Chapter 24 The prince was born to wipe the emperor’s butt. The words fall.
A middle-aged man wearing a red official robe stepped out.
Tujie, the censor Zhongcheng, walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang, knelt down and kowtowed.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tu Jie with piercing eyes, and asked with an unkind expression: "Tu Jie, what do you want to report?"
Tu Jie looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang and made an impassioned speech:
"Chen Tu Jie, as the censor, has the responsibility to give advice."
"Your Majesty, the edict that the prince just read out is really against the state. Please take it back."
As soon as these words came out, the civil and military spirit of the entire court was lifted.
Finally someone spoke up.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and he said coldly: "Tu Jie, how come my edict violates the national system? Please explain it clearly to me."
"Don't think that because you are an admonisher, I won't dare to kill you. If you don't explain it clearly to me, I will let you taste the taste of the imperial staff."
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, but he could only say harsh words.
Not killing admonishing officials has become an unwritten rule in all dynasties since the Tang Dynasty.
This regulation must start from Wei Zheng during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.
The most famous remonstrator in history is undoubtedly Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty.
He proposed that "listening to both sides will lead to enlightenment, and listening to one side will lead to darkness", "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and use frugality", and advocated "small tax and restraint", "light rent and taxation", "ruling the world with benevolence", etc., which had a positive impact on Tang Taizong's governance.
And assisted Li Shimin to create the "Government of Zhenguan".
During the Zhenguan period, Wei Zheng served as an admonishment official.
Wei Zheng dared to remonstrate directly. Even when Taizong was angry and no one dared to disobey, Wei Zheng also dared to argue face to face about what Taizong did wrong.
Never give in due to external factors.
Sometimes he argued hard in the court, preventing Taizong from resigning.
Even so, Tang Taizong did not kill Wei Zheng.
In the Tang Dynasty, this pair of monarchs were upright and honest, and thus became a model for later generations.
Since then, the tradition of not killing admonishing officials has been preserved.
This was also the reason why Tu Jie dared to propose the abolition of the edict even when Lao Zhu was extremely angry.
But who is Zhu Yuanzhang? A hero of a generation, an emperor through the ages! Looking back at the history of China, the emperor with the lowest background started out as a beggar, and forcefully defeated the Mongolian cavalry that dominated the world, ushering in the glory of the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years.
How can it be done without super strategies and means.
How could a little trick like Tu Jie shake his determination.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were like daggers, with a chilling air all over his body.
A chill suddenly hit Fengtian Temple.
Tu Jie was also frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's momentum.
He lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
"I think that 'the officials and the gentry work together as servants and receive food as one body', which is inconsistent with the ancestral system."
"Since the Han and Tang dynasties, officials and gentry have not done their jobs properly and have not paid grain. This system has been passed down for thousands of years."
"If the gentry stands in the court to serve the emperor, how can they pay grain and perform corvee service with the untouchables?"
"I want our government to drive out the Tartars, restore China, respect Confucianism and filial piety, and make people and governments harmonious."
"I am worried that once the ancestral system is destroyed and the new policy is implemented, hundreds of officials will oppose it, fearing that the world will be in chaos."
The hall was silent.
All the officials looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was ashen and his eyes were fixed on Tu Jie.
"Tu Jie, is this your advice?"
"You asked me to retract the edict because my policies are against the ancestral system?"
Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his eyes and looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
"Tu Jie said that my policy goes against the ancestral system. What is the ancestral system? Is it like you taking the imperial salary and enjoying the fertile land given by the imperial court?"
"But you don't have to pay for food or do corvee labor?"
"I say you are just a bunch of maggots parasitic on the people."
"We are farmers, and now that we have taken over the world, we have to make decisions for the people of the world."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the nobles in Huaixi.
"There are many old guys here who came from Huaixi with me."
"Don't forget, you were once farmers too!"
"Don't think that once you become a king, you will be separated from the land and you will no longer be farmers."
"Let me tell you, no matter how big an official you are or how powerful you are, your roots are still farmers." "The foundation of the Ming Dynasty is farmers and the common people, not you noble officials and gentry."
Zhu Yuanzhang's words were sonorous, powerful and contagious.
Fengtian Temple.
All the officials were infected.
The shouts are everywhere, and the mountain shouts long live.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"Long live my emperor!"
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.
Today's purpose has been achieved.
Wait until the applause of the ministers dissipates.
"Today's discussion is over, and the prince will decide the rest."
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his legs and left.
When passing by Hu Weiyong and Tu Jie who were still kneeling on the ground, they didn't even look at them.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's figure disappear behind the screen of the main hall.
The muscles on Prince Zhu Biao's face twitched.
His father ignored Sanqi 21, handed over the task, walked away, and left the rest of the stall to his son.
Ugh! Thinking of him as a prince, I don’t know how many times I have wiped his father’s butt.
This is life! ……
After Zhu Biao finished handling the court affairs and returned to the palace, it was already past noon.
now.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in Queen Ma's Kunning Palace and eating.
Lunch is very simple, one meat, one vegetarian, a small plate of pickles, and three steamed buns.
Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing simple cloth, with one foot propped on a chair, holding a porcelain bowl in his hand, and sipping gruel.
No regard was given to the emperor's identity.
On the side, Queen Ma frowned as she watched.
"Chongba, you are now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why do you still eat like you did in the military camp before? If this image spreads, won't it make people laugh?"
"Hey, my girl is still comfortable eating at your place."
"We are the emperor. We can eat whatever we want. Let's see who dares to go out and spread rumors."
"Speaking of which, sister, you know us best. You know that we like to drink gruel and eat white-flour steamed buns."
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed a white steamed bun and took a big bite.
Then I ate pickles and drank porridge with relish.
"Eat slowly, no one is trying to fight you, why are you acting like a child!"
Queen Ma rolled her eyes at him, picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, put it into Lao Zhu's bowl, and said casually: "By the way, Chongba, the second one is still angry with you? When are you going to let him out?"
"I heard that he met a gentleman there and studied there every day. Since he identified this gentleman, he might as well let him go."
"It just so happens that I will be the master for the second son. Anyway, if he wants to go, he will become a feudal lord, so let me, sir, let him go."
Zhu Yuanzhang finished the porridge in three gulps and looked up at Queen Ma.
"Hey, is this what the boss told you?"
Empress Ma did not shy away and said while clearing the dishes: "The boss also cares about his younger brother. Is it wrong to tell his mother?"
"Chongpachi, we know that you have always hated the harem's interference in politics, but our son is imprisoned in prison and is suffering there. As a mother, we can't ignore it!"
"You said that bastard is suffering in there?"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang burst out laughing:
"He lives a more chic life than anyone else in there."
"By the way, you sent someone to deliver that basket of fresh lychees, right? Those are the newly launched lychees in Lingnan this year."
"I was reluctant to eat it. I asked Liu He to give it to my sister, but you sent it to prison and let that bastard enjoy it in there."
Queen Ma rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Yes, I asked the boss to send the lychees in. My son is suffering in prison, can't I care about him?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little helpless: "You said he suffered? You underestimate him. This bastard actually arranged for a servant to be held in jail."
"He really treats the prison as a palace, and he can do whatever he wants."
"Just get used to it, one day he will have to dig a big hole for us!"
(End of this chapter)