Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 207 The heavy rain continues

When Zhu Biao returned to the palace, the supervisor in charge of surveillance had also sorted out all the conversations between the two and placed them on Zhu Yuanzhang's desk.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ink that had not dried up and read it carefully.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Wang Buli said that he had done bad things with good intentions when he brought people to Beijing to complain, he thought to himself that it was true or false.

"I am so enlightened, and I am so open-minded in the eyes of my ministers. When the time comes when the people are killed by the officials under my command, they will have no way to ask for help, isn't it right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and continued to look down.

"I can't compare to Liu Xuande?"

"He is really our good son-in-law, and he actually said that we are wishful thinking in demanding such a minister like Zhuge Liang?"

"I'm so angry!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Wang Buli didn't understand him at all. Who didn't know that he was working hard for the people?

Otherwise, if he gets up early every morning and goes to bed before midnight, which emperor would be more diligent than him?

Most people are obsessed with enjoyment. Only I, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, would work so hard every day for ten years.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, pointed to his son and said: "If I had not died, wouldn't you have always been the prince and not become the emperor?"

At this point, Hu Weiyong and others reviewed it first, and used the position of prime minister to intercept two-thirds of it, and then sent the rest to Lao Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon chair, thinking about whether he had been tricked by that piece of shit, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, because he had worked so hard.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe that Hu Weiyong was a fool. That old boy was a dog with a pig face and a loud heart.

"Yes, if my father is not willing to do this, do you think how many ministers would still write memorials every day and report everything no matter how big or small?" Zhu Biao looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing on the imperial steps:

"Dad, isn't this the courtier's flattery to you?"

He clearly knows that he still has at least twenty years of good life ahead of him.

Zhu Biao talked a lot, and then said:

"I think they just want to make the eagle suffer. They deliberately find a lot of work for you, dad, and then make you enjoy it until you are exhausted. In the end, I, the generous prince, will be promoted to the throne early. These people are really murderous. Blood!”

That's why he had to keep everything in his own hands, which resulted in many ministers reporting everything no matter how big or small.

He suppressed his anger and continued to look down. His son and son-in-law discussed some preventive measures against going to Beijing to file a petition.

"What goes up is good, and what goes down is invested."

"wrong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly at his son's statement. He currently had no intention of abdicating the throne and becoming the Supreme Emperor.

Dad has taken care of everything in the world. It's not in vain to spend so much salary to support so many officials.

"This simple truth has deceived you for so long."

"No, no."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly interrupted his thoughts.

"Dad, have you finished reading it?"

However, after Wang Buli's reminder, many matters did not need to be submitted to the emperor at all. The local officials below could handle it themselves.

The group of courtiers below may not be able to survive him!

After he had finished reading, Prince Zhu Biao hurried back.

Because Zhu Biao had already learned to handle government affairs under Zhu Yuanzhang's supervision. He used to think that many things needed to be handled by the emperor himself.

Zhu Biao said quite excitedly: "Wang Buli's words are really enlightening to the child. Dad, you deal with the government affairs day and night, but if you think about it carefully, the emperor should come personally to do all the things in the memorials." Something to deal with?”

"The child is still too young for now. Even Wang Buli, a small official who worked in the county government, can often make me speechless, not to mention the other ministers who are full of scheming. I still need to The father is standing in front, protecting his son from the wind and rain."

"What did dad say?" Zhu Biao also laughed and said:

He wished he could have the Prime Minister dismissed, and all the memorials from the imperial court would be placed in front of his case, so there would be no need for others to review them on his behalf.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought again as he listened to his son's understanding.

He has almost no trust in his ministers.

That's why I'm very disgusted with ministers like Ru Taisu who wrote more than 10,000 words in ink but missed the key points.

"rhetoric."

Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the officials below wanted to use this situation to achieve the plan of exhausting him to death, and they were working too hard.

In fact, he is not afraid of hardship or tiredness, but he is afraid that future generations will not be able to maintain the family fortune that he has worked so hard to acquire!

In the end, all decisions were made by the emperor, and local officials only acted as mouthpieces, without any subjective initiative at all.

However, everyone knew that the emperor was diligent in his administration, so all the big and small things were written in the memorials to show that he was a diligent official.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and walked around twice: "This is what I am willing to do."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw what Wang Buli said that the emperor loved to be the master of Qingtian, and his ministers would try every means to make him be the master of Qingtian more often, he was stunned.

In the end, the younger generations still think that we are just busy working in vain!

Zhu Yuanzhang became increasingly angry, but the key was that he still had nowhere to vent his anger.

Seeing that his father finally listened to his advice, Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "In this case, why not think of a way not to work so hard, so that you can better extend your life and rule the Ming Dynasty."

He obviously wanted to refute, but the facts did lead to such consequences.

"Well, it's over."

Zhu Yuanzhang was overwhelmed by his son's words, and fell silent.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang felt very unhappy when he thought of Emperor Tianqi doing carpentry work and Emperor Li's eunuch reviewing memorials.

"What you said makes sense."

What's more, if he doesn't have many things in his hands, he won't be able to sleep at night!

Just as the father and son invited Qian Tang, the Minister of Punishment, to discuss the matter of people's complaints against the emperor, they listened to the emperor's questions.

Qian Tang stroked his white beard and thought for a while: "Your Majesty, my consort and I also discussed this matter during the trial."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to know and said, "You can tell me."

"In response to this situation, an imperial envoy should be sent to inspect the four directions on behalf of the emperor.

If someone intercepts a complaint, it can also be accepted by the imperial minister, which saves them a lot of energy and money to travel thousands of miles to the capital, which is really too difficult for ordinary people. "

"Well, that's a good idea."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. It seems that when the foreign envoys come tomorrow, I will have to sell them an updated version again.

"But how should the imperial envoy choose?"

"This matter still needs to be called in by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Household Affairs and others to discuss it together."

Qian Tang only discussed the case, and he had no involvement in the selection of candidates.

There are always a handful of people like Wang Buli who can solve cases, so the matter of selecting people as imperial envoys must be popularized, so that it can be better promoted instead of setting up a carrot pit.

Otherwise, once people like Wang Buli grow old or pass away, and the next emperor takes office, how can the imperial mission continue to be carried out if people are found according to Wang Buli's standards?

After Hu Weiyong and others came to discuss matters related to Beijing Control, they all understood.

When a fierce woman like Chi Sun took advantage of the loophole set by the emperor, the emperor was furious. If her husband could not be caught within a month and asked to watch the execution, he would kill her directly.

Now it is time to fix the bug for this matter.

To prevent such false accusations from becoming commonplace.

Without this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang would have issued a new policy in the future, which was to call on the people to report corrupt officials and escort them all to the capital.

Therefore, on the post road leading to Nanjing, you can often see people carrying dry food, in small groups or hundreds of people, tied up with a few local wealthy people or officials, rushing over to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, to make decisions for them.

In addition, in order to avoid making things difficult for the complainants, all those who collectively come to Beijing to complain will not be intercepted at various passes even if there is no road guide. Otherwise, they will be dealt with according to the secret report sent to the imperial court, and they will be executed.

As for the officials, they were not looked down upon by Lao Zhu. They were treated differently from officials.

Because of Lao Zhu's experiences when he was young, he ordered the people to be more radical against the officials' actions.

The people can arrest them directly without going through any reporting process and escort them directly to Beijing.

Zhu Yuanzhang directly delegated power to the people and could directly enter county offices to arrest officials, which already indicated that the Ming bureaucracy had lost its authority in local governance, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was paralyzed.

Zhu Yuanzhang also considered that officials who harmed the people must be colluding, so if they dared to resist, they would definitely kill the nine tribes afterwards.

As an old saying goes: The heavy rain is still falling, Chongba, tell your nine tribes not to be afraid!

Zhu Yuanzhang also believed that he had indeed found an excellent way to rectify officialdom. He was also very confident in this. As long as he dealt with it in this way for one year, the entire county government of Ming Dynasty would definitely be cleared up, and all the corrupt officials in the world would be deterred by the people. They will all change their ways.

But often this is just Zhu Yuanzhang's wishful thinking.

He wants to use everyone in the world as chess pieces, but not all chess pieces will follow his arrangements honestly.

Ever since abdication became a family legacy, people have become very fond of power.

Even if temporary workers only have a little bit of power in their hands, they will use this power to great extent to gain more benefits for themselves.

Countless historical experiences have shown that no one does not love power!

Now that the emperor has given them the power, who can't take it in their hands?

So Zhu Yuanzhang mobilized the people to arrest officials who harmed the people, which was further expanded by his subordinates to arrest officials, officials, enrich the people, and ordinary people.

The pot even touches the bowl when eating, let alone the interaction between people.

As a result, false accusations became common and everyone was in danger.

Everyone is afraid that others will falsely accuse him for the purpose of extortion and revenge, and they will label him randomly and escort him to the capital.

This trend has caused Zhu Yuanzhang's good policies for a year to get out of control!

With Zhu Yuanzhang's encouragement, all officials, subordinate staff, rich people, and poor people can be targeted for arrest.

Officials who go to the countryside can be arrested by the people.

Subordinate officials must harm the people.

Rich people can be labeled as "rich people".

Small people can also be "helpers".

As long as there are contradictions, conflicts, grudges, and desires between them.

Such labels as "rich people" and "helping tigers" can fly everywhere.

After all, there was only one Zhu Yuanzhang who "knew everything clearly", and the others were all treacherous ministers who deceived him.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang can wear the title of Master Qingtian.

In fact, Lao Zhu does not care about the truth of a specific case. What he cares about is which direction the movement is heading.

The General Affairs Department responsible for interrogating the abducted people is also very limited. Such a large number of people are imprisoned in the Jingshi Prison and cannot even be interrogated. Not to mention that according to normal procedures, people have to be sent to the local area to search for evidence and certification. of.