Father can be an enemy to the country

Chapter 170 The Emperor’s Wrath

In front of Fengtian Hall, Han Yike’s voice was deafening:

"Most of the people who complained suffered triple infringement from the local households in Xungui, Fengyang government, and the Ministry of Industry! In addition, the newly settled immigrants during the Hongwu period accounted for 99% of the people who complained!

"And this is only a petition received within ten days. There are still many people from other counties who have not had time to come to complain. There are still many people who are afraid of retaliation and dare not come to file a complaint. There are also a large number of people who have lost their families and are unable to file a complaint!"

"Han Yike, please stop smearing our Fengyang!" Someone finally couldn't help but jumped and said, "What do you mean it's too late? Those who don't dare to come, those who can't come? It's all your guesswork!"

"That's right, there's no need to blame anyone!" The nobles all agreed. At this time, they didn't care about Boss Zhu's face anymore, and the only way to muddy the water was to muddy the water quickly.

"Fart, what do you mean by guessing? A living example is right in front of you!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly and immediately suppressed the arrogance of the group. He pointed at the woman singing flower drum lyrics and said:

"This woman is Shen Wansan's granddaughter! She escaped from death after being harmed by a gang of gangsters. On the day we returned home, even if she tried to stop the driver and file a complaint, you would have stopped her and sent her back to be burned!"

The woman took off her colorful headband. Everyone saw that her head and face were covered with gauze, and she looked very scary.

Seeing her, everyone thought of Li You who was burned alive, and no one dared to say a word.

"On the first day we ascended the throne, we issued an edict saying that if ordinary people had grievances, they could directly go to Beijing to complain, beat the drums, or stop people and complain! How dare we pretend to be Japanese pirates to intercept the people controlled by Beijing and chop off their heads? Come down and send someone home, you are really crazy and extremely arrogant!" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded with a dark face:

"And that Ding Bin, he not only dared to intercept the victims who complained, but also dared to hide and deal with the victims privately! He is really brave! Does he still have the king's law in his eyes, and do we, the emperor, still have it? !

"With so many witnesses and evidence in front of you, why don't you admit the good deeds you have done?" Zhu Yuanzhang crossed his arms and coldly glanced at the two rows of long tables on the left and right.

Everyone lowered their heads, losing their previous arrogance.

"Why are you silent? Aren't all of you heroes who founded the country, heroes who are not afraid of anything? A hero does what he does, and if you dare to do it, you must dare to recognize it!"

There is still deathly silence in front of the Golden Palace. Who dares to recognize it? If you admit it, you will die immediately, and it will probably be ugly. I don’t think there might be a slowdown in the future...

"You still refuse to admit it, right?" Seeing that no one dared to respond, Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "It doesn't matter, we will let Han Yike - not only Han Yike, we will also let Liu Bowen and the Yushitai Everyone comes and investigates separately, one by one! If you verify, one will be dealt with, and if you verify 10,000, you will deal with 10,000. No matter who is involved, we will never tolerate it! We will never forgive! We will never be lenient!"

Everyone's heads dropped lower, as if they were being weighed down by Mount Tai...

Seeing them dejected, as if they were mourning for their heirs, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice and said:

"drink wine!"

Everyone trembled with fright, quickly picked up their wine glasses and drank the bitter wine. Everyone drank with a sad face, feeling even more bitter than the previous cup...

"Isn't gall wine bitter? But in our hearts, it is ten times and a hundred times more bitter than this wine!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted his heart heavily and said sadly:

"You are all our fellow countrymen, old brothers, and nephews of our old brothers. You are all relatives who have broken bones and connected muscles with us. We wholeheartedly want to share our wealth with you and protect the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation. .

"But we have repeatedly reminded you that only by obeying the law can you start well and end well. Don't think that you, your father, conquered the country and you are the master, so you can treat the people like animals and abuse them! You can take bribes unscrupulously. They bend the law and abuse their power to harm the people without any punishment!"

"No, you are wrong, very wrong! We have already said that we were all idiots in the beginning, and we rebelled because Qian Yuan made it difficult for us to survive! If we become the cowardly, traitorous ministers and corrupt officials of Qian Yuan You filthy man, even the common people of Ming Dynasty can’t survive, and they will rebel against us!

"So we cannot allow ourselves to be fools, and we will never allow you to be traitors or corrupt officials! If anyone dares to harm the people to the point of being unable to live, we will let him and his whole family die first!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's roar made the nobles tremble with fear, looking like quails.

"We have spoken a lot of soft words, hard words, and warnings! Lest you turn a deaf ear, we have also set up an iron banner outside the Fengtian Hall in Nanjing so that you can see it every day when you go to court! We also ordered you to get up every morning and Recite the commandments again!

"We have also killed chickens to scare monkeys, and we have passed small punishments and big warnings. Isn't Liao Yongzhong's fate a wake-up call for you? Don't say it again, we never gave you a chance! We gave you a lot of opportunities! New Year! At that time, we repeated our orders again and again, right? Have you mended your ways?!"

The nobles were blushing and had nothing to say.

"Han Yike, all honors and no laws will be bounded by the promulgation of the iron list. Whatever happened before the iron list was established will be forgotten. After the iron list was established, no exemptions will be given and will be dealt with according to the regulations of the iron list!" Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in a deep voice. , paused and added:

"In addition, any case that occurs this year will be punished with an additional penalty!"

"Yes!" Han Yike responded loudly.

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After reprimanding the nobles, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to his fellow villagers.

"And you. Because you are our fellow countrymen, and because of our great love for you, how many good days have you lived? And you actually followed your nobles and bullied the new immigrants!

"Why do we want to immigrate? Isn't it because our hometown is in trouble and there are not many people left? We force people to leave their hometown and move to Fengyang, so that our hometown can regain its vitality and prosper as soon as possible! Are you here to bully me? "

The fellow villagers were not like Xungui, who had been roared into pieces by Zhu Yuanzhang long ago. They have never seen Mr. Hong Wu who is always smiling and has such a scary face!

"You are still working as a coward and helping those powerful people to deceive us! It's just a matter of singing praises in the Golden Palace. We invited you to dinner in private and asked you about the situation in your hometown. What did you say? Not a word of truth! You are all playing tricks on the nobles! Are you worthy of our trust? Are you worthy of your own conscience?

"Don't forget, you are also ordinary people, and you are also people who have been soaked in bitter water! It is because we feel sorry for you that we allow you to not be errands and refuse to pay for food! People say that warehouses are honest and know etiquette. How can you live a good life when you come here? , suddenly transformed into a ferocious-looking local tyrant and evil gentry?"

Many fellow villagers started sobbing, whether they were ashamed or frightened.

But once Zhu Yuanzhang's heart hardens, he will be hard-hearted and will never be soft-hearted again. Just listen to him say in a cold voice:

"We were wrong, we were really wrong. We thought that the tax exemption and exemption from military service were helping you, but now it seems that it is harming you! It made you look hateful and lost the most precious innocence of ordinary people. So we have to correct this mistake. !”

As he spoke, he raised his voice and said word by word:

"Pass an edict to cancel all preferential treatment for people from Fengyang and Linhuai counties. From next year, all people in the two counties, whether new or original, will pay food and serve as usual! They will be treated equally, and there will be no difference!"

ps. Second update. After writing the first update in the morning, I started to feel pain all over my body and my head hurt. I guess I was also infected, so I quickly bought Oseltamivir and took it. I don’t know if I can handle it. Also, in this case, can I just take one pill, or do I have to take it several times?

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