There were many people in Shuntian Prefecture, and since the emperor came with Zhu Ying, who was visiting with great fanfare, Zhang Chuan and Song Tuiguan could try to cover it up, but the news that the man brought by Zhang Shou and Ah Liu was being tried in the Criminal Court could not be suppressed, and no one was particularly bothered to suppress it. As a result, the news had spread throughout the capital before dusk.
And coupled with the major events decided by the emperor at the court meeting this morning, there have been many disturbances during this day. I don't know how many people are gloating, how many people are sighing, how many people are full of complaints, and how many people are worried... This is because most people don't know that the emperor actually left the palace for a small frame-up!
However, although the emperor often went out of the palace for a stroll, after the series of news was announced at the court today, many people were particularly concerned about his whereabouts, so they naturally found out that the current emperor suddenly visited Shuntian Prefecture as Zhu Ying's cousin. Soon, the story of a certain wooden man was circulated in the high-level circles, and the theory of witchcraft nightmare was very popular.
But people's speculation only lasted until the second day's court meeting. Because the emperor directly brought the wooden man into the palace, exposing the theft case in the Qianqing Palace. This time, it was like pouring a bucket of cold water into the boiling oil that seemed calm, but in fact it was already hot, and the officials exploded at once.
Even the cabinet, the six ministries, and many other officials who initially complained about the emperor's investigation of the Guanglu Temple, all became silent at this moment. The emperor produced a detailed and clear list of the qualifications of the so-called imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen, from bribery to nepotism, to the entanglement of master-apprentice and fellow townsmen... none of them did not squeeze in through connections.
The emperor's next words left the last remaining potential opponents speechless. "Since the reign of Emperor Taizu, the six ministries and the various temples have always had public kitchens to provide three meals a day, but how does it taste? Only you know whether the water you drink is hot or cold. Ask yourself, how many people eat three meals a day from the big kitchen?"
"And the big kitchens of these government offices, as well as the Four Barbarians Halls that received envoys from various countries, were all managed by the Guanglu Temple. If the Guanglu Temple was not rotten to the core, how could the public kitchens of the major government offices be useless, and most officials had to spend extra money to get their three meals outside, and the huge amount of money and grain invested by the court was wasted because of this?"
Seeing that the court was suddenly silent, the emperor said calmly: "From now on, all the kitchens in the major government offices will be abolished. The original food expenses will be distributed to all officials from the Guanglu Temple in the form of subsidies. The specific amount will be re-examined and calculated by the Guanglu Temple. However, I believe that even if it is only a subsidy of 100 or 200 coins per month for your food expenses, it is better than the pig food in the public kitchen before!"
Originally, the emperor's words should have frightened the officials of the Guanglu Temple to the point of trembling, but these guys didn't even have the chance to tremble. Because yesterday evening, those who were directly taken to the Dali Temple's Tianlao, from Guanglu Qing, Shaoqing, Sicheng, to the heads of various offices, were basically all in. A lot of clerks were locked up, and only a few cats and dogs were left.