klisemfg Chapter 330 Zhu Di's First Experience
Chapter 330 Zhu Di's First Experience
Chapter 330 Zhu Di's First Experience
A king who holds all power is naturally willful and capricious.
There are two things that make the emperor's psychology different from that of ordinary people: suspicion and changeability.
Zhu Yuanzhang was no worse than emperors of previous dynasties in these two respects.
The emperor's suspicion is not innate, but is caused by the environment he lives in.
The emperor always felt that he was surrounded by dangers. People who could not be trusted were certainly dangerous, but people who could be trusted were even more dangerous.
So when Zhu Yuanzhang got angry, many people had to be servile and fawning to gain the emperor's trust, and everyone was trying to figure out the emperor's mind all the time.
After receiving the emperor's order, Minister of Justice Qian Tang immediately brought several officials to the Jiangning County Government.
In the end, what was shown to the outside world was the intention to strictly investigate the Bailian Sect.
This old man has a very clear understanding of himself.
Be a good minister, not a loyal minister.
Compared with Li Shimin, Qian Tang felt that the current emperor was not rational enough.
So he couldn't say some words of advice.
Once you say it out loud, you'll be asking for trouble.
If you don’t have Wei Zheng’s life, don’t try to imitate Wei Zheng’s words.
Similarly, as an old man, Qian Tang discovered that although Wang Buli was the son-in-law of the current emperor, he seemed to be the same kind of person as himself.
This kid is not a pure "loyal minister" either, he can tell at a glance.
People of the same kind are always inexplicably attracted to each other.
After Wang Buli met Qian Tang, he didn't say much, but just handed him the file he had sorted out.
No matter what, it was the magistrate of Shangyuan County who was involved, so someone from higher up had to investigate anyway.
Wang Buli was not qualified to be the county magistrate unless he received the signal from his superiors.
After reading the files, Qian Tang discovered that Wu Qingfu had obtained this position by paying bribes.
I didn’t expect him to be so bold. It turns out he always wanted to redeem his capital!
“This is becoming more and more interesting.”
Wu Qingfu was willing to spend money to be a patrolman because he believed that he could squeeze enough wealth from the lower-class people, and there would be a surplus after satisfying the demands of his superiors.
After he became the patrol officer, he was very active and traveled all over the countryside and mountains, never missing any opportunity to collect commercial taxes. This was his core driving force.
Qian Tang put away the file and said in amazement: "It might be a big case of officials forcing the people to rebel."
Anyway, more and more people who were arrested in Shangyuan County said that they wanted to join the White Lotus Sect because they could not make a living by collecting taxes.
He recited scriptures at night in an attempt to curse corrupt officials to death.
As for the White Lotus Sect members in Jiangning County, many of them are historical issues.
They joined the White Lotus Sect when they were young, and have been burning incense secretly for all these years.
Of course, there are also those who are of high seniority and are difficult to deal with.
However, the corrupt officials in the chain like Wu Qingfu are easy to deal with.
"A big case?"
Hearing these two words, Wang Buli was obviously a little dazed.
It feels like it’s only been a short time since the last major case of the empty seal case.
The Hu Weiyong case has not yet fermented, but due to some policy reasons, the White Lotus Sect has begun to show its face.
Wang Buli wondered if this would affect the development of some things?
"OK."
Qian Tang stood up and took two steps: "Who would have thought that there would be hundreds of White Lotus remnants around Nanjing?"
This sect had long been defined as illegal by Zhu Yuanzhang.
That naturally cannot be spread.
It is obviously abnormal that some people use the White Lotus Sect to announce their existence to the world one after another without eradicating them.
Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, he could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.
Who can be sure that the White Lotus sect members will not sneak into the palace in the future and carry out assassinations or poisonings?
As a normal emperor, he would naturally avoid such troubles decisively.
"What do you suggest?"
"My suggestion is to wait until they have captured all the White Lotus followers, preferably the murderer, and then lure them into jail together. I will also transfer some officials from Jiangning County to Shangyuan County to maintain order."
"Forehead."
Qian Tang pondered for a while and had to admit that Wang Buli's idea was really brilliant.
"Let's do this first. They can't get away. The most important thing is to catch the murderer and never let him get away again."
Wang Buli just nodded in response to Qian Tang's words.
At present, the murderer has disappeared completely and no one knows where he is hiding in the cellar.
As more and more remnants of the White Lotus Sect are arrested, I don’t believe that the real culprit cannot be found.
Wang Buli stood in the lobby, watching Wen Ke and others register the suspect.
Then the jailer would put him in jail and make proper arrangements.
As for the corruption case, it was also taken over by the Minister of Justice Qian Tang.
Wang Buli's only worry was whether he would be assassinated by the desperate White Lotus Sect on the road.
Therefore, since Wang Buli moved into the county government office, he rarely showed up in public, and he was also protected by Jiang Huan and others.
If others could enter the county government office at will, it would be said that the rules set by Wang Buli before were in vain.
Part of Wang Buli's investigation was sent to the palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the people who believed in the White Lotus Sect, many of whom were the remnants of the White Lotus Sect from the late Yuan Dynasty.
They followed the White Lotus Rebellion, and when the able-bodied men in their families died, they supported each other and raised their children.
In addition, some people have no descendants, so they adopt their children to continue their bloodline, which makes the situation complicated.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not have too much emotion, as this was the way the world was.
But now this group of people have not yet withdrawn from the White Lotus Sect, which he cannot accept.
"This group of people must not be forgiven easily." Zhu Yuanzhang put down the report in his hand.
Zhu Biao looked around carefully without saying anything, and said:
"Dad, according to my opinion, they should be relocated to guard the border according to Wang Buli's opinion, and those who are unaware of the situation do not need to be punished too severely."
Zhu Biao was the chief investigator of the Empty Seal Case, and he killed many people.
Nowadays, most of the participants in the White Lotus Sect are elderly people, especially as Wang Buli said.
If there hadn't been the instigation of corrupt officials, the people wouldn't have been forced to gather together and chant scriptures day and night to curse them to death.
Instead of cursing the emperor, cursing the Ming Dynasty, etc.
Listening to his son's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. After all, it was the corrupt officials who forced them into this situation.
Just like many people were forced to take up arms.
Now they are reporting on each other. If the emperor does not show mercy, more White Lotus sect members will emerge.
Moreover, Wang Buli guessed that the person who was killed was also a member of the White Lotus Sect.
However, due to the policies promulgated by the emperor, his life improved and he planned to withdraw, which was why he was murdered by the White Lotus sect's top leaders as they were trying to purge their sect.
For this kind of people, we only need to capture the leader, and the rest of the believers are nothing to worry about.
Zhu Biao directly brought out what Wang Buli said in his report as a further exhortation, saying that some of the words were more appropriate for him as a son to say.
Now Wang Buli seldom comes to the palace. When there is something to report, he submits a memorial. When he has nothing to do, he stays at home or wanders around.
It was not easy to solve a big case, so they started to behave very positively.
But Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Wang Buli was a hands-off boss in the county government, leaving everything to his subordinates.
He was just standing there to calm people's hearts.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed leisurely. Even if there was no Zhuge Liang in the Ming Dynasty, it would be great if there were a few officials like Wang Buli who were capable and not greedy.
At least many people won't be forced into this situation.
Most of their complaints to the authorities were rejected.
"Let's take a look at it for now."
Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to make a conclusion, and his disgust for clerks became stronger and stronger.
Just because Wang Buli did a good job doesn’t mean that all clerks in the world did a good job.
Once these bastards get a little bit of power, they will try every possible means to take bribes.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know how long the new tax collection system implemented by the county government would last?
Zhu Di came to the palace today and prepared to ask his father to let him leave a few days later. He wanted to see what the murderer of the dismemberment case looked like and what kind of vicious heart he had.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree immediately.
Although Zhu Di was a little nervous when he saw his father, he was still considerate enough to grind ink for his father to express his filial piety.
Zhu Biao laughed a few times, but did not refuse.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang found himself suddenly entering the fairyland, and he didn't wait for the fourth brother to go out.
The three of them, father and son, were all sucked in.
This was the first time Zhu Di encountered such a thing, and he screamed in panic.
"Big brother."
"Father."
Seeing his father and elder brother standing aside without saying anything, Zhu Di continued to shout: "Are we poisoned?"
Because Wang Buli led the Yuan soldiers to block Lan Yu's attack and used poisonous mushrooms.
Zhu Di specifically asked about the effects of poisonous mushrooms, and the current situation was very similar to what Wang Buli described.
I felt like I was flying and couldn't control my body.
Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that the fourth son would also have this opportunity. It seems that this kid is destined to be emperor.
Forget it, since he's involved, I can only go back and tell him to shut up.
Although Zhu Biao was very confused about involving the fourth child, his father was speechless at this time and was even more silent, and no one knew what to say.
After he stood firm, Zhu Di asked with lingering fear:
"Father, what is going on? Who wants to murder you?"
"Biao'er, tell Lao Si about this."
Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to explain to him, but Zhu Biao said in a few words that they also suddenly discovered that they could enter the fairyland and peek into the future of the Ming Dynasty.
"Oh my god."
Zhu Di was completely stunned.
As for the fairyland, he had always heard people bragging about it and never thought that he could enter it.
So, under Zhu Yuanzhang's scolding, Zhu Di obediently shut his mouth and dared not say anything more.
The territory of Beiping Prefecture.
Zhu Di's eyes suddenly widened.
After the soldiers arrived at the military camp, they were inevitably extorted by the guards.
The officers also withheld the soldiers’ monthly rations, which were not enough for the whole family to eat and drink.
As for land distribution, the good land would hardly be given to ordinary soldiers, and even some land that was not suitable for planting would be forcibly allocated to them.
After assigning the people to till the land, they were forced to collect the grains.
Regardless of whether the land is thin or there is basically no harvest, the garrison troops must pay compensation.
Many soldiers would rather commit crimes and be punished than to farm, and many of them fled.
Zhu Yuanzhang was really furious when he saw this scene.
He had always been proud of being able to feed millions of soldiers without spending a single grain of rice from the imperial court, but this was the result?
No wonder those border troops joined the rebel forces or the Jurchen forces.
They were all driven away by these corrupt officials.