Chapter 1631: Human Heart
The emperor finally left the palace under the persuasion of the eunuch.
Fortunately, he had arranged for a substitute before, but now some caring people are paying attention to his substitute, but they have not found him as the real owner.
The emperor and the empress took the prince and their family of three with them, and followed the eunuch to live in his villa outside the palace.
The queen originally said she could go to her father's house to hide.
The emperor thought to himself, I might have agreed before, but now I know that your father, my father-in-law who has been favored by the country for a long time, has long been ready to defect to the new dynasty.
It’s really ridiculous. The person who has received the most favor from the court will not repay the favor.
On the contrary, people who have sacrificed a lot for the court will pay for it with their lives.
He has discovered from the divine network that Sun Changcun is running at a speed of one hundred and eighty miles a day, trying to return reinforcements.
However, even he understood that under the watchful eye of the Divine Network, this kind of return support would inevitably be ambushed, and the end would be clear at a glance.
One hundred and eighty a day, how many soldiers can resist?
Even if you can resist, how much energy do you still have to pick up a sword and a gun?
The emperor shook his head and just picked up a general history to read in the eunuch's study.
He was looking for comfort.
I am not the only one who has lost his country in history.
Just watching, he cried again.
“Other kings who have subjugated their country either don’t know how to mince meat, or are in a state of confusion all day long, or have been usurped by powerful ministers, or have strong enemies oppressing the country, but I have none of these things!”
“To do this! Speaking of powerful enemies, I watched them grow up little by little, but there was nothing I could do. It was like a person suffering from inflammation. It was a small inflammation, but in the end it killed the person! "
Comparison! Under this, he felt that it was too unfair for him to perish his country!
The key is that since he took office, he has never lived a comfortable life for a day.
He did not dare to accept the beauties offered to him for favors, lest it be recorded in history that he perished because of his indulgence in beauty.
The result is that he has no bad habits, he has not enjoyed the emperor’s blessings at all, and he has suffered all the emperor’s sins!
Where can I explain this?
Posterity may sympathize, but I’m afraid it will make more people laugh.
The emperor thought of this and wanted to hang himself again.
Fortunately, at this moment, cheers came from the street outside the small courtyard. After listening carefully, it turned out that the Heavenly Holy Army had entered the city.
It is too rare for the army to enter the city and the people to cheer, unless someone organizes it.
He suddenly had the idea that even if he died, he had to die clearly.
Can't be confused, so he got into the divine network and wanted to see what happened.
The emperor is still very familiar with the capital.
He quickly arrived at Zhengyang Gate, which was the most orthodox way to enter the capital. Common people were generally not allowed to pass through, and the gate would only be opened during ceremonies.
For example, offering prisoners.
I saw a row of tall horses passing through Zhengyang Gate.
The emperor turned into an eagle and stared carefully.
The leader is a young man.
He knew that the magician was just a young man.
Some people say it is a gift from heaven, but in his opinion, it is possessed by a demon.
That young man has dull eyes, is he really blind?
This was found out from the intelligence, but he never believed it, and the blind boy could not be seen through the divine network.
Haha, I lost to a blind man?
The emperor only thought it was funny.
At the same time, hope arises inexplicably: "Since ancient times, those who become kings must not be disabled. Those with disabilities will never become kings."
I wonder who will benefit from the world that this blind man has worked so hard to build. .
"The Heavenly Holy Army entered the city, everything will follow the old rules, only the officials will be replaced, and nothing else will be done."
As this sentence was announced, the people on the street slowly No more cheering.
Didn’t we agree to open a warehouse to store grain? Want to make a big deal?
If you play this trick, everyone will be unhappy.
But another group of people became happy again. Not moving is good news.
What they fear most is movement.
Only the emperor sneered.
If you really have to follow the laws of Dayan, none of those ministers can escape!
This is exactly the case.
Then the Three Law Division was reopened and old cases were cleared.
The first person to be arrested was the Minister of Punishment. Last year alone, there were fifteen unjust cases, each of which resulted in lives.
The second person to be arrested was the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. The amount of silver in his hands alone was 450,000 taels.
It looks like he hasn’t reached 100 yet, that’s because he has only been a member for a year and a half.
The first few were captured by the emperor.
The emperor's real power was still very great.
Although he cannot deal with the entire class, he can deal with a certain official.
The emperor looked at "haha" and laughed.
"You old man, if I ask you to donate money, you will donate three hundred taels, but you have five hundred thousand taels hidden at home!"
"It's good now, I don't have any. Change your ways, even if you follow the rules of the Great Flame, you can't escape!"
"You can still say that you have been wronged? Who has wronged you? Is it the money or your steward?"
< br>In the lobby of the Inspection Department, the former Minister of Household Affairs kept shouting "Unjust".
"It's unfair. This is a common practice. Why do we have to arrest people and ransack their homes! I didn't get any extra money." cried the former Minister of Household Affairs.
"Routine? Which of the Great Yan Laws says that you can allocate 30% of the money to be withdrawn first?" the director-general of the Inspection Department said with a smile.
No one who is caught does not say that this is the default rule, this is the norm.
Routine, routine, Dayan is bound to die, but if it dies decades in advance, it means it dies based on routine.
"This, this is not the norm. Living in the capital is not easy, how can we still live? With this coming, how can we spend our money? We only rely on the annual salary of a thousand taels and a few hundred shi of rice. It’s not enough,” the former Minister of Household Affairs complained bitterly.
"Humph, there is no requirement in Dayan's law to welcome people and send them off! If you do your own thing well, you will be promoted. Why do you want to fawn over so much? A common man can feed his whole family with five shi of rice a year. You can get a few hundred shi. Not enough to eat?”
“That’s just eating rice bran! I studied hard for fifteen years, and it took me another ten years to be a scholar, and I’m thirty-three years old. Keep living that kind of life!" The former Tobe Minister also had an attack.
The emperor listened and felt that what the other party said made sense.
Well, this is why he had to default to regular silver.
He knew these things, but he couldn't change them.
If you don't treat your ministers well, how can talented people come to you?
Is it possible that you can’t read a few people using big characters?
They will only be greedy for more, see the eunuchs around them.
“There were incorruptible officials in the previous dynasty who only spent dozens of taels of silver a year and lived the same life. You are the ones who read the sage’s books crookedly. You talk about Yan Hui’s style and commit banditry behind your back!” Chang sneered.
The former Minister of Household Affairs has nothing to say.
The handle of the knife is in his hand. It's enough to say a few words. If he continues to talk, he will probably have to use a stick.
Whoever tastes it will know the taste of clamping sticks. He has watched several trials of three chambers. It was really under three trees. Even a dog had to confess.
The emperor was silent.
He understood that the other party relied on its emerging army, which was like a person's new teeth, still clean and strong, so that it could bite through the turbid officialdom and clean it up.
But how long can it last?
Thirty years, or fifty years?
He decided to take a closer look.
People's hearts can change.
(End of this chapter)