First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 841

  Chapter 841 attached

On New Year's Day in the twelfth year of Hongwu, King Fuyuchen of Baekje, King Jintao of Silla, and King Li Chenggui of Ning came to the Ming court in person, and they were not worthy of their own virtues, which led to frequent natural disasters and man-made disasters. Food is the reason, asking for soil to return.

  Zhu Yuanzhang immediately refused, and promised that Daming would provide a total of 600,000 shi of grain to the three countries to make them feel at ease and go back to govern the country.

  A few days later, the leaders of the Three Kingdoms once again submitted a request for surrender, and the emperor once again bestowed gold, silver and jewelry, and promised to send sailors to clean up the sea area and promote trade to promote trade and people's livelihood.

A few days later, the lords of the Three Kingdoms knelt outside the Fengtian Hall again, and resolutely made a statement. The emperor sent the prince to appease him personally. Soldiers think that they will help and help, and they will respond to everything they ask for, so why is this so?"

King He Ning said: "The emperor's grace is mighty, kind, and fair. Because the Goryeo royal family lost their morals, the people of Goryeo were in dire straits, and they ordered the ministers to establish the state and maintain the people's livelihood with peace and tranquility. It's just that the ministers are incompetent and have established the country for several years. Failure to stabilize the country and stabilize the country shows the lack of virtue.”

King Jintao of Silla said: "Although we are foreign vassals, the people of the people all respect the lord of the heavenly court and regard them as the father. Now the ministers are incompetent in governing the country, and they are willing to plead guilty. However, the people are innocent. Please show mercy to the sage. , received and raised."

Fu Yuchen, the king of Baekje, wept and said: "The emperor is wise and talented, and he has the ambition to help the world and the people. He took advantage of the time, and the heroes followed him. He conquered the chaos and destroyed the strong. He became an emperor in fifteen years. , Revise the laws and regulations, prosper and abolish them,...remove heresies, list the scriptures, rectify the names of the gods, strictly enforce the sacrificial codes, observe astronomy, calculate the calendar, determine the feudal system, be careful about the law, and be careful about rewards and punishments."

"Antarctica is scorching hot, the north is beyond the icy soil, and the east and west are haunted by the sun and the moon. If you don't obey, the officials and other foolish people, I wish to follow the scriptures, and I can stabilize the country and comfort the people like one or two. I have never thought that everything is difficult. There is no progress, and now the country is restless and the people are uneasy, so I have to be brazen and submissive, entrusting the country and the people to work hard and ask the Holy One to take care of it."

  The three kings paid homage to their heads and said: "All the people are suffering in the midst of water and fire, and please pray to the people of the heavens and the mighty blessings!"

The prince sighed, and reported back to his father, and all the officials persuaded him. The people of the Three Kingdoms wrote to ask for it, and the holy heart agreed with it, so he established the state of North Korea and ordered the Ministry of Officials to immediately draw up the candidates for the prefecture and county officials, and ordered the Ministry of Households to immediately Prepare millions of stones of grain to save the people from fire and water.

  The Lord of the Three Kingdoms is He Ninghou, Baekje Marquis, Silla Marquis, with two thousand stones of food salary, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to build a mansion, plus officials and Ninghou, Li Chenggui was the Prince's Zhan Shi, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was also a military advisor to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

The Ministry of Officials drafted the candidate the next day, and naturally he was Zhu Biao's favorite confidant. Guo Chong, Zhang Fan, and Li Jin had experienced the prefectures and counties. The experience is considered complete, and you can call it as you like in the future.

  A few months later, the daughters of Baekje Hou Silla Hou and Ning Hou's family also took advantage of the trend to take the position of Jin Wang Qi Wang Chu Wang's side concubine, which can be regarded as completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty system.

Zhu Yuanzhang also gave banquets and rewards fields every now and then to fulfill morality. As for the Korean people, they have experienced too many hardships in the past few decades, especially in the past few years. Ten rooms and nine empty rooms are full of widows and widows.

   After being included in the Ming Dynasty, the first thing is to completely stop conscription and distribute food to the people, move most of the remaining aristocratic families of Goryeo to Fengyang, divide the land among the people equally, abolish all exorbitant taxes, and exempt them from paying taxes for two years...

  Da Ming had too much experience in managing the lands that were waiting to be revived, and the Korean people had already taken everything lightly by this time. The situation has changed in the past few decades. Now they only care about whether they can survive, and the rest has long been indifferent.

  Qi Wang Zhu Di finally unloaded his burden and returned to Beijing. He could accompany his lovely wife and young son. They were married for more than two years, and the eldest son was born for several months. Every time he came and went in a hurry.

In February of the twelfth year of Hongwu, the son-in-law Du Wei Youzhu Kingdom Cao Guogong Li Zhenxie, the only surviving elder of the Tian family, passed away. Zhu Biao, who had expected it for a long time, changed into the plain clothes and hemp clothes prepared by Liu Jin, and calmly ordered All things, and sent people back to the palace to report the funeral.

Cousin Li Wenzhong was already on his way back, but if he didn't catch up, he could only help with the funeral. The winter is tough, and 80% of the old people die in this season. After Li Zhenshui fell ill, Zhu Biao almost I have to visit in person every day, and I have expected it when I see her today, and I have been waiting until he comes back and leaves his last words before passing away peacefully.

   Zhu Yuanzhang came here not long after. In fact, he came to see him yesterday, but Li Zhen was still in a coma, and Lao Zhu had important military and political affairs in North Korea and North Xinjiang waiting to be dealt with, so the two could not say goodbye after all.

  Lao Zhu looked sad, and after carefully asking himself the last words of his brother-in-law, he sighed: "Biaoer, we have lost another relative."

Zhu Biao didn't say much, but just stood silently in front of his father. After a while, Lao Zhu adjusted his state, and after carefully looking at the remains, he ordered quietly: "Stop looking at the court for three days, and pursue the king of Longxi. His posthumous posthumous title was Gongxian, and he was buried in the plains of Douguang Mountain, Lingji Township, Xuyi County, following the omen of the eldest princess."

   Obviously Zhu Yuanzhang was also prepared for the death of his old brother-in-law.

   "No."

  According to Wang Li, then the mourning and honoring of the funeral will be very beautiful, and naturally the coffin will be suspended for a long time, and Li Wenzhong can wait until Li Wenzhong rushes back to attend the funeral in person.

   I don't know if it's because of the bitter cold this winter. In one month, apart from Li Zhen, Zheng Bei Qiong, the son of the Imperial Academy of Zhongdu, and Linjiang Marquis Chen De passed away, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad.

Therefore, it was discovered that there were empty seals between the documents between the prefectures and counties and the Ministry of Households, that is, the local governments prepared blank seals for the exact sameness of the money, food, fiscal revenue and expenditure, and tax accounts with the Ministry of Households, so that they could be handed over smoothly. It is a common practice since the former Yuan Dynasty to add the amount on the blank paper after the accounting is completed by the Ministry of Accounts.

The emperor was furious, thinking that this was an act of deceit. In the long run, the government would be as corrupt as the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He denounced such acts in the early court. They dare not speak out.

   He could only cast his hopeful eyes on the prince. After the crown ceremony, the prince grew a short beard on his chin, looking very solemn and solemn.

  Zhu Biao shook his head slightly at them, signaling not to go against the Holy Majesty's wishes at this time, and allow Ben Gong to advise in private later.

   Sure enough, after the court was over, many people waited in the Wenhua Hall. Zhu Biao didn't even have time to drink tea, so he got the Wenhua Hall to meet many officials.

   It can only be said that the father and son of this dynasty can do this, otherwise this is a serious crime that can abolish the reserve position.

After the salute, the Minister of the Household Department hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the number of money and valleys, the government must be combined with the province, and the province must be combined with the department. The number is difficult to decide, and the department is determined. The provincial capital is six or seven thousand miles away, and it is close. For three or four thousand miles, the book is completed and then printed, and it is necessary to go back and forth for a period of time, so first print and then book, this expedient task, it has never been long, what is a serious crime?"

  Zhu Biao snorted and said, "Is there really no corruption in this?"

   "I once heard a saying that the amount of corruption is hard to decide, and how to divide the stolen goods to the ministry is determined. Do you know?"

   It is normal for the court laws to have deficiencies. The officials below are also good at taking advantage of such loopholes, which involves the interests of many people.

At first glance, it seems that it is just a compromise made by the officials due to the limited transportation and communication conditions. Explain the reason for the discrepancy, instead of changing it to conform.

  If all the changes are made in this way, there will be huge loopholes in the statistics of various accounts calculated by the imperial court in the past year. In the end, it is the common people of the imperial court, not the officials.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs said: "Your Highness, this government may have shortcomings, and it should be reformed. National legislation must first make clear to the world and then punish those who violate the law. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a law of empty seals. , really shouldn't be punished.”

  (end of this chapter)

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