One day in August of the first year of Tianqi, Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao of Daming suddenly issued an order yesterday to hold a morning court on this day.

Therefore, before dawn, the ministers entered the palace early and waited for the morning court.

The Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao also came to Fengtianmen early in a carriage.

Morning courts are held every day.

But in the late Ming Dynasty, it was not strictly implemented.

After all, it was too early to go on a morning court.

It is a very tiring and hard work for both the emperor and the ministers.

Therefore, only emperors like Zhu Yuanzhang who really love work and who are really obedient like Zhu Youzhang will strictly implement the morning court system.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to be a workaholic and then his health level decreased due to lack of sleep, and he didn't want to be the kind of good emperor in the hearts of scholars.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao didn't like to rule by using morning court.

Because there are too many people participating in the policy discussion, it will obviously affect policy efficiency.

As for the fact that it seems to be even more cooked, Zhu Youxiao did not think it would be of any benefit to the administration of the Ming Dynasty today.

Because the people who truly account for the majority of the people have no chance to participate in political affairs, this method of cooking brought by the morning court will not bring any benefits to the people.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he had never issued an order to hold a morning court on the grounds that he needed to study in the lectures.

However, today Zhu Youxiao issued an order to declare some things in the morning court.

This is in line with Zhu Youxiao's ideal rule.

At such a grand dynasty meeting where many people participated, the result was basically announced, and the agreed strategy was agreed upon by his emperor and several trusted ministers before this.

With a whip sounded.

Ministers entered one after another.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao also sat on the imperial platform after that and accepted the salutes of the ministers.

After the ceremony, Zhu Youxiao asked first: "Where is the censor who named and picked the court ritual?"

Because the emperor sat high on the imperial platform, there were many officials going to the morning court. Except for the several important officials in the hall, the officials below could not hear the emperor's words, and even stood far away and could not even see the emperor's face.

So, after Zhu Youxiao asked, the great men of the Jinyiwei shouted loudly, conveying Zhu Youxiao's question.

The censor Guo Wenxu heard the emperor ask him from the Great Han of Jinyiwei, and hurriedly walked up to the front and knelt down: "I will inspect the censor Guo Wenxu, respectfully listen to Your Majesty's instructions!"

"Will there be any chaotic court in the morning?"

Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Back to your Majesty, no."

Guo Wenxu replied.

“How many people are absent from the morning court?”

Zhu Youxiao asked.

Guo Wenxu became flustered for a moment and didn't know what to answer, because the court's discipline has long been depressed and officials have become common, so he, as the censor, just symbolically called out, and he really didn't count it carefully.

After all, this was not the early days of Wanli. The censor who was also a civil servant had to make things difficult for his colleagues and strictly attend the attendance.

Especially if some civil servants of higher levels are late or absent from work, there is no need to make things difficult for the censors like Guo Wenxu.

"Why don't you talk?"

Zhu Youxiao asked very seriously.

Guo Wenxu's forehead was sweating for a moment, and he said tremblingly: "Go back to Your Majesty, I have not had time to carefully calculate the plan!"

Zhu Youxiao had read some historical materials before and knew that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was not only the emperors who were lazy, but also the officials. Many times, even if the emperor went to the morning court, many civil and military officials would absent from the morning court for no reason.

It happened in the early years of Wanli. Emperor Wanli, who ascended the throne at the age of young and motivated, also dealt with a group of people.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao guessed that some ministers would definitely be absent because they were used to being lazy, so he specially called the censor who was in charge of the name to come and ask.

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that what he expected was indeed correct. The government affairs of the Ming Dynasty were often superficial.

Even the censor named the censor carefully selected the officials who were absent from the morning court.

However, Zhu Youxiao is not in a hurry to deal with Guo Wenxu now, and only ordered: "Then check immediately, how many people are absent, which ones are there? Have you submitted this book in advance and asked for permission to not go to the morning court."

"yes!"

Guo Wenxu immediately started to do as he did, but soon, he found that he seemed to be unable to do anything well because he did not contact the cabinet in advance and got the list of those who asked for leave and were not on the morning court.

For a moment, Guo Wenxu became very embarrassed and couldn't help but turn around again and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty! I don't know who asked for the order and has been approved to not attend the morning court today."

"How did you become the censor?"

You can imagine how Zhu Youxiao was feeling at this time.

Guo Wenxu buried his head deeply and did not dare to look at Zhu Youxiao. He just started to tremble and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"You go to the cabinet to check out the archives after yesterday's approval! Go quickly! Don't stand stupidly here."

Zhu Youxiao said with a serious expression.

"yes!"

Guo Wenxu had no choice but to turn around and go to Wenyuan Pavilion.

The ministers present secretly thanked that they did not come to court early because of their greed for the time they were lingering with their beautiful wife and concubines, otherwise they would have been found out by the emperor.

Of course, civil and military officials did not expect the emperor to investigate so strictly.

After a while, Guo Wenxu rushed back.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly asked Guo Wenxu to rename him.

At one moment, Guo Wenxu finished his name and said, "When you go back to your Majesty, there are 74 officials who did not ask for the morning court without asking for the imperial edict, 39 people who did not ask for the imperial edict but did not go to the morning court without asking for the imperial edict, and 12 people who did not ask for the imperial edict but did not go to the morning court without asking for the imperial edict."

"I know that morning court is hard, but I don't have morning court every day. Now I have held a morning court specially, but I have missed so many people for no reason. Why, don't you take the rules and regulations of the court seriously? Or do you really get used to being lazy? Fang Aiqing, tell me."

Fang Congzhe had a rough observation and found that the officials who were absent from the morning court were not only officials from Donglin who did not come to the court, but also those who were not from Donglin who were not from the Donglin who were not in the court, not only civil officials, but also military officers, and even heroes.

Therefore, he had to say: "Your Majesty, the court's principles are not strong and the officials are lazy, so that the civil and military play have reached the point where they must be governed. In the opinion of the minister, it is not that they do not take the imperial edict seriously, but that they are indeed lazy and lucky. They will think that Your Majesty will not investigate this matter in detail and deliberately escape. This is also related to the dereliction of duty of the censor. If the censor strictly abides by the court's rules and regulations, there will not be so many people neglecting the government's affairs."

"This statement is reasonable. As Feng Xianguan, the Censor of the Censorate, but did not strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the court, I am really disappointed! I am drafting an order to dismiss the Censor Guo Wenxu for the people, never use it, and exiled to the Suzhou Guards for service! Those who absent the early court without asking for the order will be dismissed for the people and exiled to the five guards of Ganzhou as garrisons! Those who absent the early court without asking for the order but absent the morning court without getting the approval, still have some court rules in their eyes but do not strictly abide by them, and they will be dismissed for the people. Thinking that he still has a sense of awe of the court in his heart, he is only exiled to repair seawalls along the coast of the pass!"

Zhu Youxiao started talking at this time.

Except for the rebellion, collusion with foreign enemies and corrupt people, Zhu Youxiao decided to punish torture, he only planned to exile these civil servants who committed crimes as much as possible.

First, the labor force and cultural capabilities of these civil servants can be used to strengthen education and infrastructure in poor areas to avoid wasting human resources;

Secondly, Zhu Youxiao found through his study of history that some civil servants often made great leaps in literary talents and even ruling talents after experiencing the hardships of demotion and exile. Qingliu, who used to only talk about empty talk, even became a practical official. Wang Yangming is an example. After exiled to Guizhou, his ability to manage military and academic studies was greatly improved.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao believes that trying to exile these civil servants is a transformation of them. It is naturally good to have a good transformation. In this case, society will not support them for so many years in vain.

"Your Majesty, I am really guilty of neglecting my duties. I am willing to die! Please help me!"
Chapter completed!