First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Biao didn't say anything more, and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice also withdrew to deal with the finishing matters. After all, there were so many people in the household department who still needed to be detained, and many family members of the household department officials' wives and children had already come here.

Zhu Biao opened the account books of the Ministry of Accounts, and found that Yang Siyi was the most greedy person in it. As Lu Chang said, most of his share was distributed to the people below.

Zhu Biao looked through it carefully, and he will hand over the list to his father tomorrow morning, and now every decision Zhu Biao makes will change the fate of thousands of people.

If their family members are counted, it is the fate of tens of thousands of people. Among them, men, women, old and young, Zhu Biao frowned more and more, but the matter still needs to be dealt with, and the damned people will not escape this catastrophe after all. .

Seeing that after the Minister of the Ministry of Justice left, the three Zhu Xi brothers also came out from the other side. The scene just now had a great impact on them. They only thought that it was a problem of officials from the Ministry of Households embezzling taxes and food, but they did not expect to be so implicated. wide.

They walked up to the elder brother and looked at the brazier at his feet, where there was only black ashes left, Zhu Yan said: "Brother, should I show my father the account book?"

Zhu Xi immediately bumped into him and said, "Brother, it's your turn to teach you how to do things, don't talk too much."

Hearing this, Zhu Biao hurriedly said to Zhu Biao: "Brother, I don't mean that, I just want to..."

Zhu Biao circled the list again and said, "Okay, I will tell my father what I will say. You are not allowed to go out and spread what you see. This matter involves a lot, and it should not be dealt with at this time."

The three brothers nodded, and Zhu Di glanced at the list that Zhu Biao kept drawing and said, "Brother, do you want to kill everyone on these pictures?"

Zhu Biao nodded and sighed and said: "The Ministry of Households is very important. The corruption here directly involves the people. Every stone of grain they steal is watered by the people with their sweat. Maybe they are responsible for collecting food taxes. At that time, a few stones of grain were collected too much, and a family was forced to sell their sons and daughters."

The three brothers didn't say any more, they silently looked at the ink pen in the elder brother's hand, and kept swaying vertically and horizontally on the list, with quick and quick movements, as if they had already set their goals.

Zhu Di looked up at his brother, and saw that his face was calm and his eyes did not waver at all, as if he was just writing a beautiful article, and he felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

An hour later, Zhu Biao finally put down the pen in his hand, and the three brothers also breathed a sigh of relief. They watched the names circled one by one, as if seeing a person's head flying into the sky.

It took Zhu Biao another half an hour to check it again. If a person's head is cut off, they will not come back. In Zhu Biao's eyes, there are actually many people who are guilty, but they are not dead.

Zhu Biao closed the account book, got up and stretched his waist. His muscles and bones cracked a few times, and he said to his younger brothers: "Let's go, you guys have been out to play for a day. Tomorrow, you can honestly go to morning class. If you skip class again, Father will never forgive you."

The three brothers nodded obediently, and went out of the house together. Zhu Biao stepped out of the gate of the household department surrounded by everyone. It was almost Xu time, and the sky had completely darkened.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice coming quickly, bowed his hands to Zhu Biao and said: "Your Highness, there are thousands of people gathered in front of you, all of whom are family members of officials from the Ministry of Households. They are kneeling at the intersection and waiting to see Your Highness. People dispersing did not work either."

Zhu Biao yelled coldly: "Absurd! Is there any husband and son who wronged them in this palace? They took tax food from the household department and went home. Didn't their family members also eat it? Even though they knew it was wrong, they didn't dissuade them. Now they beg for mercy." What is the use!"

Zhu Biao ordered the forced expulsion, which is related to the law. At least the majesty of the law must be guaranteed on the surface, otherwise how will it be implemented in the future.

Does it mean that every time the government is cleared up, only a large group of people kneel and beg for mercy and let the net go, that's not decent. As long as this trick works once, it will never end in the future.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments led the officials to forcibly expel them. Zhu Biao frowned slightly when he heard the crying of women and children in his ears. When it was almost time, Zhu Biao led the people out. Tenaciously resisting the dragging of the guards.

As soon as they saw Zhu Biao, they crawled on the ground and shouted: "Your Highness, please be merciful and spare my son (husband) life. We will send back all the food, and we will sell whatever is missing. Make it up, Your Highness, please forgive me!"

Zhu Biao didn't speak, and Zhu Di stood up and shouted: "They violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty. How can you forgive them by returning the stolen goods? Their punishment will be decided by the Holy One tomorrow!"

Those old and weak women and children seemed to have lost all hope and began to cry desperately. Zhu Biao was in no mood to entangle with them anymore.

All the way back to the palace, Zhu Biao asked his younger brothers to be sent back to their house, and he walked a few steps to the imperial study. At this time, his father should still be dealing with government affairs.

But it is also possible to go back to rest early, after all, I heard last night that when my father and emperor reviewed the memorials, and today the court happened again, I couldn't stand it like this every day.

After walking a few steps, I saw the eunuch serving in the imperial study came up with a lantern, and after saluting Zhu Biao, he said, "Prince, your majesty has ordered your slaves to wait here. Please go to the imperial study when you come back."

Zhu Biao nodded, and walked all the way to the door of the imperial study room. Since he had already given the order, Zhu Biao went in without passing it on. Liu Jin and others guarded the door.

When Zhu Biao entered, he saw his father watching the memorial under the lamp and eating a bowl of supper. Zhu Biao stepped forward to salute, then got up and said, "You should also take a rest. I heard that you also came to review the memorial last night." When, it’s not good.”

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the bowl in his hand and said with a smile: "Our Biao'er has grown up and knows that he loves his father, but we can't sleep even if the state affairs are entrusted to others."

Zhu Biao shook his head helplessly, and put the account book in his hand in front of Zhu Yuanzhang: "I have probably sketched it out, how to deal with it, please ask the emperor to decide."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the account book and looked it up. The more he looked at it, the more he sneered: "They are so bold. We handed over the country's money bag to them, but they treat it as their own? Are they all in the same place? Those who are greedy for food and taxes should be killed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a rough look at it, and felt that the number of quotas outlined by his son was a bit small, but he also knew that to maintain the normal operation of the household department, this was the best solution.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the account book and said: "It's up to you to deal with it. The more than five hundred people will be beheaded directly to show the public. As for the leader, the household servant Yang Siyi and more than twenty people will be beheaded!"

Zhu Biao nodded silently. The lives of five or six hundred people were lost under his own stroke. Although he knew that they deserved what they deserved, he suddenly couldn't bear it.

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I went to work this morning (╥﹏╥) and I will write a chapter right away when I get home