Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 252 Trial Day

In the early morning of the fourth day of the lunar new year, after the fifth watch, civil and military officials scattered all over Nanjing City rode horses and carts to the Forbidden City in the east city.

In Nanjing in the first month, the air was frosty and the wind was piercing to the bones. Officials huddled outside the right door of Chang'an, inquiring each other about the latest news in the past two days.

The night before yesterday, Boss Zhu sent troops to raid the entire city, and all the officials who came to Beijing to speak out, and those who brought empty stamped papers, were captured on the spot and taken back to the pro-military Duwei's Mansion for trial.

I heard that the morning court was canceled yesterday because Boss Zhu was interrogating the criminals all night long, and he had no skills at all...

The restoration of the morning court today means that the trial of the more than 300 prisoners has been completed.

So what will the emperor do with them and their chief officer?Will it implicate the various departments of Zhongshu?And how does the Korean guild respond?

These three issues became the focus of discussions among officials.

But the time since the incident happened is too short, and everyone only knows that Han Gonggong visited Liu Bowen yesterday, other than that, they don't know the exact news.

Until dawn, Hu Weiyong's simple but not low-key donkey cart drove slowly to the right gate of Chang'an.

All the officials rushed forward to welcome Prime Minister Hu.

"Hu Xiang."

"Good morning, Hu Xiang."

"Okay, good morning, everyone." Hu Weiyong clasped his fists together, as friendly as ever.

"Hu Xiang." Li Tai, the Secretary of the Household Department with a haggard expression, squeezed in front of him anxiously.

He knew that the Ministry of Household Affairs could not escape the responsibility this time, but he still hoped that the emperor would punish him with a small punishment and give him a way to survive.

"Did Uncle Chengyi agree to help?" Li Tai looked at Hu Weiyong expectantly.

Hu Weiyong shook his head slowly, cutting off his last luck.

With a sway of Li Tai's body, he was about to fall to the ground.

Hu Weiyong supported him, and said in a low voice, "Cheer up, it's your last chance to defend yourself later."

"Hey." Li Tai nodded, gritted his teeth, and stood still.

Hu Weiyong looked around at all the officials again...of course, it was mainly civil officials, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, relax, and bear the responsibility as it is, and you will not be implicated."

After a pause, he said slowly: "Of course, the relevant personnel of the household department have made such a big mess, the truth is that they can only kill their relatives righteously, and you have to be mentally prepared."

"Thank you, Mr. Hu." A few people felt as if they were mourning their wives, but most of the officials breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, melodious and solemn bells sounded in the imperial city, and the right gate of Chang'an slowly opened.

"Okay everyone, let's line up to go to court." Hu Weiyong said to everyone.

"Yes." So the hundred officials quickly divided into civil and military ranks. The civil servants were headed by Hu Weiyong, and the military officials were headed by Cao Guogong. They entered the right gate of Chang'an neatly in two rows.

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Some people may ask again, the tax accounts are all managed by the Ministry of Households, even if the emperor wants to check, he will only check the Ministry of Households, so why do people in other yamen worry about it?

This is the gift of Boss Zhu's wonderful financial system.

Ordinarily, a country's finances should follow the 'two lines of income and expenditure'. Simply put, those who collect taxes only collect taxes, and the national tax is collected in the national treasury, and then distributed according to the needs of various places.

This is not some advanced financial thinking, that's what the Song Dynasty did.

Although Boss Zhu is invincible in many aspects, he is short in size and strong in size. His biggest shortcoming is financial.He actually naively thought that receiving taxes and food from the localities to the capital first, and then distributing them to various places by the household department is a waste of people's energy and increased consumption.

So it was a wise decision to continue the practice of the central government in the Yuan Dynasty, and the local government to collect and support. I felt that this would be efficient, save time and effort, and prevent corruption by the people in the household department.

To put it simply, after the county collects the tax, the county is directly responsible for the distribution.Of course, the distribution plan is formulated by the Ministry of Households.

For example, Linhuai County collects all taxes and grains of five thousand shi.First keep five hundred shi as office expenses in the county, and pay wages to the people below; then send [-] shi to the nearby guards to pay them military salaries; The county has to be responsible, so another hundred shi will be given; if there is a palace in the prefecture, a thousand or eight hundred shi will be sent to the palace as the cost of building the palace...

In a word, as long as the county is within the territory of the county, all the expenses of the imperial court and the local government will be allocated directly by the county, and there is no need to send it to Beijing.

Therefore, it may only be two thousand stones that were sent to Beijing, and not all of them were given to the Ministry of Household Affairs.Any carrier warehouse, inner warehouse, Taipu Temple, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Officials, Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple... and so on will get a share.In the end, it may be less than a thousand stones that entered Taicang.

This kind of chaotic financial system, coupled with the blank ledger paper that can fill in the number on the spot, is absolutely perfect.Experienced veterans can play well, and everyone is guaranteed to be satisfied...

But the result of the rain and dew is that everyone has poop on their buttocks, and naturally everyone is worried when something happens.

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In the Huagai Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne, waiting for all the officials to go to court.

The prince stood aside dejectedly. He originally planned to oversee the printing of the case.But he failed, because the judge was the one he couldn't supervise.

"What's the matter? Is it so hard not to allow you to try this case?" Zhu Yuanzhang paid great attention to his son...uh, the eldest son's heart is healthy.

"Father, it is actually more appropriate to let the minister come." The crown prince nodded and said: "You will try it yourself, and there will be no room for turning around many things."

"Let you come, hehe, in the end we gave you a lighter sentence?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "We can't refute your face, and in the end, it's not all cheap for those bastards!"

"How could it be, my son will judge impartially." The prince called Qu Qu.

"Don't think we don't know. It wasn't you who made trouble that night, so you can only catch such a few people?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"It's nothing." The crown prince smiled guilty and refused to admit it: "However, it is necessary to punish the few and warn the majority. Even if there is a major change of blood, it must be done in batches. If the pot is brought together, there will be big troubles." Messy."

"What a big mess?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "You just let Mr. Song and the others take you into the ditch, and you feel like you can't do without those literati. Boss, they are bluffing you. To put it bluntly Well, those local governments are just tax collectors, and other functions are dispensable.

"Now that they've even turned this matter into a piece of shit for us, Jiba, is there any need for us to keep them?"

"Replace all of them. Do we have so many officials to fill in?" The prince said helplessly, "Even if the official grows in the field, he still has to plant in spring and harvest in autumn."

"The ones cultivated in our Guozi school are enough." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

"Aren't they going to use it to clean Zhangmu?" The prince asked back.

"After clearing Zhangmu, there will be plenty of people." Boss Zhu said.

"Qingzhang hasn't started yet, can it end in three to five years?" The two fathers argued.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, it's time to go to court." At this time, Eunuch Wu reminded softly.

"Okay, we can't beat you, go to court first." Boss Zhu raised his hand in surrender.

(End of this chapter)