First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 131

  Chapter 131 God is hard to deceive

  Yang Xian's words immediately aroused everyone's exclamation. Lu Chang straightened up, pointed at Yang Xian's back and passed out, and the people around him moved their bodies silently, and no one dared to approach Lu Chang.

   Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the top position, had a cold look on his face, so everyone knew that Lu Chang was over, and the Ministry of Household Affairs was probably doomed.

  Li Shanchang frowned, the Ministry of Household Affairs must not be down now, the imperial examination has not yet started, and the Ministry of Household Affairs still needs to deal with the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

Zhu Biao looked at Lu Chang silently. He knew this person. He was not Zhu Yuanzhang's direct descendant, and he had served in the Yuan court like Liu Bowen. Served by his side.

   There are actually many such people in the imperial court, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't trust them, but he has no choice but to appoint them due to the vacancy.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded indifferently and said: "Put Lu Chang into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and search his mansion! As for the Ministry of Household Affairs, all officials involved must be thoroughly investigated. We will take their heads and tell the officials all over the world. , who dares to be corrupt and break the law will only die!"

  At this time, Li Shanchang and Yang Xian were both ready to take over the task of thoroughly investigating the household department.

  Li Shanchang wanted to control the loss of the household department within the acceptable range, to ensure that the household department can continue to operate, and there are many Huaixi party members in the household department, he must not let Yang Xian be responsible.

  Yang Xian wanted to completely control the Ministry of Households, and put people in it to control the money bag of Daming. With the Ministry of Households, all parties in the imperial court needed him, and he could use this to increase his suppression of Li Shanchang.

  Zhu Biao took a deep breath, turned around and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "It is very important for the household department to take bribes and pervert the law. My son please order me to be responsible for this matter, and please grant my father's permission."

  Yang Xian's face darkened, but he didn't dare to say anything. There was absolutely no benefit in competing with the crown prince.

   Li Shanchang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it is not Yang Xian, and it is good for all parties that His Royal Highness handles this matter.

  Liu Bowen came out and bowed and said: "I also feel that it is most appropriate for His Royal Highness to handle this matter, please grant your permission.

   Li Shanchang and the six ministers all stepped forward to agree, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others saw this posture and did not join in the fun. The prince just said something, and it is not a good thing to agree with civil and military officials.

  The generals drank the blood of soldiers, so naturally they had nothing to do with the corruption of the household department, so they didn't care much.

  Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Zhu Biao and said: "Then leave this matter to the prince, and we must strictly investigate corrupt officials, and we must not tolerate and support traitors!"

  Zhu Biao responded with a bow: "I obey the order."

  Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked at the civil and military officials and said: "You eat and you are rewarded, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully, so you can do it yourself!"

After everyone promised, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and left. Zhu Biao looked at the officials below and said: "The Ministry of Punishment sent people to take down the officials of the Ministry of Accounts and strictly guard them, and immediately took over the Ministry of Accounts. The documents and books were sealed. The order must not be touched by anyone, and anyone who dares to resist or damage the account books will be killed."

  After the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments took the order to leave, Zhu Biao looked at the rest of the people and said, "Your gentlemen, have you heard what the Holy Majesty said just now? Don't let the Holy Majesty down."

   Then Zhu Biao asked them to go back. There were many things in the various ministries of the imperial court. If something happened to the household department, it would at least be delayed for several days, and they had to go back quickly to make arrangements.

   Li Shanchang did not move, and when everyone had left, Zhu Biao also walked down the steps and stood beside Li Shanchang with his hands behind his back.

   Li Shanchang cupped his hands to Zhu Biao and said, "It would be great if Your Highness took over this matter."

  Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Li Xiang, the Palace has its own measures, but the Ministry of Household Affairs will inevitably lack manpower afterwards, so let's hurry up and arrange some people to prepare."

   Li Shanchang was relieved when he heard this, the incident had already happened, and a group of people would have to die anyway, otherwise the emperor's words would not become a joke, and he would use nothing to warn the officials in the future.

  After Li Shanchang left, Zhu Biao went directly to the Imperial Study Room, and after saluting his father, he said: "It seems that Yang Xian's matter will soon be hidden, otherwise why would he attack the Ministry of Households so eagerly."

  Zhu Yuanzhang still had anger on his face: "Huh, if their buttocks are clean, what can Yang Xian do to them?"

  Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "All those who have stolen more than sixty taels will be killed, and the rest will be given a chance.

  Zhu Biao sighed: "Father, I am afraid that there will not be many people left in the household department."

  After hearing this sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill them all, but thinking that the Ministry of Finance really couldn't fall down now, his teeth itched with hatred.

  Zhu Biao also hates corrupt officials, but he doesn't quite agree with his father's method of killing and suppressing them, especially when the officials' salaries are so low.

  Among the emperors of all dynasties, only Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to eat the flesh and drink the blood of corrupt officials. In the later period of his administration, he almost exhausted all kinds of torture to intimidate and warn.

   But the effect is not high. Corrupt officials are emerging in endlessly, and they can never be killed. Even tens of thousands of beheaded officials can't stop the corrupt officials.

  Why do you say that there were no famous officials in the late Hongwu Dynasty? It is true that those who were killed had no room to grow up. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered under his command, a large number of officials were killed, and most of them were not even eligible to stand trial.

  In fact, most of the time, treacherous ministers are capable ministers. If they are used well, they are nothing compared to his corruption and bribery money, as long as his life can still be controlled by the emperor.

  Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, now is not the time to govern officials, and it is not too late to keep these people in the future.

  Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and said: "Then you can deal with it according to your needs, but don't be too soft-hearted, just like Lu Chang, we can't afford it."

  Zhu Biao nodded, and then bowed to leave. Naturally, although the father is jealous, he also knows what the most important thing is now. Just like the "Guo Heng case" and "Kongyin case" with great and far-reaching influence in history, these anti-corruption cases did not start until 15 years after Hongwu.

  The things they do are so difficult that they don't exist now? Under the surveillance of the pro-military Duwei's Mansion, how could these things be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang, it was just that he was waiting for the opportunity.

   Now that the Ming Dynasty is waiting to be rejuvenated, it is definitely not a good time to rectify the administration of officials. If Yang Xian did not make things worse, Zhu Yuanzhang would not start to deal with the household affairs at least a few years later.

  Lu Chang is a capable minister. He was originally an official of the former Yuan Dynasty. If Zhu Yuanzhang can detain him and appoint him as the Minister of the Household Department, he will know Lu Chang's ability.

   There are very few people who can properly manage the taxation of the whole country. Unfortunately, things have already happened, and Lu Chang cannot keep it.

   As for whether Lu Chang is in the room or not, mourning for Bei Yuan is no longer important, politics is like this, and your every move will be magnified at critical moments.

   Thank you for your support (▽｀)

  (end of this chapter)

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