Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1023: Prince Xin Tries the Case
Spring rain is as precious as oil. The arrival of spring brings vitality to all things in the world. The branches sway under the rain, and the tender buds sprouting from the branches are silently declaring something.

"Eat slowly, no one is competing with you for it."

Xiyuan.

Ok Hee Palace.

Zhu Youxiao sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed, looking at Zhu Youjian who ate without caring about his image, and couldn't help laughing, "Who would believe it if I told anyone that the dignified Prince Xin would not care about his image just for some food?"

"Brother, I am really hungry."

Zhu Youjian chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, holding the bowl and chopsticks and said to Zhu Youxiao: "You don't know how I got here these few days."

"Eat, eat."

Zhu Youxiao said with some heartache.

"Ah."

Zhu Youjian responded and continued eating.

Really grown up.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Youjian with emotion, thinking back to the past two years, Zhu Youjian had contributed a lot to the development and governance of Liaodong to this level.

Zhu Youjian was in charge of the immigration to Liaodong until the end. Many people migrated to Liaodong, and nearly 30% of them came from Shanxi, Shaanxi, and even Gansu and Ningxia. The purpose of doing this was the same as the subsequent migration to Southeast Asia, which was to reduce the uncontrollable risks in the northwest.

The northwest of the Ming Dynasty suffered too much from natural disasters, and agriculture could not develop in the long term. It was simply unable to feed such a large population, let alone develop intensive handicraft manufacturing.

In order to avoid rebellion in the northwest due to disasters and to effectively solve problems in other places, what Zhu Youxiao could do in the past was to relocate a part of the population, especially the bankrupt groups, refugee groups, and unnaturalized groups, so that they could have a way to survive.

Population migration, especially large-scale migration organized by the government, will inevitably encounter problems even if all plans and deployments are finalized, so it is also a very challenging process.

Compared with the past, Zhu Youjian is much more stable.

Zhu Youxiao saw all these changes.

“It’s so comfortable~”

Zhu Youjian smiled and put down his bowl and chopsticks contentedly. Zhu Youxiao calmed down and couldn't help but smile and shook his head when he saw Zhu Youjian like this.

"Wipe your mouth~"

"it is good."

Zhu Youjian took the handkerchief handed to him by his royal brother and smiled embarrassedly. In the past few days, he had not eaten or slept well because of the matter he was in charge of.

"How is the important case going now?"

Zhu Youxiao picked up the teacup, glanced at Zhu Youjian, and spoke.

As he asked, Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea.

"There are some signs of progress."

Zhu Youjian said with a serious expression: "As soon as possible, Qian Qianyi and others refused to admit the various charges provided by the Censorate. This matter even caused a lot of controversy in the court and the public, and then triggered public opinion."

"But the Censorate has done a very solid job. Some of the files can be traced back to the period of Zhejiang's anti-tax resistance. Even if they don't admit it, can I make sure they can't shirk their responsibility?"

"Do we need people from the Imperial Household Department to interfere with this public opinion?" Zhu Youxiao put down his teacup and looked at Zhu Youjian.

"Brother Emperor, I don't think it's necessary."

Zhu Youjian thought about it, and then said seriously: "There is no need to investigate this public opinion in depth. We can guess that some people are getting impatient and are afraid that they will be investigated, so they are pushing it secretly."

"But think about it the other way around. With this wave of public opinion brewing, it can attract a lot of people's attention."

"After all, Qian Qianyi is a different person. He was impeached by the people of the Censorate in the fifth year of the Tianqi reign, when the cabinet was about to change, causing him to lose the qualification to compete for the cabinet's prime minister."

"And when the new cabinet was formed, Qian Qianyi was arrested."

"So it's a good thing that someone is paying attention to this. As long as this important case can be solved, it will have a great impact on the world. At the same time, it will also let the world know what the emperor's attitude towards officialdom is."

"Ah."

Zhu Youxiao showed a pleased smile.

This is what he thought too.

Today, Zhu Youjian is a minister in the central government, in charge of the Censorate, the Procuratorate, and the Integrity Bureau. Zhu Youxiao handed over the administration of officials to him.

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What Zhu Youxiao valued was his intolerant and hostile character. If he wanted to rectify the administration of officials, he must be ruthless.

It just so happened that Zhu Youjian had nothing lacking in these.

And in the current central government, there is more than just Minister Zhu Youjian.

For example, Prince Lu Zhu Changxun, who was in charge of the construction of the provincial, prefectural, state and county school systems, and Prince Ji Zhu Youdong, who succeeded Zhu Gongyao as the head of the Zongrenfu.

For example, Zhu Ciyan, who inherited the throne as King of Jing this year, is responsible for the construction of the royal residences in the capital. Starting this year, a group of princes and vassals will move to the capital to live. This is a business company established with the Ministry of Clan Affairs, which will take advantage of the opportunity to exchange 70% of the land under the names of princes and vassals from all over the country, and implement supporting policies.

The business established by the Ministry of Clan Affairs was jointly managed by Prince Su Zhu Shihong and Prince Qing's eldest son Zhu Zhuohong. Zhu Youxiao attached great importance to this matter.

If this can be done well, with the combination of clan schools, clan armies, clan taxes, and clan salaries, the clan members who remain in the Ming dynasty will be completely controlled by the clan office in the future!

Having this group of royal ministers around him to handle various matters undoubtedly relieved Zhu Youxiao of a lot of pressure.

Among all the royal ministers, the one with the most outstanding performance would definitely be Zhu Youjian, who inherited the title of King of Tang last year. Many of the things he did in the vassal state of Korea were extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian also contributed to the development and governance of Liaodong.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, once the system for restraining and controlling the royal family and the vassal states was built and improved under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and some strategies for conquering Southeast Asia were effectively implemented, the matter of relocating the vassal states overseas could be promoted smoothly. This matter had been on Zhu Youxiao's mind for too long.

"Royal brother, the trial of Qian Qianyi's case really doesn't need to be jointly tried by the three judicial departments?" Zhu Youjian spoke at this moment when Zhu Youxiao was thinking.

"The current central government has the Censorate, the Procuratorate, the Integrity Court, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice. If you let the Censorate, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice jointly investigate and handle the case, then where will the Procuratorate and the Integrity Court be placed?"

Zhu Youxiao asked in return: "What's more, some of the powers of the Ministry of Justice have been re-clarified by me. Now I have tried out the mechanism of dispatching the Ministry of Justice in Northern Zhili to abolish some of the powers of the Ministry of Justice and then separate the interrogation from the hands of local officials at all levels. Do you think it is appropriate to let the three judicial departments conduct the trial together?"

Zhu Youjian was silent.

This is definitely inappropriate.

This is also why the arrest of Qian Qianyi caused such a big shock in the court and the country, because compared with the past, the current Ming Dynasty has changed so much that many people cannot accept this change. Is this still the Ming Dynasty they know?

(End of this chapter)