Father can be an enemy to the country

After Zhu Zhen heard what the two said, he nodded and said, "That is to say, you think it won't be a big deal if you don't investigate the matter, but if you do, you will die?"

"You can't say that." Wu Yin said hurriedly: "The two of us also feel that we should be severely punished, but the punishment can be based on the facts. There is no need to impose a strict outline, and it is not appropriate to involve a large number of implicates."

"Yes, Your Majesty, given the situation in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, how can there be any cliques in the imperial court? How many people dare to collude? It is true that there are idiots who are not afraid of death, but it is too late for most people to cross the river with their eggs in hand. Hu Rang said softly: "So now Wu Yong is poaching Guo Huan's accomplices like a mad dog. If he insists on colluding with both the inside and outside to deceive the emperor and hollow out the Ming Dynasty, he is afraid that the world will not be in chaos." ”

"Since you are so careful, how come everyone gets shit under their butts?" Zhu Zhen asked coldly.

"It's really hard to explain in words..." The two of them sighed and explained, which was very similar to what Zhang Jicai said before. In short, everything was following the old rules, half taking it for granted, and half doing it as a last resort. If the court does not investigate, many people will not realize that they have become corrupt officials.

"Is it right to be like this?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Of course it's not right, but it's true...that's how it's always been." Wu Yin said with a bitter face: "The rules on the surface are often wishful thinking, or they become outdated over time, and they cannot be implemented according to them. But the tasks assigned by the court are still there. It has to be done, and the royal grain that should be harvested must be harvested, so a set of secret rules will be developed to maintain the operation of the entire system. Such secretly cultivated rules often exude a stench, but it cannot be stopped. It is suitable to leave. It won’t turn.”

"If my father hears what you said, he will have to chop your head off." Zhu Zhen laughed and scolded: "Although it is indeed not a clique, but a systemic problem, who dares to tell my father?"

"What the prince said is true, no one dares to say it." Wu and Yin smiled bitterly and shook their heads. Who dares to tell Boss Zhu that the system you set up is too subjective and completely unrealistic. So the people below will follow their own rules... I guarantee that whoever decides will die, even the Sixth Prince will have to be whipped.

"But no matter what, we still have to ask the prince to find a way to stop Wu Yong and his gang from doing what Zhou Xing came to do." Hu Rang clasped his fists again and said sincerely: "Follow their investigation method - count all the losses over the years. How big is the amount of corruption? The whole country has a deficit of several million dan in a year, but after five years of investigation, it will be more than 20 million dan!"

"If twenty million stones are classified as corruption, how many lives will be lost?" Wu Yin became more and more frightened as he thought about it: "And once it is classified as corruption, the stolen goods will be pursued later, and I am afraid that thousands of families will be ruined. The family was destroyed.”

"Your Majesty, what Wu Zhengtai said is not alarmist. If Wu Yong is allowed to continue, it will definitely end up like this." Hu Rang also said with a pale face.

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded. He knew the consequences of the Guo Huan case. It was because of this unlimited pursuit of high standards, completely ignoring the actual investigation of every penny spent. In the end, the Guo Huan case was determined to be a case of clique formation for personal gain and collective corruption. case, it was found that a total of more than 7 million shi of grain had been embezzled.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang determined to take the opportunity to sweep away corrupt officials across the country and execute all the six ministers and ministers to death. It also implicated various provincial, prefectural and county-level yamen across the country and executed tens of thousands of people.

Later, in order to recover the stolen goods, it turned into a nationwide commotion. It is said that "the stolen goods were sent all over the world, and most of the people's homes were ruined." The wealthy people among the people all went bankrupt...

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he had gone too far, and in order to quell public dissatisfaction, he executed Wu Yong, the presiding judge. He also said that the actual amount of stolen grain was more than 24 million shi, "for fear that the people would not believe it, but he shortened it to 7 million shi" to prove that he was not wrong.

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Zhu Zhen also deeply hates corruption and perverting the law, preying on the common people. He will not spare his brothers even when he is ruthless. But even a ruthless character like him feels that Boss Zhu is a bit too extreme...

There is nothing wrong with punishing corruption, and it is also right to pursue stolen goods. But it would be too much to do this in such a way that the court would be emptied out and all the wealthy people in the world would lose their fortunes.

In fact, the Guo Huan case that occurred in the 19th year of Hongwu was a clear dividing line. Before that, whether it was the Kongyin case or the Hu Weiyong case, Boss Zhu could stop when it was enough and only kill a few hundred people.

Starting from the Guo Huan case, followed by the second phase of the Hu Weiyong case and the Lan Yu case, they all killed tens of thousands of people at every turn. Most of Boss Zhu’s notoriety comes from this.

There are different opinions on the reason. Some said it was because Empress Ma passed away and no one could control him, so he went on a killing spree; some said it was because he felt that he didn't have much time to live and didn't want to make small fuss anymore... No matter what the end For whatever reason, the Guo Huan case was the beginning of the bloody killings in the Hongwu Dynasty.

No matter what position he starts from, Zhu Zhen must find ways to prevent the old thief from starting this. Otherwise, there are still twelve years left in the Hongwu Dynasty, and they will not be able to survive this day...

After calming down, Zhu Zhen said to Hu Rang and Wu Yin: "I already understand what you are worried about, and I will try my best to prevent Shandong officialdom from this disaster."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them were overjoyed and hurriedly stood up to kneel down and kowtow.

"Don't be in a hurry to say thank you. The Guo Huan case is not under the control of my eldest brother, but directly dealt with by my father, so it is really tricky." Zhu Zhen gave the two of them a slight inoculation and said, "But I will try my best."

"Yes, yes." The two of them agreed hurriedly. Anyway, they were not worried anymore. Because a big man like the Sixth Prince has no rules in his heart, so it is impossible for him to say such a thing.

"But you have to behave well and don't make any more mistakes." Zhu Zhen ordered Wu Yindao in a deep voice: "Why do you have to wait until the superiors come down before you take action? Originally, all corruption cases in Shandong are under our control, so we must take the initiative Investigate and punish severely, let Father see your attitude!"

"Yes. Your Majesty understands." Wu Yin quickly nodded in agreement and said bitterly: "We will start tomorrow. We must catch a group of models, no, a large number of models!"

"Yes, don't protect the calf. You must have the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "Otherwise, the whole body will be poisoned."

"On your side, you must concentrate on finishing the clearing of the land, and do a solid job in document work. Don't rush to finish the work." He then ordered Hu Rang:

"I thought about it. Last year, in order to rush for the New Year, the field survey was hastily completed. It was really inappropriate. So for those areas that are unclear, you might as well re-test the area in the last one or two months to check for any errors. None. Set an example for the whole country.”

Finally, he said in a more serious tone: "You know, this is the most important thing to my father!"

"Okay." Hu Rang nodded heavily: "I will execute it myself when I get back to the official position."

He is already the chief envoy, so how can he not understand? What the prince means is to let them maintain the state of implementing the New Deal. In this way, even if the emperor wanted to unload the mill and kill the donkey, he would have to wait until the donkey finished pulling the mill first...