MTL - Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty-Chapter 9 Shocking greed
Inside the Baihua Building in Beijing.
A group of Yingge Yanwu women with heavy make-up walked upstairs and downstairs, very lively!
The sound of box-guessing as the cup is changed, and all kinds of bad laughter are endless!
In the wing room on the second floor, several middle-aged people who call themselves elegant and elegant are bragging about each other!
"Above the court, when it comes to ingenuity, Brother Li is number one! Even the emperor dares to reprimand him without swearing, he is truly a master!"
The person in the chair was touted, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Brothers have praised Mr. Li, Mr. Li is just talking about things, how dare you call him a master? Haha!"
"If it wasn't for the secret support of the Mongolian prince, Brother Li wouldn't have dared to have such a fat waist?"
"Where, I almost succeeded a few days ago, but the prince's men were eager to make contributions and lost their hands, shh! Let's not talk about this..."
In Baihualou, the drinker was a group of officials from the Imperial Censor Taichung, and the chief seated was Li Liangcheng, the Imperial Censor.
This person was a jinshi in the eleventh year of Hongzhi and had been an official in the capital for many years.
At this time, most of them had almost finished drinking, and it was the time when they were in high spirits.
Li Liangcheng drank two more cups, and he continued to say, "Not to mention that the prince supports me, even if he doesn't support me, I dare to reprimand this child. He has just registered, and I regard him as a three-year-old child!"
The other scholars who were together also praised each other: "Master Li is unparalleled in martial arts, resourceful and resourceful, and he is the backbone of my Ming Dynasty. If there is no such person in my dynasty, I am afraid that it would have fallen apart long ago. Lord Li is really my Ming Dynasty. Towards the top pillar!"
Outside the pavilion, a talented man dressed in a brocade robe and a robe recorded everyone's words just now.
It's just that when the front of the shirt is exposed, the brand of the West Factory is exposed...
"It's really a big tone. It seems that Liu Jin's death did not shock the court officials. It is arrogant to regard His Majesty as a three-year-old child!"
This West Factory spy recorded the chats of these scholar-officials in detail...
When Li Liangcheng and the group of Jiangnan scholar-officials got drunk, the spy from Xichang quietly left...
Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Zhu Houzhao scolded Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and the anger in his heart eased a little.
At the same time, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were enlightened and sobered up a lot. They immediately sent people to carry all the memorials from the cabinet to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, no matter the details.
They have realized that the emperor is no longer a child, the emperor's consciousness of imperial power has been awakened, and they can no longer regard the emperor as the boy who only liked to ride horses to fight.
Zhu Houzhao got up, drank the bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus seed soup that had just been delivered, and began to read the secret booklet sent by Jinyiwei.
When Zhu Houzhao opened the first secret fold, his eyes were full of killing intent.
Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat dared to speak ill of the emperor in Baihualou!
He even uttered wild words!
He also secretly communicated with foreigners and assassinated me! Simply bold!
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The next morning.
Zhu Houzhao changed into his court clothes under the service of the palace maid.
The rule of three days and one dynasty is the rule set by Emperor Zhengde on the day he ascended the throne.
He wants to be a good emperor who is diligent in government and loves the people, just like his father, Emperor Hongzhi.
He always warned himself to be diligent in government, otherwise the throne may not be preserved!
Morning time.
Civil and military officials gathered early outside the Meridian Gate!
woohoo--
The horn sounded, and the Meridian Gate opened.
Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up to enter the court and walked across the Jinshui Bridge. When entering the palace, all officials were not allowed to make noise or cough. There were special supervisors next to them to record the incident.
In the court hall, the civil and military officials bowed their hands to pay homage: "See Your Majesty, Long Live My Emperor, Long Live Long Live!"
"All the Aiqings are free from the ceremony!"
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair in the Qianqing Palace, overlooking the civil and military officials in the hall.
The **** next to him stepped forward and proclaimed loudly: "Today, there is a book, and there is no book to retreat!"
As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, Yu Maosheng, the minister of punishment, came out and said, "Long live the report, the minister has a book to play!"
Zhu Houzhao looked at the Minister of Punishment and said, "Present!"
"Your Majesty, the former **** of the Lieutenant Supervisor, Sanpin, the **** Liu Jin, has been subdued, but not all the people who have acted as concubines with him have been subdued. A total of 9 million taels of silver, 3,000 taels of gold, and thousands of antique calligraphy and paintings of all kinds of rare treasures..."
"Liu Jin has been the **** in charge of India for four years since the first emperor. In the fourteen years since then, he has committed forty-three cases of corruption and bribery and murder of Zhongliang. The minister has recorded all of Liu Jin's crimes on the memorial!"
As soon as the voice of the Minister of Punishment fell, the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty were excited, and many censors spoke out and joined in.
Above the main hall, Zhu Houzhao's face became more and more gloomy. Of course he knew that Liu Jin was greedy for ink, but he never imagined that this person was so ambitious, and the number of greed for ink and silver was huge, which was shocking!
You must know that during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, your father used to rule the world with simplicity, and the annual tax was only as much as 4 million yuan. The real money and silver that was eventually deposited in the treasury, after deducting the annual army salaries, disaster relief, and construction, left behind. Less than one million taels of silver.
Liu Jin's greed for ink was equivalent to the entire nine-year fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty!
An ordinary family of five, with twenty taels of silver, can barely make ends meet.
Most people living in this era have never seen fifty miles of silver in their lives.
Nine million dollars of white flowers are enough to support the northwest and build a stronger defense line in the northwest!
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others suggest that people like Liu Jin be thoroughly purged of people like Liu Jin!"
Above the court, the ministers were filled with righteous indignation!
Zhu Houzhao's face was ashen, he raised his hand, and the **** who served me announced on the spot, "Quiet!"
In the hall, it suddenly became quiet.
He knew that it was useless to kill people. His first emperor, Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, killed so much that the corrupt officials in the world still haven't killed all of them!
It's not a human problem at all!
"Show me the memorial!"
"According to the order!"
The eunuch, the eunuch, walked up to the Minister of Punishment, took a rectangular tray, placed the memorial in the tray, and presented it to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao opened the memorial of the Ministry of Punishment, and rows of shocking figures of corruption made Zhu Houzhao's anger burn even more!
One **** name after another appeared in his mind!
Snapped!
Zhu Houzhao threw the memorial heavily on the dragon case in front of him.
"What's the silver tael of Liu Jin's greed for ink?"
"Your Majesty, all of them are sealed in the treasury according to the regulations of the Ministry of Punishment!"
"Well, it's temporarily sealed, and Liu Jin's remnants can be arrested and brought to justice!"
"According to the order!"
At this time, all the military officials above the hall were silent, and everyone felt a huge sense of oppression.
Because there are people who have been friends with Liu Jin.
The first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, the second assistant Liu Jian, and several other ministers raised their hearts. This time, the memorial of the Minister of Punishment was approved by the cabinet.
Since Liu Jin was beheaded in half, they all saw His Majesty's determination to punish the eunuch, so they have this memorial.
In their opinion, Emperor Zhengde was more determined and decisive than Emperor Hongzhi.
Judging from the fact that Liu Jin was cut in half, Emperor Zhengde was able to make a great contribution.
In this matter, they seem to have seen that the Ming Empire, in the hands of Emperor Zhengde, will continue to be brilliant!
This is just the beginning, the real storm is yet to come...
