On the third day of spring ploughing, Ran Min received a secret report from Jinyiwei that he went to secretly inspect the swill buckets in the ministers' homes according to his instructions, and found that the swill buckets were full of leftover bird's nest, abalone, mutton, bear paws, dog meat, and so on.

Ran Min didn't believe it very much, and asked Jinyi Wei to command Jing Zhan to check it personally, but it was indeed true!

Ran Min was suddenly furious: "Lao Tzu eats carp and pork, these Wang Saddles actually gave me a bird's nest bear paw?" How unreasonable! And there are so many leftovers! Shame on wasting! ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" On the side, the crown prince Ran Ming, the secretary Lang Xu Wei, the CRRC government commander Liu Zhi and the Jinyi Wei all commanded Jing Zhan to salute.

"How do you let me calm my anger? Yes? ”

Ran Min was really angry, and his face turned blue with anger.

As an emperor, he usually eats mutton, fish, pork or something, which is considered a big fish and meat, and the meat and vegetables are suitable.

And Ran Min eats almost every meal, there are not many leftovers, even if there are leftovers, people will feed them to pigs and dogs, or give them to the eunuchs to eat, they will not be wasted, not even bones.

But these ministers, every time they eat so many delicacies, there are so many leftovers!

Ran Min's heart is unbalanced!

Ran Ming sighed and said, "Father, the ministers have this condition, what they eat is their business." ”

"Well, I don't care what they eat. But if you eat it, you have to give me a clean one, right? Jing Zhan, you, did they eat these precious ingredients cleanly? ”

Jing Zhan said tremblingly: "Back to Your Majesty, according to what the ministers have seen with their own eyes, in the swill bucket, there are still whole abalone, shark fins, and bird's nests in the leftover dishes of the ministers. ”

"How can it be!"

Ran Min patted the case and said: "It's really Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!" The drought in Guanzhong has just been resolved, and the people have finally eaten a full bite of food so that they will not starve to death, but these damned ministers have completely ignored it, and I feel ashamed of such extravagance and waste! ”

"Jing Zhan, is the list listed? Who is so wasteful? ”

Hearing this, Jing Zhan immediately took out a piece of music from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, the list is here." ”

After reading the list, Ran Min was stunned.

"Your Majesty, there are too many ministers involved this time, including Cheng Wei Hu in the Imperial History, Xu Ji of Dali Temple, Shangshu Tiao, Wang Jian of the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Ran Liang, Jia Ba of the Ministry of Works, and Xun Ji of Zhongshu, etc., the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and more than a dozen ministers such as Cui Hao, Wang Meng, and Qin Mu are honest and honest, and their lives are neither luxurious nor wasteful."

Cui Hao, Wang Meng, and Qin Mu, the three bigwigs of the three provinces, are equivalent to the prime minister's ministers, and they have to pass. It's not that they don't want to live a little extravagant, but the court is strictly frugal, and Emperor Ran Min also proposed it, so several of them will do it.

However, Ran Min is still very angry, there are more than 200 civil and military forces, and only a dozen can maintain a simple life.

With so many people, Ran Min can't all be severely punished, right?

Of course, it's a shameful thing to be extravagant and wasteful, but it's not a corruption of the law. Just as Ran Ming is talented, the ministers can afford to eat and luxury, but the court can't control it.

However, if it is extravagant and wasteful, Ran Min will have to punish the great commandment.

"Father, I don't know what you plan to do with these ministers involved?"

"Naturally, I will admonish him, and then punish them for half a year, and take all their money to the orphans of those martyrs."

Aren't they very rich? Every big fish and big meat, eat the sea and eat it, Ran Min will let them have a good blood!

But the crown prince Ran Ming has a different opinion on this: "Father, the son thinks it's inappropriate. ”

"What do you think?"

"As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, there are too many ministers involved this time, and the extravagance and waste are all their own affairs, and according to reason, the father and emperor are completely out of control. However, considering that my father had previously promulgated from the emperor down to strictly practice frugality and put an end to extravagance and waste, the officials did not do it, which is a violation of your father's holy decree. Therefore, the father can admonish the ministers, but is it too serious to punish him for half a year? ”

"Humph! Half a year's penalty is already light enough in my opinion. I don't want to treat them badly, I want to be honest, but who would have thought that they would be so ignorant! And Ah Ying, do you think that the punishment for half a year is already very severe for the ministers? They're richer than the other. ”

Ran Ming lowered his hand and said, "Father, what the sons are worried about is whether the ministers will be dissatisfied because of this?" ”

"I don't care about that."

Ran Ming also wanted to dissuade him, but at this time, the secretary Lang Xu Wei, who had been silent on one side, said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are an idea, you can let Your Majesty admonish and punish hundreds of officials for half a year, and all the officials dare not complain!" ”

"Oh? Xu Wei, look. Ran Min was interested for a while, and looked at Xu Wei curiously.

And Xu Wei also bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, just like you are suitable." Just a reprimand, coupled with a punishment for half a year, is still too light for the ministers, they can't empathize with it, and it is impossible to take it as a warning. ”

"Go on."

"Didn't Your Majesty let the ministers go to the official fields in the suburbs to farm yesterday? The ministers experienced the hard work of the peasants, who knew that the Chinese food on the plate was hard work! But farming is still like this, and the ministers are still so extravagant and wasteful, so in my opinion, Your Majesty might as well let them experience the taste of refugees. Only empathy can make them stop the flashy wind and be able to empathize with the poor people. ”

"What's your idea?"

Xu Wei said: "Your Majesty can summon hundreds of officials and let them take a good look at what their swill buckets look like, and take advantage of the situation to admonish them." Then starved them two or three, in the name of cultivation, I believe that the hundred officials will be able to experience the taste of the victims, and they will not dare to be so extravagant and wasteful in the future. Your Majesty should take advantage of the situation to punish the ministers for half a year to set an example! ”

"Wonderful!" Ran Min thought it was a good idea.

The next day, when Ran Min was in the last dynasty, he did not discuss politics, and directly took the ministers to the courtyard of Wuying Palace.

In the huge courtyard, there were thirteen buckets of swill, and there was a foul smell, and flies were hovering on top of the buckets for a long time.

The ministers were all talking to each other, whispering, and figuring out the emperor's intentions.

After the ministers all stood up and more than 200 people lined up in five queues, Ran Min walked up to them step by step, pointed to these swill buckets and said, "Zhuqing, now please line up one by one and walk around these swill buckets." ”

The emperor's words, the ministers did not dare not listen, so they were all under the leadership of Cui Hao, the Shangshu Ling who was at the head of the line, and they slowly walked around the swill bucket.

The area of thirteen swill buckets was not too large, and when they walked around, a foul smell came to their noses, and these ministers couldn't help but cover their noses with their hands and shake their heads.

It's so sour, it smells so bad!