Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 285 Seeking profit

Seeing the emperor nodding slightly, Lin Zisu, who had been paying attention to the emperor, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Shouli said in a sharp voice: "Li Zhuwen roared at the imperial court, which was absent from the imperial court. According to Taizu's regulations, he should be expelled from the imperial court and be punished twenty times."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials below were in an uproar.

A young official said: "Eunuch Cao, Censor Li is just advising His Majesty to follow the ancestral system, which is to maintain the court's constitution!"

This sentence immediately attracted the approval of several censors.

Cao Shouli ignored the officials. Seeing Li Zhuwen's dissatisfaction, he asked with a smile: "Civil Li, you always say the ancestral system. Then tell us, what do you say about the punishment for the roaring ceremony in the regulations set by Taizu back then?"

Li Zhuwenling was on the spot. He was from a Hanlin family and learned a lot about the various rituals and rules of Dayan. Regarding the lectures, Taizu specially ordered people to compile the charter.

It can be said that there is a strict process from the beginning to the end of the lecture, and no one except the lecturer can speak or move.

He just kept talking about regulations and found reasons to oppose Bi Suinan's participation in the imperial lecture.

In a blink of an eye, Cao Shouli made the rules according to the law and pressed the regulations on Li Zhuwen's head. Li Zhuwen was speechless and said naively: "Taizu did have the constitution for the imperial lecture, but the official was just arguing with reason and did not roar with the imperial lecture."

Qian Minzhong was the chief minister of the cabinet and took the lead in speaking: "It is still uncertain to open the sea ban, and Bi Suinan is also a mere prefect. Your Majesty rewards Bi Suinan in this way and spreads it, it will inevitably give the people below the wrong signals, which will lead to speculation and delay political affairs."

The people in the Hanlin Academy were thrust into their heads, and it was rare to get the emperor's praise. Why can an outside official get the emperor's recognition so easily?

"... Now, in the name of eliminating harm, we have banned maritime trade, so that the country has no resources, forget our ancestors and make our constitution, and lose our hearts of distant people. This is because of choking and abandoning our food."

But the ministers felt a little uncomfortable. According to the rules set by Taizu, the emperor would give the lecturer a silver reward from ten taels to hundreds of taels after the lecture.

"Is that true? The beginning time of today's sutra is set at Si Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi " said, is this your sin?"

Bi Suinan didn't know the meaning of this sentence, so he just thought it was the process of the lecture and respectfully bowed and thanked him.

Several young Hanlin people were willing to speak for Li Zhuwen, but they all knew that people were slight and dared to stand behind the crowd and whisper.

However, after he ascended the throne, he always attaches great importance to the meaning of silver rewards. Only a great scholar like Fan Zhen can get a hundred taels of silver rewards.

"As for the sea bandits, it is just a mob. We only need to send our Dayan Navy to go out, and the bandits fled in sight. After the sea ban is opened, I invite you to go to Jiangnan and Lingnan to key places. Every year, I will command the deputy envoy of the sea and the commander of the bandit suppression commander, and supervise the official army and conduct strict inspections. Whenever our merchant ships protect us from going out to sea, the siege will not dare to disturb us when we see the banner of the Dayan Navy."

During the lecture, ministers were dragged out of the war in public, which was the first time in Dayan's history.

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The emperor did not answer the two of them, but looked at the cabinet coldly and asked, "I see that you have endured it for a long time. Let me say anything else!"

The late emperor loved poetry and prose, so during the Lizong period, there were many people who received hundreds of taels of silver rewards after each lecture.

At this time, when the emperor called him "Mr.", he felt flattered and was about to be polite to the emperor, he heard Cao Shouli pulling his voice and saying, "Bi Suinan and the Confucian scholars will be rewarded with 80 taels of silver!"

On weekdays, there are very few Hanlin people in the Hanlin Academy who can receive a reward of fifty taels.

After Cao Shouli finished speaking, he did not give Li Zhuwen a chance to argue and shouted loudly: "Come here, drag this Li Zhuwen out and serve him with punishment!"

After the lecture, several important officials in the cabinet asked to see the emperor on this matter.

Under the intimidation, no one dared to make trouble by using the ancestor system.

Fortunately, with Lin Zisu's reminder, Bi Suinan prepared the memorial early. At this time, he only had to read it according to the memorial's ideas.

Several eunuchs from the Silijian did not say anything and dragged Li Zhuwen out of the hall. Li Zhuwen did not shout and allowed to be dragged out.

Lu Zhiyuan continued: "Not to mention that Bi Suinan was not effective in preventing disasters and resigned from his post. In the past few days of entering Beijing, the censors have been involved in his affair with the siege of the siege. As the saying goes, groundlessness may not be without cause. When you are unmistakable in this way, your Majesty gave Bi Suinan such favor. Wouldn't it be disappointing to the censors?"

Bi Suinan has been an official for so many years and has always been a small official. He has never seen the emperor except for the palace examination.

The emperor nodded secretly until Bi Suinan bowed, but he still felt unsatisfied. However, this was at the lecture, so he naturally had to do enough etiquette. He raised his hand and said, "Sir, have a drink!"

At the instructions of the officials of the Honglu Temple, Bi Suinan began his own discussion in extreme panic.

Zhang Ruogu hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Bi Suinan is Corning's father-in-law, and the marriage between King Dun and the eldest daughter of Corning's house has only been in these few months. If something happens to Bi Suinan, His Highness Dun will cause trouble and the marriage will inevitably be affected. Please consider Your Majesty for Your Highness Dun, and don't miss Your Highness's lifelong affairs."

"Maritime trade has four benefits, and it is enough to provide His Majesty with daily royal benefits. One is the first; the remaining profits can be used as military pay; the second is the second; the local income and expenditure are taken into account and all regions are used; the third is to encourage the people to participate in transactions and make profits together. In the past, the prosperity of Jiangnan was all due to maritime trade. Opening the maritime ban can not only enrich the country and strengthen the army, but also to rely on the country, and whether it is officials, gentry, and people, they can benefit together. From this, it can be seen that opening the maritime ban is a move that benefits the country and the people, not to open up the way to seek profit, nor to provide the people with a ladder to commit crimes!"

Bi Suinan was in a state of fog and could make an exception and get a silver reward of 80 taels, which made the officials present feel extremely uncomfortable.

All the worthy old ministers were like entering into meditation, and none of them stood up to speak for Li Zhuwen.

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However, apart from some low-key discussions, no one stood up to object.

When the emperor heard Zhang Ruogu mention Xie Xi, he was even more annoyed. He stood up and said sternly: "Okay, you all have reasons, but I just ignored it, right?"

Shen Changde said proudly: "If you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you believe in both sides, you will be dark. Your Majesty is a wise ruler for all ages, and he will definitely not sit idly by the opinions of the subjects in the world!"

The emperor said in a deep voice: "If I insist on doing my own thing, I have to open the sea ban?"

Qian Minzhong, Lu Zhiyuan, Shen Changde, and Zhang Ruogu knelt down together. Qiu Guangzu and Rong Zonghou looked at each other, and also knelt down, saying in unison: "Please forgive me and don't dare to obey the imperial edict!"

(End of this chapter)