Borrow the day to change the day

() Emperor Chongzhen was discussing matters in the Wenhua Palace. After seeing the donation memorial, he remained silent for a long time.

The courtiers below were very strange, who asked Wang Chengen to forward the memorial, it seems that it did not go through the cabinet.What was the content that kept the emperor silent for a while.

All of a sudden, the courtiers began to speculate.The assistant minister Li Biao even said directly: "Your Majesty, what is the content of the memorial, which makes Your Majesty embarrassed, can you let me take a look and share your worries for Your Majesty?"

Emperor Chongzhen raised his head, looked at him, and said, "Alright, let all the ministers and workers take a look too."

When Wang Chengen came to receive the memorial, he heard Emperor Chongzhen say again: "Go and invite Master Zhong over."

After Wang Chengen passed the memorial to Li Biao, he arranged for the servants outside the hall to pass Zhong Jinwei to see him.

As soon as the people in the hall saw the memorial in Li Biao's hands, those of the same status surrounded them impatiently, while those who were a little lower pricked up their ears to hear the movement.

Emperor Chongzhen saw it on it, and said: "All the ministers and workers read it once, and wait for Uncle Zhongxing to come over after reading it before talking."

Zhong Jinwei had sex with Archie very late last night, and Zhong Jinwei had just woke up when the servant passed by.Why do you get up so early when you don't have to go to work?

Currency is more complicated than imagined. Think about it, write it, change it, and when I finally finished the memorial with Archie, it was around one o'clock in the morning.

Since it was Emperor Chongzhen who was recruiting, he had to go, so he took the currency implementation plan and the two memorials on the importance of the currency economy, and followed the servant to see Emperor Chongzhen.

After arriving at the Wenhua Palace, he found that the ministers were all looking at him.Although he felt strange, he ignored them and went to meet Emperor Chongzhen by himself.

Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhong Jinwei to read the memorial.Fortunately, when Wang Chengen wrote the memorial, he added punctuation marks, so although there were still a few traditional characters that he didn't know, he understood the content of the memorial even after guessing.

Seeing that Zhong Jinwei had also read the content of the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Master Zhong came up with the idea of ​​calling on the people of the capital to donate to the disaster relief yesterday. .”

The courtiers thought it would be donations from scholars, common people, wealthy businessmen, etc., and they agreed in their hearts.But the imaginable people didn't come out to donate, but the people from humble backgrounds came out to donate first.Isn't this a slap in the face!

The assistant minister Li Biaoyi retorted indignantly: "No, no, look at these romantic places, they dare to beat gongs and drums in the capital, pretending to be pretentious and making waves under their respective banners." Then he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "My lord Please punish these fireworks places severely."

However, there are also some people who have unreasonable opinions. The Secretary of the Household Department, Bi Ziyan, came out first: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed. It is because I have not fulfilled my duties that I have made the court lose face."

Be nice to these women when you are flirtatious, and stay in there uneasy, and come out and make so many things.It is true that they should be severely punished and let them know their identities well.Cheng Jiming thought of this, and went out to second Li Biao's proposal.

The assistant minister Wen Tiren couldn't stand it any longer, and also went out to play and said: "Your Majesty, I think that these women who are willing to donate should be rewarded. They are from a lowly family, but they can share the country's worries, unlike some people who are good at eating, drinking and having fun. , not daring to fall behind, to share the worries of the country, but never get rid of it.”

When Li Biao and Cheng Jiming heard it, it was obvious that they were targeting what they said just now.

So, one shouted angrily: "What are you talking about?" The other shouted, "Shut up."

Wen Tiren didn't wait for Emperor Chongzhen to say anything, turned around and looked at the two of them and said, "Why, are you guilty?"

Then he turned around and played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there has always been a saying in the Ming Dynasty: seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. But now there are seven new things to open the door."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little curious and asked, "Which seven new openings?"

"The new seven things to open the door are: talking about humor, listening to music, traveling, gaming, dating, collecting, flowers, insects, fish and birds." After Wen Tiren answered Emperor Chongzhen's words, he corrected his face and said, "Your Majesty, it is Some officials like this, and they drive the common people to follow suit, which leads to the downfall of the world. This proverb is a proof!"

After a pause, he continued: "These seven things to open the door are all based on financial resources. The court's salary is not much, so it starts to take bribes, cover up small businessmen, evade taxes and evade taxes, and the national treasury is empty."

"Nothing."

"Yeah, I haven't heard of these seven things."

"The people of Ming Dynasty are rich and can afford these things. This is His Majesty's benevolent government."

"..."

As soon as Wen Tiren's words fell, a group of people started talking differently, some denied it, and some flattered them, just to distract Wen Tiren from the focus of his speech.

Emperor Chongzhen watched these noisy scenes from above, and couldn't help feeling bored, knowing that what Wen Tiren said might be true.Now when it comes to the administration of officials, a bunch of people come out to obstruct them. Few of these people can really do things, but there are a lot of people who are holding back.

Jianlu is still in Gyeonggi, and the people of the capital are waiting for disaster relief. Now is not the time to pursue this matter, let it go first.Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei and asked, "Master Zhong, what do you think of this donation?"

Those ministers saw that the emperor did not take up the topic of Wen Tiren, so they stopped making trouble, and saw what Uncle Zhongxing had to say.

On the other hand, Zhong Jinwei saw everything in his eyes, and he had heard about the atmosphere in the late Ming Dynasty.It is necessary to guide and guide. We can’t focus on money and focus on personal enjoyment. If this trend continues, the country will be subjugated sooner or later. Even if the country is not subjugated, the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation will be lost.

Right now, Emperor Chongzhen's question was just an introduction, so he replied: "Your Majesty, I think that it doesn't matter whether these places of fireworks are for show or posturing. The point is that they did this, and the court has There is no benefit, whether the refugees are beneficial, whether the purpose of the announcement has been achieved. These are the basis for us to judge whether things are good or bad."

Zhong Jinwei saw that Emperor Chongzhen nodded and agreed with his statement, and continued: "The imperial court did not specify in the announcement who can donate and who cannot. If you donate, you can only donate quietly, or you can donate with drums and gongs." None of this has been said, so to make them a sensationalist, it also means to punish them without teaching. I think it is not advisable."

No matter how you look at it, there is no severe punishment for those who responded to the court's call to make charitable donations.Emperor Chongzhen nodded and made a conclusion: "I also think that regardless of good or low status, they are all my people, and they cannot be punished for their good deeds just because they are in low status."

When Emperor Chongzhen said these words, his eyes swept over those people who had just shouted that they would be punished severely, making them feel terrified.

Emperor Chongzhen looked back at Zhong Jinwei after looking around, and said: "Master Zhong, the court needs to respond to this matter, how do you think it should be handled?"

Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, and replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I feel that for the relief of the refugees in the capital, we can issue a list of honor, or post a notice, or engrave a monument, or record it in the local chronicles as a commendation. Regardless of whether you are of a good or poor family, as long as you have participated in disaster relief, it will be recorded for people to learn from, and to advocate the transformation of the social atmosphere into a good one."

"Master Zhong, why do you treat things but not people?"

"I just don't ask about my background, just whether I have done it or not." Zhong Jinwei explained.

Wen Tiren agreed: "I think this method is very appropriate, and it can promote its goodness and set an example without spending money from the court."

"The minister seconded the proposal." Bi Ziyan also played.

The ministers who said they would be severely punished before were mainly because they felt that they were ashamed in comparison. After Wen Tiren's disturbance, the Emperor Chongzhen decided that it was not a matter of stake, so he no longer opposed it and acquiesced in the matter.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Then this matter is settled like this. Wen Qing is also the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and you will arrange this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren bowed to accept the order.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and added to Wen Tiren: "For the Yue'er girl who is the first to advocate donation, she must be ranked first in the honor list to show encouragement."

Then he turned to Zhong Jinwei and said: "Yu Haining and his son are Master Zhong's servants. Although they were the first to donate, they made a promise before the imperial court announced it, so I won't write it in. It's also for you to avoid suspicion. Do you agree?"

Of course Zhong Jinwei is fine.

After dealing with this matter, it's lunch time, and the meeting will be over for dinner.

Zhong Jinwei gave Wang Chengen the two memorials that he had kept in his hand just now, and was also going to go back for dinner.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the palace gate, he was called back by Emperor Chongzhen.

What's the matter, we haven't had breakfast yet!Zhong Jinwei thought to himself.