So in late October of the 18th year of Wanli, Wanli sent an internal minister to question the cabinet, "Someone repeatedly asked to open a mine, why didn't the Ministry of Revenue report to reply?"

The chief minister Shen Shixing was not clear about this, so he often replied that "there must be gathered to mine, and the gathering must be prevented from chaos", "I am afraid that the officials will disturb local military and civilians," "There is really no big mine to open." In short, there are many inconveniences, and I want to fool it.

However, after a few days of silence in Wanli, a sudden impeachment in the palace said, "There have been severe droughts for years, the national treasury is empty, and the labor is ineffective, and it is difficult to continue. However, the emperor is kind and cannot bear to send additional civilians, so he decided to send mining taxes to all parts of the country to mine to collect the benefits of the natural world, and to draw taxes from the thoroughfare to collect the envy of merchants."

Because the order was issued and the officials sent were sent, all the officials in the outer court could only watch the eunuchs danced around.

Not only were the eunuchs who worked hard to bribe power, but they wanted to be a beautiful woman who went out of Beijing to act as a mighty man. There were more than 100,000 people who castrated themselves but had no way to enter the palace, all emerged from corners and went to the mining supervision and taxation department, seeking to be their minions so that they could go to the fish and meat place.

Wanli's move did keep most officials in the dark, but there is never a shortage of smart people in this world. Some people have already seen the small things and understand what he is going to do.

On the last day of October, the prince's tutor and the Minister of Justice Hai Rui came to Huiji Gate to meet Emperor Wanli!

"Who?" After hearing Zhang Cheng's report, Emperor Wanli was lying on the bed and watching the two disheveled palace maids clasping each other. It took him a while to react.

"It's Hai Ruihai Palace Master." Zhang Cheng had no choice but to say again: "He said that the great things related to the safety of the country are important, and we must meet the emperor today."

"Why, do you want to give me another copy of "Talking about the No. 1 Things in the World"?" Wanli rolled his eyes angrily. He now felt that even civil officials were not trustworthy, even Hai Rui was no exception.

This feeling of being enemies with the public was really bad. Wanli felt that he was about to suffocate and could only torture the palace ladies to vent. He scolded the two palace ladies and said, "Who told you to stop? Do you want to enter the Dun Lock?"

This is a small game he invented, which made two palace maids slap each other in the face. Which one could not hold on to faint first, and when he woke up, he would be put into a pier lock, which would last for several days.

The so-called "duic lock" is a wooden box that is one foot square with four holes on it, locking hands and feet respectively. Because after entering this torture instrument, the palace maid can only squat like a dog and gets its name. After a long time, it is dizzy and extremely painful. Many people die because of this, and those who do not die will suffer from lifelong disability.

The two uterine maids who were already bruised and swollen were frightened and quickly slapped each other mercilessly.

When Wanli heard the crisp sound of the slap, he felt less bored. He waved his hand and said to Zhang Cheng: "I won't see you, let him have any foundation."

There were constant coughing sounds at the Huijimen collection site.

That was sent by Hai Rui.

The cold winter in the north is the natural enemy of the elderly. He is old and does not pay attention to keeping warm, so he falls ill after winter.

Hai Zhongping quickly invited the doctor from Xishan Hospital to treat his father. After taking injections and taking medicine, he improved, but the doctor told him that he still had to stay in bed and rest for a while.

But Hai Rui learned that Wanli was going to send a mine surveillance envoy to send four outs, so he could not stand still. So he forced his sick body to come to see Wanli.

The eunuchs naturally did not dare to neglect the living god. They hurriedly entered the inside and asked the Haigongfu to sit in the duty room and wait.

After waiting for a full hour, Chen Jufang, the eunuch in charge of the company who reported to him, came back from his nose red. While roasting the fire in front of the stove, he apologized to Hai Rui: "The emperor is unhappy, so he won't summon him. Please ask the Haigongfu to have a copy."

"I have published the book? I have published five books this year, all of which are sank to the sea. Eighty-mostly he hasn't read it!" Hai Rui coughed violently and said, "You don't report it, is it a matter of the survival of the ancestral temple?"

"Of course I've said it." Chen Ju sighed. The eunuchs are not bitches, for example, he is not too cheap. Then he lowered his voice and said, "You should stop getting angry, the emperor will definitely not see anyone."

"Okay, I won't let you make things difficult." Hai Rui nodded, stood up with the help of Hai Zhongping, and slowly walked out of the collection.

The sky outside the Meridian Gate is low in lead clouds, and scattered snowflakes fall on the faces of Hai Rui and his son, just like crystal tears falling from the sky.

"Father, let's go back?" Hai Zhongping looked at his old father with gray hair. His always straight back was also hunched due to aging and illness.

Hai Rui nodded and slowly walked through the long Qianbu Lounge with the help of his son.

On the way, he said to Hai Zhongping in a rare and gentle tone: "Son, you will be twenty-one after the New Year. Your father-in-law has also urged you several times, pack up and get married."

"My son is not worried about his father." Hai Zhongping whispered.

"You don't have to worry about being a father." Hai Rui smiled and reminded: "After getting married, you must take good care of your aunt and younger brother and sister, and live a good life with your wife. Don't imitate this. I respect and fear your grandmother and have always been very cold to your mother. Now that I think that is wrong, but unfortunately she is no longer there. Then be nice to your aunt Han, it will be difficult for her life..."

"Why did my father suddenly talk about this?" Hai Zhongping asked uneasyly, because Hai Rui never had the same love style with him.

"There is no way. Maybe people love their mother-in-law and mother when they get older." Hai Rui smiled and then said to his son: "By the way, tomorrow, you will send six cents of silver to the ministry and pay the firewood they paid in advance."

"Yes, father." Hai Zhongping replied.

"Just make the travel expenses for the remaining little money back." Hai Rui said and gained his support.

Hai Zhongping looked up and saw that as the father and son spoke, they had already left Chengtian Gate and Chang'an Right Gate.

There is a small drum tower on the right hand side, which is the famous Dengwen Drum Courtyard.

This side can reach the emperor's drum of grievances. Of course, the Ming Dynasty also has it, but it cannot be allowed to ring it casually.

First of all, this drum is in the yard guarded by the Jinyiwei. At the same time, the censor is on duty. Any civil lawsuits must be appealed from the bottom up and at one level. Only if the province should not take care of it or there are major injustice complaints will it be allowed to beat the drum. The censor on duty will immediately bring the king to the palace. Anyone who dares to stop it will be a death sentence. As for family and marriage disputes, land and other trivial matters, it is not allowed to beat the drum.

Although the Gonggong system of this dynasty is dedicated to opening up the road of complaints, people who use deeds and words to make suggestions are still endless in history, and even extremely violent "corpse remonstrations" have occurred!

During the Hongwu period, Qing Wensheng asked for his orders for the people, and beat the drum to advance, so he passed by himself under the drum.

During the Zhengde period, Xu Tianci impeached Liu Jin, and heard the drum at night. After that, he also passed by himself, shocking the world!

There was also the Tianshun period, after the restoration of the ages, Zhu Qizhen, a scumbag of eternals, rectified his father Wang Zhen’s name and set up a temple for his loyal father. He also built a temple in the capital for his Tatar father, but wanted to kill Yuan Bin, who was captured by the Mongols, who was the only one who never left him and protected him in every way.

All officials knew that Yuan Bin was wronged and were all so ungrateful and unfair about the Bao Sect. Unfortunately, "there are no worries inside and outside, so no one dares to make trouble"!

At this time, Yang Xun, a painter who was not familiar with Yuan Bin, was angry and beaten Dengwengu to complain to him. He questioned Bao Zong with his life. He still remembered Yuan Bin's achievements in protecting the sage and suffering hardships that day?

He angrily scolded Zhu Qizhen without mercy. A king who was willing to treat his great benefactor like this was too terrible, and it was enough to make everyone in the world shudder!

Zhu Qizhen was frightened and sweated in a cold sweat, so he had to save Yuan Bin's life...

This is when you go to the Drum Courtyard. When you knock on the drums and don’t hear them, and the letters are not clear, and the ruler is extremely obstructed, you can only use this last method to awaken your deafening!

Seeing his father's eyes looking at Dengwen Guyuan, Hai Zhongping instantly understood what his father was going to do. His face turned pale and he wanted to pull his father away.

"Let go." Hai Rui, who had been unable to stand firm before, did not move at all, and said to Hai Zhongping in an unquestionable tone: "Wait for me here."

Hai Zhongping subconsciously let go of his hand, and saw his father leaning on a cane and staggering into Dengwen Drum Courtyard.

The Jinyiwei guard guarding at the gate of the courtyard naturally did not dare to stop him, so he hurried in and reported.

Soon, the on-duty censor and a Jinyi General Banner ran out and gave a big gift to Hai Ruidao. The former asked respectfully: "The Gongfu is here in person, what's the point of doing?"

"Open." Hai Rui looked at the big iron lock on the door of the drum tower.

"Please forgive me, my superiors will not let the drum beat." The general flag tampered with his teeth.

"The Dengwen Drum established by Taizu Chengzu was not allowed to be beaten, and it was locked! Tell me who it was, and I had the courage to eat the bear heart and leopard?" Hai Rui's eyes were as lightning as lightning, and the face of the general flag turned pale and his calves turned. The feeling of being stared at by the door god's eyes that subdued demons was so ecstatic.

"If you always have something to do, just tell the officials the same." The censor said carefully before Hai Rui got angry.

"It's useless to tell you. Don't worry, I'm facing me, who will blame you?" Hai Rui lifted his elm stick and made a move to smash the door: "Open it, otherwise I will do it myself!"

"Oh..." The two looked at each other, and the latter had to take out the keys obediently and open the locked Dengwen Gu Tower for Hai Rui for many years.

Hai Rui held the dusty stairs and climbed up the second floor with difficulty. He rolled up the spider web in front of him with a crutch. On the one hand, he had a huge and uninvited drum, and then he showed his true form.

He looked around and couldn't find the drumstick, so he simply held the crutch in both hands and used all his strength to knock on it!

The dull and huge drum sound of dongdong made the hearts of both of them jump out.

The drum sound reached the six ministries' yamen, and the officials put down their work, and were stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the sound of the drum.

This is the first time in the Wanli period!

The officials were talking and quickly sent him to see who was beating the drum.

The rumbling drum also spread to the Forbidden City. Although it was not heard in Yikun Palace, there were naturally eunuchs who reported to Wanli immediately.

"Your Majesty, someone is beating the drum!" A little eunuch ran in panting.

"Who is it? Why don't you stop it!" Wanli immediately pulled his face into a donkey's face.
Chapter completed!