A Timely Wife

In the history of Great Chu, there is a very strange record. After the death of Emperor Chu Cheng, his eldest son Xiong Ruoshan came to the throne, known as Emperor Chu Ming in history. Emperor He was assassinated by the imperial court within two years of his reign. Later, Emperor Ming of Chu ascended the throne as emperor again, using the previous reign title, and made the eldest son of Emperor Chu He the crown prince. Although Emperor Chu He reigned for only two short years, However, his death had a huge impact on Dachu's court situation, and the first thing to bear the brunt was the appointment and assessment of officials.

The first thing Xiong Ruoshan did after ascending to the throne again was to eliminate these foreigners in Nanchu territory. First, he dug along the clues provided by the two people, and when the online people were almost done digging, he continued to follow the relationship between these people. The surrounding investigation was basically pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. When one person dug it out, he was able to find more than a dozen accomplices or clansmen. This operation called Thunder exposed the spies who had been lurking in Nanchu for many years. In some places, even a family was uprooted. For these people, Xiong Ruoshan did not kill all of them, but sent them back, where they came from and where they went. Some spies have lived in Dachu for generations. In [-], there was no difference with the people of Dachu, and they were also towards Dachu. Xiong Ruoshan did not kill all these people, but he also cut off the official career of these people, and clearly stipulated that the descendants of these people were allowed to engage in business and farming. , but he is not allowed to join the army or politics. For those who want to continue living in Dachu, there is no one more deadly than this one. Some families choose to leave Dachu after repeated consideration, and some insist on staying. After coming down, those who left soon regretted it, because this decree was changed two years later. It is not so much that Xiong Ruoshan used it to clean up the foreigners, but it is a test, a test for these people, see Let's see how determined they are to stay here.

Of course, Xiong Ruoshan did not completely let go of the restrictions. For foreigners, Da Chu always needs to use and guard against them. They can join the army, but they cannot enter the core department, and they can also work in politics. However, this is already a very good treatment. Compared with the stricter immigration management measures of Dachu later, these people have already taken the lead.Restricting foreigners and supporting the common people in the country was proposed by Chengdong. Xiong Ruoshan still had some concerns. After all, as the king of a country, he had to think about the impact that Da Chu's request would have on neighboring countries. Let Da Chu bear a bad reputation.

Unable to withstand Chengdong's insistence and Li Ruosong's support, Xiong Ruoshan pondered for a few days, and finally made up his mind to agree with Chengdong's proposal, and take very strict control measures against foreigners. The most intuitive point is that people from Dachu and foreigners The color of the identity document used is different, and the content of the writing is also different. It will clearly record where the foreigner came from, what he did before, where he lived in Dachu, and what job he did, even if he was with Dachu. When people get married, the identity documents will not be changed, and it will even affect the identity registration information of the offspring, because this will be recorded in the child's information in great detail, where the father or mother is from, etc. It can be said that people from Dachu unless It is true love, and basically they will not choose to marry a foreigner, and what the foreigner wants is to find a Dachu person to marry or marry, at least they don't have to worry about being sent back when they are.

When this decree was promulgated, it was the second day after he resumed his status as emperor, the first court meeting early in the morning. This decree caused an uproar in the court hall. In the old position, Chengdong, who had never appeared in the court before, actually started to participate in the court meeting. Not only him, but Zhou Jinyan also stood in the previous position. Of course the courtiers had thoughts in their hearts, but no one dared to say anything. They all know how those people died before, why they died, and what the ones who didn't die are like now, they don't think they are too comfortable, of course they can only slander a few words in their hearts, and talk about the emperor's sage on their faces.

The point is that they didn't participate in this incident, but they didn't stop it either. They didn't want to offend the Xiong family, and they didn't want to offend those colleagues who had objections. Anyway, no matter which side won in the end, these people There is always something to eat, the two do not help each other, neither side can offend, and in the end both sides can settle well, it is not necessary to rely on them to support the entire court, but unfortunately, these people overestimated themselves, He also misjudged the situation. Although no one will be offended if the two do not help each other, it is also possible that both sides will be offended. I just don't know how to evaluate these courtiers, call them stupid, they are all people who have gone through the imperial examinations, and they have passed three passes along the way, and they really can't stand here if they have no skills, but Let’s say they are smart, but they are really not smart. They can’t even see such an obvious thing. Thanks to him being the emperor, he can tolerate some flawed courtiers. If Ruofeng or one of those people were replaced, these courtiers would It is estimated that the end will not be too good, either he will be dismissed from office and go home, or he will be taken off his black hat.

At the beginning, the courtiers were able to refute Xiong Ruoshan's decree by citing scriptures. This sage said, that sage said, Li Ruosong is not jealous, and he will never lose to anyone when it comes to words. Tell me to treat people with courtesy, I will Tell you to govern people with the law, you tell me the sage Confucius, I tell you the master Mo, you use the words of Confucianism to talk about things, I use the way of Legalism to talk about practices, you say that the heavenly kingdom must convince people with reason, I say There is no rule in a great country, and after more than ten years, Li Ruosong once again refuted everyone alone. In the end, the gang of courtiers began to act like scoundrels, insisting that Li Ruosong did not take others seriously because of his high official position , It is a typical bullying with power and oppressing others with official positions.

Before Li Ruosong could speak, Cheng Dong opened his mouth. He glanced at the person who spoke, and said, "If in the court hall, those with high official positions are not allowed to speak, while those with low official positions can talk freely, it doesn't matter if the court meeting is held or not."

When the minister heard that Cheng Dong actually spoke, he immediately jumped up and said, "How can you speak in the court meeting? This is disrespect to the emperor, and An Lu will be executed."

Chengdong shook his head and said: "The old man just said that the law is nothing more than human feelings, that Da Chu can't act completely by the law, but also consider the human problem, so he can't be so close. Humanity, now you say that according to the law, you should be beheaded. Is the old man old and his memory is not good? If so, I don’t think you need to come to any court meeting, go back and let your descendants take care of you.”

The minister blew his beard angrily, wanted to say something, but closed his mouth again. He suddenly remembered that a colleague said that only women and villains are difficult to raise, but Li Ruosong stopped him from saying it, and even lost his official position. , he didn't want to lose everything because of one sentence, but he was unwilling to let him just shut up like this, so he pointed to Cheng Dong and said to Li Ruosong: "Master, I respect you as a first-class Duke!" , let me ask you, you let your husband speak rudely in front of everyone at the court meeting, but is it worthy of your title of first-class duke? There has never been a precedent for your husband and a man who is a wife to go to court in this dynasty , if the late emperor found out, I don’t know if he would jump out of the coffin angrily.”

Chengdong sneered and said, "The behavior of the old man reminds me of those urchins I met when I was young. I obviously started the disputes first, and when I couldn't win the fight, I couldn't beat them, so I cried and went back to my parents to find them." Brother, I hope to find love from other places, or to sue the other party's parents and elder brothers, and portray myself as a poor person who has been humiliated, hoping to get pity and tolerance from others, but old sir, you At this age, even if you pretend to be tender, it will not make people feel pitiful, and it will not make people feel tolerant. On the contrary, it is quite ridiculous. No wonder people always say that they are old and young, and the older they are, the worse they will be. Like a child, this sentence has been well reflected in the old man, old man, the next sentence is the same, if you are old, go back and let your children and grandchildren take care of you, don't waste everyone's time here. "

Li Ruosong went on to say: "If my memory serves me right, my husband has an official position, and he is still a third-rank official. Since he has an official position, why can't he come to the court meeting? There are many precedents that don't exist in this court. Do we have to follow the precedents? Since you asked us to follow the precedents, do you also have to follow the precedents? If I remember correctly, there has never been a precedent for a minister to assassinate the emperor on the spot, and there has never been a precedent. There is no precedent for ministers killing each other. May I ask, since there is no precedent, how did these things come about? I will not comment on other words of my husband. I agree with one sentence. Your Majesty, this is exactly what this minister is planning. For the above, please grant the emperor's permission."

Xiong Ruoshan said with a straight face, "Sure."

Li Ruosong bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, this matter is easy to say, and I suggest that from now on, all ministers who have reached the age of 50 should go home, and the imperial court can distribute part of the money according to their official positions and contributions." , It also allows these people who have dedicated their lives to the court to have a meal after leaving the officialdom, so that they will not starve to death at home without their salary."

Before the courtiers could react, Cheng Dong frowned slightly. Li Ruosong was indeed a thoughtful person, and he even thought of the retirement system. He had never mentioned this to Li Ruosong. If you feel that Li Ruosong is also from a later life, how can you be so consistent with his thinking.