Chapter 323 Never reason with civil servants
These rules and regulations would be misinterpreted by civil servants to restrict the emperor.
The more rules the founding emperor sets, the more severe the restrictions will be on subsequent emperors.
Emperor Taizu once said that future emperors should not kill officials who speak out.
To put it simply, it means that you are not allowed to kill someone in anger because of a minister's report. It also means that you are not allowed to kill the official.
Emperor Taizu did this because he was afraid that future emperors would be fatuous, and civil servants would be killed if they sent memorials to persuade him. Other civil servants were afraid and did not dare to continue to persuade.
However, the civil servants told him not to kill scholar-bureaucrats.
"Your Majesty, falsely spreading the imperial edict is punishable by death!" Yan Kuan said.
Zhao Xing looked at Hu Zhongyan with sharp eyes and said: "Hu Shangshu said that Emperor Taizu once said not to kill scholar-bureaucrats. Do you want me to order people to dig out all the daily notes of Emperor Taizu? Hu Shangshu will look for it for me. How can Emperor Taizu do it?" Did you say that? ”
Hu Zhongyan's expression did not change. He had a feeling that as long as he dared to say that Emperor Taizu said this and could not find relevant records in Emperor Taizu's daily notes, Zhao Xing would really kill him.
"Maybe Chen Ji is confused." Hu Zhongyan said in a dry voice.
He was finally afraid.
"Hu Shangshu cannot be sure, but I can confirm that the "Song Xingtong", "Warning against Corruption", and "Zhucang Beggar's Law" were all formulated by Taizu's orders. Only by handling according to the law can we follow Taizu's words. ." Zhao Xing said lightly.
The faces of the officials changed slightly, and they had already seen that Zhao Xing was very determined to kill this time.
How many clean ones do they have? If Zhao Xing is really allowed to wield the butcher's knife, then they are likely to be next.
In order to prevent things from harming their own kind, they must stop them no matter what.
Zhao Xing did not give them a chance to think, stood up and said: "Retreat!"
After saying that, he walked out.
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"Your Majesty!"
Not long after Zhao Xing returned to Longtuge, a chamberlain hurriedly walked in and said: "The chief officials of various ministries and many ministers are outside asking for an audience!"
"Tell them I'm missing!" Zhao Xing said coldly.
"Yes."
The eunuch who reported the news bowed and left, then came in again after a while.
"After the servant conveyed His Majesty's oral instructions to all the gentlemen, they knelt outside the palace and said that they would not leave unless Your Majesty saw them."
"Hmph!" Zhao Xing snorted coldly when he heard this: "Are they trying to force the palace? Since you like to kneel, just kneel."
Zhao Xing did not accept this at all, but he still asked Sanshui to inform Yan Kuan and execute Peng Qingzhong and others as soon as possible to make it an established fact.
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Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple. It is the custom for emperors of all dynasties to visit Daxiangguo Temple during the Shangyuan Festival.
Normally, if there was a drought or flood and the emperor needed to offer sacrifices, they would all be held at the Daxiangguo Temple.
Royal events such as the emperor's birthday celebrations and death anniversaries, foreign envoys offering incense and worshiping, and banquets for ministers and ministers were often held in the Daxiangguo Temple.
In addition, Daxiangguo Temple is also the largest trading market in Bianjing.
On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month and every third and eighth day, the Daxiangguo Temple will open the temple market, allowing people to trade here. It can accommodate tens of thousands of people. People from all over the country who come to the capital to buy and sell goods will consciously gather here.
As a royal temple, Daxiangguo Temple is not prohibited from being open to the common people. Except for some special temples, common people can go to worship and offer incense in other temples.
But early this morning, a group of forbidden troops came and put the Daxiangguo Temple under tight security.
The common people have become accustomed to seeing this phenomenon and know that nobles from the palace are coming to offer incense. In the morning, when it was almost six o'clock, Huixin, the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple, led a group of monks to wait at the entrance of Daxiangguo Temple.
Not long after, a group of Forbidden Soldiers escorted several carriages and came here from a distance.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of Daxiangguo Temple, and Zhang Guifen, Minglan, and the British princess got off one after another.
Huixin led a group of monks forward to salute, and then welcomed Zhang Guifen and his entourage in.
Throughout the morning, Huixin led Zhang Guifen and others to worship from temple to temple. On the way, he also told Zhang Guifen some of the history of Daxiangguo Temple.
Zhang Guifen had a vegetarian meal at Daxiangguo Temple at noon, and then prepared to return to the palace.
"The Queen!"
At this moment, Cui'e trotted over anxiously and saluted: "A group of officials were kneeling outside the Daxiangguo Temple, saying they were begging the Queen to persuade your Majesty to take back his life!"
Zhang Guifen frowned slightly when she heard this. She had also heard about the early court incident, but the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, so she didn't care.
But she didn't expect that someone would come to block her outside Daxiangguo Temple.
"Fern, why don't we leave through the back door. As long as we return to the palace, we'll be fine," the British princess said.
It's not good to deal with this kind of thing, and it's not good to ignore it. She thinks it's better to hide away.
As long as they returned to the palace, these officials could not go to the harem to block Zhang Guifen.
"Mother, you can't do this." Zhang Guifen shook her head and said, "If I leave through the back door, it will appear as if Your Majesty did something wrong and had a guilty conscience."
"But those civil servants are blocking the door. If you don't follow their wishes, I'm afraid they won't let it go." The British princess said anxiously.
"Don't worry, mother, your daughter can handle it."
After Zhang Guifen finished speaking, she looked at Minglan and said: "You wait in the temple first, I will send those people away before coming out."
"My concubine, please come with the Queen. You may be able to help." Minglan said.
After hearing this, Zhang Guifen pondered for a moment and said: "Then let's go together."
When the British princess saw this, she couldn't persuade her any more, so she could only follow her daughter.
The group of people left the Daxiangguo Temple and saw dozens of officials kneeling at the entrance of the Daxiangguo Temple.
These people were not qualified to kneel outside Longtuge. When they learned that the queen left the palace to go to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense, they knelt here and wanted Zhang Guifen to persuade Zhao Xing.
"Meet the Queen!"
"What do you want to do if you block my palace?" Zhang Guifen stood on the doorstep and looked at the officials kneeling below and said calmly.
"Back to the eldest lady, Your Majesty, in the morning court, issued an order to execute Peng Shilang and several other adults. Although these adults made mistakes, who are the sages and sages to make mistakes? Several adults have also made contributions to the court. Your Majesty punishes the prince. However, please persuade your majesty to take back the order!" said a leading official.
"Do you have any position in the government?" Zhang Guifen asked calmly.
"I am Chen Nian, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites!" Chen Nian said respectfully.
"Mr. Chen, who serves in the Ministry of Rites, should be very clear about etiquette and law. You should know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If you stop me and ask me to persuade your majesty to take back your orders, don't you mean that I am interfering in the government affairs?" Zhang Guifen said lightly.
"The eldest lady is wrong. The eldest lady is the queen, and advising your majesty is not interfering in the government's affairs!" Chen Nian said.
Zhang Guifen smiled when she heard this. She suddenly remembered that Zhao Xing once told her never to reason with civil servants.
Because the principles themselves were formulated by the literati, and whether they make sense or not is entirely up to them.
Zhang Guifen thought that Zhao Xing was a little too extreme at the time, but now she found that what Zhao Xing said really made sense.
(End of chapter)