Chapter 681
I am so murderous!
Chapter 681 I am so murderous!
Zhu Youxiao gave an order,
Xingyuan Shangxia, who followed the Hubei officials, immediately acted.
With a wave of the commander of Jin Yiwei, a large number of Jin Yiwei rushed up, captured officials and dignitaries and took them aside, leaving only Chu Xingyu who was still kneeling on the ground with his scalp on the ground.
During this period of time, Jin Yiwei has collected a large number of criminal evidence in various places in Hubei. Now that they are arresting people one by one, it is impossible to catch them by mistake!
These officials and dignitaries in Hubei were paralyzed on the ground, not daring to move, allowing Jin Yiwei to lift them up like chickens, then took off their official robes and hats, and put on shackles.
But after a while, nearly half of the officials in Hubei were taken down.
Zhu Youxiao looked at these officials and sighed again: "Zhen, I'm very sad today."
"What makes me sad is not that there is a problem in Hubei, but that after the problem, you all tried to cover it up, but no one thought about how to solve it!"
"Look at you, and look at the officials in Henan!"
"The flood is coming. The officials in Henan fought the flood personally. They dared to jump into the flood to plug the gap. How dare you?!"
"Why are the officials in Henan so diligent and caring for the people, and share weal and woe with the people, while you are so honorable and superior, allowing the people to struggle to survive?"
"Are you so noble?!"
Zhu Youxiao's questioning caused officials in Hubei to bow their heads and kneel on the ground, shouting death penalty, and Chu Xingyu buried his head in the mud, and he didn't dare to look up.
"If you don't come to Xingyang, you don't know how much floods Henan has suffered and how much suffering the people have suffered."
"These days, I have gained a lot in Henan, Master, what do you think?"
Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhang Haogu, who was sitting on the side, said: "Practice yourself, that's all."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "How difficult the people's livelihood is, how difficult the people's livelihood is."
"How difficult the people's livelihood is is not a sentence in a book, a word, it really exists in the land of Daming."
"My dear friends, if you don't really go among the common people, how can you understand how difficult the people's livelihood is?"
"The sage speaks, practice it personally, the predecessors speak, the unity of knowledge and action."
"It's easy to say what this sage said, but how difficult it is to actually do it."
"In the past few days in Xingyang, I ate and lived with the people, shared joys and sorrows, and I have a deeper understanding of these."
All the officials bowed their heads one after another: "My emperor is holy."
A censor said: "Looking at the ancient and modern times, which emperor can share the joys and sorrows with the people like His Majesty and overcome difficulties together."
"This flood and natural disaster, His Majesty personally did it to fight the flood and rescue the disaster. It is rare in ancient and modern times. It is really a sage and enlightened lord. Great Ming is lucky."
Another official said: "My emperor loves the people and works with the people to rescue disasters. Such actions are not only the best in the Ming Dynasty, but also the best in the past and present. Your Majesty's benevolence will definitely make the people all over the world love him even more."
However, a spokesperson stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you are a body of ten thousand gold, how can you stay in this filthy place for a long time?"
"The Son of Heaven, you need to sit on the dragon bed, look down on all living beings, hold the universe in your hands, and rule the world. Your Majesty, you live and eat with these common people, so how is the Son of Heaven different from the common people?"
"I think"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao said: "Come here, pull him down, let him build the embankment here, clean up the silt, when the repair is finished, when will he come back!"
Immediately afterwards, several Jin Yiwei stepped forward, dragged the speaker and dragged him down.
This time, the other officials who were about to make a move were frightened.
It's okay to let them talk a little bit, but if you really want to work with these mud legs, eat and live together, hey, that taste, they can't enjoy the taste!
Zhu Youxiao looked at these officials and said coldly: "Wait, did you forget how my Zhu family got here?"
"Emperor Taizu, back then he was only a herder of cow babies, and even a beggar and a monk did it, but he started out as a commoner."
"I will never forget how Emperor Taizu started his family, and I hope all my loves will not forget!"
"Tang Taizong said that the king is like a boat, and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. This great tomorrow will have billions of people, all of whom are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. How can I not do what the common people do?"
"Could it be that sitting on the dragon chair, hanging down the arch and governing, not asking about the government and ignoring the people, just following the hearts of some people?"
After hearing this, all the officials bowed quickly: "I dare not wait."
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand: "Everyone loves you, let's live in peace."
"Governor Zhou Jinyong of Henan, come forward."
Zhou Jinyong stepped forward and bowed: "The minister is here."
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhou Jinyong, and suddenly smiled: "Good job, I didn't disappoint Master and I."
"Floods broke out in Henan, and I was disappointed at first."
"Over the years, the imperial court has allocated funds to Henan to repair dams and embankments, and to dredge the river. I thought everything would be fine, but after the floods were reported to the imperial court, I really did not expect that the first floods broke out in Henan."
"Afterwards, when I went on a southern tour, when I arrived in Hubei, from the very beginning, I was greeted by people in the streets, and then the upright officials and virtuous gentry in Hubei boasted in front of me one by one. I thought that what Hubei did was really good!"
Zhu Youxiao bit down on the words of upright officials and virtuous gentry. Looking at Chu Xingyu who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Youxiao made no secret of the coldness in his eyes.
"But I didn't expect that!"
"Hubei actually colluded with each other to deceive me!"
"I only found out what the real situation in Hubei is like through private visits on Weibo!"
"Where did the money allocated to Hubei by the imperial court over the years go? Chu Aiqing!"
Chu Xingyu knelt on the ground, unable to speak a word.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhou Jinyong again: "At first, I thought it was some kind of corruption and breaking the law in Henan, and cutting corners."
"But when I arrived in Henan, I saw the farms in Henan, and I realized that what you have done is really good."
"When I arrived in Xingyang, I realized that the flood in Henan was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster."
"This also makes me understand that what is written in the notebook is not necessarily true. Even what you see and hear is what someone wants you to see and hear. Only you can really see it in private. Look at it, listen to it, and you will know what it really looks like."
As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao sighed, "It's hard to be an emperor."
"Being a good emperor is even more difficult."
"Zhou Jinyong, you've done a good job, I'm so relieved."
"The officials in Henan fought the disaster bravely, went to dangerous places and led the people to work, and the people also actively rescued the disaster, striving to be the first, regardless of life and death."
"It can be seen from this alone that Henan is much better than Hubei!"
Huang Liji couldn't utter a word after listening to Zhu Youxiao's words. He had been praising Hubei and Chu Xingyu in front of Zhu Youxiao before, but in the end, when this happened, the emperor didn't let him beg for bones, so he was lucky How dare you say more?
After hearing the emperor's words, Zhou Jinyong said immediately: "Your servant, if you are ordered by the emperor to be the governor of Henan, you must check the hearts of the people with your body and mind, and work hard for the court and the people."
"Shoufu once said that as a minister, one should be worthy of the sky above and worthy of the people below. Ministers dare not compare with the chief minister, so they can only do their best."
Zhang Haogu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, this Zhou Jinyong.
Zhu Youxiao was very pleased: "It's a good one who has done his best. I am so relieved to have an official like you!"
Afterwards, Zhu Youxiao changed the subject: "Bring Huang Maosong up!"
Soon, Huang Maosong, who was in shackles and took off his official robe, was taken to the front of the holy driver. Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Maosong who was ashen-faced: "Macheng County Magistrate Huang Maosong, you and your good brother Huang Maoqing, are you still here?" What a bird of a feather!"
"Oppressing the people, running rampant in the village, relying on power to do whatever you want, corrupting the law, and exempting so many taxes and corvees from the imperial court, but when you come here, it becomes a tool for you to oppress the people and use power for personal gain."
"Huang Maoqing is a crime that cannot be punished, and you, Huang Maosong, are equally guilty of death!"
Huang Maosong was so frightened that he kept kowtowing: "I'm guilty of death, I'm guilty of death!"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said: "The surname is Huang, look at Huang Liqing, the county magistrate of Xingyang!"
"When the flood broke out, Huang Liqing led the villagers to fight the disaster bravely. They lived on the embankment and carried sandbags to fill in the gaps. When the flood peak came, he even jumped into the flood with sandbags to serve as a human wall!"
"These are all surnamed Huang, and they are all magistrates of the same county. The gap is so big that people can't believe it!"
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao saw the scene of Huang Liqing planting the flag of Ming Dynasty on the embankment and the first one jumping into the flood with a sandbag in his arms a few days ago.
"Compared to Huang Liqing, you really make me want to tear you to pieces!"
"The hearts and minds of the imperial court will be destroyed by corrupt officials like you!"
Huang Maosong had no choice but to kowtow his head indifferently: "I'm guilty of death, I'm guilty of death!"
Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Of course you will be sentenced to death!"
"But I won't let you die here!"
"Pull it off!"
Jin Yiwei stepped forward and pulled Huang Maosong away, Huang Maosong was still shouting at this moment: "I'm guilty of death, guilty of death."
Seeing the crazy Huang Maosong, the officials in Hubei were terrified, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.
Zhu Youxiao said again: "Xingyang County Magistrate Huang Liqing."
Huang Liqing went out: "Chen, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and looked at Huang Liqing with admiration: "You are a good official and a capable official."
"You did a good job, you did a good job!"
"Da Ming needs more officials like you in the future."
"I am very satisfied with you."
"Master, such an official is worthy of publicity to the world, and let the officials everywhere learn from it."
Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a sage, an official like the magistrate of Xingyang County is really rare."
"It's the court's luck that the court has such an official working for the court. It is the court's luck to write down the deeds of the magistrate of Xingyang County, spread them all over the country, and tell the ministers and workers all over the world, so that they can know what kind of officials the court needs."
"The court will never ignore those who really do practical things, serve the court wholeheartedly, and do things in a down-to-earth manner."
"The minister believes that the county magistrate of Xingyang, serving as the magistrate of a county, is too talented."
Zhu Youxiao said: "I think so too, Huang Aiqing, what do you think?"
Civil and military officials looked at Huang Liqing standing there with envy on their faces.
The emperor admired him, the chief assistant was optimistic about him, and directly said that Qucai, the county magistrate, was going to be promoted. At least he started as a magistrate. If the emperor was happy, he might directly enter the Sixth Ministry, or hold an important position in a province!
This is really a step up to the sky!
At this moment, I don't know how many people are envious and jealous of Huang Liqing. This is how lucky they are, that the emperor and the first assistant happened to be in Xingyang, and they happened to see him.
Facing the envy and jealousy of so many people, and the awards from the emperor and the chief assistant, Huang Liqing seemed neither humble nor overbearing, very indifferent: "My lord, thank you, your majesty, and thank you Yuanfu for your love."
"Ran Chen's talents and knowledge are shallow, so I'm afraid it's hard for me to take on important responsibilities."
Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Magistrate Huang, are you worried about Xingyang?"
Huang Liqing bowed and saluted: "I am the county magistrate of Xingyang, so I should be responsible for the people of Xingyang."
"Now that the flood has just passed, Xingyang is in ruins and ruins everywhere, and a thousand things are waiting to be rebuilt. How can I leave Xingyang at this moment?"
"What a minister does is just his duty as a courtier. He eats the court's salary. As an official, he should do his best to reimburse the court and manage the people's livelihood."
"Xingyang, I can't leave."
Facing Huang Liqing's refusal to be promoted, Zhu Youxiao was not angry but happy: "Okay!"
"He is indeed a good officer!"
"If you can still maintain your true heart in the face of high-ranking officials and rich salary, I like you more and more."
Huang Liqing said: "No one doesn't love high-ranking officials and rich salaries. I just stick to my heart. I know that I am not talented enough to be entrusted with important tasks by the emperor. Otherwise, even if I am entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, I will not be able to share my worries. It is better to do it first." Do your own thing."
Zhu Youxiao said with emotion: "Stick to your heart, stick to your heart."
"Did you hear that, my loves? If you can abide by your heart and do your own thing well, you are the talents that the imperial court needs."
"Dear dears, I hope you can remember today. Remember, you must abide by your heart, and do your part first in everything. If you are a minister, if you can't benefit one side and solve problems for the court, what kind of good minister are you?"
"What do you ladies think?"
All the officials quickly bowed their heads: "The emperor is wise."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Huang Aiqin, since you feel that you are not capable enough and still miss Xingyang, I will let you continue to be the magistrate of Xingyang."
"Come here, pass on my will. Huang Liqing, magistrate of Xingyang County, is diligent in government and loves the people, loyal to his duties, not chaotic in times of crisis, and brave to take the lead when the flood comes. This is a virtuous minister, and must be rewarded."
"Teijin is a general political counselor, and he is a doctor with a rank of five. He is still the county magistrate of Xingyang."
As soon as this remark came out, all the officials immediately talked about it. They were promoted to the General Political Consultant, and they were appointed as a doctor.
This sudden promotion to the fourth rank is really about to leap to the sky!
Then Zhu Youxiao condoled and rewarded the officials who fought against the flood in Henan one by one, but completely ignored Chu Xingyu!
After consoling the officials, Zhu Youxiao will stay in Xingyang temporarily, and Xingyuan will also stop here.
When all the officials dispersed, Chu Xingyu was still kneeling on the ground, his head stuck to the ground, and he was motionless. However, he was the only one left in the entire open space, and the rest of the people had already dispersed to announce the good news. The governor of Hubei has now become an ignored role.
After everyone had left, Chu Xingyu staggered up from the ground. He knew that he was being ignored by the emperor.
Being ignored doesn't mean that he can live, but that he is bound to die.
After getting up, Chu Xingyu staggered and walked to his sedan chair. He leaned in and wrote a long letter of indictment. , leading to the suffering of people all over Hubei, he deserves no punishment.
After writing the incriminating evidence, he tremblingly took out a bottle of poison from his sleeve and drank it down.
Chu Xingyu knew that the emperor gave him the last respect. He was the governor of Hubei in the Ming Dynasty, and he was also a loyal and virtuous minister whom the emperor had personally praised before.
And Huang Liji knew that Chu Xingyu was going to die, so he immediately went to see Zhu Youxiao. After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Huang Liji knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, although Chu Xingyu is eager for quick success, he is absolutely loyal. what."
"He has no credit, but also has hard work. Please let the emperor spare his life, even if he is allowed to go home and farm."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer: "Spare his life and let him go home to farm? What about the people in Hubei?"
"He has worked hard, but the people in Hubei have not suffered?"
"He made me lose all face and the court, and you want me to spare him?"
Just as he was talking, Eunuch Wei came in: "My lord, Chu Xingyu, the governor of Hubei, committed suicide by taking poison in a sedan chair. This is his confession."
Hearing that Chu Xingyu committed suicide by taking poison, Huang Liji was stunned immediately. Why, why did he commit suicide by taking poison?
Zhu Youxiao looked at the long confession written by Chu Xingyu, and threw it to Huang Liji with a sneer: "Old Huang Ge, let's take a look too, Zhen, how can you tolerate him!"
Huang Liji was trembling when he looked at the confession. Why is Chu Xingyu so courageous? Isn't he afraid of being punished by the nine clans?
Zhu Youxiao said: "I am not a tyrant. Since Chu Xingyu said that he is responsible for all the crimes, then I will let his family members go."
"Come here, confiscate all Chu Xingyu's family property and put it into the national treasury. His family members, let him return to his hometown to work in agriculture!"
In the following three days, on the construction site in Xingyang, criminal officials were brought up one by one, and the gentry in Hubei were all sent to the guillotine.
As batches of heads fell to the ground, the people applauded one after another, and the rest of the officials trembled with fear. The emperor was still so ruthless. When he said beheading, he beheaded nearly half of the officials in Hubei at once!
It is said that Emperor Tianqi has the demeanor of the Taizu. The officials and gentry in Hubei didn't feel much at first, but now looking at the heads everywhere, who doesn't feel scared?
This Emperor Apocalypse, just like the Emperor Taizu, had his heads chopped off!
And Zhu Youxiao directly announced to the people that whoever dares to make the people feel uncomfortable, who dares to make the people work hard all day long and be wronged, he will cut off their heads!
When these words came out, the common people were all grateful, and they all knelt down and shouted long live.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youxiao ordered the censor to inspect all prefectures and counties in Hubei immediately, and strictly checked the lives of the people everywhere. If there are rich and unkind gentry who bully good officials, the censor can directly deal with it!
After the imperial decree came down, the remaining officials in Hubei had just breathed a sigh of relief and put their hearts back into their stomachs, but now they had to raise their throats again.
The emperor's order obviously cleared up the entire officialdom in Hubei. Now the remaining officials in Hubei are in danger. They are all conscientious and fearful.
All of a sudden, the official administration in Hubei became clean, the officials were conscientious, and the gentry did not dare to act recklessly. The people of Hubei finally felt what the real New Deal looked like, and what kind of life the people in the north were living.
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Zhu Youxiao gave an order,
Xingyuan Shangxia, who followed the Hubei officials, immediately acted.
With a wave of the commander of Jin Yiwei, a large number of Jin Yiwei rushed up, captured officials and dignitaries and took them aside, leaving only Chu Xingyu who was still kneeling on the ground with his scalp on the ground.
During this period of time, Jin Yiwei has collected a large number of criminal evidence in various places in Hubei. Now that they are arresting people one by one, it is impossible to catch them by mistake!
These officials and dignitaries in Hubei were paralyzed on the ground, not daring to move, allowing Jin Yiwei to lift them up like chickens, then took off their official robes and hats, and put on shackles.
But after a while, nearly half of the officials in Hubei were taken down.
Zhu Youxiao looked at these officials and sighed again: "Zhen, I'm very sad today."
"What makes me sad is not that there is a problem in Hubei, but that after the problem, you all tried to cover it up, but no one thought about how to solve it!"
"Look at you, and look at the officials in Henan!"
"The flood is coming. The officials in Henan fought the flood personally. They dared to jump into the flood to plug the gap. How dare you?!"
"Why are the officials in Henan so diligent and caring for the people, and share weal and woe with the people, while you are so honorable and superior, allowing the people to struggle to survive?"
"Are you so noble?!"
Zhu Youxiao's questioning caused officials in Hubei to bow their heads and kneel on the ground, shouting death penalty, and Chu Xingyu buried his head in the mud, and he didn't dare to look up.
"If you don't come to Xingyang, you don't know how much floods Henan has suffered and how much suffering the people have suffered."
"These days, I have gained a lot in Henan, Master, what do you think?"
Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhang Haogu, who was sitting on the side, said: "Practice yourself, that's all."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "How difficult the people's livelihood is, how difficult the people's livelihood is."
"How difficult the people's livelihood is is not a sentence in a book, a word, it really exists in the land of Daming."
"My dear friends, if you don't really go among the common people, how can you understand how difficult the people's livelihood is?"
"The sage speaks, practice it personally, the predecessors speak, the unity of knowledge and action."
"It's easy to say what this sage said, but how difficult it is to actually do it."
"In the past few days in Xingyang, I ate and lived with the people, shared joys and sorrows, and I have a deeper understanding of these."
All the officials bowed their heads one after another: "My emperor is holy."
A censor said: "Looking at the ancient and modern times, which emperor can share the joys and sorrows with the people like His Majesty and overcome difficulties together."
"This flood and natural disaster, His Majesty personally did it to fight the flood and rescue the disaster. It is rare in ancient and modern times. It is really a sage and enlightened lord. Great Ming is lucky."
Another official said: "My emperor loves the people and works with the people to rescue disasters. Such actions are not only the best in the Ming Dynasty, but also the best in the past and present. Your Majesty's benevolence will definitely make the people all over the world love him even more."
However, a spokesperson stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you are a body of ten thousand gold, how can you stay in this filthy place for a long time?"
"The Son of Heaven, you need to sit on the dragon bed, look down on all living beings, hold the universe in your hands, and rule the world. Your Majesty, you live and eat with these common people, so how is the Son of Heaven different from the common people?"
"I think"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao said: "Come here, pull him down, let him build the embankment here, clean up the silt, when the repair is finished, when will he come back!"
Immediately afterwards, several Jin Yiwei stepped forward, dragged the speaker and dragged him down.
This time, the other officials who were about to make a move were frightened.
It's okay to let them talk a little bit, but if you really want to work with these mud legs, eat and live together, hey, that taste, they can't enjoy the taste!
Zhu Youxiao looked at these officials and said coldly: "Wait, did you forget how my Zhu family got here?"
"Emperor Taizu, back then he was only a herder of cow babies, and even a beggar and a monk did it, but he started out as a commoner."
"I will never forget how Emperor Taizu started his family, and I hope all my loves will not forget!"
"Tang Taizong said that the king is like a boat, and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. This great tomorrow will have billions of people, all of whom are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. How can I not do what the common people do?"
"Could it be that sitting on the dragon chair, hanging down the arch and governing, not asking about the government and ignoring the people, just following the hearts of some people?"
After hearing this, all the officials bowed quickly: "I dare not wait."
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand: "Everyone loves you, let's live in peace."
"Governor Zhou Jinyong of Henan, come forward."
Zhou Jinyong stepped forward and bowed: "The minister is here."
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhou Jinyong, and suddenly smiled: "Good job, I didn't disappoint Master and I."
"Floods broke out in Henan, and I was disappointed at first."
"Over the years, the imperial court has allocated funds to Henan to repair dams and embankments, and to dredge the river. I thought everything would be fine, but after the floods were reported to the imperial court, I really did not expect that the first floods broke out in Henan."
"Afterwards, when I went on a southern tour, when I arrived in Hubei, from the very beginning, I was greeted by people in the streets, and then the upright officials and virtuous gentry in Hubei boasted in front of me one by one. I thought that what Hubei did was really good!"
Zhu Youxiao bit down on the words of upright officials and virtuous gentry. Looking at Chu Xingyu who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Youxiao made no secret of the coldness in his eyes.
"But I didn't expect that!"
"Hubei actually colluded with each other to deceive me!"
"I only found out what the real situation in Hubei is like through private visits on Weibo!"
"Where did the money allocated to Hubei by the imperial court over the years go? Chu Aiqing!"
Chu Xingyu knelt on the ground, unable to speak a word.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhou Jinyong again: "At first, I thought it was some kind of corruption and breaking the law in Henan, and cutting corners."
"But when I arrived in Henan, I saw the farms in Henan, and I realized that what you have done is really good."
"When I arrived in Xingyang, I realized that the flood in Henan was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster."
"This also makes me understand that what is written in the notebook is not necessarily true. Even what you see and hear is what someone wants you to see and hear. Only you can really see it in private. Look at it, listen to it, and you will know what it really looks like."
As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao sighed, "It's hard to be an emperor."
"Being a good emperor is even more difficult."
"Zhou Jinyong, you've done a good job, I'm so relieved."
"The officials in Henan fought the disaster bravely, went to dangerous places and led the people to work, and the people also actively rescued the disaster, striving to be the first, regardless of life and death."
"It can be seen from this alone that Henan is much better than Hubei!"
Huang Liji couldn't utter a word after listening to Zhu Youxiao's words. He had been praising Hubei and Chu Xingyu in front of Zhu Youxiao before, but in the end, when this happened, the emperor didn't let him beg for bones, so he was lucky How dare you say more?
After hearing the emperor's words, Zhou Jinyong said immediately: "Your servant, if you are ordered by the emperor to be the governor of Henan, you must check the hearts of the people with your body and mind, and work hard for the court and the people."
"Shoufu once said that as a minister, one should be worthy of the sky above and worthy of the people below. Ministers dare not compare with the chief minister, so they can only do their best."
Zhang Haogu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, this Zhou Jinyong.
Zhu Youxiao was very pleased: "It's a good one who has done his best. I am so relieved to have an official like you!"
Afterwards, Zhu Youxiao changed the subject: "Bring Huang Maosong up!"
Soon, Huang Maosong, who was in shackles and took off his official robe, was taken to the front of the holy driver. Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Maosong who was ashen-faced: "Macheng County Magistrate Huang Maosong, you and your good brother Huang Maoqing, are you still here?" What a bird of a feather!"
"Oppressing the people, running rampant in the village, relying on power to do whatever you want, corrupting the law, and exempting so many taxes and corvees from the imperial court, but when you come here, it becomes a tool for you to oppress the people and use power for personal gain."
"Huang Maoqing is a crime that cannot be punished, and you, Huang Maosong, are equally guilty of death!"
Huang Maosong was so frightened that he kept kowtowing: "I'm guilty of death, I'm guilty of death!"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said: "The surname is Huang, look at Huang Liqing, the county magistrate of Xingyang!"
"When the flood broke out, Huang Liqing led the villagers to fight the disaster bravely. They lived on the embankment and carried sandbags to fill in the gaps. When the flood peak came, he even jumped into the flood with sandbags to serve as a human wall!"
"These are all surnamed Huang, and they are all magistrates of the same county. The gap is so big that people can't believe it!"
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao saw the scene of Huang Liqing planting the flag of Ming Dynasty on the embankment and the first one jumping into the flood with a sandbag in his arms a few days ago.
"Compared to Huang Liqing, you really make me want to tear you to pieces!"
"The hearts and minds of the imperial court will be destroyed by corrupt officials like you!"
Huang Maosong had no choice but to kowtow his head indifferently: "I'm guilty of death, I'm guilty of death!"
Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Of course you will be sentenced to death!"
"But I won't let you die here!"
"Pull it off!"
Jin Yiwei stepped forward and pulled Huang Maosong away, Huang Maosong was still shouting at this moment: "I'm guilty of death, guilty of death."
Seeing the crazy Huang Maosong, the officials in Hubei were terrified, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.
Zhu Youxiao said again: "Xingyang County Magistrate Huang Liqing."
Huang Liqing went out: "Chen, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and looked at Huang Liqing with admiration: "You are a good official and a capable official."
"You did a good job, you did a good job!"
"Da Ming needs more officials like you in the future."
"I am very satisfied with you."
"Master, such an official is worthy of publicity to the world, and let the officials everywhere learn from it."
Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a sage, an official like the magistrate of Xingyang County is really rare."
"It's the court's luck that the court has such an official working for the court. It is the court's luck to write down the deeds of the magistrate of Xingyang County, spread them all over the country, and tell the ministers and workers all over the world, so that they can know what kind of officials the court needs."
"The court will never ignore those who really do practical things, serve the court wholeheartedly, and do things in a down-to-earth manner."
"The minister believes that the county magistrate of Xingyang, serving as the magistrate of a county, is too talented."
Zhu Youxiao said: "I think so too, Huang Aiqing, what do you think?"
Civil and military officials looked at Huang Liqing standing there with envy on their faces.
The emperor admired him, the chief assistant was optimistic about him, and directly said that Qucai, the county magistrate, was going to be promoted. At least he started as a magistrate. If the emperor was happy, he might directly enter the Sixth Ministry, or hold an important position in a province!
This is really a step up to the sky!
At this moment, I don't know how many people are envious and jealous of Huang Liqing. This is how lucky they are, that the emperor and the first assistant happened to be in Xingyang, and they happened to see him.
Facing the envy and jealousy of so many people, and the awards from the emperor and the chief assistant, Huang Liqing seemed neither humble nor overbearing, very indifferent: "My lord, thank you, your majesty, and thank you Yuanfu for your love."
"Ran Chen's talents and knowledge are shallow, so I'm afraid it's hard for me to take on important responsibilities."
Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Magistrate Huang, are you worried about Xingyang?"
Huang Liqing bowed and saluted: "I am the county magistrate of Xingyang, so I should be responsible for the people of Xingyang."
"Now that the flood has just passed, Xingyang is in ruins and ruins everywhere, and a thousand things are waiting to be rebuilt. How can I leave Xingyang at this moment?"
"What a minister does is just his duty as a courtier. He eats the court's salary. As an official, he should do his best to reimburse the court and manage the people's livelihood."
"Xingyang, I can't leave."
Facing Huang Liqing's refusal to be promoted, Zhu Youxiao was not angry but happy: "Okay!"
"He is indeed a good officer!"
"If you can still maintain your true heart in the face of high-ranking officials and rich salary, I like you more and more."
Huang Liqing said: "No one doesn't love high-ranking officials and rich salaries. I just stick to my heart. I know that I am not talented enough to be entrusted with important tasks by the emperor. Otherwise, even if I am entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, I will not be able to share my worries. It is better to do it first." Do your own thing."
Zhu Youxiao said with emotion: "Stick to your heart, stick to your heart."
"Did you hear that, my loves? If you can abide by your heart and do your own thing well, you are the talents that the imperial court needs."
"Dear dears, I hope you can remember today. Remember, you must abide by your heart, and do your part first in everything. If you are a minister, if you can't benefit one side and solve problems for the court, what kind of good minister are you?"
"What do you ladies think?"
All the officials quickly bowed their heads: "The emperor is wise."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Huang Aiqin, since you feel that you are not capable enough and still miss Xingyang, I will let you continue to be the magistrate of Xingyang."
"Come here, pass on my will. Huang Liqing, magistrate of Xingyang County, is diligent in government and loves the people, loyal to his duties, not chaotic in times of crisis, and brave to take the lead when the flood comes. This is a virtuous minister, and must be rewarded."
"Teijin is a general political counselor, and he is a doctor with a rank of five. He is still the county magistrate of Xingyang."
As soon as this remark came out, all the officials immediately talked about it. They were promoted to the General Political Consultant, and they were appointed as a doctor.
This sudden promotion to the fourth rank is really about to leap to the sky!
Then Zhu Youxiao condoled and rewarded the officials who fought against the flood in Henan one by one, but completely ignored Chu Xingyu!
After consoling the officials, Zhu Youxiao will stay in Xingyang temporarily, and Xingyuan will also stop here.
When all the officials dispersed, Chu Xingyu was still kneeling on the ground, his head stuck to the ground, and he was motionless. However, he was the only one left in the entire open space, and the rest of the people had already dispersed to announce the good news. The governor of Hubei has now become an ignored role.
After everyone had left, Chu Xingyu staggered up from the ground. He knew that he was being ignored by the emperor.
Being ignored doesn't mean that he can live, but that he is bound to die.
After getting up, Chu Xingyu staggered and walked to his sedan chair. He leaned in and wrote a long letter of indictment. , leading to the suffering of people all over Hubei, he deserves no punishment.
After writing the incriminating evidence, he tremblingly took out a bottle of poison from his sleeve and drank it down.
Chu Xingyu knew that the emperor gave him the last respect. He was the governor of Hubei in the Ming Dynasty, and he was also a loyal and virtuous minister whom the emperor had personally praised before.
And Huang Liji knew that Chu Xingyu was going to die, so he immediately went to see Zhu Youxiao. After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Huang Liji knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, although Chu Xingyu is eager for quick success, he is absolutely loyal. what."
"He has no credit, but also has hard work. Please let the emperor spare his life, even if he is allowed to go home and farm."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer: "Spare his life and let him go home to farm? What about the people in Hubei?"
"He has worked hard, but the people in Hubei have not suffered?"
"He made me lose all face and the court, and you want me to spare him?"
Just as he was talking, Eunuch Wei came in: "My lord, Chu Xingyu, the governor of Hubei, committed suicide by taking poison in a sedan chair. This is his confession."
Hearing that Chu Xingyu committed suicide by taking poison, Huang Liji was stunned immediately. Why, why did he commit suicide by taking poison?
Zhu Youxiao looked at the long confession written by Chu Xingyu, and threw it to Huang Liji with a sneer: "Old Huang Ge, let's take a look too, Zhen, how can you tolerate him!"
Huang Liji was trembling when he looked at the confession. Why is Chu Xingyu so courageous? Isn't he afraid of being punished by the nine clans?
Zhu Youxiao said: "I am not a tyrant. Since Chu Xingyu said that he is responsible for all the crimes, then I will let his family members go."
"Come here, confiscate all Chu Xingyu's family property and put it into the national treasury. His family members, let him return to his hometown to work in agriculture!"
In the following three days, on the construction site in Xingyang, criminal officials were brought up one by one, and the gentry in Hubei were all sent to the guillotine.
As batches of heads fell to the ground, the people applauded one after another, and the rest of the officials trembled with fear. The emperor was still so ruthless. When he said beheading, he beheaded nearly half of the officials in Hubei at once!
It is said that Emperor Tianqi has the demeanor of the Taizu. The officials and gentry in Hubei didn't feel much at first, but now looking at the heads everywhere, who doesn't feel scared?
This Emperor Apocalypse, just like the Emperor Taizu, had his heads chopped off!
And Zhu Youxiao directly announced to the people that whoever dares to make the people feel uncomfortable, who dares to make the people work hard all day long and be wronged, he will cut off their heads!
When these words came out, the common people were all grateful, and they all knelt down and shouted long live.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youxiao ordered the censor to inspect all prefectures and counties in Hubei immediately, and strictly checked the lives of the people everywhere. If there are rich and unkind gentry who bully good officials, the censor can directly deal with it!
After the imperial decree came down, the remaining officials in Hubei had just breathed a sigh of relief and put their hearts back into their stomachs, but now they had to raise their throats again.
The emperor's order obviously cleared up the entire officialdom in Hubei. Now the remaining officials in Hubei are in danger. They are all conscientious and fearful.
All of a sudden, the official administration in Hubei became clean, the officials were conscientious, and the gentry did not dare to act recklessly. The people of Hubei finally felt what the real New Deal looked like, and what kind of life the people in the north were living.
(End of this chapter)