After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 259
"Zheng Shili, you are defending those cheaters!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"You said that nothing can be done by distributing the blank printing paper? The blank account book is an important item of the imperial court, representing the authority and seriousness of the imperial court. How can it be easily dispersed?"

"If it falls into the hands of profiteers and unruly people, can they also hand over to the court, so what is the majesty of the court and the government?"

"Secondly, the ministries and provinces are far away. If the local governments do not make mistakes, or leave a little surplus, why do they go back and forth between the two places many times? In our opinion, the words "expediency" are all corrupt officials. excuse."

"What the emperor refuted is that the humble minister didn't think of this?" Zheng Shili said.

A group of officials silently watched the performance of the pair of monarchs and ministers.

Everyone knew that they were singing a double reed.

Zheng Shili is the one who reported it, so he doesn't know what's going on?
The two monarchs and ministers did this in order to stop the mouths of those officials who argued for the air seal personnel and save some face for them.

The issue of empty printing has become a common phenomenon in the current officialdom.Almost all the officials present, the officials of the six ministries in charge, and even some relatives of the officials were more or less involved with it.

Even if these senior officials did not personally participate, they knew about it.

Therefore, when the emperor dealt with the empty seal case, they would definitely stand up to defend the matter, or plead for the people involved.

But now Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zheng Shili to come out to pretend to defend the officials involved in the case, and not to allow the officials present to come forward to defend, in order to leave a step down for these officials, so that they do not want to make fun of themselves.

At this point, their best option is to shut up and say nothing.

"Your Majesty." Zheng Shili continued, "The local government will first submit the account books, and then hand over the goods and taxes. Losses are inevitable during the transportation. We all know that Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places are particularly far away."

"Will the money and food be lost during transportation?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze. "The food will be stolen by mice on the way, and the tax bank can grow wings and fly into the sky?"

In fact, there is some loss of tax and food during the transportation process. After all, it takes several months to transport it from Yunnan, Guizhou, Shanxi and Shanxi to Yingtian.However, the amount of loss is absolutely small, which cannot be used as an excuse for empty printing.

"Indeed, the loss of money and food during transportation is an excuse," Zheng Shili said.

"Zheng Shili, continue talking," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Thirdly, the imperial court must have clear laws in order to enforce the law. In the Daming Law, there is no law against empty seals. Officials at all levels have always done this, and they don't know that it is a crime to use empty seals. Punishment may not be convincing."

"Although the imperial court didn't have laws specifically for empty seals, there were laws and procedures for the transfer of taxes, money and food. Why didn't officials at all levels follow the laws and make an empty seal?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"This minister doesn't know." Zheng Shili said.

"Let us explain it for you." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "They are doing this for convenience and to profit from it."

"Fourth, it is very difficult for the imperial court to train a qualified official. Officials who can reach the position of county magistrate and magistrate have been cultivated for decades. These officials cannot be resurrected from grass." Zheng Shili added, "So, I implore the emperor to punish those officials involved in the case lightly."

"Qualified officials need decades to train?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, remembering what Qin Yu said before, being an official is not a high-end technical job, and said coldly, "When Xiao He helped Liu Bang deal with internal affairs, he went through dozens of years. Years of training? When Li Shanchang met us, he was just a teacher, and he was able to handle internal affairs very well just after following us, and he has been trained for decades?"

"Xu Da was just a farmer back then, and he didn't go through any training. When he first led the army, he was able to win every battle, and then he grew up step by step to become a famous general who can fight well."

"So, there is no need to talk about training. My Ming Dynasty will never lack talents who can be county guards and magistrates. Even talents like Xiao He and Li Shanchang are not lacking."

When the ministers heard the words, they all fell silent.

My heart was pounding, and I was terrified.

Everyone understands that the reason why the emperor doesn't move them now is not because he doesn't dare to move them. If they move them, the court will not be able to function.It's about giving them face, thinking about their decades of following the emperor, and leaving them a way out.

Of course, the most important reason is that they are not the masterminds of the empty printing case, they just know about it.

If they were the masterminds, I'm afraid it would have been over before they came.

The Ming Dynasty had many talents, and the court could function without anyone, but the emperor was the only one that could not be without.

In the era of war and chaos, one county in Pei could produce talents like Xiao He and Fan Kuai, and one in Fengyang could produce talents like Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Shan Anren.If the emperor deposed or killed them, he could find someone to replace them anytime and anywhere.

As long as the emperor has the knowledge of people, hundreds of counties across the country can promote hundreds of Xiao He.

"Liu Bowen!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"I'm here." Liu Bowen stood out of the train.

"You are Yushi Zhongcheng, who is responsible for supervising all officials, so the empty seal case is up to you, Minister of Punishment Wang Yongji, and Minister of Rites Zhan Tong. You are the chief three to try this case together," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Minister, please follow the order!" The other two heard the words and stood out of the train with Liu Bowen, and the three received the order.

"All the chief seal officials will be beheaded, and those who have used empty printing account books, and who are greedy for more than 60 taels of silver, will also be beheaded. Thousands of taels, skinned grass, tens of thousands of taels. Exile." Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was as cold as ice.

"Sir, obey the order!"

When the ministers heard this, they were drenched in sweat.

In this way, wouldn't it be necessary to kill thousands of officials?

If the emperor didn't say to behead them all, Liu Bowen and others could still handle it according to their discretion and make a lenient effort to those involved.Either never suspect, or use the minimum standard of punishment.

But the emperor has now opened his mouth, and if they want to kill them all, even if the three of them want to be merciful, there is nothing they can do.

Emperor, this is treating the lives of those corrupt officials as worthless!

And what the emperor said is right, Daming has no shortage of official talents.If these more than 1000 corrupt officials are killed, new personnel will be found to fill the vacancies immediately, and there will be no shortage of officials at all.

"Okay, you all leave."

"Sir, please retire!"

The ministers trembled and left the imperial study.

"Mr. Qin, we have found the mastermind of the Kongyin case." After seeing the officials leave, Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself, "The mastermind of the Kongyin case means there is no mastermind."

"The issue of empty printing is just a common phenomenon in the imperial court. It is not dominated by a certain senior official in the court, or who was the first to invent and use it."

(End of this chapter)