Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 602 The Son of Heaven's Willfulness

The Son of Heaven is qualified to be 'little' willful.

Especially for the emperor of Ming Dynasty, as long as the disturbance was not too excessive, the courtiers could bear it most of the time, even if the disturbance was excessive, nothing might really happen.

This point, Zhu Qiyu has long been clear in his heart.

However, what he understands better is that there is a price to be paid for any behavior. This price may not be at the moment, nor may it be above the court, but it will definitely be fed back to the huge state machine of Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu used this kind of 'privilege' very cautiously.

Up to now, it has been fully calculated, in fact, only three times.

The first time was the dispute about the "Zen position" and "heir position" before ascension to the throne. That time was both political and personal. On the one hand, it was to eliminate hidden dangers in the future, and on the other hand, it was also out of Zhu Qiyu's own selfishness.

The price to be paid at that time, or the remaining problems, made the already turbulent situation a little unstable at that time, and rumors spread from the government and the opposition, which led to him and the Queen Mother Sun, and Zhu Qizhen moving towards the opposite side much faster. .

However, these problems were basically resolved in the victory of the Oarat War, and the last point, although it caused a lot of trouble in the court, was still under control at last.

As for the second time, it was the etiquette when facing the Supreme Emperor. It has to be said that it was a rare decision made by Zhu Qiyu based on personal feelings.

As a result of this, there have been rumors in the government and the opposition that the Tian family is only superficially harmonious, and that Zhu Qiyu is arrogant.

Zhu Qiyu was aware of these situations, but because it was just a private discussion and it was difficult to stop it, he didn't care about it.

Of course, there are also reports from the censors, but they have all been shelved.

This matter has always been a small hidden danger until now, but Zhu Qiyu has no intention of solving it.

Anyway, he didn't intend to be a perfect sage king, what he always wanted was to benefit the country, as for his personal virtue.

Again, he maintains his image, the 'harmony' of the Tian family, because doing so can make the court more stable.

As long as it doesn't affect the court situation, he doesn't care how a small group of people discuss it.

This time too.

It is conceivable that after the dispute between the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate spread out this time, even if it was under the guise of a dragon's illness, some people would inevitably talk about the emperor's lazy administration.

Even Zhu Qiyu could have imagined that someone would make a fuss about the previous draft, and persuade the emperor to cultivate himself and be diligent in government affairs.

For his reputation, it is bound to be damaged.

However, compared to this time, expanding the conflict between the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, using this seemingly absurd reason to temporarily calm down, the benefits to the court far outweighed the loss of his image.

Of course, the consequence is that this contradiction is only temporarily postponed, but not resolved.

In the follow-up, the Ministry of Punishment will inevitably have various conflicts with the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the specific execution. Once it is implemented in specific affairs, many problems cannot be resolved with one or two sentences.

However, even so, Zhu Qiyu still has no intention of giving up.

In fact, everyone present knew that the reason given by the emperor was just an excuse, not the real reason.

If it is really because of lack of energy, then the supervisor of ceremonies can completely approve the redemption on his behalf.

It's just that it's one thing to know clearly in your heart, but it's a taboo to say it out.

Especially with Wang Zhenyin in front of him, no one dared to say such a thing.

Therefore, the essence of this dispute is not a simple sharing of worries for the emperor, but a new division of power between the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

From Zhu Qiyu's point of view, he naturally has his own considerations.

After seeing the changes of the Ming Dynasty in a hundred years, he has thought a lot about the reasons for the final collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The collapse of a dynasty must have various complicated reasons.

However, as far as Daming is concerned, a very important one is that it treats scholars excessively.

This scholar includes scholars who have not entered the official position, officials who have entered the official position, and even squires who have entered the official position.

Seriously speaking, this is actually related to Emperor Taizu. Although his old man ruled the officials with an iron fist, he was very tolerant to scholars.

This kind of superiority, at the beginning, was based on status and status, such as judging people to see officials without kneeling, and later developed into treatment. Scholars who have obtained fame can be exempted from corvee and taxes, and later, criminal cases are also given. Scholars have a certain degree of immunity.

As a result, the Ministry of Punishments, the highest judicial department in charge of the world's criminal names, has almost no jurisdiction over official crimes except for court orders, and is regarded as normal by the court.

This is very abnormal!
Of course, the actions of officials are supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Kedao's supervision has its flaws.

First, Kodao officials only have the power of supervision, but not the power of interrogation. After finding out the crimes, they need to submit them to the imperial court for decision.

In this case, the imperial court sent another minister to investigate, which was relatively random, and there was a lot of room for movement in the middle.

Take the case of King Zhennan as an example, if an official who was experienced in punishment was in charge, he would never have closed the case so recklessly, so that after so many years, it could still cause such a big storm .

The second is that because of the special nature of the supervision, Ke Dao was allowed to gossip.

This was originally for the sake of clearing the way, but without follow-up system cooperation, this kind of rumors can easily become a tool for party struggle.

It is true that the struggle in the officialdom is not only because of the obvious faults, but also the interests of all aspects involved, but it is still the same sentence, if an official commits a crime, but because of his position, power, and relationship, he can finally get it. If it is preserved, then the trend of party formation will be difficult to curb.

Gradually bringing all criminal officials into the scope of interrogation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, although this problem cannot be completely solved, at least there can be institutional constraints.

At the same time, compared to the censor who was rumored to be involved, it is obvious that the Ministry of Criminal Justice is better at criminal cases, and it can also minimize unjust, false and wrong cases.

In Zhu Qiyu's mind, the Ministry of Punishment has never been an insignificant department. On the contrary, the Ministry of Punishment should have the same powerful deterrent effect on officials as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is in charge of supervision, and the Ministry of Officials, which is in charge of official assessment.

Of course, if you want to change the old practice, the process must be difficult and long.

However, no matter how difficult things are, they still have to be done.

In short, the dispute between the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was finally calmed down by Zhu Qiyu because of his lack of energy, and it was temporarily over.

At the same time, the rectification of the military settlements has also come to an end.

After the Qingzhang Tianmu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Justice identified the case in the early stage, the most important thing, and undoubtedly the most difficult, was naturally the final disposition.

After all, the ultimate purpose of rectifying the military settlements is to restore the farming and reduce the pressure on the imperial court, and second, to deter those young people so that they dare not reach out to the military settlements.

And this last step can only be done by the Ministry of War.

Although the emperor just gave the Ministry of Criminal Justice the right to interrogate, but after all, the reality must be considered.

There are so many people involved from top to bottom in the matter of military settlements, and the Ministry of Punishment is going to interrogate them, and it can only take the most typical ones for strict trial.

After all, the Ministry of War holds the power to raise and lower these officials.

So, in the Hall of Martial Arts, Yu Qian continued to speak, saying.

"The military department will participate in the whole process of rectifying the military settlements. After the initial clearing of the farmland, the military department will work with the household department to re-write the fish scale book, and calculate and recover the fields that originally belonged to the military settlements one by one."

"Whoever involves the occupation of military settlements, private cultivation of land, or misappropriation of soldiers will be punished according to the circumstances. At the same time, if the generals of the various borders are ordered to report actively during the process of clearing the land, they can be exempted from punishment as appropriate."

After the words fell, many people present frowned, but immediately relaxed them again.

Yu Qian's words were unexpected, but within reason!

It was a surprise because everyone felt that with Yu Qian's personality, he had spent so much energy on this matter, and he would definitely make a big hit in the end.

To put it bluntly, the heads of the people who didn't kill this time are rolling, it doesn't look like Yu Shili who didn't hit the south wall in his bones!
However, at the end, there was such a big commotion that the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Household Affairs were all alarmed.

But when it came time to deal with it, there were only two light sentences of 'punishment depending on the circumstances', or even 'those who voluntarily report may be exempted from punishment'.

This is undoubtedly a bit disappointing.

However, in fact, this is also a reasonable thing.

If it is said that it is the most difficult to clear Zhang Tianmu, and the interrogation process of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the most complicated, then the final disposal procedure is undoubtedly the most dangerous.

Because this is really about wielding a knife.

Recovering the fields and voluntarily reporting them are all just ruins of money, but if the Ministry of War is really wantonly dismissed, and even has the intention of killing, then it will be a disaster of desperately destroying the family.

No matter from which point of view, this is not the best policy.

Still the same sentence, the purpose of rectifying the military settlements is to ensure the number of military settlements and reduce the pressure on the court, not to kill people.

However, the elders still couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Although, in the past half month, the Ministry of War has been vaguely spreading news that this time the plan is very mild, but when it really comes to this time, they still feel a little regretful that there is an extra person in the court who can weigh the pros and cons. A minister, but a straight minister who goes forward is missing...

However, no matter what they think, this is the plan given by the Ministry of War.

After Yu Qian's voice fell, the emperor waited for a while, but when no one spoke, he said.

"I still say the same thing. Rectifying the military settlements is the most important government affairs next year. It involves all aspects. All yamen must work together and cooperate sincerely to serve the court."

Said, the emperor picked up the memorial and asked.

"I will let the Ministry of War continue to improve this charter and submit it to the court at the court meeting next year, but the general situation is like this. What else do you want to say?"

The bosses glanced at each other, and felt that there were a lot of changes today, and they needed to go back and think about it. Besides, this charter of the Ministry of War was made with the energy of so many people, not to mention comprehensive, but for a while It's not easy for them to pick any mistakes.

As a result, a group of ministers got up one after another and spoke.

"The ministers obey the order."

Immediately, the emperor nodded and said.

"Okay, since that's the case, all ministries can go back and start preparations. Uncle, Mr. Yu, Mr. Shen, and Dudu Fan stay here for a while, and the rest of you can leave."

This is obviously a small meeting.

However, the emperor had already issued an order to expel the guests, so the ministers at the bottom naturally did not dare to stay longer, and they all stood up and left. After a while, more than half of the people in the palace were missing, and only Zhennan King Zhu Huixun, Yu Qian, Shen Yi, and Fan Guang were left. four people.

The ministers had almost retreated, and Zhu Qiyu became more casual, with a smile on his face, and walked towards Zhennan Wangdao, who had been watching from the sidelines from the beginning to the end.

"Uncle must be very busy these days. How are the preparations for the son's marriage going?"

The fat Zhennan King stood up with great effort, cupped his hands, and said.

"Your Majesty, please ask. With the help of Uncle Hu Dazong from the Ministry of Rites and Yu Shaobao from the Ministry of War, the preparations are already in full swing. However, the time is too short, and I really feel wronged by the daughter of the Fan family."

Hearing this, Fan Guang stood up quickly and said.

"Where did the prince come from to say this, it is the blessing of the little girl to be favored by the son, so why talk about the word grievance?"

Seeing the way the two declined each other, the smile on Zhu Qiyu's face grew stronger, and said.

"Fan Dudu, you don't have to be too modest. This marriage was originally for the wish of the great uncle of King Min, so the preparations were a bit hasty. If you are wronged, you will be wronged."

"However, don't worry. Although the preparations are hasty, the royal family's dignity will not be lacking. After the New Year's Eve, I will order Shu Liang and Zhang Cheng to help you with it. When we get married, We must make this marriage the most beautiful in the entire capital."

Fan Guang didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would be so concerned about this marriage, he was a little dazed for a moment and didn't react.

However, King Zhennan on the side didn't hesitate at all, and immediately bowed his hands to thank him, saying.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your grace."

When he got up, his chubby face had already squeezed his eyes into a slit, and he said repeatedly.

"To tell you the truth, your majesty, these days, I'm not familiar with the place of life in the capital, but I'm too busy. After all, it's a clan marriage, so you can't be negligent in etiquette. If your majesty can send two father-in-laws to give pointers, I'll take care of you. Put it in the stomach."

Saying that, the Zhennan King rubbed his hands, as if a little embarrassed, said.

"Speaking of which, Your Majesty, a few days ago, the old man was still muttering that there are many treasures in the palace, so I need to ask you to ask for two of them to give to my granddaughter-in-law..."

Zhu Qiyu raised his brows, and couldn't help but look at this uncle with a little more approval.

So, following his words, Zhu Qiyu said.

"Don't worry, this marriage is the one I'm referring to, and the rewards given will definitely satisfy my great-uncle."

This time, Fan Guang came to his senses, but he was still a little late, so he could only follow Zhennan King and thank him together.

After getting up, the smile on Zhu Qiyu's face faded slightly, and said.

"A few days ago, Grand Uncle gave me a memorial, saying that he would resign from the position of patriarch. Did Uncle know about this?"

　One more today.

　　To correct a mistake, King Min and Zhu Di should be Zhu Qiyu's grand-uncles, and King Zhennan is from the generation of great-uncles...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)