Domineering Daming

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Feng Deyuan raised his hand and said: "I think the 'Nine Regulations' promulgated by the imperial court are too harsh, without buffer, and too rigid. I suggest that there should be a three to five-year suspension time to inform the world. If so, Mr. Yang Fengzhong Things like this will not happen, leaving Jinan, Shandong, and even the imperial court in disgrace..."

Huang Chengyuan and the others looked at each other secretly and shook their heads slightly at the same time.

This Mr. Feng is really ignorant of current affairs. The "nine regulations" were mentioned by the emperor two years ago, and now they have to be postponed for another three to five years. Who is this slapping?In particular, Yang Fengzhong was mentioned. The emperor was there at the time and witnessed everything. What is his remonstrance, he is clearly on the road to death!

"Master Feng, how much have you collected in the past two years?" Zhu Xu asked with a smile.

Chapter 649

In order to cope with the investigation of the governor's office and today, Feng Deyuan was well prepared, and raised his hand without hesitation and said: "Back to the emperor, these things are all under the control of the lowly, but in the past few years, the minister has donated most of his family property, more than 1 yuan. Both are used to relieve disaster victims."

Zhu Xu laughed immediately, and said to the others: "Look, Mr. Feng is my good official in Daming! The most important thing in governing one side is to make the people live and work in peace and contentment, improve their living standards, and donate their family property to relief The disaster victims, in terms of the current officialdom where no one is greedy, are really precious..."

"Your Majesty has given you too much credit." Feng Deyuan said calmly, but his eyes were secretly happy.With the emperor's words, it was not easy for the governor's yamen to move him.

Those who didn't know the inside story secretly regretted that they didn't stand up to show their merits.

It is known that Huang Chengyuan and others look unchanged, but they are shaking their heads in their hearts. This Lord Feng still hasn't figured out that the emperor in front of him is not the former Tianqi. It must be severely punished later.

The words in their hearts hadn't finished yet, suddenly there was a huge sound of drumming outside the governor's yamen, and it came in like a muffled thunder.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhu Xu said, "What's the matter?"

Huang Chengyuan stood up and said: "Return to the emperor, the affairs have been complicated recently, the minister played a big drum in the yamen, and the people who have grievances can come and sound the drum to complain."

Zhu Xu let out a "huh" and said with a smile, "Then call me in, and I'll hear if there's any grievance."

Huang Chengyuan had a clear conscience, and said to the outside: "Bring it in."

A guard outside the door turned around, said "yes" and walked forward quickly.

The other people in the lobby were all worried, if the emperor insisted on holding on to it, all of them would suffer.

Not long after, Gong Dingzi, who looked like a scholar in a Confucian shirt, was brought in. He looked at "Zhu Muyu" who was sitting in the upper seat and looked at him with a smile. He was stunned, suddenly enlightened, kneeled down with a plop, and said loudly: " Examination candidate Gong Dingzi, kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Xu smiled and waved his hands, and said, "Let's get along, we've known each other before, so there's no need to be polite."

A little bit of sweat appeared on Gong Dingzi's head, his head was covered with paste, and his heart was even more uneasy.

How could he have guessed that the person he met by chance, the person who chatted with them, would be the current emperor!But when I look back and think about it, besides the emperor, who can have such a thorough understanding of today's government affairs! ?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gong Dingzi stood up, his mind was still in a mess, and he forgot about coming for a while.

Huang Chengyuan, Feng Deyuan and others all stared at Gong Dingzi, wondering why this examinee was complaining here?

Gong Dingzi quickly calmed down, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhu Xu, his body was trembling, and he still said loudly: "The grass people want to report to the emperor, Yang Fengzhong, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture, and Feng Deyuan, the prefect of Tai'an Prefecture. The imperial court used money and food for disaster relief, and collaborated with the gentry of the two places to divide the land under their names and avoid taxation by the imperial court!"

Before Gong Dingzi finished speaking, Feng Deyuan quickly stood up and said loudly: "I am wronged! I have never intervened in the court's disaster relief, and I have always been the direct manager of the household department. My family property is only [-] mu of land, and I have declared it to the patrol office. There is no Any concealment, please learn from the emperor."

Zhu Xu smiled, looked at Gong Dingzi and said, "Just now I praised Feng Aiqing for loving the people like a son. You don't have evidence, so you can't indiscriminately frame the court ministers. You will be punished!"

Gong Dingzi calmed down, took out a memorial from his bosom, and said: "Return to the emperor, this is an exposing memorial jointly written by some officials and gentry from various places in Shandong, please read it."

Cao Huachun hurried forward, took it and handed it to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu glanced at Feng Deyuan, opened it and looked.

Feng Deyuan broke out in cold sweat. He ignored these two matters, thinking that no one would mention them, but he never expected that someone would report him in front of the emperor, the governor's yamen and a group of people!

His eyes flickered quickly, his back bent even more unconsciously, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this minister is following the Jinan government's decree, and has never been corrupt or colluded with illegal gentry. Please also pay attention to the emperor."

Zhu Xu closed the notebook, threw it to him, and said calmly, "Gong Dingzi, tell me."

"According to the order!"

Concentrated, Gong Dingzi turned his head to look at Feng Deyuan, and said coldly: "Master Feng, in the past month, your three brothers-in-laws have suddenly gained nearly a thousand acres of fertile land, and your housekeeper, master, has suddenly gained more Thousands of acres, and other sevens and eights, add up to nearly 10 acres, you don’t have to admit it, but just check the past contracts of these fields, you will definitely not be able to escape! There are only a few of your wives and concubines in Huitong Commercial Bank There are at least several [-] taels of silver in deposits, and you will definitely not be able to erase them! Your shops and warehouses for money and food must have not been cleaned up for a while, and you only need to do a little research, and the evidence is convincing! How about it, Mr. Feng, Do you want me to continue talking?"

A trace of sweat broke out on Feng Deyuan's chubby face, his eyes were red, and his face twitched.

Huang Chengyuan stood up, and said with stern eyes: "Feng Deyuan, do you plead guilty now, or let the officer personally bring someone to investigate for you?"

Feng Deyuan knew very well that he couldn't stand the investigation. After so many years and so many things, how could he wipe them all away in a short time!

He struggled in his heart, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said dejectedly: "The guilty minister pleaded guilty, and please ask the emperor to give him a lighter punishment."

Zhu Xu sighed, and said: "Being loyal seems like a traitor, and I have misjudged him. Come here, drag him down, and hand it over to the governor's office."

"Yes." Two guards rushed in and dragged Feng Deyuan away.

"Arrange a seat for Gong Dingzi," Zhu Xu said.

A guard brought in a stool and placed it at the back. Gong Dingzi raised his hand and said, "Thank you, the emperor."

He didn't dare to raise his head, lowered his head, bowed, slowly pushed to the end, and sat down carefully.

A group of people dared not speak, especially Huang Chengyuan and others who had seen the emperor and been to Beijing, felt more and more anxious.

The emperor is not such a gentle person at all, letting Feng Deyuan go so easily is not the emperor's style at all!

Zhu Xu sat there, flapping the folding fan in his hand, his eyes swept across the faces of Huang Chengyuan, Yan Mingtai and others, and after a while he smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, let's just chat today, first let me talk about my time in Shandong these days Think about moving."

Huang Chengyuan and others did not dare to be careless at all, and bowed slightly to show respect for the hadith.

"My first feeling is corruption. The officials in Shandong, from top to bottom, I don't know who is clean and who is corrupt? Corruption brings a lot of harm. People are superfluous, alienated from the people, corrupt the court's discipline, and lead to corruption. The turmoil in the officialdom has caused civil unrest, which can be said to be the root cause of the change of dynasties. Feng Deyuan is a magistrate with nearly 10 acres of land. How did he get it? He is much older, if he also celebrates his birthday, will he be able to collect a million taels? I remember that the annual tax payment in Tianqi years was only 250 million, maybe I can earn it on this birthday..."

Everyone's heart turned cold when they heard it, the emperor's words were harsh, and their faces were all thrown to the ground, but there was nothing to refute.

Zhu Xu talked a lot, and continued: "The second is the disaster situation. The disaster situation in Shandong is not serious, but it is not as serious as the previous report. If all levels can take it seriously, relying on Shandong's ability can basically solve it. From In the past three years of Chongzhen, the imperial court has exempted Shandong from taxes, and nearly 1000 million taels of money and food have been provided for disaster relief. How do you feel..."

A group of people's scalps are numb, the emperor clearly wants to settle accounts after the fall!

Having said this, Zhu Xu picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "It seems that local officials have become a habit of deceiving others. This habit is very bad. In the past, I didn't pursue it because of the New Deal and the establishment of slaves." Waiting for things to be entangled. Now that the New Deal is starting, I have to open my eyes if I am blind, and you have to work hard to get rid of those stinky problems. I hope that both the ministers and the workers can be wise and wise, and this will become a good story through the ages... "

A group of people became more and more uneasy, and even Gong Dingzi felt anxious.

"I hope that the officials of my Ming Dynasty can still have the sentiment of helping the world while studying articles and poems. Since they are officials, they must be worthy of the people of one side, and don't spend all day talking about lies, empty words, and big words. Don't care about the margins, keep your feet on the ground, put government affairs into practice, and strive to improve the living standards of the people. Don't aim too high, look to the end of the world, and be at a loss..."

A group of people did not move, and it was not that no one here really wanted to do something.

It's just that since Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, the government collapsed rapidly, and officials formed cliques for privacy, fell into internal friction, and couldn't accomplish anything at all.Although the Donglin Party is one of the biggest causes of factional struggles in recent years, their slogans are not out of thin air, they are all based on the bleak reality of the Ming Dynasty government.

"As for the words, I will stop at the end. I can't do everything in the world by myself. I have told you, Governor Huang, that I will not intervene in the affairs of Shandong. But if I intervene, everything is out of your hands... ..."

Everyone was sitting on pins and needles, the emperor slapped them in the face coldly and gave them a warning.

"The other is the White Lotus Sect. I have seen it in many places. In addition, I also know in the capital that there is a Catholic religion. They still approached me, hoping to let them preach, but I rejected it. Regarding religion, I don't know." Oppose, but the doctrine must conform to the law of my Ming Dynasty. You can’t set up sects at will, fool the people, and defraud them of their money. What kind of doctrine is this? ?”