First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 427 Cooking Oil on Fire
Just when everyone was talking happily, the third drum sounded from the Meridian Gate Tower in the distance, and everyone got up to adjust their clothes. There are also more and more.

In fact, Zhu Biao could go to the court without all the courtiers. He could go directly to his father, and then follow Lao Zhu to the court, but he felt that it was necessary to meet the courtiers in advance. You can see a lot of things that you can't see when you are in court.

Zhu Biao walked out of the court room first, and everyone in the house followed one by one. The officials in the other smaller court houses were not in a hurry to leave the house.

The civil servants and military generals with the best grades went out, and the rest followed silently at the end of the team. Their court uniforms were neat and solemn, and they entered through the left and right tucked doors again in an orderly manner.

The junior officials at the back looked enviously at the high-spirited dukes in the front, and they all made up their minds that they would definitely be the leader of the team in the future, so that they could live up to their masculinity.

Around Mao time, the civil servants entered through the left Yemen, and the military officials entered through the right Yemen. After entering the palace, they did not just run around randomly.

After the eunuch on duty blew his whip, the civil and military officials could cross the bridge one by one and arrive at Fengtianmen Danchi, where they stood opposite each other on both sides of the imperial road and waited.

During this period, the supervisory censor and the director of ceremonies have been supervising. Unlike before, they could still talk, but now they can't make a sound after leaving the court room from beginning to end, because anyone who coughs, spits, is crowded or has a disorderly manner will be disturbed. It has been recorded and is waiting to be reported for processing.

Naturally, Zhu Biao had no interest in showing his privileges. He stood in the front and watched the patterns on the Wulong Bridge honestly. It has some flaws.

Zhu Biao calculated silently, wanted to improve the money spent, and then sighed silently in his heart. It's not that the money can't be squeezed out, but he feels that it should be spent on more important places.

Now he knows the feeling that Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty will set up a terrace and cherish the property of the ten families. Just as Zhu Biao was thinking, the sound of ritual and music came from his ears, and the emperor's ceremony arrived.

After Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the imperial gate, the bell and drum department began to play music. The guards in brocade clothes supported five umbrella covers and four round fans, and climbed up the Danchi Imperial Steps from the east and west sides, while the emperor walked to the middle of the throne in the upper corridor of Fengtian Hall, and the emperor boarded the throne Afterwards, the whip was sounded again, and the ceremonial officers "singed" into the squad, and the left and right civil and military squads marched into the imperial road together, with a group of strong and mighty guards holding halberds behind them.

Enter the main hall to find your own position, civil servants go north to west, military officials go north to east, perform one prostration and three kowtows, Zhu Biao is the same, first divide the monarch and ministers, and then discuss father and son.

The emperor's majestic and heavy eyes swept for a week, all civil servants and military generals bowed down and kowtowed their heads, and Zhu Yuanzhang's contentment was revealed on his face. Le Ye!
"Prince, tell everyone what you saw and heard during this trip to Shaanxi and Gansu. We want to see who else dares to tell us the bullshit about harsh punishments and fierce government like tigers, and persecution of officials and gentry after listening to it." !"

Zhu Biao made a promise, then turned around and looked at the officials who lowered their eyebrows and held their breath, and said in a deep voice: "The palace was ordered by the emperor to carry the white dragon fish clothes into Shaanxi and Gansu, and travel to the three prefectures in the disaster-stricken area. Seeing that the living and the people are destitute, Yizi’s corpses are separated, mourners are everywhere, the roads are cut off, and the gentry and officials are so extravagant that they want to provide endless food and wine for day and night, I will see you in Qingyang Mansion..."

Following Zhu Biao's narration, all the people in the court were filled with righteous indignation, civil servants and military generals shouted at those corrupt officials, but Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair knew that these were just for him to see. How can it shake these emotions of being in a high position.

How many people can be truly outraged?I'm afraid they are mostly among the censors with blue veins. It's a pity that what they resent is that they have studied hard for ten years and once they were ranked on the gold list and stayed in Beijing to serve as officials. The outgoing official behind him is full of fat!

Zhu Biao glanced around, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. Most people in high positions lack empathy, and there are very few high-ranking officials who can serve the public and the people wholeheartedly like Yu Shi Zhongcheng Han Qi.

It was the officials at the back of the row. Although they were scolding now, when he told about the extravagant spending of those local officials just now, their eyes clearly showed envy and gloating.

The atmosphere is not right, corruption and extravagance are prevalent, if you don't suppress it severely, it will eventually become a danger of national subjugation in the future!
What Zhu Biao could see, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew clearly. As the voices of the officials became more and more chaotic, the whip-wielding eunuch inside the hall suddenly whipped. The black whip was whipped in the air, and the loud and clear sound echoed in the hall. , the eunuch shouted coldly: "Quiet!"

Only then did everyone stand quietly, and Hu Weiyong coughed and stepped forward: "Such corrupt people who break the law cannot be forgiven, please punish severely, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world!"

The main corrupt officials sent to Beijing by Zhu Biao were still alive, and they were interrogated day and night in the Ministry of Criminal Justice to catch the officials who were involved in the case. The rest of the small officials were all sentenced to death.

There are also some merchants who took advantage of the opportunity to raise the price of food, and they ransacked all their families to make a fortune in the country's troubles.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials cupped his hands and said, "Harsh punishment is like a tiger, but it is appropriate to use it on such corrupt officials. The minister echoed what Hu Xiang said, if these officials are not severely punished, it will be difficult to calm the hearts of the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep look at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and was not in a hurry to speak, but the servants of the other ministers took turns to fight, each with radical words, wishing that the emperor would immediately order to kill those officials.

Some people even talked about it. If it was according to what he said, it would be impossible to stop this time without killing 6 or [-] people. Such radicalism really surprised Zhu Biao. Didn’t they know that the emperor nodded and pulled out the carrots to bring out the mud? Many of them will also be implicated.

Such a change also made the rest of the officials change their faces. They didn't want to get involved. There were enough involved in the punishment and prison, so why should they add fuel to it? It's a pity that they didn't have the room to speak out.

Many people on Wu Xun's side also changed their faces, and they all clenched their fists silently, looking at Hu Weiyong with deep eyes. If there is really a big trouble, Hu Weiyong, the leader of Huaixi, should also go down, and the position of prime minister must also be abdicated. !
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(End of this chapter)