Wang Wen, as the first assistant of the cabinet, the secretary of the criminal department and the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, was very active in supporting the emperor.

This is still within Zhu Qiyu's expectations, but with Wang Wen taking the lead, the ministers of civil and military affairs have enthusiastically supported it, which is a bit surprising.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu had successively issued the "Great Ming Law", "Great Message", "Great Decree Continuation", "Great Decree Three Editions", "Great Decree Martial Ministers", and "Religious List".

According to Zhu Qiyu's prior expectations, most ministers should advocate using the "Da Ming Law" as the basis for criminal law. At most, under the tugging between the monarch and the minister, a compromise was reached to revise and improve the "Da Ming Law" to a certain extent.

Now everyone supports Wang Wen and Li Sicheng's proposal to compile the "Ming Code" in the style of the Jingtai Dynasty, which is so weird.

Zhu Qiyu secretly thought about it quickly, and somewhat understood: the "Great Message" and "Religious List" formulated by Taizu have long been abandoned by now.

And the civil and military officials were afraid that I would re-translate the "Great Message" and "The List of Religious People". Some of the punishments in "The Great Message" are much harsher than those in "The Great Ming Law".

The criminal law in the "Great Message" includes clan punishment, Ling Chi, beheading, foot cutting, toe cutting, knee removal, castration, hand cutting, finger chopping, tendon picking, and so on.

The degree of cruelty of Taizu was unmistakable. Even so, Taizu still had to impose severe punishments on his subjects all over the world.

Therefore, if anyone dares to stimulate the emperor at this time, causing the "Great Message" to reappear in the Jingtai Dynasty, they will inevitably be bitten to death by other ministers.

The ministers knew in their hearts that once they opposed the formulation of the "Ming Code" and blocked the road to today's fame in history, the emperor was likely to break the jar.

This goes back to the original truth: if everyone does not agree with the emperor to open a window, then the emperor is annoyed and is likely to directly tear off the roof.

The lesser of the two powers, let's agree with the emperor to open a window.

Seeing that he responded to his call, Zhu Qiyu was still a little happy, but he didn't expect that if he stabbed the hornet's nest, he would have a headache for more than half a year, which is a later story.

Because today is a banquet, it is inconvenient to talk about government affairs in detail, so Zhu Qiyu looked around everyone to see if there were any new topics.

Again unexpectedly, the young son of the Tatar Khan, Gurghis, stood up and bowed deeply:

"Initiating the Holy Lord, the minister wants to go back to visit his relatives, and I hope that the Holy Lord will allow it."

Zhu Qiyu was stunned when he heard this, this guy was only ten years old, and he was sent to Beijing by taking off his flowers since he was a child, not only to study, but also to act as a proton.

Now that he is proposing to go back to visit his relatives, it is obvious that he is sending someone to send news and is ready to do something big.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Qiyu persuaded out of a responsible attitude towards this proton: "Now that the situation in the north is unstable, I advise you not to go back for the time being, and talk about it in two years." ”

When Ma Erguergis heard this, his face was sad.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "If you insist on leaving, you can leave at any time, and I will not force you to stay." I'm just reminding you that it's not safe to go north. ”

Ma Erguergis bowed again: "Thank you for your care, but Weichen has been away from home for many years, and he still wants to go back to see his parents." ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Then Honglu Temple will send someone to escort the little prince out of the customs." ”

Seeing that the emperor's permission was granted to Ma Erghis's request, the young grandson of the Great Khan of Warat also stood up and offered to return home to visit his relatives. Zhu Qiyu didn't ask much, so he nodded in permission.

When the civil and military officials heard this, they all wanted to speak and stopped, and the hostages of the Tatars and the Warat Department were let go like this?

The officials did not understand the emperor's mood, even if the two sides went to war, Zhu Qiyu would not take hostages to blackmail the enemy, let alone kill the hostages.

The Son of Heaven has the way of doing things, such as tearing up tickets and booby-trapping, which must never be done.

Negative examples, such as the historical Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, in order to plough the court and sweep the caves, in Jianzhou Zuowei Governor Dongshan on the way home, designed to kill him in Guangning.

Zhu Qiyu didn't agree with this approach very much, and felt that Dong Shan should be damned, he could send out a large army and kill him in a dignified manner.

People came to pay tribute, and they designed to kill him, which is a bit inferior.

The two countries were at war without a cut, not to mention that there was no official declaration of war at that time.

After opening this bad start, the next few generations of Ming monarchs and ministers have learned the same, and they have become accustomed to it.

Therefore, although Zhu Qiyu did not agree with the Manchu Qing, he admitted that Nurhachi's army had a certain moral basis.

Nurhachi's fifth ancestor Dong Shan, grandfather Jue Chang'an, and father Takshi were all inexplicably killed by the Ming army by disgraceful means. This has become a lifelong enmity, and no one is allowed to resist and resist.

As the only emperor within a radius of 10,000 miles, Zhu Qiyu's national strength at this time has already crushed any surrounding countries and tribes. At this time, it is necessary to be upright and upright, and punish the unrighteous with the king's teacher. Opportunism is detrimental to the prestige of the Son of Heaven, and it is really unnecessary.

Zhu Qiyu sat there thinking about the east and west, and was encouraged by the success of Maergul Keith to return to his hometown, and the king of Muromachi Prefecture, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, also stood up and asked to stay in Kyoto, Japan.

Most of the royal nobles who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty either wanted to stay in their homeland or stay in Beijing.

Qiongzhou Mansion was a wild place at this time, and no one wanted to be sent there.

The former king of Joseon, Li Hongwei, was given a vacant position as a right-hand imperial historian and a scholar in the middle school, and stayed in Beijing to observe and discuss politics.

Yun did not allow Ashikaga Yoshimasa to stay in his homeland, and Zhu Qiyu couldn't make up his mind for a while. Now that the supreme authority is in hand, one sentence can decide the fate of others, and it is even more necessary to be cautious in words and deeds.

Seeing that the emperor was hesitant, Ashikaga Yoshimasa gave more assurances: "Saint, after returning to his homeland, the minister is willing to help the imperial court pacify the Japanese magnates and people, and at the same time, the minister's wife can also stay in Beijing." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa went from being a high-ranking ruler to a subordinate, and he couldn't adapt for a while, and his speech was quite stiff.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care, and replied with a smile: "Since Aiqing is willing to serve the country, let's go back." As for your princess, you can also take it.

I'm not a faint king, what are you leaving your princess doing here? ”

Next, Weng Shizi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, stood up and asked for instructions: "Holy Lord, now that the treasury is full and the country is strong, do you want to rebuild the Fengtian Temple?"

Our Ming Dynasty came to the court, but the Fengtian Temple was burned to the ground, and it has been empty there, which is really detrimental to the national prestige. ”

Zhu Qiyu looked around at the hundred officials, and the hundred officials all stood up and expressed their attitude, requesting to rebuild the Fengtian Temple.

Now the Forbidden City really needs a big hall, otherwise let these Korean, Japanese, and Annan ministers see what's going on, those who know say that the emperor is thrifty, and those who don't know think that the Ming Dynasty is too poor to build a palace.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Wenfang again: "Prince, you can decide whether to cultivate or not, anyway, I will never go to the Forbidden City again." ”

(End of chapter)