Zhu Youxiao finally returned to the capital.
The ministers were all overjoyed.
They were afraid that the private visit incognito would last for a month, but everyone was afraid that the emperor would spend more than a month.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao only went out for twenty-two days and then came back.
After Zhu Youxiao appeased Zhang Yan and Wang Wan's grievances at night, he had a sore back and back pain the next day, so he was called up by Hakka because a court meeting was going to be held today.
The ministers please settle down and take their seats.
The first person to come out was Luo Sigong.
According to the original rules, Jin Yiwei did not report matters in the court, but Zhu Youxiao believed that the affairs of Jin Yiwei could be made public to the world, so he could report in the court.
Luo Sigong said: "Your Majesty, the illegal activities of Yanqing Guard have been investigated.
Li Chengsi, Yuan Chonghuan, Liu Sicun and others are guilty of champerty, forcing military households to farm on their behalf, overcharging military households' income, withholding military pay, forcing people to die, and forcibly marrying civilians."
Please let your Majesty judge you for all your crimes."
Zhu Youxiao said unhappily: "Have so many people committed these crimes?
Sort out the individual crimes and hand them over to Dali Temple."
Poor Luo Sigong had never done such a thing in court before, so he was stunned for a moment after being scolded.
At this time, the minister of Dali Temple came up to relieve his embarrassment.
The Minister of Dali Temple asked: "Your Majesty, are you really going to hand over this case to Dali Temple?"
His voice was trembling, and he was obviously quite excited.
Zhu Youxiao knew that Jinyiwei could handle cases by himself on weekdays, so he didn't take Dali Temple seriously at all and only served the Dongchang family.
Therefore, the minister of Dali Temple was naturally very happy when he heard that the case handled by Jin Yiwei was handed over to Dali Temple.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "After Jinyiwei transfers the case to Dali Temple, you will convict each person according to the law.
However, the nature of this matter is extremely bad.
Can we use severe punishment to punish future generations?"
The Minister of Dali Temple was hesitant.
Listening to the emperor's wishes, he obviously wanted to aggravate their crimes.
If he said no, the emperor would obviously be unhappy.
He thought for a while, gritted his teeth and replied: "I believe that punishment can only be determined based on crime, and cannot be increased or reduced."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but glance at this old man in his seventies.
The minister of Dali Temple was called Wu Rendu.
Zhu Youxiao asked: "Wu Qing, why not?"
Wu Rendu replied: "Your Majesty, if you impose a crime because of its bad nature, and reduce the punishment because of its not evil nature, then the laws of the Ming Dynasty are no longer serious.
I think that unless the law stipulates that certain crimes require heavy punishment, otherwise His crime cannot be aggravated just because of His Majesty’s words.”
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think of a later saying: The law should be rigid.
It seems that he was too casual.
He nodded and said: "Wu Qing's words are reasonable, so let's judge him according to the rules.
In addition, Wu Qing will be given five colorful coins as a reward for his courageous words."
Wu Rendu was actually prepared to be reprimanded or even kicked out of the court.
Unexpectedly, the emperor never blamed him and instead praised him.
He was inexplicably moved, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have spoken out of turn and contradicted your father.
Please punish me."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Wu Qing, please rise.
If it makes sense, it is not a contradiction.
I have misunderstood this matter.
What Wu Qing said is the true meaning of the law.
The seriousness of the law lies in its It is indeed inappropriate to increase or reduce the punishment at will without accommodation. " Wu Rendu kowtowed and said: "Long live my emperor, long live the emperor."
Other ministers had to kowtow together and said: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
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Zhu Youxiao said: "All the ministers are safe.
But there are still ministers who are making trouble."
The secretary stepped forward and said: "If there is something to do, we will start to report, but if there is nothing to do, we will withdraw from the court."
The ministers were about to retreat, but Zhu Youxiao said hurriedly: "I still have something to say, please take your seats first."
Then the ministers sat back on their chairs or futons.
The secretary was sweating profusely and knelt down in the tunnel: "I falsely preached the imperial edict, please punish me."
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said: "In the past, after I said this sentence, you always responded with this sentence.
I can't blame you.
I just asked the wrong question.
Please get up."
The clerk kowtowed a few more times, then got up, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and quietly wiped the sweat on his head.
Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked downstairs.
When he reached the seats of the six ministers, all the ministers sitting on the chairs stood up.
Zhu Youxiao asked them to sit down, and Fang Congzhe said: "How can there be any reason for your Majesty to stand while your ministers are waiting to take their seats?"
There was no other way, so Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to return to the dragon chair and sit down.
The passionate words I had planned just now could no longer be said.
Looking at the eyes of the ministers looking at me, I had no choice but to say: "I went for a walk outside the palace a few days ago, and what I saw was shocking.
The family was so poor that they only had one quilt.
The children usually don't wear shoes, and they can only wear straw sandals. .
A family of three is a strong working man and can barely get enough food and clothing for two meals.
Now, which one of you only eats two meals a day?"
"My troops fought for peace in the southwest and shed all their blood.
However, the one thousand yuan pension he should have received has turned into ten yuan, and the fifty acres of land that his family should have been allocated has disappeared."
"All the military households in the guard station have become the private property of the generals.
The farmland that should have been allocated to them has been turned into the generals' private fields by the generals and local officials.
They farmed for others on the land that should have been their own. , but often can’t even have a full stomach.
I don’t know if you can hear their cry.”
"Such officials and generals, I don't know why the country keeps them.
I once heard a saying: If you don't make decisions with the people when you are an official, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.
And our officials are busy all day What's the matter?
It's evil to attack others, but I'm right to hold on to old cases from decades ago and demand that the evil people in their minds be expelled from the court.
They think that the knowledge in my capital university is heresy and should be.
Forbidden.”
"Because I am the emperor, he cannot prohibit it, so I forbid the children in the family to take the college entrance examination, and the children in the family are prohibited from entering the elementary school.
I think that the learning of saints can bring peace to the world, He Qing Haiyan.
I think that machines are miraculous tricks and obscene things.
It’s clever, but it only confuses people’s minds.”
"What are officials?
The late emperor once said to me that officials are the extension of the emperor's governance of the world.
It is impossible for me to govern the world by myself, so officials are my helpers.
Why should they help me govern the world?"
"Since you are helping me govern the world, of course you must do it according to my requirements, not what you want.
You do what I ask you to do, and you can't do what I don't ask you to do."
"If the imperial court is compared to a person, then I am the heart and you are the siblings.
It is I who tell you what to do, not you who tell me what to do.
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Of course, there are things I do inappropriately.
You can Give me your opinions and suggestions, such as what Wu Qing just did.
I am not omniscient and omnipotent, so you can help me make suggestions, but the general direction can only be determined by me
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