First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Strolling back to the county office, after entering the house, I happened to meet Lao Zhu who was rewarding some Huaiqing officials who were dedicated to their duties and did not join hands with corrupt officials. Zhu Yuanzhang dealt with corrupt officials ruthlessly, but rewarded honest and honest officials quite heavily. of.

The so-called heavy rewards and punishments can convince hundreds of officials. Many officials have reached the sky in one step this time. They jumped to two or three ranks from the original six or seven rank judges. up.

It stands to reason that it is against the imperial court's appointment and dismissal rules. After all, it is the basic rule for you to be an official if you don't corrupt the law. However, the emperor is willing to promote, and no one can say anything.

Officials who were promoted in this way also owed the emperor's kindness and could belong to the imperial party. They were different from those officials who were appointed and dismissed by the Ministry of Officials, and naturally they should be closer, just like Zhu Biao's promotion of Chen Youzong.

After entering the house, Zhu Biao saluted his father and stood aside quietly, while Zhu Yuanzhang continued to teach the officials kneeling below: "The lesson from the past is the lesson from the past, and you have seen the end of the Shangguan. What's the use of gathering more gold and silver treasures, can you still bribe us to save your life?"

The following five or six officials bowed down and worshiped: "The ministers must bear in mind the teachings of the Holy Majesty, and will never fail the grace of the Holy Majesty Jianba. Loyalty is based on diligence and integrity."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "That's good. Wang Qing and others will keep in mind what they said today. It's still early. Go and see your former superiors and send them off for the last time."

Everyone knew that this was the Holy Majesty's final blow to them, to let them see what their former bosses looked like after being punished, and know the price they would have to pay for corruption and breaking the law in the future.

They naturally didn't want to see it, but they didn't have the courage to refuse. After agreeing to the promise, they got up, then bowed to Zhu Biao, and hurried out after seeing the prince smiling and nodding.

Looking at their backs, Zhu Biao was quite interested and said casually: "I don't know how many of these who have been beaten by the father can listen to it."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I'm afraid it's all for a while. When we leave, they will be far away from the emperor. The original incorruptibility may be due to low status and low power. They have to be incorruptible, but now they are being punished by state officials. There are more temptations, maybe even more greedy than the last one."

My father has seen too many corrupt officials, so he naturally distrusts officials, but Zhu Biao thinks this is actually a very good emperor's character, but most of the emperors who trust and rely on officials will end up not very good in the end. There is an ebb and flow between them, and natural power contradictions are unavoidable.

What's more, the performance of these few just now is really mediocre. Since they have been upright and upright in the past, why should they be trembling in front of Junfu? After all, they are still a little guilty.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked his son to sit down beside him and said, "There is another urging from the Ministry of Education, saying that a country cannot be without a king for a day, please get up and drive back to Beijing."

After Zhu Biao sat down, he threw away the folding fan and fanned his father: "The case of Liu Chun is also over, and the imperial envoys from all over the country have made up their minds, and it is indeed time for the father to return to Beijing."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "It's time to go back to Beijing, but we're going to take a different route to see the people's conditions in other places, and also to check whether the local officials have said that people with good politics and people live and work in peace and contentment is true."

When the two of you are talking, lunch is ready. It is the old style. You can eat whatever you eat in Beijing and go out. The emperor and the prince eat a pot of rice. No one dares to make any new local dishes. Going back to the palace to do it.

After lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang called Wang Shijian again, and without saying anything else, he directly added a second-class official, gave him the emperor's sword, and three thousand guards to inspect the disaster situation in Shaanxi and Gansu on behalf of the sky.

Wang Shijian was very grateful, but he didn't dare to look up at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression. Just feeling the indifferent eyes, his scalp felt numb, and his whole body seemed to be covered with biting insects.

The more this happened, the more Wang Shijian began to hate those officials who bribed him. If they hadn't seduced him with gold, silver and beauty, why would he be trembling when he was rewarded now.

Zhu Biao said with emotion from the side: "If you are a minister, if you don't hold your body upright and your heart is not pure, power, wealth and honor are all like passing clouds."

Wang Shijian trembled suddenly when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say more, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not in the mood to say anything more to him, so he asked him to go down and prepare, and set off immediately tomorrow.

After he left, Zhu Biao comforted him and said: "If the emperor really doesn't like this person, then let him stay in Shaanxi and Gansu forever, just to make a little planning for the large-scale cleansing of corrupt officials.

As an imperial envoy, Wang Shijian accepted bribes to cover up criminals, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor. It is normal to copy and kill all over the family. If it hadn't been involved in the Liu Chun case, he would have been tortured and awaited execution along with the prefect of Huaiqing and others.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Corruption should be dealt with in an upright manner, without using any secret means, Biaoer, you have been smart since childhood, and the art of conspiracy seems to be a gift from heaven. This is a good thing, but it also makes you get used to it." In order to use various means to solve the problem at the lowest cost, but there are always some things in this world, even if there is a shortcut to the south, we can’t take it, we must overcome the obstacles and find a way from the front.”

The smile on Zhu Biao's face froze when he heard the words, his face changed a few times before he sighed and said: "What the father taught is that as the prince of the country, my son is indeed a bit petty."

Zhu Yuanzhang got up and patted his son's shoulder and said: "Your father is still strong, and we will support him today, so he won't collapse. You don't have to be afraid of anything, just let go and do it."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the bedroom to rest. Zhu Biao was still sitting on the stool, stretched out his hand and patted his hot cheeks. He knew in his heart how he behaved. of grandeur.

He is used to solving problems even if he has an absolute advantage. It's not that he is afraid of anything, it's just that he has such a personality. After all, he lacks the arrogance of the founding prince.

But is this really bad? Not necessarily, although there are not many unrivaled heroes who have been passed down by tens of millions of people, Zhu Biao knows that he is not that kind of character, whether it is in his previous life or in this life.

Forcing to learn is nothing but imitation. Zhu Biao's face slowly returned to his previous calm. Everyone is different. Zhu Biao thinks that his personality is not bad. It might be more appropriate.

Chopping firewood and setting pots is a skill, and cooking is also a skill. The so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, but so, Zhu Biao stood up, took a look inside, and then left with a smile on his face.

I will never be worse than anyone else, even my father, my way is not wrong, if I deny myself, what are I doing alive?

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