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"Your Majesty, Yuan Tai, the Censor of the Supervisory Council, reports that Tang He's uncle, Duke Xin Guo, hid 4,320 acres of land in Changzhou and hid a population of more than 1,200 tenants."
"The great general Lan Yu is devoted to violence and tyranny. He keeps thousands of farm slaves and pretends to be slaves. He tries to occupy the people's fields in Dongchang and fishes and hunts in the mountains and forests at will."
"Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, raised 150 slaves and killed five men and women in his farm."
"Cao Guogong Li Jinglong invaded and occupied more than 200 hectares of farm ponds."
"Feng Sheng, Duke of Song Dynasty, ordered his family to transport tens of thousands of kilograms of private salt from Yunnan for sale, disrupting the country's salt law..."
The memorial was very long, involving dozens of names, all of which were generals who contributed to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The more Zhu Yunxi read, the more frightened he became. The sins of these princes and generals were marked one by one by the censor of the Inspectorate.
It's clear.
Occupying fields, buying and selling slaves, indulging domestic slaves to cause trouble, selling private salt, and cutting down forests without permission. Zhu Yuanzhang hated all of them because any of them involved the interests of the people.
Moreover, among these people, headed by Lan Yu, Marquis of Jingchuan, Marquis of Dingyuan, Marquis of Dongguan, Marquis of Ji'an, etc. were all former subordinates of the prince.
"Fortunately, there is no uncle's house!" Zhu Yunxi looked twice and didn't see the Chang family, so he felt relieved, "Fortunately, no innocent lives were lost!"
The greed of these dignitaries throughout the ages has been a chronic disease of every dynasty, and is a common disease for thousands of years and even thousands of years from now. Power can make people become insane. Money can blind people's eyes.
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This is also one of the reasons why the original regime used ministers to suppress warriors after taking over the world. Ministers are far easier to manage than warriors.
The warriors who use the sword are simple-minded, and few know how to protect themselves wisely. Few of them know how to advance or retreat. They all think that they are following the emperor to conquer the world. There is still hard work without credit, and greed does not matter.
But what the old man hates most is greed and violence.
"The old man is going to kill someone!" Zhu Yunxi thought silently in his heart.
Back then, before Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he told Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.
You all started from me and achieved this feat with great difficulty. It did not happen overnight.
I heard that you and other domestic boys are arrogant and overstepping the etiquette and law. The villain is unruly and if he is not punished early, there may be quarrels in the future. It is better not to be burdened by it and to get rid of it quickly.
The general idea is that you have followed me and gone through so many difficulties to achieve what you have today. It is not easy.
Your family members and domestic slaves, who rely on human power and do not know how to abide by the law, will bring you trouble sooner or later.
If I punish them, there will be dissatisfaction between us brothers. Therefore, you must restrain them and do not act illegally.
Now, these words that Zhu Yuanzhang once said have all come true.
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the old man worked conscientiously and did not dare to do anything rashly. He did not dare to drink too much wine, did not dare to watch too many songs and dances, and did not dare to wear too many gorgeous clothes. He just wanted to set a good example for the world.
However, the men who followed him secretly undermined him and exploited the common people to commit lawlessness.
The whole history talks about Zhu Yuanzhang's killing and attacking the city, but it doesn't say why these people died?
A question suddenly came to Zhu Yunxi's mind, "What if I were an old man?"
The lawlessness and greed of the powerful cannot be eradicated now. Even if there are no generals, corruption and rampage among officials will continue to emerge in endlessly and become more and more intense in the future.
Take the Ming Dynasty as an example, which of the chief ministers and ministers of the past dynasties was not the richest man in the world?
During the Jiajing period, the Yan family fell. The confiscated family property included thirty thousand taels of gold and more than two million in silver, not counting real estate such as fields and manors. These were the figures reported to the emperor after the seizure.
The person who presided over the inspection of the Yan family was the most famous incorruptible official during the Jiajing period, Ge Lao Xu Jie. This person, who was called an incorruptible official, had more than 400,000 acres of land in his family, and he collected a rent of 100,000 yuan a year.
Nineteen thousand stones.
Where did these fields come from? It was not just that they had invaded people's fields. In addition to these, his family also had many weaving shops, and there were thousands of weaver girls working for him.
As much as Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, how greedy those officials were in the later years! This kind of stubborn disease will not only affect you now, but also in the future...
Things like moral character and integrity have never been very reliable.
Thinking about it, Zhu Yunxi picked up all the memorials on the ground and stacked them neatly.
Behind him, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly came, "Have you finished reading?"
Zhu Yunxi turned around and said, "Grandpa, look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair a little tired and asked, "Tell me, what should we do?" Then he looked at Zhu Yunxi and said, "To be honest, don't think about being like your father, He Xini!"
"The grandson's portrait, if it is real..."
"How many heads of censors in the Inspectorate dare to impeach these military generals!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted, "Hu Weiyong didn't dare to offend them back then!"
"There are two ways, one is to handle it fairly, and the other is for the emperor to beat them and make them aware of themselves!" Zhu Yunxi said without hesitation.
"If they had known how to introspect themselves, they wouldn't have caused so much trouble!" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.
Zhu Yunxi could see that the old man was hesitating in his heart.
The old man's approach to dealing with problems has always been simple and rude. Anyone who is disobedient and feels threatened will be killed. However, in recent years, Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, two major cases involving tens of thousands of people, have already resulted in a large number of deaths.
For the sake of balance and stability, if we go on a killing spree at this time, will it cause instability in the political situation? Moreover, several of those named in Yuan Tai's memorial, including Lan Yu, have just made military exploits and have not yet returned to the court.
Moreover, after all, this was a feudal era, an era where classes were clearly defined and respect was emphasized. And these people were ministers who had contributed to the Ming Dynasty. Even Zhu Yuanzhang could not kill them casually.
Unless these people really don't know how to advance or retreat. And they pose a threat to his empire.
"Dasun, if it were you and you wanted to beat them up, what would you do?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Zhu Yunxi pondered for a while, "These people are deeply involved with each other. This is the case for the grandson. The grandson will find one of them and show him the memorial. Tell him that if he wants to save his life, he must give the grandson a step and give the inspectorate a step.
Steps, give the people an explanation."
"Spit out what you eat and give out what you take in. Hand over everything that shouldn't be theirs. Grandson, pretend it never happened. These warriors are all meritorious veterans. Telling one person is equivalent to telling everyone that grandson misses them."
He won’t be so ignorant.”
In fact, Zhu Yunxu had another idea. If he really had to handle it himself. Everything else was easy to say, but as long as it involved infringement of people's property and caused human lives, it would be directly handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Office for trial.
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What to do, no matter what, there is no mercy. Either take away the title, take back the land and property, or remove the official position and demote to a commoner.
Relatives of wealthy slaves who cause trouble in their families will be held accountable according to law, whether they will be exiled to the army or beheaded, all depends on the judgment of the three divisions.
As an emperor, you must ensure justice for the majority of people.
"Well!" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and nodded, "Dasun, you go and do this!"
"Ah?" Zhu Yunhe raised his head in surprise, "Grandpa Huang, do you want your grandson to do it?"
"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Go and help Grandpa, beat these hob meats."
This chapter has been completed!