Chapter 595 594 His actions are forgivable, but his intentions are punishable
Throwing the memorial to the ground, Emperor Jiajing said angrily: "Here comes, order the Jinyi guards to arrest him immediately, don't let him escape. ”
“Yes, yes, I obey the order.”
Chen Hong, who had been waiting below, saw the furious emperor and obeyed the order while crawling, while picking up the memorial on the ground and getting ready. Go out and preach.
“Your Majesty.”
At this time, Huang Jin, who had always been like a transparent person next to Emperor Jiajing, called out in a low voice.
His call made the furious Emperor Jiajing calm down a little.
He is a stubborn person. Doesn’t he know that Xuanxiu will not have results?
But if he persists for so many years, if he gives up at the last moment, not only will he not become the wise monarch that the civil servants say, but he will become a fool, a fool deceived by those charlatans.
This is something he cannot bear as an emperor.
Just now, Emperor Jiajing had the intention to kill Hai Rui. This man was really evil and he wanted to rub salt into his wounds.
However, Huang Jin's soft call was just right and made him gradually calm down.
"Your Majesty, this man has always had a foolish reputation. I heard that before he went to court, he knew that he deserved to offend the emperor, so he bought a coffin and said goodbye to his wife. The servants also scattered around and no one was left behind. He He will not escape."
Huang Jin saw that Emperor Jiajing had calmed down and said hurriedly.
After the news about Hai Rui's appointment today, he learned the details from the factory guard, but the memorial was not sent to the palace, so he couldn't mention it first.
However, this did not prevent him from finding someone to find out Hai Rui's true identity beforehand.
Everyone in the family has been sent away, there is a coffin in the main room, and he, Hai Rui, is sitting next to the coffin.
Huang Jin's words completely calmed down Emperor Jiajing. He realized that something was wrong with this matter. It seemed that someone was digging a hole for him. When he thought about what he said in the memorial, he figured it out.
"This man compares himself with Bigan, but I am not King Zhou of Shang."
Exhaling a breath of bad breath in his chest, Emperor Jiajing returned to his original appearance.
Chen Hong below was a little at a loss at this time. He had just received the order to arrest the person, but now judging from the emperor's intention, it seemed that he did not intend to pursue the matter.
"Ignore him, I will stay here."
Emperor Jiajing seemed to notice his embarrassment and said casually.
When Wei Guangde packed up his desk and left the school recording hall, he did not hear the news of the palace order to arrest anyone.
Sitting on the carriage, Wei Guangde already understood that most of the rumors from later generations were not credible, such as the Jiajing Emperor being furious and wanting to kill Hai Rui, the officials admonishing him, etc. Without reading "Public Security Shu", combined with the current situation, I simply can't imagine the current situation.
Even if Hai Rui was arrested later and not released until King Yu ascended the throne, it might just be a means left by Emperor Jiajing to King Yu, so that King Yu could face the people of the world with a virtuous name.
This bit of knowledge is enough for Wei Guangde at the moment, which can prevent King Yu from making mistakes.
The carriage soon arrived in front of Prince Yu's Mansion. Wei Guangde got off the car and walked into Prince Yu's Mansion.
After entering the door, a chamberlain greeted him.
"Master Wei, Your Highness has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Lead the way."
The waiter said attentively, Wei Guangde nodded and gave a casual order.
Soon, under the guidance of the little chamberlain, Wei Guangde walked into the room where King Yu was.
"Meet Your Highness."
Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute King Yu, but King Yu hurriedly asked him to excuse himself.
Wei Guangde stood up and cupped his hands to Yin Shizhen who was standing aside, "Brother Zhengfu, you're fine."
During this period, Yin Shizhen's time in Prince Yu's Mansion also decreased. Wei Guangde did not see him during his several visits to the Prince's Mansion. he.
It’s not that he avoided it intentionally, but he was not in the palace at all.
Of course, Wei Guangde didn't want to see him either. After all, his purpose of coming here was mostly for Li Fang.
However, Wei Guangde believed that the news of his coming to the palace could not be hidden from Yin Shizhen's ears.
"Shaloi, you're all right. I heard that you've been very busy these past two months, haha."
Yin Shizhen said cheerfully as usual.
"Well, Your Majesty just presses when there is nothing wrong. Mr. Li Ge also sends people to ask about the progress from time to time, so I don't dare to delay."
Wei Guangde replied pretending to be helpless.
“I heard that the progress of the book review was the fastest, and the book handed in from your room was reviewed very highly by the old proofreader Li Ge, and not a single mistake or omission was found, which is very rare. ”
Yin Shizhen smiled.
"Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, aren't these what we ministers should do."
Wei Guangde pretended to be humble.
“It’s very, very true.”
Yin Shizhen agreed.
"Okay, Shandai, I invite you here today just to ask you, what should the royal family's attitude be towards the issue of Hai Rui's evacuation?"
King Yu interrupted Wei Guangde slightly impatiently. The conversation with Yin Shizhen has been going on for almost a day now, and the news has spread throughout the court.
Although Hai Rui seemed to be flattering Emperor Jiajing, after seeing the memorial, most people still felt that he was actually criticizing Sang and Huai, accusing Emperor Jiajing of believing in religion and giving up on governing the country and the people of the world.
After all, in that book, the taboo word "two dragons never meet" was written, and it also commented at length on Emperor Jiajing's Xuan Xiu, who was building massive construction projects that exhausted the people of the world.
Whether Hai Rui was right or not, as the son of Emperor Jiajing, King Yu felt that he should not turn a blind eye.
How can a son tolerate it when others criticize your father?
"How does Your Highness want to deal with Hai Rui?"
Wei Guangde put away the relaxed smile he showed when communicating with Yin Shizhen, looked at King Yu and asked.
"I was hesitant, that's why I asked you and Zhengfu to come back and help me check the details."
Wang Yu said.
No high arches were found, which seems to be a good sign.
Wei Guangde was thinking in his heart, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. He just looked at Yin Shizhen and wanted to know how he told King Yu.
“I read Hai Rui’s post, and I think he did a good job, and admonishing the emperor is exactly what a minister should do.”
Yin Shizhen seemed to understand what he meant, and spoke replied.
“Because Hai Rui just pointed out some of the mistakes His Majesty made, at least the mistakes that the ministers thought His Majesty made?”
Wei Guangde asked.
"Exactly, does Shandai think that Hai Rui's memorial is untrue?"
Yin Shizhen asked suspiciously.
On the other hand, Prince Yu, who was at the head, also moved slightly and sat upright inadvertently, seeming to be listening attentively.
In response to Yin Shizhen's rhetorical question, Wei Guangde did not answer immediately. He just blinked and asked with a smile: "So, in Brother Zhengfu's opinion, Hai Rui not only should not be dealt with, but should also be properly protected." Yin Shizhen He didn't answer this time, but nodded slightly to express his true thoughts.
This may be the unanimous view of officials in the DPRK who consider themselves clean.
If you dare to advise the emperor, such an official is at least not a bad person.
“But His Highness is worried that if the palace releases a signal to the outside world with such an attitude, it will attract criticism?”
Wei Guangde looked back at King Yu and asked.
King Yu was expressionless at this time, but Wei Guangde was used to it.
It doesn’t really matter whether King Yu is really stupid or pretending to be stupid. The important thing is that this expression of his appears often. In the eyes of some people who are not familiar with him, he looks unpredictable and profound.
Wei Guangde really doesn’t know how Hai Rui died, but he has an impression that Hai Rui later had a very tense relationship with Xu Jie, and even after Xu Jie became an official, he was sent to Jiangnan to do The main thing is to specifically rectify Xu Jie.
As for the rumor that Xu Jie rescued Hai Rui from prison, Wei Guangde just laughed.
Anyway, he no longer believed that future generations' impressions of Hai Rui had been deliberately beautified.
"Whatever attitude you adopt towards Hai Rui, Your Highness can just follow your heart."
Wei Guangde also noticed that King Yu seemed to agree with Hai Rui's memorial, but he did not dare to stand up and agree because the accused The man is his father.
Wei Guangde asked King Yu to follow his true heart, that is, since you think you cannot recognize Hai Rui, then just take a small revenge as you think.
This is not only for Xiyuan, but also for the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and for the people of the world to see what your attitude is as a son.
At this time, King Yu's expression still changed slightly, but his eyes flickered, as if he had listened to Wei Guangde's words.
After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, King Yu raised his head and said to Yin Shizhen who was standing aside: "Mr. Yin told the outside world after he went out that he didn't like Hai Rui."
"Your Highness, Lord Hai, though."
“Needless to say, this matter is "It's settled."
King Yu waved his hand to interrupt Yin Shizhen's words. He knew what Yin Shizhen was going to say. He couldn't help it. It was nothing more than that when the emperor made mistakes, his ministers should remonstrate and point out the king's mistakes. Let him correct himself, and the world will be stable.
Gao Gong had heard these things in class when he was a child, and at that time he felt that they were right.
But over the years, as he grew older and saw more and more things, he also discovered that that didn't seem to be the case.
Tang Taizong's approach seems to be correct, but after careful consideration, it always feels very strange and not that simple.
Using what Wei Guangde once told him, that is, everyone is performing, performing hard, and performing for others.
Tang Taizong acted like this in order to portray himself as a wise king, a courteous and virtuous corporal, and he was targeting the remnants of the enemy. In fact, it was just to cover up the injustice of his obtaining the throne.
He, King Yu, doesn’t need to act, because he is the most upright one. He doesn’t do anything, and that position is all his.
Follow your heart, since you agree with Hai Rui's words, but worry about the public opinion of Youyou, then just act like it.
"Mr. Yin, please go back first. I have something else to talk to Shandai."
Wang Yu said again.
"I excuse myself."
Although he didn't know what King Yu and Wei Guangde had to say, Yin Shizhen still saluted and left the room.
After the others left, King Yu looked at Wei Guangde and asked: "Shandai, what kind of person do you think Hai Rui is? Why did you write this memorial?"
When he asked this, Wei Guangde knew, King Yu also thought about this issue, and that was the purpose of Hai Rui's promotion.
"Hai Rui served as county magistrate for two terms. It is said that he has a good reputation, so his official reputation is very good. Because he performed well in collecting land taxes when he was magistrate of Chun'an, he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. "
Wei Guangde replied.
These were actually things Duan Mengxian had mentioned to him before, otherwise he wouldn't have known about Hai Rui's past experiences.
"Tian Fu?"
Wang Yu asked suspiciously, looking at Li Fang.
Li Fang on the side just nodded slightly under King Yu’s gaze.
“His land tax collection exceeds the past practice?”
Wang Yu was curious at this time. He already knew about it from Li Fang, but what was the truth about the land tax collection mentioned by Wei Guangde? I am very curious about what it means and want to find out what is going on.
"This."
Wei Guangde was a little hesitant because it involved some local rules. Although he had never been in charge of a local government, he knew what was going on from Ouyang Yijing's mouth. What I saw and heard when I was in Jiujiang before, I can naturally draw the whole picture.
Wei Guangde hesitated whether to tell King Yu the details.
Actually, what Hai Rui did in those two counties is just "fair". This is what local officials should do, but it is just because most of the officials who go there find it difficult to do so. Or maybe they don't know at all, which is why Hai Rui's actions earned him such a great reputation.
Private land tax collection is carried out according to the land level allocation method. The person who masters the allocation method is the county magistrate rather than the county official.
When these people allocate land tax, they often collude with local large households for profit, and allocate more of the land tax that should be shared equally to the common people through the field hierarchy.
What Hai Rui did was actually to preside over the apportionment himself, thus eliminating the profit-seeking manipulation of small officials who deceived the superiors and deceived the superiors, and the common people benefited from this.
At the same time, the cases encountered were handled impartially, and Qingtian's reputation spread.
I have to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps because of his past experience, Zhu Yuanzhang had fully considered this when formulating the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so he punished minor officials particularly harshly.
In fact, because officials in this era entered the official position through the imperial examination and were in exile, they were often fooled by local petty officials. It can be said that the petty officials took a lot of advantage and disadvantage. The reputation has been carried by these officials.
In fact, if we think about future generations, similar situations are not uncommon, and they are becoming more and more serious.
The reason why Ouyang Yijing, a fellow villager of Wei Guangde, returned to the capital despite quitting his job as county magistrate was because the officials below were trying to set him up.
Although there are a lot of benefits, after all, I feel uncomfortable being put on the same page.
But everyone followed the rules, and he couldn't find any clues, so he asked Wei Guangde to change his position.
As for the rumors in later generations that Hai Rui was incorruptible and too poor to buy meat for his mother's birthday, Wei Guangde just laughed.
Although those two county magistrates were driven out, they would not have made a fortune, but Hai Rui should be rich, otherwise he would not have been able to keep marrying wives and concubines.
It is worth mentioning that Hai Rui still has no son, so his concubinage is in line with the provisions of the Ming Law, and he can do these things openly without fear of being impeached.
Wei Guangde thought about King Yu’s character and the current general trend of the world. He felt that telling King Yu this seemed irrelevant. At least the future emperor would know what it was like to rule the country, and when it came to raising taxes and reducing taxes. I will think more about it.
So Wei Guangde briefly mentioned what he knew to King Yu.
“That’s it.”
After hearing this, King Yu was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he said again: "Just the word "fairness" allows the counties under his rule to pay the land tax on time. This shows how those county magistrates who cannot hand over the land tax on time are derelict in their duties. No wonder the court wants to treat these people. "Relegated to use."
"What do you think of his promotion this time?"
Wang Yu asked again.
"His actions can be forgiven, but his heart can be punished."
Wei Guangde replied simply.
(End of this chapter)