Chapter 715 Oversight
Zhu Biao's pace seems to be slow but fast. After turning a palace gate, he felt the faint gaze behind him dissipate. He planned to chat with his mother about the arrangements of the Wu clan.
He received the news yesterday that when the capital was approaching the capital, Empress Ma arranged for people to send the Wu family back to their hometowns. They only rewarded poetry and books with poor food and clothing, and they only gave a lot to Wu Congzhen, the only surviving sixth uncle with long eyebrows. A set of handmade robes for memory.
The depth of love is long-term. Empress Ma is afraid that the Wu family will be arrogant and bully her fellow countrymen, and she will eventually be reduced to the point where Ming Dynasty punishes her.
Sudden wealth is not necessarily a good thing for ordinary people.
On his way to the Wuying Hall, Zhu Biao bumped into Chen Mingjie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zhang Guanglie, Minister of Dali Temple, who were coming towards him. Both of them had serious expressions on their faces.
"I will pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Have you reported to the emperor first?"
When Lao Zhu was not in the capital, there was nothing wrong with reporting to Zhu Biao first, but after Shengjia returned to Beijing, it would be a big problem to report to the crown prince over the emperor.
"Returning to Your Highness, the Hall of Martial Arts is noisy. After hearing about the general plan, the Holy Majesty ordered the ministers to report to His Highness first."
"Oh, it seems that something happened in Liyang, let's move to the Wenhua Palace and talk about it."
"No."
The group turned to the Wenhua Hall, where the two hall officials stopped and stood in silence, while Zhu Biao continued to step forward and sit on the throne. After sitting down, he waved and ordered Liu Jin to move a brocade stool for the two of them.
After thanking the two, they sat down carefully, and Chen Mingjie, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, handed over the thick stack of paper to Liu Jin: "This is a blood book written by the people of Liyang. Those who understand the text write their own names and surnames, and those who don't know it use their fingerprints. , now clearly identifiable seals of more than 2,000 people, please read it, Your Highness."
Zhu Biao beckons, Liu Jin is reluctant, the blood is unknown, how can he show it to the prince to watch, what if there is a frightening evil spirit.
It is indeed a thick stack, with the handwriting and fingerprints on it scattered and scribbled, with dense marks all over every corner. Zhu Biao flipped through it expressionlessly, and finally threw it on the case.
The Minister of Dali Temple submitted the interrogation record, which recorded in detail the questions and answers during the interrogation. It turns out that Liyang is not only rich in grain and mines, but also a well-known hometown of abduction, and the people are rich.
The magistrate of Liyang County and Pan Fu, the official of the Yamen, saw the great profit, and under the pretext of making a confession to the court, they forced every household in Liyang County to pay a sufficient number of crutches every month. It is called Ke Lian Jing Zhang.
According to Huang Lu, the quality is almost absolutely unqualified, that is, the people in Liyang County not only have to hand in crutches every month, but also money and food, which makes the originally relatively affluent life plummet.
Nowadays, the people in Liyang not only have to pay crutches, but also have to pay money to cross roads and bridges in the county, and even pay taxes when they sleep.
After reading it, Zhu Biao let out a sigh of relief and said: "In the past few years, the officials sent to Liyang for inspection by the Ministry of Officials and the supervisory censors of Yushitai have committed the crime of negligence. check!"
"No."
Compared to the county magistrate, Zhu Biao hated the supervisor for neglecting his duty even more. Whose fault is it?
The codekeeper must not absolve himself of the blame!
The Ministry of Officials evaluates local officials every year, and the Yushitai often monitors the Yushi to inspect the place. Even if there is negligence in the dark under the lights, it should not be deceived for so long.
Of course, the mistakes of the Ministry of Officials and the Procuratorate cannot be ignored, but the culprits are still Liyang officials, and they must be severely punished to make an example, otherwise it will not be enough to deter local officials.
"Your Highness, although there is a blood book, it is still nothing but the scholar's one-sided words. It is unknown whether the common people are stupid or misled. It is better to call Liyang County Magistrate into Beijing to confront them in court."
"I also thought that the criminal should be detained and returned to Beijing immediately, and the loyal, treacherous and evil will be found out after retrial."
"No."
Liyang Li is not far from the capital, only a short distance of two hundred miles, and they can be brought back tomorrow without any need for imperial envoys, just a few low-level officials.
After the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Secretary of the Dali Temple retired, they all ordered the same Zhi Shang Honghai to kneel down inside, and Zhu Biao didn't make things difficult for him.
However, he still reprimanded a few words and asked him to thoroughly investigate the internal affairs and severely punish the spies in Liyang. Failure to report the knowledge is a felony, and no amount of punishment can be overstated.
If it is said that killing a county magistrate needs to go through interrogation, after all, he is still an official at a low level, and the whole mansion of the pro-military captain is full of emperors and pro-army, eagles, dogs, minions, life and death punishments are all in one thought, without any procedures.
Shang Honghai retreated profusely with sweat, and made up his mind to make an example of others after returning home. In a place like Liyang, they dared to help conceal it and not report it. What about other places?
This time it was a long-standing matter, and His Royal Highness did not hold him accountable, but next time he might not be so lenient. In his position, he enjoys his rights and accepts his responsibilities, that's all.
Sure enough, the pro-army Duwei's mansion began to rot, and Zhu Biao was tapped lightly on the handrail with his fingers. This was still within his expectation. It still has to be used, and now it is even more useless.
Fortunately, Quan Xu had already made preparations, and Quan Xu's side had achieved remarkable results, and he could pull it out and use it at any time. Just wait for the old knife of the pro-army Duwei's Mansion to kill Hu Weiyong and other Huaixi dignitaries, and then throw it away.
Zhu Biao's idea is very righteous, otherwise he wouldn't have invested so much in so many years. He is not sure what Jinyiwei will do in the future, but in his hands, it will definitely be a magical weapon that can slaughter the world.
At this moment, a pretty lady-in-waiting came forward with a cake, and suddenly she crooked and fell to the ground with a coquettish cry, as if she had been rehearsed thousands of times, her posture was graceful and moving.
Zhu Biao's attention was naturally attracted by it, and he tilted his head slightly to look at her. It happened that the palace maid also raised her head, and her eyes were tightly fixed on her almond eyes, like a river of spring water.
Liu Jin frowned but didn't yell at the first time. Whether the woman did it on purpose or not, she had to look at her master's attitude first. If the master was interested, it was of course no fault. He would have to support her in the future. .
If there is no such thing, then I will be embarrassed. It is easy to talk about disrespect in front of the palace, but it is nothing more than simple corporal punishment.
The woman saw that His Royal Highness did not move, did not show any signs of pity, and couldn't help sweating, and hurriedly lay down on the ground to plead guilty, trying to make amends.
Zhu Biao sighed and stood up, stepped past the kneeling maid, and finally muttered casually when he came to the gate of the palace: "Forget it."
Liu Jin bowed slightly, then turned around and yelled at the maid: "Why are you serving in front of His Highness with thick hands and thick feet? Later, you will serve outside, and you will be fined with a month's salary so that you will have a long memory."
"Yes, the servant realizes his mistake."
"snort."
Liu Jin made up his mind on this matter and quickly chased after his highness. All his thoughts are not important, and everything must follow the mind of the master first.
The maid slowly got up and wiped away her tears, and was about to clean up the scattered cakes on the floor, when several other maids stepped forward and stopped her: "You don't need to clean up here anymore, get out."
"Sister, I..."
"go out!"
Everyone is a woman, so you don’t need to say what you have in mind. Once you become a noble person, you will be expected to support me more in the future, but if you fail, you have to swallow the bitter fruit yourself.
After she walked away in a daze, several people knelt down and began to tidy up carefully. One of them whispered: "Fortunately for her, Your Highness is kind, otherwise she will have good fruit to eat."
"Shut up, you can guess what His Highness is thinking, do you want to be kicked out too?"
The slightly older one slightly raised his head and glanced at the place where Zhu Biao had just sat, his eyes showed a deep sense of admiration and nostalgia, who would never dream of being accepted into the room by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but who could really have that? What about this good luck?
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(end of this chapter)