Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 454 Fire the Map Cannon

Chapter 450

The next morning, after Wei Hao got up early, he still went to practice martial arts. After washing up and having breakfast, he went straight to the palace. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he was basically angry when he saw those people. Li Jing saw Wei Hao coming. , also laughed, knowing that today's debate is inevitable.

"Shen Yong, this way!" Li Jing shouted at Wei Hao, and Wei Hao got off his horse and walked towards Li Jing. When passing by those civil servants, those civil servants all looked sideways at Wei Hao, and many of them also I know why Wei Hao came here today.

"Father-in-law!" Wei Hao came to Li Jing's side and cupped his hands to Li Jing.

"Well, why do you have time to go to court today? However, the things that Jingzhao Mansion is doing are good. Although it has not been fully constructed, the common people know about it, and they all applaud. Those huts that have been put into use, the common people It’s said that it’s so convenient, and you won’t have to worry about finding a solution when you go shopping in the future!” Li Jing looked at Wei Hao and said with a smile, Wei Hao also nodded with a smile after hearing this.

"In this area, we people are really not as good as Shen Yong. We turn a blind eye to the things around the people, and even say that we don't think about this level at all. This is the dereliction of duty of us officials!" Fang Xuanling Also said with a smile.

"No, it still depends on the tax rebates of these two counties. If there is no money, I can't do these things!" Wei Hao stood there, looked at them with a smile and said.

"Well, but, Shen Yong, you have to think carefully about your memorial. This not only affects everyone, but also affects yourself. Five generations of relatives cannot enter the court as officials. This is too strict. ,

Moreover, the definition of corruption and dereliction of duty is not very clear now. Who knows, when the time comes to be labeled as dereliction of duty, some people will suffer! "Fang Xuanling stood there, looked at Wei Hao and began to speak.

"Well, Fang Pushe, I understand what you said, but Fang Pushe, have you considered why everyone's salary has been increased, and they are not doing things for the people wholeheartedly. There are two types of dereliction of duty, one is I don’t know it, and I have no ability to change it, and the other is that I know that I can do it well, but I just don’t do it, so is such an official hateful or not?” Wei Hao said standing there, looking at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling heard it, but didn't speak.

"In addition, let's not talk about other places, let's talk about Wannian County. Before I went to Wannian County, those roads looked like ten years ago, and they will look like ten years later. They are dilapidated. Once it rains, there is no way to walk. And in Wannian County, the court will allocate a lot of money every year, so why not repair it?
The current officials, they are just passively waiting for things to do, for example, adjudicating cases, such as natural disasters, and going to disaster relief, the money still needs to be paid by the court!For example, the Ministry of Industry repairs the river course. If the Ministry of Industry does not repair it, the local officials will not care about it. When there is a flood, those officials will apply for disaster relief. Is this possible?

House servant shot, this is not acceptable, if all the officials in the world are like this, the people have them without them, what is the difference, even without them, the people can live better, at least no one is corrupt, and no one bullies them . "Wei Hao continued to talk to Fang Xuanling. After hearing this, Fang Xuanling sighed and nodded. This is also the status quo, but this time, Wei Hao's pressure is too great.

At this time, the palace gate opened, and Fang Xuanling said: "Let's go, it's time to go up!"

"House servant, please, father-in-law please!" Wei Hao stood there and said to the two of them. They both nodded and started to walk in. Wei Hao also waited for a while, and followed behind. After all, there are so many dukes and princes in front of us, so we need to let them go in first.
Soon they arrived outside the Ganlu Hall, and before waiting for a while, Wang De came out to announce that he was going to court. Wei Hao and the others also entered the Ganlu Hall. Wei Hao still sat down in his old position, but this time Wei Hao did not sleep. Instead, he calmly looked in front of him, and other officials also looked this way from time to time,

After a while, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and announced that he would go to court.

"Everyone, why are there so many officials who haven't written down the opinions I asked you to write? Do you have no opinions?" Li Shimin asked while sitting on the top and looking at the officials below.Those officials did not answer after listening, because they did not agree.

"Dou Lukuan, why didn't you write down your memorial? Do you agree?" Li Shimin then stared at Dou Lukuan, Minister of Rites, and asked. Dou Lukuan didn't expect that the first question Li Shimin asked was himself.

"Return to Your Majesty, I don't agree, because I don't agree, so I don't know how to write suggestions!" Dou Lukuan immediately stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Oh, if you don't agree, you don't know how to write it?" Li Shimin heard it, and immediately asked Dou Lukuan.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I really don't know how to write it!" Dou Lukuan nodded.

"Then why don't you agree?" Li Shimin continued to ask,

Dou Lukuan was also depressed, so many people didn't write, why should they stare at him, but he couldn't answer, so he cupped his hands and said: "Return to your majesty, what I think is that there are huge loopholes in Xia Guogong's regulations. , how to define those corruptions, how to define dereliction of duty?
Also, within the Five Dynasties, you can’t take part in the imperial examination. It’s too cruel to do so. If the officials outside Chang’an know about this news, I don’t know how they will react. I think they will definitely be very dissatisfied. They were originally far away from the capital and guarded the people for His Majesty, but now that someone stabbed such a big knife in their back, I think they will definitely feel unbalanced in their hearts. Please also remind Your Majesty! "

"Don't tell me, is there something wrong with your words? Shall I stab him?" Wei Hao stood up after hearing this, and questioned Dou Lukuan.

"Isn't it? It's hard to define here. If someone wants to frame an official, he will be reported for dereliction of duty. It's hard to check. If the official is honest and has no friends, he will be banned soon." Catch, when the time comes, their children will also be victimized,

Xia Guogong, we know that you have a good heart and want to increase the salaries of the officials, but in this way, the old man thinks it is too strict! Dou Lukuan cupped his hands at Wei Hao and said.

"Strict? Okay, then let me ask you, do you think the court will fight corruption!" Wei Hao stood there, staring at Dou Lukuan and said.

"Naturally!" Dou Lukuan nodded and said.

"Since there is an anti-corruption campaign, once corruption is found, will it be arrested? According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if the amount of corruption exceeds 200 yuan, it will be executed. At the same time, the family members will also be exiled, right?" Wei Hao continued to stare at Dou Lukuan and asked.

"Yes!" Dou Lukuan nodded.

"When you were exiled to Lingnan, you also know that ten out of ten will not save one. In this way, most of their children will not survive. Now, I make them work hard, just so that they cannot take the imperial examination. Their lives are still saved. Is it me? Treat them harshly, or treat them harshly before?
In addition, the honest official you mentioned, he will not be corrupt, and his family lived in poverty. Now his salary has been increased, so that they don't have to worry about money. They just need to focus on running the affairs of the court well. This is good for them Not good?Could it be that corruption must be corrupted and the common people scold, by the way, the court and His Majesty, and when all the officials in the world are like this, the common people will rise up?

Dou Shangshu, you have also become Shangshu, your family cannot be said to be poor, but have you visited the homes of the county magistrates outside?It can be said that there is nothing but a few people!As officials, do you still expect them to contribute to the court?Do you still expect them not to be corrupt?If it were me, I would also find a way to make money! "Wei Hao stood there, staring at Dou Lukuan and asked.

"But, how do you define it?" Dou Lukuan stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"Leaving aside the definition, I'll just ask you, do you agree to raise the salary?" Wei Hao asked, staring at Dou Lukuan.

"Agree!" Dou Lukuan nodded, this must be agreed.

"Then, do you agree to fight against corruption and severely crack down on malfeasance?" Wei Hao continued to stare at Dou Lukuan and asked.

"I agree!" Dou Lukuan nodded. Who dares to disagree with this?

"Since everyone agrees, is the defined matter a matter? You officials, you can write it out, and you can discuss a defined method. For example, corruption, as long as the court's money is used, a penny is worth it. Corruption, if it is a gift from others, it should also be distinguished, divided into gifts from relatives and friends and gifts from vested interests.

For example, you and I are colleagues. Every time I visit, I bring some tea from my own home. That’s called reciprocity. If your subordinates come to see you and bring some small gifts over, the value of which does not exceed 1 penny. Gift giving, isn't this a good rule?
In addition, there are two types of dereliction of duty. One is that the court entrusts the matter to be handled, and if it is not done, this is definitely dereliction of duty. The other is that the local officials have several things to do, but the money in hand is only It is enough to do one thing, as long as he can do it, if he can't do other things, it is not considered a dereliction of duty!Can't you stipulate these?It's impossible for the emperor to stipulate everything, right? "Wei Hao stood there, staring at Dou Lukuan and said.

Dou Lukuan had nothing to say at the moment, and didn't know how to refute.

"Why, did I say something wrong?" Seeing that Dou Lukuan had nothing to say, Wei Hao stared at him and asked.

"No, just say, this!" Dou Lukuan didn't know how to answer Wei at the moment.

"That? You said you agreed with the first two, so why don't you agree with this memorial?" Wei Hao said while staring at Dou Lukuan.

"Mr. Xia, the most difficult thing is to define. You say to make rules, but it's not easy to make rules!" A servant stood up and said to Wei Hao. Wei Hao saw that it belonged to the Ministry of Punishment.

"It's not easy to make regulations. Now that His Majesty wants to give the families of corrupt officials in the world a chance to survive, you don't grasp such an opportunity, and you still want to say you don't agree? If you don't agree, His Majesty will not agree to put Exile should be forced labor!" Wei Hao said standing there, staring at the officials.

"what?"

"This?"

"Isn't this meant to be practiced?"

"Your Majesty, is this true?"
As soon as Wei Hao's words came out, the officials were all dumbfounded, and they all looked at Li Shimin.

"I originally wanted to rule the world with benevolence, and I didn't want those who were not guilty of heinous crimes to die like this, but now you say it's hard to define, and I'm still hesitating whether to implement it, otherwise, once those officials know, corrupt After corruption, the family members will not die, that must not work, so there will be no good officials in the world!" Li Shimin sat there, nodded, and said in a heavy tone.

"Well, Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be discussed again!" Some officials stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"What are you talking about, father, don't talk about it, it's meaningless, they don't agree!" Wei Hao stood there and said to Li Shimin immediately.

"Wei Shenyong, don't talk nonsense!" Kong Yingda stood up and said to Wei Hao.

They also knew that Wei Hao had a great influence on Li Shimin. If Wei Hao said that it would not be implemented, it might not be implemented. In this way, officials all over the world would scold those who opposed it.

"Why am I talking nonsense, I want to be like this, you don't let it go, it's hard to define what to say, hey, I'm surprised, it's obvious that you don't agree, okay, how come I'm talking nonsense? You civil servants, really He knows how to play word games, and his mind is useless in the court!" Wei Hao immediately opened the map gun, he wanted to have a vacation, he wanted to go to jail, so that he could rest again!
"Wei Shenyong, we didn't object, we just said it's hard to define, but it can still be defined!" Dou Lukuan also said to Wei Hao at this moment.

"Forget it, pull it down, it's meaningless!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said,
Li Shimin, who was sitting on it, looked at Wei Hao strangely. Now that the officials have let go, why doesn't this kid agree? He must fight with them?But he didn't ask.

"Wei Shenyong, since everyone agrees, let's not discuss it. When the time comes to define it, let's discuss it together!" Wei Zheng also stood up at this moment, and said to Wei Hao.

"Cut, you guys are so hypocritical. When your own interests are involved, you are more active than anyone else. When your interests are threatened, you oppose it. You are the most hypocritical!" Wei Hao looked at those ministers with contempt. Said.

"Wei Shenyong, stop talking nonsense!" Kong Yingda said to Wei Hao angrily.

"Let's just talk about you, you are the most hypocritical, why didn't you say you agreed before, did you write a memorial? Of course not!" Wei Hao pointed to Kong Yingda and said.

"Wei Shenyong, what do you want to do?" The officials couldn't hold back their faces. If Wei Hao called them hypocritical in front of His Majesty, they couldn't help it.

"I look down on you guys, didn't you see it? I just look down on you guys who are scholars, who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality every day, but doing things is no different from those who are like chickens and dogs, and you even claim to be a rich scholar. I think it's learned from the stomach Let’s go.” Wei Hao continued to fire the map cannon,
Anyway, he was going on vacation, Li Shimin promised himself that as long as he got into a fight with them, he would definitely go to jail.Now that they have agreed, it is not good to continue talking about the memorial, so we can only find a way to attack them, otherwise, if they are not angry, they will not be able to fight.

"Wei Shenyong, you, don't you want to be arrogant?" Kong Yingda's face turned red with anger at the moment, Wei Hao pointed at his nose and scolded.

"Wei Shenyong, that's not right!" Gao Shilian also said to Wei Hao, and he couldn't get used to Wei Hao saying that.

"Did I say something wrong? What was wrong there, point it out! The emperor said that he did not agree to change the exile to hard labor, so you changed your attitude. Why did you change? Isn't it because you are afraid that you will commit crimes when the time comes? Your family members Exiled? Oh, now that they cannot take the imperial examination for five generations, you are against it, and now that His Majesty has changed, you will change immediately, if you have the ability to persist!" Wei Hao continued to shout at Gao Shilian and the others.

"Wei Shenyong!" Xiao Yu couldn't stand it anymore, pointing at Wei Hao and shouting loudly.

"Why? You have a loud voice. Don't think that I'm afraid of you because you're old. Come on, one hand!" Wei Hao stretched out a hand as he spoke. The meaning was very clear, and he singled you out with one hand. .

"You, you, unreasonable, ignorant and incompetent!" Xiao Yu was so uncomfortable when Wei Hao hit him like this, but it was hard to say Wei Hao said.

"I'm ignorant, ouch, thank you for praising me, I don't want to be like you, read so many books, learn all about cockroaches, learn hypocrisy, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, I don't dare Go speak out for the people, say that you are an official, not for the people at all, but for yourself! I don't want to learn from you!" Wei Hao was even more proud at this moment, and said provocatively to those officials.Those officials are so angry that their faces are turning blue with anger.

"Wei Shenyong, even if I was beaten to death by you today, I will teach you a lesson!" Kong Yingda couldn't bear it anymore. Although this old man is a scholar, he has a very hot temper and likes to fight alone.

"Come on, don't worry, I can't kill you!" Wei Hao said immediately, hooking his fingers.

"Shen Yong, that's enough!" Seeing that the scene might lose control, Li Shimin immediately shouted at Wei Hao.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Mr. Wei Hao for his disrespect and nonsense, please punish him!" Wei Zheng stood up at this moment and shouted at Li Shimin. Originally, he didn't want to impeach Wei Hao, but Wei Hao scolded him just now.

"Tch, father, my son wants to impeach them. They are hypocritical and deceive father. They just want to occupy the position of officials in the court. They don't want to work for the court at all, and they want to be corrupt!" Wei Hao immediately Also impeached.

"Wei Shenyong, tell me clearly, who is corrupt?" Xiao Yu stood there, her beard flying in anger, staring at Wei Hao and shouting loudly.

"Did I say you? I said you!" Wei Hao continued to look at those ministers provocatively. Now Li Shimin fully understood that this kid was here to provoke trouble and wanted to fight, and then sent himself to the prison Going inside, he had to rest for a few days, so he immediately scolded Wei Hao and shouted: "Shen Yong, stop talking nonsense!"

"Father, really, I'm going to impeach them. Look at them. Father, you said that you don't agree to change exile to hard labor, and they started to agree to high salaries. What is it? Hypocrisy?" Wei Hao continued to poke at them. Scar said, the angry officials clenched their fists.

(End of this chapter)