Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 10 Zhu Yuanzhang is going on a killing spree!

Chapter 10 Zhu Yuanzhang is going on a killing spree!

Li Shanchang did not dare to neglect the first serious task assigned by Zhu Yuanzhang after he became prime minister.

At the same time, he really wanted to use the opportunity of running errands to make his voice heard in the court.

After all, only by constantly exercising the power of prime minister can all civil and military officials clearly understand who the prime minister is today.

Therefore, Li Shanchang, who did not realize how big the pit was and just wanted to get things done quickly, pulled a group of close censors and started working.

The reason why I roped in the censor was because of my responsibility.

Although censors are actually professional trolls, they actually shoulder the responsibilities of inspection officials.

Recruiting a group of censors was not only to increase his manpower, but also to appear fair and just.

By the way, I also want to show the poor people in the Yushi Yamen that only by following the Prime Minister can I stand out in front of my superiors.

I have to say that the recruitment of Prime Minister Li Shanchang was really exciting for the Yushi Yamen, which had never been well received by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Moreover, it is an official business, and the prime minister will take the lead when it comes to offending people. If everyone has a share of the credit, then there is nothing to hesitate about.

On the same day, a group of censors who had received chicken blood excitedly followed Li Shanchang and rushed to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

In fact, it is not difficult at all to investigate this matter.

Li Shanchang never thought about why Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his generals even though Jinyiwei's reputation as a supervisor of the world was well-known and proved to be more useful than him, the prime minister, and a group of censors.

He only knew that this was his chance to make a name for himself, so he plunged into the household department.

Then, by following the clues, it took only two days to get to the bottom of the matter.

After all, this matter has actually become an established rule. Everyone seems to be doing it, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

This allowed Li Shanchang to smoothly obtain the complete list of officials with blank account books from the Household Department.

After checking the list repeatedly to make sure there was nothing missing, he casually praised the censors who had been busy for two days. Li Shanchang lifted up his clothes and ran towards the palace happily.

After meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang immediately took out the fresh list.

"Your Majesty, since I took over His Majesty's mission, I have not thought about food and drink, nor can I sleep at night. I led a group of censors to visit the Ministry of Household Affairs every day, and finally found out the matter."

"Here is the list of current criminal officials, please review it!"

What Li Shanchang said was so measured and confident.

After all, he thought he could do it quickly and well, so he couldn't help but praise him!

But after Song Li took the list from Li Shanchang and forwarded it to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang flipped through the list with positions and names in his hand, but instead of praising him as much as Li Shanchang expected, he asked in a deep voice.

"Prime Minister, do the officials involved on this list have any real evidence to prove their guilt?"

Li Shanchang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he couldn't help but raise a question.

Guilt?

How did it become a crime?
This isn't a big deal, isn't everyone doing this?

Although Li Shanchang felt something was wrong at this moment, he still had no idea how deeply Zhu Yuanzhang hated such people who cheated and deceived superiors and subordinates.

He couldn't even imagine what would happen next, and even answered with a little pride. "I should strive to be prudent when doing things. Therefore, the blank account books with official seals in the hands of the officials involved in the list have now been confiscated by me after inspection by the censor."

As soon as he said this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Shanchang meaningfully and praised:

"The Prime Minister is indeed a mature and prudent man, worthy of our trust!"

Even though Li Shanchang was the prime minister, when he heard Emperor Zhu, who rarely said a kind word, praise him like this, his bones suddenly became lighter.

Fortunately, he hadn't floated to the sky yet, so he quickly bowed and returned the greeting: "Your Majesty, this is just your duty!"

He seemed to be modest, but even though he tried his best, he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth that turned up crazily, making him look a little embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much about Li Shanchang's arrogance when he succeeded, and even wished that Li Shanchang would be more arrogant.

At this time, what he had to deal with was the officials on the list in front of him who were making fun of court affairs and just wanted to be lazy and fool themselves, and did not care about him as the emperor at all.

"Song Li, pass the decree, the officials involved in the empty seal case, the chief sealer will be dismissed from office and executed, the deputy and below will be sent to the army with a hundred sticks!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Song Li's eyes suddenly shrank, but he didn't say a word. He picked up the blank imperial edict that had been prepared on the small table beside him and started writing it with flying colors.

Song Li went to work, but Li Shanchang standing in the hall was dumbfounded.

Direct execution and exile?
so cruel?
No, I just put a stamp on the blank account book to save trouble.

Does such a small thing warrant execution or exile?
Hiss...what is the superior doing?
As the person in charge of this case, he knows it all too well.

There are not just one or two people here, not even dozens or hundreds of people.

After all, it has been several years since the establishment of the Hongwu Dynasty. There are countless officials who come to the Ministry of Accounts for review with account books with blank seals. There are hundreds of people on the list alone. If all the previous ones are included, If a punishment was involved, there would be at least tens of thousands of people.

Is the superior going on a killing spree?
No, if you do this, what will we, Old Li, do?

Li Shanchang suddenly thought of a question at this moment, that is, he was the one who led and handled this special errand.

If this really involved the beheading and exile of tens of thousands of people, of course Emperor Zhu's reputation would be bad, but how could he, the leading prime minister, have a good reputation?
When he thought of the scene full of complaints, Li Shanchang shuddered violently and his eyes changed.

He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was cruel before, but he didn't know how cruel he was.

No, we Lao Li can't handle such a big pot.

Immediately, Li Shanchang bowed his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang and admonished him: "Your Majesty, although this matter was wrong by an official, can your Majesty be merciful?"

"After all, the law does not punish the public, and this matter has not caused much damage to the court. Why would your Majesty be so cruel!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked straight at Li Shanchang with squinted eyes. After seeing Li Shanchang break into a cold sweat, he said decisively.

"Prime Minister, there is no need to say more, I have made my decision!"

"Since they dare to embezzle, bend the law, and deceive superiors and subordinates under our noses, then we must let them know whether our sword is good or not!"

"Prime Minister, please step aside. You have worked hard on this matter!"

When Li Shanchang heard this, he cupped his hands with a bitter look on his face, and after leaving, he walked out of the political hall with heavy steps.

At this moment, he had an idea. If this decree spreads, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will panic!

(End of this chapter)