Chronicle of Emperor Jing

"Brother!" The queen mother slowed down her tone, and reasoned with him carefully, "You take the salary of the imperial court, not to mention working for the imperial court, but you can't poach the corners of the imperial court. You don't lack this land, why? Going to forcefully buy the fields of the common people? Since you have done this, and now you have been found out by the court, you should obediently admit your mistakes and accept the punishment."

The truth was too profound, and the Queen Mother was afraid that An Lehou would not be able to understand it, so she simply analyzed it and told him what to do.

"My lady, there is a piece of other people's land between my two farms. I just bought it because I wanted to connect the farms together. And it is bought and sold at the market price. There are also red deeds. They are all replaced by red deeds." , and even said that I bought it by force, I am not convinced."

An Lehou was afraid of her once the queen mother turned down, but when the queen mother talked to him kindly, he cheered up and shouted again.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Fuyin picked this thorn on purpose, not to hit the Wang family's face, this is clearly to hit the Empress's face. Madam, you can't let it go, otherwise, after this time, no one will dare to step on my Wang family's foot in the future .”

Seeing that the queen mother did not speak, An Lehou continued to apply eye drops to Zhou Fu Yin.

"Brother!" The queen mother sighed for a long time.

An Lehou is her own younger brother, the emperor's own uncle.Without the emperor's order, how could Zhou Fu Yin be so brave and dare to touch An Lehou?

Why does An Lehou not understand such a simple truth?

If An Lehou is a smart person, he should obediently admit his mistakes at this time, and obediently admit his punishment. It is best to scold himself severely on the table, and cry bitterly to express that he has owed the grace of the Holy Grace, and he is ashamed, and he will not dare to act like this in the future. In the end, offer a fine, preferably more than the original fine, and so on, it is a wise person's approach.

Some mistakes, the emperor can't admit it, but his courtiers must admit it.Some things are not easy for the emperor to do, but for his courtiers to do.

Sometimes, the emperor needs someone to cooperate in his actions, so the courtiers who are caring and caring should jump out and cooperate by themselves.

Those who have been named by the emperor but don't know how to cooperate are just too stupid; those who don't want to cooperate obediently don't know the general idea.

However, no matter how stupid the younger brother is, he is also her own younger brother, so what else can she do?For the current plan, the queen mother can only break these principles to him bit by bit.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is the first to take the knife against my Wang family. It is obviously unfair. Everyone is doing this kind of thing, and I am not alone. Is there no one with a higher status than me? Doesn't the Yongning Hou Mansion also have this kind of thing? , and forced someone to death, but his family reported his disappearance to the steward, but no one mentioned it. Hmph, Your Majesty is biased." An Lehou was still very upset.

He doesn't lack this land, nor does he lack this fine, but he is just angry and feels that he was deliberately targeted by the emperor.

"Why don't you go and explain this to the emperor?" The queen mother sneered a few times before saying, "You should not mention such things in the future, especially those about Yongninghou. How many years can I protect you? You know that the emperor favors the Marquis of Yongning, and you still want to compare with him, aren’t you stupid? Things are already like this, you should cooperate with the emperor, and you will have your own benefits in the future.”

"Your Majesty..." An Lehou looked at the graying hair of the Empress Dowager, speechless.

He was silent for a moment before he said, "Madam, I know what to do."

An Lehou resigned from the palace and returned to the mansion. He immediately found the Qing Ke who was supported by the family, followed the instructions of the Empress Dowager to write a embellishment pen, and then he gave a memorial in public at the court meeting.

After the incident in the Anlehou Mansion broke out, many people who had done similar things were waiting to see the direction of the wind.

Now that the public discussion is raging, the imperial court also expressed that it will conduct a thorough investigation, but it is a real investigation, or it is forced by the public discussion to put on a show to appease the people. Just look at the case of Anlehou Mansion to see the outcome.

If An Lehou said whatever Zhou Fuyin said casually, and didn't even bother to give him a wink, and simply ignored it, there would be no bad consequences in the end, and the others would naturally know what to do.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, An Lehou actually submitted a pleading paper in front of the court, scolded himself in the paper, and then said that he would return all the land to the original owner, and finally hand over 5 taels to the treasury fine.

This sharp operation by An Lehou made many people's jaws drop.

An Lehou is not such a smart person at all, it must be because of an expert behind his back.

People who can see the way, naturally know this.Those who watched the excitement felt that although An Lehou was confused for a while and did something wrong, his attitude of admitting his mistakes and accepting punishment was very sincere and worthy of recognition.

Zhou Fu Yin tried the case during this period, and every time there were many people watching the case, the case of Anle Hou Mansion was naturally no exception.When An Lehou sought justice from the Queen Mother, many censors who got the news were ready to scold him at the court meeting, but once his confession was made, it was difficult for the censors to scold him again.

"If you know your mistakes, you should correct them. There is nothing good about it! If you know your mistakes, I am so relieved!" Jing Li sat on the head and set the tone for An Lehou's behavior. There is no need for a fine, the fine set by the government is 5 taels, so let’s pay it according to this amount.”

When An Lehou heard the words, his heart became hot, and he felt that the emperor's heart was still towards him.However, he thought that these were all the rules and regulations set by the Queen Mother. If he didn't do well, he would definitely be scolded by the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty's praise, I am ashamed and dare not take it. The 5 taels of silver are not just silver, but a heart of repentance from the minister. I must hand it over, otherwise I will not feel at ease." All of a sudden, he took out 5 taels of silver , An Lehou's heart was bleeding, but disobeying the Queen Mother's order would have more serious consequences. He didn't dare to make up his own mind, and he still had to pay the fine according to the Queen Mother's wishes.

"Since Qing is so sincere and repentant, it's my fault if I don't accept it." An Lehou is so sensible, no matter whether he came up with it himself or was instructed by the Queen Mother, Jing Li is quite satisfied, "These silver taels, since it is Qing I have to think about the usefulness of this repentant heart."

Jing Li pondered for a while, and then said: "I'm thinking, this silver tael should be used to repair the official school and expand the school, what do you think?"

As soon as the emperor's words came out, all the ministers in the hall were in a commotion.

If this money went into the national treasury or the internal treasury, the ministers would definitely not say much, but it was obvious that the emperor would toss it with ill intentions when it was used to repair and expand the school.

However, once these words are spoken, these people will be morally inferior.

The emperor did not use the money for his own squandering and pleasure, but for cultural governance. It is clearly the work of a real wise emperor. Where did he have any ill intentions? Anyone who dares to say that must be a big treacherous minister.

The "treacherous officials" knew what the emperor was going to do, but they couldn't speak.

The loyal ministers actually knew what the emperor was going to do, but they all pretended not to know, and praised the emperor again and again.

"Your Majesty, why don't the states and counties first use this money for the repair and expansion of local government schools, and if there is any surplus, then pay it up?" Some people think that the situation is not exciting enough, and they want to add some condiments.

This money, in fact, is currently only the 5 taels that An Lehou has handed in, and there is no other, it will be fined, but the use has been determined, and it is going to repair and expand the official school.

So should the officials of the states and counties be concerned about this matter?

Once he pays attention, he must try his best to get money out of the pockets of the local elites. If someone does not pay attention, other states and counties have money to repair and expand official schools, but he does not have it here. Can he still get excellent in the evaluation?The local scholars saw that the official school could be repaired in other places, but they still have old buildings here, so can they have no complaints at all?

"Your Majesty, I feel that this approach is inappropriate, and I'm afraid there will be dangers of making something out of nothing." Someone objected.

If there are some people who have not done this in some places, and the local officials force them to charge them with this crime and fine them money, wouldn't it make the local people panic.

"In this kind of thing, there are defendants, sufferers, and circumstantial evidence. It is not so easy to create something out of nothing." Some people disagree.

"That's right. If you are upright, you are not afraid of the slanting shadow. It is not so easy to make a false accusation." Someone chimed in.

"Your Majesty, it's better to let the magistrate investigate the case, but the final case files will be collected in the hands of the magistrate before disposal, and the imperial court will send people to the various prefectures to supervise, so as not to cause unjust cases." A courtier suggested.

It turns out that the magistrate has no benefit to speak of in this matter, and will only offend people. Even if a fine is imposed, it will be handed over to the state treasury. The magistrate is afraid to raise his hand because of his affection, and the common people will suffer a lot. party.

But now that the emperor has made such a move, the local officials will benefit from this matter.This amount of money is related to their evaluation, official reputation, and even the number of students in the future. They will definitely try their best to investigate the case. It is indeed very possible that some unjust cases will come.

In this case, the imperial court must send someone to supervise, so as not to prevent the local officials from being far away from the emperor, and randomly punishing them in order to get more fines.

"What Aiqing said is very true. Why not send someone from Yushitai to monitor this matter?" Jing Li nodded in agreement.

"The minister obeys the order." The doctor Yushi received the order.

After the court was over that day, what happened in the court hall slowly spread.

An Lehou was scolded by the people because of this, but now that he is so smart, some people can't scold him.

Of course, there must be some people who scolded him. He directly increased the government fine by ten times, not to mention scolding him, someone scolded his family's eighteen generations of ancestors together.

There are also people, because only An Lehou has been found so far, and they have not been found, so they went back to the mansion to investigate the family affairs. If there is a similar thing, return it quickly. Every family should be distressed, but they can't be caught by others.

Otherwise, when the time comes, I will pay ten times as much as An Lehou, and my family will feel distressed. If I only pay the fine of the government, I am afraid that people will say that I have not sincerely repented.

After all, the example of An Lehou's sincere repentance is already impressive.If you don’t follow him, it’s not a sincere repentance, is it?

Thinking of this, these people couldn't help but want to scold An Lehou again.As for the people behind An Lehou, they pretended not to know.

Those who were sent by the queen mother to serve the late emperor know the power of the queen mother best. Others would not dare to seek death at will.

In the capital, when there was so much commotion, Wei Yan was in the guard camp, doing the handover with Commander Shen.

Shen Mo used to know some things about the guard camp, but now that Wei Yan has taken over, Shen Mo told him all these things.