"If you want to die, I won't let you die!" Ding Yunyi said with a smile.
Fan Wencheng didn't understand what he meant. Ding Yunyi smiled slightly: "Really, I really won't let you die, and I want you to see with your own eyes that the people you work for die in front of you one by one!"
Fan Wencheng's expression changed.
Watching the people he worked for die in front of him one by one? Fan Wencheng knew this was the most painful thing. He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Ding Yunyi, you are a devil!"
"Isn't there something fresh?" Ding Yunyi didn't care what others scolded him for: "I will still take good care of you so that you won't die even if you want to. Do you believe it?"
Do you believe it?
Ding Yunyi didn't care whether he believed it or not, and then he set his sights on Lu Yanhan: "What about you? Why do you want to be a traitor? What is the problem between you and me?"
"You robbed my wife." Lu Yanhan said very calmly: "I know that Deng Lianyu was given to you by Deng Muzhi, but you still robbed my wife. There is no greater hatred than the hatred of robbing my wife. Do you think I will
Not your enemy?"
Ding Yunyi thought about it carefully, and then nodded: "It makes sense. If someone robs my wife, I will fight him to the death."
Ding Yunyi's attitude surprised Lu Yanhan, and he calmed down: "Ding Yunyi, you are willing to say this frankly, I thank you very much. I heard that you trust Deng Muzhi very much, and you know what kind of person Deng Muzhi is.
?"
"He should be a good official who wins the hearts of the people."
"A good official? Is Deng Muzhi a good official?" Lu Yanhan sneered: "King Wu Lie is famous all over the world, but it turns out that he can be blinded by others!"
Ding Yunyi became a little curious: "Tell me carefully how I was deceived."
Lu Yanhan still kept sneering: "Deng Muzhi is basically a wolf-hearted dog official. It's just that he hid it deeper than anyone else. My father had a child marriage with his Deng family before, but he regretted it after the collapse of my Lu family.
..."
He told what happened one by one, and Ding Yunyi frowned. He originally thought that Deng Muzhi was a rare upright official, but who would have thought that it would be like this.
If this is really the case, then he has indeed been deceived by Deng Muzhi. Such an official would not be unjust even if he killed him a hundred times or a thousand times.
Personal abilities may really be limited...
Ding Yunyi thought for a long time before he said slowly: "I will investigate Deng Muzhi's matter. If it is true as you said, I promise to give you justice. However, no matter what the reason, nothing can change you as a traitor.
Essentially, Lu Yanhan, you can die in peace."
Lu Yanhan bowed deeply to Ding Yunyi: "King Wu Lie, please treat Lianyu well."
After saying that, he turned back and walked outside.
There is indeed something worthy of sympathy for Lu Yanhan, but he still became a traitor, which no one can change. From the moment he saw Lu Yanhan, Ding Yunyi had made up his mind to kill him.
It has nothing to do with women, just things he has done...
Bumubutai witnessed all this with her own eyes. She saw how Ding Yunyi dealt with Fan Wencheng, and also saw how Ding Yunyi dealt with Lu Yanhan. Now she had to think about herself and Fulin.
How will he deal with himself and Fulin? Bumbutai doesn't know.
Ding Yunyi's eyes finally fell on them...
Bumbutai couldn't help but pull Fulin towards her. Her move was not hidden from Ding Yunyi. Ding Yunyi smiled and said, "If I want to kill Fulin now, do you think you can protect him?"
Bumbutai remained silent there.
Ding Yunyi can kill anyone, and no one can stop Ding Yunyi from killing.
Bumbutai's eyes showed pleading: "Please keep Fulin's life. No matter what you want me to do, I will agree to it."
Ding Yunyi didn't answer anything.
He had already thought about how to deal with Fulin. He would never leave Fulin as a scourge. Of course, this would have to wait until the Manchus were pacified.
Moreover, it must be done without leaving any flaws...
...
Beijing.
Ding Yunyi finally returned here again.
A familiar yet unfamiliar place. Here, Ding Yunyi's prominent career began. Here, Ding Yunyi began his most glorious beginning!
And now, maybe another period of glory will begin again.
Ding Yuanzhao also returned to the capital. To his surprise, his wife Ding Chenwanhe was not dead!
Ding Chen Wanhe was brought by Ding Yuanzhao's son-in-law Wang Qingheng. When Wang Qingheng saw Ding Yunyi and Ding Yuanzhao, he fell to his knees on the ground and cried loudly: "Father, King Wu Lie. I finally met him."
It’s your turn! The intruders came to Beijing, burned, killed and looted. In order to protect my Ding family, I had to pretend to be a thief. Then the army attacked the city, and I finally found an opportunity to kill the intruders in one fell swoop..."
He rambled on and on, all he said was his own merit.
Ding Yunyi knew that Wang Qingheng killed Li Zicheng, and Wang Qingheng still had some credit for this. Ding Yunyi was about to speak when he suddenly heard Ding Chen Wanhe say loudly:
"My son, don't believe what he says!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked. Wang Qingheng was stunned. After a while, he said quietly: "Mother, haven't we already agreed?"
Ding Chen Wanhe sneered: "If I hadn't promised you on purpose, saying that I would keep your secret for the sake of my daughter and grandson, how could I have exposed you, the thing with a human face and a beast's heart!"
As she spoke, she loudly said: "Xiang Wen, this beast, shamelessly surrendered as soon as the thief entered the capital! Not only that, your father ran out of the capital under the holy order, and this beast also identified him in order to please the thief. If it weren't for
How could your father almost fall into a desperate situation like this?"
Ding Yunyi looked at Wang Qingheng coldly: "Mother, how did you know."
"Those thieves and bandits went to his home every day, saying that he would sell out his own father-in-law for glory and wealth. You are a beast. You are a beast. Even the thieves and bandits look down on such a person!"
Ding Yunyi breathed out softly: "Brother-in-law, eldest brother-in-law, I have two brothers-in-law, one is you, and the other is Ye Yuanxian. Usually you always talk about how Ye Yuanxuan is so cunning, and how you are so honest,
But when this intruder comes, you two behave very differently. Tell me, how should I deal with you?"
"King Wu Lie, King Wu Lie!" Wang Qingheng was so frightened that he trembled all over: "I was really helpless that day. Father, father, I beg you to forgive me!"
There was no anger on Ding Yuanzhao's face, he just let out a long sigh: "Wang Qingheng, if you only want to harm me, maybe I will forgive you, but what I carried with me that day was the late emperor's secret edict.
Then! You betrayed me, Daming. How can I forgive you?"
Ding Yunyi held his chin and thought for a while: "Go and call my sisters and brothers-in-law."
Wang Qingheng just knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move...
...
Ye Yuan, Ding Biyue, and Ding Biwei looked at Wang Qingheng kneeling on the ground in confusion, never expecting that he would do such a thing.
Ding Biwei knelt down beside her husband: "Xiang Wen, I know that your brother-in-law has done something wrong to the Ding family, but I beg you, please spare your brother-in-law this time. You can terminate his official position and let him be a common citizen.
, I beg you, for the sake of my sister, please let your brother-in-law go."
"Xiang Wen, please let the eldest brother-in-law go." Ding Biyue also begged at the side.
Ding Yunyi didn't say a word, still holding his chin and looking at everyone.
"Brother-in-law, how could you do such a thing?" Ye Yuanxian suddenly sighed: "King Wu Lie, Wang Qingheng cannot be spared!"
With one sentence, the room fell into silence. No one expected that Ye Yuan would actually say such words. Wang Qingheng and Ding Biwei were even more stunned.
Ye Yuan just pretended not to see their angry looks: "Although the capital has been recovered and the Jinlu have been defeated, the world is still far from being settled. Everyone is looking at the capital. Everyone is looking at the capital.
Everyone is watching King Wulie. Every move of King Wulie will have a great impact...The prince broke the law, and he is as guilty as the people. King Wulie, if you forgive Wang Qingheng, what will the people of the world think?
You, how can you regain the broken hearts and minds of the Ming Dynasty? Ye Yuan and Wang Qingheng were brothers-in-law, but they asked King Wu Lie to kill Wang Qingheng to bring peace to the world! Tell everyone in the world that this is the fate of those who grovel!"
"Ye Yuanxuan, you are a bastard who is adding insult to injury!" Wang Qingheng finally couldn't help but cursed loudly.
Ding Yunyi still didn't say a word...
Zhang Pu had been listening by the side, and he couldn't help but said: "What Mr. Ye said makes sense, but although Wang Qingheng can be killed, it is also true that Li Ni Zicheng died in his hands. This may be
I have made amends for my fault, and I ask King Wu Lie to think again."
"It's true that Li Zicheng died at the hands of Wang Qingheng, but the merits cannot offset the crime!" Ye Yuan was a little abnormal today, and he insisted and refused to let Wang Qingheng go: "If this is the case, those officials who broke into the capital may
You can say more or less some of your own merits. Can this also be used as an atonement? Can this be the same as Wang Qingheng? Once this precedent is established, chaos will inevitably occur. Where is the law mentioned by King Wulie? Where is justice?
Those people will not forgive Wang Qingheng because of meritorious deeds, they will only wonder if King Wulie is doing it for personal gain!"
Ding Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Yuan's behavior today was indeed a bit strange.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Come here, please imprison Wang Qingheng first. The details of how to deal with it are yet to be discussed. You all should go down first. Ye Yuanxuan, you can stay here for now."
After everyone left, Ding Yunyi asked slowly: "Why do you have to kill Wang Qingheng?"
"It's not that I must kill Wang Qingheng, but that the prince has made up his mind to kill Wang Qingheng." Ye Yuanxian said calmly: "The prince hates unfaithful and unfilial people the most in his life. Besides, when the prince returns to Beijing this time, he has already prepared to kill them as a warning to others.
Prepare. Who is this? Naturally, it must be Wang Qingheng. The prince can even kill his own family members, who else can’t be killed? As soon as this head is opened, the people below are all afraid, and they act naturally
Justice does not dare to show favoritism. However, if the prince wants to kill Wang Qingheng, I am afraid that people will say that he is cruel, disregards family ties, etc. If this is the case, then I will be the evil one to do it!"
Ding Yunyi smiled, every word Ye Yuan said spoke to his heart.
Ye Yuan was really smart at first, and he could see what he was thinking at a glance: "Brother-in-law, there are no outsiders here, don't call me every prince. Now that the capital has been recovered, what do you think we should do in the appointment of officials next?"
Do?"
Seeing that Ding Yunyi would no longer talk about Wang Qingheng's affairs for the time being, Ye Yuan turned around and said: "Xiang Wen, actually you already have an idea in mind. I also know that you are planning to overhaul the officialdom and even reverse the official system that Ming Dynasty left.
, I think, then, the Ming Dynasty’s official system is deeply rooted, starting from the bottom. How are you going to change it?”
"What kind of deep-rooted method?"
Ye Yuan thought for a while and said: "I just talked about the bottom layer of the word, let's start from the bottom. Our Ming Dynasty has a reserve warehouse for storing grain, and the person who looks after the reserve warehouse is called the old warehouse guard. The normal operation of the reserve warehouse has nothing to do with the warehouse guard.
The elderly are inseparable. The elderly have been engaged in grassroots management throughout history. In order to strengthen the grassroots management of the countryside, the Ming Dynasty implemented the elderly system. That is, selecting people from each township who are fair and respected by people to manage rural affairs. The age of the selected candidates
People who are over fifty years old are called old people or Li Lao, including water conservancy old people, warehouse old people, Muduo old people, Ji old people, floating bridge old people, etc. They are spread at the grassroots level, and these old people vary from place to place. They are based on needs.
They are all semi-public officials. The reserve warehouse is unique to the Ming Dynasty. After that, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty worked hard to manage it and gradually formed a complete management system in terms of accumulating grain, releasing grain for disaster relief, and reviewing and assessing. In the specific operation
It is even more unique in terms of its staffing. The reserve warehouse is privately run under government supervision and is established at the grassroots level in local villages. The elderly system is adopted in the management of the granary. Government officials coordinate the overall situation and lead planning, while the old warehouse keeper takes care of the grain.
Preside over the collection and release. A situation has been formed in which government officials and the old warehouse keepers work together and coordinate with the warehouse administration. Among the managers of the reserve warehouse, provincial-level officials are mainly responsible for supervision, while state and county-level officials are responsible for organizing the construction and raising funds. The specific
Supervising work, purchasing, guarding, and distributing goods are all handled by the old warehouse guards and Doujie. The division of labor is clear, and each performs his or her duties. Together, they maintain the normal operation of the reserve warehouse."
He paused and then continued: "The old warehouse keeper is called the old man, the old man in charge, the warehouse man, the warehouse official, etc., and they belong to the official service. In the Ming Dynasty, the collection of taxes and levies was based on the amount of grain, and the old warehouse keeper generally came from
Households are rich and have a large number of people. The elderly are usually elected by private elections and then appointed by the government. The same is true for the elderly warehouse keepers. In terms of warehousing and accumulating grain, the reserve warehouse is used as a famine relief warehouse and must play a role in disaster relief.
The role of the people. The basic guarantee is to have sufficient grain storage. Therefore, the old warehouse keepers need to assist the government in raising money to collect grain to make the warehouses full. In good harvest years, they receive money from the government to buy grain.
During the year, the grain will be scattered according to the order. In terms of taking care of the grain in the warehouse, the main responsibility of the old man is to organize the winnowing of grain and drying of rice to prevent rot, and to keep a close watch to prevent fire, theft, and damage from rats and birds. Many of these tasks require fighting.
level of participation and cooperation.”
Ding Yunyi listened very carefully, and then listened to what Ye Yuan said:
"In terms of grain distribution for disaster relief, the distribution of grain from warehouses is an important manifestation of its role in famine relief. According to the Ming Dynasty disaster relief procedures, after a famine occurs, local officials must clearly fill in and report the name of the affected household, the number of fields, the cause of the disaster, etc.
, wait for approval before releasing grain. To fill in these items, local officials have to rely on the old warehouse guards because they are "far away". They are more familiar with the situation in the countryside. People are divided into rich and poor, and the disasters are different in severity.
To truly maximize the role of the reserve warehouse in famine relief, we must ensure that food is distributed to those who need it most. Therefore, the Ming government stipulated different relief methods according to different disaster situations. Taking the Yongle Dynasty as an example, for those who were severely affected by the disaster, they suffered eight to
If the disaster is 10%, free relief will be given; for other minor disasters, it will be treated as an interest-free loan, that is, the original amount will be returned to the official afterwards. In this regard, the old warehouse keeper needs to check the severity of the disaster, distinguish between the rich and the poor, and create a book to prepare for assessment and recovery.
.In the implementation of disaster relief and food distribution in accordance with the law, the role of the old warehouse keepers cannot be underestimated. In order to encourage the old warehouse keepers to perform their duties conscientiously, they are given salaries, called industrial food banknotes. However, the overall amount of industrial food banknotes is very small, and different regions also
They are not the same. For example, in Changde Prefecture, Taoyuan County, Longyang County, and Yuanjiang County in Hunan, the salary is 5 taels per person per year, while in Yuezhou Prefecture, which is also in Hunan Province, the salary is 4 taels. As a auxiliary level, the work and food allowance is
The silver is generally one tael less than that of the old warehouse keeper. Of course, if the old warehouse keeper neglects his duties and causes the warehouse to become rotten and short of food, they are often responsible for compensation, and some even lose their families and go bankrupt because of this. But..."
Speaking of the word "but", Ye Yuan changed the subject:
"However, any system has its pros and cons. There are also some disadvantages when the old warehouse keeper participates in the management of the reserve warehouse. Favoritism and malpractice, and theft of grain from the warehouse often occur. Taizu Yili, the boss of the old family, was in charge of the reserve warehouse and served as the director of the grain.
The purpose of hoarding and distributing goods was to use their familiarity with local conditions to ensure that the grain was used to relieve those in greatest need. Later, the local bosses used their rights to look after the grain and declare poor households to commit adultery, cheating, and infringement.
Stealing grain from the warehouse."
Speaking of this, he asked calmly:
"If the old man in charge of the warehouse is like this, what about the officials of the Ming Dynasty? King Wulie is going to deal with it this way? Should he follow the usual practice, or should he completely overthrow and rebuild?"
Ding Yunyi remained silent again.
Yes, what should we do with so many officials? According to his idea, he wants to overturn them all and build a brand new system according to his own ideas. However, will he encounter fierce opposition if he does this?
In order to reform the officialdom, the resistance encountered has always been extremely serious, and a slight mistake will lead to a major change. But can the current Ming Dynasty still withstand the major change?
But if the old system remains unchanged, then where is the future of Ming Dynasty?