Zhu Yijun has been in a very irritable mood recently.

did not oppose the new policy, but only secretly instigated the slaves and ruffians to retaliate against Zhang Juzheng's behavior, so that he, the emperor, wanted to kill people but couldn't, so he became more and more irritable.

After all, while rulers make rules to maintain their own rule, sometimes rules can bind rulers in reverse.

At this time, since Zhu Yijun had found out that Zhu Yizhen, the Duke of Chengguo, had sent people to influence the Queen Mother and instigated the Queen Mother to interfere in court affairs, he naturally would not tolerate it, and he was also very excited.

And after Zhu Yijun shouted so loudly at Zhu Yizhen, he said: "Drag him back to the edict and pour him down!" The old nun who planted him in Zhenyun Nunnery and spied on the secrets of the Queen Mother's side was also directly killed! ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

……

Zhu Yizhen was also taken down.

And soon after he was escorted back to prison, Zhang Whale asked Zhu Yizhen to bring the poisoned wine he found.

Zhu Yizhen was pressed on the spring bench by the brocade guard at this time, and shouted: "I don't drink, I don't drink!" ”

Zhang Whale smiled gloomily: "You must drink, the emperor's order cannot be violated!" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Whale asked people to break Zhu Yizhen's tightly closed mouth and forcibly poured Zhu Yizhen down.

Then, in order to prevent Zhu Yizhen from dying, Zhang Whale also directly ordered someone to hammer an iron nail through his head.

"Ahh

And the old nun Qingxian was also screaming because he talked about political affairs in front of the queen mother and spied on palace secrets, and was beaten by the brocade guard.

It didn't take long for Qing Xian to be killed with a rod.

Zhu Yizhen also lost his life.

The next day, the relatives learned the news that Zhu Yizhen had committed suicide in fear of crime.

Because of this news, Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, slumped in his chair, and it took a while for him to come back to his senses, and immediately secretly spread the people he had placed in the inner court, and let him drink his own poisonous wine, saying:

"Wen Tao, the palace is now investigating strictly, and even the old nun sent by Chengguo Gong to contact the Queen Mother has been discovered, so I have to let you die! so as not to be found out. ”

"Go in peace, your family, I'll take care of you."

The little eunuch named Wen Tao suddenly felt his throat constrict, and fell to the ground and convulsed, only his right hand was still trying his best to raise, wanting to point at Xu Wenbi, but it didn't take long for his right hand to be put down, and the hole was enlarged.

"Lift it down!"

"In addition, I instructed the people to prepare all the taxes, grains and silver that should be paid after the cancellation of the preferential exemptions, including the taxes and grains and silver that were donated to the tenant farmers in each village, and they were also sent out of the house! lest there be a runaway, and they also go to the canal to pull fiber, and refuse to plough the fields anymore. ”

Xu Wenbi waved his sleeves and commanded again.

Hou Gongchen, the commander of the horses, also called his own discipline and commanded:

"If the government comes to collect taxes, grains, and silver, and honestly pays them, the fate of Cheng Guogong will be there, and now the one who is in charge of the country is determined to change the system of preferential taxation and exemption from taxation and forced labor! We are all people with no power, and we can't fight against it. ”

At this point, on the side of Beizhi, when Shuntianfu collected taxes according to the system of canceling preferential exemptions, many powerful officials and gentry did not dare to resist.

And in the palace, there were also sudden and bizarre appearances, and there were many cases of eunuchs and palace maids dying violently in the palace or outside the palace.

Zhu Yijun knew why there were so many violent deaths, and he said after Zhang Hong's report:

"All of them are very bold and very small, and they will give the palace people who died violently to give coffins and burials, and comfort their nominal family members, and give each family thirty taels of silver;"

"The palace should be contrasted with those who bought them or installed them, and know who treats them as human beings!"

Zhang Hong said yes.

"Then take this opportunity to strengthen internal review and set up an anonymous reporting system!"

"Set up anonymous iron boxes at the gates of each palace, so that people who are in and out or on duty can quietly submit anonymous letters, only you, the eunuch who is the master of ceremonies, can open these anonymous letters by himself, and then report them to me, so as to facilitate secret visits, and ensure that there are no thieves in the palace, and also prevent some people from forgetting the pain after a long time, and stretching their hands into the palace again."

Zhu Yijun commanded.

There are tens of thousands of palace people in the inner court, Zhu Yijun has a pair of eyes, and he knows that it is difficult to keep an eye on everyone, even if the fine work of the East Factory can keep an eye on everyone.

But with the deepening of the reform, the emperor's power is also increasing, and he must also beware of incidents in the palace.

Therefore, the palace must also strengthen its precautions.

And there is a way to do this.

This method is to let all the palace people supervise each other, which can be regarded as mobilizing the masses, taking advantage of the characteristics of mutual involution between a group, so that the people of the entire inner court can expose together to maintain the peace of the palace.

Of course, the premise is that the emperor has to treat the palace people as people as people around him, and even really as his own family.

Let them all have the right to speak out and express their opinions, even if they are anonymous.

Only in this way, because everyone is selfish, and everyone wants a comfortable and peaceful environment, and does not want to break the status quo, they are willing to maintain the existing order, and take the initiative to supervise those who want to destroy the order of the palace, such as bribing outsiders to deliver news in the palace.

Zhu Yijun knew that the foundation for him, as the emperor, to become the lord of the world was that there were too many people in the world and their power was scattered, and everyone wanted to exploit others and make themselves a superior person, so he finally recognized that his power and land as an emperor were above everyone.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun deliberately gave the palace people the opportunity to report each other anonymously at this time.

Zhang Hong still said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Hong: "How is Hai Rui supervising the tax governor in Nanzhi, can there be a report to be reported?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there has been a report from the Haibu Hall, and it is about Yangzhou Lisheng Zhang Zongxi coercing Yangzhou bullies and ruffians and the evil slaves who were expelled from the mansion by Haoyou to make trouble."

"Haibutang said that these people actually instigated Yanding to surround the government and control the defense of Yangzhou City, and prevent them from entering the city.

"And Haibutang asked the imperial court to send a competent person to escort Zhang Zongxi into Beijing and interrogate the mastermind behind him, and he was in charge of this."

Zhang Hong said at this time.

"Hai Rui is responsible for tax collection, and this eucalyptus really has to send another Qin messenger to do it, let the political affairs hall discuss it, and let the three law divisions, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei each send one person to be in charge of this eucalyptus!"

Zhu Yijun commanded at this time.

Moreover, he had to admit that what Zhang Juzheng said was right, when it was just a matter of discussing the new policy, the court was not easy to act, after all, there was no reason, and it was easy to be said that the court did not allow people to speak.

And now, when some people can't help but jump out and do something that violates the laws of the emperor's country, the court will be much easier.

And after Zhu Yijun gave such an order, he asked again: "Is there a transcript of the impeachment of Hai Rui?" ”

"Yes! There is already an imperial history to impeach Hai Rui for harassing the gentry, oppressing the rich people, and arresting the people without sympathy as soon as he arrives in the locality. ”

Zhang Hong replied.

Zhu Yijun smiled after hearing this: "I believe that Mr. will not let this imperial history have a good time, let Jinyiwei seriously check whether this imperial history has cashiers." ”

……

Hai Rui's door-to-door collection of land taxes from the gentry in Yangzhou was smooth at first, but gradually it was still not smooth.

Because some big officials and gentry deliberately delayed on the grounds that the land rent had not been collected and the family had no money, and became an old man.

Hai Rui knew that these high-ranking officials and gentry were hoping that the imperial court would soon issue an order to dismiss him or transfer him, so they were deliberately delaying.

But Hai Rui did not debunk the tricks of these big officials and gentry, but after returning to Yangzhou Mansion to explain the affairs of Zhang Zongxi and Cheng Batian and others to the imperial court, he suddenly issued a Daojun order.

He reiterated his previous decree that the gentry of the world must pay the land tax and silver by July this year, otherwise the tax will be levied by force, and the households occupying less than 100 mu of land will be allowed to postpone the payment of the land tax and silver until August because it will take time to raise the land tax.

And when July arrived, Hai Rui met with Wu Xiumin, the prefect of Yangzhou, again and asked: "This month, how many big households who have not paid the field tax Ding Yin have come to pay the full field tax Ding Yin?" ”

"Not a single one."

Wu Xiumin replied cautiously.

After Hai Rui heard this, his face sank, and then he instructed Lu Kun, the former head of the Ministry of Officials who was sent to be his Lang official:

"Record the names and surnames of these big families in eucalyptus, and then draft a copy, and ask the imperial court to remove their famous officials!"

Then, Hai Rui took out the Jun order that had been prepared from his sleeve and instructed Hu Shouren:

"With my official letter, immediately assign your officers and soldiers to copy these big households!"

"But you must not beat, scold and torture, after all, you are here to collect taxes, not to loot, and the dignity of the Son of Heaven and the army must be."

"But if these big families are cunning and hide the money and grain, so that you can't get it, they will arrest them! The parish asked them personally! ”

"Yes!"

Hu Shouren replied.