Chapter 471 New Security Report
The 44th year of the Jiajing reign was destined to be a year when the wheel of history deviated.

The impeachment of Xu Jie was launched in the court several years in advance, and the momentum was even stronger, with a collective complaint from the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan.

same.

In the winter of the 44th year of the Jiajing reign, although northern Zhili still inevitably suffered from a snowstorm, the imperial court was now well-off and naturally had money and grain to provide relief to the people.

then.

Such a small change led to a slightly different final direction.

While people are still paying attention to how long this wave of impeachment against Xu Jie in the court will last and when the emperor will come forward to speak out to end it all.

Hai Rui's memorial once again came into everyone's attention.

This is inevitable.

Nowadays, anyone who serves as an official in the imperial court of the capital knows that anyone can be ignored, but Hai Rui who came from the south cannot be ignored.

Gao Hanwen, who made a name for himself as the real King of Hell in Jiangnan, is really powerful.

This King Gao killed many wealthy families in Jiangnan and destroyed their families.

But Gao Hanwen just drew his knife and rushed forward to kill him.

But Hai Rui is different.

Even though Gao Hanwen has a reputation as the King of Hell recently, only those who truly understand how government works know that Hai Rui is the one who can actually take people's lives.

Hai Rui's memorial had just been delivered to the Ministry of Public Security from outside Beijing.

The news immediately spread to all the government offices in Beijing.

"Tell me, who did Hai Rui impeach this time? Which unlucky guy in Northern Zhili was targeted by him this time?"

In the Ministry of Revenue, several officials gathered together, seemingly doing nothing.

If in the past, when such a snowstorm hit Northern Zhili, the Ministry of Revenue would have been busy and dizzy. But now that the Ministry of Revenue's warehouses were full, it was the officials in the Ministry of Revenue who had the most free time.

All that was required was to sort out the warehouse accounts, issue approval documents, and have the government offices in Northern Zhili and Shuntian Prefecture send people to take the things away.

"I don't know, but there has been no movement from the Censorate and the Dali Temple today, and even the Ministry of Justice seems to have no news coming out."

"Even the Ministry of Justice has not made any move? That's really strange..."

Several people showed curiosity and confusion on their faces.

If it were as in the past, Hai Rui's memorials would definitely be impeachments against an official in Northern Zhili, and he would have solid evidence every time.

Then the Ministry of Justice would immediately take action, forcing the Censorate and the Dali Temple to send people to arrest the officials impeached by Hai Rui.

Just because Hai Rui was summoned back to Beijing in the past few months, the performance requirements of the three judicial offices this year have been exceeded.

The most outrageous thing was the Ministry of Justice. Yan Shifan, who is now in charge of the Ministry of Justice as the Left Vice Minister, even publicly announced that after the court's year-end meeting is over, the Ministry of Justice will take money from its own small treasury to give year-end red envelopes to everyone.

Each ministry and government office originally had its own account book and slush fund.

But anyone who dares to abuse public resources for personal gain will inevitably be accused of buying people's hearts and minds.

Of course, if the Ministry of Justice released him, there would be people in the court who would file a petition to impeach him, but when the matter reached the cabinet, nothing happened.

The next day, news came from the cabinet.

All the Zhongshu Sheren, Shizhong Bachelor, etc. who are working in Wenyuan Pavilion this year will also receive a red envelope from Wenyuan Pavilion's small treasury at the end of the year.

This thing instantly became a public and legal thing.

For a while, no one submitted a petition to impeach, and instead, everyone went to the bosses of their own departments, hoping to receive a year-end red envelope.

Of course, after this incident, the cabinet, especially the Prime Minister Yan, who was loyal to the country and respected his superiors and loved his subordinates, immediately received a lot of praise.

Good official!

nice guy!

This is what the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty should look like!
Then he turned around and went to the Wanshou Palace in Xiyuan.

The Western Garden has always been quiet. As long as there are no ministers coming to the court for discussions, it is naturally the most quiet and elegant place in Beijing.

Heavy snow in early winter.

The Imperial Household Department had already arranged daily manpower to clear the snow from various places in the Western Garden to prevent the palaces and houses from being crushed by the heavy snow.

Just like last year, the doors and windows of Wanshou Palace were tightly closed when the snow came.

Looking from a distance, one could see a copper pipe in the corner connecting to the hall, emitting a thin smoke outside.

Inside the palace.

Emperor Jiajing was still dressed in the same Taoist robe, but it was obviously much thicker and more bulging now. If you look more carefully, you can find that this robe seems to have been made in the Changping Textile Factory.

The emperor was served by Lu Fang, standing behind the half-open palace door.

Outside, a line of footprints spread out of the palace.

Those were the footprints left by Li Shizhen, who had just entered the palace this morning.

Huang Jin carried a bowl of steaming medicine and walked behind the emperor.

"Master, take the decoction made from the prescription left by Divine Doctor Li while it's hot."

Jiajing turned around and looked at the naive Huang Jin, glaring at him in pretend anger: "I'm not sick!"

Huang Jin said with a smile: "The master is naturally not sick, but it is cold in winter, and this medicine is just a tonic."

Lu Fang watched from the side, took the bowl with a smile and placed it in front of the emperor.

Jiajing then rolled his eyes, took the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.

“It’s really bitter.”

"Good medicine tastes bitter. With Divine Doctor Li here, the master will surely live a long life."

Huang Jin took back the empty bowl and agreed with a smile.

Jiajing just laughed and said: "If I can really live to be a hundred years old, I will be cursed by many people in secret."

Say so.

But Jiajing still felt a little proud.

My cousin died young, and so did Emperor Xiaozong. Among his elder brothers, only Taizu and Chengzu lived longer.

Think of this.

Jiajing couldn't help but ask: "Is the previous dynasty still moving towards impeaching Xu Jie?"

With Lu Fang around, it was not Huang Jin's turn to interrupt and speak. He just focused on carrying the bowl back into the hall.

Lu Fang whispered, "The sound is still quite loud, but because of the snow, it is not as violent as before."

Jiajing snorted coldly.

"More than 200,000 mu of people's farmland has been occupied. This matter..."

Lu Fang's brows twitched involuntarily, and he carefully raised his head to look at the emperor's profile.

Jiajing whispered, "I believe this is true!"

Lu Fang was suddenly shocked.

It seems that the emperor has to make some decisions.

At this time, Jiajing said coldly, "I am the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. Four years ago, didn't the Yan family spend all their wealth to give four million taels of silver to the palace and the court? Have you forgotten this?"

Lu Fang immediately bowed her head and said, "I have never forgotten that guest Yan brought another three million taels of silver from overseas for the court that year, and then there was the silk business of ten million taels of silver every year."

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang who was lowering his head and said, "You don't need to remind me. I will naturally remember the Yan family's contributions over the past few years... and my duty."

Lu Fang quickly collected his thoughts and said, "No one is wiser than the emperor."

Jiajing smiled faintly: "Since the first assistant's family can have so much money, then my second assistant's family will not be less."

This is very interesting.

It can basically be concluded that the emperor maintains a positive attitude towards the recent impeachment of Xu Jie and the Xu family in the court.

In this way, it is reasonable to expel Xu Jie from the cabinet and only retain the title of Junior Tutor, and then watch the whole court impeach Xu Jie.

Lu Fang immediately asked in a low voice: "Should I secretly send someone to Songjiang Prefecture again?"

Jiajing waved his hand and said, "No need for that. How can people like Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong be easily erased with just a few words? Let's see what they do next."

This made Lu Fang confused again.

The emperor has determined that Xu Jie and the Xu family have committed illegal acts, but he has not taken any action. So it becomes a question of how the court will proceed.

But Jiajing suddenly changed the subject and asked: "How is Prince Yu doing in Changping recently? Is the prince still going there in such a cold day?" Seeing the emperor asking these questions, Lu Fang immediately smiled.

"The academy made some adjustments a few days ago and created a lot of... branches. Prince Yu has also been busy with this matter. I heard that after the New Year, they will start the expansion and include the entire Jiashan."

"As for the Crown Prince, I heard that he was scolded by Concubine Li. He has been staying quietly in the palace recently and has not asked to go to Changping anymore."

After listening to Lu Fang's explanation, the smile on Jiajing's face became much warmer.

He said slowly, "The name Jiashan doesn't sound good. We should change it... Let's call it Shuyuan Mountain. When we start the expansion next year, I will write a copy and send it over."

Lu Fang lowered his head and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The name Shuyuanshan doesn’t sound very nice either.

However, the emperor's naming skills have become less and less particular recently, and he no longer quotes from classics.

Just like the last time when he gave the great-grandson of Yan Ge Lao the name Yan Wuyou.

Chatty.

Jiajing asked again: "Where is Yan Hu? Why haven't I seen this lucky general of mine these days?"

The emperor's mind worked too quickly.

Lu Fang could only do his best to keep up: "The general is leading the Dragon and Tiger Army outside the city to help Hai Rui deal with matters concerning the people who have come to the capital from all over."

Hearing the answer, Jiajing smiled and nodded.

"This kid is really thoughtful. Hai Rui is also good. He is a man who gets things done."

The emperor had just finished speaking.

Someone outside the hall came into view.

"Master!"

"Hai Rui, the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, submitted a memorial."

Lu Fang was obviously stunned for a moment and glanced sideways at the emperor.

Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.

It was just mentioned a moment ago, but now Hai Rui's memorial has been delivered.

Hai Rui's memorial!
Lu Fang's brows suddenly tightened.

It stands to reason that Hai Rui is currently busy with the snowstorm in Northern Zhili, so how could he have time to write a memorial? It has been several days since he investigated and impeached officials in Northern Zhili as the Northern Zhili Provincial Surveillance Commissioner.

Even if Hai Rui had something to memorialize now, he should have gone to places like the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Cabinet, and should have talked about how to deal with the disaster and how to appease the people.

Instead of sending the memorial to Xiyuan,

Although he was confused, Lu Fang's years of professionalism allowed him to quickly take the memorial and hand it to the emperor.

Jiajing held the memorial that had just been delivered and clapped it in his hands.

Then he walked forward and opened the palace door.

"Watching the snow."

"Reading papers."

"It's quite interesting."

Jiajing had a faint smile on his face.

Obviously, he reacted the same way as Lu Fang, that Hai Rui's memorial should not be delivered to him at this time.

In that case, why not take a good look at what Hai Rui wants to say to me.

Lu Fang swiftly brought a soft stool to the emperor.

Sit on an ottoman.

Jiajing had already opened the memorial.

The first sentence clearly states: Hai Rui, the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, the Censor of the Northern Zhili Provincial Surveillance Office, and the Prefect of Shuntian, respectfully reports that speaking frankly is the most important thing in the world, so as to rectify the way of the monarch, clarify the duties of the ministers, and seek eternal peace.

Public security is poor!
The famous public security memorial, although the historical trend deviated in the 44th year of Jiajing, still appeared before the emperor.

Jiajing looked at the beginning and couldn't help but chuckle: "This Hai Rui is so arrogant!"

Lu Fang was also standing on tiptoe, carefully and quietly looking at the contents of the memorial.

But soon.

The smile on Jiajing's face disappeared.

Although historical deviations exist, some things will not change much.

For example, in the public security memorial that Hai Rui had just submitted, his initial official position was changed from the head of the Yunnan Division of the Ministry of Revenue to the three positions of the Censorate, the Northern Zhili Provincial Surveillance Commissioner's Office, and the Shuntian Prefecture.

As for the rest of the content, not a single word has been changed, and it is completely consistent with what should have been in the original history...

Presented before the emperor.

For example, the sentence: Jiajing means that every household is clean and has no money to use.

It suddenly rushed into the emperor's eyes.

Lü Fang, standing nearby, shouted in panic, "How dare you! Hai Rui is deceiving the emperor! He deserves to be punished!"

Jiajing himself also had a flushed face and veins bulging on the backs of his hands.

But it was also very fast.

The public security consultation, or the new public security consultation, also showed slight deviations.

After the section about every family being clean, the story about Yan Song and Yan Shifan should have been mentioned.

But here it becomes: Recently Xu Jie was deposed, and Xu Fan was executed in his early years, which was somewhat satisfactory to the people, and it was called the Qing Dynasty for a while.

Hai Rui changed the subject in this new public security memorial and continued his speech.

Although the whole article is still directly criticizing the emperor.

But in the end.

The wording in the memorial changed again.

One sentence: The sage monarch is in the clear, and the treacherous and corrupt officials are in the court, deceiving the monarch and confusing the sage. The treacherous and corrupt official is Xu Ye from Songjiang Huating. The court is indignant and generous. The southern people have reported it with thousands of words. The sage monarch should remove the treacherous officials from the court.

He directly turned all the previous insults to the emperor towards Xu Jie and the Xu family.

In other words.

Why did the minister Hai Rui scold you? Because there was a treacherous official like Xu Jie in the court, and such a corrupt official was still alive. So if the emperor wanted to be a sage, he had to kill such treacherous officials.

As long as you kill him, I, Hai Rui, will not be scolding you.

Especially since Hai Rui was lucky enough to survive, in this new security memorial, in addition to scolding the emperor, he also highly praised the current court's actions in dealing with the disaster in northern Zhili.

This once again fits in with the core content of the new public security briefing.

Xu Jie was expelled from the cabinet and the court this year. There was a disaster in northern Zhili this year, but the court was not panicked at all, and the people did not suffer too much harm.

What does this mean?
This means that the imperial court and the emperor are going to continue to severely and thoroughly deal with Xu Jie and the Xu family.

In front of the Wanshou Palace.

Lu Fang's head was buzzing for a moment.

He really wanted to give the other person a thumbs up in front of Hai Rui.

He was the only one who dared to scold the emperor so blatantly. The key point was that Hai Rui could make up for it in the end, preventing the emperor from getting angry at all and even transferring all the emperor's faults to Xu Jie.

As a party.

What about Jiajing who was severely scolded?
His face flushed, he wanted to be angry but also wanted to laugh.

At last.

Jiajing actually laughed out loud with a strange voice in front of the gate of Wanshou Palace.

After a long time.

Jiajing stopped laughing and said coldly, "Let's put this matter aside for now. I want to have a good New Year."

Lu Fang immediately lowered his head and accepted the order. The emperor said that not a single word of the memorial could be revealed today.

Jiajing sneered again and said, "Didn't Hai Rui scold me for not attending court? Then tell the cabinet and the court that after the beginning of the new year, I will hold court in front of the Imperial Gate, and all officials of high rank in Beijing must be present!"

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