Chapter Twenty-Seven: Cleaning Up the Dynasty
The next morning.
Yang Yi sat in the court hall without saying a word, and the civil and military ministers in the hall reacted differently.
Some of their faces were happy, some were like ashes, some were trembling, and some simply fainted.
From time to time, the generals Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and others went to the palace to play the book, "Your Majesty, now that the east, west, north and south are peaceful, the ministers are old, their energy is low, and they are no longer able to lead the army.
Yang Yi saw that they were in the prime of life, they were full of energy, and at the peak of their lives, where was there any old age and lack of energy?
I couldn't help laughing and said, "What are you afraid of?"
Yang Yi's laughter shook the entire hall and rumbled, "After King Goujian of Yue returned to the country, the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the birds were exhausted, and the good bow was hidden." But the means are poor, the people are shameless, and in the end he is only the king of a small country, and he can't become a climate;
Yang Yi said with a smile: "Our Daming, that is to open an indestructible foundation, to unify the four seas, where the sun shines, is my Han land, where there are people everywhere is my Ming territory, how can we do such a thing of unloading the mill and killing donkeys?
Xu Da and Chang Yuchun didn't even dare to say that they didn't dare, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and secretly wondered, "Now that the four seas are in the bow, where else in the world do we need to wait for another expedition?"
After Xu Da and Chang Yuchun retreated, Yang Yi's eyes opened and closed, he glanced at the Wenchen present like cold lightning, slapped his right hand on the dragon chair, and snorted coldly.
The courtiers of both factions trembled, and several of them shook, slid from their chairs to the ground, and fell to their knees, trembling all over.
Yang Yi looked at everyone, "Very good, what did I say when I left? How did you reply to me?"
Every time Yang Yi said a word, the bodies of the officials below trembled, and two more ministers slowly slipped down from their chairs and knelt down.
"Do your best, and then die? hehe, just die!"
Yang Yi stood up and looked down at the ministers, "It's only been a few years, and Chaogang has already become like this, you really did your best!"
The civil and military ministers could no longer sit unsteadily, turned over and knelt down, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is angry, and Weichen is guilty!"
"Where is Leng Qian?"
The Shangshu of the Criminal Department Leng Qian got up and stepped forward and said, "The minister is here!"
Yang Yi asked: "According to my Ming law, how many people should be imprisoned by the ministers of the DPRK and China at this time?"
Leng Qian said: "There are twenty-seven ministers in the palace who have broken the law and deserve to be imprisoned, and all the white-skinned and black-skinned people in the east, west, north, and south of the country are counted, and there should be 153,576 people who must be imprisoned." ”
Yang Yi asked, "How many people should be killed?"
Leng Qian said: "There are thirteen ministers in the hall to be punished, and there are thirty thousand and ninety-seven people outside the hall to be killed!"
Yang Yi asked, "Since it's clear, why don't you kill it?"
Leng Qian said: "The matter is big, I am afraid of hurting the country, so I dare not move!"
Yang Yidao: "When you kill, you will kill, no need to worry!"
Leng Qian said: "Yes!"
Yang Yi's eyes were slightly closed, leaning on the dragon chair, and no longer speaking.
Leng Qian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being presumptuous!"
Turning around, he shouted, "Where are the guards in front of the palace?"
Hundreds of people on both sides of the main hall replied in unison: "Here!"
Leng Qian shouted: "I took it!"
"Yes!"
A group of guards suddenly responded, walked into the main hall, and under Leng Qian's command, they grabbed the offending officials one by one and put them in shackles.
Although the arrested ministers had miserable faces, none of them begged for mercy.
After all the twenty-seven ministers in the hall were locked, the courtier with the highest official position knelt down to Yang Yi and said: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister is gone, and he can no longer pay homage to the holy face, and I wish my lord a long life for the last time, long live long live, long live, long live!"
The rest of the criminals behind him also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yang Yi for the last time.
Yang Yi waved his hand and said: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place! Go well!
The kneeling ministers thanked them one after another: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!"
After more than two dozen people cried a few times, they were escorted out by the Royal Forest Army.
After these people left, the entire hall became silent for a while, and the two columns of civil and military people were terrified, knowing that for so many years, every move of himself and others was under the surveillance of the royal power.
Yang Yi opened his eyes and scanned the four directions, and said slowly: "The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill! When I left, I repeatedly told you not to be dizzy, but to keep your duty, but now in just a few years, your attitude has changed greatly, and you are reckless and lawless!"
Yang Yi looked at them, "At the beginning, it was for the people of the world, but now you are in the top position, but where is the original intention of resisting the Yuan for the people?
The full hall of civil and military was shocked, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the ministers will never dare to have this thought!"
Yang Yi smiled: "Don't dare, or can't?"
He stood up, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked down at everyone, "Great mountains and rivers, in just a few years, you have made a miasma, and the situation has been bad again and again!
The hall was speechless.
Yang Yi instructed: "Leng Qian! From now on, the world will be picketed, but all officials who violate the law and discipline will be dismissed from their posts and investigated, and they will be punished severely, strictly and quickly, without delay!"
Leng Qian said: "Yes!"
Yang Yi asked: "The charges of the officials of the DPRK and China have been cleared, can there be any offenders among the generals and officers of the army?"
Leng Qian said: "Nowadays, there are many things happening in the army, the military discipline in the Central Plains is still good, the land of white skin in the west, the country of black skin in the east, and the land of the big island in the South Seas, there are many soldiers who do not abide by the precepts, and there are many things that burn and kill and plunder in the local area. ”
Yang Yi asked, "Who is in charge of the garrison of the White Skin Country?"
Leng Qian said: "It has been transferred twice in turn, and now the Western white-skinned garrison is in charge of Zhu Yuanzhang and others." ”
Yang Yidao: "Where is Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Leng Qian said: "Still in the West and has not returned!"
Yang Yi instructed: "Order him to rectify military affairs within three months, detain the offenders first, and if there is any more disturbance to the people, he will come back from the west to see me!"
Leng Qian said: "Yes!"
"Tell the world that I will inspect the world, make private visits, and if there are any more violations of law and discipline, watch your head!"
"Yes!"
In this way, an inventory that swept the whole world began.
Officials in various localities who have violated the law and discipline will be dismissed from their posts on the spot and will never be hired, and those who are minor will be dismissed, those who are serious will be imprisoned, and those who are even more serious will be killed.
At the same time, Yang Yi sent operas on a national tour to publicize the laws of the empire to the people of the world, so that the people were no longer ignorant, and if they had illegal things about officials, they could report them with their real names, and if they were verified, they should be rewarded, and if they were deliberately framed, they should be punished.
For a time, everyone in the world was in danger, and the people applauded.
When Yang Yi finished inspecting the whole world, three years had passed. (To be continued.) )