First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Hearing this, Li Xi's tone was not right, and he said hastily: "Li Xiang, there are some disciples in the lower officials, but they also follow the rules to work for the officials, and I absolutely dare not protect them."

Li Shanchang smiled and said: "Li Shangshu, you misunderstood me, I mean disciples, young people... You can't just pamper them, but also give them experience, beat them, let them face difficulties and solve problems. You can't When encountering difficulties, spread your hands and push them up. What is this? Let the old ones wipe their asses? Let them do it freely. Is it a vegetarian meal?"

Li Xi took a long breath, his face was already ugly.

Li Shanchang's tone is calm, but every sentence has a knife, which means something.

"Li Xiang, these words are naturally wise and famous, but there are some things that are really difficult to deal with without legal provisions... Let alone young people, even low-ranking officials are very confused."

"is it?"

Li Shanchang's smile disappeared, but was replaced by a faint sneer, "Li Shangshu, I don't understand what you said... Legislation and legislation are never something that happens before legislation can be made! Even if it is Sage Confucius and Sage Meng couldn’t have predicted all the evils in the world, could they?”

Li Xi's forehead was sweating, and facing an old official like Li Shanchang, it was wishful thinking for him to try to fool him with a few words.

"Li Xiang, I'm an official, I'm ashamed to be an official."

"Li Shangshu, I thought about it for a while. Now that the world is changing and the world is being re-established, all kinds of new cases are emerging one after another. Relying on the original laws and years of habits, it is absolutely impossible. Let the officials below, Handle the case in accordance with the laws of heaven and the state, and then send the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In addition to verification, you have to revise the criminal system and summarize various cases into provisions. If it is inappropriate, it will be revised immediately, and the omissions will be drafted separately. From each Only then can we collect cases and then publish them in official documents.”

When Li Shanchang said this, he said to Li Xi: "Some things, Zhang Xiang has already talked about it several times, and I have explained it to my superior... What we are talking about is restoring China and recreating the universe. We will divide the land evenly, relieve the people, and The people share the world, not the literati and bureaucrats. This is the meaning of redefining the rules... Zhang Xiang has talked for so long and talked so much. The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the law, but it has been slow to act. It is still an old-fashioned thing, isn't it a bit Hesitating... have you strayed from the country?"

Li Xi's old face turned pale when he heard this, and he looked at Li Shanchang in disbelief.

"I know that many people like to speculate about the differences between me and Zhang Xianggong... Let me tell you, I am indeed fighting with Zhang Xianggong, but we are fighting between gentlemen, how can we get things done! Yes How to assist the superiors, rule the world, and rebuild China. If someone thinks that they can exploit the gaps and profit from it, then they have miscalculated! Also, don’t think that the superiors are thirsty for talents, and there is a shortage of talents. Let me tell you, in the last imperial examination, more than 500 people were selected. In the future, you can open a department to obtain a scholar at any time. Regardless of gender, as long as you have real talents and learning, you can be an official! Zhang Xiang means this, and I, Li Shanchang, also mean this mean!"

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It's the end of my life, Zhang Li is in the same heart, and its profit can cut gold!

Zhang Ximeng set the direction, Li Shanchang cut the knife, the perfect combination, guaranteed to be steady, accurate and ruthless, among other things, how many charges were charged just for what he said to Li Xi?

Forming cliques for private interests, eating a vegetarian diet, doing nothing, being stupid and dereliction of duty... Li Shanchang has ten thousand ways to ruin your reputation.

In the past, he had always sheltered and indulged, but this time after he turned his face, it was really terrible.

Li Xi was sweating through his clothes. He didn't even dare to take a break, so he went straight to Xia Yu, the magistrate of Yingtian.

"Han Xiuniang's case will be judged by you!"

Xia Yu's face turned green, "Sir, this, this, let's change someone? Do you want Jiangning County to come?"

"No! If you don't do it, you can resign. Let Jiangning County be the magistrate of Yingtian. This case must be taken care of by Yingtianfu... If you find it difficult, I will write to Prime Minister Li, requesting that you be dismissed!"

Xia Yu grinned, as if mourning for his concubine, no matter how he tried this case, he would be ruined!

"Sir, me?"

"What are you!" Li Xi sneered and said, "The superior only has one province, but he gave you the most important Jinling! The salary of eating the emperor, the matter of being loyal to the emperor! Do you still think this is the Great Yuan Dynasty? Tell you, I can't escape! Within five days, I will be promoted to trial the case, and the people of Jinling will come to listen in, to see if your decision is fair! Don't worry, if there is even the slightest mistake, I will use the name of the Ministry of Punishment , impeach you!"

After Li Xi finished speaking, he walked away... Xia Yu was left behind, dumbfounded and sighing.

The most frightening thing happened... Zhang Ximeng's rhetoric was useless, and Zhu Yuanzhang was blowing his beard and staring, probably like that.

But when the situation of level by level is overwhelming with Mount Tai, and it falls on the head, without giving you any room to move around, this is what officials are most afraid of.

What should I do?

Immediately ordered to arrest people, and arrested Han Xiuniang's parents, saying that they bullied their daughter, and they were charged with a serious crime. Whether they were exiled into the army or sent to prison, can they give Han Xiuniang an explanation and end this case?

Xia Yu wasn't stupid, if it was that simple, why did he push it up layer by layer.

In any case, a daughter sends her parents to prison, and at this moment, how many people are waiting to make trouble. Han Xiuniang will not end well, and the person who handles the case will also be blamed by everyone .

But if they don't arrest people, don't try the case, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice has suppressed it again, what should we do?

Xia Yu didn't sleep for two days of worry, he thought about it, forget it!Simply find all the officials and servants in the yamen, and then get them to the second hall.

Xia Yu locked the door, and dozens of big men crowded into the small space. After a while, some people were sweating.

"I have nowhere to go now. If this case is not handled well, not only will my official position be lost, but my life will also be in jeopardy. I have no choice but to lock you inside. Let's find a way together and we can solve it. Hello, I'm good. Hello everyone, if we can’t solve it, let’s finish it together! From now on, no going out, no eating, no drinking, no shit or pee, just hold it in here, I want to see if I can find a way Come!"

This group of scribes and servants are all furious. Is there such a person who is a government official?

If you are being pressed down on the top, you will bully us. Does this still make people live?

Xia Yu didn't care about these things, he was just wasting away inside anyway, let's see which of us can't stand it first... The small space, many old men, even if one of them farts, the whole room will stink.

No food, no drink, how can this be done!

After almost two hours, an old official finally turned blue, clutched his stomach, and said bitterly: "My lord, it's actually not difficult...just, just arrest the couple and charge them with provoking trouble and disorderly government." , shut it down for a few days."

"Just shut it down for a few days?" Xia Yu still didn't believe it.

"They don't have much courage. As long as they are locked up, they will be afraid. When they are afraid, they will tell the truth."

"The truth?" Xia Yu frowned, "What's the truth about this?"

The old official's face was miserable, and his stomach was rumbling like thunder. He really couldn't help it, so he could only clamp his legs hard.

"Tang Zun, Han Xiuniang's parents are just stupid couples, no one encouraged them, how dare they make trouble? Yes, yes..."

"Who is it?" Xia Yu asked.

"Yes, it was an old Confucian scholar from Jinling who told the couple to make trouble."

"Old Confucian scholar? Why did he have the guts to make trouble? What is he doing for?"

"He...his son-in-law is in the raw silk business. I heard that Mrs. Guo's wife runs a workshop, and the common people don't sell it to him...so, so..."

The old official gritted his teeth and couldn't speak any more. A smell centered around him and spread rapidly. The people around him were so frightened that they quickly hid aside, like a god of plague.

Xia Yu was stunned for a while, and finally got up, took the key, and opened the lock, only to see the old official run away, not as fast as a 50-year-old man.

Xia Yu was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, then looked at the group of scribes and servants, and said with a sneer, "I understand that some things are not complicated at all, so why don't you force them hard, just don't want to open your mouth!"

The rest of the scribes looked at each other, not because they were unwilling to open their mouths, but because if women were allowed to be officials, would their jobs be lost?

Chapter 255 Getting Bigger and Bigger

"It's just such a shit, you don't dare to investigate? Let me take the blame?"

Li Shanchang was going crazy, this shit had nothing to do with the laws of nature and the advancement of women's status.It was a few villains who made a fuss below for their own self-interest, and finally burned the fire on his head.Almost ruined his future, can Lao Li not go crazy?

After getting angry, Li Shanchang also gradually calmed down. He had to think carefully, what was wrong with him?He wants to settle accounts with his gang!

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"Brother, this matter is not complicated! Why don't the county yamen dare to try it, the prefect's yamen dare not try it, and they got it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice... what are these people doing?" Zhu Ying was very curious, he knew that this case made the godmother very angry , but the dossier that Ying Tianfu handed over was so simple, so what are these officials afraid of?

Zhu Ying thought about it, but she couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Looks like it's time to teach you some real skills, remember a word, things are universally connected."

"What, what does this mean? Is it related to this case?" Zhu Ying was puzzled, "Brother, you are not lying to me, are you?"

Zhang Ximeng sighed softly, feeling a little worried.Why is this kid still not enlightened? In a few years, he will be leading the army. With your current ability, how can you settle down such a complicated Yunnan!

I still count on you to expand the territory!

Forget it, stab your ass with a knife, open your eyes!

"A seemingly insignificant case has nothing to do with it, but if you don't know the result in advance, you don't need to investigate further. Otherwise, after a random start, there will be uncontrollable results, and I don't know how many people will follow. ... Now that Li Xiang decided to investigate, the investigation began below, and the preliminary results have also been sent up. I can tell you that this is not the end of the matter, but the beginning of the matter. You just wait and see, this trivial matter , can reduce the number of people in Yingtian Mansion's yamen by [-] to [-] percent."

"what?"

Zhu Ying was really shocked. He couldn't imagine that such a small case where no one was killed could be so terrifying!Couldn't it be the eldest brother who tricked himself?

"You don't believe me? Then let's make a bet. If you lose, just obediently give me back the salary you stole! If you win, the past account will be written off."

Zhu Ying blinked, "Okay! I agree, but I have to let my godmother be the witness for this matter."

Zhang Ximeng spread his hands, "Whatever you want, as long as you don't play tricks!" Anyway, he is full of confidence, if this matter is really simple, he won't throw the blame layer by layer, and finally throw it to Li Shanchang.

In fact, sometimes Zhang Ximeng is quite puzzled, do high-ranking people really know everything?

If you were imprisoned in the palace since you were young, and the people below took a pile of rotten tree leaves and said it was the best tea, you should believe it. If you were told that an egg was ten taels of silver, you would not doubt it.

Some people may think that only a fool would believe such nonsense... But is Li Shanchang stupid?If he was a fool, there would be no wise man in this world.

But how did Lao Li get on with it?

Zhang Ximeng can figure it out, someone must have told him that women come out and show their faces, and there are more and more no rules.

There is no need for Lao Li to really believe it. As long as he has such an idea, Li Shanchang will definitely think in this direction if he has such an idea, and a case of a married daughter suing her parents will be sent up below. Press things down...

If you are not willing to suppress it and confront Lao Li, it will probably develop into a party struggle.

Zhang Ximeng thought silently, maybe that's how Liu Bowen and Lao Li got together. In fact, what's the fight between them?

The identities are very different, the positions are different, but they are coerced by the people below, and they walk to the battlefield in a daze.

Looking at it this way, the so-called high-ranking group of people are nothing but the playthings of the people below.It's really hard to say who is playing the monkey and who is the monkey!

Then again, why are everyone willing to fool Lao Li, and want to push Li Shanchang to fight with Zhang Ximeng. It is best to overturn some laws and regulations. The things behind this are really worth pondering!

The alternation of the old and the new is not as simple as a few government orders, nor can it be transformed by setting up a prisoner-of-war camp... The things left by the Yuan Dynasty are still exerting influence in all aspects. If you want to eliminate them, I am afraid it will not be so easy. !

Zhang Ximeng silently calculated, he was thinking, how to use this opportunity, together with Li Shanchang, to completely refresh from top to bottom, that is, after the soldiers, the officialdom will also undergo a radical change...

He was thinking about these things, but Zhu Ying went to find his godmother, Mrs. Ma. After hearing Zhu Ying's words, Mrs. Ma also laughed, "Since Mr. Zhang said it, I'm afraid it's not groundless... How about it, I'm going to look into this case too."

Mrs. Ma called Jiang Nan, and they didn't go directly to the Yamen of Yingtianfu, but beat around the bush and went to Han Xiuniang's house.

After reporting their identities, Han Xiuniang's parents-in-law were so frightened that they knelt down.

"Don't, get up quickly."

Mrs. Ma asked Jiang Nan to come with her to pull the couple together, she said with a smile: "Speaking of this matter, I blame me for being troublesome, which caused trouble, and made your family go crazy, I'm sorry. "

The old couple were terrified, "Madam is a good person like a Bodhisattva, no one can blame you... It's just that there are too many villains in this world, and they are too vicious." The old man wanted to say more, but the old woman Hold on, this world belongs to the Zhu family, what are you talking about!

Mrs. Ma didn't care, but praised: "Well said, it's true that there are too many young people, and we haven't had time to clean them up, so the big guy has been wronged."

"Family, follow me to Yingtian Yamen, let's listen together and find out what's going on with this case!"

Mrs. Ma took Han Xiuniang's family and headed straight to Yingtian Mansion. Now that his wife is in charge, they are naturally not afraid.Han Xiuniang was tortured for such a long time, her body was very weak, her face was pale, and she was sickly.

Ma Shi pulled her and let her sit beside her.

"Don't be afraid, this is not the Great Yuan Dynasty, there will be right and wrong!"

Han Xiuniang gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously. She didn't dare to think about anything else now, she just wanted to clear up the messy rumors and restore her innocence.

When they arrived, they found that the entire Yingtian government office, inside and out, was already full of people. The big guys stretched their necks, watching how this drama between parents and children would end!

Xia Yu's scalp was numb... Li Xi, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was sitting next to him, co-trialing the case, and his wife was listening. In the team, Li Shanchang, Minister on the left, Zhang Ximeng, Minister on the right, and others were also present.

It is unprecedented for a case to attract so many people's attention.

"The Han couple, why are you looking for your daughter? Tell me!"

After the couple was imprisoned for a few days, their aggressiveness and arrogance disappeared long ago. At this moment, they were softer than noodles. They couldn't even stand up and answer, so they could only sit slumped on the ground.

"Why, to ask for a bride price for our son."

"How much?"

"Yes, twenty bolts of cloth!"

Hearing this, the crowd began to discuss, it is really shameless, the married daughter, the splashed water, even if there is still contact, the daughter is willing to be filial to her parents, but a mouth of twenty pieces of cloth, ordinary people , who can take it out?Isn't this embarrassing for children!

"The weaving workshop where Han Xiuniang works is to supply military supplies. It is reasonable to say that it is an errand in the army. If you go to make trouble, you will delay the important military affairs! Based on this alone, it is not an exaggeration to kill you two!"

When they heard that they were about to lose their heads, the two couples were terrified. They immediately lay down on the ground, kowtowed, and kept begging for mercy.

Han Xiuniang, who was sitting next to Ma Shi, almost cried out. Although she felt resentful, she was not to the point of watching her parents lose their heads... Fortunately, Ma Shi held her back and signaled her not to get excited, so Han Xiuniang reluctantly endured it. with.

Xia Yu said again: "You can't ask for it once, and you go there frequently, and you have been arguing for many days in a row. Do you still feel wronged?"

"Wrong...Wrong, we are really wrong, this is what Mr. Wei asked us to do, he said, he said..."

"what did he say?"

"He said that it's indecent for people to show their faces. As long as we can get the girl back, he, he will give us twenty bolts of silk!"

Xia Yu nodded, "So you were ordered by someone?"

"Yes, yes, it is under the instigation of others!"

"Paint!"

A master brought over the confession, and the two trembling, they were taken aside after being charged.

Soon, another old man was brought up, this is the legendary Mr. Wei.

"You ordered them to make trouble? And promised to give them twenty bolts of silk?"