Yang Xian's words immediately caused everyone to exclaim. Lu Chang stood up and pointed at Yang Xian's back before he fainted. Everyone around him moved silently, and no one dared to approach Lu Chang.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in charge, had a cold look on his face, so everyone knew that Lu Chang was finished, and that the Ministry of Finance might not be able to escape.
Li Shanchang frowned. The Ministry of Revenue must not fall down now. The imperial examination has not yet begun, and the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people still needs to be handled by the Ministry of Revenue.
Zhu Biao looked at Lu Chang silently. He knew this person. He was not a direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, and like Liu Bowen, he had served in Yuanting. Unlike Liu Bowen who took the initiative to defect, Lu Chang was detained by Zhu Yuanzhang and forced to stay.
Those who work beside him.
There were actually many such people in the imperial court, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not trust them, but the position was vacant, so he had to appoint them.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded indifferently and said: "Press Lu Chang into the prison of the Ministry of Justice and search his residence! As for the Ministry of Household Affairs, we must conduct a thorough investigation and capture all the officials involved. We will take their heads to tell the officials all over the world.
, Whoever dares to be corrupt and bend the law will only die!"
At this time, both Li Shanchang and Yang Xian were ready to take over the task of thoroughly investigating the household department.
Li Shanchang wanted to control the losses of the Household Department within the bearable range and ensure that the Household Department could continue to operate. Moreover, there were many Huaixi Party members in the Household Department, so he could never let Yang Xian take responsibility.
In order to completely control the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yang Xian placed people in it to control the money bag of the Ming Dynasty. With the Ministry of Household Affairs and all parties in the court needing him, he could use this to increase the suppression of Li Shanchang.
Zhu Biao took a deep breath, turned around and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "The corruption and perversion of the law by everyone in the household department is of great concern. I would like to ask you to take charge of this matter and ask for your permission."
Yang Xian's face darkened, but he did not dare to say anything. There would be no benefit in arguing with the prince.
Li Shanchang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not Yang Xian, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's handling of the matter would be good for all parties.
Liu Bowen came out and bowed and said: "I also feel that it is most appropriate for His Royal Highness to handle this matter. Please give me your permission."
Li Shanchang and the six ministers came forward to agree. Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others saw this attitude and did not join in the fun. The prince just said something, it is not a good thing for civil and military people to agree.
What the generals drank was the blood of the soldiers, so it naturally had nothing to do with corruption in the household department, so they didn't care much.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Zhu Biao and said: "Then let the matter be handled by the prince. Corrupt officials must be investigated strictly, and adultery must not be tolerated!"
Zhu Biao bowed and responded: "My son, I obey your order."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked at the civil and military officials and said: "It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for God to bully them. You should take care of yourself!"
After everyone agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and left. Zhu Biao looked at the officials below and said: "The Ministry of Punishment sent people to take down the officials from the Ministry of Accounts and keep them under strict supervision, and immediately took over the Ministry of Accounts. The documents and account books were sealed. There is no one here."
His orders must not be touched by anyone, and anyone who dares to resist or damage the account books will be shot to death."
After the Minister of Punishment took the order and left, Zhu Biao looked at the remaining people and said: "Dear lords, did you hear what the Holy One just said? Don't let the Holy One down."
Then Zhu Biao asked them to go back. There were many things in various departments of the imperial court. If something happened in the household department, things would be delayed for at least several days, and they had to go back and make arrangements quickly.
Li Shanchang did not move. When everyone had left, Zhu Biao also walked down the steps and stood next to Li Shanchang with his hands clasped behind his back.
Li Shanchang raised his hands to Zhu Biao and said, "It would be best for Your Highness to take over this matter."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I have my own sense of proportion, but the Ministry of Revenue will inevitably be short of manpower afterwards, so we'd better arrange some people to prepare as soon as possible."
Li Shanchang was relieved when he heard this. The matter had been solved. A group of people had to die anyway. Otherwise, the emperor's words would not become a joke, and there would be nothing to warn the officials in the future.
After Li Shanchang left, Zhu Biao went directly to the imperial study. After bowing to his father, he said: "It seems that Yang Xian's matter can no longer be concealed. Otherwise, why would he be so eager to attack the household department."
Zhu Yuanzhang still had anger on his face: "Humph, if their butts are clean, what can Yang Xian do to them."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Kill all those who have stolen more than sixty taels, and give them a chance for the rest.
Zhu Biao sighed: "Father, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in the Household Department."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he wanted to kill them all, but when he thought that Hu Bu couldn't fall down now, he only felt itching with hatred.
Zhu Biao also hated corrupt officials, but he did not agree with his father's method of suppressing them by killing them, especially when officials' salaries were so low.
Among the emperors of all dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who wanted to eat the flesh and drink the blood of corrupt officials. In the later period of his rule, he used all kinds of torture, intimidation and warning.
But the results are not very high. Corrupt officials are emerging in endlessly, and they can never be killed. Even tens of thousands of people have been beheaded, which cannot stop the succession of corrupt officials.
Why is it said that there were no famous officials in the later period of the Hongwu Dynasty? It was because those who were killed had no room to grow up. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered his subordinates, a large number of officials were killed, and most of them were not even qualified to stand trial in court.
In fact, most of the time, traitorous ministers are capable ministers. If they are used properly, the money they receive from corruption and bribery is nothing at all. Just like He Shen, how good he is, he has worked hard all his life and left such a large fortune to the royal family.
, that’s something even the emperor couldn’t save.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, now is not the time to deal with the officials, it is not too late to keep these people and deal with them later.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and said, "Then you can handle it, but don't be too merciful, thinking that we can't afford someone like Lu Chang."
Zhu Biao nodded, and then bowed and resigned. Naturally, although his father was jealous of evil, he also knew what the most important thing was now. Anti-corruption cases such as the "Guo Heng Case" and other anti-corruption cases had great influence in history.
It only started fifteen years after Hongwu.
Is what they did so difficult to do now? Under the surveillance of the pro-military captain's mansion, how could these things be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang? He was just waiting for the opportunity.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is full of waste and waiting for prosperity, it is by no means a good time to rectify the government. If Yang Xian hadn't made the matter a big deal, it would have been at least a few years before Zhu Yuanzhang would start to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.
Lu Chang was a capable minister. He was originally an official in the former Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang knew how capable Lu Chang was if he could detain him and appoint him as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
There are very few people who can manage the country's taxes so well. Unfortunately, things have happened, and Lu Chang can't save it. There are not many officials in the former Yuan Dynasty, so Lu Chang wants to warn them with his life not to be greedy for the old things of the previous dynasty.
As for whether Lu Chang is in the house or not, it is no longer important to mourn for Bei Yuan. Politics is like this, and every move you make will be magnified at critical moments.