Li Qian was startled when he heard this, but Wu Meiniang's words opened up a new way of thinking for her.
His original idea was to at least find some basis for the law, and then see which of Yan Maoqing's crimes fit the law, and then punish him according to the law.
But what Wu Meiniang told him was that it all depends on your wishes.
If you think Yan Maoqing is okay, you can expose him gently. If you are tired of him, you can give him a serious punishment!
Li Qian turned his head and glanced at Wu Meiniang, feeling uneasy in her heart.
But in fact, Li Qian discovered the difference between the two through Wu Meiniang's words.
His thinking and concepts are still different from most people here.
The environment in which Li Qian lived in his previous life was a world ruled by law, but this world is truly a world of imperial power, where imperial power is greater than human rights.
The so-called imperial power does not narrowly represent the power of the emperor, but the power of the court, the power of officials, and even the power of all powerful people.
Realizing this key, Li Qian suddenly thought of He Shen entering the palace yesterday.
It stands to reason that the treatment of traveling by shoulder to shoulder can only be given to those ministers who are elderly and have difficulty moving, and who have worked hard and achieved great results.
But because He Shen gave so many gifts, which made Li Qian happy, Li Qian found a ridiculous reason and gave He Shen a shoulder bag, and the officials had no objections to this.
Because the power of giving Jianyu is in the hands of the emperor, he can use it however he wants as long as it doesn't go too far and greatly affects others.
Now that he is aware of this problem, Li Qian is a little silent.
He knows that in order to adapt to this world, he must slowly change his thinking, but can this be changed in one day?
Li Qian sighed softly and took his time.
He turned his attention to the memorial on the table. After thinking for a moment, he turned to Wu Meiniang and said, "This Yan Maoqing is actually a member of the Yan Prime Minister."
"Even if I approve a heavy punishment here, if the memorial goes to Prime Minister Yan, you may be stopped and the sentence will be changed to a light sentence."
Li Qian knew that this was because his power was not big enough or sufficient.
Wu Meiniang was originally worried about Li Qian's attitude. Seeing that he continued to ask questions, she thought for a while and then said warmly: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan may also be concerned about your attitude."
manner!
Li Qian frowned, saying that He Shen would figure out his attitude, he believed it.
But when it comes to Yan Song, then he has to be skeptical.
Li Qian has always been unsure of Yan Song's attitude. Although this guy is as greedy as He Shen, he is not as loyal as He Shen!
He Shen was greedy for so much money and sent items worth tens of thousands of taels of silver to the palace.
But Yan Song was greedy for so much money without even showing any sign of it, which made Li Qian feel that he was not a good person.
However, there were many people who didn't send money, and Li Qian couldn't use this to judge loyalty and traitor. He picked up his pen and pondered for a moment, and finally wrote four words: one month's fine.
Originally, he was going to be fined half a month's salary, but because of Yan Maoqing's status and attitude, Li Qian increased the fine to one month's salary, which was considered a normal punishment.
It was Wu Meiniang's words that gave Li Qian some inspiration.
Although he does not have much power, the emperor is an emperor after all, and ministers will always pay attention to him.
Just like the Jiajing Dynasty in the previous life, every move of the Jiajing old Taoist would be watched by the Qingliu people, who would carefully consider and test whether His Majesty the Emperor had the idea of returning to strict rule.
And it would be bad if Li Qian had a bad attitude towards Yan Maoqing and caused Yan Song to be implicated.
Yan Song was greedy, but he had been serving as Prime Minister for so many years and had been in charge of the state treasury for so many years without making any mistakes. This is a sign of his ability.
Moreover, the strict Party is also deeply entangled in the government.
Li Qian now needs civil servants to tell him the truth, so how could he send out such a signal to torment Yan Song?
After approving this memorial, Li Qian took out the memorial from Longxi County Governor asking if he wanted to buy grain.
However, Wu Meiniang was also troubled when she saw this memorial.
"Your Majesty, I am stupid and don't know what to do." Wu Meiniang lowered her head and her voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Li Qian smiled and took her hand: "It doesn't have to be like this. I've already said it. If you make a mistake, it doesn't matter if you don't know. If it's a big deal, just put it aside for now."
He also vaguely understood that Wu Meiniang had followed her mother to make a living since she was a child, relying on her relatives.
Because of her talent, she is very scheming and has many twists and turns, but after all, her horizons are limited, and she doesn't know what to do with such a major matter that concerns a whole county.
But this didn't matter to Li Qian. He wanted to learn how to handle government affairs, so why wasn't Wu Meiniang learning?
"Your Majesty, I think that if there is a problem with the water transportation, the grain in Changpingcang will be burned. I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as it seems."
Wu Meiniang frowned and said, "Could it be the governor Song Min who did this?"
Seeing Li Qian looking at her, Wu Meiniang explained: "I have heard about a county before. The local Changping warehouse has been in deficit for many years, and the inventory is less than ten. As a result, there was a disaster in the county one year, and Changping warehouse was needed." The grain from the village came for disaster relief, but the county magistrate couldn't get it, so he sent people to set fire to it at night, and the whole warehouse of grain was reported as a loss..."
Li Qian squinted his eyes and nodded. He had actually suspected this. This kind of "fire dragon burning warehouse" trick was not common in his previous life.
However, Longxi County is located to the west of the capital, and since the county governor dared to report it openly, at least he was not worried about the court's inquiry.
Li Qian thought for a while and wrote the red words "investigating the cause of the fire" on it.
As for whether the shortage of grain should be purchased by Longxi or allocated from the capital, Li Qian didn't know what to do with it.
At least he has to wait until he knows the price of grain in Longxi and how much grain the capital still has in stock. Can he use it?
Next, Li Qian selected a lot of memorials that he couldn't understand or didn't know the characters, and asked Wu Meiniang to help him explain.
He originally thought that Wu Meiniang didn't know much, but he didn't expect that Wu Meiniang could help him solve most of his doubts.
"Mei Niang, are you still a learned female gentleman?" Although Li Qian was teasing, he was not too surprised.
During the Daqian Palace draft, reading and knowing etiquette had long been a standard.
These days, many people are preaching the so-called "It is virtue for a woman to have no talent". However, there are also extraordinary people among the emperors of Daqian who have long been aware of the problem.
It is difficult for a concubine who does not understand poetry and etiquette to teach a prince with good conduct. This is a major matter for the heir of the dynasty.
Therefore, the fifty beautiful women who can enter Li Qian's harem this time are basically well-educated, and the least qualified ones are guaranteed to be literate.
"Your Majesty, I studied with my father when I was young. Later, I became dependent on my mother. My mother always insisted that I never stop studying and literacy."
Instead, Wu Meiniang looked at Li Qian, her beautiful eyes full of surprise: "Your Majesty is also very smart. He can remember unknown words after just reading them once!"
She also discovered just now that Li Qian could remember and understand the unrecognizable words after asking him once. He had never asked a second time. Wu Meiniang had never seen such a smart person.