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

Chapter 714: Officials in the Ming Dynasty must be corrupt
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect that Zhu Biao would eventually come to such a conclusion.

Are they too rich?
But Zhu Biao nodded as a matter of course.

"Yes, Dad, I've been thinking about it lately, and I just feel that you've made them too rich."

"Let me give you an analogy. Dad, you are the emperor now, and I am the prince. The Ming Dynasty belongs to us."

"Then, suppose there is an extremely powerful emperor who tells you that as long as you nod, you can be conferred the title of Ming Wang."

"The territory, population and so on are still the same, and he will also give you a lot of food, fodder, craftsmen and so on. As long as you bow your head in name, it will be fine."

"Do you admit it?"

"The opponent is the kind that we can never beat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, obviously not expecting there to be an option.

Although he did not understand Zhu Biao's meaning for a moment, he still answered honestly and frankly.

"We won't agree to that!"

"No matter what, I have to fight him. I will only give in when I can't beat him!"

"After all, we are a family, so we have to think about you."

Zhu Biao smiled and nodded.

"Kid knows!"

"So, Dad, if you were given this choice 20 years ago, would you agree?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this.

A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to him, and he said in surprise.

"We understand!"

"At that time, I was still just the King of Wu, and I myself wasn't sure how long it would take for me to establish my rule in the Central Plains."

"So, at that time, when we saw the emperor of such a big empire recruiting us, we might have happily agreed."

"Because we think the conditions are too good, this deal can be done!"

“You’re making an analogy!”

"Those court officials, before they became rich, were like our King Wu, and they surrendered as long as we gave them some conditions."

"But if they are too rich, they will want more!"

"Is that so?"

Zhu Biao smiled and nodded.

"That's right!"

"Dad, this is what my son wants to understand."

"Everyone is selfish. Everyone wants to have more money and food for their family. Everyone wants to have many children and grandchildren and a bright future."

“There’s nothing wrong with that.”

"But people can never be satisfied."

"In a farmer's family, he may be satisfied as long as he can have enough food to eat and his children can get married and have children."

"But if he had a few hundred acres of land, he would think about sending his son to school and becoming an official."

"And when his son becomes a minor official with his support, his son will also think that his eldest son and grandson must make further progress."

"Anyway, my family is not short of money and food now, so I'll study, climb up the social ladder, and gather more connections."

"And after a few generations of this family have climbed up this ladder, they will find that the biggest obstacle is the emperor."

"After all, if the emperor tells them to die, they have to die. If the emperor tells them to be wiped out, their family will be wiped out."

"Then the officials unconsciously banded together and began to target the emperor."

"After all, the emperor and the royal family are their biggest rivals, right?"

When Zhu Biao said this, his words were already filled with coldness.

“They won’t be satisfied.”

"In their opinion, the more land a family has, the better, because that way they can have more money and food, and can allow more children in the family to study and become officials."

"After that, they will also seek to make the people in the clan who are officials climb higher and higher." "After that, they will not rebel, because they find that being an emperor is actually boring."

"Rather than being the emperor, it would be better to have the emperor as a clay or wooden statue, while they control the court and the local areas and manipulate everything."

"In the end, when the country is about to fall, it will be the emperor and the generals who will die anyway. What does it have to do with these officials?"

"Anyone who wants to be an emperor will always use them to do things, right?"

After Zhu Biao said this, he shut up completely.

It’s not that he had finished saying everything, but he wanted to leave time for Zhu Yuanzhang to think about it carefully.

Normally, the father and son would not talk to this extent.

Even Zhu Biao in the past would never have thought of this extent.

But it was not until Mr. Hu's words opened his mind that he felt completely sober.

There is no such thing as ambition; it's all about naked interests.

All desires are suffering!

Everyone wants something, and as Zhu Biao said, those who have seen the world and enjoyed life will want more.

Because ordinary things are readily available to them.

This is actually the reason why Zhu Biao wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to answer that question just now.

You are also a human being, and you can understand the feeling of being at different levels and having different needs, so why do you think others can endure it?

Zhu Yuanzhang was completely silent.

He looked up at the ceiling of the Jinshen Hall and said this quietly with his head tilted back.

"In fact, when we offered this treatment, we had no other reason than that our Ming Dynasty was just established and was in need of people."

"Our plan at the time was that we didn't want your taxes and would give you preferential treatment, so you would work honestly for us."

"Besides, we have given you so much face. If you commit corruption and abuse the law, we can kill you."

"But I didn't expect that this would actually sow the seeds of disaster!"

"You always told me before that we shouldn't manage officials like that because our headquarters is new. Now it seems that we were wrong!"

"Oh, after thinking about it, I still think I was wrong!"

"After all, I am just a peasant, a beggar, how can I be the same as those masters who are full of knowledge?"

"We are not the same as them, so how can we understand what they are thinking?"

"It has to be you, Biao'er. You've read books, and you figured it out!"

"But now that we have figured it out, let's get on with it!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang has already killed so many people, so what's the harm in killing a few more?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually regretting it at this moment.

Because he felt that he had not started well.

Not only did they fail to set a good example for future generations, but they also sowed the seeds of disaster for them.

It doesn’t matter!

Now that the problem has been discovered, just solve it.

They are nothing more than a bunch of officials who can only talk big. Just kill them.

Money and food are important, but they can't just give up their lives, right?

Kill a batch of them and they will eventually learn what's good for them.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had passed the first agenda item, Zhu Biao suddenly turned around and asked Daoyan with a smile.

"Daoyan, you were also an official in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Do you think the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are enough?"

Daoyan was busy taking notes at the moment. When he suddenly heard this question, he paused and then looked up at Zhu Biao.

"Of course it's not enough!"

"Officials in the Ming Dynasty cannot survive without greed!" (End of this chapter)