The next morning, the magnificent Forbidden City slowly woke up in the morning mist, and the bell and drum tower on the Meridian Gate sounded on time.

Thousands of civil and military officials entered the city gate one after another, maintained their formation through the vast open space and the Jinshui Bridge, and soon walked into the Golden Palace in sequence.

As Long Qing, wearing a dragon robe, walked listlessly towards the dragon throne, the officials waiting in the hall knelt down one after another, and immediately the sound of shouting long live the mountain.

Emperor Longqing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, couldn't help but yawn a big yawn, and then raised his hand like usual and said, "Loves, please stand flat!"

Half a year after ascending the throne, Longqing's lazy temperament has been completely exposed.

The emperor was not interested in the approval of memorials and was not very concerned about handling government affairs in the court, but he was happy to watch dances and play in the harem.

It is different from Jiajing, who is addicted to practicing Taoism. Although this emperor did not build a large number of projects, he was not considered an emperor who cared about the sufferings of the people, but he was like a hedonistic emperor.

Of course, some officials were very angry at such a lazy emperor, but some officials were happy to do so by Longqing, especially Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty, who protected him everywhere.

A few days ago, Gao Gong blamed Longqing for being lazy in the Qianqing Palace, but the good old man Xu Jie next to him stood up to defend Longqing, which caused the holy family to be deviated.

Chen Hong, who was standing on the top, was already commonplace for the morning court, and he sang with all his heart and sang: "If you have a book, you will leave the court without a book!"

The elders and the superiors have long been deeply rooted in this era. Whenever this comes, they will not choose to submit a memorial at the first time, but will silently turn their eyes to the cabinet master in front.

However, there were not five cabinet ministers participating in the morning court today, but there were only four. I wonder if Gao Gong drank too much last night and had no people to see now, and it was rare that he did not appear in the morning court.

Xu Jie stood there and stood still. Li Chunfang next to him looked at Xu Jie, then stepped out and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have me to report!"

"Li Aiqing, please tell me!" Long Qing couldn't help but yawn again, then raised his hand slightly and said.

The officials around him faintly smelled a smell of gunpowder, and immediately turned their heads to look at Li Chunfang with concentration, but they didn't know which one Xu Dang was going to sing today.

The current court is no longer the Xu Party dominant, but the Northern Party and the Lin Party join forces to compete against the Xu Party, resulting in the current morning courts often fighting each other.

"When Governor Yingtian investigated the Japanese merchants in Suzhou City, he was beaten by merchants sent by the merchants, which would damage the face of the Ming Dynasty. Please grant Lin Run the position of imperial envoy, and have the right to take action first and then report to illegal merchants.

To intimidate the evildoers, to correct the national law.” Li Chunfang seemed righteous and stern.

Dead first and then report?

When the officials heard that Li Chunfang wanted to ask Lin Run for an imperial envoy, especially the authority to take action first and then report, they seemed to see that Suzhou City was about to bring about a bloody storm.

The fact that Lin Run was beaten in Suzhou City was not a secret to them, and it has long been known to everyone by the official talks.

The request this time was undoubtedly due to Xu Jie's instruction. Once Lin Run has this authority, many merchants are really waiting to be slaughtered like cattle and sheep.

Those wealthy merchants are undoubtedly a person among the people, but in the eyes of those in power, they are actually no different from pigs and sheep.

Seeing Suzhou City facing a bloody storm, Zhu Heng stood up and retorted: "As far as the officials know, Lin Run had a grudge with people because of drinking flower wine, so he sent someone to Yihong Courtyard at Lin Run.

The alley ambushed Yu Lin Run. Since it was because of jealousy in brothels, wasn’t the court’s move too much?”

Huh?

When the officials in the hall learned that this was the case, they couldn't help but nodded slightly, which was already acknowledging Zhu Heng's point of view. The court did not need to make such a big move.

Seeing Zhu Heng blocked him, Zhang Shouzhi immediately stood up and said tit-for-tat: "Even if this is the case, beating the court's official orders is not tolerated by the national law. It is definitely necessary to punish severely. We must not tolerate these lawless merchants!"

this……

After hearing Zhang Shouzhi's remarks, the officials in the hall couldn't help but look at the complacent new Minister of Works in a complicated manner.

If it weren't for knowing that he and Xu Jie were together, just listening to him so easily admitting that Lin Run was beaten because of jealousy in brothels, it would have been possible that this person was the Northern Party or the Lin Party.

Li Chunfang was also slightly stunned, but turned her head to look at Xu Jie next to her with a solicited look, but Xu Jie's face was already ashen.

I thought that by using Lei Li to resign, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works was promoted to give him more help, but I didn't want to promote a pig teammate.

"Shangshu Zhang, I did not say that it was wrong to punish those who were illegal! It was just that this matter was caused by the jealousy of the brothel. If the court gave Lin Run the post of imperial envoy and the power to be executed first and then report, the official thought that this would be inappropriate.

!” Zhu Heng did not miss this opportunity and immediately argued.

"What Zhu Shangshu said is reasonable! Since Lin Run and others are caused by personal grudges, the court can punish illegal people in accordance with the law, so there is no need to make such a big move!" Guo Pu turned to his side when he saw the situation and also stood up to express his opinion.

road.

Although Guo Pu only ranks third in the cabinet, he is still able to surpass Li Chunfang due to his qualifications. He is already a person who is only weaker than Xu Jie in the dynasty.

Zhang Shouzhi originally wanted to perform well, but he didn't want to mess up the matter. Now he is facing Guo Pu again, but he looks at Xu Jie and Li Chunfang with little confidence.

When Li Chunfang saw Guo Pudu stand up, she knew that this matter had become difficult, but she couldn't help but look at Xu Jie next to her with help.

Although Xu Jie wanted to make a big fuss about Lin Run being beaten up, he knew that Zhang Shouzhi had broken the plan and had to give in and said: "Your Majesty, since Master Guo believes that this matter is not suitable for a big fight, then let this matter be abandoned!"

Huh?

When Lin Xuran heard these words that were obviously selling Guo Pu's face, he couldn't help but look at the old fox Xu Jie with vigilance.

Longqing could not sit upright in front of the dragon chaise, but secretly pressed his back against the chair handle, and said in a good manner: "Okay, that's as if your dear friend asked!"

Everyone didn't know whether Long Qing had approved Xu Jie's opinion or Guo Pu's opinion, but they found that there seemed to be no big difference between the two, and they no longer cared about these things.

But after this small confrontation, the officials knew that today's court might not be too calm, but they all looked at Guo Pu and Lin Qingran.

Guo Pu turned his head and looked at Lin Qiran. Seeing that Guo Pu had no intention of making a memorial, Lin Qiran stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have this memorial!"

"Lin Aiqing, please report!" Long Qing yawned again and raised a fat white hand.

"Emperor, although our Ming Dynasty severely damaged the Tartars in Shanxi, Altan's wolfish heart must be guarded! Now I discuss with all the ministers, and I beg for permission to form a Nine-Border Cavalry Battalion to prevent the Tartars from heading south again!

, protect my country and mountains of the Ming Dynasty!" Lin Weiran presented the memorial, and seemed loyal and authentic.

After many communications, although Xu Jie obviously had the intention to block it, which caused him to make three changes to his manuscripts, the matter was no longer controversial.

Huh?

When Li Chunfang saw Lin Qiran suddenly requesting this matter, she couldn't help but turn her head and look at Xu Jie in confusion.

However, he knew that this matter had not been finalized in the cabinet. Last time, Xu Jie fought back on the grounds that a certain measure needed to be changed, but he did not expect that Lin Xu Ran suddenly chose to submit a memorial at this morning court.

Xu Jie's brows frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at Lin Yueran thoughtfully.

He originally planned to use the word "drag" decision, so he always took the wrong plan of Lin Shiran to build a cavalry battalion, but he didn't expect Lin Shiran to throw it out in the morning court.

Longqing yawned again, but asked, "My dear friends, I wonder who has any objection?"

The officials couldn't help but look at each other, especially Zhang Shouzhi, who had just learned the fault, did not dare to say anything, and followed everyone to look at Xu Jie.

It’s not that they are unwilling to object, but that they are not sure whether this is a consensus among the cabinet, so Xu Jie or Li Chunfang needs to give a signal.

Xu Jie's face was as deep as water, and he looked at Lin Weiran with some insight, and then chose to remain silent.

Longqing looked at the unification of everyone's rare opinions, and immediately followed the good words and said: "Since everyone has no opinions, then let's be sure of what Lin Aiqing said!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Weiran saw that his plan was passed so smoothly, and he immediately suppressed the excitement in his heart.

As the court master finished his memorial, the six ministers of the ministers and the left censor Wang Ting followed.

When it was Ma Sen, the Minister of Revenue, he reported: "In Zhili, Shandong and other places, the land was vast and the people were poor and the people were displaced. After investigation by the ministers, it was all because of the judicial chaos and the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the sever

The sects are uneven, and the land system and tax are divided according to the book. Regardless of the above and below the fields, the number of fields is only calculated, so the people abandon the fields to avoid the service. The land is barren in the north and south of the rivers, the east and west of the mountains, and the land is barren, and the annual income is very small, so the regular tax cannot be given.

In the village, there is no response to the deserted fields between Yifei, Tan and Teng, Shandong... Now there are many complaints from the local area. Please ask the emperor to appoint an imperial envoy to rectify the place, punish evil officials, and make the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

Since becoming the Minister of Revenue, he has also adhered to Lin Junran's governance ideas and has begun to understand the real situation of these people in depth.

It is inevitable that due to the class attributes of this era, many unfair taxes and corvee labor fell on ordinary people. It would be fine if it was a wealthy southeast, but the barren land here caused many people to become refugees.

Faced with this difficult problem, Xu Jie did not advocate sending imperial envoys, and directly quoted the greedy Yan Maoqing as an example. However, he advocated the consistent practice of rectifying local governments and replaced competent local officials to go to the governance.

In fact, this is also the same practice. If something goes wrong in a certain place, the person who often thinks of "treats people" rather than trying to cure the root cause of such a thing.

A flash of disappointment flashed across Masen's eyes, but he knew that if the incompetent dispatch of the imperial envoy was indeed as ineffective as the rectification of the salt administration.

Officials at the level of the Minister of the Secretariat followed closely, and some people submitted their memorials one after another.

When Zou Yinglong, Dali Temple saw that no one had stood up again, he immediately stepped out and said, "My minister, Zou Yinglong, has a copy of the Dali Temple, has submitted a memorial!"

"Zou Aiqing, please report!" Long Qing was not as sleepy as before, but he was also bored towards this morning court, and seemed to be coping and authentic.

Xu Jie heard the voice of Zou Yinglong, the corner of his mouth raised slightly when he heard the voice of his disciple behind him.

Guo Pu and Lin Qingran exchanged a glance secretly, and vaguely guessed that Zou Yinglong, the dog, was about to bite people again.

The officials in the hall seemed to have lost their vigilance, but they hoped that the people who reported the matter would be more neat so that they could go back to the yamen to rest as soon as possible.

Zou Yinglong's hair was combed very neatly today, but he said loudly with a radiant look: "Your Majesty, I am responsible for the trial of the case of Shanxi Governor Wang Jiluo's fear of fighting, and there is a result now!"

Huh?

When Zhu Heng and other officials heard this, they no longer stopped wandering, but they all turned their eyes to Zou Yinglong, waiting for the answer with their breath holding their breath.

But some officials still do not take it seriously. After all, he learned from some channels that Wang Jiluo was wronged, but it was caused by the soldiers of Daizhou Guard who did not obey orders.

"Wang Jiluo brought his beloved concubine Li, who was in the north, was a member of the White Lotus Sect. Li deceived Wang Jiluo with his pregnancy that day. Wang Jiluo was overjoyed and Li persuaded him, and finally missed the opportunity to fight. Please ask the emperor for the sage!" Zou Yinglong's mouth raised slightly, showing that he looked like a sage.

Shi Potian said in a shocking way.

this……

When he heard these words, the entire hall was silent.

No one expected that something really happened in this case. Wang Tingluo not only committed the crime of being cowardly but not fighting, but also suspected of colluding with Bai Lian.

"Zou Siqing, what is the basis for this matter?" Zhu Heng, the Minister of Justice, knew that this matter was extraordinary, so he immediately asked in a deep voice.

The officials also looked at Zou Yinglong, and they still had some suspicion in their hearts. After all, Gao Gong was always protecting Wang Jiluo.

Zou Yinglong felt that he had become the focus of the entire court for the first time. His pores seemed to be stretched, but he raised his chin slightly and said, "Wang Jiluo's concubine Li has admitted it all. Although Wang Jiluo has not yet suffered an affair with Bai Lian.

He taught, but he had admitted that he had temporarily delayed leading his troops to Kelan City because he learned that his concubine was pregnant!"

this……

When the officials heard this answer, they believed it in their hearts. If they were really misled by the White Lotus Sect Li, especially confusing their pregnancy, they might have made Wang Jiluo make a wrong decision.

But no matter what, it is a fact that Wang Jiluo did not lead his troops to fight in time, but he had to bear the corresponding military responsibilities.

When Longqing heard the case statement, he didn't know whether he didn't listen seriously or could not understand it for a while, but he looked at the officials in the hall with a blank expression.

"Emperor, the case of Wang Jiluo has been investigated by Dali Temple today. Please judge Wang Jiluo according to the law!" Xu Zheng saw Long Qing's reaction and immediately suggested intimately.

Longqing liked this old assistant who always prevented him from appearing too confused, and immediately responded: "Acceptance!"

But just after this matter was finished, Wu Shilai, the director of the Ministry of Personnel, suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the case of Wang Jiluo has been found out. Please punish the crime of Gaoge's misunderstanding of his employer!"
Chapter completed!