This is the "Ask Criminal Regulations".

"All military and civilians and all the sexes of people.

Those who have strong examinations of the rest of the country will be accompanied by civil and military officials, such as supervisors, chief officials, and seals, inheritance, Yin and Yang, doctors, elderly people, and sacrificial people.

If you don’t distinguish between whipping and cannon, you will commit a murder.

All of them ordered the transportation of carbon bricks, materials, and rice to atone for their sins."

What does it mean?

No matter whoever is, except for a few serious crimes such as treason and rebellion, the rest of the crimes, regardless of the crimes, whether they are beaten, cane, scattered, or died, can be atone for the sins and released by paying the prescribed amount of charcoal, bricks, rice and other property.

This provision is a complete subversion of the Ming Dynasty's laws, and it also means that the Ming Dynasty will become a paradise for powerful and rich people. As long as you do not rebel, kill your father and mother, you can spend money to atone for your sins, corruption and other things.

Anyway, the money from corruption is definitely enough to atone for sins.

You can use the rest yourself.

What a cost-effective thing.

Such a good emperor does not recommend it.

Who do you recommend?

Does Emperor Hongwu, who advocates skinning and solid grass?

These ministers are not stupid.

No matter how many ministers and literati praised Emperor Hongzhi, the wise kings of all ages and the saints who appeared every five hundred years, just read history well.

All can understand clearly.

The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the lack of finance and money.

The key reason and turning point of the lack of money in the financial sector was in the Hongzhi Dynasty. Under the wise leadership of Emperor Hongzhi, the Minister of Revenue Ye Qi reformed and opened up China and France, and transferred the benefits of salt monopoly to the Huishang interest groups, which led to serious border deregulation. Civil officials kept asking the emperor to reduce the money and grain in the Jiangnan region to ease the people's strength. Zhu Youzhang always repeatedly approved it, but in fact, no one knew that Jiangnan was the richest and richest.

On the one hand, the salt tax was damaged, and on the other hand, the wealthiest place in the country suffered taxes in all aspects.

No matter how frugal Emperor Hongzhi is, he is useless.

Unfortunately, this guy was an emperor who was good at being a woman. He was fooled by civil servants outside and by eunuchs inside, so he basically had no opinion. Later, he wondered why he was so frugal and did so many things that were beneficial to the people of the world, why was the treasury of the Ming Dynasty so empty?

Then the minister told him that it was eunuchs who were corrupt.

Haha, it's eunuchs who are corrupt.

How many can a group of eunuchs embezzle?

The big head is still on the officials and gentry.

Unfortunately, Emperor Hongzhi is just a stupid person.

He really attacked the eunuchs around him and the eunuchs guarding all over the country.

After all, the eunuch was just a hawk and dog raised by the royal family. He could kill him if he wanted to. There was no difference between fattening and thinning. No matter how powerful he was, he could not reach the palm of the emperor.

Their existence is more of a check and balance.

And help the emperor collect information.

To avoid the emperor who could only live in the imperial palace in the capital becoming a blind person. The ministers would only know what the situation told him.

Although these eunuchs may not be loyal, obedient, and tell the truth, at least some of them can tell the truth, so that the emperor can receive some information that was not sent by officials and know some of the real situation among the people.

Now the eunuchs in custody have been given up by Emperor Hongzhi, and the East Factory and the West Factory and the Jinyiwei have been suppressed by civil servants. How much can he, as an emperor, know about the real situation of the people outside?

Not what the minister said.

He can only know what.

These stupid behaviors of Emperor Hongzhi.

It directly led to the further fall of imperial power.

The power of civil servants has increased further.

It would be fine if most of these civil servants were good people, but they could also transition to a better direction similar to the cabinet system, constitutional monarchy, etc., but unfortunately, most of these civil servants were insatiable and regarded the country as a large company and desperately poaching money.

The right that does not have much constraints is the tiger.

This is how these civil servants are.

They will hang the most terrifying knife on their heads, that is, after the Ming Dynasty's law was removed.

It's like a wild horse that breaks its reins.

Completely lost control.

It can be said that Emperor Hongzhi exchanged the future destiny of the entire Ming Dynasty for the praise of the civil servant group and the praise of the wise king of the ages.

But he didn't understand this even after death.

I really think I am so wise and sageful.

Qiao Mu originally planned to return to the palace to implement his plan when Emperor Hongzhi died and Emperor Zhengde took office. However, now it seems that some things must be done in advance, and some have been prepared in advance.

The most important point is to contact Zhu Houzhao and cultivate him with the emperor's mind.

For this reason, Qiao Mu specially tuned a bionic robot back, disguised the robot as a peerless master, secretly showed his saint in front of Zhu Houzhao at night, took him as a disciple, and taught him according to his aptitude from where he was interested.

Cultivate him in the direction he wants.

Of course, this is just part of it.

In addition, Qiao Mu also specially mobilized many insect robots to protect Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, that is, the palace maid Zheng Jinlian who had been hidden in his palace by Empress Dowager Zhou.

Prevent Zheng Jinlian from being killed.

This is also the preparation that Qiao Mu made specifically for Emperor Hongzhi to return to the palace after his death, take control of the palace power, and make good friends with Zhu Houzhao. She saved Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, so Xiao Zhu had to give her some face.

As for why Zheng Jinlian is Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, not Queen Zhang on the surface.

Of course, there is a reason for Qiaomu.

The palace has been under her surveillance all the time.

What dirty things happened inside.

How could she not know?

Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang had been married for three years and still had no children. All the ministers in the court wrote letters to him to open up the harem and prolong their descendants. However, Emperor Hongzhi was not obedient, but instead began to ask God and ask God for Buddha with Empress Zhang, light incense and pray, and successfully gave birth to a healthy prince in the fourth year of Hongzhi.

Of course, this is an external statement.

The truth is that Empress Dowager Zhou forced Emperor Hongzhi to visit the palace maid in her palace, and successfully made a palace maid named Zheng Jinlian pregnant. However, at this time, because she didn't know whether she gave birth to a man or a woman, and Empress Zhang was unwilling to remember the child of this palace maid as her own biological son.

However, as the fourth year of Hongzhi entered, the ministers asked the emperor to give a speech to enrich the harem, and the memorials of the children continued to give more and more urgent things. Empress Dowager Zhou also said that if she was unwilling, she would have to give a speech to enrich the harem.

After weighing the two, Empress Zhang had no choice but to agree to record the child born by Zheng Jinlian in her name and act as the emperor's legitimate son.

And this child is Zhu Houzhao.

This is also the main reason why Queen Zhang obviously did not get a slight pregnancy in the third year of Hongzhi, and then suddenly announced that she had a son in the fourth year of Hongzhi. Because they had not agreed on it before and did not know whether she had a son or a daughter, there was no news about it.

If Queen Zhang is really pregnant.

I am afraid that on the day when the pregnancy was confirmed, Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang quickly informed the ministers to prevent them from continuing to submit memorials to enrich the harem.

How can it be delayed until the child is born?

This news was announced to the public.
Chapter completed!