Lao Zhu also wanted to kill all the corrupt officials here, but he suffered from the lack of evidence. If Lao Zhu had 10,000 pairs of eyes and could keep a close eye on all these officials, then Lao Zhu would definitely not let anyone here go.
A corrupt official.
"Don't worry." Lao Zhu became angry again and said in a cold voice: "I will kill one when I see one, and kill a pair when I see two. I will kill all the corrupt officials in the world. You are not the first, nor will you be the last.
.”
When Guo Huan saw the dead end, his face turned ferocious and he completely fell into madness, "Your Majesty, nine out of ten officials have been corrupt since ancient times. There are so many corrupt officials in the world. Have you finished killing them? Have you finished killing them!"
"I've seen people kill each other, but I don't believe that they can't lead to a bright future." Lao Zhu took a deep breath and made the final decision to Guo Huan, "Here comes someone."
"Here." The guards outside the palace came in as ordered.
"Drag Guo Huan down and punish him by skinning daylily and barbarizing his three tribes."
"Follow orders." .??.
Guo Huan was dragged away by the guards. He kept struggling and shouted unwillingly: "Your Majesty, you can't kill all the corrupt officials in the world. You can't kill them all."
After Guo Huan was taken away, Lao Zhu's anger did not subside, but instead grew even higher.
"Guo Huan said that I gave him too little, and he would not be able to live without corruption. I ask you, do you think I gave him too little?"
The officials bowed their heads and remained silent, no one dared to speak.
After a while, Lao Zhu saw no one answered, so he continued: "If anyone feels that the salary I gave him is too small, he can leave now. I will not hold him accountable and will give him an extra half-year's salary. Is there anyone willing to leave?
?”
Lao Zhu sat firmly on the dragon chair, looking at all the officials intently, and waited for a long time to have a cup of tea.
Then he said: "It seems that there is no, or no one is willing to leave, which means that the offer I gave is not small. Since no one is willing to leave, then if anyone dares to embezzle in the future, I will definitely punish him severely. In addition, Guo
Huan and the others can't do such a big thing. There must be others in the court who are colluding with him. Since I asked you to leave just now, don't blame me for being unkind."
"The department will conduct a strict investigation and I will personally interrogate you and withdraw from the court!"
The court retreated, but the officials were not as relieved as before. Instead, they moved away mechanically with their own thoughts. Those who had connections with Guo Huan felt even more uneasy, and even regretted not resigning just now.
never mind.
Everyone is still looking lost and no one has noticed anything strange about them, but they really have no confidence at all whether they can get away with it in front of the emperor.
A storm broke out in the early morning and swept across the entire Ming Dynasty. I originally thought that the early morning scene was the peak of the whole incident. After all, a second-grade official was convicted and imprisoned. But then the officials discovered that that was just the beginning, and it was far from the beginning.
to the end.
In the following days, almost every morning, officials were accused and imprisoned due to Guo Huan's involvement. Later, it even developed to the point where officials were arrested every day. Some officials were still sleeping, and their doors were broken open.
He was dragged out of the bed and thrown directly into the prison cell where he was tortured.
For a moment, all the officials were afraid of being attacked by Lao Zhu, and they were in panic all day long.
Under such high-intensity pressure, even those officials who had nothing to do with Guo Huan couldn't stand it.
They had to look up to find a way to end all this. Those officials who had evil intentions were desperately trying to find a straw to catch.
In an instant, hundreds of officials rushed to the East Palace like a tide. The East Palace now looked just like the time when the Fengtian Palace went to court. Six ministers and ministers from each department gathered in front of Zhu Biao.
"Your Highness, more than a hundred officials have been arrested in Guo Huan's case so far. That's enough." Ren Ang, the Minister of Rites, advised Zhu Biao sincerely, "Why don't Your Highness the Prince just report to the Emperor and end it here?
"
Zhu Biao has no choice. He doesn't dare to get involved in this matter now. As far as Zhu Biao knows, this is not the first time that people like Guo Huan have stolen official grain. It's just because they stole it before.
The quantity was small and they were cautious, so they were not noticed by anyone. I don’t know why they went crazy this year. It was clear that the harvest was bad and the entire Ming Dynasty was in short supply of food, but they still dared to steal and sell it like crazy.
This matter is no longer just a matter of corruption and theft of official grain. Compared with the people who generously donated grain to Henan some time ago, what people like Guo Huan did was simply inferior to animals.
Facing the officials' pleading, Zhu Biao was helpless, "My father is now determined to get to the bottom of this case and will not let any corrupt officials go. Let alone the orphan, even the queen mother is here."
Even now, I can’t persuade my father.”
When all the officials heard this, they all had sad faces and felt sad in their hearts. They all scolded Guo Huan in their hearts for being too greedy, and even if he wanted to die himself, he would drag everyone down now. However, Guo Huan is now in prison.
, waiting for the case to be concluded, they would be sentenced to the punishment of peeling daylilies. Even if they hated Guo Huan, they would not be able to rush into the prison and beat him.
Wang Huidi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, sighed and said: "Your Highness, even if you can't persuade me, you still have to find a way to persuade me. Now the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is almost full of the Gonggun princes above the court, and the court is already in turmoil.
If things go on like this, I'm afraid even the world will be unstable."
"Yes, Your Highness, all the officials are in panic all day long, so how can they think about handling government affairs? If the government's decrees are not smooth, I'm afraid the world will start to be in turmoil."
Faced with the officials' persuasion, Zhu Biao was not as tough-tempered as Lao Zhu after all, so he nodded in confusion and agreed.
After Baiguan left with hope and satisfaction, Zhu Biao suddenly realized that he hadn't even thought about how to mention this matter to his father, so why had he rashly agreed to it?
But now that the matter was over, he didn't have the face to call all the officials back, so he had to bite the bullet and come to find his father. As soon as he arrived outside the palace gate, he saw the old eunuch standing outside.
When the old eunuch saw Zhu Biao arriving, he quickly took two steps forward, stopped Zhu Biao, and asked, "Why are you here, Your Highness?"
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Is your father here? I came to see your father for something."
"It's true that the Emperor is here," the old eunuch said hesitantly, "but why would His Highness come to see the Emperor at this time?"
"What's wrong? Is there any inconvenience?" Zhu Biao asked in confusion.
The old eunuch looked back at Jinshen Palace, sighed and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, please listen to the old slave's advice. If Your Highness doesn't have anything too important, you'd better come back at another time. Now the Emperor is working for Guo
Huan is furious about the matter." Lao Zhu also wanted to kill all the corrupt officials here, but he had no evidence. If Lao Zhu had 10,000 pairs of eyes and could keep a close eye on all these officials, then Lao Zhu
I will definitely not let any corrupt official here go.
"Don't worry." Lao Zhu became angry again and said in a cold voice: "I will kill one when I see one, and kill a pair when I see two. I will kill all the corrupt officials in the world. You are not the first, nor will you be the last.
.”
When Guo Huan saw the dead end, his face turned ferocious and he completely fell into madness, "Your Majesty, nine out of ten officials have been corrupt since ancient times. There are so many corrupt officials in the world. Have you finished killing them? Have you finished killing them!"
"I've seen people kill each other, but I don't believe that they can't lead to a bright future." Lao Zhu took a deep breath and made the final decision to Guo Huan, "Here comes someone."
"Here." The guards outside the palace came in as ordered.
"Drag Guo Huan down and punish him by skinning daylily and barbarizing his three tribes."
"Follow orders."
Guo Huan was dragged away by the guards. He kept struggling and shouted unwillingly: "Your Majesty, you can't kill all the corrupt officials in the world. You can't kill them all."
After Guo Huan was taken away, Lao Zhu's anger did not subside, but instead grew even higher.
"Guo Huan said that I gave him too little, and he would not be able to live without corruption. I ask you, do you think I gave him too little?"
The officials bowed their heads and remained silent, no one dared to speak.
After a while, Lao Zhu saw no one answered, so he continued: "If anyone feels that the salary I gave him is too small, he can leave now. I will not hold him accountable and will give him an extra half-year's salary. Is there anyone willing to leave?
?”
Lao Zhu sat firmly on the dragon chair, looking at all the officials intently, and waited for a long time to have a cup of tea.
Then he said: "It seems that there is no, or no one is willing to leave, which means that the offer I gave is not small. Since no one is willing to leave, then if anyone dares to embezzle in the future, I will definitely punish him severely. In addition, Guo
Huan and the others can't do such a big thing. There must be others in the court who are colluding with him. Since I asked you to leave just now, don't blame me for being unkind."
"The department will conduct a strict investigation and I will personally interrogate you and withdraw from the court!"
The court retreated, but the officials were not as relieved as before. Instead, they moved away mechanically with their own thoughts. Those who had connections with Guo Huan felt even more uneasy, and even regretted not resigning just now.
never mind.
Everyone is still looking lost and no one has noticed anything strange about them, but they really have no confidence at all whether they can get away with it in front of the emperor.
A storm broke out in the early morning and swept across the entire Ming Dynasty. I originally thought that the early morning scene was the peak of the whole incident. After all, a second-grade official was convicted and imprisoned. But then the officials discovered that that was just the beginning, and it was far from the beginning.
to the end.
In the following days, almost every morning, officials were accused and imprisoned due to Guo Huan's involvement. Later, it even developed to the point where officials were arrested every day. Some officials were still sleeping, and their doors were broken open.
He was dragged out of the bed and thrown directly into the prison cell where he was tortured.
For a moment, all the officials were afraid of being attacked by Lao Zhu, and they were in panic all day long.
Under such high-intensity pressure, even those officials who had nothing to do with Guo Huan couldn't stand it.
They had to look up to find a way to end all this. Those officials who had evil intentions were desperately trying to find a straw to catch.
In an instant, hundreds of officials rushed to the East Palace like a tide. The East Palace now looked just like the time when the Fengtian Palace went to court. Six ministers and ministers from each department gathered in front of Zhu Biao.
"Your Highness, more than a hundred officials have been arrested in Guo Huan's case so far. That's enough." Ren Ang, the Minister of Rites, advised Zhu Biao sincerely, "Why don't Your Highness the Prince just report to the Emperor and end it here?
"
Zhu Biao has no choice. He doesn't dare to get involved in this matter now. As far as Zhu Biao knows, this is not the first time that people like Guo Huan have stolen official grain. It's just because they stole it before.
The quantity was small and they were cautious, so they were not noticed by anyone. I don’t know why they went crazy this year. It was clear that the harvest was bad and the entire Ming Dynasty was in short supply of food, but they still dared to steal and sell it like crazy.
This matter is no longer just a matter of corruption and theft of official grain. Compared with the people who generously donated grain to Henan some time ago, what people like Guo Huan did was simply inferior to animals.
Facing the officials' pleading, Zhu Biao was helpless, "My father is now determined to get to the bottom of this case and will not let any corrupt officials go. Let alone the orphan, even the queen mother is here."
Even now, I can’t persuade my father.”
When all the officials heard this, they all had sad faces and felt sad in their hearts. They all scolded Guo Huan in their hearts for being too greedy, and even if he wanted to die himself, he would drag everyone down now. However, Guo Huan is now in prison.
, waiting for the case to be concluded, they would be sentenced to the punishment of peeling daylilies. Even if they hated Guo Huan, they would not be able to rush into the prison and beat him.
Wang Huidi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, sighed and said: "Your Highness, even if you can't persuade me, you still have to find a way to persuade me. Now the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is almost full of the Gonggun princes above the court, and the court is already in turmoil.
If things go on like this, I'm afraid even the world will be unstable."
"Yes, Your Highness, all the officials are in panic all day long, so how can they think about handling government affairs? If the government's decrees are not smooth, I'm afraid the world will start to be in turmoil."
Faced with the officials' persuasion, Zhu Biao was not as tough-tempered as Lao Zhu after all, so he nodded in confusion and agreed.
After Baiguan left with hope and satisfaction, Zhu Biao suddenly realized that he hadn't even thought about how to mention this matter to his father, so why had he rashly agreed to it?
But now that the matter was over, he didn't have the face to call all the officials back, so he had to bite the bullet and come to find his father. As soon as he arrived outside the palace gate, he saw the old eunuch standing outside.
When the old eunuch saw Zhu Biao arriving, he quickly took two steps forward, stopped Zhu Biao, and asked, "Why are you here, Your Highness?"
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Is your father here? I came to see your father for something."
"It's true that the Emperor is here," the old eunuch said hesitantly, "but why would His Highness come to see the Emperor at this time?"
"What's wrong? Is there any inconvenience?" Zhu Biao asked in confusion.
The old eunuch looked back at Jinshen Palace, sighed and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, please listen to the old slave's advice. If Your Highness does not have anything too important, you should come back at another time. Now the Emperor is working for Guo