Chapter six hundred and ten: Joining forces
So Emperor Tianqi smiled and looked at Wei Zhongxian kneeling under the horse, saying, "Parent Wei... what do you think?"
Although Emperor Tianqi had a smile on his face, his heart was infuriated at this moment. He obviously took his anger to Wei Zhongxian.
In fact, this is understandable. Among the three people, two of them are Wei Zhongxian's people. How do you say this?
Wei Zhongxian was expressionless and said: "I think... the evidence of the crime in the case of rebellion is conclusive, and there is no need to continue the trial. There is no need to do this in one go."
His words made Emperor Aoki slightly stunned.
He didn't expect that Wei Zhongxian would actually oppose the trial of the three officials, so his face calmed down a lot. Then his eyes turned, his eyes fell on another person and said, "Is that so? Huang Qing, what do you think?"
Emperor Tianqi has never been a completely mindless person. Today, he returned to the palace and found such a surprise.
The three judicial departments even requested interrogation.
But Wei Zhongxian opposed it.
This is nothing but a touchstone for Emperor Apocalypse, and he just weighs everyone's quality.
Huang Liji, who was clicked, had to go forward and say, "Your Majesty... I think..."
Huang Li smiled bitterly. He actually didn't want to be the one who stood out, but at this time he had no choice but to avoid it. So he gritted his teeth and said, "I think it's better to be a trial. This is not a bad thing. Otherwise... where should I put the laws of the country?"
Liu Hongxun, not far away, stood up without waiting for Emperor Tianqi to ask: "I also think it should be tried."
After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi had already realized something in his heart. His eyes fell on Sun Chengzong, who was originally trying to ask his mentor Sun Chengzong.
But when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly held back. He didn't dare to ask in detail, afraid that the results he got made him sad.
At this time, Emperor Tianqi no longer had the heroic spirit he had when he entered the city just now, because he suddenly realized... something was simple.
So he said, "Zhang Qing, tell me."
Zhang Jingyi was still calm and said, "Since you need to be judged, it's all right. If you don't agree, you will inevitably be criticized for being arbitrary. Since someone is willing to be judged, I will be idle."
When Emperor Tianqi saw Zhang Jingyi's happy and leisurely look, he became scheming in his heart and said, "Since that's the case, then it's as you wish."
The three of them were immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
At this time, Emperor Tianqi was actually thinking about returning home. His mind was in the palace. His son had been missing for a long time. When he was away, he kept worrying about it. Seeing that the door of the house was in front of him, he continued to beat the horse into the palace without delaying it.
When Emperor Tianqi's back walked away, the rest of the people dispersed and went busy.
However, Wei Zhongxian did not immediately follow Emperor Tianqi to enter the palace, but took a look at Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jingyi met that gaze and understood it.
The two of them simply... went to the city tower of Daming Gate at the same time and retreated the guards on both sides.
Standing here and looking at the continuous official offices in the distance, Wei Zhongxian took the lead and said, "This trip to Jiangnan is really scary."
"Brother Wei..." Zhang Jing smiled and said, "What's so scary about this?"
Wei Zhongxian said, "It was because we were frightened. We only now know that Your Majesty has made up his mind and really plans to go all the way. Although Your Majesty has some signs in advance, we don't know that Your Majesty's determination is so great."
Zhang Jingyi was a little confused about Wei Zhongxian's thoughts.
So he said, "Then Brother Wei thinks... can this new policy be successful?"
"Difficult." Wei Zhongxian shook his head without thinking much, "It's as difficult as climbing to the sky."
"How can I see it?"
"Brother Zhang." Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "The new policies in the world are all kinds of, and there are everything, but some are successful, and some are not even successful, but they can't even find one at the edge. If you don't talk about the others, just say our Ming Dynasty. Have you forgotten Liu Jin's new policies?"
Liu Jin was a powerful official during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty. With the support of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty, he immediately began to implement the new policy. Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty and Liu Jin were real people. Their measures to implement the new policy were very simple. They mainly did several things. The first thing was to lay off redundant personnel.
In other words, there are too many officials! If there are too many officials, you have to be cut off and removed!
Liu Jin was also a ruthless person. Without saying a word, he laid off 30 official positions in Beijing and Nanjing, 68 official positions in local bureaus, and 26 grassroots official positions; in addition, there were also additional positions in Tongzong after the Tianshun Dynasty, totaling 445; and the governors from Yunnan, Shandong, Guizhou, Shanxi, Henan and other places were laid off, with a total of 11 members.
In addition, it is to restrict the seal. As long as the civil servants in Daming have made merits, they can be granted with gifts. This gift can be passed on to their descendants. The sons of first-rank officials can be granted with a fifth-rank official immediately after they become adults, and the sons of second-rank officials can be granted with a sixth-rank official, and so on. Liu Jin changed it directly, and if they can be granted without a seal, they will not be granted.
The third example is that Hanlin is a foreigner. Hanlin is a clean official and is in the capital. Liu Jin feels that these guys are not optimistic, so he asks them to work in the local area.
The fourth case is to punish corruption, and in order to expose it, a drama is created that welcomes everyone to report each other and whoever reports it can be promoted.
In addition, it is to restrict the private use and abuse of the imperial post stations, demand to remeasure the land in the world, and strengthen the capital inspection, etc.
Of course, Liu Jin's result was very bad, because he immediately recruited counterattacks from officials and gentry in the world, and ended up being cut into pieces.
When Wei Zhongxian mentioned Liu Jin, his eyes stared at Zhang Jingyi: "Then Liu Jin was so domineering and so powerful, but in the end... Has anyone surrendered to his domineering methods? Brother Zhang thinks about it again, who is more violent than Liu Jin's new policy? Liu Jin's actions ended up with a place where he died without a burial. Now, Brother Zhang not only harms the interests of others, but clearly wants to dig out other people's roots. Then think about it, when you go against so many people, where will Brother Zhang be placed?"
After hearing this, Zhang Jing nodded and then frowned: "In this way, Brother Wei does not support the new policy, and he thinks it will definitely not succeed?"
"Of course we think it's difficult to succeed." Wei Zhongxian pulled his face down and said, "But who said we don't support it anymore?"
Zhang Jingyi: “…”
Wei Zhongxian said seriously: "It is one thing to know the difficulties, because he knows the difficulties of the new policy, so he is prepared for the worst. But supporting the new policy is another thing, it is two different things!"
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Chapter completed!