Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Problem of the Displaced People
Since Zhu Youzhen made it clear to Sun Chengzong that he would not interfere in government affairs, he immediately changed from a tyrannical prince who everyone shouted at to a little transparent.
The officials suffered a loss and were licking their wounds. The civil officials also saw Zhu Youzhen's methods this time, and knew that His Royal Highness King Xin, who was young, was not so easy to deal with.
The emperor personally issued an order for Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to interrogate Zhu Yinglong's case together.
I don't cherish giving you a way to live, and there is no preferential treatment at all this time.
Zhu Yinglong was directly sentenced by the Criminal Department to be executed, but he was not executed until after the autumn.
Chen Yan was dismissed from office and had his registration cut because he incited officials to impeach King Xin, disrupted the government, and bent the law for personal gain, because he had been beaten to death by the people, so he did not affect his family.
Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi for buying murder, coercing the bitter master, intimidating witnesses, and bending the law for personal gain. It will not be dealt with until all the facts of the case are clear.
In this way, a small hero's drama of saving beauty finally caused a duke to be imprisoned, an official to die tragically, and a hundred officials to lose face, which makes people sigh at the impermanence of the world.
I don't know if Zhu Chunchen's intestines are green when he is in Zhao Prison.
If Zhu Yinglong is exiled for 2,000 miles and picked up in two years, where will there be so many things?
It can only be said that it is still possible to live if it is sinful in heaven, but it is not possible to live if it is sinful in itself.
Zhu Youzhen crossed his legs, basking in the sun while drinking the tea made by Ke'er.
After drinking the sweet tea, Zhu Youzhen closed the folding fan and continued to tell the story of Sun Wukong escorting Tang Seng to learn scriptures.
The courtyard was full of palace maids and eunuchs, staring at Zhu Youzhen without blinking, engrossed in it, lest they miss a word.
The limelight was too big before, and the people in the entire capital knew him, so Zhu Youzhen stayed in the palace honestly these days, slept until three poles a day, ate lunch, and took time to tell the palace people for entertainment.
Not to mention, it's been too long since such a comfortable day...... It's uncomfortable.
Dog's day, are you really tired?
Zhu Youzhen scolded in his heart, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all.
was about to talk about Zhu Bajie's daughter-in-law, when suddenly Cao Huachun ran in recklessly.
"Your Highness, the emperor is here."
The palace people looked at him with a look of resentment, and immediately carried the bench one by one and quickly evacuated.
This well-trained appearance seems to have been experienced many times.
"Come and come, come and eat and drink every day, and sooner or later you will have to charge him for food."
Zhu Youzhen didn't move, just closed his eyes and enjoyed Ke'er pinching his shoulders for him.
Cao Huachun helped Zhu Youzhen and said anxiously: "Your Highness, the etiquette cannot be abolished, and you still have to feel like welcoming the holy driver." ”
"Excuse me, this kid owes me the slightest bit of respect now."
The Emperor of the Apocalypse walked in, picked up Zhu Youzhen's tea bowl and drank it all, his eyes lit up.
"It's made with fresh milk and jasmine tea, with juice and ice, which I call jasmine tea."
"You kid will enjoy it and come up with something new from time to time."
The eunuch moved up to the pineapple wood chair, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse sat down, learning from Zhu Youzhen to cross Erlang's legs, and hummed comfortably.
One of the two was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and the other was wearing a red dragon robe, sitting together with similar faces, and anyone could see that they were two brothers.
"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you will be scolded by the ministers again?" Zhu Youzhen gloated.
"You've got a smile on your face." The Emperor of the Apocalypse snorted angrily, "What a good opportunity it was, if you agreed to be an official, I would still have more helpers in the court." ”
"Master, I don't want to help you fight." Zhu Youzhen stretched his waist and said.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse's face turned red.
"These civil officials have just stopped for two days, and today they have begun to impeach each other by taking advantage of the exiles to enter Beijing. Fortunately, at that time, you reminded me that you had set the rule that the speech officials must be based on real evidence, and these speech officials were more restrained than in the past. ”
Zhu Youzhen has always known about the situation of the displaced people, but it is just a few hundred thousand displaced people, as long as the imperial court allocates disaster relief funds for disaster relief, and then orders the state capitals to accept them, it is not a big deal for the rest to come forward to provide relief.
But the embarrassing thing is that the imperial court has no money for disaster relief, and the state capitals are unwilling to accept the displaced people, so it has been dragged to the point where it is now.
Now the emperor has asked the household department to allocate silver for disaster relief, and the household department has two words - "no money".
Not only was the household department reluctant to pay, but also paid attention to the internal money, wanting the Emperor of the Apocalypse to pay.
The inner treasury was the emperor's private treasury. Most of the money in it is the profits of the imperial merchants and the income of the imperial court, but when it comes to the critical moment, it will also be used to supply the state.
In this way, the court has been arguing until now. The displaced people, who are starving to death every day, can only resist hunger and go north to Beijing to beg.
In the end, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was roasted on the fire again.
The displaced people have arrived at your doorstep, and it is up to you to see if you are willing to pay for disaster relief.
All of them are wolves.
"The emperor has been anxious for a long time because of this matter. These officials, one by one, don't know what to do, and they still want to blackmail the emperor's silver. ”
Wei Zhongxian complained with an uneven face, expressing his understanding and support for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which made the Emperor of the Apocalypse feel a lot better.
Zhu You glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Then what is the method of Grandpa Wei?" ”
Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "The slave just obeys the order, with a wooden fish-like head, and he has no clue for a while. ”
"Brother Huang, do you know how I can turn defeat into victory this time?" Zhu Youzhen asked.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse thought for a while, "It should be the support of the people, and the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world." ”
"Brother Huang is right to think so. These ministers don't remember to eat or fight one by one, and no matter how forgiving the imperial brother is, they won't be grateful. Now that the displaced people have to give relief anyway, since the ministers of the court are unwilling to come forward, let the imperial brother come forward, so that the people will be grateful for the holy grace and save the imperial brother's face first. ”
"If it's really relief for the homeless, it's okay." The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded, and instructed Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Companion has his hands and eyes to the sky, find some reliable grain merchants to buy grain, and relieve the people." ”
It is not a good errand to help the victims, especially if the emperor personally ordered it, if it is not done, it will be blamed.