! Huahou Wei traveled thousands of miles, and he listened to Hongzhi call himself coldly, and he was a little flustered.

Hongji glared, but still said patiently: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"Oh, the ministers say they are guilty, but I don't think there are so many crimes. It wasn't they who let Zhang Huan's corruption provoke the people's uprising. However, after punishing the former and curing the disease and saving people, I see that each of the ministers has made a concert, profoundly analyzed the causes of Zhang Huan's corruption, put forward specific measures to deal with corruption, carried out criticism and self-criticism, and jointly dealt a heavy blow to corruption. Dad, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, so many wise ministers will definitely come up with a way! ”

Hongzhi nodded slightly, and the ministers also looked at Hua Houwei's eyes softly, but Xie Qian was surprised in his heart, when did His Highness become so black-bellied? It seems to be raised high and gently fallen, but in fact, every minister has a guilty plea left with the emperor, when the emperor wants to clean up whom, he can clean up whom, in the long run, who can still control the emperor who is dictatorial? But corruption is a huge tumor in the government after all, and it can't be removed if it is not removed, and it is difficult to say whether His Royal Highness has intentional or unintentional moves.

"Well, what should Zhang Huan do?" Hongzhi was satisfied, he instantly understood the crux of Hua Hou Wei's suggestion, and his heart to support Hua Hou Wei was even firmer.

"Don't kill first, take turns to show the public in various state capitals, and preach in public how to be corrupt and how to repent. After the rebellion was quelled, a public trial meeting was held in Qiongzhou, and the death penalty was imposed in public to appease the people. Family members, family members were exiled to Qiongzhou, and the rest were not connected. ”

No way! Murder and heart, His Royal Highness is so ruthless! Xie Qian's hair stood on end in an instant, and his vest was cold. Hongji frowned: "Why do you preach?" ”

"Warn my colleagues that the conspiracy methods are in the daylight, and they will be warned for future generations."

Liu Jian arched his hand: "Your Highness, why do you want to hold a public trial conference?" Isn't it Sven sweeping the floor? ”

Hua Houwei smiled and returned the salute: "Lord Liu, there is no Zhang Huan in Shilin, why did you sweep the floor?" After the rebellion, the people's hearts were unstable, and the bell had to be tied to the bell, so Zhang Huan's head was used to calm the people's hearts, which was also regarded as atonement for his sins. ”

Liu Daxia, the left attendant of the military department, arched his hand: "Your Highness, no matter what, Zhang Huan is always a scholar, so humiliating, it's always not okay?" ”

Hua Houwei has not fully recovered from yesterday's blow, and he does not have the edge he had at the beginning, but he just smiled indifferently: "This adult, the name of the honorable man?" ”

"Don't dare, Liu Daxia, the left attendant of a certain military department."

"Oh, Lord Liu. As I said just now, Zhang Huan is no longer a scholar. Scholars are strict in following the words of the sage, and if they are poor, they will be good to themselves, and if they are good, they will also help the backbone of the world. If Lord Liu still feels that it is inappropriate, I think that the respected old-timers in Shilin can unite various schools of thought and issue a document to tell the world that shameless villains like Zhang Huan will never be accepted by Shilin. Well, you can also take the opportunity to call on people from all over the world to actively participate in local government affairs and criticize mistakes and omissions, so that the imperial court can have countless more supervision of the imperial history. ”

Li Dongyang's eyes lit up and he praised it greatly: "Good! Your Highness said it well! Scholars should take the world as their own responsibility. Your Majesty, this is good governance, which can make those corrupt officials with bad intentions a little more jealous, and the people will no longer have no way to complain! Good! ”

Liu Daxia was dumbfounded, the reason made perfect sense, but why did he always feel that something was wrong in his heart?