In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

The officials were noisy and unable to agree on what to say, and Gu Li felt depressed when he heard it.In fact, according to his thinking, it is the most economical to negotiate peace talks at this time. After all, the imperial court pays more than 300 million taels of military salaries for Liaodong soldiers every year. Now the Jianzhou Jurchens only ask for 200 million taels of silver, which is much more cost-effective than fighting .

But he also knows that these officials are all scholars, and the most important thing is integrity. In addition, when they are officials in the capital, they don't know the real situation in Liaodong at all. How can they agree to discuss and talk about money?

Gu Li was annoyed, and he also blamed Yang Shangshu, for negotiating such a matter, just tell him no in private?Teach these officials to know, where is there any possibility of success?

Gu Li coughed twice, and said: "Okay, let's press the button for the time being for the peace negotiation. Do you still have a memorial table, Zhu Aiqing?"

Prime Minister Mu said: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the Zhang bandits has been eradicated. Fertile fields have been exposed everywhere, and the refugees have starved to death. I have already discussed with the six ministers, and I am going to liquidate the household registration and land of the whole country, and make a new book. What do you think?"

Gu Li nodded: "It should be like this, we can't miss Chun Plowing."

At this time, there is another advantage of counting and registering the yellow book and the fish scale book.Due to wars, redundant staff and other reasons in remote areas, the government was almost paralyzed, and the command failed. At this time, the population and land census can reactivate the power of the post-Chu Empire.

Gu Li asked: "I don't know what the prime minister plans to do? How long will it take?"

Prime Minister Mu said: "I plan to start with the northern Zhili, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces, and then gradually move to the southern provinces. It will take about five months in total."

Gu Li nodded: "Let the prime minister handle this matter. Do you have anything else to report?"

All the admonishers looked at Prime Minister Mu, but Prime Minister Mu couldn't help but coughed, stood up and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I heard that there was a person in the capital who was dressed as a student in the capital yesterday, and he looked exactly like His Majesty..."

Gu Lixin said it was coming!There was turmoil in the palace last night, someone must have spread the news about me leaving the palace in a low-clothes, and these admonishers will definitely not let it go easily!

Gu Li pretended to be nonchalant, and said with a smile: "Oh? Is this serious?"

The bearded admonisher couldn't hold back, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! I heard that Your Majesty left the palace in low clothes yesterday, and there was a lot of commotion. Your Majesty is the body of a daughter. If something goes wrong, what will the country do? What will the people do?" What to do? Please, Your Majesty, plan for the world and the overall situation, and stop being willful and reckless!"

This bearded admonisher is also desperate, and he speaks so directly. Gu Li's face darkened, and he reproduced the original set of arguments that he interrogated Cao Cunlin last night and asked: "I am rich in the world, but I am trapped in the deep palace." , Ze was surrounded by all the people, but they didn't know the sufferings of the people, so it led to the siege of the rebel army, a catastrophe caused by the barbarians. I want to go out of the palace to see how the people live, how the officials are, and the market price of grain and rice. Why not? ? You have to force me to stay in the deep palace and teach me to be blind and deaf, so that you can lie to me and search for people's fat and people's anointing behind my back, right?!"

The admonisher was more eloquent than Cao Cunlin, and immediately asked back: "Cheng Zu has been living in the Forbidden City since he succeeded to the throne, except for patrolling the barracks, he never went out of the city for a day, isn't it the same to manage my Hou Chu well? Why do you have to do this risky trick when you come to His Majesty?"

Gu Li broke the pot and cursed: "Because I'm not capable enough, I'm not Chengzu. Chengzu can know the world's affairs by sitting in the forbidden palace, but I can't!"

The admonisher was not convinced, and asked: "If your majesty has to do everything by yourself, then Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces are all remote areas. Does your majesty have to go and see in person?"

Gu Li was furious, and said, "You're a good question! I should pick a good time and go to the borderlands to take a good look!"

The admonisher said: "Your Majesty is obsessed with obscurity, it is the dereliction of duty of the ministers and others! If your majesty insists on leaving the palace, just kill the ministers!"

Oh, if you can't win the quarrel, you will threaten with death, Gu Li asked: "Don't you dare to be me?"

The official said: "Your Majesty will go his own way, and the minister can only die proudly to thank the world!"

Gu Li rolled his boss's eyes, and cursed in his heart: You are so straight!

These admonitors wished to be punished for admonishing the emperor, so that they could gain a good reputation as a loyal minister among the people. Gu Li persuaded himself not to compete with these people. fell into his trap.

He needs to deal with these officials in a special way, otherwise he will be stared at and persuaded every word and deed, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to death.

Prime Minister Mu stood up at the right time to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, thank you for your remonstrance is also for your majesty's dragon body, the son of a daughter, who can't sit still, why should your majesty insist on going out of the palace?"

Gu Li said angrily: "Okay, I understand."

After the meeting was over, when the ministers had left, he asked the servant next to him, "What's the full name of that Xie Gejian just now?"

The servant replied: "That person is Xie Xingcun from the Ministry of Officials, His Majesty has scolded him before." Gu Li was still angry, picked up the pen on the table and wrote on the paper "Xie Xingcun, troublesome !" After writing more than 100 words, Gu Li put down his brush, hugged his head, and said in his heart that he couldn't do it. These officials cherish their reputation, and they can't scold them by themselves. The people come to scold them!

He calmed down and put his business first.Just now Hong Zhenqiu presented the details of the case of Wang Zheng's misfortune to the country, followed by the ruling of the three courts on Wang Zheng's case.

The meaning of Sanfasi is that if the family property is lost, Ling Chi will be executed, and Wang Zheng's henchmen will be held accountable for their crimes one by one.Gu Li looked at the list of party members, Xia Xingcheng's name was indeed on it, besides him, there were more than 100 names, Hong Zhenqiu and the name of Fu Sicheng in the dungeon of Shuntian Mansion last night also lived in peace here.

Gu Li clicked his tongue twice, thinking that it's no wonder that Hong Zhenqiu's head drooped just now. It turned out that he was afraid of being dealt with by me. Fortunately, Wang Zheng's case was handed over to the three courts for joint trial, and Prime Minister Mu supervised it. From the Ministry of Criminal Justice, this Hong Zhenqiu had to play his hands in the case to justify himself.

Prime Minister Mu was really careful in his work. In just a few days, he even found out what bad things Wang Zheng and his henchmen had done.Gu Li glanced over and took a rough look. There were a lot of bad things, like Xia Xingcheng, who suppressed dissidents and killed loyal people. Besides, he also installed his eldest son as an official in the court The younger son ranked first in the imperial examination, and there are also traces of his secret operations.

The three courts ruled that Xia Xingcheng's family should be exiled to the border.Gu Li sighed. When the country was founded, it was decided that if one was born in a military household, the descendants would always be military households, not to mention whether Xia Xingcheng was destined to go to the border at his age. If the family goes to the border, the future generations will only be reduced to military households from generation to generation.

Gu Li lived in a peaceful age and couldn't bear the psychological pressure brought by taking human life, so he changed the ruling of the Sanju Department to state that Wang Zheng and Xia Xingcheng's family property and land would be nationalized. Xia Xingcheng was demoted to a commoner.

There are also eunuchs who have committed crimes. Those who have committed serious crimes will be deprived of their family property and fields, and those who have committed minor crimes can be redeemed with silver.

For example, even though Hong Zhenqiu is also an eunuch, he didn’t do anything bad, at most he flattered Wang Zheng all day long. Last night, that Fu Sicheng, who used to be the doctor of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials, gave Wang Zheng a gift and was promoted. The Prime Minister of Taipu Temple.If the circumstances of this crime are minor, they can be exchanged for silver for atonement.

As for Wang Cheng, who was given by the Ministry of War, Gu Li also dismissed him. He couldn't figure out the origin of this person, regardless of whether he belonged to Zuo Shijue or Xia Xingcheng, he couldn't keep him. So as not to confuse the water again.

Gu Li sketched it together, and suddenly saw a prominent name on the eunuch list: Xie Chixing.

Gu Li remembered that Prime Minister Mu once praised the former Liaodong strategist to him, and that this man died in battle and sacrificed his life for the country, so that his son could enter the Imperial Academy to study.

How come he is also an eunuch?

Gu Li looked over his crime, and it was bribing Wang Zheng. The crime was not serious, but Gu Li was a little surprised.

It's no wonder that when Prime Minister Mu recommended Xie Lian, he was opposed by Zuo Shijue's party, because this Xie Chixing is a member of the eunuch party, how could Zuo Shijue watch the son of the eunuch party member be promoted?

Gu Li wanted to understand this verse and sighed.

Turning down, the head of the Ministry of Officials, Fang Si, impeached Cao Cunlin's nephew, Cao Moru, who was in charge of the Wang Gong Factory, greedy for ink and military supplies, and fished for oil and water, relying on his uncle Cao Cunlin, who was a celebrity in front of the emperor. .In addition, there are a bunch of party members who curry favor with Cao Cunlin, who are also included in the list of impeachment.

Cao Cunlin lost power, and the followers who once attached to him were impeached, Gu Li was not surprised.He approved the Cao Cunlin case to the Procuratorate for questioning, and Prime Minister Mu supervised the case.

After reviewing the memorial, Gu Li asked his servant to lead the way to visit Yu Guangle.

Who would have thought that the chariot was being carried, and when it arrived at its destination, it was not Yu Guangle's residence, but another place.