Chapter 163 Imperial Meeting

Ma Quanzai hurriedly looked at the chapters and inscriptions sent from all over the country one by one.

The Department of General Administration is left and right to communicate with the government, "accepting internal and external chapters and complaints from the subjects in the seal"! This position is too important: the chapters submitted to the Beijing Division from all over the country to be presented to the Son of Heaven, except for a limited number of inscriptions such as the feudal officials who received the sword of Shang Fangjian, the patrol of the imperial history, and the Qin Mission, which can have the privilege of reaching the imperial front, the others must be reported to the General Administration Department here to filter them first-the Holy Son of Heaven has all the opportunities, how can he have the energy to read all the trivial and trivial matters in the provinces, capitals, and prefectures? Since it is "filtering", the name in it is bigger! Except for military affairs, no one dares to do anything, what about the rest...... Let's put it this way, for example, why do two provinces, or two prefectures, when there is a dispute, they all report to the Holy Son of Heaven and ask for the Holy Judgment, if the Holy Son of Heaven only sees the rhetoric of one of the parties from beginning to end, what do you think the Holy Judge will do? On the other side, hehe, because it was judged to be a trivial matter that belonged to the "vain holy thoughts", it was directly detained by the General Political Division, and I never saw it from beginning to end!

The holy Chrysostom Yuyan, in addition to kneeling down and thanking him and calling it "the crime of the minister's death", do you dare to disagree? Don't say whether you dare or not, you don't know if you have seen it in the Holy Saint - don't you have the email address of the Son of Heaven! Another letter? Hehe, I still have to send it to the General Administration Department first! Will it continue to be detained? You guess!

Later, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty rose up with friends, and they became even bolder: even the military reports of the border army asking for merit, salary, and food were often not seen by the Holy Son of Heaven!

Therefore, don't look at Zuo Tongzheng's official rank is only the fourth grade, and the second-grade scholars of the sixth department also have to be polite - who doesn't have a few protégés and nephews in the local area?

Ma Quan understands the importance of the position that his father-in-law arranged for him: arranging his own person in the General Administration Department means that Quan Daming can no longer hide anything from the saint! This is a great trust and a great responsibility.

Ma Quan finally found the letter that his father-in-law had instructed him to pay special attention to, so he adjusted his sitting posture, took a heavy breath, opened the side newspaper of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and read it carefully. Looking at it, Master Ma smiled, but there were two fires burning in his eyes.

"Smack"! The Son of Heaven was furious, and slammed a delicate tea cup on the ground, smashing it to pieces, "This Xi Junyu is so big!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry. Take care of your dragon. Li Shizhong and the inner prison door hurriedly knelt down to persuade him.

"Hehehe......" the Son of Heaven burst into a sneer, "Thanks to your reminder, I noticed this." It's also thanks to your Dongchang that you found out such a big evil! Otherwise, I'll be kept in the dark by this guy! ”

"The old slave is His Majesty's person, and the East Factory is His Majesty's East Factory." Li Shizhong responded respectfully. After Chu Jingwu and his entourage returned to Beijing, Li Shizhong immediately reported the results of the investigation to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven also specially sent Chu Jingwu to ask him in person for a while. After the General Administration Department received the joint military report from the Shaanxi Xingdu Division and the Gansu Town, Li Shizhong directly presented it to the imperial front - seeing that the report was indeed a "great victory" for merit, no wonder the Holy Son of Heaven was furious.

"Sitting back and watching the thieves burn and kill the prostitution, they dare to report any great victory, and the greedy people are so huge that they dare to openly bully the king! Take them all down to me and send them to Jingshi! The more the Son of Heaven spoke, the more angry he became, and his face flushed.

"Your Majesty is angry. Of course, Xi Junyu's death will not be able to atone for his sins. However, the old slave thought that this matter should be handled carefully......" Li Shizhong said, secretly glancing at the face of the Son of Heaven.

"Prudent? How to be cautious? The facts are all there, do I have to care about what face? He Xi Junyu is shameless, what do I have to scruple about? ”

"Your Majesty." Li Shizhong didn't dare to fight back directly, but just bowed his waist in response.

"Hmph." The Son of Heaven calmed down a little and exhaled, "What do you think, tell me about it." ”

"Your Majesty. The old slave was also angry at first, and wanted to arrest all of them...... However, after Ma Quan handed over this piece yesterday, he deliberately reminded the old slave of the moment. Li Shizhong replied, "He said that this matter needs to be handled carefully." The old slave pondered carefully, and his words did have some truth. Li Shizhong replied cautiously.

"Oh? What did he say? "The Son of Heaven was very impressed with Ma Quan.

"Your Majesty. He said that this is a nest case, and depending on the situation, it can almost be said that the Shaanxi Dusi Mansion is rotten. These seem terrible, but after all, they are the cause of ringworm and scabies, and they can be eradicated with a single word. Even that Zhang thief is not worried, when the court frees up his hand, whether it is Sun Jie or Yan Minwang, there is no shortage of people who can level the Zhang thief. Now the real worries, the first is the tartar outside the side wall. There are so many fortresses, even the thieves can't stop them, if the court is not fully prepared to do it, in case the Tartars take advantage of it, it will be a big trouble. The second thing to worry about is the atmosphere of the outer court. Which one has merit, a large group of speech officials rushed to the ground to pick bones in the eggs, and Shaanxi Xingdu Si was rotten like this, but there was no wind at all. If this trend is not corrected, it will be my Ming's henchmen. ”

"Well said!" The Son of Heaven patted the arm of the chair excitedly, "This is the dry material of the country!" You've done a good job. Finding such a talent for me and arranging the talent to such a suitable position, good, good, good! The Son of Heaven said three "good" words in a row, "I want to reward him heavily, well, of course, I will reward you." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Shizhong knelt down, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be rewarded." The Emperor and His Majesty have rewarded the old slaves too much. The old slave is His Majesty's person, and it is what the old slave should do. There is no need to reward all the horses. From the review of the Hanlin Academy, he suddenly crossed so many levels to the left general government, so it is difficult to repay his kindness. At a young age, rewarding too much at once may not be too good for him. Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, he has already ......"

"I already recognize you as my father-in-law, so I'm my own, right?" The Son of Heaven said with a smile.

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! The old slave did not dare to deceive His Majesty. The old slave is not very literate, and he never dares to bully the scholar by relying on his identity in the inner court...... "Of course Li Shizhong knows that there will be the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven among the little eunuchs serving beside him, and the Son of Heaven must know that Ma Quan worships himself as his father-in-law, but when he is so provocative, he is still a little uneasy in his heart, and he bows his head deeply.

"It's okay, I'm sorry, do I blame you? As I said, you've done a good job. You help him wash away his injustice, and he wants to repay his kindness, which is in line with the teachings of the sages and is also human nature. The Son of Heaven said, "Well, you can ask him to come back, and I want to hear his thoughts in person." ”

"Yes. Your Majesty. ”

Morning meeting.

After the hundred officials were finished, Li Shizhong raised his eyelids and glanced at the steps, and Xin Xin, the servant of the criminal department who had been paying attention to Gonggong Li's eyes, coughed in advance, and went out of the class to play: "Long live, the minister has this music." ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and said, "I know that what Xin Aiqing wants to say is to ask for the revision of the "Da Ming Law", right? The Cabinet has already voted on it. Xin Aiqing will briefly say that everyone Aiqing will discuss it, and I think it is okay. If you have no objections, you can hand it over to the celebrant to wear red. ”

Some of the ministers knew something in advance, and most of them didn't know it yet. I only heard Xin Xin respond: "The minister obeys the order." The "Great Ming Law" of the National Dynasty has been promulgated for more than 200 years, and some regulations seem to be slightly outdated, such as the one for greedy ink. Taizu set the rules, and if the amount reaches 80 yuan, the skin will be peeled and the grass will be peeled. In troubled times, it is advisable to use heavy scriptures, which is indeed a necessary law at that time. However, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the price is far from being comparable to that of Taizu. Taking land price as an example, during the Hongwu period, wars were frequent and the land was still vast and sparsely populated, and money could always be used to buy two or three acres or even four or five acres of fertile land; Nowadays, silver is expensive and copper is cheap, and two copper coins may not be exchanged for one tael of silver, and one acre of land needs the price of forty or fifty taels. If you follow the laws of Hongwu, the poor pond of an acre of land will be killed, but I am afraid that if it is not intentionally greedy for ink, anyone may be a little careless and the head will fall to the ground. Therefore, the previous day, the Criminal Department requested that the "Da Ming Law" be amended, and the standard would be revised to 1,000 taels of silver to 5,000 taels to behead the prisoner, 5,000 taels to 10,000 taels to be hanged, and more than 10,000 taels to be decided. ”

As soon as these words came out, the pot exploded with a "buzz" in the court.

The vast majority of courtiers are from the right path, and after reading the set of sage articles of the self-denial and revenge gentleman Shen Du, they should be clean and self-righteous in theory, and they all regard themselves as moral gentlemen, and they are not greedy for a penny. In fact, everyone knows what is going on behind the scenes. Xin Xin's proposal to relax the sentencing standards was certainly a good thing for him, but suddenly it was openly discussed without warning...... Oppose it, it can indeed be in the limelight, but it will definitely immediately become the public enemy of everyone and approve of it, and it seems that he is a little thief-minded, so the ministers were stunned for a while.

Such a situation was expected by a few people who had colluded in advance. The political envoy Shen Xuan was lightly kicked by Ma Quan, and he went out of the class and said, "Your Majesty." The ministers have a specialization in the art industry, and the affairs of the criminal department should be drafted by the criminal department. The Cabinet has voted for it, and the Long Live Divine Judgment is. ”

"Okay." That's what the Son of Heaven was waiting for.

Li Shizhong and others also said this. With a look, a few whips of "pop, pop", and the sound of bells and drums, the saint retreated back to the palace, and threw down a group of ministers who had never woken up and left.

So, beneath the seemingly calm exterior, the brewing storm was imminent.

[Today's time is a bit rushed, let's talk about it on Monday. ^_^ The second part is almost finished, and the third part "Tianwen" is being conceived. Readers have any ideas, feel free to communicate. Share more - where to find such a hardcore novel? Hey hey ......]