Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 149 I'm Dissatisfied

After the general policy was decided, the monarchs and ministers began to discuss the specific implementation details.

Wang Daoqiu reported to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, it will take some time for me to raise money in the capital, but disaster relief is urgent. Therefore, I recommend Gao Gong, a doctor in the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, to lead the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the censor and the grain and grass dispatch of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Officials, go to the disaster area first and take charge of the relief work there."

"Hahahaha, Ai Qing is interested in Gao Gong! But with Gao Gong's fiery temper and the power he holds over the promotion and transfer of local officials, those local officials really can't afford to offend him. Okay, just order that one. Gao Gong is the deputy imperial envoy and will rush to the disaster area early tomorrow morning with the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

"Thank you Lord Ron"

"Okay, okay, don't follow my pretense, just finish the errands. By the way, my dear, since I came to the throne, during all the disaster relief operations, the victims and the supervisory censor always complained about the porridge cooked in the government porridge. When the porridge became thin, they thought that the porridge officials had embezzled the relief grains. But the porridge officials complained that the porridge was not thin and they did not embezzle the relief grains. In short, every time, the public said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. The court is extremely annoyed. I wonder if you, Ai Qing, have any good ideas about this?"

The relief porridge is thin!When Emperor Jiajing asked this, Wang Daoqiu couldn't help but think of the standards of the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

So Wang Daoqiu straightened his clothes first, and then said to Emperor Jiajing with a serious face: "Your Majesty, regarding the thickness of porridge for disaster relief, I think the court should set a standard. For example, after the porridge is cooked, before distribution, The officials in charge of the porridge market should insert a bamboo chopstick into the cooked porridge in public. If the porridge is thick, the bamboo chopstick can be inserted into it; For the well-being of the disaster-stricken people after the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty, Wang Daoqiu, please issue an order to set the standard for the disaster relief porridge after the Ming Dynasty. The thickness of the disaster relief porridge must be able to insert a bamboo chopstick, otherwise the officials in charge of distributing porridge Chop upright, chopsticks lift up the head and drop it."

Gritting his teeth, he said the five words "chopsticks rise up and people's heads fall", and then Wang Daoqiu knelt down for Emperor Jiajing. The five words "chopsticks rise up and the head falls down" are too domineering, and it is also a simple and practical standard.

So when Wang Daoqiu knelt down and asked for an edict, all the courtiers in the Wanshou Palace also knelt down and asked Emperor Jiajing to issue an edict to set the disaster relief standard of "when people's heads fall off when they are lifted up by chopsticks", as an iron law of the Ming Dynasty. Come down.

"When someone lifts up with chopsticks, his head falls off", there is no doubt that this is a benevolent government that is worthy enough to be recorded in the annals of history and will be forever praised by future generations as loving the people like children.And if Emperor Jiajing decides on this policy, there is no doubt that Emperor Jiajing will always be praised by future generations as a benevolent emperor who loves his people like a son.

So in the face of such a huge achievement, when the ministers knelt down to request the order, Emperor Jiajing immediately decided to let this policy be implemented throughout the world without even thinking about it. This will be the standard for disaster relief in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Emperor Jiajing was also happy that he won the title of a benevolent king through the ages, and the court even gave Wang Daoqiu the sword of Shangfang, allowing him to go to the disaster area to do things cheaply.

After discussing the specific matters of disaster relief, the monarch and his ministers discussed other matters.Then the ministers retired and went about their own errands.

After the ministers left, Emperor Jiajing asked the eunuchs and maids to retreat. He explained some matters to Wang Daoqiu in private, and then let Wang Daoqiu go on errands.

After leaving Wanshou Palace, Wang Daoqiu first went to the Ministry of Personnel and went through the relevant procedures for his promotion to a first-rank official.Then he was blocked by Gao Gong, led by Yu Maojian, the official minister.

Yu Maojian led Wang Daoqiu and Gao Gong into his duty room and closed the door.Although Wang Daoqiu is the highest-ranking among the three, Yu Maojian is an old comrade, and Gao Gong is Wang Daoqiu's teacher in name.So as soon as the door was closed, Yu Maojian, the second-ranked master, and Gao Gong, the fifth-ranked master, went to sit down, while Wang Daoqiu, the first-ranked master, went to make tea.

After making tea, each person had a cup, and waited for Wang Daoqiu to sit down.Lao Yu hugged his white beard and said to Wang Daoqiu very pleased: "There are many criticisms of Liangzhen's character in the court, but I have always firmly believed that Liangzhen has a pure character and is serving the country. It belongs to the people. Today, Liangzhen’s chopsticks lift people’s heads and fall, which is really good governance that benefits the people all over the world! With this alone, Liangzhen can be famous in history.”

"My lord, I have over-praised you, and I am ashamed of myself." Seeing that Yu Maojian had praised himself for all his praises, Wang Daoqiu felt embarrassed and stood up with a blushing face to be modest.

When Yu Maojian saw Wang Daoqiu standing up to show his humility, he hurriedly moved his hand towards Wang Daoqiu and motioned for Wang Daoqiu to sit down. He said at the same time: "Liangzhen, you deserve to be ashamed. It is us old guys who should be ashamed." Well, I know that Liangzhen, you are now shouldering heavy responsibilities and your time is precious, so I won’t waste any more words. To be honest with Liangzhen, when I was in charge of the Procuratorate, I had one last wish, that is, King Lu of Shandong. This King of Lu Zhu Guan is the direct grandson of Yanshenggong Kongfu, a little devil who does all kinds of evil."

"In their line of Lu kings, the first generation Lu king Zhu Tan was the tenth son of Taizu. He was granted the title of King of Lu in Yanzhou, Shandong. As soon as he arrived in the fiefdom, he and his original wife Tang He's daughter Tang, stayed in the fiefdom. Yanzhou committed all kinds of evil, causing the local people to rebel. When Taizu learned about this, he was furious and ordered Zhu Tan and his wife to be recalled to the capital for questioning. In the end, Princess Tang of Lu was ordered to be executed in Lingchi, and Zhu Tan himself was ordered to be concubine by Taizu. Shave his head, beard, eyebrows and other hair all over his body to make him lose face when going out to meet people."

"But even though Taizu punished him so severely, after Zhutan was returned to the fiefdom, he still remained stubborn and brought trouble to the village. He also believed in alchemists and took gold and stone elixirs for a long time. Finally, he died of poison. He was only 20 years old when he died. Years old. He was so unfaithful that he was so angry that the white-haired man gave away the black-haired man. When the news of Zhu Tan's death reached Nanjing, Grandpa Taizu not only did not feel sad after hearing it, but he personally wrote a critical blessing for it. Wen, and gave Zhu Tan Yi the title of Huang."

"In bad years, when there is no grain, it is called famine; when there is chaos both inside and outside, it is called famine; when one enjoys pleasure and neglects government, it is called famine; when he is confused and disciplined, it is called famine; when he enjoys pleasure but does not turn back, it is called famine; when he insults the Five Constant Beings, it is called famine. This is how Taizu treated Zhu at that time. Tan's sentence can be said to be the worst posthumous title among evil ones, and it belongs to the same category as Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. Using such a malicious nickname for his own son shows Taizu's resentment towards King Zhu Tan of Lu at that time."

"The first generation of Lu King Zhu Tan was enough to make people angry! But the current Lu King Zhu Guan is even worse than his ancestor Zhu Tan in terms of doing evil things. Na Zhuguan is the posthumous son of his father, King Luzhuang, and his mother is the [-]th generation grandson of Kong Sheng. She is the legitimate daughter of Kong Hongtai, the current Yanshenggong. She has the title of Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the inheritance accumulated by her ancestors for hundreds of years, and Yan With the support of the Holy Duke Confucius, this Lu King Zhu Guan can be said to have done all kinds of evil in Shandong, and no one dares to control him."

"Three years ago, when I was just appointed as the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Qian, the censor of Shandong Province, came to Beijing to report to me that King Zhu Guan of Lu had committed many illegal activities in Shandong, which aroused public resentment. At that time, I Let Chen Qian return to Shandong to collect more evidence, so that I can send the matter to the imperial court for adjudication. But soon after Chen Qian returned to Shandong, he disappeared inexplicably. After that, I sent Yushi Gu Yun, Tang Shengjun went to Shandong successively to investigate, and it turned out that these two people, like Chen Qian, disappeared inexplicably not long after taking office in Shandong."

"Three consecutive Shandong censors sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate have disappeared. No matter how stupid this old man is, I understand that Chen Qian, Gu Yun, and Tang Shengjun, the three censors sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Shandong, must have been killed. So I was so angry that I reported the matter to the emperor, and the emperor ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to investigate the matter thoroughly in front of me. But after this incident, I went to the Ask Lu Fang and Lu Bing about this matter, but they are either hiding, or they are perfunctorily saying that they are investigating. Liang Zhen, Su Qing, after listening to what the old man said, with your cleverness, you should understand what is hidden here Is it okay?"

"It is clear that King Zhu Guan of Nalu has committed many evil deeds. The three consecutive Shandong patrol censors sent by me, the Inspectorate, were obviously harmed by King Zhuguan of Nalu, but I couldn't do anything about him. I am still afraid that I, the Inspectorate, will send him The censor of Shandong was harmed again, and I was forced to send a cowardly and timid person to serve as the patrol censor in Shandong. Liangzhen, Su Qing, I am Yu Maojian, I am Yu Maojian... Wuwuwu! "

At this point, Lao Yutou, who was already over 70 years old, felt more wronged and guilty the more he thought about it. He couldn't say it anymore, so he lay on the table and cried without caring about his image.

Seeing that Yu Maojian was so sad, Gao Gong hurriedly went up to comfort him, but Wang Daoqiu sat there without moving.Watching an old law enforcer in his 70s cry when facing power, Wang Daoqiu thought of his previous life.

The law there is nothing like the pretty young lady in a high-end nightclub.In front of ordinary people, they are unreachable and sacrosanct.But in front of powerful people, they are nothing more than bitches and playthings that are meaner than dogs.

In two lifetimes, humans have to face such disgusting things.In the previous life, Wang Daoqiu was just a social beast who could only submit to the power, speak insincerely, and be nothing.Faced with that kind of thing at that time, he could only feel sulky in his heart and continue to sing praises honestly.

But this life!Ma De, we are all time-travelers. If we can't touch Emperor Jiajing with hard work, how can we not kill you, King Lu, who was raised as a pig in a pen?

Thinking about what Yu Maojian just said, the powerful "dissatisfaction" in Wang Daoqiu's heart that was nurtured in his previous life was like a volcano about to erupt, and nothing could suppress it.

So when Wang Daoqiu became more energetic, he slammed the table, stood up and said angrily: "Master Yu, during this trip to Shandong, if I, Wang Daoqiu, cannot take the head of King Zhu Guan of Lu, then I will kill myself The head on my neck will be paid to you as compensation."

(End of this chapter)