Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

However, they are just doing some black-box operations, and there are not too many major problems.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were some things that were not on the table. For example, if you were an official in the water transport, if someone gave you a gift, you could let his ship transport the things there first. , then there is no other way, and the fish and shrimp deserve it right if they rot in the warehouse.

As for the hands of these big officials, there is no need to say more.

Take Liang Qingbiao, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, as an example. His subordinates from the fifth-rank member Wailang want to be promoted to the fifth-rank doctor, and almost all they need is a word from the Shangshu.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is called the Tianguan, because he holds almost all the promotion appointments of the fifth rank and below officials of the Ming Dynasty. You are absolutely joking if you say that he does not respect filial piety.

So Zhu Yuanzhang's words can be regarded as a big thunderstorm on the ground. Everyone was shocked, but they had to oppose it.

Li Shanchang first expressed his objection: "It is not appropriate to use the method of superiors. Although rumors and rumors can relieve financial pressure for a while, they can cause turmoil in the government and the public. It is absolutely not feasible!"

Seeing Li Shanchang coming out to speak, Liu Bowen also said immediately.

"Master Li is right. If you spread rumors easily now, many people will take advantage of the opportunity to gain favor by falsely accusing Shangguan. Many things will be difficult to control. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Seeing everyone's opposition, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a bit ugly, but after all, he was an important minister of the court, and everyone agreed, so he said helplessly.

"Since you say so, let's put this matter aside for now. Tomorrow at the court meeting, we will announce this matter in front of all officials above rank four. Let's listen to everyone's opinions before discussing it."

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang held a court meeting, and asked all officials above rank five to four to be present, and began to announce the method of exposing each other to rumors and rumors.

Of course, many important ministers of the six departments and nine ministers began to object, but Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said to them.

"If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night. Are you now objecting to our arrangement because of something wrong? Is there anything wrong with this?"

As soon as these words came out, these important officials of the court would naturally not object any more. If they really objected again, wouldn't it prove that there was something wrong with them, and they were waiting for the investigation by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded secretly, thinking that this group of people is still sensible, if the dispute continues, he will lose face as the emperor.

Just as he was about to announce the dispersal of the court, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Your Majesty's matter is indeed inappropriate. If you arrange it like this, it will cause irreversible consequences. I hope your Majesty will think twice before acting so recklessly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and saw that this person was very young, probably in his 20s, with a childish look on his face.

This person's name is Fang Xiaoru, and he has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. Later, he was accepted by Song Lian as a disciple.

The first-ranked scholar in the second class is called Chuanlu, and he is only slightly inferior to the No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua three tripods. It can be seen that Fang Xiaoru is considered a young talent.

Now Fang Xiaoru, as Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, can be regarded as a fourth-rank official of the East Palace. Although he doesn't have much power, he can be regarded as a noble person.

In court meetings of this level, he, a fourth-rank official, is considered a small official. Basically, no one is willing to listen to him. He also knows it very well, and generally never expresses his opinions.

However, after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's idea today, he couldn't help jumping out and decided to be tough with the current emperor.

Song Lian was terrified. He was not afraid that Fang Xiaoru would get him involved, but he felt that Fang Xiaoru, a young and talented man, should never be executed by the emperor because of this incident. It would be regarded as the loss of Daming's talents, and he had to intercede face to face.

Therefore, he immediately went to work and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Fang Xiaoru is young and Meng Lang, and I suggest that he be removed from the official position of Zhan Shi and return to the Imperial Academy for election."

As a teacher, Song Lian can only do so much. If Fang Xiaoru's Hanlin status can be preserved, then he will naturally be able to make his mark again, which is considered well-intentioned.

What I didn't expect was that although Fang Xiaoru could understand the teacher's preservation, he couldn't accept it. He told Zhu Yuanzhang very frankly.

"Your Majesty, I'm just a mediocre scholar. I have received the grace of heaven to become the top scholar of the second class, and was elected as an official of the East Palace. Naturally, I should say what I have, and live up to the emperor's kindness! But this matter has nothing to do with Song Ge. Because the minister bluntly hurt the teacher."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, his face was a little ugly. For many years, no such young official had contradicted himself so much in the court meeting.

But today is the court meeting, and Zhu Yuanzhang has long mentioned that the speaker is innocent, so even if Fang Xiaoru's words are not pleasant, he has to give him a chance to finish speaking.

This is the mind and magnanimity an emperor should have, and Zhu Yuanzhang must show it.

"Okay, Fang, you should talk about it. If you speak well, we will reward you, and if you speak badly, you will be punished!"

The three cabinet ministers and the officials of the six ministries and nine ministers all knew in their hearts that it seemed that Fang Xiaoru was going to be in trouble. You thought anyone could contradict the emperor, but you thought you couldn't be Zhu Tao!
They even began to mourn Fang Xiaoru in their hearts. This child would not cause trouble on earth, but would cause disaster in heaven.

Fang Xiaoru didn't realize this at all, he only knew that he was a courtier of Daming, so he should speak freely, and if the emperor made mistakes, he should also correct the shortcomings.

"Your Majesty, since Pangu created the world, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors have relied on benevolent government to benefit the people. Why did they plunder foreigners to benefit the country! The emperor wants to conquer Dongying and build a fleet of ships in itself, which is a waste of people and money, not to mention this rumor. The purpose is to allow officials to report each other and get money, which in itself is not conducive to stability and unity. If everyone does this, whoever dares to become an official in the future will dare to be a human again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became increasingly ugly, but Fang Xiaoru didn't expect Fang Xiaoru to take it seriously and continued with his concluding remarks.

"Therefore, I believe that it is not advisable to conquer Japan as a colony, or start rumors and rumors. This will damage the emperor's virtuous government. Please think twice, the emperor is done!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as heavy as an iron pot, and he looked at Fang Xiaoru and said.

"You have such a poisonous mouth. You have only read a few books. Can the teachings of Confucius and Mencius in the books be worth the livelihood of the people of the world? You claim to be a lowly Confucian, but I think you are just a corrupt Confucian!"

Fang Xiaoru was talking here, but Song Lian was already sweating from fright. He didn't expect that his student would dare to speak so boldly. This time, he might not be able to keep this straight minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Song Lian closed his eyes, and he prayed silently in his heart, even if this student could get a grace to commit suicide, it would be God's grace.