Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 155
In the main hall, Kaos is describing his topic.

He found a Go board from nowhere.

"Third prince, please look at this chessboard, with 18 rows and 18 columns, and a total of 324 blank spaces. Let's expand our imagination to 19 rows and 19 columns, and now we fill it with chess pieces."

As Kaos said, he placed pieces on the blank spaces on the Go board.

"Kaos, Go is not played on the grid, but on those points."

The second prince Zhu Xi suddenly said.

Although Zhu Xi's Go is very bad, it does not prevent him from knowing the basic rules of Go.

Kaos was stunned for a moment, Zhu Xi's sudden words made him a little confused.

He has been in Daming for a while, and he still knows how to play Go.

But now Kaos is talking about the topic, not playing Go.

"Second prince, I'm not playing Go now."

Kaos patiently explained, this is the prince, he still has to pay attention to what he says.

The third prince Zhu Yan also said: "Second brother, let Kaos finish speaking first."

Zhu Xi looked slightly embarrassed, and he found that his brain was getting more and more unable to keep up.

Zhu Biao will not talk about it, that is the prince, he has studied a lot and worked hard, so of course he is better than him.

In the words of Zhu Chen, it is good to use a small mind, and Zhu Chen has been used to it for a long time.

The fourth Zhu Di, this is a pure martial artist, even if he is better than him, he doesn't feel anything.

The fifth child, Zhu Xi, was much younger than him, but at Su Jing's house, Zhu Xi had already felt that the gap in brainpower between him and Zhu Xi was getting bigger and bigger.

As for Lao Liu and Lao Qi, it would be embarrassing to compare them with them.

Kaos nodded slightly to Zhu Yan to express his gratitude, and then continued: "Now let these chess pieces move. The chess pieces can't move to the adjacent grid every time, but can only move towards the diagonal grid, just like this."

Kaos said that he moved a few chess pieces, some grids were vacated, and some grids were stacked with two chess pieces.

"Once a move is made, all chess pieces must be moved. The question is, how many squares will be left empty at least if the number of moves is not limited."

Kaos finally completed the description of this topic.

In his opinion, the thinking required for this question is not something that can be solved by a linear equation in one variable.

After Zhu Yan listened to this question seriously, his mind immediately began to think.

With 99 rows and 99 columns, just this huge chessboard is beyond Zhu Yan's thinking capacity.

All the chess pieces are filled, and the chess pieces have to move, and the movement has to move towards the opposite corner.

He wanted to try an exhaustive method, but after thinking about it briefly, the complexity made him give up.

There are too many grids and too many chess pieces.

Can't figure it out at all.

"How many squares have no chess pieces? What kind of question is this? Why didn't I understand?"

Zhu Xi reached out and fiddled with the chessboard, but he didn't even understand the topic.

Kaos immediately explained to Zhu Xi again.

Although he knew that it was impossible for Zhu Xi to solve this problem.

After listening to it again, Zhu Xi finally understood a little bit, he waved his hand directly and said: "This is too difficult, there are so many grids and chess pieces, too many!"

"I'm really not the material. Forget it, third child, don't even think about it. I don't think Mr. Su may be able to solve it."

Retiring despite difficulties is a good quality Zhu Xi possesses.

Zhu Bian thought for a while, but also said helplessly: "Kaos, this problem is too difficult, I can't solve it."

Kaos immediately said: "Third Prince, don't worry, this problem is quite difficult even in my hometown, and there are very few people who can solve it."

He didn't lie. This kind of problem cannot be solved by ordinary people.

"I remember, I will ask my elder brother to pass it on to Mr. Su later."

Zhu Yan nodded, still placing his hope on Su Jing.

"Thank you, Third Prince."

Kaos thanked Zhu Yan again.

For Su Jing, Kaos has already raised the heart of challenge.

Is Rome's mathematics stronger, or Ming's mathematics stronger?

Different from the warm atmosphere in the Dahon Hall, the Jinluan Hall was full of chills.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair and looked down at the courtiers below.

As the crown prince, Zhu Biao stood aside with a very serious look on his face.

All the courtiers stood there tremblingly, silent.

Because they all knew how fierce the anger was in Lao Zhu's heart at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hide his killing intent at all.

He held a memorial in his hand, which was the investigation report given to him by Li Shanchang.

In fact, the case of the empty seal case is quite simple, that is, after the grain collected by the local officials has been counted, the seal must be affixed with the seal of the local government.

This is the account, and when it is delivered to the capital, the verification is to see if the actual quantity and the account are correct.

Now, there are still accounts, but the specific amount has not been filled in, but the seal of the local government has been affixed.

It's a bit like a blank check, the amount depends entirely on how you fill it.

There is more room for fraud, for example, the loss on the road is greater, or it is simply that the collection is less.

Therefore, Li Shanchang checked it quite quickly.

Because he knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask him to find evidence of the actual corruption of these officials, but just to know who was involved in it.

For the grasp of the emperor's psychology, Li Shanchang is still very accurate.

This investigation report is not so much a report as a list.

Basically all officials in the entire taxation system are involved.

The main seal officials of those local governments are directly marked with red names.

After all, the main responsibility for the matter of air printing is on them.

It is impossible to be stamped in the normal process of blank book making, and this is the biggest problem in this link.

However, in the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", there is no such content, and I don't know if it was really negligent, or it was not mentioned on purpose.

"Why, none of them spoke."

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, and threw the memorial in his hand directly towards the one below.

The memorial stretched out in the air, fell to the ground and spread into a long paper tape.

The densely packed names are written on it, which is comparable to the life and death book of Hades.

A group of ministers looked at their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, wanting to see but dare not.

"I really didn't expect that among the hundreds of officials, there are such guys who deceive me like this, not just one or two, almost all the chief seal officials in the whole country are involved in it, you are so ruthless!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said coldly to the ministers.

"Did anyone tell me what I should do with them?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

Unfortunately, no one dared to answer.

"Stamping the seal in advance, and saying that it is following the rules of the Yuan Dynasty, is quite bold! The Yuan Dynasty has perished!"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to output crazily, venting his inner anger wantonly.

This matter made him even more angry than the disaster relief food corruption case.

The whole system of corruption, involving so many officials, is simply frightening.

"If it weren't for the crown prince's anti-corruption decree, I'm afraid this matter would have been hidden from me for a long time."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at all the officials, and suddenly became extremely ruthless and said:

"Everyone, do you want to lie to me? Are there some among you who don't report it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe that the people below really didn't know anything about such a big matter.

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, many of the officials immediately trembled.

If Lao Zhu really pursued it, there would not be too many officials who could still stand safely in the hall at this moment.

The main reason is that many officials didn't take it seriously at first, because if they really follow the process, they will definitely go back and forth.

Collecting taxes and filling the treasury is a big deal, and efficiency is also very important.

If it is strictly enforced, the speed of confiscation will be slow, and Lao Zhu will probably be held accountable again.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "All the chief seal officials who participated in this incident will be executed by beheading, and the deputy will be sent to the army with a staff of one hundred."

As the golden words spewed out from Lao Zhu's mouth, the fate of these perpetrators was sealed.

At first glance, it seems that it is just killing the chief seal official, but this one hundred stick is not a small punishment.

Many people couldn't bear to be beaten to death directly.

In a sense, asking to kill may be more enjoyable, at least the death is very fast.

All the officials were shocked when they heard the words. They had expected this result, but they were still frightened when they heard it with their own ears.

dead!
This is not the previous small fight, killing a few officials.

At least a thousand people were affected this time.

How many officials are there in the entire Ming Dynasty?
This is over, but what should be done must be done, and there will be no problems.

Otherwise, it would be unfavorable to do things, and Lao Zhu would punish him as well.

Li Shanchang stood at the front silently, without saying anything.

At this time, saying anything will only intensify Zhu Yuanzhang's anger.

At this time, what he thought of was what Hu Weiyong had said to him before, that he could use this opportunity to promote some confidants.

Li Shanchang understands that Hu Weiyong's ambition is really big.

This is a double-edged sword, good and bad.

But at this time, he has no time to train other people. Even if Hu Weiyong has hidden dangers, it should be him.

The morning court ended amidst Zhu Yuanzhang's scolding, and all the officials left slowly from the long stairs.

No one dared to discuss, only silent progress.

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger was obviously greater than ever before.

pleading or something?Naturally, no one would dare.

It was lucky that the guillotine did not fall on him, so how dare he take the initiative to provoke him.

Li Shanchang was still at the end of the hundred officials as usual.

He thought carefully and recalled the names he wrote in the investigation report, and he wrote the "book of life and death" in one stroke.

He once felt that as the prime minister, he was the head of all officials.

This is the position where one person is above ten thousand people, and no one can shake it.

But now, with one word from Zhu Yuanzhang, so many officials were executed directly.

And the most direct reason for all this is the anti-corruption regulations of Prince Zhu Biao.

These regulations are inseparable from Su Jing.

It can be said that this major earthquake in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was caused by Su Jing in Lishui County.

Su Jing!

This name enveloped Li Shanchang's heart.

Not far away, Hu Weiyong was also advancing slowly. Li Shanchang looked at Hu Weiyong's back and became more and more worried.

Although he has already warned Hu Weiyong, with his ambition, if he really sits in his own position, can he still keep a low profile like he is now?

Li Shanchang shook his head slightly, he was old after all.

There are some things that he can't see clearly.

For so many years, no matter what kind of opponents in the court, he has never felt pressure, even Liu Bowen.

But now, because of a Su Jing who is not even qualified to go to court, he is already extremely worried.

All the officials left, but Zhu Yuanzhang's affairs did not end. He took Zhu Biao directly back to Fengxian Hall.

"Father, this is the tax review method that my son drafted based on Su Shi's words. I also ask Father to have a look."

Zhu Biao handed over the regulations he had drawn up to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and read it carefully. Compared with Su Jing's so many professional terms, Zhu Biao's content is much easier to understand.

After all, Zhu Biao has to consider the feasibility, and he alone can understand it if it cannot be conveyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked very carefully, and he put it down after almost a stick of incense: "Biaoer, according to what you said, if this is implemented, not only the collection of common people's taxes, but also other business taxes can be fully supervised. right."

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Yes, father, my son thinks that this matter should be done as soon as possible. With this complete tax review, it is absolutely impossible for things like empty printing to not be discovered under father's nose. "

Zhu Biao would not dare to say that it would be completely eradicated. The anti-corruption law has been enforced, so there are people who are corrupt.

But at least under the tax review, the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang was deceived by the United will never happen again.

"it is good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, very satisfied.

What he wanted was this effect, and he had to be clear about all the things about Da Ming.

"Biao'er, as the Son of Heaven, everything in this world must be under control. If anyone conceals it, then they will not be allowed to stay."

Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhu Biao: "Kill when you should, and you must not be soft-hearted, you know."

"Yes, Father."

Zhu Biao replied immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Okay, after this matter, I will handle it by you."

The case was settled and the punishments were all decided by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then the next thing is to supervise the execution.

Zhu Yuanzhang's idea is also very simple. Zhu Biao is young and known as lenient.

But as the future emperor, it is not enough to be lenient.

You must also have a decisive heart to kill and attack. This case is a good opportunity for Zhu Biao to stand up.

So many officials were questioned and blamed, Zhu Biao, who supervised the whole process of execution, would inevitably establish his majesty among the officials.

"My son understands that he will not disappoint his father's entrustment."

Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said with a firm expression, without the slightest fear.

In this incident, he did not intercede for any official.

After studying with Su Jing for a long time, Zhu Biao saw with his own eyes the humbleness and powerlessness of the low-level people in front of the officials and gentry.

It seems that these officials with empty seals are trying to pay taxes better, but what they actually did, you don't need to think about it.

Their actions led to consequences, and it was the people who suffered.

(End of this chapter)