As Cui Weizhen became busier and busier, the occasional warmth and leisure became rare and precious. Soon, a change that shocked both the government and the public finally began with great vigor.
First of all, Cui Weizhen received the permission of the Holy One and reported it to various places through Di Bao: Nowadays, the population loss is serious and the cultivated land is abandoned. Parents in various places are asked to check the population, allow the refugees to return to their hometowns to farm, and pardon their crimes of wandering.
However, it was already the beginning of spring, and when we saw that spring plowing was about to begin, all the government officials responded to the request with little response. The Holy Emperor was furious and issued an edict to rebuke each government office for not doing things well and for being a minister in vain.
Nowadays, there are various factions in the DPRK, and there are countless connections behind the officials of each government. After the imperial edict was issued, except for some people, most people were in a wait-and-see state——
There are currently three types of people who are willing to act according to the rules: First, pure ministers who only obey the emperor's orders, such as Zhao Cunying, Zhu Mingyu and other courtiers who do not take sides. Most of these pure ministers are nobles who have just made their fortunes and do not have a lot of land under their names.
, there are not many homeless tenants under their name, so it is not a big deal for them.
Second, there are some helpless petty officials who obey the imperial orders. They may have taken advantage of the situation and bought some of the refugees as slaves or tenants at low prices. As soon as the imperial decree came out, requiring the refugees to be pardoned and returned to their original places, they immediately
The will was followed.
The last category is undoubtedly the group close to the King of Wei.
Long before Cui Weizhen planned the reform, he discussed various matters with the King of Wei and made preparations in advance. He asked his staff, retainers and party members to liquidate the family early, waiting for the imperial edict to respond to the call.
It is precisely because of this that this group of people were commended by the Holy Emperor in the court, and they were in the heart of the Emperor, which somewhat offset the losses of the ceded refugees.
The actions of Cui Weizhen and the Wei Wang faction aroused dissatisfaction among others, especially King Ke's faction, other princes and the forces of various aristocratic families. They were particularly resistant to this decree that touched their interests. Not only did they treat Cui Weizhen negatively, but they also wanted to find opportunities to attack Cui Weizhen.
arrogance.
This time after his eldest son's first birthday party, they finally found the opportunity.
At the court meeting that day, a royal censor accused the Cui family of Qinghe of having a group of slaves who were buying and selling good people. Eighty-tenths of the tenants were refugees from various places. They knew the law and violated the law. This was a heinous crime. I begged the Holy One to punish them severely.
As soon as the impeachment came out, the whole court was in an uproar.
Everyone stared at the censor, wondering which side this person was from - although Cui Weizhen was from the Cui family, he was a bit bolder in directly attacking the family.
Excluding Cui Weizhen as a person involved - you can't impeach yourself, can you? It's impossible for the aristocratic family. Nowadays, the aristocratic family is a community of interests, and they still understand the principle of lip loss and disgrace. If the Cui family is really punished, they will definitely not be able to escape.
The only ones who are questionable are King Ke and the other princes. Now that the princes are still in their infancy, it is too late to bribe and please the influence of the family, and they do not have the courage to offend the family. So the most likely person is King Ke!
Even Cui Shihong, who had been flirting with King Ke recently, cast doubtful eyes on King Ke, not to mention others. King Ke sat as calm as a bell under the sight of all the civil and military officials, openly or covertly. In fact, he was already frightened and angry.
Puzzled in every possible way——
The impeachment censor was indeed one of his, but he never ordered it. Now he has no idea whether the other party acted on his own initiative or was bribed!