First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 380

  Chapter 380 Final South Shortcut

Strolling back to the county office, after entering the house, I happened to meet Lao Zhu who was rewarding some Huaiqing officials who were dedicated to their duties and did not join hands with corrupt officials. Zhu Yuanzhang dealt with corrupt officials ruthlessly, but rewarded honest and honest officials quite heavily. of.

The so-called heavy rewards and punishments can convince hundreds of officials. Many officials have reached the sky in one step this time. They jumped to two or three ranks from the original six or seven rank judges. up.

   It is reasonable to say that it is against the court's appointment and dismissal rules. After all, it is the basic rule for you to be an official if you do not corrupt the law. However, the emperor is willing to promote, and no one can say anything.

  Officials who are promoted in this way are also grateful for the emperor's kindness, and can belong to the imperial party. They are different from those officials who were appointed and dismissed by the Ministry of Officials, and they will naturally be closer. This is the same as Zhu Biao's promotion of Chen Youzong.

After entering the house, Zhu Biao saluted his father and stood aside quietly, while Zhu Yuanzhang continued to teach the officials kneeling below: "The lesson from the past is the lesson from the past, and you have seen the end of the Shangguan. What's the use of gathering more gold and silver treasures, can you still bribe us to save your life?"

  The following five or six officials bowed down and worshiped: "The ministers must bear in mind the teachings of the Holy Majesty, and will never fail the grace of the Holy Majesty Jianba. Loyalty is based on diligence and integrity."

  Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "That's good, Wang Qing and others will keep in mind what you said today. It's still early, so go and see your former superiors and send them off for the last time."

  Everyone knew that this was the Holy Majesty's final blow to them, to let them see what their former bosses looked like after being punished, and know the price they would have to pay for corruption and breaking the law in the future.

  They naturally didn't want to see it, but they didn't have the courage to refuse. After agreeing to the promise, they got up, then bowed to Zhu Biao, and hurried out after seeing the prince smiling and nodding.

  Zhu Biao looked at their backs with interest and said casually: "I don't know how many of these fathers who have been beaten by the emperor can listen."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I'm afraid it's all for a while. When we leave, they will be far away from the emperor. The original incorruptibility may be due to low status and low power. They have to be incorruptible, but now they are being punished by state officials. There are more temptations, maybe even more greedy than the last one."

My father has seen too many corrupt officials, so he naturally distrusts officials, but Zhu Biao thinks this is actually a very good emperor's character, but most of the emperors who trust and rely on officials will end up not very good in the end. There is an ebb and flow between them, and natural power contradictions are unavoidable.

   What's more, the performance of these few just now is really mediocre. Since they have been honest and upright in the past, why do they need to be trembling in front of Junfu? After all, they are still a little guilty.

  Zhu Yuanzhang let his son sit down beside him and said: "The Ministry of Zhongshu has sent urging again, saying that a country cannot be without a king for a day, please get up and drive back to Beijing."

  After sitting down, Zhu Biao threw off the folding fan to fan his father: "The case of Liu Chun is also over, and the imperial envoys from all over the country have made up their minds, and it is indeed time for the father to return to Beijing."

  Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "It's time to go back to Beijing, but we're going to go another way to see the people's conditions in other places, and also to check whether the local officials have said that people with good politics and people live and work in peace and contentment is true."

When the two of you are talking, lunch is ready. It is the old style. You can eat whatever you eat in Beijing and go out. The emperor and the prince eat a pot of rice. No one dares to make any new local dishes. Going back to the palace to do it.

   After lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang called Wang Shijian again, and without saying anything else, he directly gave him a second-class official, gave him the emperor's imperial sword, and three thousand guards to inspect the disaster situation in Shaanxi and Gansu on behalf of the heavens.

  Wang Shijian is very grateful, but he didn't dare to look up at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression. Just feeling the indifferent eyes, his scalp felt numb, and his whole body seemed to be covered with biting insects.

  The more this was the case, the more Wang Shijian began to hate those officials who bribed him. If they hadn't seduced him with gold, silver and beauty, why would he be trembling when he was rewarded now.

  Zhu Biao said with emotion: "If you are a minister, if you don't hold your body upright and your heart is not pure, power, wealth and honor are all like passing clouds."

  Wang Shijian trembled suddenly when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say more, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not in the mood to say anything more to him, so he asked him to go down and prepare, and set off immediately tomorrow.

  After he left, Zhu Biao comforted him and said: "If the emperor really doesn't like this person, then let him stay in Shaanxi and Gansu forever, and there are reasons for planning a large-scale cleansing of corrupt officials.

  As an imperial envoy, Wang Shijian took bribes and shielded criminals, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor. It is normal to copy and execute people everywhere. If it hadn't been involved in the Liu Chun case, he would have been tortured and awaited execution along with the prefect of Huaiqing and others.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Corruption should be dealt with in an upright manner, without any shady means, Biaoer, you have been clever since childhood, and the art of human conspiracy seems to be given by God. This is a good thing, but it also makes you get used to it." In order to use various means to solve the problem at the smallest cost, but there are always some things in this world, even if there is a shortcut to the south, you can't take it, you must overcome the obstacles and find a way from the front."

  The smile on Zhu Biao's face stagnated when he heard the words, his face changed a few times before he sighed and said: "What the father taught is that as the heir of the country, my son is indeed a bit petty."

  Zhu Yuanzhang got up and patted his son on the shoulder and said: "Your father is still strong, and we will support him today, so he won't collapse. You don't have to be afraid of anything, just let go and do it."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the bedroom to rest. Zhu Biao was still sitting on the stool, stretched out his hand and patted his hot cheeks. He knew in his heart how he behaved. of grandeur.

  He is used to solving problems even if he has an absolute advantage. It's not that he is afraid of anything, but his personality is like this. After all, he lacks the arrogance of the founding prince.

   But is this really bad? Not necessarily, although there are not many unrivaled heroes who have been passed down by tens of millions of people, Zhu Biao knows that he is not that kind of character, whether it is in his previous life or in this life.

Forcing to learn is nothing but imitation. Zhu Biao's face slowly returned to his previous calm. Everyone is different. Zhu Biao thinks that his personality is not bad. It might be more appropriate.

  Chopping firewood and setting pots is a skill, and cooking is also a skill. The so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, but so, Zhu Biao stood up, took a look inside, and then left with a smile on his face.

  Bengong will never be worse than anyone else, even my father. My path is not wrong. If I even deny myself, what are I doing alive?

  (end of this chapter)

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