Chapter one hundred and sixty-two changes of joy and sorrow
There are often no abnormal signs when major historical things happen. On June 15, the tenth year of Fengle, the Great Dynasty was as solemn, majestic and boring as before.
Jiang Anyi stood listlessly at the end of the team, and the capital letter "hate" appeared in his mind from time to time. He didn't close his eyes all night last night, so Jiang Anyi couldn't close his eyes to face the word "hate" in his mind.
The sound in the court was erratic and far away, so there was no need for me, a small official, to worry. Just dance down to the mountain and shout "Long live" as everyone else's figure.
Jiang Anyi has attended several major court meetings. The sun outside the hall has shone on the hall pillars from the window lattice on the east side. Eunuch Liu should announce his resignation. Jiang Anyi was planning to find an excuse to make when he retired. He would say a few words to the Minister of the Simin Temple, Lord Li Mingxing, and ask about Tong'er's situation. Even if he was scolded on the spot, he would be better than being tortured by the word "hate".
Sure enough, the unique sharp and long tone of Eunuch Liu sounded: "Go back to the court without any trouble."<
Everyone was excited, tidied up their robes and clothes, ready to bow down again and shout "Long live" and send the emperor back to Zichen Hall, and most officials could go back to take care of their sleep.
A stiff and disharmonious voice sounded, "My minister, Wei Chaohuai's official report."
At the Censorate, many people felt a tight heart, watching the ominous light red clouds floating towards the steps in front of the throne. On the throne, Shi Fangzhen frowned slightly. As the emperor, he hated the most uncontrollable things, and the Censorate was always reminding himself that accidents might happen at any time.
"Wei Qing, what chapter is presented?" The words were calm but with heavy pressure.
Since the Censor General Li Mingyi was reprimanded in court in December last year, the Censor General has not spoken for more than half a year. Wei Zhongcheng has stood up on behalf of the Censor General, and must have intended to restore his face and restore his reputation for the Censor General General. I wonder who will become a victim.
Everyone held their breath and listened to the following words with fear.
"I impeached the eunuch Liu Weiguo, who took advantage of the birthday party to seek personal gain, made friends with ministers, embezzled and accepted bribes, and made money..."<
In the hall, Wei Chao's voice was sonorous and powerful, and the sound of gold and stone echoed in the hall. Jiang Anyi frowned secretly. He and Fan Shiben analyzed the various situations. I wonder if Brother Fan had informed Wei Zhongcheng. Obviously, this Wei Zhongcheng was determined to establish his authority with Eunuch Liu.
"... I have collected some of the list of property. It is roughly calculated that it is no less than 160,000 taels, not including rare treasures. This is the list, please stay tuned." After Wei Huaichao said that, he raised the thick paper book in his hand high.
Eunuch Liu remained silent, and even the smile at the corner of his mouth did not change. He steadily went downstairs, took the list from Wei Huaichao, turned around and placed it on the Longshu desk. Everyone secretly admired him, and without saying anything else, this steadiness alone was very good.
Shi Fangzhen flipped through the list and sneered: "Okay, all the twenty-seven states in the world have sent people to give gifts. I don't understand. Qianzhou is more than 3,000 miles away, and the road is not smooth. Shouldn't this gift be prepared three or four months in advance?"
"Leng Ming, the governor of Qianzhou, when I asked him to clean up the land, the land of Qianzhou is poor, with seven parts of mountains, two parts of water and one part of land, and the people are honest and have little embezzlement. This place that claims to be simple and simple people is given ten dou of pearls, ten directions of Qian inkstone, ten ducts of medicinal materials, hundreds of pieces of brocade, and two cargoes of cured flavours. Good guy, how is this the work of the poor?"
"Chuzhou, Dengzhou, Huazhou, and Qingzhou are all above 10,000 taels, and other states are not small. Oh, there are some rich people in Beijing, and they will be given a thousand taels of gold. My treasury is empty, and some people are rich enough to compete with the country. Liu Weiguo, you have a birthday that is more prosperous than me." Shi Fangzhen turned his face and said grimly at Eunuch Liu.
Eunuch Liu was about to fall, and everyone was planning to throw the birthday gift he gave into the water. Not only did he not hear the response, he had to worry about being implicated, but the transaction was a loss.
Eunuch Liu knelt down and kowtowed, "I deserve to die, what Wei Zhongcheng reported is true. However, it is not for the sake of greed for money. I saw that the expenses in the palace were extremely tight, so I had to think about eating one more vegetable and ordering one more candle. Then the slave was bold and reckless. After receiving gifts that should not be accepted, the slave did not dare to move a penny and made a good book. Two days ago, he ordered the dog to send it to the palace. The list was given to the empress. This is a copy left by the slave. Please stay here."
Gao, it was really high, and everyone was shocked and admired. What did it mean to guess the saint's will and what it means to invite favor and be kind? Eunuch Liu presented it to everyone in the same textbook. The two men turned their shocked eyes to Eunuch Liu, and at the same time they also looked at Wei Zhongcheng with a sarcastic gaze.
Wei Huaichao's face turned pale, and he wished he could get into the cracks of the gold bricks, and his heart was full of regret. At the beginning, Fan Shiben had advised him to postpone the memorial, but he was determined to seek fame and could not listen at all. As a result, he was hit by Eunuch Liu with a backhand, making him unable to get out of the Taiwan Strait. He jumped up and down like a clown, playing a joke, and offended all the civil and military officials in the court, not to mention offending Eunuch Liu to the end.
He was thinking randomly in his head, and was frightened by the emperor's angry shout.
"... More than 270,000 taels of silver are not counted as those rare treasures and famous calligraphy and paintings. Tsk tsk, my Da Zheng is a poor and rich country. To be precise, the poor and poor government officials are rich. They absorb the wealth and cream of the people and dig the corners of the country. You are also called reading poetry and books. Don't you know the truth that the skin is not covered with hair?"
Everyone had to bow to the ground again and recited unintentionally: "Long live to calm down, I will be sentenced to death."<
"Wei Huaichao."<
Wei Huaichao was clever and quickly responded: "I am here."
"Wei Qing, can you not be afraid of the powerful and the anger of the public? This practice will not be in vain for the reputation of the Censor Qingming. I feel very relieved. With the record of the Ministry of Personnel, Wei Huaichao was promoted to one level and is temporarily still in the position of Chief Censor."
Wei Huaichao was ecstatic. He had made the bet right. Although he offended Eunuch Liu and the ministers, he had won the favor of a long time and was promoted to another level. This was a good thing that he could not find even with a lantern. In the envious eyes of the ministers, Wei Huaichao thanked him with fear and fear.
With a "bang", Shi Fangzhen slapped the list of Eunuch Liu's bus on the table and said angrily: "The Ministry of Personnel used this list to check whether these officials who gave gifts had embezzled the fields and found out the rewards one by one. Those officials who gave gifts worth more than a thousand taels were supposed to be fined and confiscated for one year, and recorded them on the record."
Everyone grinned. This really flattered the horse's hooves, and it was unlucky.
This time, Shi Fangzhen obviously had a premeditation and continued: "Wei Aiqing, led by the Political Affairs Hall, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Revenue re-arranged the land affairs of each state in Qing Dynasty. He selected personnel from the six ministries and nine ministers to urge the Qing Dynasty to supervise the Qing Dynasty. This Qing Dynasty focused on the families of officials from various states and court officials, and checked whether all the civil and military officials of the court had embezzled the fields."
Shi Fangzhen paused and added: "My dear, I will give you a month to conduct self-inspection, and those who actively report to pay taxes will not be investigated in the past. A month later, the Qing Dynasty envoy of the 27 prefectures will be in place. As long as the officials have been verified to embezzle and report to the fields, they will be severely punished."<
After glanced at the Golden Palace, Shi Fangzhen saw that the ministers were cold and felt very angry. He said in a stressful tone: "When the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple formed an inspection team and secretly rushed to the twenty-seven states to conduct open and secret investigations on whether the inspectors are engaged in ill-flicted fraud, whether local officials are perfunctory, and whether officials colluded with each other. Anything found to be serious and strictly dealt with, and you will be responsible for this matter."<
Wei Huaichao complained secretly, this is a hornet's nest, stinging others and oneself, joys and sorrows change too quickly, and it is really hard to bear it. At this moment, the arrow was on the string, and he could only respond loudly to "Yes".
Shi Fangzhen applied another strong medicine, "This time, the inspection was conducted to count the data of the clear war at the end of the year. The states were divided into three levels, the upper, middle and lower levels. Each time, the last two were selected to re-send personnel to verify. If there is any falsehood, the provincial governor will be dismissed. During the inspection, the report is encouraged. Those who say the truth will be innocent. If the report is true, the people will be rewarded for silver according to the size of the matter, and the officials will be promoted. This is a case of eternity. In addition, the officials who have been investigated and reported to the land mu will be arrested once they are verified, and there is no need to report to the Ministry of Personnel."
Words are like the wind, and they are blowing through the court in midsummer, but they are not cool, but solemn, and many people's calves are beginning to tremble.
The emperor's series of severe measures made Wei Yishen overwhelmed. As the prime minister, he knew in advance that the emperor would reiterate the Qing war today. The national treasury was empty and the cost was difficult. The emperor placed his hopes on the Qing war, but the Qing war was not good. Wei Yishen also agreed to increase the efforts of the Qing war, but he did not expect that the emperor would make such a big move, especially the dispatch of Long Guards and encourage reports. In this way, there would be many troubles in the world.
As the prime minister, he wanted to "harmonize yin and yang, cultivate all things, transform the world, and easily suppress the team." Wei Yi knew that what he said would be disliked by the emperor, so he could only stand up and say, "Long live, Qing land is a national policy, and its importance is self-evident. The old minister raised his hands to cause it. However, he used the Dragon Guard to encourage reporting, and the old minister thought it was a bit too much. The Dragon Guard was a powerful weapon of the country and should not be used lightly. Encourage reporting, and it was easy to cause unjust cases to cause cruel officials, and he was not auspicious to the country. I hope he would think twice."<
The ministers were already shocked by the emperor's heavy punch. When Wei Xiang spoke out against the use of Long Wei and encouragement, they all knelt down and agreed, "Long live thinking three times." The two methods just now were spoken out by Shi Fangzhen in a loud voice. At this moment, seeing the ministers panic, they felt deeply that this was effective.
All the kings under the world, and all the kings and ministers in the world. Although the world belongs to the emperor, it still has to be managed by the ministers. The emperor cannot really fall out with the ministers and become a lonely man. What's more, Wei Xiang's face must be given. Shi Fangzhen thought for a while and said, "Wei Xiang's words are reasonable. Changed to the Longwei collect the land and acres of Qing dynasties to report it to assist in the audio-visual; as for the reporting matter, copper trunks (copper boxes) were set up in front of the Sima Prefectures in each state to facilitate the people of the world to report the embezzlement of the land. After investigation, he will reward him immediately."
The establishment of Tongtu was first established during the reign of Emperor Shun of Wei in the Great Wei Dynasty. At that time, corruption and abuse of power in the officialdom became popular. Emperor Shun of Wei established Tongtu to encourage informants. Once verified, all officials who reported crimes and negligence were appointed as officials; even if the report was not true, the whistleblower did not have to bear any responsibility. This practice created a harsh political environment and quickly eliminated corruption, but at the same time it also produced many cruel officials, and everyone in the officialdom was in danger.
After Emperor Shun of Wei passed away, Emperor Xuan of Wei abolished Tongpu. Until the time when the Great Wei was about to perish, Tongpu reappeared, but could not save the world of the Great Wei. Zheng took Wei and replaced it, and never established Tongpu.
Chapter completed!