Mingshi

Chapter 1447
"Some were emotional, some were downcast. But most were downcast."

Luo Xin took a sip of porridge and said, "Has anyone gone to the cabinet to find Xu Jie and Gao Gong?"

"Yes, of course, all the time."

Luo Xin couldn't help but frowned and said, "They gathered again to block the cabinet?"

"That's not true. They didn't go together in series, but in twos and threes. And often the next batch went, and the previous batch left immediately."

Luo Xin looked slightly calm and said: "Are they still going to argue about salary?"

"What a fart!" Tao Xingyan said: "At this time, who dares to mention the matter of salary? One is afraid of being beaten by His Majesty, and the other can't afford to lose face. If you still mention the matter of salary increase at this time, Isn't it telling the people in the world that they blocked the palace gate in the first place to increase their salary?

It was good to make a fuss, they didn't mention it themselves. "

Luo Xin couldn't help but sighed slightly: "Why bother?"

"Yes!"

"Then what are they doing in the cabinet?"

"I want the cabinet to meet the Holy Spirit, and ask the Holy Spirit to release Hai Rui and the others."

"Have Xu Jie and Gao Gong gone?"

"No!" Tao Xingyan shook his head and said, "However, His Majesty has a decree to pass on."

"Huh?" Luo Xin raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He has been in prison for the past two days, and he really doesn't know anything about the outside world.

"What did His Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty said that if any official appears outside the forbidden door without being summoned, he will be immediately arrested. Once arrested, don't think about coming out again."

"Is Your Majesty crazy?"

Luo Xin said in disbelief that although Emperor Jiajing had a cold nature before, he still had a bottom line in the end, and now there is no bottom line at all.

"That's right!" Haizheng said, "Isn't this treating all officials as enemies?"

Not only did Luo Xin become worried, he said: "Then... the ministers didn't react? Didn't the crowd get excited and create a bigger storm?"

In Luo Xin's view, those officials dared to block the palace gates for their salaries. At this time, Emperor Jiajing regards the officials as enemies. I am afraid that the officials will block the palace gates even more angrily.

But I didn't expect Zhang Xun and others to shake their heads and say, "No!"

"This..." Luo Xin showed surprise on his face.

"It's normal when you think about it." Zhang Xun sighed and said, "Actually, during the storm of etiquette three years after His Majesty's ascension to the throne, the backbones of the officials of the Ming Dynasty were already knocked out. Now nearly 40 years have passed, If it wasn't for the fact that most of the officials couldn't get through, they wouldn't dare to block the door. I didn't expect that His Majesty would be more ruthless this time. How could the officials who have lost their backbones block the palace door again?
It's just that there is resentment in my heart, which is not the blessing of Daming! "

"That's right!" Yun Zhiqiu also sighed and said, "There is resentment in my heart, so naturally I won't do my job well, and sometimes I may deliberately mess things up, Daming...this will shake the foundation of the country."

"That's right!" Tao Xingyan said suddenly: "The officials have a lot of complaints about you now."

"Me?" Luo Xin was surprised, then shook his head suddenly and sighed.

Tao Xingyan went on to say: "First, you didn't go to the palace to block the gate, that means you didn't stand in the same team with them. Of course, you are a third-rank, in fact, counting your vain job, you are a second-rank, no It’s nothing to block the gate of the palace. However, when those people in the cabinet showed up and you didn’t show up, they complained about you.”

Luo Xin laughed and said: "It's not that you didn't block the palace gate, so they have no complaints against you?"

"Why not?" Zhang Xun on the side smiled wryly, "Not many people are willing to talk to us now."

"Hehe..." Luo Xin laughed twice, then looked at Tao Xingyan again.

Tao Xingyan then continued: "Secondly, not only did you not go to block the palace gate, but instead you became the chief judge of the case. This is standing on the opposite side of the officials. Naturally, they have a lot of complaints against you."

Luo Xin said silently for a moment: "If there are complaints, there will be complaints. I just hope that this matter can be dragged on, and the 53 officials in the sky prison can be rescued. You don't know the environment in the sky prison. As far as the physiques of those officials are not working, I think more than half of them will die if they are detained for more than a month."

"They haven't admitted their mistakes yet?"

"no!"

"Then...do you have a solution?"

"Let's go hungry for another day. Wait until the fourth day. It should be when they are weakest, whether it is physically or mentally. At that time, I will go and have a look. I will not go tomorrow, otherwise, these people will As if I was begging them. Alas..."

"Hey..." Zhang Xun also sighed, "Why are they doing this? Even if they don't admit their mistakes and end up dying in prison or being killed by His Majesty, they won't earn even the slightest bit of fame. It is a taint, which will leave an eternal infamy."

"How come?" Luo Xin asked in surprise.

"Let me talk." Yun Zhiqiu said: "No, you are busy trying the case and didn't go to the tea house of the wine shop. Now there is a rumor circulating in the tea house of the wine shop. It is said that a hundred officials blocked the palace gate because Seeing that the Ming Dynasty’s finances have improved and the people live and work in peace and contentment, these officials felt that the people’s lives were better and their lives should be better, so they went to block the palace gates and demanded a salary increase, and they were arrested by His Majesty.”

"and……"

"And what?"

"There are many people in the restaurant and tea house who are scolding those officials, leading the speech to a situation that is extremely unfavorable to all officials. The reputation of Ming officials has been ruined.

The reputation of an official has never been so ruined for thousands of years. Your Majesty is too cruel. "

Luo Xin sat there in a daze, without thinking, he knew that Emperor Jiajing must have arranged Jinyiwei and Dongchang to promote this matter.This is in line with Emperor Jiajing's character.

If you don't make me better, I will make you worse!
If you don't let me have a good year, I will let you have a bad year.

"boom!"

At this moment in Gao Gong's mansion, Gao Gong slapped the table hard, his face became extremely gloomy.

"Your Majesty... This is really treating the officials as enemies!" The two lines of old tears rolled down: "Your Majesty, what is the majesty of the officials? What is the dignity of the officials?
How to govern the world, how to face the people?
How will the common people view Baiguan?From then on, officials will encounter double difficulties in governing the region.Because people no longer trust officials.How can an official not be a corrupt official if he can block the palace gates for his salary?
Your Majesty, you are destroying the foundation of Daming!woo woo woo..."

Xu House.

Xu Jie's face was extremely gloomy, and his brows were furrowed, but finally turned into a helpless sigh.Whispered in a low voice:

"Da Ming is in danger!"

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(End of this chapter)