Zhang Dingbian above the main hall is a god of war!
At least in Sitarama's eyes, Zhang Dingbian is the God of War!
He took the two hammers of Blish who he killed and swung them wantonly among the crowd. One blow of the hammer was enough to kill someone, and the blood splattered on him, but he didn't care at all. It was just a hammer, just a smash.
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Wherever he passed, there was no enemy.
Twenty Ming army guards had already entered the hall at this time, and five sergeants were assigned to protect Zhou Buxin, while the other fifteen also entered the crowd.
Zhang Dingbian killed a pirate who was approaching him with a hammer. When he saw Sitarama hiding behind a pillar and observing secretly, Zhang Dingbian narrowed his eyes and raised the hammer with minced meat and blood stains on it and pointed it at Sitarama:
"Capture the thief first! Capture the king first! Brothers, capture Sitarama!"
Seeing Zhang Dingbian targeting him, Sitarama was so frightened that he turned around and was about to run away. When Zhang Dingbian saw that he was about to run, he immediately threw out the hammer in his hand and hit Sitarama squarely on the leg.
superior.
Choking!
At this time, the pirate's knife also hit his armor. Unfortunately, the quality of the pirate's knife was not good. Instead of cutting through the armor, the steel knife bounced off the armor and broke.
Zhang Dingbian turned his head, his bloodstained face instantly frightened the pirate. Before he could move again, Zhang Dingbian punched him in the head, rolled his eyes and fainted.
Zhou Buxin saw Sitarama dragging her leg that was broken by Zhang Dingbian and wanted to run away. He immediately became anxious and captured a king... Even if this king is just the king of a city, isn't that the case overseas... This is obtained
What a credit!
"Let's go around and chase Sitarama!"
Zhou Buxin was quick to cut off the situation and ordered without any hesitation: "We must not let him escape under any circumstances tonight."
The sergeant still hesitated: "But the order the general gave me is..."
Just as he was about to protect Zhou Buxin, he was interrupted directly by Zhou Buxin: "This is my order now! Go immediately and run away from Sitarama, I want your heads!"
Seeing Zhou Buxin's murderous intent, the five sergeants did not dare to say anything more and quickly led Zhou Buxin in pursuit of Sitarama.
The sergeants traveled thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty and wandered on the sea. They also wanted to make military achievements, and Zhou Buxin's words agreed with them.
Sitarama must not be allowed to escape!
When a hundred Ming soldiers ran from the port to the palace, the battle in the palace was over, and only Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin were sulking.
Zhang Dingbian killed all the guards, pirates, and pirate leaders in the palace, but only Sitarama ran away... He ran away, so he ran away, but Zhou Buxin took advantage of him.
This is like Zhang Dingbian marrying his daughter-in-law. The betrothal gift was paid, the house was built, and the bride came home. But when she entered the bridal chamber, she discovered that the groom was Zhou Buxin. Where does this make sense?
Zhou Buxin was happy... no matter who took advantage, he would be happy.
As for inviting Zhang Dingbian to drink several times, it was a trivial matter and not a problem at all.
…
"These are what dogs call worms!"
When Zhu Han passed by Xuzhou, he was really angry. He went on a killing spree in Xuzhou, killing seventy-three officials, including the governor of Xuzhou, and of course their family members.
Zhu Han returned home angrily and said to Liu Sanniang: "If Zhang Qian is smashed to pieces, it will be easier for him to die. Do you really think that you can become a local emperor in Xuzhou? Treat the people as slaves and kill them if you want... ...The dog said, the huge city of Xuzhou is in such a mess that they manage it!"
Zhang Qian, the governor of Xuzhou Prefecture, is a big local family. He took advantage of his being a native of Xuzhou and brought in countless businesses for his family. The whole of Xuzhou only recognized the Zhang family but not the prefecture. The Zhang family was developing faster and faster. Xuzhou's influence is also growing. Every disciple of the Zhang family is arrogant and domineering, taking care of people's lives, raping women, bullying and dominating the market... As a result, there are almost no businessmen from outside Xuzhou, and they are all occupied by the Zhang family.
Zhang Qian had already known in advance that Zhu Han was passing by Xuzhou and knew Zhu Han's focus, so before Zhu Han came, he led the Zhang family to make arrangements and threatened the people at the same time.
However, how did Zhang Qian know that Zhu Han already knew what they were doing on the way to Xuzhou. The first thing he did when he came to Xuzhou was to control Zhang Qian and his family, and at the same time make a public announcement to let Xuzhou The people of the city exposed the evidence of Zhang Qian's crime.
At first, no common people dared to come. Zhu Han found a few people to help him, and soon the people's enthusiasm was mobilized. Zhang Gan's misdeeds flew to Zhu Han's table like snowflakes. Zhu Han gave an order, and Zhang Gan Qian, his family, and those who had colluded with Zhang Qian were all beheaded in public.
Moreover, Zhu Han did a very good job when he killed them. He took all the officials headed by Zhang Qian and those who had committed crimes in front of the people, and presented the evidence of their crimes to the people. In the end, Zhang Qian and him Officials with close relationships were forcibly pulled from the execution platform by the excited people and beaten to death with their fists.
Liu Sanniang came from a green forest background. Before she met Zhu Han, she had also seen corrupt officials, so she hated corrupt officials in her heart: "What you are saying is that it is really easy for these people to die. We should cut them into pieces to satisfy our hatred! Aren’t the salaries His Majesty paid them quite high? Why does this happen again?”
"People's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants, but they are still greedy!"
Zhu Han clenched his fists and knocked on the table: "Everyone is greedy, but you can't be insatiable. People like Zhang Qian who don't take the people into their hearts will become greedy!"
Seeing that Zhu Han was still angry, Liu Sanniang did not continue to ignite the anger. Instead, she held Zhu Han's hand and persuaded him: "My lord, don't let such bastards ruin your mood. You have already punished them, and the people don't need to." No matter what you are afraid of, it’s not worth getting so angry over this kind of scumbag.”
"Um."
Zhu Han took a few long breaths to calm down, and then said: "I also know that corrupt officials are constantly being punished. This is not something that can only be accomplished by external supervision, but also by people's own control. But... we have to find a way , so that they don’t dare to go too far!”
When Liu Sanniang heard Zhu Han's words, her previous confidence appeared again, and her eyes lit up: "Have you thought of a solution to the problem?"
"Um."
Zhu Han nodded, "Don't they pay the most attention to etiquette, justice and integrity? Then start with etiquette, justice and integrity!"
…
Zhu Han's actions did not conceal Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only that, he also wrote a long letter telling Zhu Yuanzhang the beginning of the matter.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he naturally clapped his hands and applauded!
And in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he told them that this is what Zhu Han should do!
All officials have become accustomed to it. Zhu Yuanzhang has unconditional trust in Zhu Han, and Zhu Yuanzhang will agree with everything he does.
Okay, anyway, the world belongs to your old Zhu family. If you trust Zhu Han so much, we have nothing to say.
In fact, not only Zhu Yuanzhang trusted Zhu Han, but all the officials in the court, including those who disliked Zhu Han very much, also trusted Zhu Han in their hearts.
Zhu Han was fair, respected the law, and did not fight for power. Zhu Yuanzhang did not even want Zhu Han to be Huang Taidi. This level of ambition alone was not something ordinary people could have. The only thing about Zhu Han that dissatisfied most courtiers was that he stood on the throne.
He stood with the common people instead of with the scholar-bureaucrats... Because of this, they were destined not to be friends.
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All the officials were in trouble, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think so.
He looked at Zhu Han's letter to him and said to the officials in the court: "In the letter, the King of England abhorred corruption and bullying of the people. He said that the reason why officials became corrupt was because they could not suppress their desires and blindly killed people.
Giving up was not the answer, so he gave me an idea."
After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Han gave Zhu Han another idea in the letter, he immediately became serious.
They can let Zhu Han kill corrupt officials, but they don't want him to give Zhu Yuanzhang advice. Zhu Han is full of bad ideas, and all his ideas are bad, which makes them miserable.
If this idea is not good, they will have to find a way to get Zhu Yuanzhang to abandon it.
"I think the King of England's proposal is good."
Zhu Yuanzhang put down Zhu Han's letter and looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "We are all people who have read the Four Books and Five Classics. Naturally, we know what etiquette, justice, integrity and shame are! But when you stretched out your hands, you forgot about etiquette, justice, integrity and shame. Then we will
I’ll help you get these decency, justice and integrity back.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said something meaningless, and the courtiers didn't understand what it meant, but what Zhu Yuanzhang said next made the courtiers explode.
"Where is the Minister of Justice?"
Zhu Yuanzhang directly named the name of the Minister of Punishment. When he saw Li Shangyi, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, walking out of the queue of officials, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "There are still many officials who have committed crimes and are locked up in cells. There is no need to lock them up at all.
Your Ministry of Punishment sent a group of people to take the officials in prison to various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and asked them to tell the story of their corruption when they arrived to warn officials everywhere."
What?
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made all the civil and military officials in the court unable to hold their nerve.
Is this Zhu Han's idea for Zhu Yuanzhang?
It's too... too special. It's such a loss.
The officials cursed Zhu Han's eighteen generations of ancestors in their hearts.
Let corrupt officials get out of their cells and go to government offices across the country to give lectures to officials... Those officials in the cells were already disgraced, but now Zhu Han wants to tear off their faces.
However, this is not the end yet.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Where is the compilation of the Hanlin Academy?"
A young editor stood up, and Zhu Yuanzhang said to him: "I am going to compile a book on these corrupt officials. You re-copy their materials and make them detailed enough that the people can understand them at a glance. Don't use them."
Whatever Spring and Autumn writing style is recorded truthfully, I want this "Warning Book" to be a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, so that when they stretch out their hands, they will remember the warnings given by this book."
"..."
This wave of operations by Zhu Yuanzhang caught all the civil and military officials of the dynasty off guard... Ah, no, this was not Zhu Yuanzhang's operation, but Zhu Han's operation. How could Zhu Yuanzhang come up with such a destructive trick?
This is not only to let them tear off their faces, but also to make them infamy for eternity!
Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty exists or not, this "Warning Book" will always exist, and according to Zhu Yuanzhang, this book is to be sold to the people. This is not a special thing for officials in prison to become the talk of the people after dinner.
?
This move is really cruel!
How could Zhu Han come up with such a despicable trick? In this way, being an official in the Ming Dynasty was a very dangerous industry, and he might be infamy for thousands of years... The key is that it is too difficult to follow Zhu Yuanzhang and collect fifty taels of silver.
If you can peel off the skin and fill it with grass, who would dare to enter the court of the Ming Dynasty?
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible."
The stubborn censor stood up to object, but Zhu Yuanzhang turned him back with one sentence: "What? Do you think these corrupt officials cannot be exposed? They have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and we still need to take care of them
Can't you cover up your face for them?"
"That's not the case! I think that the decision made by you and His Royal Highness is very wise. This move can greatly reduce the officials' greed for ink."
The official who objected knelt on the ground and hurriedly explained: "The reason why I object is because the law set by your Majesty is too strict. If you take more than fifty taels of ink, you will be skinned and turned into grass on the spot. This law is consistent with the law."
The conflict in the "Warning Book" you mentioned, if officials caught being corrupt will be skinned and stuffed on the spot, how can it serve as a warning to officials all over the world?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he glanced at the letters on the table.
Unexpectedly, there were people in the court who had the same idea as Zhu Han.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang interested, and he asked: "What do you think should be done?"
When the officials heard what the censor said, they still wanted to watch the fun, but they didn't expect that the censor who had just spoken against Zhu Yuanzhang actually stood with Zhu Yuanzhang and pointed the finger at them. The officials were furious.
Blood almost spurted out... I cursed in my heart: Whose family does this censor belong to? He actually has a bone on his head!
What the hell, I’m so embarrassed now that I can’t even die to get it over with!
"I believe that the laws restricting officials should be formulated in more detail. Fifty taels of silver is greedy for ink. So, do items that match fifty taels of silver be considered greedy for ink?"
The censor seemed to have conducted in-depth research on this matter, and his answer to Zhu Yuanzhang's question was very clear: "Your Majesty, the laws you specified before are too strict. I believe that corresponding punishment measures should be formulated for different greedy people.
"Death is not the only solution. Exile and reform through labor should be part of the punishment for corruption."
After hearing this, all the officials felt as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with joy and even clapped his hands without any concealment: "Okay, what you said is very good. You will be responsible for this matter. I will see a law against corrupt officials within a month! Can you do it?"
arrive?"
The minister knelt on his knees and prostrated on the ground: "I, Chen Ying, will never betray your majesty's trust!"
The faces of the civil and military officials in the court became even more ugly. They stared at Chen Ying who was kneeling on the ground, their eyes spitting fire. If this was not the court, they would want to deal with Chen Ying right now.
