First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Yang Xian's words immediately aroused everyone's exclamation, Lu Chang straightened up, pointed at Yang Xian's back and passed out, the people around him moved their bodies silently, 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 the Ministry of Household Affairs might be doomed.

Li Shanchang frowned, the Ministry of Household Affairs must not fall now, the imperial examination has not yet started, and the Ministry of Household Affairs still needs to deal with the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

Zhu Biao looked at Lu Chang silently. He knew this person. He was not Zhu Yuanzhang's direct descendant, and he had served in the Yuan court like Liu Bowen. Served by his side.

There are actually many such people in the imperial court, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't trust them, but he has no choice but to appoint them due to the vacancy.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded indifferently and said: "Put Lu Chang into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and search his mansion! As for the Ministry of Household Affairs, all officials involved must be thoroughly investigated. We will take their heads and tell the officials all over the world. , who dares to be corrupt and break 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 wants to control the losses of the household department within the acceptable range, and ensure that the household department can continue to operate. Moreover, there are many Huaixi party members in the household department. He must not let Yang Xian be responsible.

Yang Xian wanted to completely control the Ministry of Households, and put people in it to control the money bags of the Ming Dynasty. With the Ministry of Households, all parties in the imperial court needed him, and he could use this to increase his suppression of Li Shanchang.

Zhu Biao took a deep breath, turned around and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "The family department's corruption and perverting the law are of great importance. My son please order me to be responsible for this matter, and please grant my father's permission."

Yang Xian's face darkened, but he didn't dare to say anything, there was absolutely no benefit in competing with the crown prince.

Li Shanchang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't Yang Xian, and it was good for all parties that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince handled the matter.

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 grant your permission.

Li Shanchang and the six ministers all stepped forward to agree, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others saw this posture and didn't join in the fun. The crown prince just said something, it's not a good thing for Wenwu to agree.

The generals drink the blood of soldiers, so naturally they have nothing to do with the corruption of the household department, so they don't care much.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Zhu Biao and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to the crown prince. Corrupt officials must be strictly investigated, and traitors must not be tolerated!"

Zhu Biao responded with a bow: "My son obeys the order."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked at the civil and military officials and said: "You eat and you are rewarded, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully, so you can do it yourself!"

After everyone promised, 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 of the Ministry of Accounts and strictly guard them, and immediately took over the Ministry of Accounts. The documents and books were sealed. The order must not be touched by anyone, and anyone who dares to resist or damage the account books will be killed."

After the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments took the order to leave, Zhu Biao looked at the rest of the people and said, "My dears, have you heard what the Holy Majesty said just now? Don't let the Holy Majesty down."

Then Zhu Biao let them go back. There were a lot of things in the ministries of the imperial court. If something happened to the household department, it would at least delay several days, and they had to go back to make arrangements.

Li Shanchang didn't move, and when everyone was gone, Zhu Biao also walked down the steps and stood beside Li Shanchang with his hands behind his back.

Li Shanchang cupped his hands to Zhu Biao and said, "It would be great for Your Highness to take over this matter."

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Li Xiang, the palace has its own measures, but the household department will inevitably be short of manpower afterwards, so let's hurry up and arrange some people to prepare."

Li Shanchang was relieved when he heard this, the incident had already happened, and a group of people would have to die anyway, otherwise the emperor's words would not become a joke, and he would use nothing to warn the officials in the future.

After Li Shanchang left, Zhu Biao went directly to the imperial study room, and after saluting his father, he said, "It seems that Yang Xian's matter can't be hidden, otherwise why would he attack the Ministry of Household so eagerly."

Zhu Yuanzhang still had anger on his face: "Hmph, if their buttocks are clean, what can Yang Xian do to them?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "All those who have stolen more than sixty taels will be killed, and the rest will be given a chance.

Zhu Biao sighed: "Father, I'm afraid there will not be many people left in the household department."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this sentence, he wanted to kill them all, but thinking that the Ministry of Finance really couldn't fall down now, he only hated his teeth.

Zhu Biao also hates corrupt officials, but he doesn't quite agree with his father's method of killing and suppressing them, especially when the officials' salaries are so low.

Among the emperors of all dynasties, only Zhu Yuanzhang wished to eat the flesh and drink the blood of corrupt officials. In the later period of his administration, he almost exhausted all kinds of torture to intimidate and warn.

But the results are not high. Corrupt officials are emerging in endlessly, and they can never be killed. Even the beheading of tens of thousands of people cannot stop the corrupt officials who follow one after another.

Why do you say that there were no famous officials in the late Hongwu Dynasty? It is true that those who were killed had no room to grow up. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang under the command of the butcher knife, a large number of officials were killed, and most of them were not even eligible to stand trial.

In fact, most of the time, treacherous ministers are capable ministers. If they are used well, they are nothing compared to his embezzlement and bribery money, as long as his life can still be controlled by the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, now is not the time to govern 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 deal with it according to your needs, but don't be too soft-hearted, just like Lu Chang, we can't afford it."

Zhu Biao nodded, and then bowed to leave. Naturally, although the father is jealous, he also knows what the most important thing is now. Just like the "Guo Heng case" and "Kongyin case" with great and far-reaching influence in history, these anti-corruption cases did not start until 15 years after Hongwu.

Isn't it difficult to do what they do now? Under the surveillance of the pro-military Duwei's Mansion, how could these things be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang, it was just that he was waiting for the opportunity.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is waiting for prosperity, it is by no means a good time to rectify the administration of officials. If Yang Xian hadn't made a big mess, Zhu Yuanzhang would not start to deal with the household affairs at least a few years later.

Lu Chang is a capable minister. He was originally an official of the former Yuan Dynasty. If Zhu Yuanzhang can detain him and appoint him as the Minister of the Household Department, he will know Lu Chang's ability.

There are very few people who can properly manage the taxation of the whole country. It is a pity that things have already happened, and Lu Chang can't keep it. There are not many officials in the former Yuan Dynasty, so Lu Chang will use his life to warn them not to be greedy for the old affairs of the previous dynasty.

As for whether Lu Chang is in the house or not, mourning for Beiyuan is no longer important, politics is like this, and your every move will be magnified at critical moments.

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