Chapter 441 Late justice is not justice
At this time, a censor suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, I think this matter can be published in the newspaper to warn the world."
Chongzhen thought for a while and was about to agree to Zhu Cixuan, he quickly stood up: "Father, my son thinks it's inappropriate."
The minister looked at Zhu Ciyang strangely. The prince actually spoke today. It’s so strange! Although the prince would attend court every other day, he spoke only a few times.
Could it be because it involves newspapers? But in the past, the ministers suggested that they be published in newspapers, but they never saw the prince chewing on it. Just as the newspaper had nothing to do with him.
The prince should not object to this kind of thing? How did he modify it today?
Chongzhen was also surprised that Zhu Cilang suddenly spoke. Usually, Zhu Cilang was either pretending to sleep or wandering in a daze, but he actually spoke today.
Zhu Cixuan explained: "Father, many of the cases involved in these people were only spoken out after being implicated and interrogated.
My father, please think, if you publish it in the newspaper, it will naturally be a warning to good people, but what about the evil people? Do they think that if such a case cannot be solved, will they imitate it?
Knowledge will only make good people better and bad people worse. If other people suffer from this, the disadvantages will far outweigh the benefits.”
Chongzhen thought about it and felt that what Zhu Cilang said made sense: "Then don't announce it."
After the dynasty was dispersed, Chongzhen left Zhu Cixuan again: "Why do you object so much to the matter published by this newspaper today?"
Zhu Cilang clasped his fists: "Father, this matter is not decent. If it is announced, it will be too harmful to the court's reputation."
Chongzhen looked at him in confusion.
Zhu Cixuan explained: "Father, please think, everyone must hate these bad people at the first time when they see the report, and then they feel very pleased about the court's handling.
But what happened? They would wonder why some of these people killed several people or even dozens or hundreds of them before they were found and dealt with.
If the court had discovered earlier, wouldn't many people not die?
Why didn’t the court discover it in advance? Is it incompetent? Or was it mediocre? Or could the court not discover it at all?
This undoubtedly hurts the prestige of the court and the reputation of the royal family."
Chongzhen also suddenly realized that people's hearts would never be satisfied, and the majesty of the royal family is more important than bullshit justice.
Zhu Cixuan continued: "Besides, the late justice is no longer justice. At most, he is a comfort to the people, not to the deceased.
Such things were originally a mistake by the court, and there was really nothing to show off.
Although the officials made the mistake, the officials were indeed chosen by the emperor. In addition, the world's peaceful rule that has been promoted in the past two years, there are so many dirty and dirty things under the rule. Isn't this not to slap ourselves in the face?"
In the future, a certain 10-year-old man, for his 10-year-old name, ordered local officials not to report cases and rebellion and other matters to whitewash the peace.
Zhu Cilang said this and compared with that person, it was already considered better.
After hearing this, Chongzhen immediately felt that Zhu Cilang was right, and such things were indeed not easy to promote.
Chongzhen sighed: "I didn't expect such a horrifying thing to happen in the great and bright world. The emperor's actions were great and the Jinyiwei did a good job! As a reward..."
Zhu Cilang hurriedly said, "Father, my son has already rewarded me... We are almost out of money... we can't waste..."
Chongzhen touched his nose awkwardly: "Ah? Is there no money? Is the budget overspending this year serious?"
Zhu Cilang said huh: "This year's budget is deficit of more than 10 million taels, and last year I could still make up for the deficit by selling land and industries.
But when we deal with the royal family issues, we divided most of the land, and now we have no land in our hands."
Chongzhen stroked the chair: "Then how do you plan to make up for this deficit for these tens of millions of emperors?"
Zhu Cilang smiled happily when he said this: "At present, I have sold weapons in Japan and intend to make up for some of the deficits. Moreover, the newly opened sugarcane fields in the south will double our sugar production income this year.
The trade volume of salt and iron on the grassland is also increasing. If you are lucky, the deficit of tens of millions of taels should be filled before the end of the year."
Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief: "In the past, the imperial court earned several million a year. Although it was a long time, it could still live.
Now our income has increased so much, and the taxes and Huangming Business Company have exceeded 40 million taels a year. Why are the holes getting bigger and bigger?"
Zhu Cilang laughed: "At that time, because of insufficient income, my father needed to tear down the east and west walls like a matte worker, and took over the external troubles to eliminate internal troubles.
Now that my father has more money, what he does is no longer a job of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall. Naturally, the country of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more stable.
It is precisely because of the efforts of the father and the emperor over the past two years that our Ming Dynasty has stabilized again and stopped the decline. The emperor’s contributions are in the present and the future!"
Chongzhen was also happy when he heard Zhu Cilang's praise: "Although I felt that the government was becoming more and more difficult, officials were overdoing things, and the court was corrupt, and military generals were afraid of death and dared not fight. In the riots, the enemy and the enemy were outside.
But I think these are just small problems, and it would be fine if the bandits and Jiannu were eliminated.
Two years ago, you just had your hair alone and you counted that the disaster in the Ming Dynasty was a cold season that happened once in a few hundred years.
It was then that I felt that the Ming Dynasty was as dangerous as it was, and I was really trembling. Then there were various statistics that made me suddenly understand and finally knew where the problem was in the Ming Dynasty.
After that, I would run the Huangming business and train the new army. All these things were the contributions of the Emperor. Although I have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty’s stability today, I have made contributions, but the Emperor’s also made great contributions!”
Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "The father is the master of building the house. The son is like your assistant. The man is diligent in delivering materials. If this master does not build up, it will be useless.
Therefore, this contribution must be from the father and the emperor. We father and son work together and think together. What we do is the foundation that will not change for the Ming Dynasty forever. It is not worthy of our ancestors and descendants, but not worthy of our descendants.”
Chongzhen smiled and said, "The emperor said this pertinently. They shouted to the emperor every day, but looking at the past five thousand years, there has never been any emperor who has lived over a hundred years. We have to be ashamed of our hearts as we stand up!"
Zhu Cilang continued: "Through this incident, my son-in-law thinks that the evils among the people are more abominable than those of foreign enemies. The foreign enemies hesitate to invade diseases in the skin, but these evils among the people are like epidemics in the heart and lungs.
Skin diseases can be cured by medicine, but if the heart and lung diseases are allowed to ulcerate, it will harm your life.
So I plan to attack these evil people in a closer way."
Chapter completed!