After the punishment for the empty seal case was basically completed, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that this matter would have been over.

But at this time, a brave man stood up.

With his strong character of almost fearlessness, he directly criticized Zhu Yuanzhang's wrong approach to the air seal case, and deeply explained his theoretical views.

This person was not an official and did not serve in the court during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign.

It can be said that he is a real grass-roots person.

His name is Zheng Shili.

The reason why he understood the hollow seal case was because of his brother.

His brother's name is Zheng Shiyuan, and his official position is the Assistant Censor of Huguang (Deputy County Magistrate).

After the punishment of the Air Seal Case came down, Zheng Shiyuan, as the deputy county magistrate, could not escape the fate of punishment.

He was about to be beaten with a hundred military sticks and then sent to the frontier to serve as a military force.

Zheng Shili, who felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's wrong behavior was really unreasonable, stood up.

After feeling that his brother had been treated unfairly, Zheng Shili decided to risk his life to give advice!

He first seized an opportunity that seemed very reasonable in his opinion.

Star transformation (supercredibility).

After the star transformation occurred, Zhu Yuanzhang, who lived a life of thunder, rain, and thundering every day, felt that he must have done something that angered Tianyan, so he asked everyone to give advice, criticize his recent actions, and then corrected them.

At this time, Zheng Shili knew that his opportunity had come.

So he wrote a ten thousand words book and prepared to submit it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In this ten thousand words book, he clearly explained the loopholes in the empty seal case and explained his own views.

First of all, he pointed out that all blank documents are clasps, not just a large seal on a piece of white paper, and then officials can use the blank documents to do whatever they want. The range of clasps available for clasps is actually very limited.

You are wrong with this first point.

This point can be summarized briefly as: unknown.

Secondly, Zheng Shili started his work on distance and numbers.

He said that it is okay to say that two or three thousand kilometers away from your capital, but it is six or seven thousand kilometers away. It takes more than a year to go back and forth for such a long journey. Before the first year's payment was completed, the task of the second year began again. The time you gave for reconciliation and settlement every year was not enough.

Besides, you, Boss Zhu, said that you are not allowed to do this, so what do you think? As the boss, you will give me a trick. If you can have a feasible plan, then we will follow you. If it doesn’t work, it means there is no way to do it.

The second point can be simply summarized as: it is inconsistent.

Again, before writing the book, Zheng Shili might have studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so he took advantage of the loopholes in the law.

He said that before the case broke out, the method of empty seals had been used without any illegal and irregularities, and our Ming Dynasty did not clearly state that the use of empty seal documents was not allowed (note this point).

But today you said that doing this is illegal and you have to kill so many people. So what is your basis?

You said that you can't do this, you have to kill so many people.

This point can be summarized as: unfairness to the law.

Last but not least, in order to take into account Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Zheng Shili did not forget to lay a step for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He talked about the origins of the officials.

He said that the officials under your command have reached their current position through layers of screening and continuous examinations. The country has also put in a lot of effort in cultivating them. They have finally gained experience to do things for you, but it is a pity that you want to kill them all because of this matter.

I feel a pity for the country, and it’s a pity for you to arrive. [I secretly cherish it for Your Majesty!]

Hope, Emperor, you can give lenient retribution to the officials involved in the case!

This is the general content of Zheng Shili's memorial.

After the memorial was written, Zheng Shili prepared to hand it over to Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, before the memorial was submitted, Zheng Shili discovered that while Boss Zhu allowed to make a statement, he also ordered a decree called "The crime of false public and private words (using the loopholes of the heavenly change to exonerate the relatives)" which was very unfavorable to him.

So he thought of a solution.

In order to clear his relationship with his brother and to avoid suspicion, he did not rush to write a letter. Instead, he submitted a letter after his brother Zheng Shiyuan was beaten with a hundred military sticks.

My brother has been beaten, so I'm not trying to excuse my brother!

I have to say that on the issue of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zheng Shili still left a certain way out for himself.

Because he had put himself in a neutral position on the surface, he was no longer just trying to excuse his brother, but debated for all the officials involved in the Air Seal Case.

Zheng Shili, who had never dealt with Zhu Yuanzhang head-on but thought he had grasped the truth, would never know what kind of trouble this memorial would cause to him.

He did not really understand Zhu Yuanzhang.

If my previous idea of ​​the political trap of the air seal case was established, then this memorial would undoubtedly be fatal to Zheng Shili.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang, who didn't even take officials seriously, be defeated by a small commoner like Zheng Shili?

When he saw Zheng Shili's document, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

I'll push you!

If you dare to challenge me publicly, I think you are impatient in your life.

So, when Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, Zheng Shili was arrested by Zhu Yuanzhang.

And under Zhu Yuanzhang's personal supervision, he ordered the prime minister and the censor to form a joint investigation team to strictly examine Zheng Shili's motive for the crime and demanded to dig deep into the mastermind behind him.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, Zheng Shili's advice was undoubtedly a favorable excuse for killing officials.

But this time Zhu Yuanzhang was really disappointed.

Zheng Shili, a pure grass man, really has no background behind him. He can be said to be a real bachelor.

We now have a classic noun that perfectly describes Zheng Shili's identity.

Single dog.

A pure single dog.

In the eyes of single dogs, one principle has always been adhered to, one person eats enough and the whole family will not be hungry.

It can also be said: I am a bachelor, who am I afraid of!

I personally think that even his brother Zheng Shiyuan didn't know about Zheng Shili's memorial, because Zheng Shiyuan, who was in the officialdom, should have some understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang's governance policy, and he should also be clear about what impact this memorial will have on him.

It can be said that this is a completely lost business.

Under such extreme threats, as an official who has been punished accordingly, this memorial is basically equivalent to suicide.

The political destiny you have to face may be cut off (feet), beheaded, or beheaded, or be lingchi. These are all punishments you may face.

Choose between exile and being killed, and any normal person with a brain will choose the former.

So I think Zheng Shiyuan doesn't understand what his younger brother did.

Zheng Shiyuan, who had endured humiliation and suffered during the exile, should be grateful that he had a brave younger brother, because since Zheng Shili was arrested by Zhu Yuanzhang and tortured severely, Zheng Shili, who was just a bachelor, did not involve his brother at all, and took all the responsibility from beginning to end.

From this point of view, in addition to not being afraid of death, Zheng Shili should also have a proud look.

The pride who would rather die than surrender.

As for this excuse that could have been perfectly used, even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was ruthless in killing, had to give up helplessly.

After the harsh interrogation, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had no results, bizarrely did not kill him.

Instead, he was given another political treatment.

Let him go to labor reform.

I won't kill you, but I will never spare you!

Let you deeply understand your mistakes in the hard work.

At the same time, let you know a truth: Everything I do is right, even if it is clearly wrong, it is still right!
Chapter completed!