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595 Chapter 594 His actions can be forgiven, his heart can be punished

Throwing the memorabilia to the ground, Emperor Jiajing said angrily, "Come here, order Jin Yiwei to arrest him immediately, and don't let him escape."

"Yes, yes, according to the order."

Chen Hong, who had been waiting below, saw the enraged emperor, and obeyed his orders, picked up the memorabilia on the ground and prepared to go out to pass the decree.

"His Majesty."

At this time, Huang Jin, who had always been like a transparent person beside Emperor Jiajing, called out in a low voice.

His call made the Emperor Jiajing, who was in a rage, calm down a little.

He is a stubborn person, doesn't he know that Xuanxiu will have no results?
But after persisting for so many years, if he gives up at the last moment, not only will he not become a wise monarch in the mouth of those civil officials, but he will become a fool, a fool who was deceived by those charlatans.

This is something he, as the emperor, cannot bear.

Just now, Emperor Jiajing wanted to kill Hai Rui. This person was too bad, so he wanted to rub salt on his wounds.

However, Huang Jin's soft call was just right, making him gradually calm down.

"Your Majesty, this man has always had a foolish reputation. I heard that before he went to school, he knew that he should die for offending the emperor. He bought a coffin and bid farewell to his wife. The servants ran around and did not stay. He himself would not run away. .”

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing had calmed down, Huang Jin hurriedly spoke.

Today, after the news of Hai Rui's going to the palace, he learned the details from the factory guard, but the memorial was not sent to the palace, so he couldn't bring it up first.

However, this did not prevent him from finding someone to find out Hai Rui's reality beforehand.

The family members had been dismissed, and there was a coffin in the main room, and Hai Rui was sitting beside the coffin.

Huang Jin's words completely calmed Emperor Jiajing down. He realized that something was wrong. It seemed that someone had dug a hole for him, and when he thought about the words in the memorial, he figured it out.

"This man compares himself to Bigan, but I am not King Zhou of Shang."

Exhaling a bad breath from his chest, Emperor Jiajing returned to his original appearance.

And Chen Hong below was a little at a loss at this time, just now he received the order to arrest people, but now seeing the emperor's intentions, it seems that he doesn't intend to pursue this matter.

"Ignore him, I will stay here."

Emperor Jiajing seemed to see his embarrassment, and said casually.

When Wei Guangde packed up his desk and left the school record hall, he didn't hear the news that the palace had issued an order to arrest people.

Sitting in the carriage, Wei Guangde already understood that most of the rumors in later generations are not credible, such as Emperor Jiajing furiously wanting to kill Hai Rui, and all the officials persuading him. If you don't read "Public Security", combined with the current situation, you can't imagine the current situation at all. Case.

Even if Hai Rui is arrested later and released after King Yu ascends the throne, it may be just a means left by Emperor Jiajing for King Yu, so that King Yu can use a virtuous name to face his subjects all over the world.

It is this insight that is enough for Wei Guangde at the moment, so that King Yu will not make mistakes.

The carriage soon arrived in front of Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde got off the carriage directly, and walked into Prince Yu's Mansion.

After entering the door, a servant greeted him.

"Master Wei, His Highness has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Lead the way ahead."

The servant said courteously, Wei Guangde was just pointing at people, just giving a casual order.

Soon, under the guidance of the servant, Wei Guangde walked into the room where King Yu was.

"Meet Your Highness."

Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute King Yu, and King Yu hurriedly excused him.

Wei Guangde stood up, and cupped his hands at Yin Shixuan who was at the side, "Brother Zhengfu, please stay safe."

During this period of time, Yin Shizhen spent less time in Prince Yu's Mansion, and Wei Guangde did not see him when he came to the Palace several times.

It's not that he didn't want to avoid it, but that he wasn't 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 should not be hidden from Yin Shizhen's ears.

"Shan Loan, don't come here without any problems. I heard that you have been busy for the past two months, hehe."

Yin Shizhen said cheerfully as usual.

"Hey, His Majesty urged you to ask if you have nothing to do. Mr. Li Ge also sent people to ask about the progress from time to time, so he didn't dare to delay."

Wei Guangde replied pretending to be helpless.

"The progress of listening to the book and checking the book is the fastest in your place, and the books handed over in your room, the senior Li Ge gave a high evaluation after checking, and there is no mistake or omission, which is very rare."

Yin Shizhen laughed.

"Eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king, aren't these what we courtiers should do."

Wei Guangde pretended to be modest.

"Extremely so."

Yin Shizhen agreed.

"Okay, Shan Loan, I invited you here today, just to ask you, what should be the palace's attitude towards Hai Rui Shangshu?"

King Yu interrupted the conversation between Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen a little impatiently. The matter has developed for almost a day now, and the whole court has been completely spread.

Although Hai Rui seemed to be flattering Emperor Jiajing, most people still felt that he was pointing fingers at Emperor Jiajing after reading the memorial, accusing Emperor Jiajing of believing in religion and giving up governing the country and the people of the world.

After all, in that book, all the taboo words of "the two dragons will not meet" were written, and there was a large comment on Emperor Jiajing Xuanxiu, who exhausted the power of the people all over the world.

No matter what Hai Rui said was right or not, as the son of Emperor Jiajing, King Yu felt that he should not turn a blind eye.

If others open their mouths to accuse your father, can you bear it as a son?

"How does Your Highness want to deal with Hai Rui?"

Wei Guangde put away his relaxed smile 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 with the details."

King Yu said.

Gao Gong was not found, which seems to be a good sign.

Wei Guangde thought in his heart, but the expression on his face remained the same, he just looked at Yin Shizhen, wanting to know how he told King Yu.

"I read Hai Rui's report, and I think he has done a good job. It is the duty of a courtier to remonstrate with the emperor."

Yin Shizhen seemed to see what he meant, and answered.

"Because Hai Rui just pointed out some mistakes His Majesty made, at least the mistakes that the ministers think His Majesty made?"

Wei Guangde asked.

"Exactly. Does Shan Loan think that Hai Rui's memorial is not true?"

Yin Shizhen asked suspiciously.

And Yu Wang, who was at the top, also moved slightly, and sat up straight inadvertently, as if he was listening attentively.

Wei Guangde didn't answer Yin Shizhen's rhetorical question, but just blinked and asked with a smile: "So, in Brother Zhengfu's opinion, not only should Hai Rui not be dealt with, but he should also be properly protected."

Yin Shizhen didn't answer this time, but nodded slightly to express his true thoughts.

This, perhaps, is the unanimous view of officials in the DPRK and China who consider themselves clean.

Dare to advise the emperor, at least such an official is not a bad person.

"However, His Highness is also worried that if the palace sends 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 matter whether King Yu is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. The important thing is that his expression often appears, and in the eyes of some people who are not familiar with him, it is an unpredictable and profound look.

How Hai Rui died, Wei Guangde really didn't know, but he had the impression that the relationship between Hai Rui and Xu Jie became very tense, and even after Xu Jie retired, he was sent to the south of the Yangtze River, and his job was to clean up Xu Jie.

As for the rumor that Xu Jie rescued the imprisoned Hai Rui, Wei Guangde laughed.

Anyway, he no longer believed that the impression of Hai Rui in future generations was deliberately beautified.

"Whatever attitude you adopt toward Hai Rui, your Highness can just follow your heart."

Wei Guangde also noticed that King Yu seemed to approve of Hai Rui's memorial, but he didn't dare to stand up and agree because the person accused was his father.

Wei Guangde asked King Yu to obey his heart, that is, since you think you can't approve of 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 Manchu Dynasty and the subjects of the world to see what attitude you, a son, have.

At this time, King Yu's face still changed slightly, but his eyes flickered, as if he had listened to Wei Guangde's words.

After bowing his head and contemplating for a long time, King Yu raised his head and said to Yin Shizhen beside him, "Mr. Yin told the outside world after he left that I don't like Hai Rui."

"Your Highness, Lord Hai though."

"Needless to say, this matter is settled."

King Yu directly waved his hand to interrupt Yin Shizhen's words. He knew what Yin Shizhen was going to say, but he couldn't do that. It was nothing more than that the emperor had a wrong subject, so he should give advice, point out the king's mistakes, and let him correct them, so that the world can be stable.

He had heard these things in Gao Gong's class since he was a child, and he felt that they were right at that time.

But these years, as he got older and saw more and more things, he also found that it didn't seem to be the case.

Tang Taizong's idea seems to be correct, but after thinking about it, it always feels very strange, and it feels that it is not that simple.

According to what Wei Guangde once told him, that is, everyone is performing, performing hard, and acting for others to see.

Emperor Taizong of Tang acted like this in order to portray himself as a generation of Mingjun, courteous corporals, and aimed at the remnants of the enemy. In fact, it was just to cover up his injustice in obtaining the throne.

He, King Yu, doesn't need to act, because he is the most upright party, he doesn't do anything, and that position is his.

Follow your heart, since you agree with Hai Rui's words, but you are worried about the public opinion, then just put on a show.

"Mr. Yin, go back first, I have something else to talk to Shandai."

King Yu spoke again.

"My minister retire."

Although he didn't know what else King Yu and Wei Guangde had to say, Yin Shizhen still saluted and left the room.

After the people left, King Yu looked at Wei Guangde again and asked, "Shan Loan, what kind of person do you think this Hai Rui is? Why did you publish this memorial?"

After asking this question, Wei Guangde knew that King Yu had also thought about this question, and that was the purpose of Hai Rui's evacuation.

"Hai Rui served as county magistrate twice. It is said that he is very famous, so his official reputation is very good. Because of his outstanding performance in land tax collection when he was the magistrate of Chun'an County, he was transferred to the household department."

Wei Guangde replied.

These, in fact, were mentioned by Duan Mengxian to him before, otherwise he would not know about Hai Rui's past experience.

"Tian Fu?"

King Yu said suspiciously, looking at Li Fang.

Li Fang on the side just nodded slightly under King Yu's sight.

"His land tax collection exceeds the previous practice?"

King Yu said curiously at this time, he already knew about it from Li Fang, but he was very curious about what Wei Guangde meant by land tax collection, and wanted to find out what was going on.

"this."

Wei Guangde was a little hesitant, because it involved some local rules. Although he had never been to a local government, he knew what was going on from Ouyang Yijing. Combined with what he saw and heard in Jiujiang before, naturally Just launch the whole picture.

Wei Guangde hesitated whether to tell King Yu the details.

In fact, what Hai Rui did in those two counties can only be said to be "fair". That's why Hai Rui's actions earned him such a great reputation.

The private collection of land taxes is carried out according to the allocation method of the field level. If the person who masters the allocation method is the county magistrate, it is better to say that it is an official in the county government.

When apportioning the land tax, these people often collude with local big households for profit, and spread the land tax that should have been evenly distributed to the small people in Shengdou through the method of field level.

What Hai Rui did was actually to preside over the apportionment by him himself, so as to prevent the petty officials from cheating and manipulating for profit, and the common people benefited from it.

At the same time, the cases he encountered were handled impartially, and the reputation of Qingtian spread from this.

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 point when he formulated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so the punishment for small officials was particularly severe.

In fact, because the officials of this era entered office through the imperial examination and were low-ranking officials, they were often fooled by local officials in partnership. Back up.

In fact, thinking about future generations, similar situations are not uncommon, and they are getting worse.

That is why Ouyang Yijing, Wei Guangde's fellow villager, returned to the capital after quitting the county magistrate. It was because the officials below tried to set him up.

Although there are many benefits, but after all, it is uncomfortable to be put on the same table.

But everyone came according to the rules, and he couldn't catch it, so he asked Wei Guangde to change his position.

As for the rumors in later generations that Hai Rui was clean and honest, and that poor people couldn't afford meat for his mother's birthday, Wei Guangde just said hehe.

Although the two magistrates were driven down, although they would not be able to get Wanguan's family wealth, Hai Rui should not be poor, otherwise they would not be able to keep marrying wives and taking concubines.

It is worth mentioning that Hai Rui has no son yet, so his taking concubines is in line with the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", and he can do these things openly without worrying about being impeached.

Wei Guangde thought about King Yu's character, and thought about the general situation in the world now, and felt that it didn't matter to tell King Yu these things, at least the future emperor knew what it would be like to rule the country, and he would think a little more about tax increases and tax cuts.

Therefore, Wei Guangde briefly mentioned what he knew to King Yu.

"I see."

After hearing this, King Yu was speechless for a long time, and then he said for a long time: "Only the word "fairness" allows the counties under his rule to pay the land taxes on time. It can be seen how those county magistrates who failed to hand over the land taxes on time dereliction of duty. It is no wonder that the court wants to punish these people Reduced use."

"Then what do you think of his visit this time?"

King Yu asked again.

"His actions can be forgiven, and his heart can be punished."

Wei Guangde simply replied.

(End of this chapter)