The four words "all the ministers are flat" should be the four words that Ji Xiu has said most since he ascended the throne and became emperor. Today is not different from usual. The ministers kneeled down and shouted "Long live". He turned around and sat on the dragon throne, raised his hands flat, and raised them up, saying, "all the ministers are flat."

The court attends morning court every day, and there are regulations and quotas for those who can walk to the Wuji Hall. The same people have to do the same things once a day. Ji Xiu, the largest official in the Han and Tang dynasties, and the supreme emperor, also felt very tired of it.

He also thought about abolishing these red tapes to avoid unnecessary trouble. However, the group of the Hongwen Pavilion Grand Secretary Wei Shaonian, who was in charge of the Hongwen Pavilion, was threatened by the old Confucian scholars in the Hongwen Pavilion with their lives, saying that the ancestral etiquette and law of ancestors should not be abolished, the old and the young are orderly, the difference between high and low, and the irritable law is not enough to stabilize the world.

After hearing these words, Ji Xiu did not reject it. He just put the memorial from Hong Wenge presented at that time aside, saying that he would discuss it later. The next day, an old Confucian scholar in his seventies was killed at the door of Wuji Hall. A blood letter was placed next to the head of the body, and the lines were full of advice to Ji Xiu for his obedience to the etiquette and laws set by his ancestors. This old Confucian scholar studied etiquette and laws all his life, and even the last suicide note made of blood was regular and never had any disrespectful words.

This incident touched Ji Xiu very much. It was the first time he felt that he was an emperor, and he was not easy to take care of many things. Even the emperor could not help himself. Today's morning court was still the same. However, Ji Xiu, who had been criticized overnight last night, was not in the mood and the energy to perform the movements he had to do every day.

He waved his hand casually and said, "Give it aside."

After saying this, he looked up and signaled to the eunuch of Sili who was following him. This eunuch was not Zhang Taisui, who was intimidating the court and the country. This eunuch was just an ordinary eunuch of Sili. His job was to stand next to the dragon chaise every morning court and shout "If you have something to say, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do." Then, at the end of the morning court, he shouted "Retreat the court."

These two shouts and the bets with his colleagues in the palace in a corner behind the imperial kitchen every day after leaving the court, which is his whole life. Working next to the dragon throne is not easy. You must know how to observe your expressions and understand the meaning of the saint. You must know that accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. If it is too early or too late, you may not be able to take care of yourself.

Now the emperor has given him a look. If he doesn't understand, it doesn't matter if the hat of the eunuch Sili is lost, but his life is lost. He hurriedly shouted: "If you have something to report, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do."

The ministers in the hall looked at each other, but none of them spoke first. Everyone could see that the emperor today was not in a good mood, and no one was willing to touch this bad habit. Everyone was waiting for a loyal and unafraid of touching the tiger's butt to be the pioneer bird. At this moment, in the Wuji Palace, except for the emperor's former teacher, Lord Ruan Buyi, who is still serving as the crown prince's tutor, who could bear such heavy responsibilities?

All eyes were concentrated on the skinny old man Chuimu. Ji Xiu's eyes also projected towards him. Ruan Buyi leaned on the small-leaf red sandalwood chair brought by the eunuch. The wind and rain over the years and the weather and frost had already made him exhausted. He felt that his physical condition could no longer support him to continue to stay in this Wuji Hall. He wanted to retire and return home.

However, the performance of the ministers made him unable to rest assured that the court and the country of the Han and Tang dynasties. Three years ago, Suizhou had a severe drought, and there was no harvest, the people were displaced and left their hometowns, and refugees flocked to the main towns of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the number of these refugees was at least three million.

The situation at that time was shocking, and the ministers in Wuji Hall were helpless, and some even proposed the idea of ​​killing refugees. All of them were thinking about how to prevent refugees from entering the city, and to prevent refugees from entering other towns smoothly, they even used the national military force to suppress them.

Some cities have even brought hot oil, rolling stones, wood and other equipment to defend against enemy siege onto the city walls. All the soldiers in these cities have picked up the bright military standard swords in their hands and aimed at the unarmed compatriots who have come here because of the escape.

At that time, Ruan Buyi knew what Emperor Ji Xiu was thinking. In order to save these refugees, Ji Xiu could give up many things, including the support of the gentry. Ji Xiu and Ruan Buyi discussed that the people did not have food, but these powerful ministers, wealthy businessmen, and gentry had more money and food. As a last resort, they had to let these big families bleed out.

For the matter of refugees in Suizhou, Ji Xiu and Ruan Buyi once said: "At worst, we can collect food based on the opinions of the court and share it according to the size of the family. Whoever dares to refuse to follow will let them see if the Imperial Guard's knife is fast."

Ruan Buyi didn't say anything, but he knew that once Ji Xiu did this, it would mean that he would lose the support of all the gentry, because no one would know whether the sword of the Imperial Guard would fall on him in the next moment. Although Ji Xiu's approach could be supported by the people, it has to be said that in the Han and Tang dynasties of that year and the Han and Tang dynasties that followed, the gentry would be the mainstay of the court.

If the Han and Tang dynasties were a house, the people were the cornerstone of this house, the gentry was the load-bearing wall of this house, and Ruan Buyi and Emperor Ji Xiu were just the most inconspicuous thatch. Their existence was to shelter the house from the wind and rain. It would be the same if anyone would sit in this position.

The emperor wanted to plunder the property of the gentry and came to Zhou to redeem the refugees of Suizhou, and even used the force of the Imperial Guards' military force. The news came from somewhere. The gentry around the capital and the capital were panicked, worried that one day their home would be slashed open by an Imperial Guard with a sabre.

It was also at this time that Ruan Buyi began his lobbying. He started from the capital and wandered among the various gentry. Every time he arrived at a city, he would tell the soldiers that your sword was not against his compatriots; he would also tell the refugees that no one would be killed by his compatriots; he told the gentry that water could carry a boat and could also overturn it; he told the people that the Han and Tang dynasties did not abandon them, and Emperor Ji Xiu did not abandon them.

In this way, Ruan Buyi used his feet to travel around most of the north step by step, convinced 127 gentry and more than 200 wealthy merchants to use their family's money and grain to help the poor, and also donated them with the porridge shops opened by these people.

It is such an old man who is facing a dilemma of being exhausted and having no one in the government and the government. Retirement and dedication to his hometown has become a difficult choice. Ruan Buyi looked at Wei Shaonian standing beside him. This young man is still too immature. How can he bear the burden of the Han and Tang dynasties?

Ruan Buyi's lips trembled slightly, stood up tremblingly, slowly knelt on the ground, and opened his mouth and said, "I originally had no idea to report, but I would like to ask the emperor, why haven't I come to the morning court for a long time today? Isn't it because I'm lazy?"

Ruan Buyi's actions made everyone frightened, fearing that the silly old man would fall on the road to loyalty to the country and the people, and fear that the Wuji Palace would be stained with the blood of this admirable old man.

Ji Xiu did not directly answer Ruan Buyi's words. When Ruan Buyi was about to kneel on the ground, he stood up and walked off the platform where the dragon chaise was. Ji Xiu helped Ruan Buyi up while listening to Ruan Buyi's questioning. He whispered in Ruan Buyi's ear: "Teacher, I'm sorry."

No one heard Ji Xiu's words clearly except Ruan Buyi, but Ruan Buyi's words fell clearly into everyone's ears, which surprised everyone. Many people were secretly complaining, "That is, you, Lord Ruan, dare to ask such words. If someone else had fallen into the hands of Zhang Taisui at this moment, you would be worse than death."

Turning around and sitting back on the dragon throne, Ji Xiu said, "From now on, the prince's tutor and the priest Ruan Buyi and Ruan Ruan will have seats when they come to court. When the lecture is started, you don't need to kneel down, just sit down."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers standing below immediately discussed, and the Minister of Rites came out and reported, "Master, this is probably inappropriate?"

Ji Xiu asked, "What's wrong with your love?"

The Minister of Rites replied: "Although Lord Ruan is old, he is still a minister with us. Since he is a minister, he should have the rules of a minister. How can a minister be on an equal footing with the emperor?"

Ji Xiu replied: "Barring the matter, when I was still the prince, Lord Ruan was my teacher. The students asked the teacher to do it first. This is respecting the teacher. Lord Ruan has been in office for so many years and has made significant contributions, but Lord Ruan has politely rejected my kindness every time. If he said hard work, he would have more than everyone here. Even I am not as good as Lord Ruan. What if I sit there when I go to court? "

"Emperor..." The Minister of Rites wanted to continue saying something.

Ji Xiu waved his hand and interrupted him, then said, "I know that the Minister of Rites's thoughts represent the ideas of many of you. But Lord Ruan deserves it. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, I have already decided."

"No." The ministers responded.

Taking a deep breath, Ji Xiu continued, "Where is the Minister of War?"

A slightly bloated man stood up on the right side of the queue and said, "I'm here."

Ji Xiudao: "Do you know why I couldn't show up today's morning court?"

When the Minister of War heard the emperor's question, he broke out in cold sweat, but could only answer: "I don't know."

Ji Xiu threw the memorial in his hand and angrily shouted: "Don't you know? The eight hundred miles sent from the Western Xinjiang and the Northern Region last night were expedited. The three border towns were in danger and had been guarding for three months, but they had been slow to see food and grass. This is the matter of your Ministry of War. Do you tell me you don't know?"

When the Minister of War heard that it was already three souls and lost two souls, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am guilty."

Ji Xiu continued, "You are guilty and you deserve to die. You are born in the army and have a strong figure. See what you will eat without fighting now? You won't let you eat all the food and grass sent to the border?"

"The war is tight, and you should be in a state of great difficulty. Think about how to win the Han and Tang dynasties as soon as possible and protect the people. What's the result? The urgent report was sent to me. You, the Minister of War who is in charge of military affairs, don't know? This alone should be punished for the crime of dereliction of duty and sentenced to you later."

The Minister of War was lying on the ground, and now he was crying while speaking, saying, "I know the crime, but I know the crime, please be kind to the emperor."

Ji Xiudao: "Good you? Come on, take off the feathers of the Minister of War, get rid of the official position, and be sent to the Western Xinjiang and Northern Territories, so that he can go to the battlefield."
Chapter completed!