Chapter 645 Hai Rui resigns
Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, two liberals, are discussing how people can gain freedom without being exploited. The exploitation they discuss is not only in production, but also in life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. The commoditization of basic survival needs such as housing supply, medical care, education, water supply, domestic waste disposal, etc. has led to a reduction in the discretionary income of producers, and carnivores have plundered more wealth in food, clothing, housing and transportation.
The battlefield against exploitation should not focus on the fairness of the labor market and the ownership of the means of production, but also on the rights that humans must possess and acquire.
This is the limited freedom of Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi. Zhu Yijun strongly agrees with the theory of limited freedom.
Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, starting from Jiang Wei, concluded that the emperor, saints, ministers and virtuous people cannot save the world. It requires the efforts of tens of thousands of people and the freedom of the people from all over the world. The logic is extremely clear.
The water tyrants in Shuiwozi usually distinguish water from sweet wells and bitter wells. Sweet wells supply meat eaters, and bitter wells supply poor people and coolies. A bucket of water from bitter wells sells for 6 cents, while sweet wells sell water for 6 cents. It also sells for 6 cents, because the water tyrant wants to bribe the carnivores with sweet water to maintain his exclusive use of the water wells in this area, maintain the high price of the bitter water wells, and maintain his own profits.
For example, the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division will prohibit digging wells in the city. Once discovered, they will backfill, and even make things difficult for them with servants, because the water tyrants will go to the captains of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division. A tribute to maintain one's status, the benefits are by no means as simple as a bucket of sweet water, tribute is the benefit.
Shuiwozi is the water tyrant, and there is also the dung tyrant, the master of the dung road.
The other most obvious one is education.
Before the founding of Hongwu, there were only four Confucian schools in Yan'an Prefecture, with a total of three prefectures and sixteen counties. From the second year of Hongwu, when the edict was issued to "establish schools in counties and counties", until the seventeenth year of Hongwu, there were only four Confucian schools. A total of 20 Confucian schools were built.
There were only 8 Confucian schools in Beiping Prefecture (Shuntian Prefecture) in 1 prefecture, 4 prefectures and 21 counties. By the 17th year of Hongwu, Shuntian Prefecture had added 21 additional schools.
Xuanzong said to Hu Hui: The state has opened schools since the beginning of Hongwu. There are Imperial Colleges inside and schools outside, and the methods of education are well prepared.
In April of the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao issued another edict: to set up a Confucian school for the Minzhou Guard Military and Civilian Command, with one professor and four teachers. In October of the same year, the Liaodong Dusi established a Confucian school. .
During this period, some Confucian scholars clamored that "there is no need to build schools on the border because the people on the border cannot be educated." Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry and issued a lengthy imperial edict saying, "The teachings of the saints will never go away." He retorted on the grounds of "no" and scolded the Confucian scholars for being so noisy because they were unwilling to endure hardships in the border areas. [Note 1]
Since the 17th year of Hongwu, the military garrison of the Ming Dynasty began to build schools. Over a period of thirteen years, the Confucian School of the Ming garrison was established with unswerving determination. .
The Confucian school in Juntunwei Institute has the same official system as the government school. The Confucian schools in Fuzhou County and Juntunwei Institute have exactly the same specifications.
For such a large-scale school building, where did the teachers and teachers come from?
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict and ordered the Yushitai official to select the imperial students to teach in the north. In March of that year, 366 people including Lin Boyun, the imperial students, were selected from the Imperial Academy and given food to the people. , give them clothes and send them away.
This is the reason why Confucian scholars opposed the establishment of a school by the border army. Because there were no teachers, Zhu Yuanzhang's character would definitely be selected from the Imperial College, and it was the Confucian scholars who suffered in the end.
Since the Xuande period, the Confucian School of Juntunwei Institute began to disappear because its teachers fled the school and the number of students decreased.
After Hongwu, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong, by the fifth year of Jingtai, it had only the name of a school, but no greedy scholars. There are many Confucian schools in various places, so it is best to abandon them all to avoid mistakes. Fei', finally ordered to abolish the border guard Confucian school.
Fuzhou and county schools are also dying out. Of the 29 Confucian schools in Shuntian Prefecture, only 7 are still in use and the rest have been abandoned.
With the abandonment of Fuzhou County Schools and Weisuo Confucian Schools, private schools and academies sprung up like mushrooms in the Ming Dynasty. Shuxiu became more expensive, but only Shuxiu was expensive. That's it. The Chinese people who value education are willing to sell everything to provide their children with education.
But for this person who has learned a lot as a teacher, the invisible threshold is the most important.
Lin Fucheng said that craftsmen should be built into an aristocratic class, with a social status equivalent to that of scholar-bureaucrats. While controlling the means of production, they also have the possibility of rising upwards, becoming elected officials, and influencing the direction of the Ming Dynasty.
That is, the ruling class.
"Admittedly, it can't be done now." Lin Fucheng admitted with great certainty that what he said was just a mirror image. He looked at everyone and said: "If you can't do it, you will definitely fail."
< br>Zhu Yijun no longer asks questions. Lin Fucheng is an opinion bag. He does not need specific practice. His rhetoric and opinions are always full of idealistic unrealism.
What is more interesting is that Lin Fucheng started from the perspective of the inherent evil of human nature and used rules to restrain the evil of human nature.
If we look at this problem from the perspective of Confucius and Mencius, human nature is inherently good. When we have no worries about food and clothing, morality will naturally become noble. The collectively owned economy of Weisuo Confucian School, Fuzhou County School, and Hongyuan Dyeing House will definitely succeed, and there is no need to discuss or restrict it at all.
Li Zhi saw that the atmosphere was too serious and said: "Recently, a Xiong Tingbi appeared in Suiyuan, that is, Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi was both civil and military, talented and eager to learn, but when he was in his hometown, Xiong Tingbi could only herd cattle for the landlord, and his family was poor and had no resources. I wrote a letter to read the book, but I couldn't find a teacher or go to school. Finally, I relied on my strength to work as a guard at Prince Lu's Mansion. , soaring up to 90,000 miles!”
“A few days ago, there was a tribe rebellion in the south of Yinshan Mountain, and more than a thousand people gathered in Xiaoshan Forest. Riding to kill three tigers and destroying seven wolf dens is breathtaking!"
When Zhu Yijun heard what Li Zhi said, his eyes darkened.
The truth of the matter is not like this.
There were indeed rumors of tribal rebellion. Xiong Tingbi did not go to the meeting alone. He went with one hundred and twenty patrol archers. When he arrived at the place, the slave chief saw that it was Xiong Tingbi and did not dare to look down upon him. The reason is not the rebellion, but the wolf scourge that makes people unable to live anymore.
Three tigers and seven wolves' caves do exist, but it was not done by Xiong Tingbi alone. It was the work of one hundred and twenty archers.
There are two rumors on the grassland now. The first is a short story that the emperor and Sanniang had to tell; the second is that Xiong Tingbi is so powerful that he dominates the mountains.
These two rumors cannot even be refuted. One is getting darker and darker, and the other is that Xiong Tingbi is really powerful. Although the rumors are slightly fabricated and exaggerated, horse-killing bandits and wolf dens are both It's true.
Li Zhi's story about Xiong Da galloping on the grassland is actually to explain Lin Fucheng's words. Being from a humble background is not a shame.
If we want Ming Dynasty to become better, we need to find ways to select talents, select these people with outstanding talents, and put them in the right positions to shine.
The atmosphere became a little more relaxed. Some Confucian scholars began to ask tit-for-tat questions. The atmosphere of the gathering began to become tense, while Li Zhi went around putting out fires. Sometimes, Lin Fucheng's speeches were still too bold. Some.
The third lecture on the alienation of people by money, and the ubiquity of sexual intercourse, came to an end in an unfriendly atmosphere.
Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi came to the Tianzihao box. After everyone greeted each other, Zhu Yijun said with a very strange expression: "Master Lin, in the autumn of August this year, there are 1,200 scholars in Shuntian Mansion. Guess what, Xishan How many talents have passed the examination in the third-level schools of the Coal Bureau, Yongding and Yongfeng Woolen Factory? "
Shuntianfu Academy Examination is the most difficult. This year's Shuntianfu Academy Examination has more than 12,000 students. After taking the exam, ten people competed for a spot, and there were many tribute students, supervisors, and poetry, calligraphy, and music scholars from all over the country.
The wealthy households in Seodoseong who migrated to enrich Gyeonggi Province are also an important force for reference.
The three major official offices in the capital of the Ming Dynasty naturally took part in the academic examination to gain the reputation of being a scholar. If you pass the examination this year, you will be able to take the imperial examination next year and the Jinshi the year after that.
"Twenty?" Lin Fucheng said tentatively.
"Two hundred, 203 to be exact." Zhu Yijun shook his head and told Lin Fucheng an extremely astonishing number. It was not a scholar who came from a craftsman's family, but a scholar who came from a sitting craftsman, which exceeded two Hundreds.
“F*ck!” Lin Fucheng couldn’t believe it. He even lost his scholarly elegance and cursed directly.
In autumn, which starts in August, the results will not be released until the beginning of September, so most people don't know the results yet, but as Mr. Huang, who is ambitious and powerful, it is very reasonable to know in advance.
After marking, the inner gate of Gongyuan needs to be opened. The supervisors, promotions, external supervisors, chief examiners, fellow examiners, and deacons will start to open the door. The outer gate of Gongyuan is definitely not allowed to be opened. It takes three to five days to clear your name and start filling in the list.
Zhu Yijun has already obtained the list. There are 203 scholars who were born as craftsmen.
"The children are trying their best." Zhu Yijun said with emotion.
"This is too impressive. There are only 1,200 scholars in total, and the three major official factories only occupy 200 seats?" Li Zhi also said with a face of disbelief: "Could Wang Cifu be the reincarnation of Wenquxing?! I worship Wang Cifu "High school?"
"Well, the craftsmen in the official factory also think that Wang Cifu is a literary star who came to earth." Zhu Yijun said with a smile. There is always something to worship before the exam, and Wang Chonggu became that spiritual sustenance.
It is better to expect the scholar-bureaucrats who farm in Huangzhuang to pass the Jinshi examination than to expect the children of these craftsmen who live here. At least the craftsman’s disciples are really willing to study, and there are also many smart people.
“Because now the Shuntian Prefecture College Examination and the Provincial Examination both require arithmetic. In this regard, the third-level schools in Guanchang have a great advantage.” Zhu Yijun explained why there were so many people.
The third-level schools of the Ming Dynasty teach arithmetic, which is part of the national policy of degree bypass.
But private schools and academies in the Ming Dynasty did not teach arithmetic, because those traditional Confucian scholars themselves did not know arithmetic.
The reason why Zhu Yijun told Lin Fucheng the news was also very simple. Lin Fucheng's proposal to make craftsmen a part of the ruling class was actually already underway quietly.
Zhu Yijun chatted with Lin Fucheng, Li Zhi and others for a long time, and finally ended today's meeting and returned to Tonghe Palace.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was always very busy. After watching the excitement and relaxing, he picked up the memorial and began to review the memorial.
Liang Menglong, the official secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Zongmu, the governor of Haicao, jointly submitted a memorial to discuss the matter of transporting grain by sea.
Transporting grain by sea was mentioned by the scholar Qiu Jun during the Chenghua period. Since then, calls for restoring grain transportation by sea in the Yuan Dynasty continued until the Chongzhen period. However, most scholars proposed the idea of transporting grain by sea. The risks and costs of shipping are avoided, and discussions are often superficial and more based on claims based on self-interest or position.
It means talking about one's nature with one's hands closed.
Liang Menglong and Wang Zongmu actually did it during the Longqing period. Others only talked about it, but they actually practiced it.
In the first experiment, the shipping from Huai'an to Tianjin Wei went very smoothly. Just when they were planning to carry out their grand plan, the grain ship capsized and all the grain was lost.
The shipping of grain by sea, which originally stopped here, started again during the Wanli period, with the support of the emperor and Zhang Juzheng, and under the general trend of opening up the sea.
The four million stone grains in the south of the Yangtze River were completely transported by sea in the seventh year of Wanli, and the transport capacity of the river channel was completely released. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the main artery of the capital, was once again full of vitality.
After six years of shipping grain, I have accumulated a lot of experience, including management, cost control, shipping risks, shipping insurance, etc., which are all comprehensively explained. "It turns out that a seaborne grain can only carry 600 shi?" Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial and realized how difficult it was for Wang Zongmu and Liang Menglong.
"At that time, Liang Menglong and Wang Zongmu were criticized by the court officials. Wang Zongmu went to Beijing to talk to his husband to persuade him that the shipping of grain cannot be stopped, and he was reprimanded by him. Alas." Feng Bao talked about that year. In the past, an internal strife broke out within Zhang's party because the grain ship capsized and sank.
"Oh?" Zhu Yijun showed curiosity about the gossip.
Wang Zongmu scolded Zhang Juzheng for not supporting shipping grain and being a traitor to the country. Saving money like this is a great thing for the financially difficult dynasty. Zhang Juzheng explained that he was trying his best to overcome everyone's opinions. The boat capsized, so we had to wait.
In the end, no one convinced the other, and both parties broke up unhappy.
The biggest resistance to shipping grain comes from the great artery of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal itself. The Ming Dynasty has formed a stable political and economic ecology around the river channel. It is easy to change the law, which will have great consequences for the cities and counties along the river. A huge impact, the food and clothing of millions of laborers is at stake, nothing like this.
Zhang Juzheng, who was not the chief minister at that time, no longer had the energy to continue supporting the shipping of grain, but Wang Zongmu still called Zhang Juzheng a national thief.
In the fourth year of Longqing, there were a total of 436 ships from Huai'an to Tianjin Wei. Each ship cost 290 taels of silver, and a total of 120,000 taels of silver was spent to build a ship for shipping grain. One shipment of grain was 201,150 shi. , each ship costs 600 shi, and each shipping fee is about 30,000 silver.
Compared with the horrific expenses in the river, thirty thousand silver is really not much. The carrying capacity of one sea ship is equal to that of two river ships, but the freight is less than a quarter.
Moreover, rivers take up four months of waterways a year to transport grain. One stone of grain transported to the capital was lost for various reasons on the way, and the freight was as high as three stones. One stone of grain cost three stones. The sea-cao system greatly reduced the freight.
Now, in the twelfth year of Wanli, one grain ship can carry 3,000 shi of grain. Similarly, there are now 600 sea-borne grain ships, which means that it only takes two or three trips to load the grain. 4 million stone grain was transported to the capital, and the freight was only about 90,000 taels of silver.
The most important thing is that the grain ship was not empty on its way back to Songjiang Prefecture from Tianjin Wei, but was filled with coke, turning in and out. The grain ship became profitable in the tenth year of Wanli.
In the eleventh year of Wanli, Wang Zongmu, the governor of Haicao, handed over the profits of thirteen thousand taels of silver to the imperial court.
Can a ship loaded with coke be able to directly load grain? The food given to His Majesty the Emperor contains coke, and the governor who transported it to the Songjiang Navy did not want to live anymore?
Of course not, because the grain box is used to store grain, the Taiyue box invented by Zhang Juzheng himself.
"Wang Zongmu said that the Ming Dynasty's maritime grain transport technology has matured and can basically guarantee the military grain supply for the Ming Navy's expedition to Japan." After Zhu Yijun saw the end of the memorial, he realized that he had read a map of the Yan State. This last A paragraph is the only way to see the truth.
Discuss the history of studying and judging the Ming Dynasty's shipping of grain, discuss the difficulty of shipping grain, and discuss changes, all because of this sentence. The ability of the Ming Dynasty to transport grain by sea can ensure the logistical supplies for the expedition to Japan.
When the Ming Dynasty was demonstrating the total annihilation of Japan, there were two routes, one was North Korea, Tsushima Island, and the Japanese mainland, which was the land route; the other was Ryukyu, Nagasaki, and the Japanese mainland, which was the sea route;
Of these two routes, the land route is more suitable for Ming Dynasty, because there is no need to worry about the impact of hydrology and logistics.
However, the King of Korea did not intend to be an offline king. He encountered huge resistance on the land route. On the sea route, Wang Zongmu, the governor of Haicao, said that the emperor's bold expedition and logistical supplies could be guaranteed by the head on his neck.
Zhu Yijun Zhu approved this memorial, and his reply was: The Invincible Fleet is not invincible.
Felipe II attacked England and annexed Portugal in order to minimize the risk. He did it four times in total, but lost to Astronomy and Hydrology. He even lost his home to England. The people were occupied and locked in the Mediterranean Sea, unable to move.
Zhu Yijun did not intend to take military risks.
The last time, Zhu Yijun asked the King of North Korea to come to Beijing to apologize, but there was no news soon. The King of North Korea accepted that he could only pay tribute once a year, and was unwilling to take the risk to come to the Ming Dynasty. As the Celestial Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty Naturally, he has a great power and magnanimity, but he can't stand up to the scholars of Ming Dynasty. With a roll of his eyes, he has an idea.
Zhu Yijun received Li Chengliang's confession, because the Ming Dynasty's development in Liaodong became more and more difficult after arriving in Jilin. There was no other reason than cold.
The Northeast of the Little Ice Age, especially north of Jilin, was really cold all year round, and crops could not grow stably, which became the biggest obstacle to development.
Li Chengliang tried several times to build inns, forts, reclaim land, etc. in the north of Jilin, but all ended in vain.
"In the words of Marquis Ningyuan, this place is so cold now that even Siberian tigers don't live there." Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand with a bit of a smile. In order to objectively tell the story of Northeast China at this time, Zhu Yijun The coldness of the Siberian tiger was used as an example.
The bitter cold north of Jilin drove away the Siberian tigers. The Siberian tigers migrated eastward to Shuangchengwei (Vladivostok). Because it is close to the ocean, Shuangchengwei has only four months of ice period. , the freezing period of Shuangchengwei is a full two months shorter than that of the hinterland far away from the huge water body.
Zhu Yijun knows how to farm. He knows very well that in the Ming Dynasty, agricultural production cannot be carried out in places with a frost-free period of less than 140 days. If agricultural production cannot be carried out, it cannot be developed. This is not because Li Chengliang is incompetent. If Zhu Yijun went to Liaodong, faced with this Waiting for the cold, you can only catch yourself blind.
"Instruct the tribes north of Jilin to report to Jilin regularly to report their ethnic groups and number of people, and open up mutual trade for the reproduction and survival of the Fanyi people." Zhu Yijun issued an edict, allowing these alienated people to go to Jilin for Trade with each other and exchange daily necessities.
This method of governance was very common in the Ming Dynasty and was called Jisi.
The whipping method implemented by Shen Shixing in Songjiang Prefecture was successfully implemented, and substantial progress was made in the Chidao in the four counties of Songjiang Prefecture. Shen Shixing, a good old man, lost his temper directly, causing everyone in Songjiang Prefecture to lose his temper. I was in danger, and finally within the deadline, I finished tearing off the skin that would never be finished, and the project began to actually move forward.
Is it difficult to acquire land? Shen Shixing carried out demolition and reconstruction of the section of road that Chidao passed through, and the efficiency of the operation exceeded Zhu Yijun's expectations.
The main reason for such a smooth process was that the four Feng Shui masters and their disciples who went to the Songjiang government office to ask for rewards obviously did not read the almanac when they went out, and were sent to Java by Shen Shixing to refine oil. , coupled with the fact that Yuan Shen was beheaded in public at Chongyifang execution ground, things went particularly smoothly.
The way to requisition land is to give a certain amount of compensation or exchange the land. If you don't accept it and make unreasonable demands, then naturally someone will come to give you good advice, most of them are local sages and gentry.
Chidao from Songjiang Prefecture has entered the city, and Shanghai County, Pudong County, Huating County, and Qingpu County have all entered the city.
The powerful right-wingers and the virtuous gentry of the countryside are actually very clear that once the Chidao is completed, it will be a great thing that can take Songjiang Mansion further. They blocked it before just to ask for benefits. They are about to take Shen Shixing. The good guys were getting impatient and wanted to kill people, so the powerful right-wingers had to give up temporarily.
In the early morning of the next day, with the autumn wind blowing coldly, Zhu Yijun arrived at the Wenhua Hall and began his daily court discussions.
"If you have something to do, leave the office and start playing. If there is nothing to do, roll up the curtain and withdraw from the court." Feng Bao flicked his whisk and announced that today's court meeting has begun.
"My lord, please return home begging for the bones." Hai Rui left his duties and solemnly took out a memorial and presented it to the king. He bowed five times and kowtowed three times to thank you for your kindness.
Hai Rui has been back to the DPRK for twelve years. His Majesty has traveled thousands of miles to recruit him back to the DPRK. Hai Rui has a clear conscience, but this time it was indeed his mistake.
"No." Zhu Yijun did not read the memorial, directly marked the memorial with an × and sent it back to the cabinet.
"I know, there are some bastards who are saying recently: Hai Qingtian, Hai Haiwang is not bad!" Zhu Yijun knew very well what happened, he sneered and said: "A silverfish dies, just think I'm going to ask the minister, do you think I'm so easy to fool as a ten-year-old child?"
Specifically, Hai Rui's magic sword has problems with anti-corruption.
The essence of corruption cases is the transaction of power and money. Because power is not completely controlled by one person, the most important thing when delivering bribes is to be comprehensive. The amount of money is important, and it is important to send them all. This is a loss. The art of bribery cannot be missed.
Once the money is not given to a specific person, this person has no ability to achieve success and is very capable of doing bad things.
The nature of corruption cases that must be comprehensive means that every attempt to eliminate corruption is destined to be a false case, pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, implicating the public.
The gunpowder used in the assassination of Wang Chonggu was put into the capital by Zhao Chengfan, the censor of the city patrol. After Zhao Chengfan was arrested, Zhao Chengfan and Hai Rui followed Zhao Chengfan's lead and conducted an in-depth investigation.
After searching, I found Huang Chun, the official of Shuntian Prefecture.
This Huang Chun was honest and honest. He lived a very frugal life. He wore plain clothes except for his official uniform. He had a good reputation. In fact, Hai Rui did not have any concrete evidence, so he did not send this official Huang Chun to Beijing. The Zhenfusi court was held in court, but in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Hai Rui hadn't asked anyone to question him yet, but Huang Chun, without saying a word, hit a pillar and died in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Huang Chun has a good reputation, which means that he is very cautious in everything he does. He leaves few clues and no evidence. After committing suicide to prove his innocence, Hai Rui immediately became the target of public criticism, and all kinds of messy things happened. Rumors spread.
Hai Rui is no longer Hai Gangfeng, but Hai Haiwang.
The reason why Hai Rui had to retire was that Huang Chun's mother went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to make a fuss and made a lot of noise. She said that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was investigating the case, and Huang Chun could not bear the torture. He was humiliated and died by hitting a pillar.
Faced with this mess, Hai Rui couldn't argue and had no choice but to resign.
"Tishuai!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhao Mengyou.
"I'm here!" Zhao Mengyou replied loudly.
Zhu Yijun said with a stern expression: "The Huang Chun case will be taken over by Beizhen Fusi Tiqi. The whole story must be investigated clearly, especially whether Huang Chun is involved in corruption or assassination cases. We must investigate to the end. No tolerance!”
"I obey the decree!" Zhao Mengyou did not shirk the blame.
Before Hai Rui came back, Zhang Juzheng said more than once in front of Hai Rui that the crooked part is complete and the strong part is broken.
Hai Rui’s efforts to combat corruption are very strict, but the sentencing standards are not strict. For example, the former Sichuan governor Luo Yao who embezzled 340,000 silver was just stripped of his official status and dismissed from his job. No lives will be lost, it mainly depends on the impact of the incident.
Censor Zhao Chengfan, who knew the other party was not good at all, secretly sent gunpowder into the capital. The gunpowder went to Wang Chonggu. What if it came to his majesty?
Huang Chun didn't say anything and just hit the pillar. If nothing happened behind the scenes, Zhu Yijun would have been the emperor for twelve years.
It is not a big case in the first place, but if you have to deal with it, then go for it!
Struggle has always been like this. You can't take a step back. One step back will lead to an abyss.
"I am ashamed of myself." Hai Rui said with a very complicated expression. Hai Rui felt that if he got out of the trap, he should take the blame himself, and he would be derelict in his duty if he had to bother His Majesty to take action.
In fact, it is easy to quell the public opinion on this matter. Just push the person who is responsible for it as a scapegoat. This kind of blame-shifting has been common since ancient times.
But Hai Rui didn’t, he was an honest minister.
(End of this chapter)