In addition to Sun Jiao, who was still listed as a cabinet minister but was not in the capital, the seventeenth counselor entered the palace to discuss matters.

The situation of drought in the south has naturally been heard of in the capital for a long time. Otherwise, no one would already be talking about what is due to the reverence for the Holy Prophet, so the celestial phenomena are a warning.

Could it be that if the current Confucius ritual is maintained, it will rain in the south immediately?

Zhu Houxi saw that everyone had arrived, and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, and I will redefine the ceremony of Dacheng Wenxuan Ancestor." ”

This title must be clear, and how to change it is quite clear.

Yang Tinghe asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already counted the silver and grain stored in each warehouse in the past few days......

Zhu Houxi raised his hand: "Don't worry! It has only been two months since the Holy Day of Longevity, and after the decree is issued, the vassal kings and relatives can set off for Beijing one after another. If the commander-in-chief of the provinces is appointed by a relative, he shall first be appointed by him, and then he shall be temporarily appointed by the general of the army. ”

Cui Yuan's expression was awe-inspiring, and he just said softly: "Pavilion Elder, everyone, prepare for war, prepare for war." ”

They are all smart people, so they don't need to say much.

The imperial court calculates the available money and grain, how can it only count the inventory in today's situation?

This is the decisive battle of standing in line, and this does not allow people to compromise with the so-called "right time, right place and right people".

If there is a difficulty today, will there be no tomorrow? What's the best time to do it?

When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.

Zhu Houxi said indifferently: "I am the Son of Heaven. The military officials and gentry of the world, whether they want to make meritorious service or disobey are just a thought. I ordered Zhang Fujing to be the governor of Shandong, and there are still so many people in the world who feel that although I am decisive, but under the favorable time, place and people, the advantage is in the other generation, and I will back down. If you are stubborn, then you will be paid for the wealth of your head and family, who wants to take it for me? ”

At this point, Yang Tinghe and the others breathed heavily.

Zhu Houxi looked at them: "I have expressed my determination to the world, and there will no longer be a reason for the so-called Qingjun!" If you don't obey, it's the opposite! The edict told the world that after the Halloween Festival, I inspected the disaster. ”

Cui Yuan also looked at him in shock.

But just like the imperial conquest, the emperor came to the place in person, and the deterrent power was unparalleled.

Isn't the mountain high emperor far away? Isn't there a place and a good people?

When the emperor is close at hand, where is the location? Will people disintegrate?

The emperor sees the disaster, how to use the opportunity brought by the time? Do you dare to do your best for disaster relief?

But the southern tour needs money, and the southern tour needs to be stabbed-proof.

There was a nervous discussion in the imperial study that the emperor was going to play himself as a card, but the first thing to be agreed on was the Confucius ceremony.

First, he went to the King of Confucius and changed his name to Dacheng Wenxuan Xianshi.

Second, go to the Confucius Sect to posthumously honor the title of prince and earl, and call him a sage.

Third, destroy the statues of Confucius in various places, replace them with wooden masters, and set the size and size and the text written on them.

Fourth, it is stipulated that the Confucian Temple only has one sacrifice on the birthday every year, ten grains and ten beans; The place is only for one sacrifice on the birthday, eight pipes and eight beans.

Fifth, change the regulations of the Confucian temple and not call it a temple......

This matter was agreed at the earliest, and it was immediately drafted into an edict, because it had to be sent to Shandong as soon as possible: on this year's birthday, Zhang Fujing worshipped Confucius according to this.

The imperial study continued to discuss the disaster situation in the south and other matters, and this edict was first sent to the country to be read.

Under Zhu Houxi's instructions, the news spread quickly.

In the midst of the hot day, many of the inmates who had copied the "Examination of Practice and Dialectics" for more than half a month were on the list.

"Such a big event, so decided? Is this still a rally? Why not just issue an edict? ”

"What's the use of setting up a hundred officials? What is the use of a monk? ”

"I've seen all of this practice, and if I want to say, it's a big mistake! Be obstructed! ”

It's not that no one thought that there were so many people under the emperor's command, and what was the intention of asking them to copy it.

However, the sudden appearance of the Confucian discussion, and the sudden conclusion of the discussion, simply did not respect the opinions of the opposing officials and scholars.

How dare you? There is a great drought in the south, and the celestial phenomena are all warned!

“…… Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! The king is going to knock on something! Outside the Chengtian Gate, there are already several adults knocking together! An excited inmate rushed in from outside the hospital, "This is a mess! All dynasties and dynasties have respected Confucius and Confucianism, as the king said, once this system comes out, there is no end to it? The country has been raising soldiers for a hundred years, and the Day of the Righteous Death is today! ”

Zhu Houxi's thief was used here today after Yang Shen's words came out to praise him again.

The prison was suddenly full of passion, and too many prisoners were hot-headed.

However, there are also many people who look on coldly, or some of their friends who advise them out of friendship.

"Now that the decree has been made, do not be impulsive, this act of disobedience to the decree!"

"Yingde, you're still young, you don't understand!"

"I don't understand, I ......"

"You are quite fond of astronomy and geography, Qimen Dunjia, the art of war, and the method of arithmetic, and you are quite impressed with the way of physics! But you joined the country's eunuch to study the classics and think you are the pillar of the country! Although you haven't been lifted yet, you must always worry about the country! You are from Changzhou Mansion, and now there is a great drought in the south, don't you worry about the people in your hometown? This is all due to His Majesty's mistaken disrespect for teachers and the reform of the law by the traitorous party! Are you going to go today? ”

Tang Shunzhi, the Gongsheng of Changzhou Mansion, looked at him with complicated eyes.

He is eighteen years old this year, and although he can see it clearly, he still has a lot of feelings and righteousness towards his friends, so he is not so indifferent.

But his wordlessness fell in the eyes of his friends, that is, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he saw his friend flick his sleeves: "The Tao is not the same, today you and I are gracious!" ”

Then he joined up with those who were ready to go and knock together.

Tang Shunzhi scratched his head helplessly.

Isn't this a fool? Can't read the infinite mystery in "The Examination of Practice and Dialectics"?

There are also many much older prisoners in the Guozi Prison.

They looked at these young people and saw Kong Zhewen and the descendants of the sages who were surrounded by them, although they were very excited but could not hide their fear, and their eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.

Why did this edict suddenly draw up the Confucius ceremony at this time, many people are really stupid.

The general trend has been decided, and maybe next year's township examination and the next year's general examination will really test practice and dialectics.

Unprecedented opportunity!

I don't know how many official positions will be vacated in the world!

In the Guozi Prison and in the capital, many scholars joined the team that went to knock outside the Chengtian Gate.

As long as someone takes the lead, there will always be people who feel that there are many people and "big things can be done".

The imperial study is still discussing the arrangements for disaster relief in the south, which involves the verification of the disaster situation, the preferential and exemption of grain this year, and the arrangements for follow-up disaster relief grain and disaster relief silver.

Huang Jin hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Wang Rumei, who is in charge of the Chengtian Gate Outside the Rite Section, holds a blood letter in his hand, and there are 49 large and small officials, 183 prisoners, and 35 scholars in Beijing, and the number is still increasing. ”

Cui Yuan and the others all looked at the emperor.

Zhu Houxi actually laughed: "What do you say?" ”

"Wang Rumei shouted......" Huang Jin looked at him a little worriedly, "There is a great drought in the south, and the celestial phenomena are warning, Your Majesty should withdraw the new system of Dacheng's Most Holy Wenxuan King Ceremony, issue an edict against himself, fasting and praying for rain......"

"Guilty of your own edict? Praying for rain? Zhu Houxi smiled dryly twice and waved his hand, "I and the counselors are busy." Go and spread the edict, the edict has been issued, and the world will abide by it. If the oracle is pronounced three times, and if it is not dispersed, the official shall be dismissed, the prison shall be removed, and the meritorious name shall be removed, and each person shall have twenty rods. ”

"Your Majesty......" Yang Tinghe stood up in shock, "That's already more than two hundred people......

Although there are no high-quality officials involved, so many officials have quit in one go, there are so many fewer people in the six ministries, and there are still many things that need to be done!

Zhu Houxi raised his hand and pressed it: "Continue the discussion." There are not many other people in Daming, but there are many smart people! ”

Huang Jin hurriedly left the imperial study and went to inform Zhang Yong first.

If you really refuse to disperse, then this spanking thing will require a lot of people who can walk the court staff.

In addition, shouldn't the capital be wary of the follow-up reaction?

Outside the Chengtian Gate, Wang Rumei held the blood book in both hands with a firm expression, and still repeated the sentence loudly: "There is a great drought in the south, and the people are not able to make a living. The celestial phenomena warned, and His Majesty Fu Wei took back the new system of Dacheng's most holy Wenxuan King ceremony, issued an edict of sin, fasted and prayed for rain, in order to relieve the worries of the people and the worries of the world! ”

His voice was a little hoarse, he shouted, and the people around him opened their throats and shouted when they saw that they were kneeling on the ground.

This sound has been transmitted to the yamen of the five prefectures and six departments on the south side of the Waijinshui Bridge.

Fan Ting of the Household Grinding Office is still in charge of the Polishing today.

In fact, there were a lot of changes in the high-ranking officials of the court before, and he had the opportunity to be a six-grade master, but he was afraid.

Of course, he is just a person from a background, to be a regular eight-grade Beijing official, even if he wants to be promoted to another official in the future, it is best to go to those idle departments.

The head of the household department is responsible for more things in the provincial clearance department, and if you are not careful, something will go wrong!

Now, Fan Ting looked at the back of Wang Zuo, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, who was standing next to the Jinshui Bridge outside the front.

Wang Zuo temporarily commanded the Jinyi Guard, and now he watched coldly as more people came in from Zuo'anmen and You'anmen to join the team.

Something big is coming!

The household department also went to a few directors, staff outside Lang and Langzhong, and now the number of officials from various ministries and offices who went over there to "not do business" has reached fifty-eight, Fan Ting glanced at the Zhengjiu Pinjian School that was watching the excitement with him: "Something big is going to happen!" ”

The inspector's eyes lit up: "Something big is going to happen!" ”

It's better to be dismissed!

Fan Ting still remembered the last time he went to the Shouning Marquis Mansion to see Fang Muxian, who was in charge, and how much sweat he had had on his body after Fang Muxian knelt down there.

How can you force the emperor to do such a thing? He had to do it himself!

These people are crazy, aren't they?

As a household minister, Fan Ting naturally knows that there are official documents in many places in Nanjing now, and he knows about the drought.

Daming is so big, there are always some places that suffer from various disasters every year. There is a dragon turned over, rain, drought, locusts, wind......

Before the new law is now, isn't it endless?

Fan Ting doesn't think about any political mess, he has passed the age when he was full of ambition, and now he is just a petty official in the capital, with a stable life with a wife and children.

It seems that many of them still have too much land and are afraid of the new law.

But what are these prisoners and scholars who have not yet become officials doing?

Fan Ting thought like this, and suddenly felt quiet in front of him for a while, and then made noise again.

This time the sound is very messy.

There was a clutter, a moment of silence, then a clutter, and even more crying.

But there were some people who hurriedly walked away from the Waijinshui Bridge with their heads down, and left the left and right Anmen as if they were fleeing under Wang Zuo's cold eyes.

After the third round of noise, the noise inside became louder.

A moment later, there was a scream.

Fan Ting gasped and said in a lost voice: "Tingcane? ”

The inspector replied excitedly: "Court staff! There are still more than 200 people in it, right? ”

Boy!

He wanted to run over and take a look, but he didn't dare.

At the door of the five mansions and six departments, I don't know how many people are crowded at the door like them, watching from afar.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, which was blocked by the Waijinshui Bridge, it was not clear what the situation was now.

But the screams became the main voice, along with cries and curses.

They only saw that someone ran up the Waijinshui Bridge and wanted to leave, but Wang Zuo blocked the top of the bridge with many brocade guards, and watched from a distance as there was still a movement to drive them back with a knife.

The inspector suddenly said, "I'm going out on an errand." ”

Hurry up and inform your brother-in-law who runs a pharmacy that the gold sore medicine should be able to sell at a good price today!

Outside the Chengtian Gate, Wang Rumei was pressed to the ground.

"Smack!"

I didn't enjoy the staff that day, but I enjoyed it today.

It fucking hurts!

The emperor is really crazy! It's really crazy!

What's going on now? Is there really going to be chaos in the world?

"Faint King! Faint! He let out the pain in his ass with a cry.

Dismissal of officials and removal of meritorious fame.

Scrapped, already scrapped.

He lost his mind in a state of intense pain and anger.

Huang Jin, who was being sentenced in front, had a sinking face: "Stubbornly insulting the monarch's father!" Twenty more! Hit it hard! Hit with your heart! ”

This was added by him without authorization, but he was not afraid of the emperor's punishment.

In the imperial study, what is now being discussed is war preparation and disaster preparedness!

What made Huang Jin most angry was that the emperor tried his best to change the law to enrich the country, but these people refused to stop again and again, and they always wanted to make trouble!

His Majesty's sage is diligent and knowledgeable, and even the counselors are convinced.

In front of you, these four, five, six, seven, eight, nine grades, don't you want to think about why there are no more than three grades here?

It's up to you?

Kong Zhewen wanted to leave, but he didn't have the face to go.

It is to change the king name of his ancestors and lower the sacrificial specifications of his ancestors!

Now, the damn celebrant Bingbi and the royal eunuch Huang Jin brought not enough little eunuchs.

There were so many people that they had to queue up to be beaten.

Seeing the officials who were beaten first wailing there, and the official uniforms outside the buttocks were beaten to the point that they were stuck to the flesh and blood, Kong Zhewen's legs were very weak and he was trembling all over.

Wang Rumei's twenty rods have been beaten, and now she is beating the newly added twenty rods, and the rods are sinking strongly.

“…… Dignified officials, dignified officials......"

Are you going to be killed with a rod?

This will surely be killed with a rod!

Kong Zhewen glanced at Huang Jin, whose face was cold, from a distance, and only saw the undisguised killing intent in his eyes.

At this moment, another person from the middle school came out of the Chengtian Gate, holding a holy decree in his hand and walking in the direction of the Liuke Corridor.

Go through the Six Corridors again, and the decree can be issued.

They didn't know what the content of the decree was, but it was clear that they were being beaten here, and in the imperial study, the emperor and counselors were still making decisions that mattered to the lives of the world.

It seems that he has not been delayed by their knocking.

I don't care if anyone will be killed here!

Finally, a tent of hot urine soaked Kong Zhewen's crotch: The emperor just wants to kill.

Even King Wenxuan, the most holy king of Dacheng, has to change the king's name and lower the sacrificial specifications, does he still care about the reputation of history?

The decree did not mention what to do with Yan Shenggong, but Zhang went to Shandong.

Father......

Kong Zhewen fainted softly and fell to the ground - he was very tired, he had been kneeling here for a long time on this hot day, and now he was so miserable and frightened, covered in cold sweat.

After I don't know how long, I suddenly felt a sharp pain, and Kong Zhewen woke up.

"Ahh

The screams could not penetrate the heavy palace gates of Chengtianmen, Fengtianmen, Fengtiandian, Huagai Palace, and Jinshen Palace, so they could not be heard at all in the imperial study behind them.

It was quiet here.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Then do it." Officials who are ineffective in disaster relief in the four grades and below can be dismissed on the spot, and then promoted to the officials who are in charge of the work on the spot after reporting to the governors of the provinces, regardless of their background or grade! ”

Below the prefect, if you don't do things well, you can get rid of them.

What is the ceiling of talent?

Why is it so noisy now? Isn't it because it's too good to be an official?

There is still a shortage of people who want to be officials and want to be big officials?

"The governor of the provinces, three grades and below, can be convicted and confiscated first, and reported to Beijing. If the political envoys of the provinces are not loyal to the king, they can be dismissed from office and sent to Beijing first! ”

In each province, there are only about two political envoys from the second rank.

As soon as this decree was issued, the authority of the governors of the provinces at this extraordinary time was terrifying.

Fortunately, after the departure of the Seven Counselors from Beijing and the previous arrangement, the governors of the provinces are now their own people.

The key is actually the word "confiscation".

Zhu Houxi glanced around: "I'm a little tired this year." Kill this time, the sea and the sky! ”

In one day, fifteen decrees were issued.

In addition to the edict that was re-established and sent to the entire Ming Dynasty, the rest of the Southern Zhili and other provinces had one.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, Wang Rumei and six other officials who were angry and angry and spoke wildly were indeed killed with a cane, as well as seven prisoners and scholars.

Fourteen people were killed with a cane on the spot, and two hundred and fifty-seven people were carried out of the left and right gates alive.

Dismissal of officials, removal of prisoners, and removal of meritorious service.

Strange to say, in this capital, there was a torrential rain after nightfall.

Tang Shunzhi listened blankly to the sound of rain outside the window.

Zhu Houxi also felt a little engaged in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

But what about the South?