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

"Isn't that simple?" The old man stroked his goatee and said, "The reason why everyone thinks that there are fewer corrupt officials in the Song and Yuan dynasties than in our Ming Dynasty is that the corrupt officials in these dynasties have not been caught."

"If you don't increase your efforts to catch it, it will certainly look like there will be fewer."

"If you don't go to the doctor's office all your life, then you will never get sick all your life. From the perspective of others, you will think, oh, this person must be as strong as an ox if he doesn't go to the doctor's office all his life."

"However, only he knows whether he is sick or not."

"Similarly, as long as corrupt officials are not arrested, then he will not have corrupt officials, but this is too self-deceiving. Other dynasties did not arrest and punish corrupt officials as vigorously as our Ming Dynasty. Of course, everyone will mistakenly think that officials of other dynasties are more The officials of Ming Dynasty are clean and honest, and they even mistakenly think that His Majesty's strict punishment and strict laws are wrong."

"The difference between our Emperor Hongwu and the emperors of other dynasties is that one took the initiative to go to the medical clinic to find out the disease and treat it with strong medicine, while the other didn't go to the medical clinic at all."

"It makes sense!" The crowd said after hearing the words, "The old man has extraordinary insights."

"However, there are quite a few stupid people in the world who can't even think of this basic truth." Hearing the compliments from the crowd, the old man said a little proudly, "They also think that there are more corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty than in previous dynasties. "

"Actually, in the dynasty where Confucianism ruled and worldly sophistication ruled, didn't corrupt officials abound in that dynasty?"

"It's just that we caught them, and they turned a blind eye. As long as our Ming Dynasty is arresting, punishing and cracking down severely, it will be better than the previous dynasties."

"There are more than 300 people in the Jiangnan province alone. Isn't that too many?" Someone asked.

"What's so much? They were all arrested and beheaded, and none of them were innocent." The old man said, "They are all nepotism, forming a network of relationships that ordinary people cannot enter."

"That's right, nepotism, sophistication, and cronyism have become a cancer that ravages the court." The one who spoke first said humanely, "Your Majesty has arrested and killed more than 300 people and ransacked their homes, just to eliminate the cancer."

"After eradicating, hand over Jiangnan to the Mohists for governance."

"How do you know this news? Hearsay?" At this point, a drinker questioned.

"Don't you all read newspapers?" The person who spoke first asked in surprise.He took out a newspaper from his side, it was the "Da Ming Daily" issued by the Ming government every day

Among them, the four words "Daming Daily" were inscribed by Song Lian, a university scholar.

The emblem of the newspaper is the dragon pattern as the shading pattern, and the sun and the moon as the pattern.

The president of the newspaper, Shi Naian.

The headline on the front page of the "Da Ming Daily" is the news.

The crowd retreated after hearing the words, quite embarrassed.They haven't developed the habit of reading newspapers every day. After all, "Da Ming Daily" is a new thing, and they are all ancient people.

And having free time to read newspapers every day is not something that traffickers like them can do.

It turned out to be reported!
How ignorant we are, thought the crowd.

"In addition, it was written in the Da Ming Daily that more than 300 officials confiscated a total of [-] million taels of silver!!" The man just picked up the newspaper and continued.

Two hundred million taels! ? ?
The crowd was dumbfounded again. The astronomical figure of [-] million shocked them inexplicably.

It is said that all dynasties have been poor, poor as hell, and the wealth is in the hands of these people.At the end of the dynasty, the people starved to death, but the gold and silver in the gentry's homes were piled up like mountains.

The imperial court has no money and can't implement policies to benefit the people, can't build bridges and repair roads, can't provide disaster relief, and can't strengthen the embankments of the Yellow River to prevent floods, but they are rich in wine and meat.

When the Song and Yuan dynasties fell, the imperial court could not pay military salaries, but those high officials in the court, the gentry and nobles, were extremely rich.

"The imperial court confiscated their [-] million taels of silver. It's none of our business. Does it affect my monthly payment of [-] taels of silver?" At this moment, the man who had been silent all this while sitting in the corner of the restaurant said coldly.

The crowd fell silent when they heard the words, that person is really a topic stopper.

Thinking about it carefully, it did affect his monthly payment of two taels of silver.When the court has money, it can use the money to improve people's livelihood and provide disaster relief.Repair bridges and make up roads.

But these things seem to be a little far away from them.

"People in the world say that Mr. Qin has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty, but I don't think it's true!" Seeing that the crowd stopped talking, the man continued, "He also said that he is the leader of the Huaxia Think Tank, I think so too It's a waste of fame."

???

How dare you slander Mr. Qin?

When the crowd heard this, their expressions immediately froze.The life of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty is very different from before. Don’t you realize that your eyes are blind?

"You want to die, don't you?" A burly man rolled up his sleeves, and he was about to go up and fight him to the death, "My family used to be so poor that I couldn't afford it. It was my husband who made my family rich, and you dare to abuse me?" benefactor?"

"Don't be rough!" However, the person who wanted to rush up and hit someone was stopped by a young man with extraordinary temperament, and said lightly, "He insulted our dean, I am not only not angry, but feel relieved for the dean .”

Our dean? "Dare to ask, sir..." The burly man stood in awe.

"Xiao Ke is a student of Jixia Academy, the Agricultural College." The temperamental youth said lightly.

"Since you are from Jixia Academy, why did you just say that you feel relieved for Mr. Qin when he insulted Mr. Qin? You must know that Mr. Qin is your dean, and you are his student." The strong young man, and People around don't understand.

"Because Mr. said that all his efforts are for ordinary people, the people at the bottom of Ming Dynasty to question him, and dare to question him boldly." The student of the agricultural college said, "If even traffickers, pawns, and roadside beggars , dare to question him, then the Ming Dynasty is truly free and progressive."

"Think about it, if it was the past, would you dare to talk about His Majesty and the court affairs here?"

"If everyone in the world only praises and praises you, without a word of questioning or reprimanding, then all the praises and praises may be false."

"Makes sense!"

"Makes sense!"

"Mr. Qin is amazing!"

"Mr. Qin's wisdom is unmatched by all generations."

"This is the real leader of the Huaxia think tank, and this is the dean of Jixia Academy. Everything is for the common people."

The crowd sighed with emotion.

"Wait a minute!" At this moment, the person holding the newspaper slammed the table and said, "Your Majesty confiscated [-] million taels of silver. It really has something to do with us."

"what relationship!?"

"The back of the newspaper said that His Majesty plans to return all the [-] million silver confiscated by the imperial court to the people in Jiangnan! In the form of giving money, it will be directly transferred to their bank stubs."