Chapter 900: King Lu's Sadness
The emperor's thunderous anger is not great.
What's more, this time the censors are in the wrong.
The impeachment of Lin Yanchao was encouraged by Ma Yu, and the injury of Fu Zhiyuan was planned by Ma Yu.
Just the charge of injuring Fu Zhiyuan was enough to indignate the civil servants. It was a rebellious thing for an eunuch to dare someone to shoot and injure the civil servant.
Therefore, Ma Yu's move is equivalent to standing against all civil officials.
In addition, the people's letters to impeach Ma Yu. Can the censors say that the people are blind in such a big deal? The censors' move is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the people.
They claimed to be pleading for the people, but where did they go? They lost all their face. This time they impeached Lin Yanchao, they lost all their money.
They hated themselves in their hearts that they should not bet on mistakes. Some of them were Li Zihua, Gu Mingyi's accomplices, and some were intended to impeach Shen Shixing, but they did not expect to shoot themselves in the foot this time.
More than a dozen censors were trembling.
"I am guilty!"
At this time, a censor knelt down with a thunderous sound, holding the impeachment memorial on his head with both hands, and his black hat, buried his head deeply between his knees.
The other censors were like this, and they held the memorials high. In the past, he could have eliminated the second-rank official with a memorial in his hand, but today they were reaping their own fruits and ruined their memorials.
This scene was disgraceful. When Zhang Juzheng was impeached, how great the censors were? They were all so arrogant that they didn't even take the six ministers and officials of the border.
Although the Gao Qiyu case has had some setbacks, it is not as miserable as it is today.
Now the censors who are honest and upright and upright are kneeling in front of the emperor, as if they have broken their backbone.
Xu Guo looked at Shen Shixing on the side and felt impressed by him. He used the matter of suppressing Lin Yanchao's memorial to overthrow these Xiang Zhuang's sword-dance intent to Pei Gong's censor. This time he couldn't get over it.
The emperor's Jinkou Shengdu was cut off and added the four words "please for the people" to Lin Yanchao, which was to determine the nature of this field siltation case and the murder of Ma Yu.
In summary, there is no corruption in the fields, and killing Ma Yu is also a plea for the people.
But Xu Guo speculated that it was "explainable" that the emperor did not punish Lin Yanchao for the crime of silting the fields. However, no matter how reasonable Lin Yanchao killed Ma Yu, it would be impossible.
Why did the emperor even want to be faced but "cover up"? This is something he can't figure out.
The emperor sneered: "If you have any guilt, you should be punished! The person who came, take off their black veil, remove their official uniforms, and Jiao Dali Temple's office!"
The officials were shocked. The emperor's punishment was so heavy. This time the censors really wanted to beat them to the ground and never get up again.
Your Highness has censors cry quietly.
Just when the emperor was about to dismiss the censor, Shen Shixing went out and said, "Your Majesty, the censor's blame is for supervision, and the superior admonishment. The people in Henan are inadvertent and there is indeed negligence."
"But this time, Henan officials jointly submitted a report, and some Henan inspector Zeng Qianheng was named. It can be seen that the censors also fulfilled their duties as inspecting the local area. As for the impeachment of Lin Yanchao by all ministers in the court, they also fulfilled their duties and pleaded with His Majesty to forgive him."
What? Shen Shixing actually came forward to protect the censor?
Isn’t Shen Shixing a mortal enemy of the censor?
Since the Gao Qiyu case, the censor's impeachment of Shen Shixing has never been suspended.
But if Xu Guo thought about it carefully, he could discover the cleverness of Shen Shixing.
The chief minister came forward to protect him, and the emperor was very unhappy. Last time he set up an internal warrior and then reached out to the Ministry of Revenue to get money. These two things were attacked by censors, which made the emperor very embarrassed.
This time he used Lin Yanchao's story to write, which was very revenge.
Therefore, the emperor was shocked and angry just now, and was absolutely not acting, but rather serious.
Three points are for Lin Yanchao, and seven points are because of the grudges. I have been tolerating you for a long time. You used to let me get out of the way, but today I have stripped you all of you.
In this way, he not only followed the people's will, but also covered up the case of Lin Yan Chao silting, and then attacked the censors, which was a three-killing victory.
But the emperor didn't understand that the cabinet was also criticized by censors on weekdays? He vented his anger on his own. Why did Shen Shixing come forward to protect the censors at this time?
To win the reputation of the Qing Dynasty? To protect each other?
The emperor said: "Mr. Shen, don't talk for them. All officials are wrong. The censors will correct them. If the censors fail to blame, I will correct them."
The emperor's words were very familiar to the officials.
When Zhang Ju was in charge, he once said that if there is delay in the tutoring officials, the department will correct it. If there is any hidden secrets in each department, the minister will correct it. If there is any hidden secrets in the six departments, the cabinet will correct it.
That's right, this is the Ming system when Zhang Juzheng was in charge.
The governor and the governor were supervised by these Xinjiang ministers, six ministries were supervised by Kedao, and Kedao was supervised by the cabinet. As for the cabinet, of course, Zhang Juzheng had the final say.
But what about Zhang Juzheng?
The emperor personally arrested the censors. All officials were wronged and the censors corrected them. Of course, all officials included the cabinet. This is the ideal model of the emperor.
Is the cabinet so willing?
Shen Shixing has been an official for decades and was rubbed by countless fierce people all the way. Only then did he have the position today. He is extremely skilled in both officialdom and articles. How could he have no solution?
He could not let the censor supervise the cabinet, so he... the emperor, all officials were responsible for the fault, and censors would correct them.
Didn’t the emperor want to discipline the censors? No, if the censors dare not impeach the emperor in the future, they wouldn’t just be so angry at the cabinet.
Therefore, Shen Shi said: "Since your Majesty is the king, he has opened up his own way of speaking, and the censors feel the grace of their encounters. They will all die for Your Majesty, forget your family, and forget their loyalty. These are the grace of the emperor and the virtues of the court."
"Your Majesty should punish you if you are not good at doing anything well. If Your Majesty can tolerate the faults of the censor, you will definitely become a wise ruler."
The example of a wise ruler must be low.
On the side, Xu Guo, Yu Youding and other ministers also came out and said, "I will discuss it."
The ministers on the side also admired Shen Shixing in their hearts. What is this? This is the demeanor of the minister, without any grudges, and he has tried his best to criticize his censors in front of the emperor. This is to repay grudges with kindness.
Such a prime minister who doesn't just please the emperor and protects the decent civil servants can't find him even with a lantern.
The censors were also full of shame. Although they knew that Shen Shixing was playing tricks, this time they accepted his love.
When the emperor saw that the officials were trying to protect him, even if he intended to punish these censors, there was no way.
At this moment, the emperor could only say to the censor who was kneeling down: "Since that is the case, for the sake of Mr. Shen and all the officials, I will give you a year of salary. If you dare to do this again in the future, you will definitely be punished."
All the censors breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thank Your Majesty."
After the matter of the censor was revealed, the emperor said: "As for Ma Yu and his accomplices, we must understand the justice and punishment, and use the law and discipline of the cabinet to draw an order. We must give the ministers and the people of Henan to an explanation."
The officials of Shen Shixing worshiped: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"In addition, Henan officials reported that King Lu was suspended from the matter of vassal of Henan and handed over to the Ministry and the Court for reconsideration!"
The body of Lu Wang was shocked. At this time, Wu Qing Bo Li Wei came out and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Wang is involved in the matter of vassals. The Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, and ministers have already discussed it. How can we be subject to pressure from the common people and make some changes? Punishment of Ma Yu can be resentful to the public, but changing the resolution will be a loss of the imperial court's constitution. If all the common people follow this move in the future, what is the imperial system? Please think twice!"
The emperor said: "Wu Qing, please listen to my words. It will not take a long time for the clan to do so. This time, in addition to the joint report from Henan officials to request a reduction of the clan's salary, Zhu Mudeng, the head of the Zhou royal palace in Henan, also submitted a memorial."
"There is a saying in the memorial that the current harm to the world is one of the royal family. The population of the royal family continues to reproduce, which is twice as high as twenty years ago. If the imperial court continues to pay the salary according to the words, the national treasury will be weak."
"Why wouldn't Zhou Zongzheng have also been a clan's family? I was also from a clan and vassal family and country, but the court's finances are scarce, which is also indisputable. Therefore, I plan to re-discuss the clan's salary system. As for King Lu as my younger brother, the view of clan's vassals and vassal property should also be considered again."
The imperial court revised the "Regional Regulations" twenty years ago and reduced the salary of the royal family once, but now in less than twenty years, the population of the royal family has doubled, so the salary required is more than before.
The emperor also knew that the treasury had no money, but the royal family could not help but protect it. The emperor wanted to come up with a solution, and could both sides compromise? It turned out that the emperor was afraid of Empress Dowager Li and did not dare to speak, but after Ma Yuzhi's incident today, the emperor could not help but protect King Lu.
If the Lu Wang’s affairs are not resolved, how can the royal family be reduced in the future? The royal family will also have objections.
(The author's note: In history, Wanli did want to reduce the salary of the royal family and sent officials to discuss with the vassal kings. The royal family secretly discussed that the plan to cut off the salary must have originated from Zhu Mudeng. So the vassal kings gathered more than a thousand members of the royal family to attack him, split his clothes and hats, and wrote a letter to resist the imperial edict.
Later, in the mid-term of Wanli, there were also reforms to the royal family's salary, but most of them were not successful, or the local people were slanderous. There were many reasons, but the vassal kings believed that Wanli was so generous to the King of Lu, which was a bad precedent. How could they convinced and cut their salary orally? Therefore, the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked, so they had to restrain the people below and set an example first.)
Facing the emperor's words, Wu Qing Bo had no choice but to even Zong Zheng of the Zhou royal palace spoke. In addition, there is really no money in the treasury now, so the emperor must have been thinking of reducing the sect's salary.
Ma Yu implicated King Lu, and cut the lord's salary was two. The two things were connected, and the emperor had to take action on the Lu royal family's property.
Therefore, Wu Qingwang did not dare to object at this time, so he could only make plans when he was discussing the ministry.
Seeing that Wu Qingwang had retreated, King Lu knew that there was no room for trouble.
Ma Yu, an eunuch, died without relatives and reasons. It was no big deal. He would not be a pity.
As for the censor, it was also instigated by Gu Mingyi and Li Zihua. This time, Shen Shixing tried his best to protect him, but he was only fined for his salary, and the losses were not large.
However, as for the matter of the vassal matter, he would have to pay less attention to the future. This time he really lost his wife and his troops.
And the reason for today's incident is because of Lin Yanchao. Why must he not be able to get along with himself? He has repeatedly found fault with himself?
Chapter completed!