Father can be an enemy to the country

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is really happy.

In his heart, Beiyuan and the Mongols have always been the number one enemy, a personal thorn in his side, and his last regret.

The defeat at the hands of Wang Baobao in the Battle of Lingnan that year had always been a pain in Boss Zhu's heart for Meng Yuan to recover. If Bei Yuan is not eliminated, his empire will have to deploy millions of troops in the north to guard against this number one enemy.

Without annihilating Bei Yuan, he would never be able to achieve final victory in the founding war of expelling the Tartars and regaining China.

No matter from which perspective, if Bei Yuan is not eliminated, his career will not be perfect.

As he gets older, Zhu Yuanzhang has lost the patience he had in the past, and he knows that his opportunities are getting fewer and fewer. That's why I was so angry because I thought I would miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

How angry he was at the beginning, he was so happy now.

But he was not happy for a while, and the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually froze, because he saw the second half of Xu Da's memorial to persuade him not to expand the Guo Huan case.

If an ordinary general dared to discuss government affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been so angry that he would have his head chopped off. But it was Xu Da who said this, and he has the qualifications...

Although Xu Da's words were very obscure, Zhu Yuanzhang could not turn a blind eye to his advice. After being silent for a long time, he sneered and said to the prince: "No wonder you are so happy, it turns out that you asked Aoyuan for help."

"Dad! Would I do that kind of thing?" The prince shook his head decisively and said: "I am opposed to it, but I have never told anyone my opinion."

"That makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a slightly clear expression: "It's normal for us to have different opinions, but we can't let outsiders know. The emperor and the prince must always be of the same mind, do you understand?"

"I understand." The prince nodded quickly.

"You understand!" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you really understood, you wouldn't have left me alone for half a month."

"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong." The prince apologized with a wry smile.

"Really, you are already in your thirties, and you are still having trouble with an old man." Zhu Yuanzhang complained a few more times. The cold violence caused by the prince during this period caused hundreds of millions of injuries to Boss Zhu.

The prince knew that this was a sign of his father's change of attitude. Naturally, he said yes, okay, okay, and kept apologizing. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang calm down and said: "What Tiande said makes sense. The war is coming, and it is really necessary." It’s a stable situation, but we can’t bear to let those morons go.”

As he spoke, he became angry again and said: "We originally planned to clean up corrupt officials for you with the bad reputation. Since you don't appreciate it, then we don't want to be such a bad person."

"Of course we can't let them go! Those who have been proven guilty must still be severely punished. Those who deserve to be killed will be killed, and those who deserve to have their homes confiscated will be confiscated. Otherwise, the arrogance of corruption will be encouraged." The prince said solemnly: "Only with the war. Only the relevant yamen can grant permission to their officials to serve on errands to see the consequences."

"Yeah." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Let's see."

"Right now, all the six departments and five divisions of the imperial court have been thoroughly investigated. The level of people arrested is high enough and the number is high enough. It has far surpassed the original Hu Weiyong case and has long made officials all over the world fearful." Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "We can really stop it here and don't expand it to the local area indefinitely."

"Wouldn't that be an advantage for them?" Zhu Yuanzhang also admitted that this juncture was a good time to end the Guo Huan case, but he always felt like he had eaten a fly.

"I don't know how many nests of borers like those in Beiping, Taiping and Zhenjiang are eating our taxable food."

"The granaries of the world still need to be inspected, but the bad rules and habits in the past are too heavy, and all the yamen are used to the discrepancy between the accounts and the actual accounts. I guess few can reconcile the accounts now when I go to the inventory." The prince sighed: "Really, they Can’t they all be killed?”

"Kill them, kill them. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged officials." Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips: "Killing them all will give our college students a chance to take their places."

"There are 140 prefectures, 193 states, and 1,400 counties in the country. How can the number of college students be enough?" The prince said with a wry smile: "We still have to rely on those officials who have backgrounds to maintain our business. The place works.”

"Well..." Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled a long breath and said: "During the Yuan Dynasty, some people said that this dynasty and subordinate officials share the same world. Now it seems that the Ming Dynasty is similar."

"Yes." The prince nodded and said: "Officers, officials, there are hundreds of thousands of subordinates in the country, and they are the big ones. Those routines and bad rules are all made by subordinates. Most of the officials are in other places, and they are alone. If If you go against them, you won't be able to accomplish anything, and you will suffer a lot, so most of them can only turn a blind eye and follow the old rules. You have to let them eat before you can instruct them. "

"We don't just want them to be full, right? Officials also eat with their mouths full of oil." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

"Even if you don't want to eat, they will try their best to stuff it into your mouth." Zhu Biao said with a bitter smile: "Only when the top takes it, can the bottom take it with confidence. If the top doesn't take it, how can the bottom take it? What if I change it to a college student? , Aren’t they going to stuff it into the mouths of college students?”

"Alas..." Zhu Yuanzhang finally stopped insisting, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and said, "Can't we really cure them?"

"It's difficult, but it's not impossible. It's a good way to change the sixth-old clerk to a clerk. This will slowly open up the promotion path of the clerk, and don't let them work in the same position for a lifetime. Even after a few lifetimes, their power will not be so stubborn." The prince said softly: "There are also big problems with the current treasury system, revenue and expenditure system, and supervision system. We still need to be patient and reform..."

"Alas, there is a long way to go." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the caisson above his head and finally nodded: "We will be the emperor for a few more years. This country is yours after all. Just do what you want..."

"Father, the emperor is so powerful that he will be the emperor for another few decades." Zhu Biao said quickly.

"How many more decades are you going to work? Are you going to be tired to death?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice and said sternly: "We have already discussed it with your mother. If you are an official until you are seventy, we will work until you are seventy." , it will be exactly thirty years, and then I will let you sit as emperor, and we can enjoy peace and happiness as the supreme emperor, how nice it is. "

"Father, your thoughts are too far-reaching. Let's talk about the present first." The prince was embarrassed no matter how he replied, and he reluctantly changed the topic: "Is there a decree for them to close the case as soon as possible?"

"The case is not closed, but the investigation is suspended because there is going to be a war." Zhu Yuanzhang corrected: "Let them accept their crimes and perform meritorious service, and support the front line to finish this battle. If they win, it is easy to say anything. If they lose, hum..."

"Understood." The prince nodded in agreement and breathed a long sigh of relief.