Looking at the thick stack of memorials in front of him, there were more than a hundred memorials. Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was known for his diligence, could not help but frown and said to himself with some dissatisfaction: "Mother, wash. Shit, there are so many?"
However, the government affairs of the imperial court have always been complicated, and Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to delegate power. Naturally, there were many things that he needed to deal with every day.
Although there were a lot more memorials today, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think much about it. He just nodded and picked up a copy of the memorials and started to review them.
The content of this memorial is not good news, but there is a serious water situation in Zhejiang. After a half-month rain, many dams and farmland were washed away.
The governor of Zhejiang Province asked the court to make early preparations. Once several governments in Zhejiang fail to harvest grain this year, the court will need to allocate a large amount of money and food relief, otherwise there will be the risk of a large number of rioters.
Since ancient times, chaos in all dynasties began with chaos. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a monk, knew this very well.
Because it was in such an era that he successfully rose to power and finally became the founding emperor.
So after he saw this memorial, he attached great importance to it and seriously approved his opinions.
After processing this memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and picked up the second memorial for review.
The content in this memorial is still not a good thing.
The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu reported that the remnants of Mongolia were extremely active this year and hoped that the court would prepare soldiers, generals, money and food as soon as possible.
Seeing this memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly and murmured to himself: "After twenty years of recuperation, the Mongolians who were originally crippled finally regained their strength and began to become more powerful. I’m getting restless, and if that’s the case, I have to take precautions.”
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang approved the memorial again and put it aside like the previous memorial.
But because of these two memorials, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood gradually became a little depressed.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang reached out again and picked up the third memorial. After reviewing it, he found that the content in this memorial was still not good news.
The governor of Shandong impeached the chief envoy of Shandong for violating the law and discipline, and his words were extremely fierce.
In the next memorial, the fourth memorial, the Chief Envoy of Shandong also impeached the Governor of Shandong.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked a little helpless. He felt that none of the officials in the dynasty could make him worry-free.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang, who suppressed his anger, finished the fourth memorial at a very fast speed and put it aside, ready to see if the following memorials were any good.
However, the fifth memorial was still not good news. It turned out to be a rebellion in his hometown.
The sixth memorial is not good news. The Hangzhou prefect alone embezzled one million taels of silver...
When it comes to the seventh memorial, it’s not good news...
Zhu Yuanzhang approved more than a dozen memorials in succession, but none of them was good news. He couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart. He just felt that the country was uneasy, all the officials were incompetent, but he himself was powerless.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that putting all these bad news together was a deliberate move by Prince Zhu Biao to arrange the Supervisor of Ceremonies, in order to arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and make Zhu Yuanzhang lose his usual reason and judgment.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was about to burst into anger, the senior eunuch Huang Minghao secretly winked at a young eunuch in the distance.
After seeing Huang Minghao's hint, the young eunuch quickly left secretly through the side door of the royal study.
Not long after, the young eunuch returned to the imperial study and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Mao Yifan, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guards, has asked to see you, saying that he has something important to report to your Majesty."
After hearing the little eunuch's report, Zhu Yuanzhang was still immersed in the memorial, but his voice was a little impatient and he said angrily: "Let him come in, why are you bothering me so late..."
Soon, the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, Mao Yifan, who had received permission, came to the imperial study, kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, in recent times, Jinyiwei has discovered that the situation of criticism of the imperial court among literati and students has become more and more serious. Many students who are studying have become more and more serious.
Everyone has lost their respect for the imperial court."
"Some even wrote many anti-poems and anti-articles to ridicule the imperial court. The words were quite vicious, and some even directly alluded to..."
After hearing Mao Yifan's words, there was some hesitation. Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and frowned and asked: "What's the impact? Make it clear, don't always hesitate..."
Mao Yifan lowered his head and said: "Even the Holy One has suffered wanton ridicule from these scholars..."
As Mao Yifan finished speaking, the sensitive chord in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was touched, and he swept the memorial off the table.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked ferocious and shouted angrily: "These scholars are really bold!"
Mao Yifan's body trembled, and he quickly knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, not even daring to raise his head, but continued to report: "In addition, after a secret investigation, Jin Yiwei discovered that this trend among scholars originated from the imperial officials.
We..."
"It is precisely because of the censors' unscrupulous criticism of the imperial court that the bad habits among civilian scholars have been aroused..."
"Especially Yang Xian of Zhongshu Province. Several of his poems that ridiculed the imperial court and criticized the Holy Emperor have been widely circulated and received a bad response..."
"I heard that officials are discussing the matter of Yang Xian using his power to form cliques for personal gain..."
"Therefore, I think it would be better to let Your Majesty know about this matter in time."
After speaking, Mao Yifan took out a book of poems from his arms and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang took over and took a look and found that on the cover of the book of this collection of poems, there were six big characters written "Qingzhu and Stone Poems".
"Is the green bamboo stubborn? It seems that this poetry collection is indeed Yang Xian's poetry collection..."
While muttering to himself, Zhu Yuanzhang opened the collection of poems and read them carefully.
There are many words in this collection of poems that have been specially outlined by Jin Yiwei with a red pen.
For fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would not understand, there were actually many annotations next to the collection of poems.
After seeing these poems outlined in red pen and combining them with the surrounding annotations, Zhu Yuanzhang savored them carefully and quickly understood the deeper meaning of the poems.
The next second, Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned as gloomy as the bottom of a pot, and his body began to tremble slightly. He seemed to be extremely angry, but was suppressing it.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly raised his head and said in a cold voice without emotion.
"There was once a man who kindly raised a stray wild dog and gave it food every day and a place to live..."
"As a result, when the dog grew up, it actually bit its owner. Later, the dog's owner removed the bones and skin of the owner-killing dog and slaughtered it directly..."
"The same is true for me. I have been sharpening a knife for twenty years, but it turned out that the knife was too sharp. When killing the prey, it also cut my fingers..."
"In this case, it's time for this disobedient knife to be destroyed..."
"The scholars in the world have been prosperous for a long time, and they have long lost their respect for the imperial court. The Qingliu people are even more proud of criticizing the imperial court and me..."
"Very good, take advantage of this opportunity." It's time to take care of them!"
The next morning, the morning court had just begun. Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, some officials were eager to jump out and impeach Yang Xian.
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Yang Xian, Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province!"
Qian Zhengzong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, walked out of the queue quickly, his expression full of indignation. After bowing, he said loudly.
Seeing Qian Zhengzong's indignant look, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Yang Xian from the corner of his eye, nodded slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Qian Aiqing wants to impeach Yang Xian? What exactly are you impeaching him for?"
Qian Zhengzong turned his head and glanced at Yang Xian bitterly, as if he had some deep grudge against Yang Xian.
As for Qian Zhengzong, everyone in the civil and military dynasties knew that he was the son of Prince Zhu Biao.
For Prince Zhu Biao, what Yang Xian did in the past few days really exceeded his psychological bottom line.
Therefore, after the evidence of Yang Xian's crime was finally found in recent days, Prince Zhu Biao immediately sent his confidants to impeach Yang Xian in the morning court today.
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Qian Zhengzong looked upright and said righteously: "Your Majesty, I found evidence of Yang Xian's crime, so I came forward to report it."
"During his tenure as the magistrate of Yangzhou, Yang Xian ignored court laws and not only falsely reported taxes in Yangzhou, but also collected a large amount of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes for his own political achievements."
"He is so shameless that he openly publicizes the amount of tax collected by his government while reporting to the imperial court for credit, lest the world doesn't know about it!"
"Such behavior not only corrupts the official atmosphere and despises the court's laws, but also brings shame to the entire court!"
"Your Majesty, Yang Xian is not only guilty of falsely reporting his political achievements, but he is also guilty of deceiving the emperor..."
"What he did has made the world angry. Your Majesty, please remove him from his official position and severely punish him!"
As Qian Zhengzong finished speaking, many officials from the "Prince's Party" were also ready to impeach Yang Xian with Qian Zhengzong.
At the same time, Prince Zhu Biao took a step forward, raised his hands and said, "I also want to impeach Yang Xian."
The other side!!
Although Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others had seized evidence that could lead to Yang Xian's death, they were still happy to see someone taking action against Yang Xian in advance.
Upon hearing this, Yang Xian looked at the prince's party, snorted coldly, stepped forward, and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Qian Zhengzong!"
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