Chapter 21 Guilty of Straightforward Admonition

After the notice was issued, the busiest were the officials.

His Majesty was merciful and could not see the suffering of the people, so he drove the displaced beggars out of the capital.

The streets are clean, and the people are dressed neatly and cleanly.

For those poor families who had no money to buy new clothes, the officials locked the gates, forbade them to go out for half a month, and when they found out, they were arrested and put on boards at the yamen.

Li Ping'an was idle instead, and simply closed the mortuary room.

"No wonder everyone wants to be the emperor, really let you live and die!"

Read books and practice every day.

Half a moon passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the ninth day of the lunar month.

The main roads of the capital are full of flowers, competing for beauty, and the fragrance is full of the city.

Readers have taken flowers and birthdays as the theme, recited poems and lyrics and wrote articles, openly and secretly patted Emperor Jianwu's sycophants, hoping to take a shortcut to the south.

Everyone scolds Cai Shilang, everyone wants to be Cai Shangshu!

The junction of Yongxingfang and Taipingfang is the main road of Qianyuan Street in the north and south, the north is the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace, and the south is the South City Gate, which is also called the Mingde Gate.

The sky will be bright.

Qianyuan Street is already crowded with people, bustling and rubbing shoulders one after another.

The emperor is also known as the Son of Heaven, which means the son of heaven and the son of God, and is no different from the gods in the temple in the eyes of the common people.

Today, Your Majesty is parading the streets, just like a god descending to earth, and you can bless peace by worshipping it.

The forbidden army on duty on the street is stubborn and stubborn, with flowers as the boundary, prohibiting anyone from trespassing, and violators will be beheaded immediately.

Li Ping'an squeezed through the crowd and took a closer look, and the flowers turned out to be real flowers.

In the cold winter, the moon blooms in the wind.

"Jasmine, crape myrtle, orchids, hydrangea...... Most of them are summer varieties, does Daqian already have greenhouse technology? ”

"There are a few delicate flowers that are difficult to grow in a greenhouse!"

Li Ping'an was amazed, and the imperial court really had good methods.

When the people saw the flowers blooming out of season, they shouted auspiciousness.

Some people claim that there are people in the yamen, and flowers are transported from Changchun Guan outside the city, but the real people in the view celebrate His Majesty's birthday, and specially cast a spell.

Some people also say that it is a monk of Baiyun Temple, who recited Buddhist scriptures for several days, moved the seeds, and grew and bloomed overnight.

True or false, there are different opinions, and the people have a little more respect for His Majesty.

The shops on both sides of the street are closed, and the gates are guarded by forbidden soldiers to prevent thieves from hiding in them and committing assassinations.

Since history, the emperor has been a high-risk profession.

The average life expectancy is more than 30 years, and nearly half of the emperors died unnaturally, and the causes of death were varied, choking, suffocating, scared to death, stoned to death, falling to death, and drowning......

The Assassins had a myriad of methods, and it was difficult to ensure 10% safety, so very few emperors left the palace, let alone exposed to the city.

The Holy Lord does not take advantage of danger, but it is an ancient precept.

Li Ping'an waited until noon, but he still didn't see His Majesty Luan.

Until the end of the day, a deafening sound of long live was heard in the distance, surging like a mountain and a tsunami.

Li Ping'an looked at it on tiptoe, and vaguely saw a bright yellow tower, slowly driving under the drag of the white horse.

Even if you are a little unhappy, you have to kneel and kowtow obediently.

The people looked directly at the Son of Heaven, which was a great rebellion, and let the forbidden army catch the nine clans of Huizhulian.

Li Ping'an has lived in Daqian for more than a year, and found that there are rules everywhere, and he has to be cautious in what he says and does.

From dressing and eating, to reading and writing, and even walking on the street, there are corresponding laws. Violation is a crime, punishable by caning and cane, or by great rebellion.

Only by managing words and deeds so strictly can we better tame the people!

Luan is on top of the driver.

Emperor Jianwu sat on the dragon chair, with a happy face, and waved to the people on the left and right.

"All people, be flat!"

When the people heard that His Majesty recognized him as his son, they immediately burst into tears and kowtowed to the mountain again and shouted long live.

The old eunuch who was waiting next to him bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the gods and saints, virtue is surrounded by the four seas, the sun and the moon, comparable to the holy ancestor!" ”

When Emperor Jianwu heard the word Holy Ancestor, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"You old thing, you also learn to shoot horses with Cai Qing's whiskers."

"The old slave is from the heart, and the grand scene of the government and the people in front of him ......"

Before the old eunuch finished filming, he suddenly heard a burst of exclamations, looked up, and saw a green-robed official coming out of the crowd, followed by a group of people, forcibly breaking away from the forbidden army and blocking Luan's car.

"Minister, Kyoto Patrol Imperial Shi Wei Heng, there is a play!"

Wei Heng knelt in front of Luan's car, holding his hands up, and several forbidden soldiers were paralyzed to the ground in fright.

Regardless of whether Wei Heng is right or wrong, just defending against unfavorable crimes is enough to sentence him to exile for thousands of miles.

More than a dozen people knelt behind Wei Heng, crying and complaining about their grievances, shouting and begging His Majesty to uphold justice and severely punish corrupt officials and traitors.

The people nearby were silent and looked at the green-robed official in shock.

There are many plots in the drama that make a direct admonition, and the ending is a happy ending, the emperor loves the people like a son, beheads corrupt officials, and is promoted to a good official.

It's just that everyone understands that it's a made-up story.

The common people like this kind of plot, the fundamental reason is that the reality is too cruel, and they can only rely on the romance script.

Emperor Jianwu was not angry in front of the people, and said in a gentle tone.

"Wei Aiqing, today is my birthday, and I will send the song to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which will be seen by Zhou Aiqing first."

"Your Majesty, the minister has written several times, and Zhou Xiang is perfunctory."

Wei Heng didn't give Emperor Jianwu a chance to shirk again, and directly said the content of the recital: "The minister has found out the thirty major crimes of the Marquis of Weiyuan, and the evidence is conclusive, please ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment!" ”

When the people heard the name of Wei Yuanhou, they couldn't help but exclaim.

This is His Majesty's right-hand man, with great military achievements, commanding the Beijing camp, and being called the first person in the army.

Last winter, the barbarians invaded.

Marquis Weiyuan was ordered to go to northern Xinjiang to supervise the war, and there were many good news, and it was rumored that he would become the first prince with a different surname in Daqian.

Emperor Jianwu's face dissipated with joy, and he said coldly: "Wei Qing is teaching me to do things? ”

"It is a great disrespect for the minister to offend the monarch's father, and he asks for dismissal and imprisonment, and it is all up to His Majesty."

Wei Heng put his official hat on the ground: "I only ask Your Majesty to severely punish the Marquis of Weiyuan, avenge the people, return justice to the deceased, and return me to a good and prosperous future!" ”

Emperor Jianwu's gaze swept over the surrounding people, and he suddenly regretted patrolling the streets, otherwise he would have easily sent Wei Heng away.

Then he looked at Prime Minister Zhou Cheng, who was patrolling the streets with Luan, Wei Heng belonged to the civil officials under his rule, how did he lead the team, how did he organize the work?

Prime Minister Zhou frowned, and he didn't know how to explain with a bitter face.

The balance between civil and military forces is His Majesty's means, and it is also a situation that is recognized by all officials, and there is a scale for the struggle on weekdays, and it is impossible to tear your face like this.

Helplessly, he whispered: "Your Majesty, is it up to the minister to come forward to take Wei Yushi away?" ”

"He bet on the Nine Clans, you can't take it away!"

Emperor Jianwu snorted coldly, and after a little silence, he had a plan: "Wei Aiqing, tell me, what crime did Marquis Weiyuan commit?" ”

Wei Heng knew that His Majesty was angry, but he didn't have any nervousness, and he had already arranged the aftermath before coming.

"The first crime is to be greedy for military salaries! In the twelfth year of the establishment of the military, the Marquis of Weiyuan falsely reported the number of soldiers in the northern Xinjiang and fraudulently received 220,000 taels of silver from the household department! ”

"The second crime is to resell the military rations of the Beijing camp...... A total of 300,000 taels of ink! ”

"The third crime is to sell officials...... A total of 420,000 taels! ”

"The fourth crime is to embezzle acres of land...... A total of 57,000 acres! ”

“……”

"The ninth crime, killing the good and risking the merit! The concubine of Weiyuan Marquis fabricated the crime of rebellion and punished more than 500 members of the Feng family! ”

“……”

"The thirteenth crime, the son of the Marquis of Weiyuan forcibly robbed the Wang family's method of brewing wine, disregarded people's lives, and extorted five thousand taels, and the human and material evidence is there!"

When Wei Heng read this, among the people who knelt down, a young man crawled out, claiming to be the son of the king's shopkeeper, and begged His Majesty to avenge the people.

"His crime is fourteenth, the nephew of the Marquis of Weiyuan, because of a dispute of words, he set fire to the Sun family in the middle of the night and burned to death the twelve members of the Sun family, and the human and material evidence is there!"

Another common man crawled out, half of his face was covered with burn scars, claiming to be the only survivor of the Sun family, and begging His Majesty to uphold justice.

Wei Heng's voice was loud and spread all over the world.

The first few counts of embezzlement of ink, although the amount is large, are far away from the people, and it sounds painless.

The crimes of ignoring people's lives in the back really happened around us, for example, next to Yongxingfang, many people have drunk ten miles of incense.

For example, the fire in the courtyard of the Feng family, the yamen judged it to be an accident.

Empathize, naturally angry and hateful!