Chapter 082: The Great Grace
What Lu Daqi said is of course a proper attitude. If you are a minister, you must first take the blame and then see how the emperor will do it.
Attacking the Imperial Veteran is of course a huge matter. If it were in the past, I don’t know how much Chongzhen’s thunder rage would have occurred, and I don’t know how many people would lose their heads for it.
But now is different from the past. Emperor Chongzhen has indeed become slightly different from before. The nearly twenty-day journey to the south has caused thrills, difficulties, panic, sadness, and sorrow. His contact and understanding of this real world is of course very different from the throne sitting in the Forbidden City.
Moreover, the emperor also knew that the current situation was when the king and his ministers needed to work together, so of course he would not use a Lu Daqi as a punching bag.
"This is Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao who are crazy and have nothing to do with others. You don't have to blame yourself." Chongzhen said calmly, "Just be alert and check for shortcomings and fill in the gaps, so as not to happen again like this."
"Thank you Your Majesty!" Lu Daqi kowtowed and thanked him, "I am willing to accept your Majesty's will!"
Everyone on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time they were surprised that this was very different from the style of Long Live's past. In the past, Long Live would often criticize him for some trivial reasons, but today's shocking event was actually just let go of it.
Not only did they just let it go~~ These ministers are all old people in the officialdom, and they could hear a deeper meaning from Chongzhen's words just now.
This incident is because Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao are crazy and "has nothing to do with others"!
In other words, he was neither prepared to dig deep into the relationship between Lu Jiude and King Fu, nor did he thoroughly investigate whether Ma Huabao was still instructed by Liu Zeqing.
If you don’t joke, it means that the case will be closed.
Long live the wisdom!
Everyone thought that if you investigate this case at this time, you will not know how widespread it will be, and it will be so complicated that it will be so tangled that everyone will be in danger, so you won’t have to do anything else.
Now, you can cut the mess with a quick knife, and you can clear and clear, and it is really what the Holy Lord does.
Those who are more thoughtful have further thought that this method of handling may not be the dictatorship of the sage. Most of them have been discussed with Li Banghua, Shi Kefa, Ni Yuanlu and others in advance. Maybe there is the meaning of the prince-consort.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at the expression standing aside, and the prince-consort was in a hunched manner. My judgment just now was shaken.
You are so young, don’t you have such deep scheming, right?
Chongzhen could see that all the ministers below all expressed their relief and asked with a smile: "Why, I can't believe that I let it go, right?"
"Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and it is a blessing for the people and the country." Shi Kefa bowed and said.
"Hahaha," Chongzhen laughed very happily, "Someone once said that I was mean and polite. You must have heard of it in Nanjing, right? Gu Cichou, you are in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Have you heard of this?"
"There has never been...I dare not..."
Gu Cichou was a Jinshi in the Wanli period and a famous honest man. He had several ups and downs in the officialdom. When the current left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites suddenly heard Chongzhen suddenly mentioned this and asked himself a question. He was immediately panicked and didn't know how to answer.
"It's okay, I won't blame you." Chongzhen sighed and said, "Some things were a little more urgent in the past, and it was due to the situation. I also had my last resort."
This is when the emperor showed goodwill to his ministers. Of course, he should be sympathetic. Gu Cichou came to his senses and spoke fluently.
"Thunder, rain and dew are all the kindness of the king. Those who are ministers dare not have the slightest resentment and slander!"
"Okay, okay, our monarch and ministers work together, and the country will flourish!" Chongzhen said with a smile, "From today, we will go to the Nanjing in front of each department, the courts and temples."
If I say I am mean and have no kindness, I will give you a great grace.
Although it is inevitable, this is a great news for all the officials in Nanjing.
Although Nanjing City is called Nandu, it is really just a relic, prefecture, and accompanying capital. In fact, all the officials in Nanjing are prepared for officials and idle positions. To put it more elegantly, it is called "Liyin". It doesn't matter whether you get a salary or not.
The two words Nanjing before the names of the various departments are eternal pain in their hearts. Just like the wife who added a word Ru before her, it turned into "Madam Ru". It is really a difference of one word, a thousand miles apart. For example, Gu Cichou's "Nanjing Minister of Rites" was in front of his colleagues in Beijing. Although his rank and salary were the same, he could not raise his head because he was called "Mr. Minister of Rites".
Now, long live a word, golden words, and since then, the officials in Nanjing have become unquestionable official seal officials. The ecstasy in their hearts is really indescribable.
"I am thanking Your Majesty for your priest's kindness!"
More than a dozen ministers knelt on the ground, kowtowed sincerely, and thanked each other in a mixed manner. They knew that the emperor had called for flatness, so they stood up one after another.
"Lu Zhenfei's pensions are handled by the Ministry of Rites. After the posthumous title is drafted, I will send it to me to see."
"Yes, I'm going to do it." Gu Cichou replied quickly.
"Shi Kefa, I still can't cross the river in the past few days. I will assign a minister or official officer to serve as a member of the department and court to work on duty in the class room outside here."
"Yes, after you see me, I will immediately negotiate with the six ministries and the value will be determined tomorrow."
"Gao Hongtu, how much money is deposited by the Ministry of Revenue now?"
Gao Hongtu waited until now, and finally asked about this.
"Your Majesty, the actual deposit of 3.764,110 taels of silver in Taicang, Nanjing, and 582,432 bills."
“So many?”
"Report to Your Majesty, because Cao Road was cut off, the money and food were no longer transported north, and all the money and food returned south, so it was so accumulated."
Chongzhen nodded, thought for a while before speaking again.
"It's okay, but where are there still taxes to lose now?"
"The country except the Tianfu has become Outu. From Jingchu to Zhejiang and Fujian, from Huaihe River to Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan, they are still the world of the Ming Dynasty. These are all rich places in China, and almost all the granaries are here. Industry and Commerce are prosperous here," Gao Hongtu said in detail, "Please rest assured that our dynasty's tax foundation has not been shaken."
In other words, among the thirteen provinces of the two capitals, except for the northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hebei, which were occupied by the Shun Army, and Sichuan was occupied by Zhang Xianzhong. In the south, Zhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Fujian, were all still in the hands of the court, while Shandong and Henan were intertwined, each with half of their own.
Zhou Shixian thought, this is good, there is something to do.
"Your Majesty, Lu Zhenfei died in the line of duty, Huaifu has a very heavy position, so we should send personnel to make up for the vacancies as soon as possible," Shi Kefa suggested.
"Yes, that's the most said." Chongzhen nodded, "and Li Banghua was appointed as the left censor, and he led the Huai Guardian and set off at the storm."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They thought that Li Banghua would definitely enter the cabinet this time, and maybe he would be the chief minister. Now, Long live to put such an important person in the position of Huaifu. What is that?
Chapter completed!