Zhu Neng turned his horse and rushed back, his face was swollen red, and he said angrily: "Lord, we can't get by."
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Isn't it good to cross the bridge if you can't cross it?"
Zhu Neng snorted: "Lord Wang, the people from the Qiaotou Inspection Department said that the imperial court has issued an edict not to allow the kings to enter Beijing for funeral.
They said" When Zhu Di heard this, his face suddenly swelled red like chicken blood, a little redder than Zhu Neng's face, and it was a little darker, he said angrily: "How can there be such nonsense, how can the imperial court not allow the kings to enter Beijing to mourn, how can there be such a reason in the whole world, my father and the emperor died, and I can't be a son with filial piety, and send my father to the end?"
As soon as Zhu Di lifted the reins of the horse, he rushed to the bridge, and a group of guards immediately followed, Zhu Neng had not finished speaking, just now the inspection said that the imperial envoy had arrived on the bank of the Waji River, because he knew that the kings would immediately return to Beijing to mourn if they got the obituary, and then issued an order to stop it for fear of being missed, so the imperial court sent a large number of envoys, far away from Beijing, blocking the main roads of water and land to intercept the vassal kings, and they had already sent people to invite the waiting envoy.
"Lord, Lord, please stay" As soon as he saw Zhu Di rushing over with a black face, followed by a number of guards, the inspection at the bridgehead knew that this must be His Royal Highness King Yan, and hurriedly rushed up to meet him: "Lord, the imperial court envoy" "Get the hell out of here" Zhu Di roared angrily, scaring the inspector, and quickly flashed to the side, Zhu Di turned his horse and rushed to the bridge.
"King Yan, stay behind" At this time, the imperial envoy had already received the news, caught up with the bridge, and immediately shouted when he saw King Yan rushing on his horse.
The envoy was alone, strode onto the bridge, Zhu Di had already ridden the bridge, at a glance saw the person coming from the opposite side, immediately pulled the reins, the horse Xi Yu let out a long neigh, was Zhu Di slammed the reins, immediately stood up, and then a pair of iron hooves stepped heavily on the wooden bridge, standing steadily.
The man on the other side did not stop, and walked forward step by step, walking steadily to the center of the bridge before stopping.
At the end of the bridge, there are the small officials who are patrolling, the people waiting for inspection, and the guards under the command of King Yan, and on the opposite side of the bridge, there is a group of soldiers wearing Praetorian Guard uniforms, Zhu Di is alone and a horse, standing at the head of the bridge, and the person on the opposite side is standing in the center of the bridge, although facing the majestic Zhu Di, he is not deterred by his majesty at all, and his demeanor is as calm as usual.
This is just a small official, wearing a nine-grade civil official green robe, very young, in his early thirties, with a white face and a slight beard, not a very good character.
But on his shoulders, he carried four small flags, four small flags made of blue silk, fluttering in the wind, like the flags on the shoulders of the generals on the stage.
Around his waist, there were four small plaques, shining golden as he walked, which were made of basswood painted with gold lacquer, and there was only one word on the gold medal and the triangular blue flag: "Ling" Banner of the king's order The emperor actually used the royal flag, and the person who held the royal flag had the power to correct the law on the spot for the disobedient ministers There were many people on both sides of the wooden bridge, but they didn't make a sound, everyone watched with bated breath, only the wind on the flowing bridge under the bridge, regardless of whether you were a vassal king or a minister who represented the emperor's life and death, still flowing and blowing without scruples.
"His Royal Highness King Yan, the edict of the first emperor, all the kings are crying in their own countries, there is no need to go to Beijing, please rush back to the land of the domain immediately."
"Nonsense" Zhu Di's forehead was stirred up like an earthworm, he clutched the reins tightly, and said angrily: "You are a pseudo-edict, I am the son of the first emperor, my father died, and the son of a son cannot be filial piety in front of the spirit, and he can't wear linen and filial piety to send his father to the end of the world, how can there be such a reason?"
The little official was not angry, but smiled faintly and said: "It is good to teach the prince to know that the first emperor has been buried in the filial piety tomb, and the prince will be too late to rush to Yingtianfu now, and please be cautious in your words, you said that the official is a false edict, please see clearly the royal flag on the lower official first, is it fake?"
Zhu Di shouted without hesitation: "How could my father make such an unreasonable will, even if it is not a false edict, it is an edict."
The little official with the king's flag smiled and said, "King Yan is saying, is the emperor overbearing today?"
Although Zhu Di was furious, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard his words that implied murderous intentions, and said: "Today, I am humble, benevolent and filial, and the world knows it, how can I do such an unreasonable instruction, this must be the emperor's side with a minister who is annihilated, and he exposes the royal family."
The little official rolled his eyes and said coldly: "The first emperor died, and King Yan, as a prince, was overwhelmed with grief, and his words were disrespectful under anger, which is also human nature, and the lower officials are not very self-conscious.
But this imperial order is not fake, His Royal Highness King Yan is still good to return to Beiping immediately, if the prince refuses to obey the order and forcibly breaks into the Waji Bridge, this crime of resisting the decree, the lower officials will not dare to bear it for His Royal Highness. ” "You" Zhu Di pointed at the little official, his fingers trembled, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Zhu Neng was afraid that Zhu Di would be desperate and give people a handle, so he hurriedly dismounted and ran onto the bridge, grabbed Zhu Di's horse reins, and begged: "Lord, since the emperor does not allow the kings to go to Beijing for funeral, let's go back to Beiping to set up sacrifices, prince, this is the emperor's will, and I have to obey." ” Zhu Di's body trembled for a long time, his fingers hung down weakly, the water under the bridge was flowing water, and the noise seemed to be whimpering, Zhu Neng saw this, and hurriedly took the reins of the horse and led Zhu Di's war horse back.
The soldiers and civilians at the bridgehead dodged the road one after another, silently looking at Zhu Di, the war horse walked off the bridge, Zhu Di raised his face to look at the sky, suddenly roared, raised his hand and whipped, drove the horse like an arrow from the string, galloped away, Zhu Neng was taken aback, hurriedly turned over on the horse, and led the guards to catch up.
The little officer at the bridge sneered, pursed his lips disdainfully, turned around and walked away.
Zhu Neng led people to chase over a mountain, and saw that King Yan's war horse stopped there, and there was no one on the saddle, so he couldn't help but tighten his heart, and hurriedly rode his horse to chase closer, and saw Zhu Di kneeling in the weeds, facing the direction of Jinling, beating his chest with both hands, and crying loudly: "Father can't run to mourn when he dies, how can there be such a truth in the world, as a son of man, he is not allowed to be filial piety in front of the spirit, and he is a close relative of flesh and blood, why is he so humiliated?"
Zhu Neng and the others looked at each other and stood there quietly, not daring to say a word.
Xia Xun has been very happy these days, the first emperor was buried, the new emperor ascended the throne, after the busiest few days passed, he excused himself with a shoulder wound that had not healed, took leave to rest, and had been enjoying happiness at home like an old lady these days.
Thank you for coming today, now the relationship has been clear, much more generous than before, Xia Xun and Ziqi, thank you and Xiaoyu, the four of them sat in the back garden that had just been completed, with willows above their heads, a smooth mat under their feet, and a kang table on the table, full of fresh melons and fruits, and a few cups of tea.
Several people were talking about some drastic changes in the government that Zhu Yunwen had just made when he succeeded to the throne.
The emperor issued an order to raise the six Shangshu from the second rank to the first grade, and the subordinate officials were naturally promoted in turn; Zhao Wenchen and above the fifth grade and the state and county officials recommended meritocracy and appointed officials on a large scale; However, at the same time, redundant personnel were eliminated in the counties of the Reform and Merge; Qi Tai, the squire of the military department, was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and Huang Zicheng, the emperor of Hanlin Xiu, was promoted to Taichangqing, and participated in military and state affairs together; Many officials who had been sentenced to death for corruption and bribery were pardoned and sentenced to exile; These measures have won the praise of many officials, saying that the current emperor implements lenient administration, and once the harsh policies of the previous emperor are relieved, like a spring breeze blowing on his face, and the severe frost is resolved.
Xia Xun pillowed on Ziqi's lap, and talked about what happened in the court one by one, Peng Ziqi and Xiao Di listened to it and said diligently: "In this way, the emperor is really a wise monarch today." ” Thank you for hearing it but sneering, Xia Xun glanced at her and said with a smile: "What do you want to say?"
Xie Yufei snorted without words, Xia Xun said: "There are no outsiders here, why not talk about it" When Xie Yufei heard this, his heart was sweet, and he said: "I think that this is just the emperor buying people's hearts, but what he does may not be how wise he is." ” Xia Xun smiled: "Oh carefully, how can it not be considered wise." ” Xie Yufei said: "Well, the six Shangshu have been mentioned from the second grade to the first grade, but in the past, only the military generals who had made military exploits had one grade, which was to separate civil officials and military generals."
In fact, it is usually the civil officials who are in charge of political affairs, speaking of real power, and still above the military generals, and now the civil official position is mentioned on an equal footing, from now on, the civil officials will press the military generals, it seems to be balanced, but in fact, the balance is broken, of course, those civil officials shake the pen and desperately pat the sycophants and then look at this holy decree, the civil ministers above the fifth grade and the state and county officials recommend meritocracy, why specifically specify that it must be a civil servant" Xiao Di couldn't help but say: "What's wrong with reusing civil officials, I think military generals don't know big characters, very rude, you see that my young master is a scholar, how sensible, this world, is managed by scholars, isn't it a lot more peaceful" Xie Yufei glanced at her and said: "As small as a family, as big as a country, we must talk about a balance, no matter which side it is, it will not be a good thing if it is too strong and unchecked."
To recommend meritocracy, what else can they recommend must of course be people tied to a rope, people who are willing to listen to them.
But what is the purpose of annexing states and counties and reducing redundant personnel?
We are in the Ming Dynasty, there are only four or five officials in a county, plus more than a dozen officials, and there are only about 20 people in the economic system, this is the official who manages a county, how to reduce the officials, you have to rely more on the local gentry, those who study and become officials, a few of them are from poor backgrounds, if they instigate the emperor to make this decision is selfless, I don't believe it.
If you want to say redundant staff, it's not nothing, but that's all white staff, it's the helpers and relatives who are found by the regular officials, and they don't clean up these unregistered helpers, but they clean up fewer officials, this kind of thing is not more and more, you see, the main ones that are abolished are what the officials of the yamen criminal department, the household department, the inspection department, the salt tax and tea tax zero tax division, these yamen are not in charge of criminal justice, or they manage the households, or they are the ones who collect taxes, we have thirty taxes in the Ming Dynasty, there has not been such a low since ancient times, and they must be abolished, you say that it is in the interest of making them unavailable, and that management is lax You also have to pay attention to the fact that the emperor is not just cutting but not increasing, these yamen have laid off many people, but some yamen have increased the number of people exponentially.
Didn't I say that the number of officials in places like Guozijian and Hanlin Yuan has not only doubled, but their power is much greater than before, and those talents recommended by local state and county officials are naturally placed in the local yamen to play with the pen, who do you say this is beneficial to?"
Xie Yufei pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Scholars, hum, those scholars have darker hearts than the generals who don't read, and they are full of benevolence and morality, hiding their ugly thoughts inside." ” Speaking of this, she groaned, stuck out her tongue, and said to Xia Xun embarrassedly: "I didn't say anything about you."
Xiao Di and Ziqi both laughed secretly in their hearts when they heard this: "He's not a real reader." ” Ziqi thought for a while and said: "At least, it is a good thing to reduce the sentence and prison, when the first emperor was here, the criminal law was really cruel." ” Xie Yufei lifted his spirits and said: "That's nature, this is indeed a good thing, I used to deceive the rivers and lakes."
Although several people already knew about her past and talked about it themselves, she was still a little embarrassed: "I was also very scared before, but I was holding my head, but now it's okay, in the future, if the officials and the people commit five punishments, the law department will judge according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not allowed to be severe."
The drastic punishment was quietly abolished.
However, the first emperor's legislation, involving the death penalty the most, is that the officials break the law, corruption and selfishness, this change is still the biggest benefit of being an official, the emperor is now in the deep palace, I don't know the affairs of the people, he just ascended the throne, will you think of this I doubt it, the officials he trusts the most are civil officials, I see behind this" Xia Xun coughed and said seriously: "Regarding the leniency and commutation of prison, my brother still agrees, and he raises his hands and feet to agree, you know, my brother is also an official." ” The three girls laughed when they heard this, and at this time Steward Xiao walked in, Xia Xun was laughing with the three girls, and when he saw him come in, he sat up and said, "What's the matter?"
Steward Xiao said: "Young master, a messenger came to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, saying that his surname was Liu, and he wanted to see you." ” Xia Xun said happily: "Is it Liu Yujue, hurry up and invite him in." ” Steward Xiao hesitated: "This" Xia Xun took a look, Ziqi, Xie Xie and others were not wearing formal clothes, but the Yanju regular clothes of the inner family at home, and couldn't help laughing: "I am also a person with a family, so it is naturally not good to take the male guests to my backyard, and follow the customs of the locals, so I can't be too readable." ” He got up, walked over to the table, put on his shoes, and went to the living room.
When I got there, I saw that it was Liu Yujue, Xia Xun smiled and said: "Yujue, why do you have time to come and see me today, don't be in a hurry to leave, I will ask someone to prepare a table and a banquet, let's have a good chat." ” Liu Yujue said: "Big brother, no, I'm here to give an order, and the adult also ordered me to do something next to me, and I have to do it immediately." ” Xia Xun said: "What kind of order?"
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Liu Yujue said: "My lord wants you to go back to the yamen immediately." ” Xia Xun was stunned: "My vacation hasn't been taken yet." ” Liu Yujue said: "My lord said that there is a very important matter" He looked around, leaned over, lowered his voice, and said enviously: "The emperor wants to see you by name."
To be continued: