Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 367 I will not establish a system of four classes of people
Afterwards.

Hall of Martial Arts.

After Zhu Gaoxu sat at the royal table, the cabinet ministers sat on the left and right sides of the hall.

Attendant Kang Ping stood at the lower right corner of the imperial table. There was a table in front of him, and on the table was a thick stack of memorials.

"read."

Zhu Gaoxu first glanced at the six cabinet ministers (Li Jinglong was on the grassland), then moved his eyes to Kang Ping and gave instructions loudly.

"Yes."

Kang Ping bowed.

Then he began to roll call each book one by one.

"The virtuous and righteous king pinched Liehu, impeached the censor Yu Qian, took the people as concubines, and harmed the people."

"The virtuous and righteous king pinched Liehu, impeached the censor Yu Qian, and set up a private court to intimidate local officials, seize people's fields, and forcibly demolish people's houses."

"Your Majesty King Anle impeached Tu Luba and impeached Yu Qian, the censor, for inciting officers and soldiers to invade and occupy people's houses and beat him and return him to the civil service."

When Wei Guogong Xu Huizu heard this, he couldn't help but frown, and even the mature and prudent ministers such as Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji also drooped their faces.

None of them expected that the Xianyi King Nieliehu and Anle King Batu Luba, who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became ministers of the Ming Dynasty, would impeach Yu Qian.

Just when the cabinet ministers were full of doubts, Kang Ping continued to roll the names.

"My minister Yu Qian, the censor of Shaanxi and Liaodong, impeached the virtuous king Nie Liehu for allowing his private servants to commit crimes and kill common people."

"My minister Yu Qian, the censor of Shaanxi and Liaodong, impeached King Anle for obstructing Tuluba from building a cable telegraph, which triggered civil unrest."

When Kang Ping sang here, Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand to signal him to stop.

Later, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "What do the ministers think of Nie Liehu and impeaching Tuluba and Yu Qian?"

"Your Majesty, in order to build cable telegraph, Yu Qian has carried out demolition many times. This time he demolished more than 1 households at one time, which had a great impact. It can be said that the construction of cable telegraph has become the first nuisance to the people in the Qianxi Dynasty so far. Although Nie Liehu and Ba Tuluba were settled in Heishui City, tens of thousands of naturalized people were settled in Ningxia, Yulin, and Datong. It is reasonable for them to exchange letters. . It is understandable that the two of them spoke for the naturalized people."

Xia Yuanji said: "I feel that it is nothing new for ministers to be eager for success and cause trouble. The top priority is to settle the demolished people, whether they are naturalized people, original residents, or immigrants. You need to comfort him to prevent trouble."

"Your Majesty, King Xianyi and King Anle are making such a fuss about Tuluba, which means they don't understand the overall situation."

Wei Guogong Xu Huizu responded: "However, the demolition and resettlement funds should be distributed by the local chief secretary and the local magistrate. The people on the ground in Shaanxi and Liaodong provinces are naturally managed by the chief secretaries of the two provinces, and it is not Yu Qian's turn."

The chief envoy is mainly responsible for the administration and financial affairs of a province. He can be selected through special orders, recommendations from courtiers, and titles issued by the Ministry of Personnel.

Xia Yuanji retorted: "This is wrong. These refugees came here because of the construction of roads, bridges and cable telegraph. Therefore, it is still up to Yu Qian, the temporary admiral of cable telegraph affairs appointed by His Majesty, to deal with the aftermath."

Xu Huizu did not back down and said: "It is the responsibility of local officials to govern the people and protect the land. Yu Qian, the temporary admiral, naturally specializes in building wired telegraphs. If he breaks the rules and participates in civil affairs wherever he builds them, then how can he do that?"

Zhu Gaoxu said in an unhappy tone: "Li Xin and others didn't make enough trouble in the court just now. Are you planning to continue making trouble too?"

"Your Majesty, I think this is not the time to argue about right and wrong. Tens of thousands of refugees are still there. If they are not handled properly, it will cause disaster. No matter how much money the court spends, it may not be able to appease it. As for Who is responsible for distributing the demolition and resettlement money? I think it comes second.”

Jian Yi quickly said: "What Wei Guogong and Da Situ just said are actually reasonable. Please make it clear to your Majesty the scope of authority of Yu Qian and local officials."

Zhu Gaoxu listened silently to what Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, said, and did not "express" anything.Jian Yi saw that the emperor was silent, so he continued: "The coverage of cable telegraphy is not limited to Ningxia and Datong. If Yu Qian is allowed to continue to cause trouble in one government, let alone the fourth year of Qianxi, even if it is Qianxi In the next ten years, I’m afraid this cable telegraph won’t be repaired.”

"If I want to establish a huge and prosperous dynasty, I may not be able to do it within 100 years. I wish I could live one day at a time. The matter of demolition and resettlement is a trivial matter. We cannot damage the imperial court's influence because of this matter. Prestige in front of the people.”

Zhu Gaoxu decided to arrest the big ones and release the small ones, and said decisively: "The Ministry of Household Affairs will first settle the demolition and resettlement of the elderly, and let Yu Qian be responsible for the aftermath, and settle the refugees as soon as possible. The Metropolitan Governor's Office sent a letter to the Zhili Governor's Office, and asked the Zhili Governor's Office to send a logistics officer Ying used to assist Yu Qian in building resettlement houses for the refugees.”

"The minister leads the order."

Xu Huizu and Xia Yuanji said in unison.

"If your Majesty only issues one edict, this matter may not be able to achieve immediate results. I believe that the powerful people who have surrendered, represented by the Xianyi King Nieliehu and the Anle King Bitu Luba, are now on the same level as Yu Qian. Your Majesty can send a I am an imperial envoy and will go down to supervise this matter."

Jian Yi paused and spoke again.

"Who do you think is appropriate to send?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"If Your Majesty will not give up, I am willing to go."

Jian Yi stood up and bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu was greatly surprised. He did not expect Jian Yi to be so supportive of this matter. He quickly raised his hand and said: "Okay! I will send another troop from the Beijing army to serve as your guard of honor, and then let the logistics battalion of the Zhili Governor's Mansion I’ll go with you.”

"The minister obeys the order."

Jian Yi bowed and accepted the order.

After Jian Yi sat back down, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Kang Ping and said, "Hand it down."

"Yes."

Kang Ping bowed and saluted, and then handed out a copy of Yu Qian and Liu Lun's secret notes on the table in front of him to each of the six ministers in the cabinet.

"This is a secret report from Liu Lun and Yu Qian, the co-presidents of Ningxia Prefecture. You should take a look first."

Zhu Gaoxu said when he saw that everyone had taken the copies of Liu and Yu's secret memorials.

After a while, he looked around at the cabinet ministers and continued: "The impeachment memorials of King Xianyi, Nieliehu and King Anle of Tuluba, as well as the secret memorials of Liu Lun and Yu Qian, the same governors of Ningxia Prefecture, all illustrate one fact. That is, the place Officials were worried that punishing naturalized citizens who had broken the law would cause dissatisfaction among other naturalized citizens, so they had scruples and restrained their hands when deciding and hearing cases, so that naturalized citizens gradually had the privilege of judicial leniency invisibly."

"In order to prevent this from happening again, I suggest that when revising the "Da Ming Code", the Third Division can add a new 'crime of alienating officials and people', so that this kind of situation can be effectively curbed."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Xiong Gai, who had been restored to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and said loudly: "Anyone who incites the people to engage in bloody conflicts with local yamen or court officials will be sentenced to the crime of alienating the officials and the people. The first offender will be sentenced to beheading, the accomplice will be sentenced to hanging, and his family members will be exiled for three thousand years." inside."

In March this year, Zhu Gaoxu asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple to jointly revise the "Da Ming Code". The matter is still in the processing stage.

"Whether it is Han people or naturalized people, as far as the imperial court is concerned, they are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. No one can have special privileges. Everyone is treated equally when entering school, taking scientific examinations, and serving as an official!"

"My Ming Dynasty is not the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. I will not establish a system of four classes of people, but I will never allow people to threaten local officials by insisting on their own status as subordinates!"

"All citizens of the Ming Dynasty must abide by the laws and regulations of the imperial court. No folk customs or folk customs can override the imperial laws and regulations!"

Zhu Gaoxu said this and ordered: "The cabinet drafted an edict. The Xianyi King Nieliehu and Anle King connived at Tuluba's subordinates and servants to do evil. He repeatedly violated the court's laws and demoted Nieliehu to Xianyi County Bo and demoted him to Xianyi County Bo. Make Tuluba the uncle of Anle County. If he does it again, he will be demoted to the people according to the law."

(End of this chapter)