"I regret it very much now, I regret that I shouldn't ignore the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the border towns, and instigate the speculation of the barbarians!"

"I now completely understand that the new rite is the true way of benevolence, so after the implementation of the new rite, the offensive and defensive trend has changed! It's my selfishness that I don't hesitate to do so in order to be able to respect the old rites forever! ”

"But can you see that for the sake of my generation of Hanlin and three generations of Confucian ministers, please beg Your Majesty for me in front of the emperor, and ask him to give the steen another chance, and the sinner promises to change his mind, make a statement for the new rite, and dedicate his life to the community and the common people according to the new rite!"

"I can go to Saibei, go overseas, preach new rites, and spread the royal style!"

Shen Renzhu said with a sad face in front of the hall officials of the Three Law Divisions.

Yang Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asked, "You haven't thought about what will happen if you fail?" ”

"Didn't think about it!"

"At that time, I was only thinking about making trouble for the construction of Xinli, and in addition, I didn't expect that there would really be colleagues who would report it after finding out about it!"

"In this way, even if the officialdom atmosphere of Ding is Ding Mao is Mao has begun to appear, I was not used to it for a while, I didn't think he had really become a trend, and I still can't help but act according to the previous atmosphere that I can hide and hide without affecting my career."

Shen said.

Yang Wei didn't plan that this matter was revealed by Li Rusong to inform the Shen race, and said: "It's too late to regret now, don't think about pleading, there is no shortage of Qingliu Confucian ministers in this dynasty, especially Qingliu Confucian ministers who are not lacking in high wind and bright festivals, and they will not want you to be so unrighteous to make up for it." ”

Shen Ren smiled bitterly after hearing this, and didn't say anything more, and was cut off from the city soon after.

"Come with us!"

"All caught! I really don't understand you, why do you want to support the Tartar Koubian, just because Xinli treats the people as human beings? Isn't benevolence and love for the people what you have always advocated? ”

"Don't bother, Mei Hanlin, since you still can't hang yourself, just go with us, I really didn't expect that you, who keep talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality, actually harbor evil intentions!"

Coincidentally.

From the border towns to the interior, the powerful bureaucrats who colluded with the Tartars like the Shen race began to be arrested by Jinyiwei in name, and they had no family members.

In addition to Ruan Jing's violent death, Ji Fengyi and Han Guangmao were also escorted to Beijing and awaiting trial.

And after Han Guangmao was escorted to Beijing, he happened to be locked in the cell next to Ji Fengyi.

Ji Fengyi, who had been locked up for many days, couldn't help but ask Han Guangmao: "You also committed the great crime of Tongyi?" ”

Han Guangmao asked, "Are you the same?" ”

"That's right! I'm also Tongyi. ”

Ji Fengyi replied, and then Han Guangmao replied: "Do you say that the world is normal now, officials are less and less greedy for money and not afraid of trouble, and Tongyi's sin is heavier than rebellion." ”

Han Guangmao asked, "What do you think?" ”

"It's not normal!"

"It's not normal!"

Ji Fengyi replied loudly, and then said: "My lord released me out of the house and used money to support me from Jingwei experience to the general, originally so that he could hold the military power in the future, so that he could make his Shen family more rich and powerful, but he encountered such a world where officials suddenly no longer protect each other, how can my lord strengthen his family business, which makes other powerful and official families accumulate wealth and enrich themselves?" ”

"Do the powerful officials and gentry of the world really like such a rule-abiding world? This is obviously only the way of the world that the common people like! ”

After Ji Fengyi said this, he looked at Han Guangmao again.

"At least it's normal for now, otherwise we won't lose!"

"As long as the wealth of the world can really continue to increase, he can continue to be normal."

"Man dies for wealth, and birds die for food; Now that this situation has arisen, it is only because the people in power can get more money and do not have to collect wealth from the people, so that they can build a new rite and promote a positive atmosphere. ”

"Those of us who are out of place will look abnormal and will end up being chopped."

Han Guangmao said at this time.

……

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

The sound of ticking water leaks sounded rhythmically in the tall and solemn hall.

At the same time, Zhu Yijun was speaking to Fang Feng, who was summoned.

"Qing should understand that if the new gift wants to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, before the people's wisdom is completely opened, it can only increase the wealth of the world to let more people accept the new gift!"

"Let more people accept the concept that benefiting the people is as important as enriching the country and strengthening the army, so that the people can turn from cowardice to strength as soon as possible, so that the citizens and employees can really grow to fight against the powerful officials, and then ensure that the court can govern the world like an arm, so that everyone can have the heart of the community, and let the world prosper forever."

"But if you want to increase the wealth of the world, you must either take it from the outside or take it from practice, both of which need to be strong in arms in order to make the foreign people afraid of the outside world, and to make the wealthy people not only know how to cheat and deceive because of cunning and cunning;"

"But now, there are a lot of military ministers on the nine sides who have said in secret that civilian officials such as the governor of the border town and the military preparation road will deduct the reward and silver to make up for the shortfall, how can this behavior make the military equipment strong?"

"What's more, the reward is all from my gold and silver, and it is my money!"

"Why are they using my money to make up for the shortfall?"

"Also, why are they running out of money?"

Zhu Yijun picked up a secret piece and shook it in front of Fang Fengshi, but he didn't say which military minister played it secretly, but only questioned Fang Fengshi vigorously.

Zhu Yijun then stared at Fang Fengshi, and continued to ask: "These, do you, the cardinal in charge of military aircraft, know or don't you know?" ”

Fang Fengshi lowered his head and replied: "I know! ”

Zhu Yijun loosened his shoulders after hearing this, but asked in a very solemn tone: "Then why don't you play?!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the output of the border town is small, so many times in the event of a disaster, the border ministers will take military salaries and military rations for disaster relief, which is a common thing, but it is not excluded that many of them will take military salaries and rations, especially deducting the silver that should have been given to meritorious officers and soldiers, losing money to the Tartars, and please don't commit them here, so that even if it is useless, it can be without fault, and the military ministers are also happy to do so, don't worry about the Tartars to commit, so that they will die or bear the fault of resisting the enemy, and they will only follow the deduction of military salaries to make up for the unpaid rewards. or use the method of killing good and risking merit to pretend to receive a reward, and Wenchen will also lose money because they themselves are also Tartar, so they generally do not strictly investigate. ”

"And so they gradually hid from each other."

"In this way, because the border ministers are more willing to have nothing to do, and lose the money to the Tartars, so the border town treasury is in deficit."

"Of course, over time, because the civil and military officials protect each other, sometimes there are cases of direct embezzlement of public funds from the domain treasury or even doing nothing, and even in the name of entertaining the border patrol and the governor, there are also people who use public funds to eat and give gifts."

"The reason why the minister doesn't play is because there are too many people who do this, and Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, since the Taishi left, it has taken a lot of effort just to eliminate the evil sect and clarify the right path, plus there is the matter of conquering Burma, and the development of Dongying also needs Your Majesty to worry, so there is no need to play this at this time, so let Your Majesty worry!"

"After all, Your Majesty is the king of the Holy Ming, and he knows that when punishing the evil sect that slandered the Taishi in Beijing and the foreign conquest of Burma, it is impossible to strictly investigate the deficit and drifting empty wages at this time and cause chaos in the border towns.

(End of chapter)